Italy could be a dark place, but she assumes love can do that to people.

Deal Star,

          Yes, simply yes. I will love to be your wife, I will love to stand by you in the night, so we can glow together brightly my love.

                                                                                      Forever yours,

                                                                                                            Carmen.

…

Carmen is sitting in her living room, her foot moving up and down impatiently, she’s wearing a black silky dress, made to pop anyone’s eye out of their sockets. Today was the day she would come home. Carmen heard the door bell ring, echoing through the halls, and then the sound of loud footsteps heading towards her. Carmen takes a shaky intake of breath, finally turning around where the footsteps, seeing a woman standing there. The woman was holding a red velvet box in her hand, opened showing a large diamond ring. Carmen got up from her seat and rushed to the woman, connecting her lips with the older woman, as the woman snuck the ring into her finger.

…

It has been a month since the woman had come back from Italy. The woman and her had begun to plan the wedding, and just like the ring, it was meant to be big, to show off their ‘love’. Carmen had brushed the thought aside, she was getting used to her new lover, she seemed a bit off, but they were just meeting in person, but Carmen knew that she had already seen this woman’s soul. Now, Carmen just had to gain her trust enough to be shown the woman’s true side.

…

The past month:

So far in the past month, Carmen and the woman had begun to make arrangements almost immediately. The following day of the woman’s return to L.A. they had gone out on a date.

It was in an expensive well known restaurant; the paparazzi were lined up outside, getting hundreds of pictures of the new ‘it’ couple.

Carmen was nervous; this woman in front of her, the woman who had made her believe in love once again was finally with her. “Carmen,” she said with a sly smile, “I’m so glad I’ve come back to L.A. for you, I really missed you honey.” Carmen had been surprised with what the woman had just told her, better yet, how… She brushed off the idea, “I missed you too my lonely star,” Carmen says smiling widely. The woman chuckles, “I’m sure you did.”At the end of the night, the woman had tried to get Carmen to come home with her, Carmen had refused, wanting to wait till she was married. The older woman’s face had a visible emotion present as she drove off; disappointment.