“Ok for a minute.”

She followed me to the door. I unlocked it and we walked in.

“Want a drink?” I offered her.

“No, thanks.”

“Let me give you the grand tour!”

“Ok”

We walked through the living room, then to the kitchen. We headed down the hall way. I showed her all the decorating i had down. I neglected to show her my bedroom. So we went straight to the baby’s room.

“Whoa Carmen. It looks great. You did an awesome job. Fucking awesome.”

“Thanks.” I said.
 
We were silent for a few more minutes. You could cut the tension in the room with a knife.

“Alright, i’m going to go.”

“Let me walk you out.”

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I had only be in her house for a few minutes and it was already a few minutes too long. All i could about was what our lives would be if i wasn’t such a coward.

We made it to the door and again the awkwardness of a hug or if i should just leave.

“Alright, well i guess i’ll see you.”

“Hey Shane….thanks for coming. It means a lot to me.”

“No problem.”  I turned the knob to leave when….

“Shane…can i have a hug?”

“Sure” I wrapped my arms around her waist, she wrapped her arms around my neck. I was holding on for dear life and i think she was doing the same thing. We didn’t let for a long time.

“Shane I….” then we heard the key turn in the lock. We jumped apart as if we were going to caught doing more than just hugging.

“Carm babe! You’ll never guess what happened….Oh Hey Shane.”

“Hi. I was just leaving. Bye Carmen.”

I walked out  More like ran out of there. Down the steps and to my car. I turned the key and i was gone.

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“What the hell was Shane doing here?”

“I called her to come to birthing class with me because you had to leave.”

“Couldn’t you have called anyone else? You know how i feel about your relationship with her.”

“There was no one else to call. God knows i can’t count on you.”