Carmen still hadn’t managed to find her phone and was really beginning to panic. She fumbled in her purse for some change to call it and hoped she hadn’t left it on silent. When she found a quarter she walked over to the phone box and dialled her number. She couldn’t hear her mobile ring tone so she hung up. She picked up the pay box phone again and tried to remember the last digit of Shane’s number. She had memorised it when Shane had first given it to her. She remembered sitting at her house waiting for Shane to call before they were going out and how she had memorised the number by simply staring at her number. It was a bad thing though because once Carmen had got drunk on a night out and called Shane. She had decided not to take her phone out because she was worried she was going to call her. She had been persuaded to go out by her friends because she had been so depressed that Shane hadn’t called her after the disastrous night of “too hot”. She had sat in a week after that, only getting out of bed to go to work. So the night was meant to be fun, but she had ended up kissing this girl and getting so upset it wasn’t Shane that she had run off and phoned Shane from a phone box. When Shane picked up though Carmen quickly hung up feeling stupid. Carmen smiled at this memory warmly whilst dialling Shane’s number, remembering the last digit was “9″.

Shane picked up her phone after the fifth ring “Hello?”

“Hi Shaney, it’s C”

“Hi babe. I am so sorry I am late. I will be there in like ten minutes ok”

“Ok but please hurry. I have got to set up for 2pm”

“You didn’t tell me. Why so early?”

“Kit is having this gathering for some promoters. She wants me to show them the sort of music I play so they can find out what is the best way to market The Planet.”

“Cool, well I am nearly there so see you in a bit ok”

“Ok baby. Bye”

“Wait..I love you C”

“I love you too Shane”

When Carmen hung up she felt really happy. She closed her eyes and began to dance on the spot . Every time she spoke to Shane she started to feel really uplifted. It was as though Shane was a drug that she couldn’t get enough of.

As Carmen carried on dancing Kit walked in. “Wow nice moves baby girl”

Carmen immediately opened her eyes and looked at Kit very embarrassed

“Oh hi Kit. Did you get all the stuff you needed”

“Yeh. Got it all. So why the dancing”

“Oh nothing really. I just felt like it”

“Well you keep going sista and I will get you another coffee” Kit said picking up the empty coffee cup and walking into the back room.

“Thanks Kit” Carmen shouted back at her still feeling really embarrassed. She smiled again thinking about her lover then continued her search for her mobile.

Shane arrived at the front of The Planet and tooted the jeep’s horn. She got out and walked to the back of it beginning to unload Carmen’s mixing gear.

Carmen came outside and smiled. “There you are”

“Sorry C, didn’t finish on time” Shane said walking hurriedly towards Carmen. When she reached her she grasped Carmen in a bear hug, lifting her off the floor and twirling her round and Carmen laughed excitedly.

Carmen placed a firm, unhurried kiss on Shane’s lips. When the twirl was finished Shane gently placed Carmen back onto the pavement again not breaking the kiss.

Carmen pulled away from Shane’s lips and cupped her face with her hands. “You are so beautiful you know that”

Shane stared intensely back at Carmen. “Not C, it’s you who is beautiful.”

To be continued