Shane had left a couple of hours ago and the night
still felt young. As she walked down to the Planet she was caught up in
thoughts about Carmen and their possible future. But this was so out of
character for Shane that she couldn’t help but feel confused. She
wanted to forget whatever it was that made her feel trapped and enjoy
the night. Her phone rang.

“Hey Al.”

“Hey, when are you gunna get here? I’ve been waiting for a while and kit’s busy.”

“I’m just around the corner, I’ll be there in a sec-” Shane stopped
talking and noticed Carmen was standing by the entrance. Was she
waiting for her?

“Shane?” Alice said.

“Yah. I’ll be there in a bit.” All that followed was a click and Shane
swiftly putting her cell phone in her back pocket. Carmen’s back was
facing her so she hadn’t noticed Shane was looking from just around the
corner. But she wasn’t alone. Shane’s stomach fell to her knees. Who
was it? She took this opportunity to make it clear to Carmen that she
was hers for the night. After a moment of hesitation Shane approached
Carmen from behind, wrapping her arms around her waist. With a smile
Carmen placed her hand on the side of Shane’s cheek as she turned
around and welcomed her embrace. This was good news. The other woman
couldn’t have been someone significant if Carmen had hugged and placed
a soft kiss on her cheek.
 ”Hey babe.”

“Hey. How’s it going?”

“Its ok, I didn’t know when you left earlier.”
 ”Yah I didn’t wanna wake you.” They stared at each other for
another moment before Carmen introduced who the young lady was.
“Shane I want you to meet my neighbor Mya.” Shane quickly shook her
hand and made no attempt to check her out in the midst of Carmen. They
exchanged smiles and continued to walk inside. Shane was last slowly
taking a glimpse of Mya. She was beautiful and even as Shane noted
this, nothing compared to Carmen. Mya was young maybe in her early
twenties, tinted skin, and had light brown shoulder length hair. This
was all Shane could assume from her back side and never made much of an
attempt to figure out the rest. Her intentions were to get laid through
a quick fix which would hopefully be good enough to get her through to
the next day which would most likely result in Carmen. But something
felt wrong that night. After the wonderful day they had spent earlier
with each other she was unwilling to do it again. When she was with
Carmen her mind was humble only thinking of the nice thoughts, and when
she was away from her, all she thought about was the next time they’d
be together.
“What’s wrong with me?” Shane thought. She didn’t want things to get
complicated between them when shane told her that she wasn’t into
relationships. But why had she spent the whole evening fantasizing of
what it could be like to be with her.
“Maybe I need someone new.” Denial hit her in the center of her chest,
there was no way she was ever going to get into a relationship with the
broken hearts she’s had to deal with. She continued her night fighting
the temptation to keep her eye on Carmen who had been having a good
night.