Corona was her drink of choice and the reason why
she had been feeling so tipsy after downing her fifth one. Between the
first and second, good conversation was made, by the third, she was
beginning to laugh a lot more and become louder, and by the fourth she
was on the dance floor trying to get everyone to follow her. There
wasn’t much communication between Shane and her that night, after all,
she thought, that’s all Shane wanted. Or was it? She had thought it
over on the dance floor while dancing with Mya and Alice and thought
that she would just let the night slide right by. After laughing at
Alice’ robot, she pulled to the side and noticed Shane had been talking
to someone she didn’t know. It killed her smile and hurt a little bit
on the inside. But she didn’t let it get to her. As much as she hated
the thought of Shane being with someone else, she didn’t want it to
show. Alice slowly nudged her and got her to get back into dancing but
she was just so caught up in Shane that she had stopped for another
second without realizing it. Alice looked at Carmen again, this time
pulling on her shirt.

“What’s wrong?” Alice looked in the direction Carmen was looking. She
noticed Shane had been talking to someone and that they had just left
to go outside. Carmen wished that it was just for a simple smoke but
something told her it was more than that.
“Nothing, nothing.” Carmen tried to wave it off, but Alice saw it all.

“I just zoned out.” Carmen tried to use anything to make it into a
small matter. Alice understood and just continued dancing. Her thoughts
began to linger, as she was reminded of the last time they were
together. It was different, Carmen thought to herself. Maybe she could
talk to someone about it, but then rejected the idea when she figured
Shane would get upset. What was it they pulled them so close that time?

    After smoking the last cigarette Shane had, the
young girl she was talking to invited her to her car. Shane was more
than willing to go. She was seated on the passenger’s side, while the
woman was on the drivers. And after a few moments of quick
conversation, the woman was already straddled onto Shane’s lap with her
seat pulled back. It was fast and quick paced. Lips bruising every part
they touched and groping that almost hurt. It was obvious that they
just wanted to use each other but in the middle of what seemed like
good sexual tension, Shane began to slow down. She pulled away from the
lips that were smothering her and relaxed, looking at the topless woman
that sat on top of her.
 ”Umm- Everything ok?” The woman asked as she began to laugh.
 ”Don’t tell me you’re falling for me.” She continued laughing.
Shane lightly pushed the woman aside so she could break free and walked
towards her jeep. The girl now feeling insecure and a little hurt
managed to swear at Shane as she walked steady in one direction
ignoring the slurs that left her mouth.
    
    Seated in her Jeep facing the planet, Shane took a
deep sigh trying to figure out why she had left a perfectly good
opportunity. Leaning her head against her wheel she suddenly sat up
noticing that Carmen was outside probably looking for her. After
looking both ways, Carmen saw no sign of Shane. She closed her eyes for
a second wrapping her arms around her from the chilly night. Opening
them, she found Shane sitting in her car looking directly at her. She
walked towards the vehicle, pulling her coat around her tighter.
Tapping her window, Carmen smiled and asked,
 ”What are you doing out here by yourself? Come inside we’re all
dan-” Carmen stopped when she saw the seriousness in Shane’s eyes.

“Oh my god Shane, are you ok? What’s wrong?” Looking at Carmen Shane
replied, “Nothing, just a little tired from today.” A smile managed to
find her face. Carmen smiled back. And again they were caught looking
at each other. Breaking tension, but treading dangerous ground Carmen
asked,

“So where’s the lady you were with?” Silence was heard. Carmen’s heart
began to race and she regretted asking. Shane got out of her car and
put her arm around Carmen and walked back towards the Planet all the
while Carmen wished she could take back the last few minutes. Before
entering, Shane slowly leaned into Carmen’s ear about to answer her
previous question,

“She wasn’t you.”