“Who me? Ha-ha yah right, you know I’m a good girl.” Carmen hinted to Freddy that her mom was still in the kitchen.
 ”Carmen you don’t have to hide. I know exactly what you do with
your Dj-ing stuff. Trying to fool me. Sit down and have some coffee.”
Mercedes was being straight forward while she cleaned up in the
kitchen. She seemed harsh but in a way it was affection and Carmen knew
too well that her mom knew everything about her. Except that one thing,
that she never revealed to anyone, the one thing that she was proud of,
and ashamed of at the same time.

    They eventually ended up in Carmen’s room. He wanted
to see if she still kept it the way it always was. She did but a lot of
it had changed with posters of influential Dj’s and things of that
sort. Nervous, realizing that it had been a long time he had been in
this room, she turned to face Freddy who was already looking at her.
She smiled softly at the man she once loved and the same love that tore
her to pieces when he ran away and never tried to make any effort to
reach her again.
“What are you really doing here?” Carmen became serious.
 ”I came back for you.”

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“So what’s going on with you, Shane?”
 ”Nothing.” Shane ignored the nosey mood Alice was in and
continued to drink her coffee. ” Ok I’m not going to waste my time
playing games trying to get out what I want to say.” Shane looked at
her with the same eyes that never helped anyone figure her out.
 ”Last night when you left for a bit, I think Carmen kind of took it personally.” Shane remained silent.

“Ok I know you’re not going to tell me anything so I’m just going to
keep going.” Alice looked at Shane again waiting for a response. She
was going too deep. But she didn’t care; she felt that Shane would let
a good thing slip by. And she had seen the way they acted when they
were together.

“I think you need to figure out how you feel and let Carmen know. Otherwise you’re just going to end up lonely and-”

“I’m talking to her tonight.” Alice smiled and settled back down in her
chair. Shane laughed in appreciative way. Alice was a good friend. They
were later joined by Dana, Tina, and Jenny.