“Hey Car.”
“Hey. Thanks for last night. I-” Shane continued looking at her waiting for her to finish.
“Its ok Carmen, I kinda wanted you over anyways.” They both
smiled, and understood. This was difficult. Did this mean that Shane
missed her too the way Carmen did last night? How come she wouldn’t
admit it? Carmen didn’t want to play games anymore and took a deep
breath.

“I missed you even though i saw you that night. That’s why I came over.” Shane smiled.

“So I’m not alone in this? ” Carmen’s stomach fluttered. It was the
first step, though small, but it was a step somewhere. She couldn’t
help it and went in for a kiss.
“GET A ROOM!” Alice yelled from their corner but they ignored it.
The bell dangled, someone had entered the Planet. Freddy. He had caught
them, smack in the middle of their intimate moment. He turned and
walked right back out the door. Carmen looked at shane and then at
Freddy and then back again. They both went outside to see the direction
he went in.
“Go.” Shane said. And for some reason she understood but wanted answers later.
“Freddy, FREDDY!” Carmen yelled as loud as she could.
“Wait freddy!” He turned and asked a simple question.

“How come you never told me you were ***** a girl?” Shane heard it
and looked at him in a kind of “watch it buddy” kind of way.

“I should have known. I should have known.” Carmen tried to calm him down trying to explain what was going on.

“You loved me Carmen, didn’t that mean anything?”
“Yah it did. But you left, and that was a long time ago. You
never wrote, called or anything, you just left me. Did you think you
could just walk right back into my life and pick up things the way you
left them?”
“Carmen I just, I couldn’t- things just fell apart and I needed time.”

“So you left me to deal with the ***** you couldn’t handle, all by myself?” Freddy looked at her and saw the hurt in her eyes.
“I should have seen it, the sneaking out, the friendsDo you
still love me? Tell me you love me Carmen.” Carmen took a deep breath
looking at both Shane and Freddy. Shane was choked up and couldn’t
move. She only looked into the depths of Carmen’s eyes as they shared a
connection that Freddy and Carmen didn’t. She wished that Carmen would
choose her. If she could be rewarded for her selflessness, let it be
now.
Carmen picked her head up, took a deep breath, and said the words that
would change her life forever.
“No. No I don’t.” She then looked at Shane and grabbed her hand while
Freddy continued looking at her.
“I love Shane.”