Carmen ran her hands through her hair while Alice
continued talking about how surprised they were when they saw the
condition of the cabin. She finally stopped and noticed that Carmen had
only been listening and wasn’t participating much in the convo.
 ”What’s up Carmen?”
 ”Nothing, just, it’s so nice here.”
 ”Shut up Carmen; tell me what’s bothering you. Is it your mom?
Cause if it is, its ok you know, just enjoy the time you have here with
Shane and us.”
 ”I am, I’m trying to.” She began to smile as the thoughts of Shane came back.
 ”So do you love her?” Carmen looked at Alice surprised. This was
a serious question and Alice really wanted to know the truth. In a way
it was a friendly conversation and Alice wanted to make sure Shane was
getting into something worth while unlike the other relationships she’s
managed to find herself in. But something was different about them,
Alice had no doubt. But it was obviously hard for Alice to ask such a
question with angelic intentions; she wanted to know the dirt.
 ”Yah, yah I do.”
 ”Oh my gosh, have you told her?”
 ”Actually, yah, I did. And she told me a couple of hours later.
It was a weird situation at the time but I found what I was looking
for.”
 ”So did Shane.” Alice gestured a smile that was gratefully returned by Carmen.

    The night came early, since they had arrived in the
late evening. As soon as the drinks were chilled, they were making
rounds. With shots in between all the ladies enjoyed their beers
sitting at the dining table playing cards.
“Let’s play a drinking game!” Alice edged on. It was more then obvious
that she wanted to get ***** faced, but so did the others. So they
decided to a game of quarters. A plastic cup was placed in front of
Shane and the goal was to bounce the quarter off the table and make it
land in the cup. With Shane’s luck she landed the quarter in the cup
and got to choose the person to take the shot. .
 ”Since Alice so desperately needs alcohol, I choose her.” Alice
downed her second shot of tequila that night. Dana’s eyes widened as
she saw Alice do it without much effort.
“Wait I get to go again cuz’ I got it in.” Shane pulled the cup back
but missed the second time. It was Dana’s turn, but she hit the rim
allowing her to have another try. Alice missed so she quickly moved it
to the next person. And so it continued, with revenge shots to get back
at others, and sympathy shots for those who didn’t do to well. But by
9:00pm the girls had finished most of the tequila and Alice looked a
little unwell. Jenny had made her way to her room to finish taking
things out of her bag for the weekend and Dana was trying to tend to
Alice in their bedroom. So Shane and Carmen were left to fend for
themselves in their own version of quarters.