She found her, lying on a field of tall, green grass, in the middle of the day. The sun was shining brightly through the leaves of the old oak trees and as she hovered over her, the dark shadows her own body were creating slowly covered her face like a silken blanket. She smoothed her dark brown hair back, out of her face, brushing her full lips against Carmens as she did. Where were you? she asked softly. Carmen stared at her for a few seconds, as if she didnt recognize her. Where were you all this time? She circled her wrist with her long fingers, her other hand smoothing over Carmens rounded chest, over her heart. Carmen fluttered her eyes closed and smiled, Sleeping, she whispered soothingly and she sighed, I was just sleeping.

Shane woke up with a start. She sat up fully in bed and rubbed her eyes with her hands. Fuck, she scoffed and she got out of bed. She picked her clothes up from the floor. I should take her to the park someday, she thought as she got dressed. It seemed like a nice thing to do, walking together in the sun, holding hands and laughing and talking. She missed it. And if Carmen would look just as beautiful as in her dream, then it would be absolutely perfect. She missed her. She made her way into the bathroom and washed her face, then looked into the mirror for awhile. Her face looked pale from the lack of sleep and if Jenny hadnt been so insistent on stuffing her with tons of food in the past few days she would probably have lost some weight too. Seven days.., she encouraged herself, seven days.

She was home alone today. Jenny was waitressing at the Planet and Mark had a meeting with some film producers for a new documentary. She could go pay Jenny a visit at the Planet but she would probably only keep her from doing her job properly. Instead of breakfast she drank some coffee and smoked a few cigarettes. After that she decided to get some gardening done, as the weeds were about to take over their garden. She could have left it there for Carmen, who was the only one in their household who didnt mind doing it but it gave her something to do, and besides, Carmen didnt even live there. It would be unfair if she was the one who had to clean up their mess.