Hearing the bathroom door open, she swallowed down her frustration once again. "Good morning"

Shane peeked her head into the shower and let her eyes travel slowly up Carmen’s perfect dripping body, "Mmmm, very good morning." She smiled as she climbed in under the water. She smoothed a curl off of Carmen’s face, and leaned in for a kiss, but stopped just short, her face fell, "What’s wrong?"

Carmen shook her head and laughed to herself, ‘Yoda’ noticed everything, which wasn’t always good. "Nothing, just still a little tired I guess." Shane’s brow furrowed and she nodded slightly. ‘Shit, why don’t I just tell her? She knows I’m lying." But Shane had already pulled back and began washing her hair. Carmen wanted to smack her head against the shower wall, ‘What the fuck is wrong with me? This isn’t me. I don’t do this, this passive/aggressive, game-playing bullshit. Damn it.’ Carmen could feel a knot forming in her stomach as she watched Shane’s usual detachment replace the playfulness that was there just moments before.

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Shane looked on as Carmen fried an egg and stared off into space. She wasn’t sure what was going on in Carmen’s head, but it didn’t look good. Shane sighed and ran her fingers through her hair, "I have some early clients, so I’m just going to grab some coffee on my way to Wax, ok?"

Carmen frowned to herself then looked at her with a forced smile, "Ok, have a good day."

Shane didn’t know what to say when Carmen acted like this, she was sure she had said or done something wrong. But for the life of her she didn’t know what it was. She took a step closer and cupped Carmen’s face, "You too." She forced Carmen’s eyes to lock with her own, then kissed her with everything she had. Shane could feel the tension in Carmen’s body slowly melt away with the kiss. Shane smiled to herself, ‘That’s a little better.’ She reluctantly pulled away, "Do you have any plans for dinner?"

Carmen sighed contentedly and raised a brow, "Oh, I think I’ll just stay in tonight and devour my girlfriend…"

Shane’s expression instantly switched to shock.

Carmen cursed inwardly, ‘Shit, what did I say? Girlfriend. Fuck, Fuck, Fuck. I called her my girlfriend.’ She swallowed hard and watched as Shane did the same.