Shane was a million miles away in her thoughts, but she was thoroughly enjoying every moment of this so far. She was thinking about how sweet Carmen was, and how amazing she was, and how lucky she was to have her as her girlfriend.

“So, it’s not the actual scratching that’s difficult, its hitting it on the right beats, and where you start and stop the tape. When you scratch, what your doing,” Carmen’s voice was soft in Shane’s ear as she rested her chin on her shoulder. She gently took Shane’s right wrist and placed her hand tentatively above the disc. “Is more or less rewinding and fast forwarding the place of the song, the scratching sound that comes from that is ‘scratching’. Different sounds come from different techniques or different scratching equipment. We’ll just do it old school today, fingers,” Carmen chuckled and Shane smiled and nodded. She had only just fully arrived in the moment a few minutes before. She was glad to be there.

“You want to use your hands and just press your fingers down, but not to hard, then pull the disc away from its rotation, and if you want to put it back to its place in the song, push it forward again, you’ll get a feel for the tempo after awhile. Pressure on the disc and tape length will just kind of come to you after you practice a few times. So that’s about it I think go for it!” Carmen said. Shane’s wide smile stayed plastered on her face as Carmen moved a slider and she could here the song that was playing Punk Rock Samurai, by Poxy. Carmen pressed a silver button and the bass and drum beat changed to more of a hip hop style that totally suited the song but gave it a different feel. She slowed the tempo just a bit and let Shane go to it.

“Could you demonstrate first?” Shane asked adorably, trying hard to be extra cute, though she didn’t need to. Carmen smiled and nodded. She was going to stand beside Shane but then thought better of it and instead reached around her again. Her right arm came under Shane’s as she leaned into her back a bit to get better access at the table. She felt Shane tense a bit under her as she was going to move, but Carmen smile and bent her left knee. Pinning her on both sides from leaving. Shane laughed throatily and watched as Carmen got ready. She waited till the lead singer started his lyrics before starting.