—-Four months ago————————-

Carmen could literally see the wheels turning in Shanes head as they walked back to her place. Having heard various rumors about Shane McCutcheon within months of moving to L.A. with her family, the shyness in public wasnt something she had expected.

Shanes hand had brushed hers twice during the walk, and years of carefully crafted subtleness on Shanes part had Carmen truly wondering whether it was deliberate or not. After Carmen had made it clear that they would be saying goodnight instead of good morning for now, Shane had taken to these new techniques instead of her usual straight forward approach. A voice broke her out of her reverie.

They really liked you, you know

Shane smiled, and it was goofy looking. Adorable. Cute. All those things that a predator shouldnt be.

I liked them tooyour brothers are something.

Carmen scoffed. Thats putting it lightly. Though they did coax that unique philosophy about Pro Wreslting out of you.

Im telling you, the key is to look at it as more art, less sport…then its like watching a play…about sports.

Shane nodded her head matter-o-factly and their knuckles brushed. Carmen worked to keep her voice level.

A blatant lie and badly constructed faux-sport, you mean.

See, thats why its bad to get emotionally invested in such a thing. Keeping score would be like…slitting your wrists because Juliet didnt wake up on time.

I didnt figure you for a Shakespeare fan.

Nah, Im just a sucker for Leonardo Dicaprio, that boy is dreamy. She exaggerated this by batted her eyes at her companion…then later grinned and feigned hurt when Carmen punched her in the arm.

You do heterosexuality worse than he does.

Shane raised her eyebrow Oh yeah? That a fact?

Carmen swallowed and brushed her hand defiantly against Shanes, drawing her fingertips up and lacing her arm through as she smiled at Shane. Yeah, thats a fact.

Shane did her best body language rendition of nothing has changed but she cursed the hot blush rising behind her ears.

So, you really think Leos a mo? Scratch that, cursing the stupid words that flowed out of her mouth. Carmen laughed and leaned her head into Shanes shoulder, both of them feeling increasingly comfortable with the arrangement.