”Faithfulness
Distracts me from my ever changing
Tastefulness
My mouth upon the richest tongues
I run for this
Static at the same time by it all…”

Carmen got out of the bed silently and, completely naked, sneaked away locking the bathroom door behind her shoulders. She sat down on the floor, her back resting against the bathtub, and dialed Shane’s number on her cell phone.

Shane answered after a fistful of seconds. It was very late, it was two in the morning, but her voice didn’t sound sleepy at all. Maybe just surprised.

“Hey”, Shane said, and Carmen knew that she was smiling.

“Hi”, Carmen whispered in the received.

On the other line, Shane frowned.

“Are you okay?”, she asked, partly amused, partly concerned.

“Yeah…”, Carmen replied in another conspirator-like whisper.

“Why are you blowing in the phone?”, Shane joked, and Carmen muffled a giggle.

“I am not blowing. I am whispering”, she corrected her.

“Okay. Why are you whispering in the phone, then?”, Shane smirked.

“Because I’m not alone and I don’t want to wake up my girlfriend”, Carmen stated.

“Oh…”, Shane just said, and her voice sounded disappointed. Not very disappointed, but disappointed enough for Carmen to notice.

“Is there something wrong?”, she murmured.

“No, no. Not at all”, Shane said hurriedly, and Carmen sighed, staring at nothing.

“Okay. Look, Shane, I’ve had an idea”.

“At two o’clock in the morning….”, Shane considered, amused.

“Yeah, at two o’clock in the morning”, Carmen rolled her eyes, “Genius at work at two o’clock in the morning, so what?”.

Shane laughed.

“Alright, alright missy. Tell me about your idea. I’m all ears”.

“It’s about that testimonial thing, do you remember?”, Carmen whispered.

“Of course. Most of all, I remember your voice sounding much higher than usual… you know, when you told me that I was a dork because I didn’t want to hire Lindsay Lohan…”, Shane said teasingly.

Carmen rolled her eyes again.

“You’ll be the testimonial”, she stated, simply, and Shane remained silent for a very long time.

“Are you still there?”, Carmen asked after a while.

“Yeah… I was just thinking about your words…”, Shane replied pensively.

“You are not a VIP, that’s for sure, Shane, but you’re charismatic and charming and very interesting. I think we should use your qualities for DEW’s benefit”, Carmen said.