Of course, she did want Shane to tear off her clothes – using her hands, or teeth, or whatever she wanted – but at the same time she didn’t want to use the end of her relationship with Mel as an excuse or a justification. She didn’t feel the need to.

She was near Shane, now, and Melissa’s furious words were buried somewhere, far away, and they didn’t matter anymore. Carmen concentrated on the warm feeling of Shane’s head under her fingers, on the softness of her hair, on the way Shane’s face was relaxing under her touch.

Shane inhaled a deep breath through her nose and held it. She looked up at the foggy sky, where the rain was becoming heavier and thicker. Then she stopped the car and turned to Carmen.

Automatically, Carmen’s hand went on her cheek, and stayed there, gently stroking her skin.

“We need to stop for a while”, Shane murmured, huskily.

They were staring at each other, again, and it was inevitable at that point.

Carmen swallowed.

“Yeah…”, she nodded, under her breath.

“I can’t see anything…”, Shane added.

Carmen nodded again, mesmerized by her eyes.

“We’re out of town and the road is blurry”, Shane muttered.

“You’re right…”, she replied quietly.

“Even the ocean is dark and stormy…”.

“I noticed that…”.

Shane sighed, without breaking eye contact.

“We can just stay here for a while, you know…”, she whispered.

“Yeah… We can just stay here… And listen to some radio station…”, Carmen agreed.

“…Or we could talk…", Shane proposed.

“…We aren’t doing anything, are we?”, Carmen asked, and her voice sounded a bit higher than usual.

Shane shook her head slowly.

“Absolutely nothing…”, she agreed huskily.

Then, they moved at the same time and crashed into each other’s arms.

”You make me feel like a candy apple all red and horny
You make me feel like I want to be dumb blonde
In a centerfold, the girl next door…”

And finally it was happening.

Finally Carmen felt Shane’s lips on hers, and it was the most passionate and hungry kiss she had ever received in her whole life. She opened her mouth immediately, craving to feel Shane’s tongue and, when it happened, her whole body trembled. Shane angled her head and the kiss deepened even more, if ever possible, and Carmen knew that they were way beyond the point of non return.