“Aw, thanks babe.” Carmen says to her girlfriend after the tender hug.

“No prob.  That’s what my working girl and best employee deserves.” answers the brunette giving her a quick peck.  After a pause she continues “so, are you sure you’ll be able to go?  Cause if you are tired I–”

“Yes, honey.” Carmen interrupts and smiles widely.  “It’d be a pleasure for me to be right  there, next to you and be part of that,” she strokes her girl’s cheek “I feel it’s important  for both of us to be there.”

“I think so, too.  Thank you.  It means a lot to me.” the brunette says as she rests her forehead on Carmen’s.

Shane, who saw the whole scene, feels jealous and sad, but not surprised.  It was pretty obvious that a woman like Carmen wouldn’t take long to get a person in her life.  Who could resist such a beauty?  And not only that, she was also a great person with huge amounts of love to give.  The natural thing to do was to share that love.

That, of course, wasn’t a consolation for Shane right now, but she also felt guilty and felt that those uncomfortable feelings she was having were totally deserved.  She clearly saw that it wasn’t a good moment to talk to Carmen.  She gives a final glance at her and starts walking towards the door, but not before she stops to talk to a waitress.

“Hey, I wanted to know if there is a way to contact the dj.  You see I’m going to have this party and …”

“Sure.” the girl answers.  “Just wait a sec,” she disappears for a minute or two.

“Here,” the girl hands Shane a business card.  “Here are the numbers you can use to contact her.  You just have to call and set the day.  She’ll be the soul of the party; you won’t be sorry.” she smiles.

“Yeah, I bet.  Thanks,” with that Shane leaves the place.

Walking slowly and looking at the card, Shane reflects on what she just lived moments ago.  Shane was happy and a lot of other emotions when she saw Carmen, but she was also a little sad to see that Carmen has moved on and seems happy.  Of course Shane didn’t want to see her suffering or anything, but she felt like it was going to be really intrusive and selfish to break that harmony.

“What if she’s in love?  What if she doesn’t have feelings for me anymore?” Shane thinks.

But at the same time, she has this feeling in her heart that she has to try, to fight till there’s no hope.  That’s the only way to be sure.  She’ll have to talk to her… tomorrow.