He nodded and hugged Shay. Then Shane and Gabriel looked at each other and he hugged her, too.
Shay helped Shane to get into the car and got into it himself. I recognized how much he looked like Shane.

“Well, this is my little brother Shay. Shay, this is Carmen, a friend of mine.”, Shane introduced us to each other.

“ Oh are you Carmen! You’re not mad at my sister anymore?”, he asked me.

Shane looked at him with a look that said: “I’m going to kill you.” He must have understood because he didn’t ask any questions during the whole ride back to L.A.

“To answer your question, Shay, I’m not mad at Shane anymore. Are you guys hungry? I bought some food at the restaurant I had lunch. It’s not bad.”, I said.

He smiled at me and nodded. Shane didn’t eat anything, but smiled at me, too.

“So, Shay, what do you want to do today and tomorrow?”, Shane asked.

“I want to go to WAX, play some video games with you and I’m going to call Jared. Maybe he could come to WAX, too.”, he said excitedly.

“Alright, do you want to go to cinema, too?”, she asked him.

“Oh yes, I want to see the Simpsons. Carmen, you’re coming with us, right?”, he asked.

“Oh…I don’t know, don’t you want to be alone with your sister?”, I asked him.

“No…that’s okay, right, Shane?”, he said.

“Right.”, Shane said grinning at me.

“Alright, we’re going to see the Simpsons, then.”, I said smiling at them.

Arriving at home we put Shay’s stuff into Shane’s room and ate a bit before leaving to get into the cinema. Shane always looked at him and took care of him all the time. She kept asking him if he was hungry and told him to be careful at the street and all that stuff.
At the cinema she bought some popcorn and soft drinks for everyone. The film was funny and I was a bit sad when I thought about leaving them when I drove them home.

“Hey, do you want to come in?”, Shane asked.

“You have to! I have a new video game. You have to try it, it’s awesome.”, Shay said looking at me with those famous puppy eyes Shane also has. I’ve never been able to resist them.

“Okay, why not.”, I said grinning.

We played Shay’s video game all night long until Shay fell asleep. She covered him with a blanket and wished him a good night, which touched me.
I was going to leave when Shane stopped me by grapping my arm.

“Carmen…wait I…I wanted to thank you. For driving me all the way up to Oregon, for staying with us. For everything.”, she said.

“That’s okay for me Shane. You don’t have to thank me. It was a great day and you have a lovely brother.”, I said.

“Yeah…hey…it’s pretty late. You can stay over the night, if you want to. I can sleep at the couch. I would love to have you here at breakfast, too.”, she said.

And another surprise today. Shane asked me to stay without the intention to sleep with me? At that moment I wasn’t sure if I that’s not the most thing I wanted to do right now.

“I…I’d love to have breakfast with you. But I have one condition. I want you to sleep in your bed…with me. You don’t have to sleep at the couch. I think we know each other well enough.”, I said.

She looked surprised but relieved and happy. I still had some of my stuff here, underwear, pajamas, clothes, even my tooth brush.
Shane took her shower first which took ages since she had the plaster. Then it was my turn. I didn’t feel uncomfortable. I missed living in this house. When I was back in Shane’s room I saw that she already felt asleep which surprised me. She really didn’t have the intention to sleep with me or something like that. I crept under the blanket and felt so happy for the first time since our wedding failed. I couldn’t resist taking advantage of the situation so I kissed Shane softly on her lips.

“ I love you…”, she moaned.

I looked at her but she was still asleep, so she must be dreaming. I wondered whom she meant. It had to be Shay…but I kept hoping that these three words were meant for me while I was falling asleep.