Carmen:” You’re sorry???! Is that everything you have to say? I’m sorry that I made you cry almost every night??! Sorry, that I don’t care for you even though you loved me from the bottom of your heart???! Is that really everything you want to tell me, Shane???!”

Carmen grabs a book from Kit’s desk and started to hit Shane with the book. Shane protected herself with her arms. She didn’t even try to stop Carmen because she knew that she deserved it. When Carmen calms down at the sofa and started to cry. Shane wanted to take her into her arms to let her feel how much she really cared for her. She wanted to kiss her to show her how much she missed and loved her but instead she kneels in front of her. She gently lays her hands on Carmen’s knees.

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Outside at the bar

Helena: “Hey what do you think are they doing in the office?”

Jenny: “Well, I think that they are fucking. Did you see the jealousy in Carmen’s eyes when she saw Shane dancing with Paige? It’s so obvious that she still loves her. And we all know that Shane loves Carmen, too.”

Kit:” Jesus, I love them both but I don’t want anybody to fuck on my desk!”

Alice: “Come on, Kit. Let them do what they missed in the last 3 months. But I don’t think that they are having sex anyway. I guess that they are fighting. And I bet that Shane is loosing.”

Helena: “Alice, Shane would never hit a girl, that’s why we all know that she would loose.”

Alice: “Well, the result would be the same. Shane is going to have a black eye.”

Bette rolls her eyes and explains the situation to Jodie, her new girlfriend.

Bette: “ 3 moths ago, a good friend of us died because of breast cancer. After her death Shane realized how short life could be. She was afraid of loosing Carmen, so she proposed to her. Carmen said yes and everything seemed perfect. Shane’s dad was there, too. Shane didn’t see him for a long time and one night before the wedding Shane saw him cheating on his wife with a girl he got to know at a bar. He told Shane that he couldn’t change who he is,and that he knows that Shane understands what he means. That’s when Shane realized that she could never be the person Carmen wanted her to be, so she decided to leave Carmen. She didn’t want to hurt Carmen, as her dad did it to his wife.”

Somehow Jodie could understand Shane because she doesn’t believe in monogamy either, so she just nodded.

Tasha: “If I were Carmen, I would never forgive Shane. She had her chance and she fucked it up.”

Alice: “Yeah, but Shane did it because she loved Carmen so much. She was afraid of hurting her, that’s why she left her. Not because she didn’t love her anymore.”

Tasha: “But the point is, that the reasons why Shane left Carmen might be unusual, but that doesn’t change the fact that she humiliated her and broke her hear. And that’s unforgivable.”

The group is silent. They are all thinking about Tasha’s words…