They stop looking at each other, asking the other one for an answer.

“you need furniture…but if you want we could just do it ourselves.” she smiles this smile that makes me think that she would do it…that they don’t have to do this. “So let’s go…right now let’s go.”

They walk in front Shane’s arm around her shoulder protectively, Carmen’s arm around her waist. Shane just smiles looking at her and I, giving me this look like I better do it. No ones ever done this before treated me like…like I was one of them.

“I could be even meaner…I could let Shane pick out your stuff.” she looks over her shoulder giving me this little wink.

“Excuse me what is that suppose to mean?” she stops short looking mortified and I can’t help but laugh at them.

“I mean she would buy you a race car bed…and-”

“What’s wrong with a race car bed?” This puzzled look on her face and I haven’t laughed for so long. “What’s so funny?”

“A race car bed would be cool.” she laughs, nodding her head and I’ve said too much.

The sudden surprise of cold air rushing past my face, and an array of furniture splayed out in front of us. Fuck what am I suppose to do?

“So what do you want to look at first?” shit.

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Hearing her say it and I don’t know if she really understands just what she said. I would never have asked that…I would never have laughed. Shit maybe I can do this…I just have to make an idiot out of myself. I like her laugh it’s more like a giggle really, nothing like I expected.

“Uh…” she shrugs her shoulders and puts her hands in her pockets, wow it’s weird. “Beds?”

“Ok then lets go,” she gently squeezes my hand.

This slow heat running from her finger tips causing my blood to run faster through my veins, this raging heat coursing through from her touch. The constant roar of voices from the people around us making me behave, her eyes watching us keeping me from tasting her skin. This bare patch of skin on her shoulder, it glistens with sweat and I can feel that need to taste it grow stronger.