“Hey, it wasn’t pretty, okay? It was embarrassing. It’s the first time I’ve seen you go around asking people about their sexual orientation, Alice. Where were your manners? Besides, you self-proclaimed you had the best gaydar out there. Why did you have to do that in front of the bunch?” She popped open the trunk of her car the moment she got there. After placing her bag inside, she immediately put on her Chucks, getting rid of the uncomfortable leather shoes.

“I had to get Dana off my back. I didn’t feel like answering why I was trying to get your attention through kicking you from the underside of the table.” Alice closed the trunk right after throwing her own things inside. “This doesn’t change my sleeping over your house, right?”

“No. But you shouldn’t have done that Al. You put Carmen directly on the spot. And why the fuck were you giving me foot-jerks anyway?” Even though she knew the answer to that, she wanted to hear it straight from Alice.

“Come on, Shane. You don’t fool me. You weren’t reading that damn magazine. You just didn’t wanna see Papi flirting with your Carmen. Speaking of which, what do you think of her?”

“Oh, fuck. My Carmen? Alice, please. What do you mean what do I think of her? I thought your gaydar was working just fine. You tell me.” Shane said, dodging the bullet.

“She could either be on this side or the other, but she’s definitely not straight.” Alice responded, with sheer confidence. “Are we going?”

“Jenny’s gonna go with us. We’ll stop by her place first. I think she’s also sleeping over.”

“It’s a great idea if we all stay at your house tonight. It’s been a while since we last did that. Besides, your dad’s always never home. It’s like, you have your own pad, only better. And we could invite Carmen over! You know, welcome her to the group since she’s gonna be working together with Jenny most times.” Alice smiled at her suggestion.

“What…?” A second before Shane could actually object or applaud at what she heard, Carmen put her hand on Shane’s shoulder, and greeted them both a good afternoon.