Thank you all for the nice words!
Chapter 14
"It's so nice and quiet here." Carmen said as she walked closely next to Shane.
Carmen and Shane had been walking on the pier and were now at the end of it. They both stopped at the railing and just stared at the sea.
"It really is, thanks for showing me this place." Shane said as she looked over at Carmen, who nodded at her before looking away.
"I've always liked coming here since I was little. It helps me clear my mind and relax." Carmen said as she saw Shane grin at her. "What?"
"Nothing…just picturing you as a little girl." Shane said with a smile.
"And?"
"It's a cute picture." Shane said when she saw Carmen blush.
"Thanks." Carmen replied faintly. "Where do you like to go, to clear your mind?"
"I love going to places that are kind off deserted. I would drive there and lie on the hood of my car, staring at the sky or stars, depending on the time of day." Shane said looking at a ship that was passing by in distance.
"Sounds great, you should take me with you some time, when you go do that again." Carmen said. "If you want to that is."
"Sure. I would like that." Shane said with a smile as she once again looked at Carmen who was staring back at her with the same smile. "You want to go walk on the beach?"
"Sure." Carmen said as Shane and her turned around and started walking back. Shane was looking around and started walking closer to Carmen. She gently felt her own hand brushing against Carmen's. Carmen quickly looked down and took two steps back, tripping over her own shoes. Shane quickly stepped forward and grabbed Carmen's hand to prevent her from falling.
"Are you okay?" Shane asked as she gripped Carmen's hand tighter and pulled her back up to steady herself.
"Yeah." She said, looking down at their hands.
"Sorry." Shane said, letting go of Carmen's hand.
"Oh no no." Carmen said as she took Shane's hand back in hers. Carmen smiled at Shane as they continued walking down the pier.
They kept walking until they where at the end of the pier. Both of them, still holding hands, walked to the narrow staircase that would lead them to the beach. Reluctantly, Shane let go off Carmen's hand and let her walk the staircase first. When both of them where at the beach Shane hesitated to take Carmen's hand again. She looked up and down a few times before shoving her hands in her pockets. Carmen noticed this and gave Shane a nervous smile.
"You wanna sit down?" Carmen asked.
"Sure." Shane said and both of them went to sit down on the soft sand.
Carmen looked around nervously before looking at Shane. "Shane?" Carmen asked.
"Yeah?"
"Why did you lie to me about the fair?" Carmen said, asking the question she had been wanting to ask for a while now.
"What?" Shane quickly looked at Carmen, shocked that she knew about the fair.
"The fair, why didn't you tell me it was last night?"
"I…you where sick." Shane pointed out, not really sure what to say and not really knowing how to answer the question.
"So?"
"So?" Shane asked. "You would have made me go."
"Of course I would have."
"It just didn't feel right Carm, you where sick and I wanted to take care of you."
"You should've told me."
"It could've been serious Carmen. The fair would have been great, but I can always apply to go next time. I just didn't want to leave you alone."
"I feel bad Shane, you wanted to go so bad and you missed it because of me." Carmen said.
Shane moved to sit closer to Carmen and turned to her. "Carmen, I wouldn't have been able to enjoy myself knowing that you where sick." Shane explained. "I was where I wanted to be, okay?" Shane said softly.
Carmen remained silent for a few seconds before pulling Shane into a hug. "Thank you." She said, holding onto Shane.
Shane laughed. "You're welcome Carm, anytime." She said, enjoying the hug Carmen was giving her.
"Okay."Carmen said as she let go of Shane. "I want to thank you." She said as she jumped up. "Let's go out tonight." Carmen suggested, looking down at Shane, who was still sitting.
"I think you should rest tonight." Shane said. "You where sick all night, remember?"
"Fine." Carmen said with a huff. "Tommorow night?" She asked hopeful.
"Sounds good to me." Shane said with a smile.
"I'm paying." Carmen said.
"Carm…" Shane started protesting.
"I'm paying Shane." Carmen said.
"Okay, okay." Shane said, holding her hands up in surrender.
"Deal?" Carmen said, holding her hand out.
Shane nodded and laughed. "Deal." She said taking Carmen's hand and pulling herself up. Carmen continued to hold Shane's hand.
"So, what should we do tommorow?" Carmen asked as she swung their hands back and forth gently, as they walked further onto the beach, discussing what they would do tommorow night.
Alice was making some changes to her lyrics when she heard a knock on the front door. She opened the door and sighed as she saw who it was.
"I'm an asshole."
"You are." Alice said, agreeing. Alice walked away but left the door open for the other person to walk in.
"I'm sorry Alice, please forgive me." The person said, quickly closing the door and following Alice.
"I don't know Dana." Alice said, sighing once more.
Dana walked over to Alice and put her hands on Alice's waist. "Please baby, I really do want to be with you." she said, pleading with Alice.
"It doesn't look like you do." Alice asked softly, looking away.
"I know and I'm sorry about that." Dana said sadly. "Please, I want to make it up to you." Dana said. "How can I make it up to you?" Dana asked.
"I don't know if you can." Alice said, looking Dana in the eye.
"Please Al, let me take you out tonight and prove it to you." Dana asked.
"Shane and I planned to write tonight." Alice replied looking back down. She wasn't sure if she should give in or not.
"Tommorow night then?" Dana said, bending down a bit to search Alice's eyes. Alice remained silent. "Please?" Dana pleaded again.
"Okay." Alice said giving in.
"Yeah?" Dana said with a smile.
Alice nodded. "You better not hurt me again." She said.
"I won't, I promise." Dana smiled. "Thank you." Dana said, leaning in and giving Alice a soft, sweet kiss.
"Al, were ba…aww you two made up huh?" Shane said as she walked in with Carmen.
"Hey you two." Carmen smiled as she saw Dana and Alice together. They where both lying on the couch, Alice's head resting on Dana's stomach as Dana was running her hands softly through Alice's hair. Both of them lazily waved and continued to enjoy each others company.
"How are you feeling Carm?" Dana asked.
"Much better, still feeling a bit tired but I'm getting there." Carmen said as she sat down and looked to Dana and Alice on the couch.
"You where sick Carmen?" Alice asked, still in her role of covering for Shane.
"Yeah but someone took good care of me." Carmen said as she looked over at Shane with a smile. Shane sweetly smiled back at her.
"Shane took care of you huh? Good thing it was this week cause if it would have been next week, Shane would have been at the fair." Alice said, giving Shane a wink while Carmen wasn't looking.
Carmen and Shane both laughed. "Al, it's okay, she knows." Shane said.
"Knows what? That the fair is next week?"
"No, she knows the fair was last night and that I stayed with her cause I wanted to take care of her." Shane smiled.
"Aww." Both of Dana and Alice said. "That's so sweet." Dana said.
"Yeah yeah, I would do it for everybody okay." Shane said, wanting to get the attention off of her. Carmen's face fell slightly when she heard this.
"Would you?" Alice asked, daring her to anwser.
Shane jumped off of the couch. "…'Course…Well not everybody but you know…" Shane turned when she was out of Alice and Dana's sight. "…people that are very imported to me." Shane smiled at Carmen, who couldn't help but smile as well, as she walked into the kitchen.
"Awww, so sweet!" Dana said as she looked from Carmen to Alice, who gave her a knowing smile. "And look at you…all smiley know."
"Oh shut up Dana."
"Yeah Dana, leave her alone, the girl is in love." Alice couldn't help but tease as well.
"You two are crazy." Carmen said, she felt her cheeks getting warmer and knew she was starting to blush.
"What are you all talking about?" Shane asked as she came back out of the kitchen holding a few drinks.
"Nothing." Carmen quickly said.
"O-kay. I brought drinks for everyone." Shane said, holding up the bottles. "Carm, I brought you something different, cause you know… you where sick and it's not the best idea to drink alcohol."
"Thanks Shane." Carmen smiled as she took the bottle of soda out of Shane's hand.
"You're welcome." Shane said as she gave the others their drinks and went to sit back down next to Carmen.
"Oh Shane." Alice started. "Kit called earlier. She wants us to perform next week again." Alice smiled as she went to sit up to take a sip of her drink.
"Cool. When?"
"Hmm…" Alice picked up her book, where she wrote down the details. "Next Friday at 8."
"Okay…We'll have to work on our songs then huh?"
"Yeah…We will need to work are butts off to get it done."
"Well, you wrote one earlier so we only need a few more right?" Shane asked.
"No, I don't want to use that one, we need happy songs." Alice said, smiling at Dana.
Shane smiled as well, happy that her best friend was her normal, happy self again.
"I think that's my cue to leave." Carmen said.
"Oh no, you don't have to." Shane said, putting her hand on Camren's knee to prevent her from getting up.
"No, It's okay, I'm getting tired again anyways so I'm going home to relax for a while." Carmen said, as she got up from the couch.
"I think I'm going to go as well." Dana said as Alice pouted. "I still have to get some shopping done." She explained. "I'll call you later." Dana said as she gave Alice a kiss. "Bye."
"Bye, I'll see you tomorrow." Alice smiled.
"Yes you will." Dana said as she once more gave Alice a kiss before walking over to Carmen who was waiting for her.
"And I'll see you tomorrow." Carmen said to Shane, who stood up as well.
Shane nodded. "Yep, I'll pick you up at 8."
"Okay." Carmen smiled as she gave Shane a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Bye Alice." Carmen waved at Alice who waved back.
"Bye baby, bye Shane." Dana said as she walked out.
Shane waved one last time and closed the door.
"So you are going out on a date with Carmen huh?" Alice said, as she stood behind Shane.
"Alice, don't sneak up to me like that!" Shane complained. "And it's not a date, it's a thank you for taking care of her."
"So it's a thank you date." Alice said with a smirk walking after Shane into the living room.
Shane shook her head. "You are unbelieveable, you know that?"
"I know, it's one of my many fine wonderful skills." Alice replied.
"Well, you think you can call on your writing skills right now so we can write some songs?"
"Sure. Let's do it." Alice said as she jumped off the couch to get her note pad, while Shane went to get there guitars.