Chapter 34
"Shane…Shane." Carmen said, trying to get Shane's attention. "You'd better not give me a hickey." Carmen warned.
Shane was kissing Carmen's neck while her hands where trying to unknot Carmen's robe. "I won't." She replied, finally leaving Carmen's neck. Shane smiled at Carmen when she had opened her robe. Her hand immediately running up and down Carmen's naked sides.
"Shane, I need to get dressed." Carmen tried again.
"No, you don't." Shane said, pressing her lips against Carmen's.
"Yes, I do ." Carmen said, grabbing hold off Shane's wandering hands. "I already had to push you out of the shower, do you need me to push you out of the bathroom as well?"
"I still don't see why I couldn't shower with you."
"Because we were doing anything but shower." Carmen replied and saw Shane smirk at that. "And I did warn you."
"It's not my fault you are so irresistable." Shane replied moving closer to Carmen again, pushing her gently against the door. "Can you blame me?" Shane said, her eyes trailing down Carmen's body.
"Shane…" Carmen warned again.
"But…"
"I need to get dressed, we've been in here for hours." Carmen said.
Shane sighed. "Fine, I'll let you get dressed." She said stepping away from Carmen slightly. "One more kiss?"
Carmen laughed and looked at Shane. She held up her arm and gave Shane the come hither sign. Shane smiled and stepped back closer, her eyes not leaving Carmen's. She leaned in and kissed Carmen passionately. Her left hand trailed from Carmen's arm to her hair where she pulled her even closer. Carmen openend her mouth and let Shane's tongue in, both of them fighting for dominance. Carmen moaned when she felt Shane's leg between hers.
"Mmm, Shane." Carmen said, losing herself in the kiss, her hand running over Shane's back. "Oookay." She finally said, gently pushing Shane away. Both of them now breathing heavily. "Okay, you need to wait outside." Carmen said, moving to open the door, her eyes avoiding Shane.
Shane laughed. "Are you sure that's what you want, baby." She huskily asked her girlfriend. "Is that what you really, truly want right now?" She said, stepping closer to Carmen once again, her mouth nearly against Carmen's ear.
"Stop." Carmen said, holding her hand up to show Shane not to come any closer. "You're so going to pay for this later, Shane."
Shane laughed again. "I'll wait…on our bed…for you." She said as she stepped next to Carmen. "You look a little tense baby, maybe you should take another shower." Shane evily suggested. "Or I could always release it for you, either way, you know where to find me." And with that she left the bathroom completely.
"I hate you, McCutcheon." Carmen yelled after Shane before slamming the door.
"Helena! Have you seen Carmen?" Dana asked. "I really have to talk to her."
"Hey Banksie, no I haven't seen her in a while." Helena replied. Her and Dylan where walking around the club when Dana caught up with them. "Are you alright?" Helena asked when she watched a nervous Dana who was fidgeting with her hands.
Dana looked around again, hoping to catch a glimpse of her best friend. "Okay, I'm freaking out, Hel." Dana shrieked. "I can't do this, I can't sing tonight, I just can't do it. It's too much. What if Alice just doesn't want me back, what if I sing so bad that everyone leaves, what if I forget my lines and start to stutter…why did I come up with this…I ju…"
"Wow wow wait, Dana, you have to calm down." Helena interupted her old friend who didn't even seem to remember to breathe. "It will be alright, you'll do great."
"I don't know, Hel." Dana started again. "It's me, I don't sing infront of people, I don't declare my love like that, hell, before Alice I didn't declare anything to anyone at all, I'm the one that stands in the back, in some dark corner where almost noone can see me. Not on stage where everyone can see me."
"Didn't you say that you sung here before already?"
"Yes, they made me do it, I didn't like it, Hel. And that was different." Dana said pacing around infront of Helena and Dylan. "It's Alice. Alice! God, she's making me crazy."
"Alice will love it, Dana." Helena tried to reassure her friend.
"Yeah and just think on why you are doing this." Dylan added. "At the end of tonight, you will have your girl back."
"You really think so?" Dana asked with hope in her eyes.
"Yes, I do." Dylan nodded. "I've only just met you all but I can tell that you both still love each other very much."
"Really?" Dana smiled slightly.
"Totally, the glances, the shy smiles, they way you both look around to see the other."
"Dylan's right, Dane." Helena said. "Just do this, you owe it to yourself and to Alice. You need to take the chance to fix this."
"I wish it was over already."
Helena laughed. "You'll do fine, Dana."
"I should head back… I ran off." Dana laughed. "You'll both be there tonight, right?"
"Of course."
"Okay, thank you, both of you." Dana smiled.
Dylan and Helena smiled and nodded at Dana before she took off again, running back to the building.
"Where the hell have both of you been?" Alice angrily asked. "I've been looking all over for you."
"Us? We lost track off time." Shane replied her best friend. She couldn't hide the smile on her face though.
Alice noticed this and looked at both Carmen and Shane. "All this time?" She asked them, realising just how they lost track off time. "You've been gone like half the day."
Shane shrugged. "We didn't really have time to check our watch."
"Why did you need us?" Carmen asked, changing the subject.
"We had another session this afternoon, remember?"
"We did?" Shane asked. "Shame we missed it." She lamely replied.
"Yeah right! I can see how heartbroken you are about it." Alice said. "It sucked, Dana wasn't there, you all weren't there, it was just me, making a fool of myself."
"Nothing new, right?"
Alice punched her friend's arm. "Shut up, Shane."
"We were on our way to the show, you coming with us?" Carmen asked.
"I need to get changed first, I'm not going like this!" Alice said, looking down at herself. She was still wearing her sport attire.
"Well hurry then, we'll save you a seat." Shane told her best friend.
"How you feeling?"
"Scared shitless."
"You can still back out."
"Dawn…"
Dawn put her hands up in surrender. "Hey, was just a suggestion."
"Your support is really nice." Dana said sarcastically.
"Hey, aren't I the one that helped you during rehearsels?"
"Yes. I couldn't have turned the cd player on myself." Dana mocked.
Dawn made a face at Dana. "Your friends are here…without her." Dawn motioned when she saw Shane and Carmen enter.
Dana quickly turned around to face them. Carmen saw Dana and walked over. "Where's Alice? She is coming, right?"
Carmen smiled. "Relax, she went to change her clothes."
"Yeah, she wouldn't miss this, Dane." Shane replied. "She'll be here soon, you nervous?"
"Oh no, not at all, the fact that this can make me get Alice back doesn't make me nervous, at all." Dana once again replied sarcastically.
"Are you always this sarcastic when you are nervous?" Dawn asked.
"I'm dying here guys, this is so important to me."
Carmen put her hands on Dana's arms. "You'll do fine." Carmen smiled and reasured her best friend. "And we'll all be here to cheer you on."
"When is it your turn?" Shane asked looking around to see more people entering.
"Well the kids show ended about 15 minutes ago so it's almost going to start. So I guess in about half an hour. I'm after some weird magic trick which I don't get."
"Okay, we're going to get a seat, good luck!" Carmen said, hugging her best friend. "We'll be cheering."
"Thanks, Carm."
Shane smiled at Dana and also gave her a hug. "Good luck." She wispered.
"Thanks, Shane." Dana smiled as she watched her friends walk away to find themselves a seat. She turned back to face Dawn as they walked over to stage.
"Dana…I hope you get her back, honestly." Dawn said. "Really, I mean it, she obviously can make you very happy, and you seem to really love her so she can't be bad."
"Thanks, Dawn." She said, hugging her. "I'm glad to have your support." She said, giving Dawn a kiss on the cheek.
"You're welcome." Dawn smiled. "But if she does one thing wrong, I'm kicking her ass." Dawn laughed when she noticed Alice at the door. "She's here."
Alice waved at Dana before turning and walking over to the table where Helena and Dylan had already joined Shane and Carmen.
"Okay, you ready?" Dawn asked.
"No."
"Cool, let's go." Dawn laughed as she pulled Dana backstage.