Hey…I am so sorry I have not updated for soo long…I have had so much school work to do, its awful, I get no time to write…but it is now the weekend so I have lots of time…here is chapter 17…ENJOY!

Lena and Carmen walked into the "Oceana" restaurant right on the coast by the ocean. Carmen ran to the bars by the ocean and looked down at the crystal clear blue water, it was breath taking.

"This way Carmen." Lena said to Carmen like she was watching a little child.

Carmen and Lena were both seated down by a cute waiter named James. Right away Carmen lit up.

"Hello my name is James, I will be your waiter." He said with his thick Greek accent. Carmen wanted to melt. "Can I get you ladies something to drink?" he asked with a smile towards Carmen. She was turning different shades of red.

"Sure, umm, I think I am going to have a water with lemon." Lena stated glancing towards Carmen.

"Umm, yeah, I'll have a, a water too." She said with a smile. As James walked away he smiled back towards Carmen. Lena could totally tell there was a connection or spark between the two.

"Wow." Lena said with a smile towards Carmen. Carmen just smiled back. Lena wanted to ask Carmen about this morning, she was dying to know who Carmen was with.

"Hey, Carma, can I ask you something?" Lena asked giving a questioning look towards Carmen.

"Sure, anything…" Carmen knew what Lena was going to say.

"Well, when I got up this morning, I saw you…." Lena paused. "I saw you with someone…"

"Yeah." Carmen said with a guilty look.

"Who was it."

Carmen hesitated, she was unsure of what to say.

"I was with….." Carmen paused, but then continued, "I was with Kostos."

Lena stopped breathing, why would Carmen do this. Keeping this from her. What did she say to him? Why was she with him? Did she like him? No she couldn't she doesn't know him.

Carmen could sense that Lena was deep in thought, so to make things clearer for Lena she went on… "I was with him because I told him that it would be best if he stopped seeing you."

Lena was shocked, why would Carmen do this. "But, why Carmen, I mean why would you do that?" Lena asked.

"Because" Carmen stated "its for the best."

"What do you mean! I mean why would you interfere with this, this is my business." Lena stated.

"I know Lena, but I couldn't stand to watch you get your heart broken again."

"Well gee thanks for telling me that now!" Lena said she got out of the booth. "You could have come to me and talked to me, not HIM!" Lena shouted, she so frustrated with Carmen she couldn't even stand to be in the same room with her.

" I am sorry, your right I should have come to talk to you, but I had a feeling that you would get upset, like you are now." Carmen said trying to calm Lena down.

"And you wouldn't think I would get upset with you going behind my back!" Lena said as she grabbed her purse.

"I know, but I thought maybe if I talked to him he would understand and then he could explain it to you the situation."

"What situation, you told him about Paul didn't you, I mean he knew already but you did this for Paul." Lena paused, she was ready to explode. "You didn't tell Paul about Kostos did you?" Lena said.

"No, I haven't even talked to Paul in weeks, not even since I got here." Carmen thought about what she was going to say next. "Lena you're my best friend and you always be, but Paul is also my brother…" Carmen was cut off by Lena…

"Your stepbrother." Lena said correcting Carmen.

"Whatever, he is still my brother now, and I also awe a duty to him to, I can't watch him get his heart broken and lied too, just like I couldn't watch the same thing happen to you." Carmen said.

"I'm not breaking his heart." Lena said, even though she knew if he found out about her and Kostos his heart would break.

"I can't believe you Lena, have you looked in the mirror lately, I don't even see my best friend anymore, what happen to the understanding Lena."

Lena paused……………………

"She was lost as soon as you went behind her back." Lena said. She turned away from Carmen and left the restaurant, leaving Carmen behind.

Carmen was about to cry, maybe she should have just minded her own business. She grabbed her purse and began to leave money on the table when the cute waiter James came from behind.

"Here are your twoo" He stopped when he realized there was only one girl. The one girl was in tears. He placed the tray on the table and came to huddle by the booth.

"Are you ok miss.." he asked with much interest, but in a comforting way.

"I think I just lost a best friend." Carmen said with tears dripping down her face. James reached into his pocket and pulled out a white cloth napkin and dried Carmen's tears. Carmen went to reach down for the napkin, their hands touched. James passed the napkin to Carmen gazing into her eyes while doing so. Carmen couldn't help it but she managed to smile a weak but caring smiling.

"Thank you." She said.

"You're welcome, anytime you need a napkin, I'm your guy." He said with a slight chuckle. "Or if you just need someone to talk to."

Carmen smiled a weak smile again, she liked this James. She reached for her purse to grab her wallet. However James reached down touching her hands, "Its on the house." He said. James backed away from the booth to let Carmen out. He took her hand to help her out.

"Thank you James." She said with another smile.

"Anytime for a beautiful girl." He said.

Carmen started to walk away, but James grabbed her elbow. "Can I have your name miss?" James asked with loving eyes.

"Carmen, my name is Carmen." She said.

"Carmen, what a beautiful name."

"Well, it was nice meeting you, but I have to go." She said pulling away from James grip.

"Will I see you around Carmen?"

"I don't know, probably." She said with a smile and walked out of the restaurant.

-Ok, I know what you all are thinking…This isn't like Lena…but this is part of the story, she has grown and changed along the way, or at least she did in my story…I hope you liked, I should have a new chapter up as soon as possible… hopefully…. am planning to update like at least 3 more times, because Thursday I fly to Florida for a week so I won't have any chapters up so I want to get out as much as possible…so remember to review-