Carmen was sitting with her best friend and roommate in a restoraunt, enjoying a nice lunch. Her roommates name was Alecia,
she had short blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes, she was just as tall as Carmen and she works at the restourant they were eating, she was on her break so Carmen decided to visit her and keep her company.
" Ok break is over, gotta get back to work, will you stay since its slow and I still can sneak and talk to you" asks Alecia getting up.
" Sure I've got nothing planned today " answers Carmen smiling and takes a bite of her french fries.
Alecia walks to a table were 6 people just took seat and as she neares them, one face seems so familiar to her but she can't place it.
" Hi I'm Alecia, your waitress for today, here are the menues. Do you need a minute for your drink order?"
" Hi Alecia, ..I don't think we do do we?" asks a brunette with short hair looking at her friends at the table.
" Not me, I want a beer." states the familiar face with dark hair and a sexy smile.
" A beer for lunch really?" asks the girl sitting next to her, they kind of seem like a couple.
" Yes please" smiles the dark haired skinny girl playfully.
" You are unbelievable Shane" states the girl and then it downs on Alecia. SHANE she thinks, O MY GOD SHANE, O MY ..
CARMENS SHANE ...OH NO...OH SHIT...OH FUCK.
" You ok, you look kinda pale?" asks a black woman with her hair in a pony tail.
" I ..uhm..I'm fine...I'll be right back." says Alecia and runs into the kitchen.
"...well that was weird" states the brunnete with short hair.
In the kitchen Alecia paces infront of the cook, who is a close friend of her and Carmen.
" You look like you saw a ghost." states Lara " Oh ..I think I did... I saw the ghosts of yours and Carmens past." explains Alecia in a hushed whisper.
" What?" asks Lara totally confused.
" Outside on table 8 there is a group of 6 woman, two of which looked very familiar, one is your ex Alice and the other is the one who broke Carmen into pieces." explains Alecia, trying to read Laras face, who doesn't react for a few seconds and then drops the knife " Oh shit that...thats not good. Carmen can't see Shane, she is not ready I know its been 3 years but still she is not ready. Who can blame her, she left her at the altar for fucks sake." rambles Lara.
"Ok calm down, I'm going to go because I have to serve them even if I really want them to dissapear but I will try to get Carmen to leave or something after I serve them." explains Alecia and reaches for Laras hand and squeezes, waiting for a nod from Lara.
She leaves the kitchen and walks to the table thinking, there is a good chance they won't see each other they are on two different corners of the restourant...
" Hi, are you ready to order" she asks with a polite fake smile, the girl wich she indentified as Alice gives her a double take and then gives her her order. They all order what they want.
When Alecia comes back with the drinks for the table and says :" The food will be ready in a bit, anything else I can get you?"
" You kind of look like someone I know...are you gay?" asks Alice bluntly. Her girlfriend next to her rolls her eyes as Alecia answers :" Yes I am " " Did you date Gabby Deveaux?" asks Alice again. Alecia laughs uncomfortably and says :" No I didn't.."
" Leave her be, Al" says Shane, just looking at Shanes face makes Alecia angry, what kind of person would humiliate someone they love like that. " I'll be back" says Alecia and as she walks away she hears :" Hey Shane you sure you didn't have sex with her, cause she had that - I was just another number I would like to rip of your head - look going."
Alecia walks to Carmens table who is listening to her ipod and writing something down.
" Hey whatcha doing" asks Alecia, looking back at table 8 making sure, they are not looking over.
"Nothing just writing some ideas down.." says Carmen not looking up from her notes.
" Cool ..uhm you know its getting bussier, maybe you should leave, I don't want you to sit here all alone when I can't talk to you"
lies Alecia in a anxious voice.
At that Carmen looks up and sees the conflict in her best friends eyes :" What's wrong?" she asks.
"Nothing I just don't want you to be bored here when you could be bored at home" laughs Alecia awkwardly.
" You suck at lying, tell me" pleads Carmen.
Alecia still hesitates but then takes a seat and takes Carmens hand " Do you trust me?" she asks in a quiet voice.
Carmen looks her eyes on Alecias and says :" Of course"
" Ok then you need to leave, leave and I will explain at home what happend please" begs Alecia.
Carmen searches her best friends face for any sign that this is some kind of weird joke but when she sees there is none,
she says :" Ok".
Alecia lets out a breath she didn't know she was holding as Carmen packs her things into a bag and gets up to get her jacket.
" O MY GOD CARMEN IS THAT YOU" there is a loud voice behind them and as they both turn around they see its Alice.
" FUCK MY EVERYTHING IT IS YOU" says Alice and walks toward Carmen whos smile is the one of confused but still happy to see her friend.
" Alice oh my I haven't seen you in so long" she says and squeezes her friend tighter. Alecia rolls her eyes and thinks, fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck she will have to see her now FUCK FUCK.
" It has been long where has your sexy ass have been" asks Alice in a serious voice.
" Oh you know here and there" answers Carmen in a laugh as she pulls back.
Alice smiles at her friend and then affectionetly says :" You look really good".Carmen laughs and ducks her head, and then it downs on her, Alecia wanted her to leave, Alice is here hugging her, SHANE IS HERE TOO. She looks up and connects her gaze with her best friends and knows by the way Alecia is looking at her that she is right.
" So how are things" asks Carmen while looking around the restourant, when she catches sight of Shane, her stomach drops, she immediatly feels a burning behind her eyes and all the memorys coming back. She swallows hard around the lump and can't help but think, that Shane looks gorgeus.
" Oh you know same old...well except no I'm getting married" says Alice in a exited voice at that Carmen looks back at her and says :" Whaaaaat? Are you fucking kidding me? That's so great" and hugs her friend again. Alecia who followed Carmens eyes and saw the pain in her best friends eyes, walks away hesitantly to get the orderes to the table.
"So who is the lucky lady" asks Carmen in a genuine and soft voice.
" Oh right ..why don't you come to our table and I introduce you...- she trails of, realizing what that would mean and says- or ...you know we don't have to do that.." Carmen locks her eyes on Alice and sees the honest worrie in her eyes.
" Look Carmen I know its been 3 years, but we were friends..close friends.. I don't want you to go over there and hurt." states Alice while grasping Carmens hand,Carmen smiles with tears in her eyes. and says :" I'm so sorry Alice.. I was hurting but just ditching all of you because of...I'm really sorry" Alice smiles and pulls her into a hug " I don't blame you " she whispers running a hand down Carmens back.
" Thank you " says Carmen as she pulls back and sniffs back the tears " But I'm okay we can go over there ..I wanna meet that woman that tamed you" she jokes.
Alice laughs and takes Carmens hand and pulls her towards her table, where Alecia is serving the food to the rest of the group, as they aproach Alice says loudly :" Guys look who I found"
Shane who was casualy answering a text looks up and when she sees Carmen, her mouth drops open. Her stomach errupts in thousend twists, most of them out of guilt but others at how beautiful and breathtaking Carmen looks.
" Bloody hell" says a woman with a british accent and gets up to hug Carmen while the other two sitting at the table look confused.
" Helena my god you look great " says Carmen pulling back from the hug.
" Me? You you look fucking stunning" says Helena while looking Carmen all over, Carmen laughs and smacks her arm.
" Ok Carmen, this is my fiance Tasha, Tasha this is Carmen, I told you a couple of times about her" introduces Alice.
Carmen smiles warmly at her and shakes her hand :" Nice to meet you"
" Nice to meet you too, I've heard only great things about you" smiles Tasha back.
" Yeah like the way you can shake that latina ass" throws Alecia into the conversation and when everybody looks at her, Carmen says :" Right guys, this is my best friend and room mate Alecia"
" Also known as your waitress " jokes Alecia earning a small laugh.
When the girl next to Shane reaches for her hand, Carmens eyes drop to that gesture and Shane sees that so she pulls her hand back,
pretending to scratch her ear, still not grasping what's happening a moment ago she was having lunch with her friends and now she is facing the woman who she left at the alter and judging by the look Alecia was giving, time didn't heal that wound.
" I don't think we have been introduced" says Carmen to the short haired woman sitting next to Helena.
" Oh where are my manners, Carmen this is Dylan my girlfriend, Dylan this is Carmen" they share a hand shake and a polite smile.
After that Carmen decides to be the bigger person, to be the stronger person so she extands her hand to Shane who still hasn't closed her mouth and says with a poker face :" Hey Shane, long time no see"
Alecias eyebrows raise at that not expecting that, but as she looks around the table she realizes no one was expecting that.
Shane swallows hard and the reaches her hand and shakes Carmens, trying to shake of the feeling of electricity going through her hand and says :" Yeah...its...Its great to see you" she admits honestly.
Carmen holds her gaze for a few seconds and then pulls her hand back and sees the confused look on the girl next to her but before she can dwell on it the girl extands her hand and says :" Hi I'm Molly"
At that Alecia laughs and everyone looks at her, she stops laughing and looks at them :" Oh sorry I thought you were joking"
" Hey!" protests Molly, Carmen laughs at her friend and says :" Hey Molly, I'm Carmen and my roommate here has a weird sense of humour" and pokes her tongue playfully at Alecia.
Alecia smiles at her and looks around the restourant to see if anyone needs anything.
Molly smiles at her and looks at Shane who has her gaze locked on the table.
" Carmen you should take a seat and eat with us, tell us whats going on with you" suggests Alice.
" Well I just ate, but if I'm not intruding, sure why not" says Carmen and sits down on the empty chair next to Alice.
" You could never intrude" states Alice and smiles warmly at her friend, looking at Shane seeing that she finally looked up and is currently looking Carmen all over.
"How about you Clown will you take a seat too?" asks Molly in a teasing tone. Alecia looks at her and laughs saying:" My shift ends in a few minutes...so I'll be back." she looks at Carmen trying to read her friends expression but Carmen has her pokerface in place so she asks " Carmen do you need anything?" Carmen looks up at her and smiles a genuine smile and says :" No I'm good" Alecia studies her face for a few more minutes and then takes off.