Carmen’s POV: 
I see Shane looking down when she saw me. Did she not want to see me? Should I not have come? I probably should have left her by herself….she seems more happy that way. This is all my fault I should have talked to her, or at least made sure that she’s safe…..I cannot believe I did that….what did think of Sam? did she think that me and Sam are together?…..it probably seemed like that to her. 
She walks past me without saying anything and comes back changed. Her upper body is completely bandaged and she’s wearing a white shirt and basketball shorts. She looks up at me. 
"You came?" she asks me….’i mean …here i am’….i felt like saying….but at least she’s talking to me….I shouldn’t be talking she went through all of these because I was being a jerk and didn’t want to hear what she had to say……I knew that the car keys were with me….still I let it be….I let jealousy get the better of me….and now that person for whom I was feeling jealous almost got killed….I cannot bring myself up to look at her intense green eyes. 
"I didn’t think you would come!" she says again. This made me mad…what does she think I am….a heartless bitch like her Cherie?? I know I have been a jerk last night, but I how can not come when someone calls me and tells me that the person I care for is beaten up and stabbed and in the hospital…..I wanted to cry out loud and hit her at the same time…but I refrained myself from doing that….
"You think I am that heartless? " I cannot help but ask her. 
She looked down at my eyes, confused….not understanding what I meant….I love it when she looks at me that way. It makes me laugh….I bite my bottom lips to stop myself from smiling…I don’t want to smile at this time….then she won’t be confused anymore…
"I can explain…." she says defensively. 
"Let’s go to the hotel then we’ll talk" I say sternly…to keep myself from melting, seeing Shane’s confused expression….I still a little mad about her behavior yesterday with that Paige woman…and I would very much like an explanation….just not now….she’s tired and torn…she needs rest. Nothing comes before her well being. 
I called a cab that took us back. I felt Shane glancing at me….during the journey…the hospital was far away from the hotel or the club where we went….I wonder how Shane ended up there. I guess she needs to explain that….she cannot just run like that…then I remember that after all it was me….who threw her away from the club that night…Even though Sam and I used to date way back….we are just friends….no benefits by the way…only friends…I danced too close to her last night to see if Shane gets jealous….but she got a bit too jealous and almost tackled down Sam in the dance floor…..Shane looked kinda sexy holding Sam by the collar and pushing her up against the wall….but she probably hates me now….I don’t know how to fix…for now I just need to make sure that she recovers fast. We still have a week and half to spent in NY. We really cannot show up in my family home amidst all my cousins like this. They would ask thousand questions. We reach the hotel and I try to help Shane out of the car…
"Carmen its okay…I think I can do it" She says simply…god she’s not even calling me "Carm" is she that mad at me? 
We get inside the hotel room, I go out to buy all the medications that the doc prescribed….thank god Jordan and I had a medical insurance together….so Shane being my legal wife is covered…..so the medications didn’t cost too much. Although I don’t care how much they cost right now…all I need to see is my Shane up and standing beside me, with her slumped shoulder and lanky figure…did I just say ‘my Shane’….god! I got it bad….When I get back from the pharmacy…I don’t see Shane in the hotel room…did she take off ?? but then I hear some muffled noises and ‘shit’s and ‘fuck’s from the bathroom. I walk in to see the bathroom door half closed and a half naked Shane standing in front of the mirror with her back facing me….trying to clean a huge jab over her shoulder with some wet cloth and some hydrogen peroxide….she has the nurses instruction sheet laid out in the sink and she’s reading off of it and trying to follow it…she cannot really reach the spot but she’s trying…and its hurting her other cuts due to the stretching….does she think she doesn’t need any help…? who does she think she is? Superman! 
"Shane" I call out from behind her…she looks back at me startled. Again with those cute confused puppy eyes…and I feel like melting…
But I keep a straight face. 
"Shane! What do you think you are doing? didn’t the nurse tell you to relax…" 
"Yeah…I relaxed…umm…I a…then…I thought"…she trails off…looking at her feet….
"Come on let me do that for you" I say….
"No No..its fine…I can do it myself…" 
"No Shane you can’t I just saw you…you can’t let me help you give that to me." 
"I don’t want to bother you…she’s probably waiting for you…you shouldn’t be here" she says…
so that’s why! But I decide to play dumb…..
"Who are you talking about Shane?" I ask. 
"your friend that you were dancing with" she mumbles. 
"Well she’s really just a friend….and we spent enough time together…she slept together last night" I said not realizing how it sounded to her…until her head shot up her eyes hurt….looking at me…and then quickly looking down…I immediately realize my mistake and quickly say. "We had a sleep over…you know the kind friends have…she was too drunk to go home…so I suggested she sleep it off here and we talked about our college days and what we have been upto…and I wouldn’t cheat in our marriage…even though its weird and unexpected." this seemed to calm Shane down…I saw her grip on the hydrogen peroxide bottle loosen as her knuckles went from white to normal color. 
"I am sorry I didn’t mean to intrude in your love life like that..you can do whatever you want. " Shane says her head still down. I see her hurt…that’s why she won’t let me see her eyes. Because her eyes speak tons more than her mouth…
"You are not intruding Shane..I told you this because I wanted you to know…I know this is hard for you to deal with all of this and on top of it you discover you are legally married to someone you never met…" I say understandingly….I have my fingers crossed…I really don’t want her to walk away from this marriage thing…because that’s the only way I would be able to keep her close to me…otherwise…we belong to different world….I know I am being selfish here…but what can I do…other than praying…
But the way Shane looks at me makes me feel that she’s not gonna walk away….
"I am sorry….I acted that way in front of Paige yesterday…I uh…I ah..actually its umm.just that…I have never been married before.."She says and looks at me….
"well me neither" I say..trying to bite off a fit of laughter…I really didn’t expect this answer. 
"no…what I meant…is that…I have never been part of any family really…I uhh…its just I don’t really know….what to do and what to say most of the time…and uh…its embarrassing…but uh…I just..I have never been in a relationship….I thought I would be serious with my relationship with Cherie…but before I got to be serious…uh…you know Jordan came…along….after that I gave up. Its just…that with Paige….I didn’t know how to explain…and I didn’t want her to know…and I didn’t know how to explain….uhm…I probably am not making much sense here with my rambling…but…I didn’t want it to seem weird to her….that i come for a vacation here and all of a sudden the next thing you know is I am married…..its not that I don’t like you….you are very nice to me…and I lo-..like you a lot"