After another hour or so, they excused themselves from the reception. As they made their way to the elevator, they started kissing each other sweetly. Once they entered the elevator, they were making their way to the top floor penthouse suite. As they waited for the elevator, Carmen glanced to the side at Shane and asked, “Can you believe that this is happening, that we’re married?”

Shane looked at Carmen and replied happily, “No, it seems like a dream come true for me.”

Carmen looked at Shane and brought her hand up to rest against Shane’s cheek, as they started inching forward slowly for a kiss. Then the elevator dinged abruptly, interrupting them. However they both smiled at each other as the doors slide open. They then stepped out of the elevator and made their way to the room. Once at the door, Shane reached into her tuxes pocket and grabbed the room key. After they made their way into the room, they looked around and were stunned. There was a complete built in kitchen, living room with a flat screen TV, and as they entered the bedroom they saw a huge king size bed, with a beautiful tapestry hung above the bed and a dresser with another flat screen TV propped onto it across from the bed.

As Shane looked around the room, Carmen stared at Shane. She thought about how much she loved Shane and how much she knew Shane loved her. She then called Shane’s name, “Shane…”

When she turned around, Carmen walked up to her. Shane then stared into Carmen’s eyes longingly, as if she needed reassurance this was real. Carmen smiled at her as Shane took a deep breath and pulled the white veil off of Carmen’s long brown locks of hair and ran her hand through it. Carmen hummed contentedly wrapping her arms around Shane’s neck, and kissed Shane sweetly before sitting her down on the bed. She turned around and bent over so Shane could unzip her dress. As Shane unzipped it, she kissed the middle of Carmen’s back sending nostalgic shivers down Carmen’s spine, remembering how they did this after her cousins’ quinceañera.

As Carmen stepped out of the dress, now only in her white undergarments, she turned around and faced Shane as she slowly unbuttoned Shane’s tuxedo coat and tossed it gently to a nearby chair. She then unbuttoned her white dress shirt and then ran her hands across the exposed skin as she leaned in for a kiss. Then Shane started inching backwards onto the bed with Carmen following. As she reached the head of the bed, she wrapped her arms around Carmen’s waist and Carmen wrapped her arms around Shane’s neck.