Female Brain (EN)

I Wish You The Best

Worst period ever.

Carina and Maya had gone four and a half months without being able to see each other. They had tried to communicate as much as possible, but if they had found it difficult the year before, this year was much worse.

Today was one of the few times they'd managed to get in touch on the phone, on video even.

/Phone conversation/

- "tanti auguri tesoro!"

- "grazie Bambina

- "you're so tanned!"

- "it's really nice here, and the sun isn't like at home ... Or like in LA".

- "is the shoot going well?"

- "yes, we're almost done..."

- "are you coming back to Seattle?"

Carina had looked sad. "No, we're behind schedule, I'll even have to fly to LA, learn my lines on the plane and go straight to the set for the first day."

- "nooo, that's torture."

- "can you come?"

- "not until the week of my birthday, I've got two colleagues off a week between the end of July and my birthday, we're all doing extra shifts".

- "so more than five months without seeing each other?"

- "it seems like it... How's Taryn?"

- "she's fine, she's fallen in love with every Italian girl we've met"

- "hahaha i lov-" it was the middle of the night, but the firehouse alarm had begun to sound. "sorry it's me"

- "ti amo"

- "anch'io"

/End of telephone conversation/

Why did Maya answer 'me too', she never just answered 'anch'io' without anything behind it, without specifying, or without adding an affectionate nickname or not saying 'per sempre'.

On the lieutenant's side, a lot had happened in those four and a half months. Carina's absence from Maya's life had weighed heavily on her heart.
She thought the Italian was letting herself down, whether involuntarily or not, but in any case, she didn't think the actress was taking the separation as hard as she was.

She had thrown herself wholeheartedly into her work. A month ago, she'd even met a woman she'd started seeing, though she hadn't slept with her yet.

This woman was a lieutenant in another barracks, a lovely blonde with blue eyes, perfect for keeping Carina's mind off her whenever she laid eyes on her. They spent a lot of time writing to each other, and Maya even managed to forget a little about her feelings for Carina.

It was only after two weeks of talking together and three and a half months without seeing her best friend that Maya had finally slept with Leslie Shay.

They hadn't defined their relationship, but they were dating and not sleeping with anyone else.

For her birthday, when Carina had been back on set for almost a month now, Maya had gone to Los Angeles. She hadn't seen Carina since mid-March and hadn't wanted to celebrate with Leslie, Ryan or anyone else. They hadn't seen each other for five and almost a half months.

She had returned to Los Angeles and it was Taryn who picked Maya up at the airport.

-"She couldn't get away?"

-"I'm sorry, the shoot ran late, but she shouldn't be here too late."

- "great"

They'd made their way to Carina's and Taryn had given Maya the key to the Italian's new home.