”This was delivered in a normal voice, but I expected to see non-verbal communication. I looked at her but saw nothing.“And what did you say?”�...I told her I felt like one more addition to the group might be acceptable.”“Really!” I have to admit I was a little dumbfounded.“Yes,” she confirmed.“Okay,” I said. “And what, then?”“And after that no more play dates.”Now you understand why I remember feeling so lucky. The agreement they had come to was astounding. Actually it was astounding that Phoebe. I took off her bikini top and started to play with her nipples. she had decided that she wanted me to be her first sometime between last night and right now. she asked if i had a condom because she wanted to be safe and not have to worry about anything. i told her no but that i knew where i could get one. i told her to wait here.i went across the street to my one friends house they were away on vacation and they asked me to put their mail and papers inside there house so i had a key. me and. Julie had "saved" him from empty relationships and shown him what feelings were and how good they could feel. Now she was holding a mirror up to let him see someone he, under the surface, didn't care much for; the old Gerry Granahan."OK, I get it. It was an asshole thing to say to someone I want to respect me and us together as a couple. You KNOW I meant it to be on a different level. You only have my word to trust me by and you don't have a reason to doubt me." He defended himself."I know I. Yeah, sure, that should be fine. He thanked me profusely, said I was a lifesaver and so on. I had been on my lunch break and skulked back to my cubicle and dropped my head to my desk. Now instead of one week, one week, one week I started chanting one month, one month, one month. This dribbled into my self-loathing mantra of dog fucker, dog fucker, dog fucker. Jillian. I bolted up and saw my boss staring at me. He didnt have much by way of understanding. Or feelings for that matter. You havent.