He was competing against two girls. The administration did not want to include him in the, but they were advised not to apply patriarchal binary heter...normative gender roles by the school psychologist. Jayce won handily.The night of the homecoming game, the Scales High Bulldogs battled the West Germantown Pirates. At halftime, the court took the field. The homecoming queen and her attendants wore gorgeous gowns - all except Jayce. He had on a slim-fit, shimmery, shamrock suit. His hair was cut. I heard steps coming down the stairs and quickly took a seat on the plush couch. In walked the woman Id recognized as Beckys mother from the pictures on the mantle place, although I was expecting her to look older than the thirty-something that was just a bit older than me. She was dressed smartly in a business shirt and skirt that went down to her knees. She was followed closely by Becky and I stood and held out my hand to her, Hello Ms. Whitman, Im Edward Font, your daughters Algebra. *************** Sarah stood outside the airport trying to wave away the jabbering Mexicans who were crowding around the diminutive American tourist, while tugging at her arm. Already nervous about this liaison, the gaggle of locals had Sarah on the verge of tears, when suddenly a tall woman clad in a leather jacket and a short skirt that barely covered her ass, moved forward and wrapped one fingerless gloved hand round Sarah’s shoulders, as she shooed the men away, chastising them in fluent. The woman ran up to him and stood over him. Hal raised his armsto protect himself as if she might punch him or kick him. He saw herbreasts sway in her bra and he saw the faint outline of the woman'sbiceps firmed up in her thin arms. It seemed like it must be impossiblethat he was on the ground defeated by this woman, but it was true. Witha sudden burst of adrenaline Hal attempted to shove the woman out ofthe way so he could stand up, but instead she deflected his arms andended up pushing him.