..", he smiled at his sad buddy. They hugged and curled up on the couch together. Chris fell asleep on Jelmer's shoulder. And he scooped him up and ca...ried him to his bedroom.The next morning Christopher woke next to Jelmer. Jelmer was watching him wake up. "Morning love...", he said. "Morning Jelly Belly...", yawned Christopher."Jel... I am done... Done being afraid... Done wanting to hide... Done... Done... Goddamned Done!", he said resolutely. "They have to take me for what I am. I am gay.... All this time she had no idea that Alex returned her feelings. "What did you think?" I didn't know why…I just couldn't stop this-"Alex lifted her face to meet Loren’s eyes. "This feeling I had." I know I felt it too." Loren moaned feeling an all encompassing fire growing in her entire body, angling the babysitter around again to steer her with down the hall toward her bedroom. "Come on, we’ll have to make sure not to wake up Tatum"Alex walked confidently backwards in her familiar surroundings. "No, don't. Don't touch me, Jimmy! Just don't fucking touch me." What? I don't understand you, Donna. This doesn't make any fucking sense at all."It was then that I realized she was drunk, Jesus Christ what the hell was wrong with me, it had been a standing joke in our family that Donna and booze just didn't go together."Go to bed, Donna." I said softly, "Come on baby, let's get you into bed. You don't have to keep me warm any more. You've done it, sweetheart, you've saved my life"Her head. .." I said, waiting for the next shoe to drop."Bellingham, Washington, Washington State...I could set you up there.."To me that sounded as plausible as Kazakhstan.I was kind of snotty on my best day, and I hadn't left Gerald's place for six weeks, hadn't had any sex ( well, not much), I had a ton of money and couldn't spend it..."Bellingham, Washington? Where the fuck is that, Gerald?" It's almost on the Canadian line..there's a friend of mine who teaches at the college there...here's what I'm.