Her "flu like" symptoms had dissipated for the most part and she was able to get up, eat breakfast and get to school without vomiting. As far as she k...ew, her "condition" was still a secret. The big news of the day at school was about Tyler. Everyone was talking about it and of course every story had a slightly different twist. The only common thread was that Tyler was back in the hospital to have some kind of operation. Apparently, when he was injured a few weeks ago, whatever happened was so. Thinking the worst, I decided to ask James if he wanted to go for a coffee today so we could spend some time together, but really I wanted to figure out if Michael had spoken to him. ‘Sure, love, we can go for a coffee,’ replied James.So after the kids were all sent to school we jumped in the car and headed into town to get coffee. 'I'll go find a table, would you grab me a caramel latte please, babe?’ I said to James‘Yes sure, see you in a minute, baby,' he replied.Sitting at the table I look. “It’s okay,” she said, graciously accepting my repentance with a carelessness that made it clear she still thought I was the miscreant, in this situation. “I’m just glad you were okay.”I decided calling her on barging into the bathroom like that wouldn’t advance the cause of détente, so I moved on.“Why did you think I might have a heart attack?” I asked. “Yes, I have a bit of a beer belly, but I’m in fine health. I’d have told you if there were any issues.”“You were just in there so long, and. ” I showed him the study of Kevin I was working on.“Think you could draw a picture of me?”“I can draw it today if you have time. It’d be good practice.”“Ok, right after the other thing.”When we got to Benjie’s house, his sister wasn’t home, but Benjie led me to his bedroom anyway. He asked me to bend over on the bed, facing away from him.“I want to pretend I’m fucking a girl,” he explained.“Sure thing.” I was actually a little miffed that he didn’t want to look at me, but I figured it was worth.