You must be from the other side of the family, I’ve never seen you before.”I leaned in as if to tell her something confidential, when I ‘acciden...ally’ spilled some of my drink onto her chest. “Oh my,” I said, feigning indignation and even managed to put my hand on my lips in one of those theatrical poses of embarrassment. The cold liquid slowly ran into her not very pronounced cleavage and stained the dress dark.Without a warning I bent forward, and closed my lips around the wet traces on her. This was tobe a coming out day, no longer hiding my change, all my relatives wereinvited as well as local friends and three of my schoolboy friends. Theycame mostly out of curiosity, I felt. Peter, or Poggy as he had beenknown,,because his initials were POG, smirked and asked very personalquestions about my physical state. He was very knowledgeable aboutgirls, having two teenage sisters. After his initial smirking questions,he became really kind when he realised that I had always been like. He had always enjoyed sex with his late wife but it had become sporadic and occasional in the years after. He lost himself into his work as a means of coping, giving himself little opportunity and his interest and desire seemed to whither. Until Michelle. She had been much like him, recently inexperienced and awkward at the prospect of initiating anything. But when it happened, it seemed to open a door of opportunity and sharing between them that strengthened the relationship they were working. Their shields technology and weapons were very much more powerful than had been predicted. Jason was shaken by the events. This was the first time for a long time that he had felt threatened and at risk.Jason felt that he was back on a treadmill that was going faster and faster. There was a great sense of relief that the battle had been won. It could have so easily been a loss. Each of the allies played their own critical roles. The enemies were becoming more formidable, and every time one.