"No way," I said seeing the look in their eyes, stepping back, forcing them to release me. "Bad enough we're doing this much," I added to that steppin... back again though I had backed into the couch, and suddenly just sat down rather than trying to go anywhere else. Almost as quickly as I had, the twins were suddenly on either side of me, sitting down as well, though I now dropped my hands down into my own crotch in an effort to protect myself."Come on David ... you know you'd like to, at least. I have to ask if there are other ways to live the way we want,just be happy the way we are."Mother: "After your brother, everyone in the family wanted a girl, as atoddler you also looked very cute, with your blonde curly hair, like adoll. My mother, your grandma used to say you look exactly like me whenI was little.I always had some girl's clothes for you, then on Sunday, I dressed youup for a walk. Everyone thought you were so cute, but of course youcannot remember that you weren't even five. He watched with interest as she pushed her plate aside and folded her arms on the table. She smiled at him. The flames from the candles danced in her dark eyes, and he imagined they were reflections of the depth of her passion."How about having a naughty improvisation with me?" she softly asked. "You start it off and I'll respond to whatever you say." Let me think a minute." The minute was however long it took him to eat the last four bites of his steak. He leaned forward, propping his chin in. ”She drained almost half of her glass as I watched slightly incredulous, so much for aloof women and the flirting game“Go on, English, drink.”I did the same.“Better?”I eased out a big sigh, “Yes, much better.”Anne-Pierre provided a link between the hosts and Elodie: as a yoga teacher, she worked at the host’s studio and Elodie was a student. Over more glasses of wine, we shared potted biographies over the airy electronic swishes. We laughed a lot, situations, difficulties with the language.