And so you just thought it would be ok to stick that damn thing into my niece?! I retorted, ready to wring his head off with my bare hands. No, he sai... as a small tear appeared in the corner of his eye. Mark wouldnt let me stick my thing into Shiori. So when I told them that I could get one of those things Shiori said it would be ok. That was the second time I had heard this story, so there had to be a certain degree of truth to it. I was at a loss, and I mean really stuck. I had no idea how to. The holiday meant more to their respective families than it did to the couple, so for both students the vacation was nothing more than "putting in time" with their relatives. On the day before Christmas Eve they ate a last lunch together and gave each other simple gifts. Mike gave Ruthie a dress that was just like the red one he bought for her in October, except that the new one was green. Ruthie spent the tiny amount of money remaining from her salary to print several large pictures from the. Juan and Wayne were cooking breakfast and talking about the girls and the resort. As we got to the pool area Rebecca came up to us and kissed Jane and I. It was a lovely bright day. She took Jane with her to the girls while I went to the boys cooking breakfast. I poured coffee for myself and joined the two gents frying bacon and eggs. We could hear the girls giggling. Mary was kissing the female part of the lesbian couple while Rebecca and Jane were playing with the other lesbian partner. Soon. "So..." he looked at me. "Why were you kissing Lonnie? You love her too, right?" No, I don't love Lonnie." I shook my head. "She was sad, that's all. She was crying and I just wanted to make her feel better. Doesn't your mom kiss you if you cry sometimes?" Sometimes. She used to when I was little," he said. "But not like that and you're not her dad." I know, but I'm her teacher and that's kind of like being a dad," I said. "I could be your dad sometimes too, you know? Like if you want to play.