"Whycan't I be more like you Erik, strong good looking and super smart?"Cindy sits on the other side of Joe and puts her arm around him. She justsmile... at him. "Call me crazy, but I still think you make a better girlthan a boy, and I also know my crazy brother still loves you."Joe just turns to Cindy with a very puzzled look on his face. "What in thehell are talking about, Erik don't love, me he isn't gay."Cindy smiles really big. "No he isn't, but he never saw you as a boyeither. And you know. "I had no idea...I'm sorry. I mean, thesedresses don't leave much to the imagination." "Good, you're learning. Now, why don't we meet at eleven for lunch?" "Okay," replied Nicole. "Great, I'll pick you up," said Tasha, who picked up her gear andstarted to walk away."Wait! Where are we going?" "That's a surprise," said Tasha with a smile. "Great," mumbled Nicole. Still, she felt proud that she had actuallygone out in public in a dress and pulled it off. Other than Cody andJoanne, no one seemed. I showed up to my appointment late because of traffic and almost had to give up my spot, but the appointment after me arrived early so my hairdresser took care of her first and then did me after. I got myself a cute bob with bangs, like Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. I kept the color my natural red instead of doing anything neon like Ramona. Traffic had lightened up by the time I left my appointment, so I was cruising home with my new do and a flurry of thoughts. The last time. He probably wasn’t into blood bath sex. She laughed at the macabre, absurd idea of the table covered in blood. He smiled, a questioning look in his eye, but she couldn’t really explain the laughter. What a strange thing it would be to say, ‘Oh I was just thinking that you made my heart beat so fast I thought it would burst through my chest and cover the table in blood, and when I thought of the table covered in my blood, I thought of us having sex on it, in my blood, and how odd and macabre.