When Lexia had mostneeded a friend, that should have been me.When she'd finished painting, she sat beside me on the bed. Stretchingout my legs I wrigg...ed my toes next to hers and you couldn't tell thedifference in our biology."You know," I said into the quiet, "it was really hard for me. To findout you were..." A girl? Sorry." I wish... you'd said something earlier." What difference would it have made?" I loved you." Loved?" Shit, Alex. I'm no lesbian!"She snorted miserably. "It was all so. But Penny could care les about those boys. Yes, she had given her fair share of under the bleacher blowjobs and had lost count of how many high school boys had felt her up through her bra, but Penny had her sights set on Mr. Hasselback. Chad Hasselback was 39, a soccer coach with graying blonde hair and abs that could cut glass. Most importantly Chad was the single father of Gwen Hasselback. Penny's best friend since grade school and Penny was determined to lose her virginity to Chad."Thanks. I sat modestly on the exam table, feeling like a condemned criminal awaiting execution.The doctor came in about five minutes later. She was about forty-five years old, slightly chubby but not grossly so. Her face was plain, her head topped with a mop of short, mousy brown hair. She wore gray scrubs underneath a white lab coat. Her eyes appraised me as she entered, carrying my chart in her hands. She closed the door behind her."Hi," she said. "I'm Doctor Jovy."I returned her greeting while she. I had the hardest timepicking which one to wear today. Margaret told me she expects tosee me wearing one for longer than one day." "It is amazing what a woman can get a man to do, all in the name oflove. You seem to be taken by Margaret. I gather you intend for herto be your main squeeze for awhile." "She's the type of woman I wouldn't mind marrying. She's a lot offun to be with and we seem to hit it off so great. I guess I haveto thank you for making it possible to meet her. I never.