"Um, sure...?" It's not a big secret. Anyone who went to school with me knows. Ididn't always go by JJ; I started doing that when I took up carpentry....She paused then blushed slightly, something Lyle had never seen her do."My name is really Jasmine Joy - can you believe it? You cannot imaginethe teasing I put up with when I started working in construction...so Iswitched to JJ." Oh my," said Lyle with a small laugh. JJ raised an eyebrow at him."It's a very pretty name," he said quickly. "I'm. Hanna's mom was sitting on the bench by the shore, facing the sun.-Where were you? I couldn't see you for the longest time.-We were sunbathing on the raft, Hanna said matter-of-factly. We were walking the path towards my sister's house when it struck me.-Hanna, have you noticed the nice boathouses around the cove?-Yes, one of them is my uncle's, the yellow one with the Bayliner below it. She pointed to the edge of the cove and there it was.- But it's locked and we wont be able to get inside. I. I didn’t know you knew how to swing?”“Ha. I’m pretty good at swinging. I can show you some time.”She tapped her ring on my glass...deliberately…”I don’t think so. You aren’t what I need.”“I know, otherwise you would have cut in and stole that dance number with me.”“Oh Paul, like I could swing dance like that. I’d be all limbs and…”“Just let me lead. Your limbs will be in all the right places for a good twirl, or two.”“You’re terrible.”After a moment, Rose leaned in to kiss me on the cheek “Now. Neither Michael nor his brother, Jed,minded being naked in front of his parents. The two used towalk naked through the house without giving it a secondthough. In my house, my mother yelled at me if I evenbothered to walk from the shower to my room without my shirton.Michael had a pool way in the back, out of sight from hishouse, and we would swim naked all the time when his parentsweren't home and I felt comfortable. Sometimes his littlebrother would join us. The three of us were camping out.