... this Birdie woman seemed to like what she was seeing when I started shucking my clothes. I had spent the last several years growing up in the foot...ills of the Cascade Mountains, taking long walks in the hills with a .22 rifle, backpacking, cross-country skiing, and working summer jobs moving sprinkler pipes and stacking hay for the local ranchers. I was in good shape.Birdie turns back the blanket and the sheets on one of the beds, and kills the light. The only light in the room is a. Some people in this stage might keep emotional involvement separate from their sexual activity; others may choose to have deeply emotional relationships that are non- sexual.Step Two: Identity Comparison At this stage, a person may try to find an explanation for why they are having the feelings they are experiencing. "Maybe I am gay. Or maybe I’m bisexual.” Feelings of isolation & alienation are common in this stage. A person might wonder “Is this a phase?” “Am I only attracted to this one same. She’s very taken back at first and very hesitant but soon she melts into the kiss. Her hands now holding my face. It’s a slow kiss with minimal tongue, I get the feeling she’s not an experienced kisser. After I break the kiss, I turn to glance at the gob smacked Jessica then say to Melody. “There, you have one up on her now!” I wink as I go back to sit at my desk chair.“Heyyyy no fair!! I want one on the lips!” Jessica huffed.“Not my fault you missed with your kiss!” I tease.“I get another go. ... is .... is Martin" came out, muffled and choked bysobs, of dusky pink lipsticked lips."I know." David said and reached out his own hands to clasp hers.The was an answering pressure. A fierce pressure as of someone whocould feel the quicksands tugging at their body.They stayed like that for some time. Until the trembling quietened.The silence deep between them."Look", David said finally, his voice soft and low with sympathy,with fellow feeling, "I can't change anything. You need to.