"I lost that bet. Here's your bear. Now get lost." Oh, no you don't," Rose said, marching up to him. "Everybody here heard you say a bear for every sh...t he makes in ten. I want that blue one and Jen's is next." The guy huffed a little and handed me the ball again while he dug out the blue bear for Rose. Jen stepped in front of me and gave me a real toe-curler."Come on, make the shot," the dude called at us. I turned and looked at the basket then launched the ball."Swish!" the girls yelled."Red. She had invited me to her flat for a few pre-town drinks while we got ready. We could help each other with our hair, make-up and dresses that we were going to wear. Lucy was very girly; she even had a dressing table with the surrounding lights. I was sat at it, staring at myself applying some eye shadow, doing my best not to apply too much. I was naked apart from a pair of black panties. I had no shame in Lucy seeing my body as she had already seen it before the night that we met, plus I didn’t. 'Why, I think she is nervous about something.'She thought to herself. She always rambled when embarrassed or nervous.Stepping into the living room Sierra and Cassie were surrounded at once by all the friends they had sharedduring the years, Sara and her husband Jeff who ran the Floral shop on main street, Peggy and her daughter Annewho were the only hair stylists in their small town. Steven and his husband Jon who were just now in theprocess of adopting their first c***d. Good friends, all of. He wishes to prove to their equality. I know this for certain, Rayna. Did you notice how the men acted at dinner that last evening?"Rayna grudgingly said she had."When is the last time Pernice held your chair or helped you from your seat before that night?" Denae asked. She knew she was scoring points with this line."He never had," Rayna said. "We don't hold those silly customs here." Silly?" Denae asked. "I saw your face when he held the back of your chair. You did not find his actions silly..