”Christy shook her head. She twirled her fingers around some of her curls that had started to gray as she snickered. “I have a secret, Maddi.” S...e looked off in the distance knowingly.Maddi’s eyes shifted to her Christy’s stomach as her voice flattened. “Yes, I know already. Diana told me you two were playing ‘Doctor.’ Are you having a baby, Christy? Is that your secret?”“HA!” Christy cackled. “That’s only PART ONE!”“Okay.” Maddi grit her teeth. “Then what?”“Diana plays ‘doctor’ with a lot of. " So tell her it's over. It doesn't mean anything." When I didn't respond, he asked, "Kate?" I'm here. Jules just came by."The silence that followed spoke volumes. "What's going on between you two?"I had to shut my eyes. How could I tell him something I didn't even know? "It's complicated."He was quiet for a long time before he spoke again. "Do you want me to come back and get you?" And bring me where, John, to your dorm room?" I asked, feeling the smallest spark of emotion, but then it was. Gina still just wanted to talk about the Heidi confrontation. "I can'tbelieve you did that. That was so rad, Mulan." Yeah, I guess," I said. Secretly, I was lapping it up like a puppy dog.Or a smitten kitten."So you're free from all that cheer stuff?" Lena asked. She was re-stringing her guitar, pulling a string through a loop with a pair ofpliers."Yeah, pretty much," I said. I was wearing her bass, the weight a lotmore comfortable to me now and familiar."But Heidi really hates you now,". Uncorking the bottle, with a glug from its narrow neck, she recharged both glasses.Kneeling to me, she took a sip, and gave me a sultry kiss laced with fire. “There is somewhere more comfortable than this. Come, bring your Armagnac.”Walking from the room, she leant against the doorframe of her bedroom; I followed. Placing her hand on my chest, she kissed me, “Everything is going to change now, English.”“I know.”Hand over my heart, that tilt to her head, I knew what it meant.“I am a bit.