"I can no more help what I am than you and Deirdre can." Jessica returnedthe smile a little sadly. "It has been my burden to understand theprophecy ...nd its magic since I was old enough to know the differencesbetween boys and girls went beyond the way they dressed or were expectedto act." Then why didn't you warn me?" he asked with pain clear in his voice."It would have changed nothing, dear one." Jessica gave him a sad lookand shook her head. "Telling you would only have served to have. I was lying on the bed and she was lying next to me. I asked for a kiss, I told her to close the eyes and I kept my lips on her for some time. Slowly she opened her mouth then I smooched. We smooched for 30-40 minutes and she gave me a tight hug and went home. Next day we had some classical function in college and everyone had to wear ethnic dress she wore saree and she was sitting next to me in class. When classes were on I slowly moved my hand to her tummy and started tickling her. She gave. Perhaps there are men out there who are like this, who don't want to bewomen. I wish Jay had told me sooner. Like when he was helping me withmy broken wrist, when through the tears I was beginning to think what agood looking lad I'd been knocked from my bike in front of.But you probably wouldn't have gone out with him then, would you,Bianca? So you wouldn't have had those dizzyingly happy months ofgrowing to know him, of hearing his message hit your phone, of hearinghis voice, of counting down. ” Toni chimed in. “He’s not your type, remember?” Jasmine reminded. Toni’s brother had been Will’s barber for years and Jasmine persuaded Toni to get a rundown on Will. Her age had Jasmine a little concerned. She had not told Will that she was almost three years older. But Fran at 30 was three years older than Jasmine and also older than her guy. And Toni was in the mid-late thirties and worse than a woman about is age. Fran was a master seamstress who complimented Jasmine's design talent and.