Well, theyrisked only your manhood, so they didn't care." What are you talking about?" I asked with fear in my voice. We were inpark already, so I let...a dog off the lead. The park was dark and empty."Well, look... Julia, right? That's funny," she giggled. "OK, I don't wantto scare you. I don't know much about this. I've experienced this, that'sall. But I have some theories... You know, when you used to be a boy andsuddenly are a girl you think sometimes what the hell happened..." Shelaughed. Looking up he noted again her deep blush and smiled. She put her hands on his arms to pull him toward her. With some reluctance he relinquished his position. While he lay beside her she asked quietly, “Are you going to show me yours?” To which he responded “What?” Thinking that he hadn’t heard her she said again “are you gonna show me yours?” His ‘what’ was met with a curious look. Then she said “you know…” At that he expressed denial and said she’d have to be more clear. Exasperatedly. "What?"She clung to him, "You promised, you promised not to leave me alone."He pulled her close and kissed her gently. "Alright, you can come, but you have to do exactly what I say, no questions until we finish. I'll explain if I can, but we can't argue, not if we're going to make it." He seemed to be waiting."I'll do anything you say, anything, just don't leave me alone again."He took a long knife from his belt and slashed the faux-leather fabric from the back of the chair. He folded it, cut. How many times would I hear a woman that I love tell me that in one day?I bit my lip as I took a deep breath to steady myself. "I understand that you don't like me, but I am still your friend. Tell me please."Randi cried harder. Taking a chance, I rubbed her back. "I'm here." After a few minutes her crying subsided."Kirk broke up with me."I surprised myself and her when I wrapped her in my arms. "I'm sorry that happened to you." Randi went rigid. I was going to move my arms when she hugged me.