I felt her shading my eyes.Next red blusher was applied in circles to my cheeks and red lipstickapplied to my lips. "Now for the final touch" she said...and produced a boxwhich she opened to reveal fake eyelashes that looked like smallburlesque fans. She stuck them to my eyelids, I opened my eyes to see shehad placed a vanity mirror in front of me. I looked ridiculous - whitehead with "surprised look" eyebrows, blue eyeshadow, doll like cheeks andcupids bow lips all topped with flapping butterfly. .. you have to go.”So ... while I found my kit ... the wife and Next-door Jim sat in the kitchen, Jim drinking my beer and the walking talking watermelon drinking my soda. It’s been a while since gold had lured me away from my diminutive bride ... I had other things to do. Witness the painful back ... swollen breasts ... trips to the restroom to rest every fifteen minutes ... and the oddest idea of what tasted good ... like dill pickles in ranch dressing ... or strawberry ice cream and. His emotions now rising to the surface,pent up stress from the argument this morning, his fears, his guilt atlying to work and taking a day off sick, and now that the argumentcontinued and Cherry had basically wiped the floor with him, he feltsilly, foolish. But Cherry had offered a way to end it, she made it soundso appealing, so easy. 'Just give in' he finally admitted to himself. Itwould be so much easier.Having urged him to kneel she watched his reastion. Clearly something wasgoing on. “Are you goingto be okay?” I asked.“I guess so. Thanks for listening,” Lisa saidas she went to the gym door.I made my way into the locker room. The JV andVarsity girls’ basketball teams use the elementaryschool gymnasium for practices and games while theboys’ teams get the High School. I have my ownlocker there and get the whole locker room tomyself. I quickly shed my sweaty clothes and wentinto the shower room. While the girls haveindividual shower.