"David just gave me a thumbs-up," she said to me. "What a dork."She finished folding her sweater, then looked back down the aisle, smiling at somethin... else David was doing. Then she suddenly turned to me and whispered, "Hey, should I tease him? Do you want me to, sweetie?" My heart immediately leapt in my throat. She was using the same tone of voice she had used to ask me if she wanted to tease my roommate Mark, and I knew what that had lead to. I opened my mouth to say no, but suddenly. I felt as if the breath had been taken out of me. In a daze I paid my tab and walked out the door, headed home. ********************************************************************************************************************************** Chapter 2 – Taking care of business I half-stumbled into my home with my mind on fire with thoughts of sex. I plodded up the stairs, the house still and quiet,making my way to my bedroom. The upstairs bathroom is one of those ones that is shared between. "Hi Mike, how was school for you today?" Hi Jennie. Okay I guess. Just like usual, you know."Mike was still nervous around Jennie, maybe even more nervous than he had been before, Before everything started, and before she found out about what he'd done. Even since the day before, when they'd talked. Something was changing, and it worried him, because now he didn't know what to expect from her."Well I certainly had an unusual day, maybe the most unusual day I've ever had in school."She started. It's all the rest that's going to be hard. Acting like a girl I mean.That does not mean acting like a sissy, it means changing the way youwalk, the way you talk, and how you use you hands and arms. That'sgoing to be the hard part, but just do you're best and maybe this willbe over soon, maybe." Maybe?" You do realize that these are the regionals? What happens to skatersthat make the cut?" The Nationals!" I said suddenly."Right. The Nationals. And when are they staged? February? That's along.