. like... to... be...a gi....Much as like waking up from a normal night's sleep, not feeling at allgroggy or drugged, consciousness returns and I find...myself in a differentroom where everything's reversed; the table I'm on is on the oppositeside of the room and so is everything else, almost like I'm looking intoa mirror. Turning my head to one side when I sense a presence beside me,I see the same nurse who was with me earlier. "Don't move just yet; letme make sure you're okay first." She says. ”I said, “Oh ... him.” I blushed.“Mom ... you don’t even know if dad is really dead. Don’t go getting all gushy over a lawyer,” Beck said.IV was looking all mystified. “Huh?”“Girl talk,” Beck and I said together.“Oh ... girls secrets,” said Dave. “I get it.”“What was his name?” asked Beck.“Larry,” I said quickly, and blushed again.“Gee, mom,” said Beck. “Lust much?”Let me see. I have his card. Where did I put it? Ah ... back side of the wardrobe mirror.“Be right back, kids.”“Warner, Smithson. “Thanks for that; you’re just as understanding as Lori and Megan said you would be,” she said. “Both of them said they would be fine with whatever you and I did; sleeping together, petting, kissing, just whatever I felt comfortable with. I must admit; I felt really strange when they told me that; I didn’t know what to say to them. But I would like us to remain friends, really good friends, maybe not lovers. God, that sounds so corny ... let me try to explain myself better ... I would be. " Oh fuck! What am I getting myself into? No, she's just teasing, and I'm trying to read way to much into this. I'll go over, we'll have a few drinks and just get to know one another. You never know, we could be in the same family if Kenny and Jennifer get married. "Anna, that's a great idea. What time, and can I bring anything?" "Just yourself, and your sense of humour should do. Oh, and a bag of ice, our icemaker is on the fritz right now. Oh, there's the front door, I'd better go, Jerry. See.