As we ate the alcohol began to take affect and our inhibitions dropped making everyone more friendlily. The thought that was one each of our minds qui...kly steered the conversation towards sex. Before I knew it we were discussing different fantasies and experiences. Somehow the topic came up about Kate taking me with a strap-on, and to my surprise Jake was not shocked by this. It turned out that he was actually bisexual, and was a bit intrigued by this. I assured him I was not bisexual, but more. .. more like a wake then huh Jim?" No... not a wake either."My irritation must have shown in my face or in the tone of my voice. Throwing up his hands as if in surrender, Brad said;"Lighten up man... take it easy. I'm just trying to cheer you up. The guys sure won't like being around someone who's as down as you are. Maybe we should just forget it." No... you're right Brad... I need to do something. Maybe going out for a few beers will help me to get my mind off of it all. I'll be in a much. It was really a book for fourth graders, but they were both good readers. He had written a note in the card and hoped she would figure it out. This is what he wrote:5When we first met I didn’t know I would like a person just like you to be my friend Paula.What all this meant of course was that there was a secret message that she could read by reading every fifth word, the words in red. He had written a little note for each kid, but only Paula’s was in colors or had a secret message. Would she. I was pleasantly surprised with the apartment. It really was ’right on the beach’. It was on the 8 th floor and if you looked out the southern facing living room windows you could see this gigantic water tower with multi color wedges, like a beach ball, not 100 yards away and beyond, just to the left, the beautiful blue-green of the ocean with its white foamy waves lapping at the sandy shoreline. I lazed around for the rest of the day, caught a light dinner, and went to bed early. I had three.