She said, “Shorts are fine during the day but you will dress nicer when we go out at night.” Terri had always been the fashion police in our famil...; she often accused me of being colorblind. When she had gone shopping on Monday, she bought me several pairs of shorts that were a lot nicer than the ones I usually wore; most of which came from Wal-Mart. They were shorter and even had a seam down the middle. While I was looking at them she said, “I hate going to Vegas and seeing people dressed like. I try to make peace with it. I try to convince my heart that the ache, the pain, the emptiness will go away. That there will be a ‘someone’ for me, a ‘someday’ for me. That there is the possibility, however remote, of a new beginning, a new start for my failed life. Each day I try. Each day I hope. I hope you are well. I hope you are OK. I hope that I am at least a passing thought in your day to day life now. I hope you remember the things we talked about. I hope that someday we can still be. "And I take it you did not know she was a lesbian either?"Alex shook her head vehemently. "No, Mom! I swear! I mean, it would have made showers after practice a little weirder, knowing she could walk in at any minute," she admitted honestly. Then she stiffened and blurted out, "Not that she ever did, Mom! Honest! Coach Janisky comes in sometimes when she showers after practice and gets all sweaty helping us with our routines, but never Coach Haverstaam."After she said that a weird look crept. Next she strolled off down the firing range, before coming to a stop 50 metres away.“Ok try and shoot me.” Dana said smugly.Alyssa glanced at the others, not feeling entirely comfortable at shooting a rifle at her oldest friend, no matter how well armoured she was.“Hurry up!” Dana goaded her. “We haven’t got all day!”Alyssa rolled her eyes and then sighted down the scope at the armoured chief engineer.“Brrt!” the rifle chattered as she sent a three round burst directly at Dana.There was a.