This isn't...you know...what it looks like." I said that with not a shred of credibility but what else was I going to say. My major fear was that she ...ould be so offended by this that she would accuse me of something that would get me thrown out of the hotel."Oh so I am ugly to you then?"I had to be quick and defend myself. "Oh god no, I think you look fine. Any man should be happy to have you." I thought I had acquitted myself quite well but would be proven wrong quickly."So any man can have. I had some formal conversations about my work , girl friend n etc etc while in terrace with banu aunty and got closer with time just casual talks but never did I try to approach her.Days passed n real soon just 3 weeks down time , after settling this happened , I remember the date still , the magic moment , an awesome day , September 6th , her husband was leaving out of town for a business deal as usual and I was just outside in balcony passing away time when my love for first time in weeks. When all was said and done his football season was done. The coaches had witnessed the whole thing and let me go.Chip moved from Lee just before Christmas.Soon word spread around the school and people pretty much left me alone. It didn't make me accepted or popular, but even the jack offs thought good and hard about messing with me. Unfortunately unlike in the movies, the girls didn't flock to me seeking to have me father their children.I wasn't, and am still not, a bad looking guy. But I never. "You may have the ice cream. I'll stick to sorbet, orfrozen yogurt." The question in Kate's face provoked furtherclarification. "Tom and dairy products never got along too well; he hada bad case of lactose intolerance. It seems that I'm still just as luckyon that point." Do we need to stop by a drug store to pick up something? It's just notright for you to miss out on the joys of splitting a half-gallon ofchocolate ice cream."A shrug, followed by a comment about enjoying not feeling bloated.