I suppose I must have been flying a flag to those that noticed, but in those days it wasn't spoken about or recognized.Anyway I had a female friend, G...na, who got married to Dave when she was 16.We met when they had moved into our area, we were both 18 and we used to spend a lot of time together and Dave didn't seem to mind, he was 3 years older than us and a construction worker. He used to gently tease me, quite affectionately when I was around their place, being invited for dinner or keeping. Not if you are going to be able to look at yourself in the mirror each morning.I had just gotten off work and was heading home to my place just west of Cheyenne.It was almost 90 degrees outside. Not unusual for an early fall day in this part of the state. I had my windows rolled down to let a breeze flow through the car until the AC had time to start blowing cold air.I stopped for a red light at the corner of Lincolnway and US 30, cursing the long delay.Then my day really went all to Hell.I had. Dave had talked to some of the men during the mixer, but as the women surrounded him again, including the ‘hot’ professor, Dale rolled his eyes theatrically and made sure Dave saw him. He was at least laughing along with the other men.As soon as dinner ended, Jenn tried to surreptitiously take Dave’s hand and led him to her room, which was only one room off the lobby. Dave noted that about half the men at the dinner table followed the pair with their eyes. He unsuccessfully tried to look. "Ready!" the girls chorused before bursting out with laughter. Ted shook his head, not understanding, but they hauled in the main-sheet."Gybe-oh!" he called as he spun the wheel and Serendipity obediently turned away from the wind to head down Long Reach on a broad reach. He noticed that it was Cherry who released the staysail furling line and sheeted it until it was setting correctly.Half an hour later, they passed Suffolk Yacht Harbour and rounded Collimer Point; the girls sheeted in for the.