Jamie and I got our nails done." I held out my handswith the fingers pointed down to display my nails. "And pedicurestoo,"I added, moving my foot fo...ward and wiggling my toes. I saw Jenny'seyes shift to check Jamie's hands as he was coloring. "It was a funmother-daughter activity," I continued. I wondered if Jenny would reactto my using 'mother daughter', but she didn't. "That was about all Icould think of to do with Jamie as a girl, so I called Karen to see ifshe would let him visit as a. The next morning Kelly wasnt laying in the bed, i heard a noise coming from the bathroom, i walked in and found her kneeling over the toilet, "baby girl whats wrong?" "i-i dont know im sick" she threw up and sat back, "i dont know whats going on, yesterday i was fine and now im sick, how old was the chicken, "not even old i bought i yesterday" i looked down and saw one of Jamies tampon boxes, the thought hit me like a bullet train, she looked at me, "whats wrong Matt?" "wa-wait when was your. Then he came downstairs again and went to see his mother. Jess always went to his mother's room and said “good morning” to her before leaving for school. Why he still did, he wasn't sure. He had become so distant, there was no real connection left. “Probably just out of habit”, he told himself. He kissed his mother goodbye and then left with his brother for school. In the car, he and his brother didn't talk much. It wasn't that they didn't like each other, but Jess and Luke had very little in. “But I don’t see it as a problem.”“But if you end up rejecting Vic...”“We’ve talked a lot, Essie,” said Victoria. “About his confusion. About his uncertainty about sex. About getting intimate. Not just with a boy or a girl, but with anyone. I told him about my own discomfort with intimacy. It’s different, I admit, but the difference is actually encouraging. While I make friends easily, and am close with three or four boys and girls, and I’m a bit of a leader of my little group, Charlie hasn’t.