At 9:57 my phone burst into life; it was my daughter; she wanted to know where my wife was; I looked out of the window for my sister in law’s car an... couldn’t see it; “she has gone out with your aunt” I said. She asked what time she and Barry should come round for dinner and we ended the call.My alarm had gone off during the call so it there was no time for getting into bed again. Out on the landing I noticed that Jayne’s bedroom door was still closed and I knocked on it as I passed. I. As I walk past her I can’t do anything but stare at her, it’s as if my body has been taking over. She spies me staring at her, blushes and looks out the window. It probably didn’t help walking into the stop bus pole, I see her laugh at me, and feel my cheeks heat up as they become red. I rub my head and quickly walk to my seat. We arrive at school, everyone grumpy about being in school uniform in the middle of summer. I head to science class, being a class I quite enjoy, I do not mind it. I. It’s taboo for a reason. But we weren’t going to have kids. We both needed someone we could trust. Someone we could open up to. Someone we could be ourselves with. We were not taking advantage of the other ... or maybe we were both taking advantage of each other. I was a little hazy on that one. Still.“Donna,” I finally answered, “We are probably crazy, but this,” I held up our clasped hands, “What we’ve done ... what I’d like to do ... Fuck everyone else. It feels right to me. Right for. Keiko also found a t-shirt that I forgot I had. It wasseveral years old and had shrunk from repeated washings.That’s why I never wore it any more and it had found itsway to the bottom of my drawer.The shirt was tight, but not as tight as I thought itwould be as I put it on. The shirt was not long enoughto tuck in. And if I lifted my arms, my stomach andnavel could be seen in the front.“I guess that’s as good as we can do. Put on somesandals and we are all set to go.”So.