We did finally get out of the house and went to have lunch.Lunch was fun as we reminisced about our past, short though it might be. We filled our plat...s twice while we ate leisurely. We left for the mall and Radio Shack. I wanted a couple of parts for our mobile rig's mount which they had in stock. We then went to look for running shoes for me and found a pair at a price that I found only mildly outrageous.We left for the grocery store holding hands and laughing as we enjoyed being together. I. I could only imagine what finally having fulfilled a longing, a longing she had since high school, meant to her. There was only one way to react - I opened my arms and she lept into them, hugging me, seemingly needing my approval. I gave it amidst mixed reactions - fear of losing her, yet happy she confessed her feelings to Cassie.Emotions ran high between us and it seemed only natural to take it to the bedroom. I swooped her up in my arms and carried her upstairs to my bed. We slowly undressed. That's why Shan Hu is with Sable. The others are mostly waiting to see how this all plays out, though some harbor you ill will for disturbing either their rest or their plans and plots."The Mother sounded amused then. "Though, Bronze challenged those who wish you ill. He didn't offer to defend you. Instead, he offered to bring them to you one by one, and step aside so you could 'instruct them most diligently'."McAllister snorted. "Bronze ... I think he can learn, but I don't have the patience. I nodded my head."Exactly," I said, "but now you're saying that the true meaning ofChristmas is to be gay? As in homosexual?"Santa roared again, with a huge whoop of laughter."No, sweet child, no," he said, "gay is indeed a state of mind. But thesecret is, being homosexual makes it so much better."I giggled.And then I had an aha moment. I realized, right there, at that moment,that I was gay. It hit me, just like that. I am a male, albeitfeminine-acting and dressing, and I've made love to.