(Kathy) I didnt know if Kathy was going to be there, nor did I really even think about it. Maybe I didnt want to. I was inside the house, putting the ...ce in all the coolers that we were going to set up outside for everyone when Kathy showed up at my Dads place to drop some stuff off before the party and asked my Dad if it was OK if she brought her friend this evening (my Dads parties were the type of parties you dont miss and want to attend) and my Dad was cool with it and so she asked if he. That led her to ask about Bethany. I knew the topic had to come up, despite my discomfort. I told her the date went well, and I suggested it would be better if Bethany gave her the details.She asked how I felt about Bethany in light of what I had told her. I said that I had the distinct impression that Bethany had a plan laid out and that it didn’t include me in the long-term as anything more than a friend. I felt that she was using me as a way to regain her confidence and to become ‘normal’,. Regardless, this had reignited my passion to travel beyond earth, and every clear night I would sit on the back patio and wonder what I'd have to do to make that dream a reality. Plenty of new companies, as well as old ones, were branching towards space travel and building fleets to go to Mars. I was hoping through contacts I consulted with in my job, that I might be able to ask some questions. But my aerospace expertise was more of the atmospheric, airplane-like types.Eventually I yawned,. David felt like he was missing out on so much, trapped inside this bodyhe'd been born in, a body that he'd felt so uncomfortable in for all hislife. He always wanted to go out with the other girls; shopping, hangingout at the mall, gossiping and checking out guys who would walk by.Checking out guys wasn't something David ever thought about. Darla,however, was a different story. Darla found guys... interesting.There was something about guys, and especially buff men, that Darlafound herself.