.." Dating. Brandon hadn't even considered the realities of dating. He hadn't thought anyone would actually ask him out. "Uh..." It's cool to say no."...No!" Brandon almost shouted. Then blushed and looked away. "I hadn't expected ... I mean, I didn't think..." He laughed at his own embarrassment. Alex would have told him to 'grow a pair.' He looked back at Eric and smiled. "I would love to go. Thank you."Eric's smile returned, brighter than at first. Brandy was quiet, very un-like any of the. .."Tears were rolling down both their faces; truth to tell, both her mother and her fiancée were near tears themselves."Lindy..." her father swallowed hard, "when you rang home, it was a shock ... I put the phone down without thinking. I ... tried to ring back, but the phone you rang from ... it wouldn't accept incoming calls." Oh!" Linnet was stunned. "Of course. Those payphones in central London ... they don't. Some of them, anyway. I knew that, but I didn't think, didn't make the connection.. As the night went on and the drinks flowed she began telling me the many guys she has dated. How good they were to her as well as some of the bad ones,she said she finally found a really nice guy. Then she frowned and said “after a few dates I found out he is married .But one good thing is he is fixed, no more fucking with condoms”she said laughing . I kept thinking I shouldn’t be here as the more she talked the farther up my leg her hand was sliding.Bonnie then leaned into me and whispered. First, was the house finishing itself.Then the back door. Was it a portal? A black hole? A transporter? Afigment of our imaginations?And where was the other end? It was warm, but we weren't even sure itwas the same time of the year. It looked like California, but we hadn'treally done much exploring. It sure as hell wasn't Iowa.Crossing the threshold caused changes. So far, with two men and awoman, all the changes were to decidedly beautiful women. So it wasn'tjust a gender flip.The.