‘Well, bottoms-up!’ he said. He started on his grilled chicken sandwich, sipped his Diet Coke, and looked at Sara Wood’s face for the first time... As he did he flinched, for as he looked at the pale blue eyes, the weathered skin, the scabs on her arms, he recognized something lost and loveable in her abandoned and forsaken face that tore at his humanity. ‘Fuck, I’m getting old,’ he thought. ‘So, filling up?’ he asked. Her mouth full, she nodded, saying, ‘Yeah, this is really good!’ He smiled at. We all arrived about the same time and we went in where we were shown to a table in the back. Lisa and Tina sat across from me and mom and Ann were on each side of me. We ordered drinks and a couple of large pizzas. While we waited for them the conversation was on the girls camping trip and then switched to a party mom and Lisa were throwing. About 25 minutes later the food came out and we began to eat. About half way through the meal the girls were still yammering about camping and mom and. "He'll find out! He'lltouch me, down there, and then he'll know that I'm not a girl!" Do you think..." Anna said, suddenly thoughtful."... that he already knows..." Jordan continued, looking at Anna, hiseyes wide."... that you are..." Anna faltered. She knew the right word, but didn'twant to say it."That I'm what?" Jordan demanded."That you're transgender," Anna said, simply."I'm not transgender!" Jordan cried. "I'm a man!" Look at you," Anna pointed out, almost containing herself from. ..” He left the sentence unfinished. “I know it’s all my fault…” For the first time today, tears welled up. That awoke the fatherly instincts in Pete and he came closer and whipped them away. “My dear. Why would it be your fault? Wait… he didn’t like that I intruded and fucked you?” Tears welled up again and I nodded. Whipping my tears away again, he replied. “But it was me who invaded your privacy this morning, it was me who took you away from Dave. It was me, who, who fucked you in front of.