We were joined together not only physically but in so many ways.We made love and we came almost at the same time. We were in tune with each other.Afte...wards, Kim said, "I'm going to shower. You remember I'm going out with Tara today." I do." Are you going to survive without me?" I'll try. I might go to the mall." To get what?" Just to look around."She looked at me like I was strange. I guess it was a strange thing for a guy to stay. We hunted and brought it back. We didn't enjoy browsing the. I...I," At that moment I decided it's time to tell my roommate thetruth, "I've always felt that I'm female," I stammered, all of the suddena flood of emotions crashed into me and I fell on my knees sobbing.Carlos went over to me and immediately put his arms around me as I sobbeduncontrollably. Here I was finally coming out to one of my closestfriends. We talked all morning and I unloaded all my struggles throughoutmy life. He couldn't have been more understanding."Don't worry girly, I'm here. It proved difficult until I felt Ally brush her leg against mine under the table. Then I got nervous. Later that evening Ally sent me a text message that read: meet me upstairs. My heart raced immediately, mostly because I was worried about anyone finding a text like that from Ally on my phone. Most of the family was sat in the same room watching tv. I deleted the message and waited a few minutes before I went upstairs. At the top of the stairs, I turned the corner and found Ally leaning. I was proud of him. He called Laura yesterday and broke off their affair and did not involve me or use me as the reason he was ending it.I got three more calls from my son during the week. One to find out where his favorite shirt was and two, ‘Hey Babe, want to talk?’ I told him where his favorite shirt was and hung up on him twice. Although I still laughed when he called.It was a little after 11:00 p.m. on the next Saturday night when my phone buzzed. ’Who the hell is calling this time of.