And she thought about Kelly. It was possibly thefirst time she had thought that way about anyone but Cheree in the lastsix months, or for years reall..., since she and Cheree had met andmarried.These thoughts were what had made it so impossible to sleep. They alwaysstarted out nicely, remembering how sweet and attentive Kelly had been,taking her under her wing and staying with her through the New Year's Eveparty. Then the wondering began. Surely Kelly must have had otherthings she would have. ..everything I had hoped. If you do this with me, my love for you will never change. I want you to be happy. Like I am." I gave her a big smile. Some of that was the truth. No matter what she does with Alan, I will still love her.She gave me a sympathetic look. Alexis had her mind on another matter before speaking again."Do you want to be with another girl?"I laughed at her question.Alexis is the only girl I've been in a serious relationship with. I can count with how many girls I've been with,. I'll get things sorted out here."Dutifully, James went to the bathroom. There was already a bubble bathin the tub, and he stripped off the night gown he wore, revealing hisbody. It too had changed, softened like his face had. He had tenderlumps upon his chest, which his Auntie promised would get bigger.Sometimes, when the boy passed a palm or thumb over his nipples, a joltof pleasurable sensation jolted through him. His butt had grown to anarguably greater extent than his breasts had, and it. Next year, you, me, separate places, but in the same direction? Good grief, you’re rubbing off on me.”Jacob placed his fingertip on my nose. “You want to have the ‘What are we doing? Where are we going?’ conversation? Because I came prepared this time. Arguments locked and loaded.”“When we had the official Meet the Parents dinners last month for Thanksgiving--”“Even though we’ve already known each other’s parents for years,” he acknowledged.“It felt right. Perfectly imperfect.”“Next.