"Don't make me yell at you Bobby. I don't want to yell. Just sit down and let's talk about this."Bobby turned and sat on the coffee table his bag was ...ying on.No one said anything for a few seconds. Claire tried to think of what she wanted to talk about, but her emotions were still roiling from the shower."How long has this been going on?" she asked.At least the children didn't try to lie about it. Lori said "Three months."Claire was lost. How did you talk to your children about something like. I fumbled out my Metro card to swipe as I got on the train & herd Alf's voice yell out to me so I headed to the engine end of the train to say hi. Alf wasn't usually the driver in the morning. He yelled down still ok for tonight I signalled ok. Oh man how was I going to last till later this hunk was glistening with coal dust. Once the train was moving I txt Alf with a time to meet forgetting he had already sent the time last night. All day I couldn't focus on my job and ended up having to redo. Belinda Cummins was to seeher."OK Paula," said Dr. Cummins, "your mother tells me you identify as a girlnow." I am a girl now!" said Paula."I see," said Dr. Cummins. "Paula, could you please get undressed behindthat curtain, and I'll examine you in private, and see what has to be donefor you."Paula went behind the curtain and undressed completely. She waited inexcitement.Dr. Cummins went behind the curtain. "Oh my! You do look like a girl!"Dr. Cummins thought for a moment. She was not expecting. Corrine even started dating Jake, leaving Amy as the lone remaining member of our group not in a committed relationship. At the same time, an unexpected side-effect of graduating meant the end of us seeing each other every day in class or during lunch. Hanging out together required us to arrange get-togethers, and the erratic schedules of our summer retail jobs made it nearly impossible to pin down everyone in the same place at the same time. Still, that summer was amazing. One of the best.