.. ?" Yeah, that's an interesting phenomenon here in North America. In most of Canada and also in some of the more northern states, the weather in win...er is really awful ... so quite a few retirees and some seasonal workers come south for the winter. In November, all you see on the road are caravans and trailers, all headed south, then in April, they all head back north again. We call them Snowbirds because they are like migratory birds, flying south for the winter and north to the nesting. That way she told me, if the boy REALLY liked me he might make himselfknown, and if worse came to worse he could accept my rejection without meor his friends having to know about it and save him any embarrassment.The idea sounded brilliant to me and I thanked her with a wasted requestnot to tell anybody about what we'd just talked about, before dashingback to my bedroom to follow her advice.I sat down at my desk across from Bernadette and started writing out anote for my secret admirer to read.. .. Exactly what do you mean by that?'A smirk. 'Oh, nothing. Just that appearances might come off as deceiving. A little hard to judge a book by its cover, wouldn't you say?'Chewing on his lip a moment, Drew considered what his brother was telling him, and the possible implications... and ramifications. He shook his head, sighing heavily. 'I... I don't think I know what you're getting at, Nick.' Tilting his head, he looked his older brother in the eye. 'Are you saying that you'd do it.... "a. I didn't want to know about his other women. Was it unreasonable towonder just how many women he'd been with? Was I just another notch onhis bedpost? And, b. If I tasted different, it was no great surprise,my fluids weren't produced by the same glands as a cis-woman. Kate hadnever commented and was happy bury her face in me.After breakfast we visited the Tower of London. As the day progressed Istarted to wonder about our relationship, he wasn't really listening tome, or my opinions, it.