Dan had brought over a cheap set of poker chips and the anty was two bucks, with the betting starting with Dan. Tossing in five dollars, Dan just smil...d, winked at both of us as he raised it to fifteen. "I call your five and raise another ten" I firmly boasted reassuring myself of another look at my cards, praying that I wasn't dreaming. "Alright, I see your fifteen and raise it five more" Sam blurted tossing another chip into the pile. After Dan had called, Sam asked us if we needed any. The two guys that he had sucked off didn't count in my book because that was oral only, he hadn't swallowed, and I had given Nicky my permission to do it.When we walked inside the CVS for the hair removal cream, I noticed people staring at both of us, probably because of the way that Nicky behaved around me. The overall impression was that they weren't clear if Nicky were a guy or a really tomboyish gal. His androgyny raised some questions from the local bigots, it seemed. More than a few of. I should be telling you that you shouldn’t have done what you did, that I was bad for encouraging it, and for doing what I did with Laura. But I can’t.” Mark takes a drink as he nervously waits for Katie’s reaction. “It’s weird dad.” Katie starts. “I mean, I know what society says and all, but today in the store when it all started. I got those thoughts and feelings you talked about. It felt exciting, exhilarating. I liked the way I was feeling and wanted to keep feeling it.” Mark swallows. That figure, the hair, the eyes. No-one's going to turn away from that for me, are they?" They aren't?" You wouldn't." I... See this is another thing. Where the hell do I start?" I'll take note that that isn't a denial." It is. I don't know what to do with the pair of you." Have we become a burden already?" Hope laughed and Marcus found himself wondering if it weren't a little forced. "I don't know what you're getting at, Marcus." You're... How can you think, after everything this week, that.