" i don't go home much . i don't like him visit here . it's pretty weird ."
"you keep that boyfriend handy in the valley just in case ?"
"i do ." she smiled ." for a long time my dad thought i was seeing jack . jack's gay , but he can do straight ."
i stepped forward into the light of the streetlamp and made my eye as warm as i could .i didn't want to pretend to mel that i was in any position to repair whatever damage had already taken place between her and wallace ." can we go in now ?"
she nodded , but she didn't take a step .
i thought she had been expecting some additional dramma from her disclosure . what kind ? i didn't know . it had taken a monumentant for her to know that for me she was lesbian . i thouight it was important for her to know that for me it wasn't monuental news .
" dr. A- adrienne - your friend ? the one who was killed ? she's me first person i ever told how i was feeling ."
"adrienne waas a sweetheart ," i said ." good choice on your part ."
she kicked at the dirt ." are you going to tell him ?" she asked .
the wrinkle ." your father ? god no . no more than i would tell him that i came to LA and discovered that you're straight . my friends' kids sex lives don't come up in conversation very often ." i thought about it for a moment to make certain that exhaustion wasn't poisoning my appraisal ." nope , doesn't usually happen ."
my babbling hadn't convinced her . she said , " that means no ?"
" that means no ." i paused until she seemed to notice i was pausing . the i said ," would yu like mew to tell him ?"
she inhaled quickly . she said ," therapist question ." then she laughed .
i laughed , too . she was right - it had been a therapist question .
she said ," i'm not ready ."
"your mom knows ?"
"she's cool ."
"i'm glad . for you . that cassandra's cool . that's something
mel had been prepared for a reaction from me that was apocalyptic . that was transference . once she finaally accepted the fact that reality - she was ready to move on .
she took amy's hand and led the way to the barn/house .
"you keep that boyfriend handy in the valley just in case ?"
"i do ." she smiled ." for a long time my dad thought i was seeing jack . jack's gay , but he can do straight ."
i stepped forward into the light of the streetlamp and made my eye as warm as i could .i didn't want to pretend to mel that i was in any position to repair whatever damage had already taken place between her and wallace ." can we go in now ?"
she nodded , but she didn't take a step .
i thought she had been expecting some additional dramma from her disclosure . what kind ? i didn't know . it had taken a monumentant for her to know that for me she was lesbian . i thouight it was important for her to know that for me it wasn't monuental news .
" dr. A- adrienne - your friend ? the one who was killed ? she's me first person i ever told how i was feeling ."
"adrienne waas a sweetheart ," i said ." good choice on your part ."
she kicked at the dirt ." are you going to tell him ?" she asked .
the wrinkle ." your father ? god no . no more than i would tell him that i came to LA and discovered that you're straight . my friends' kids sex lives don't come up in conversation very often ." i thought about it for a moment to make certain that exhaustion wasn't poisoning my appraisal ." nope , doesn't usually happen ."
my babbling hadn't convinced her . she said , " that means no ?"
" that means no ." i paused until she seemed to notice i was pausing . the i said ," would yu like mew to tell him ?"
she inhaled quickly . she said ," therapist question ." then she laughed .
i laughed , too . she was right - it had been a therapist question .
she said ," i'm not ready ."
"your mom knows ?"
"she's cool ."
"i'm glad . for you . that cassandra's cool . that's something
mel had been prepared for a reaction from me that was apocalyptic . that was transference . once she finaally accepted the fact that reality - she was ready to move on .
she took amy's hand and led the way to the barn/house .
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