"So, you were testing your feelings for Jared," his Mom said."Yeah. But there's more." I looked down at my hands. "I have lost all control of myself. ... kept myself under control for sixteen years, and in four days I've torn it all down. I can't control my emotions, I can't control my body, I can't control anything, and I don't know what to do." Is it all that bad?" Tina asked."Listen. Less than a week ago, I was a person who clamped down on her hormones like a vice, and guarded her virginity. If they’re in civilian clothes, the Colonel goes by ‘Howard’, the Sergeant Major goes by ‘Pogo’, just remember who they really are. You’ll want to go get into civilian clothes to go eat.”I got the feeling making them wait was a bad idea, so I jumped into jeans and a t-shirt and ran back out to the truck. Amos and Hollywood were sitting in the back, leaving the “shotgun” seat for me.Lunch was at a local barbeque joint and I got to watch in horror as Amos consumed what looked like an entire hog. "I can relate," you said, untying your work shoes. "I felt like today was going to drag on forever. The worst was when-" Hun," Steph said, cutting you off. "I'm not trying to be mean, but I don't want to hear about your job. Its the same everyday. Work sucks, I get it." Oh," you replied, taken aback. "Okay sweetie."Steph returned her attention to the screen and you looked to the kitchen, trying to detect what it is you were smelling. "Are you cooking something?" Not anymore, Jen and the girls. Lesbian too." "Only one sure way to find out," she said, reaching out her hand. Long fingertips gently stroked my left index finger. Her nails were done nicely; shaped but very short and her finger felt grand on my skin. I didn't move, I just sat there looking at her and breathing. Sipping nervously from my glass of wine. Marnie got up and changed the LP. Off went Rosemary Clooney. She put on My Fair Lady and reached out her hand to me again, extended like a man might for his lady in a.
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