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　brown　eyes？she

really　was　beautiful。

？See？？　His　mother　leaned　forward　and　prodded　his　knee　with　her　turquoise…embellished

fingers。　？Shelikes　the　cream　filling。？　Dan　quickly　snapped　out　of　his　reverie　and　stood　up。　？Um；

well；　we？re　sort　of　filling　up　around　here。　I　guess　if　you　want　to　take　my　room　I　could　take　the

couch？？　His　mother　stood　up；　holding　onto　her　neck　with　one　hand　and　rubbing

furiously。　？Thecouch　？　Don？t　be　silly。　I　mean；　now　that　you？re　。　。　。　well；　you　know？？　Jeanette

broke　off；　waving　her　turquoise…laden　hands　in　the　air。　？I　mean；？　she　began　again；　？sharing

Vanessa？s　room　shouldn？t　be　a　problem；　right？　You　girls　can　pillow　talk　all　night！？　？Sure；

um？yeah？that？s　fine；？　Dan　stammered；　glancing　over　at　Vanessa。　She　looked　a　little　surprised　or

horrified？or　maybe　she　was　just　trying　to　hold　in　her　laughter　after　hearing　Dan　called　a　girl　by　his

own　mother。

Jeanette　stood　on　her　tiptoes　and　kissed　Dan　on　the　top　of　his　head；　mussing　his　hair。　？Dan；　dear；

do　you　mind　if　I　use　your　puter　before　I　go　to　bed？　I　just　want　to　send　off　a　few　e…mails。

Don？t　worry；　I　won？t　download　any　granny　porn！？　Without　waiting　for　an　answer；　she　flitted

toward

Dan？s　room；　whistling　Gloria　Gaynor？s　？I　Will　Survive？　pletely　off…key。

Sure；she？ll　survive。　But　will　Dan？

？Good　night；　ladies！？　they　heard　her　trill　as　she　closed　the　door　to　Dan？s　room。

Dan　swallowed　hard；　trying　to　hide　his　embarrassment。　He　never　would　have　imagined　it

possible　that　four　little　words？specifically；　the　ones　on　his　postcard　to　his　sister　that　read；　？Dear

Jenny；　I？m　gay？？could　cause　so　much　trouble。　He　went　into　the　kitchen　to　find　Vanessa；　who　was

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