Then she stepped behind Traci, pointed down, and nodded vigorously.Cinnamon slapped my arm with a backhand that I didn't see coming. It felt like the ...fastball I'd taken in the shoulder during playoffs. The damn pitcher from Olympia hit me in the same spot twice during the game."Hold it, buster! Have you ever stopped to consider just how lucky you are to have a sister?" Her eyes jumped from mine to each girl's behind me and back up to mine. "Lots of people don't have siblings and would give up. "I drew you," Jim announced.He liked Frank and thought they would talk baseball all day. Frank was a big sports fan."I know," Frank countered. "I asked especially for you."That surprised Jim, but he thought little of it. He started looking forward to a day of baseball talk, and probably other sports, too. Jim was a pole-vaulter on his college track team. He climbed into the passenger's seat. Frank got in behind the wheel."Pretty good game last night, wasn't it, Frank?" Jim said as Frank pulled. Popular, easy to use, and generally reliable, but this girl wasn't a fan of them. The female condom was an alternative, and I burst out laughing when a guy complained that it killed all the enjoyable feelings.Male birth control had one obstacle, as far as I was concerned: guys don't get pregnant. You trust the guy, but how much? I suppose if you actually rub the birth control cream on him you could trust him. But other than that...The IUD was an attractive alternative, until you started. It was somewhat unsettling.As I had my dessert, she asked me, "Are you all right, Howard?" as she followed my eyes down to her pendant cradled between her ample breasts and I think she realized what was the center of my rapt attention. She looked back up, smiled, and picked up the thread of our earlier conversation.Then, standing outside as we waited for her car to be brought around, she held my arm close to her side."I'm so proud of you, Howie, you're so handsome, really becoming such a man..