One night I went back to her house after school and we were chatting and laughing like always when she said to me “Would it be weird if I asked you ...to be my girlfriend?”I was shocked but really happy, I kissed her and told her it wouldn’t be weird, but still nobody could find out. We continued on like this for a few months when one day she called me while I was at home. She was in tears and could barely talk. I was so shocked and worried but I tried to calm her down to get her to tell me what. "We told her we'd keep this all a secret if she played along." Sharon was more curious than concerned. Their promise to Stacy meant nothing to her."No." Gary smiled."We told her that we wouldn't release the tapes of her cheating on the English exam and fucking with Neil. We said nothing about any pictures we might take in the future. Besides, we won't be selling these pictures to mainstream magazines. I doubt anyone in town will see them. Including Stacy. Probably." Well... OK." Sharon was. Once parked he realised they were in OxfordStreet, the street well known for gay bars and unconventional people. Itis down this street that the Rainbow Mardi Gras parades each year.So though at first he was blushing like a schoolgirl with embarrassment,he soon realised that no-one was staring at him. They were just mother anddaughter, or perhaps aunt and niece, shopping amongst the most avant gardestores. There were plenty of gay bars in this street, but plenty ofstraight ones too, or at least. The rest of the things we use the word NICE to explain? ... not so much.Looking at her IS enjoyable: Grace scrutinizing you? Not at all enjoyable.But Grace is not good, or amusing, refined or sympathetic. She is seldom refined, polished or genteel. Friendly, charming, amiable are not in her vocational make up.She is meticulous when it comes to choosing her words, she is careful in her writing, and she is close in that she can and does keep secrets.Lucy Lou is attempting to make Grace courteous,.