Now she got around to me. Right-down-to-it:"Cully, I'll ask you the same questions. These questions must be asked. Now is the time." Are you going to ...be able to bear witness and accept my coupling with Tommy? We will be joined physically and mentally. Do you understand that, boy? I don't want you to run off in a fright, carrying on in that house. You want this? It will be as close as you and I have been. As close as I can be with him. I want to be close to him, Cully. I need to be. I want you. And he was always embarrassedwith what she came up with.His costumes were always thorough. Nancy took Halloween very,very seriously. Every October, she went nuts. There weregravestones all over the front lawn. Real ones, Kevinthought. At least they were heavy enough. Spider webs allthrough the house. Skeletons dangling everywhere. The entirehouse seemed bathed in orange and black. Ugh.But here he was, screwed again. Friday evening, and thecostume stores downtown were all closed. They. I'll tell you once we get you all done, okay?"I looked at her, and decided to trust her."Okay."Finally, after what seemed like forever, she took a drop-cloth off amirror, and let me look at myself.Okay, so I wouldn't stop traffic. As girls go, I was pretty plainlooking.But I didn't look like a guy in a dress.I really looked like a girl."Oh .... wow," I managed."Yeah. Now, you should practice walking in those heels." I wobbled around a bit, but soon I got the hang of it, and asked, "Sowhat now?". But I guess they'd said something to Jen, because now she knew and of course she wasn't too happy with me and it was only 8:15 in the morning.I sighed, knowing it was gonna be a long day. Fridays always were.I couldn't bring Jen to the party. I knew that. I loved her like my sister, my little sister, and I was protecting her. She didn't want to meet any guys, at least not the sort of guys who were gonna be at Deke's place. I didn't know exactly what my boyfriend was planning, but I could guess..