“He should be happy.  Unless he got the ***** gene of course.”  And Helena tossed her daughter a look and Miranda
laughed, moving to her son and he ran into her arms.  She scooped him up and gave Helena a funny look.

            “MOM!”  He yelled and Helena began to walk to the stairs when Quin
appeared and Alice was still clutching the necklace, riding
high on everything that had happened today. 
Peggy was two steps behind them, watching Alice‘s swaying hips. 

            “HARLEQUIN!”  Helena bellowed and Quin stopped short at the
top of the steps, her green eyes staring at her sister in question.  “Were you in Braden’s bed?”  Silence overtook the party; a pin could be
heard if it had been dropped. 

            Rosita and Daisy came laughing from
the bathroom, having thought it was time to cut off Ro’s cast.  Rosita was flexing her hand, happy to be free
from the thing.  They froze and Tina and Cass stood up, Bette groaned as the two young women looked around.  They both wondered what the heck was going
on, and why everyone was looking up at them.

            “We are so busted.”  Rosita said, and Daisy let out a long breath,

            “DAISY!”  Cassandra and Tina yelled.

            “ROSITA!”  Bette and Candace bellowed at the same time.  Bette and Tina shot each other looks, and then turned away from each
other with guilt in each of their eyes. 
No one else saw the look they’d given to each other.

            “Whatever it was, I didn’t do
it!”  Daisy grunted, and Quin was
laughing and Alice was hiding her face in Quin’s shoulder
in a fit of giggles.  Daisy was too cute
for mere words.

            “It wasn’t them!”  Braden yelled from Miranda’s arms, just as Shane and Dana stumbled to the staircase, Dana froze, and Shane slammed into her hard, almost tossing
her to the floor. 

            “***** Dane, I’m blind you
know…”  Shane muttered, trying to get the tie on right
again, but failing.  She pulled it off
and tossed aside.

            “It was THEM!”  He yelled, pointing to Dana and Shane, Shane whispered into Dana‘s ear.

            “It’s the kid that busted in on us
huh?”  Dana swallowed, and grunted out a yes, and Shane rubbed her shaggy hair.  “*****.” 
Shane laughed out and Peggy moved to the stairs,

            “It’s my party and we’ll ***** like
we want too.”  She announced, and then
said, “Party is over, get out!  All of
you!  I love you all but I’m an old woman
and it’s time for my nap.” 

~*~*~*~*~*

In
& Out

11.2.04

Exploration
of all our desires

Curiosity
a new game

Flirting
with evident danger

Hiding
from the staring crowd

Shadow
moments

Scampering
from the lime light

Stolen
moments of unbridled passion

Behind
closed doors

And
covered windows

Locked
in a room

Just
a bed and tangled covers

Take
all the shame away

Let
the light cascade over us

Free
us from our social bondage

Never
able to love as freely as now

Judge
me not for who I love

Judge
me for the person I am

Hidden
behind closed doors

No
more