"Good morning Mary"
"Good morning boss"
"Mary, you think I'm a mouse?
"No! Why would I think that?"
"Because I don't take any chances..."
"Boss, you are the best editor, the best boss, and a grate
person. If I was gay I would've date you, besides how many
editors do you know that come out to the world gay?"
"Thank you Mary.  Can you hold my calls for the next hour? I
need to talk to lien"
"Shore thing boss"

"Hey"
"And what did I do to deserve a call from the editor of my
favorite magazine?"
"Well, first of all: I love you! And don't you forget it,
Second of all: I want you to meet my parents...."

Long silence

"Am... I don't know dear, they know about us? Did you tell
them?"
"No they have no idea that you are my girlfriend..."
"Another nightmare....  I should've known... is Nike
presorting you agene?"
"You want me to talk to him? I can make him stop?"
"No don't, he's right, I'm a mouse, I need to tell them....
Besides, I can intrados you as a friend...."
"We'll talk about that tonight, my place?"
"10?"
"O.k. see ya tonight"
"Bye"
"Bye"

"It's open!" sad lien
"Hey, am I late?"
"No you are right on time"
"Grate!"

Cassie comes in and closes the door behind her and come to
hug lien and lien backs away.

"What's wrong?" asks Cassie
"You need to stop listening to Nike!"  Sad lien
"But he is my friend...."
"But no one can know about us! You agreed to it at the
beginning!"
"I know, and they won't know, ill just tell them that you
are my friend, nothing more...."
"But will we be in the same room? Or something? And what
will you tell them? We need a flight to get there and to
spade a few days there too...."
"I know.... We will think of something on the way there..."
"O.k."
"Now can I kiss you?"
"Now you better do more then just to kiss me"