Every day the same. Wake up, go to school, find somewhere to do homework that wasn’t home because Mama was working. Eat supper and go to sleep. Dream of graduation. Dream of leaving the park. Dream of something better. Now two of my three dreams had come true. No day could be a rut, not with Shep and Buck. Our love and need for each other made each moment new and exciting. For the first time in my life, I felt cherished. We don’t say it, but love is building between us. Not just craving the touch and the taste of the others. Real love. It makes each day better than before, because I can fall into it over and over. So it surprised me when, right before Christmas break, I received an email from my community college advisor asking me to come in for a meeting. The shock came from the fact that, in the midst of the wonder of my relationship with these two men, I had completed my first semester of community college. “Hey Buck?”
