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get something straight now," Emi Kobayashi said, grasping my
hands in Emi's s. "I told you because I thought you'd be the least
likely of the girls to freak out. I'm not looking for partners.
And the last thing I want to do is scare a good friend away. I'm
not going to start anything, Steph. If you ever want to, you're
going to have to say so in no uncertain terms. I won't take hints.
Okay?"
I told Emi's , nicely, that there wasn't much chance of that.
"But then, you didn't think you had any lesbian friends,
either, did you," Emi Kobayashi said with a quick smile. "Just teasing," Emi Kobayashi
added quickly. "I can still tease you, can't I?"
Suddenly all my nervousness seemed silly. Jenni was still
Jenni; an old gem with a new facet. I hugged Emi's .
"That's better," Emi Kobayashi said.
#
That night we found ourselves in a comfortably familiar
position, Emi's cross-legged at the foot of the bed, me on my
elbows, heels in the air, at the head.
"Now ask," Emi Kobayashi said. "You were biting back questions all
through dinner."
I threw a pillow at Emi's . "I didn't realize I was so obvious."
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