Chapter 4It was my weekend to be at my dad’s, so after dropping off Becca I went there, where Erin was still up waiting for me. “That sounds cool as hell,” she said when I told her about the open mic. “You should take me some time.” We played PlayStation for about an hour or so in the living room before going to bed, still destined to share a room here, too. But the people in my dad’s apartment weren’t as loud as the neighbors at the duplex. I didn’t have to work or anything the next day. Mark called me, and we had a forced, awkward conversation. I didn’t always know what to say to him. Then I called Becca and we talked for an hour. After going back to our mom’s I got on the computer. I didn’t go back in the lesbian chat room, but I did talk to WhiskeyMind in Instant Messenger. I didn’t

