{"id":758,"date":"2009-10-11T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vyrdolak.com\/wordpress\/?p=758"},"modified":"2009-10-11T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-11T10:55:00","slug":"join-us-on-coming-out-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vyrdolak.com\/wordpress\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"Join Us on Coming Out Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

To celebrate Coming Out Day, members of the Outer Alliance<\/a> are posting stories or excerpts on this theme on their blogs. Here is an excerpt from my forthcoming novel, The Longer the Fall<\/em>. This scene is set in the year 1954.<\/p>\n

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As they were passing Camden Hills State Park, Moira said, a little too casually, \u201cThere was one more thing…that I wanted to ask you. I\u2019m just kind of curious.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know the rules, if I can\u2019t answer, I won\u2019t. Nothing personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, this is…pretty personal. I mean, it\u2019s not about your group, or Mr. Morgan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diana would have given Moira a curious look at this, but she had discovered that taking her eyes off the road was most inadvisable. \u201cGo ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay…um. So. With all the…experience that you\u2019ve had…have you ever been with another girl?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSure.\u201d The white line on the road seemed to be a little too close to the car, and Diana leaned forward, peering.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than one?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean at the same time?\u201d She slowed down and let the car drift a bit to the right\u2014yes, that seemed better. I should have had another cup of coffee…Thomas would never forgive her if she killed herself in a car crash, so close to the end of their working.<\/p>\n

Moira sounded a bit flustered. \u201cI didn\u2019t mean…I wasn\u2019t talking about your, your Beltene things…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t, either.\u201d They were coming into Pepperell now, meaning there were street lights and mailboxes and sidewalks and many other helpful guideposts to assist in staying in the right lane. Diana relaxed with a sense of relief. She turned off of Main Street and very carefully drove the two short blocks to the duplex where Moira rented an apartment, and braked a little hard, bringing the car to a sudden stop. \u201cOops, sorry,\u201d she said as Moira caught herself on the dashboard with both hands. \u201cWhat are we talking about, Moira? If you want to know everything I\u2019ve done, in bed and out, I\u2019ll tell you! But we\u2019ll be here all night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moira stared at her for a moment, and she smiled weakly. \u201cNothing, I just…nothing. Thanks for dinner, that was sweet of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t mention it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shaking her head, which was a mistake, Diana took the back way to School Street. She opened the driver\u2019s window all the way to let the reviving chilly night air blow onto her face. Her thoughts alternated between focusing intently on the road, and meandering with some puzzlement over Moira\u2019s questions. Just as she pulled up to the granite boulder and was about to make the turn, the shoe finally dropped. She sat in the idling car, staring blankly at the speedometer and wondering just how much of her brains had ended up in her sinuses, after all, and whether she should go back to Moira\u2019s house and talk to her some more. She had absolutely no idea what she would say, however. When she heard Thomas\u2019 amused voice just outside the car window, she jumped so badly, she lost contact with the clutch and the engine stalled.<\/p>\n

(c) 2009 Inanna Arthen<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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