Anyway. I still didn't talk to Matthew yet. If he wants to punish himself, I'll let him for a few days. He wore a skirt and sweater set today. He's not trying to look like a girl, just wearing them like nothing was wrong.

He's such a goober.

Well, I met Lisa at the library after school, and we went to the Pharmacy on the square. Mr. Warren was behind the soda counter, and we pulled up a couple of stools. Lisa and I talked, about school, about being friends, about Matthew... she said she understands if I like boys, but she had hoped. I think she may end up being a really good friend in the long run.

We paid and walked to my house and just before we got there, she stopped and asked me if she could think of today as a date, just the once.

Y'know... I really don't see what harm it could do, as long as she knows I'm not really, well, into her. So I thought for a minute, then I gave her a kiss on the cheek, like I did Matthew.

We hugged, and she went on back toward school, and I went the last hundred yards or so to my house.

That was... not as bad as I thought it would be.