December 19, 2006 10:00AM

I used to think that I knew my way around this town, but I'm always getting lost since you're not around.

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I had walked around downtown, holding the only letter that I'd ever send her. If I could ever find a mailbox. You'd think I'd know where everything was downtown, even if I was blindfolded and drunk. I spent most of my time down here with her, whenever we could we'd go for a walk downtown, window shop, people watch. But mostly talk. I looked up and down the street, then decided I was lost and there was no point.

"Fuck it." I threw the letter in the garbage and headed home.

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"WHAT?"

"I said: I'm a lesbian." There, that was pretty easy. She seemed to take it well too, although she was being really quiet.

"Get out," I could barely hear her whisper it.

"Mom?"

"I want you out. Stay until you find your own place, but it shouldn't take more than two weeks."

"But.."

I didn't get to finish, and she left our apartment. No. Her apartment. How did everything go so wrong so quickly?