eep cleaning；？ he announced with a
sudden surge of determination； and marched into the living room with the purposeful steps of a
military general。
Dan in the army？ Don？t ask； don？t tell！
？Be my guest；？ Vanessa retorted as she threw another huge stack of newspapers into the
recycling bin。 ？As far as I？m concerned； it？s a lost cause。？ Earlier that summer； her older sister
Ruby had returned from Europe with her new Czech boyfriend； Piotr； in tow and had proceeded to
kick Vanessa out of the cozy Williamsburg apartment they？d shared for the last three years。
Thanks； sis！ Since then； Vanessa had been living in Dan？s sister Jenny？s room while Jenny was at
art school in Prague for the summer。 Since Dan was heading to Evergreen College in Washington
State in less than two weeks and Jenny would be off to boarding school in upstate New York； it
looked like Vanessa would be keeping her room in the Humphreys？ apartment when she started
NYU？after all； somebody had to keep Rufus； Dan and Jenny？s lesser…known Beat poet editor
father； pany。 So she？d decided to spend the weekend redecorating the totally dismal pad。 And
really； what better way to try out Dan？s newQueer Eye decorating skills？ If he even had any。 He
was so fresh out of the closet it was hard for her to believe it was really true。 But maybe that？s
because she didn？twant it to be true。
Didn？t she？
Dan closed his eyes； remembering the feel of Greg？s lips on his； his scratchy blond chin stubble
scraping against Dan？s jaw。 The more he went over it in his mind； Dan wasn？t even sure how he
felt about the kiss anymore？or about Greg？except that he was pretty sure he didn？t really have any