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.It was right on the corner andwindows took up the entire front of the store, wrapping around to take up the wholeother side as well.It was the perfect corner store where we could each have our ownwindow displays.Andrea s Bakery had recently been repainted bright white and hadbrand new flower boxes installed beneath the windows overflowing with Gerbera daisiesin every color.It looked beautiful.Our building, our window displays.Jesus, I'm already thinking of it as mine.Liz is anevil genius and I haven t even walked inside yet.Speaking of the she-devil, Liz stepped out of one of the doors, holding it open with herhip."Stop gawking and get your ass in here," she yelled out to me, before turning aroundand walking back inside.Gavin unfastened his seat belt and tried to open his door but the childproof lockprevented him from doing so."Come on, Mommy," he complained."Auntie Wiz said to get our ass in dare.""Gavin, language," I said, rolling my eyes at his refusal to listen as I got out andwalked around to open his door.I grabbed his hand and helped him jump down out of thecar."Be good, you got it?" I asked as we walked up onto the sidewalk."Don't run, don'tyell, don't touch anything and stop saying bad words or you're going home to take a nap.""Naps can suck it."I will not sell him to gypsies.I will not sell him to gypsies.A bell dinged above the door as I opened it, and Gavin yanked his hand out of mine togo running into Liz s arms."Ooooooh, my handsome man is here!" Liz squealed as she scooped him up andswung him around."What's new, little man?" she asked as she set him down on top ofthe counter next to her."Mommy don't feel good today and I got a big wiener!"Liz barked out a laugh."Gavin, please.Enough with the wiener talk," I complained"But, Mommy, look," he said as he attempted to unbutton his jeans."My wiener isreally big and tall right now and it feels funny." "Ooookay," I said as I quickly walked over and stopped him from whipping it out."Noone needs to see it and remember what I told you the other night? Gavin nodded in understanding and I slid him down off of the counter and told him togo look out the front window to count the cars that go by.When his face and hands wereplastered against the window, I turned to face Liz who was silently laughing with herhand over her mouth."It's not funny," I hissed at her in a loud whisper."Why the fuck didn't anyone tell mefour-year-olds get woodys? I am not equipped to deal with this shit, Liz."She wiped tears out of her eyes and looked at me apologetically."I'm sorry, Claire,but seriously.That is some funny shit right there.Sorry, I know nothing about four-year-old boys.When the hell did it first happen?""ONE!" Gavin yelled from in front of the window as a car went by."The other night after his bath.He was lying on the floor on his towel and I gave hima book to read while I ran down the hall to get his pajamas out of the dryer," I started."TWO!" came another yell from Gavin."I walked in the room and he rolled over onto his back and that thing stuck straight upinto the air like a lightening rod.It was horrific.He kept smacking at it and saying it feltfunny.Jesus Christ, will you stop laughing!""FWEE!""I'm sorry.I'm sorry!" Liz gasped in between laughs."And of all the books he could have been reading when it happened, it had to beBarney.My son gets a hard-on for fucking BARNEY," I screeched and quickly turnedaround to make sure Gavin didn't hear me.Liz was hysterical at this point.Her mouth was closed and her shoulders wereshaking.Every time she tried to breathe and not laugh she snorted and then choked. Did you ask your dad about it? she asked between giggles and coughs.I rolled my eyes before responding as I thought back to the conversation I dattempted to have with my dad the other morning. You know my dad.As soon as I said the word penis he turned and walked out of theroom and told me to call my mother.And she was just as much help as you are rightnow.When I asked her if it was normal she replied Does a one-legged duck swim incircles? I hung up on her after ten straight minutes of her doing that hyperventilatinglaugh thing after I told her about the Barney Boner. Liz finally calmed down and we both turned to check and make sure Gavin was stilloccupied."Now every time it happens he wants to show me and say 'Mom! Look at my bigwiener!' So I just told him it was normal and it happens to all little boys and it just wasn'tsomething he should go walking around telling people."Liz patted me on the back and gave me a look of pity."Well, that's just proof youneed a man in your life, Claire.And speaking of men in your life&.""Don't.Don't even go there, I threatened, pointing my finger in her face so she knewI was serious. I am so not ready to have this discussion with you right now.I'm stillwondering if last night was a dream and that wasn't really him.Maybe I was just imagining things in the haze of alcohol.I mean, in all the bars, in all the towns, in all theworld& ""Easy there, Humphrey Bogart, it was him.I immediately recognized him and thefriend he had with him.That was the guy who tried to make out with me that night rightafter telling me he usually liked girls with bigger tits but since I was pretty he wouldmake an exception."I knew I was full of shit trying to convince myself that maybe it wasn't him.But havingLiz confirm it made me feel like a dumb ass."Fuck.Fuck, fuck, fuck.Did you see his eyes? God, those were Gavin's eyes.Theywere that same weird blue-grey color with a black outline.What the fuck am I going todo?" I asked in a panic."TEN!""Gavin, four comes after three," Liz yelled to him while I tried not to throw up on thefloor."That's boring," he announced."Come on, let me give you the tour before he starts showing his penis to all thepeople walking by and gets an indecent exposure ticket before the ink is dry on thisplace," Liz said as she grabbed my hand."You're going to stop worrying about this rightnow and just enjoy taking a look at your dreams coming true.We'll worry about blue-eyes later
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