"So…"
Jamal looked around the table.
"The day finally came."
Mari blinked. "What day?"
"The day I got to meet your boyfriend. I always thought you'd either end up single or a lesbian."
Jax raised an eyebrow, while Dawn gasped and slapped Jamal's arm at the outrageous statement, but to her surprise, Mari threw back her head and laughed.
"Right? Me too."
Jax looked at Mari, "You thought you'd end up a lesbian?"
She laughed. "That was an inside joke. I always said I was never going to end up with anyone unless I had the kind of love every other person in my life seemed to have. At some point, I thought I might try my luck with girls since I wasn't feeling it with guys."
"Did you?" Dawn asked curiously.
Mari laughed. "Nope. I got discouraged when Aunt Sonia told me about the one time she tried it with a girl and ended up with an STI."
They all laughed.
A waiter approached, and they all placed their orders.
