N and I sit on the couch. He is skyping V. I am smoking. He says something in Russian, I catch all but a word.
“Poetry?” I ask.
He shakes his head. “Dress.”
“You’re telling people I like wearing dresses?”
He nods.
“Hey. Dresses are comfortable and everyone looks good in a dress,” I say, defensively.
“I know,” he says, patting my shoulder. “I know.”
I grumble over a few drags of my cigarette. “Everyone is a bunch of prudes,” I mumble to myself. I can here V giggling.
My phone rings. It is my boss. N takes his skype to the other side of the room.
“Hey boss, what’s up?”
“Hey, got a minute?”
I step out of the room, into the kitchen.
“Yeah, yeah. What’s up?”
“Hey, so do you have a picture? I have this company that might want you to work for them and they want to see your picture.”
I try to think.
“Yeah, I should.”
“Okay, good. Cause the only picture I have of you is on WhatsApp.”
“Oh?”
“Yeah, I don’t think it’s one they’d like to see.”
I set up WhatsApp years ago. I’ve been using it a lot lately for professional contacts. I try to think.
“It’s a bad one, isn’t it?”
“Yeah,” he says.
“Is it me in a dress?”
“It’s you in a dress.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah.”
“Shit.”
“Yeah, so maybe you should think about changing that?”
I sigh. “Uh, yeah. Sorry, I was young. It was just a joke.”
“Right, well, I’ve got to get these guys a picture so?”
“Yeah, I’ll send you a decent picture.”
“Good. And uh–”
“Yeah boss, I’ll change the WhatsApp photo, too.”
“Yeah. Good. Send me a picture okay?”
“Mhm.”
“Not in a–”
“Yeah, got it.”
“Alright.”
He hangs up. I finish my cigarette in the kitchen window, trying to count the number of clients I communicate with solely through WhatsApp. I walk back into my room. N has finished skype, he sits there, sipping away at a cup of tea.
“What was that about?” he asks.
“Nothing,” I say, taking off my dress.
Flash-365 
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Sooo sweet…
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Haha. Thank you very much.
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Loved it.
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Awesome. Thank you. I thought some light hearted cross dressing humor was just the thing for today. Plus I really did just get that call from my boss haha
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Great write up.
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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it
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LOL 🙂
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Haha yes. Thank you. Happy I could make you laugh
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Nothing wrong with a bit of gender fluidity…
Nice story, Flash, I’m sure you look great in a dress!
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Hahaha thank you. I think so. My boss… not so much.
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This one’s a keeper!! Loved it.
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haha great. Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
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I missed reading your posts Flash. I always keep them for the end, because they are my favorites and give me at smile before sleeping. So do this post. It´s funny and felicitous like ever! But you definitly had not to change clothes. You are an artist, you can wear what you want. And nobody who loves you, will care about something like this. It´s you and your art what is loved.
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Haha. Thank you. Unfortunately teachers still have to worry about what parents think of them and parents aren’t always the most open of folks.
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This is right! It´s a pity, because the children would surely accept the dress. At least if you have an interessting explication.
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haha that is very true. Children are much more accepting.
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wif
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Windows Identity Foundation?
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