>>18925305Carmody looks through the glass window wistfully.
>"Yeah, it's nice when Colby's got your back. I know. She's wonderful, when she wants to be."She taps the window.
>"My support is out there mostly. Sola. Paule. Kanako when she's here. Coach Ash, of course. I stay in touch with Coach Brooke. My brother's only a call away too."Carmody smiles bitterly when Amy talks about being shamed for her sexuality.
>"Sola's gonna be fine. She's tough, and it's not much worse than the shit they say about her already. It's something we've all gotta deal with, I guess, for being like we are."She keeps looking out the window into the main room of the Dojo.
>"Hardly anybody knows I'm bi yet. My best friend in high school Jackie, and another girl back home, found out the 'hard way', heh. Then another girl who I wasn't involved with found out, and tried to use it to start some shit. We got in a fight in school. A bad one. But no one really believed her. Helped that I was pretty popular with the boys, too."Carmody laughs, then looks back at Amy. It's rare to have someone she can tell these things to, just to say them out loud.
>"Colby probably already told you this, but our Mom's one of those people who's religious in a homophobic way. Mom doesn't know about me yet, but she went off when she heard about Colby, and we got into it bad when I stood up for Colbers. She didn't talk to me for like four days. But she still thinks I'm the one who's gonna push out a bunch of grandkids. She'll hit the ceiling when she finds out I'm sweet on a girl too now."A smile breaks out on Carmody's face.
>"Dad's cool about it though. He wasn't always, but he sure changed his mind fast when he found out about Colbers. He talks tough, like a big scary Southern dad, but she's his princess. Always will be. And I think he'll like you too." 