“Sex makes everything messy!” Christian interjects, leaning between us with a furrowed brow, obviously listening and looking super fly in black today. Lately, his love life has been much more settled, his boyfriend finally coming out and joining us all on our little group get-togethers.

James seems to get on with Arry and Nate and the other guys and their girlfriends who come along. I love our extended circle of friends, having known all of Arry’s male friends for a long time ...