That's because the hand didn't belong to a woman, Shannon. The drag queen it belonged to seemed to be amused at Shannon's quiet attempts to puzzle out what exactly she was. She didn't seem to mind at all and looked at Eli, who had moved back to Shannon's side and was now touching his arm gently.

"Well, it's kind of embarrassing," he said, his tone revealing how awkward it was to be talking about his past in the scene like this. "Not that it's going to stop you. Either of you."

He let out a sigh and Jackie threw up her arms. "Honey, if you're going to be like that, then why don't you go into the back and talk to Jay. He wanted to know your plans for the design before meeting your boy. Go talk to him and I'll stay here and not tell him anything too embarrassing."