Amy, Cindi and Megan smiled at me. There wasn't an ounce of jealousy in their eyes."I have a better idea. I think we should let Christopher's sister, ...atie, tell the story," Katie suggested.I shrugged. There was a flash of light. Somehow, we all knew that Katie was no longer the Katie we knew. Christopher's sister stood in front of us."I didn't know you could do that," I said. Katie Carnahan grinned at me."First things first," she said as she walked across the room. She stopped in front of. We can go now.”“Great. I’ve got a lot of packing to do before leaving for school tomorrow,” Sam said. Looking over at Lily, he said, “Goodbye, Lily.”“Goodbye, Sam,” Lily said.Sean opened the door and stepped out with Sam leading the way. They both stopped a few steps from the door. Sean asked, “Where’s the truck?”“I don’t know,” Sam answered with a frown.Holding up the keys, Sean asked, “Is this the only set of keys?”“Yes,” Sam answered. Looking around the empty driveway, he asked, “Where are. " Butthat was the way it was. Every day, I got a little blacker. Every day,I became less a part of their family. I didn't sleep with them. Ididn't eat with them. I rarely talked to them.What was worse? My face? My gender? My job? I had maneuvered myselfonto one of society's lowest rungs.One morning, Mrs. Thomas -- she insisted I call her that -- was talkingto me about a stain in her white blouse. She looked at me and sippedfrom her morning drink. "Vee, what do you think of Chaz?" she said. " There is a wicked curl that plays at the corner of his grin. "Jack and Jen told me a bit about their trip here and I decided to outline some of what we could do while here."Jack and Jen are your neighbors back home and are some of your closest friends. But that explaination made no sense. "What the hell are you talking about?" I found out that each of us were able to transition to another body upon arrival. So then I made arrangements to have you take on the form that you are in while I was.