Things changed for me in college. There was a more divergent student body and most of the kids there were there to learn so I wasn't the odd man out. ...ontact lens came along and that put an end to the Coke bottle glasses I had been wearing. I got a girlfriend who ran track and she made me run with her almost every day and that put an end the pudginess. Stella and I ended up splitting, but I never stopped running and it has kept me in pretty decent shape. I was definitely not the Dave Wilson who. On the Tuesday before the race, I got a terrific shock. My mobile rang and it was my mom, Carolyn. ‘Alec, it’s Mom. I’m back early. Your father, damn him, got requisitioned for one of those emergency trips to rescue someone in Iraq, and couldn’t get out of it.’ ‘Where are you now?’ ‘I’m a a taxi on the way home. I didn’t want you to have to leave campus and miss a class because of me.’ ‘Uh, mom, it’s hard to explain on the phone, but you are going to find some women guests at our house when. Something new for bothRonnie and Jaimie.They received a number of comments, mostly directed to Jaimie, such as,'You're not a real girl?', and 'I'm jealous. You're so pretty.' Jaimiedidn't try to disguise her voice, so when she spoke, everyone knew shewas really a male.As the evening progressed, Jaimie felt more and more comfortable. Moreat ease being a girl.Everyone had brought good things to eat, and they had a very nicedinner. The business meeting was very short. And, the entertainment. She seemed to enjoy it, till a call came from her husband and it was as if she was jerked back to reality.She finished the call and looked at me, her eyes telling a tale of war between lust and loyalty, between me and her husband. She became a little self-conscious after that and we finished work, ate lunch (throughout which she made little conversation) and sat down to talk on the sofa, mere inches from each other. She looked a little sad and I gently placed a hand on tip of her thigh asking.