"No," I said, "I think I'll just go to class when school starts and seehow long it takes for them to figure it out."Leon will find out next time he co...es over," I said thinking about mybest friend who lived close by. "That's going to be weird." Oh right," said mum. "Leon. He's nice."Then in a weird segue mum smoothed my hair and continued, "We need to dosomething about your hair. It's a mess."Gwen must have heard because she came over."I can style your hair. Sit here," she said motioning to one. Just think of what might appeal to you and do it for her,” Helen suggested, making the cashier blush a little and nod.“Yeah, she’s not just a pretty face,” I assured the Sapphic clerk.“Good. I like them smart. It’s just not her beauty that I like. It’s her smile, her attitude, her obvious brains. And it’s great advice, most of the time, though I’m not a normal girl. Normal girls are straight, after all,” the cashier told us as she looked at our choices: Captain Morgan and Jack Daniels’, “hard. You’re ecstatic. You can’t believe you actually landed the job. You thanks her and she stands up. “You start working now,” she says, “let me show you where you’ll be staying. You stand up and she leads you out of the living room, and through her glamorous mansion. You peer out the window into her giant backyard, with a massive swimming pool, and a jacuzzi along side it. She takes you up the stairs and turns the corner, where she points out a door. This is where you’ll be staying. My room is the. " This is Shirl. How do you take your coffee?" Black and bitter." Right."She brought me a steaming mug. It said "Big Cheese" on it. I laughed. "Do they all say something?" Yes. Mine says 'Girl Friday, ' Des' says 'Head Nerd, ' the other three say 'Guest'." Great! Now go to your desk and look professional."I tried to get back to the journal I'd been reading, but after trying the same article twice, I realized that I was too tense and that my coffee was getting cold. I was taking my second sip.