"Don't turn on the waterworks," he scolded. "I don't want my wife looking like a raccoon on our wedding day. At least hold off until we take our vows.... Are we ready?" Reverend Waters asked."As we can be," Josh answered.Josh hardly heard the words that Waters said. He knew he would speak up when he was asked to take his vows. Despite telling Victoria not to cry, she did. He glanced back and noticed Brie along with Sally bawling too. The next thing he heard was, "You may kiss your bride." Josh. The Jesse I saw was starting to appear to everyone else, and that I loved. Most nights he fell asleep before me, and I listened to the sound of his breathing, the calm evenness sending me off to sleep better than anything else could. He woke me thrice more in the night with shouts and screams, the sound of my name twisted in panic. We ran at night, ran until we were both dropping from exhaustion, and only then would he tell me what he saw.Dreams that involved my image getting mixed up with his. Ab wo dhere dhere mom ki gand mai apna lund andar bahar karne laga. thodi der mai usne apni speed bada di or 35-40 min ki chudai ke baad wo upar gir gaya. usne apna lund ka pani mom ki gand mai dal diya tha thodi der baad aise hi letne ke baad we dona chipak kar let gay raat jayda hone se mai bhi sone chala gya pata nahi unhone kab tak chudai ki hogi. subah jab mai utha or apne room se bahar aaya to mera dost mere pass aya orusne kaha ki mohit kal raat mere or teri maa ke bich jo hua tumhe bura. But I had conquered themwith science. I will become a woman, and be desired, conquered and lovedby the boys who now scorned and ridiculed me. I look inward at my self,and see a goddess striving to be born. The grandma next to me nudges me."You are a happy child."I smile and say "I will be. Some day."She pats my hand and mutters in Tagalog. The storefronts become more battered, the street corners more graffitiedand trash-strewn, and the languages shift from English, to Korean, toThai and Spanish.