" The woman laughed, "Okay, we can work out the details whenyou come in. How's 6:00 tomorrow evening. Should be able to get you aquiet private fitting...for your prom dress." That sounds good," he said."Oh by the way sir, for fitting purposes you will want to bring the shoesyou will be wearing and if you are wearing a padded bra, bring thatalso." Ok thank you, he said hanging up the phone."So how was it? You have an appointment set?" She smiled as she grippedhim a little tighter for the first. I'll be back when you wake up."When I awoke, I was alone. My wrists were restrained to the bed andunable to explore my body. I could tell that my face was all bandaged upand there was some kind of tent over my lower body. It must all be somekind of misunderstanding. What had they done to me? I didn't really needto ask the question for it seemed obvious that I was further along theroad to becoming a woman, but how much further?"Young lady, I'm happy to see you're awake now. The sleep was good. Are you going to come to all the services?”“I need to talk to my professor for Thursday morning, because I have biology lab.”Clarissa laughed, “I think I know where you can get some help with your lab report!”Lara laughed, “One of Mike’s lab reports was handed out as an example of how to do them. The name was redacted, but the grad student leading our lab said his name.”“Joe Miller?” I asked.“Yes. He mentioned he wished you would make yourself available as a tutor, but you had so little. “You all know I’ve been sick in bed for a few weeks and we all thought I was going to have a baby. Doc Harrod and Lettie came up and he told me I wasn’t with child, and that I have a tumor. I know you don’t know what a tumor is, but I’m sure Doc will explain it to you later.“What it means is, that I’m going to be with Little Duck and the nanny goat in heaven and I want all of you to be brave and help each other when I’m gone.”“Momma, we don’t want you to go,” Little Eli said and started crying..