Socialising. That had moved on, from nights at the cinema and goingaround a friend's house to going to bars and clubs at the weekend. I'dspent my nigh...s as a teenager on MSN Messenger and MySpace, yet they'dlong been replaced by Facebook. Although my friends were the samepeople, they were completely different at the same time. One of them waseven expecting his first child.All of those changes had got me thinking. Did I actually miss thosedays? I was at a local University now, but did I prefer. Yes."We finished up with breakfast and I began helping the girls clean up and put everything away again when dad announced we'd reached the twelve mile limit."What's that?" Bella asked."We're officially in International waters now," I told her."And what does that mean?" She asked, though dad answered her before I could."Basically, it means as Captain of this ship ... I could officially marry you two," dad quipped though he said it only as a joke and not being serious. For a moment though,. .. I never wanted this tohappen. Regardless of how my body is changing and how I look right now, Istill think of myself as a guy. Look, I know what I look like. I spent thelast few months terrified of what was happening. Bottom line it was thisor I was going to die. This! This alternative! It's far better thananything that I've already faced."I glanced around at the class, I noticed Rick staring at me proudly and henodded. I finished, "I've already faced and beaten the Grim Reaper once...There. They think she is talented but wait until they hear her and her adopted brother play one of their concerts. Those two are geniuses on any instruments they play. Their IQ's are higher than any four people here but they both have common sense, unlike most highly intelligent people you meet. I have plenty of room at my place for any of them that want to visit and you as well as your team are always welcome to come out and unwind anytime. Butter, I was a very bitter old man until she came into my.