Do you think you could undo the spell and letme have my old life back?"My mother shook her head. "Oh honey, you didn't! To Aphrodite?" Well yes. I tho...ght I deserved a chance to change back to Andy." Isaid defensively. "After all, I didn't ask to be changed."The goddess' eyes flared with fire. "That was an unwise request of me.I find you unfit, and unprepared to join our sisterhood." Her voiceseemed to come from everywhere at once. "You do not understand yourtrue nature and fight against all. We’re used to life and death fighting every day. Your men are half drunk and used to pushing cows around. Half of them look like they’ve never even shot at anything other than a tin can. I think I like those odds.” We all heard several of the cowboys take big gulps of air and look at their boss. “Of course we’ll probably lose a couple of men in the fracas,” I began. “But all of you will die, every single one of ya,” finished Jack in that way that twins have of completing each. He went back downstairs, hopped in his truck and waited. Laurie, like always, had to work late. It seemed nowadays, more than ever two people were asked to do the work of three. She was sick of it, but there wasn’t anything she could do about it. Bone tired, exhausted, she drove home. Her Toyota clunker bounced along with the rest of the traffic till she reached her cut off, drove down the off ramp, hit the four lane suburban roadway that took her home. She thought there must be fifty red. She smiled and said, “Good morning, big brother.”Alex smiled and said, “Morning, Sis.”Allie said, “I had the best dream last night. You and I finally made love - twice.”Alex said, “It wasn’t a dream, Allie.”She giggled and said, “Yes it was. It was a dream come true.” She met her brother’s lips with hers and their tongues intertwined.Alex said, “I’d love to play some more but I have to go on that errand we talked about last night.”Allie didn’t remember for a second but then the light bulb went.