Bea and I had been together a little over ten years, eight of them as man and wife. Like most men I was just not sensitive to the mood swings that can...take place in women so it was quite a while before I noticed the change that had come over Bea. As is normally the case it was a small trivial thing that brought things to a head. I was dressing for work and when I went to my sock drawer I saw that I didn't have any brown socks."Hey Bea, I don't have any brown socks." They are on top of the. There was no time for hesitation; no time to ask for consent. If he rejected what he was about to receive, she would gladly stay outside with him until the sun's warm rays caressed their bodies. Biting deeply into her own tongue, Mia bent to give him the Gift with a kiss.When the deed was done and his heart had beat for the last time, she sat up and closed his sightless eyes with gentle fingers. She had no idea if the Gift would take: his death had been caused by mundane injuries rather than. " No problem. Sorry about the work and the girlfriend." Thanks. I'm thinking losing the job was worse than losing Becky." Yeah. I'm not going to lie; she's tried to hit on me a couple of times." Figures as much. I'm not mad at you, just should have seen it." Well, it happens, but hey, let's have a good time. Maybe you'll get lucky." Sounds good to me."They got inside, found a table and got something to drink. While at the table, they checked out the scene. A lot of the girls there reminded Joe. He had on a pair of oldgym trunks and a dirty tee shirt with the name of a local pizza placewritten on it."Look, Paul... I'm not used to this stuff, ok, but... damnit, Paul, whydidn't you tell me you wanted to become a girl. I could have been moreprepared." I don't," Paul whispered."You don't, what?" I don't want to become a girl. I want to be a guy, but..." But, what, Paul. Can you help me to get my head around this?"Paul shook his head. "No. How can I help you get your head around it whenI.