She rubbed her feet slowly up and down and back and forth all over. Beth stopped. She knew she couldnt get side tracked now. It was up with the bags a...d down to a cab to get to Logan. Sitting in the gate area, Beth thumbed through her magazines not rally paying attention to anyone. She couldnt wait to get on the plane and get a drink. Just as she thought about whether to have wine or a Jack and Coke her foot got bumped by a man passing her to sit. He said, Im sorry. I wasnt watching where I was. Well, maybe they could. But he felt alittle safer anyway.As far as he could tell, Mel wasn?t going to hide anything from Derek,that?s why she had insisted he keep drinking from his bottles while theytravelled to the mall. He only hoped she wouldn?t keep pressing them athim while they were in the mall. Unfortunately, he had noticed that hisdiaper bag was heavier than usual again when he carried it down to thecar. No doubt it was loaded down with extra bottles. Thoughts of whathe had gone. I looked out my window, and there they were. Just like their pictures, just like I had imagined them to be. Now both excited and nervous to see them, I wait for the other passengers to pass me on their way out of the bus before I stand. John and Lina see me and start to wave even before I get off the bus. When I get off the bus, I quickly make my way through the crowd and excitedly jump into their arms; both engulf me in giant hugs. As the hugs end, John brings me to him and gives me a kiss. She'd given me a lot to thinkabout. I wondered once again if she knew me better than I knew myself."A whole week?" I asked, a tentative quiver in my voice."Until Sunday next week when I have to drive back to college," she said witha sage nod. "If you want, you can fuck my brains out as a dude before Ileave as compensation. But I won't change you back all week, no matter howmuch you beg."I blushed profusely again. "Wh-what about classes?"Melinda rolled her eyes in exasperation. "do I have to go.