"I'm not hurting you, am I?" No, it feels wonderful. Where were you all afternoon when I could have used this?" Taking my own tests." I replied, "Why ...on't you lie down and I'll give you the full treatment."Beth looked over her shoulder, "You wouldn't take advantage of a poor defenseless girl, would you?" With a slightly rising tone at the end, it almost sounded like she was hoping that's what I had in mind. But this was BETH. She's never stoop so low as to be interested in someone like me.. ”“Good. Almost time to put those lessons to the test, then!”I winced. “I wouldn’t expect too much of that.”“Why not?” she asked, pouting.I grinned sheepishly. “It’ll be a victory if I can get to the middle of the floor without tripping! So we’ll have to wait and see what happens.”“We sure will!”“Hey, are you going to torture me out there?”“I think you can count on that! I love dancing, so don’t expect to be sitting down too much tonight, Matty. But hey, it’ll be a really fun night, I promise.. This was followed by the introduction of the magician and his assistant. The magician and assistant were preceded by a loud bang and they came walking through a puff of billowing smoke, standard fare. However, when the spotlight illuminated them it caused Len and Char to look each other. They knew they had been snookered. The ushers were now the magician and his assistant and the magician smiled as he pointed at Char and mouthed, “Gotcha!” Len laughed, he was amused that he had also been. But I refused to cry. Boys didn't cry; only girls did, and I made up my mind that I wasn't going to be a girl, no matter what she put me in.That was a Friday. Dad was home over the weekend, so I had two days in which I could wear my own clothes all day long. I spent Saturday afternoon playing ball with some older boys in the neighborhood. I had never been keen on sports, but playing ball was a boy thing to do, and I joined in with a will that day. I played very well, too, and coming home,.