Ballows called out and tapped his conductor’s wand against his music podium. The Little-Man was all of five-foot-four-inches tall, and maybe a buck-...hirty in weight, hence his nickname. “Just a reminder that you can earn some extra credit points towards your music grade, either tomorrow or Friday in class. You’ll have to either perform and/or sing some original piece of music you put together. You’ve known about this for several weeks now. Sooo, does anyone have any questions?”I saw Samantha. “A-hole?” I laughed. “That’s the best you can do?”“If I said what I was thinking, you’d tell Mom and I’d be grounded for the rest of the Summer.”“Russian swear words are the quickest way to grounding and extra chores. Trust me.”“Did you and April break up?”“Yes.”“Over church?”“Pretty much.”“You are WAY too serious about church, Mikey! You let it get in the way of getting laid!”“I am NOT having a conversation about my sex life with my little sister, Lizzy!”“What sex life?” she giggled.She had a. "I thought I'd heard you crying." I'm fine," I repeated, not confirming or denying that I'd been crying."I love you," said Helen. "I love you as David and as Jayne." Would you love me if I decided to stay as David for ever?" Yes," came the firm answer."What if I decided to become Jayne?" Of course I'd still love you. I love you for you. I'm ashamed to onlyrealise that since Saturday. I dreaded you stopping being Jayne, butapart from the clothes, you are still the same kind and. I will allow you to infer the behaviour that you feel is appropriate. Of course, if you misjudge things – as I think we both know you did just now," She looked up at me and then nodded before returning her eyes to the floor. "Then I will provide appropriate correction. I will not treat you with unnecessary cruelty," (I avoided the question of what might be necessary cruelty.) "and the extent to which your experiences are unpleasant will depend largely on your own ability to determine what is.