Time to lighten the mood,’ Mother said. ‘Alice, play us a song.’ Yes, Mama, but only if Charles accompanies me,’ ‘Oh please, Charles, sing f...r us,’ his sister Mary asked. ‘It has been so long. Please.’ Charles walked over to the piano. ‘Alright, only one song.’ He sat next to Alice. ‘How about ‘Mademoiselle from Armentieres’?’ ‘Charles!’ Mother scolded. ‘Alright then.’ He began to sing, ‘I’m Enry the eighth, I am. Enry the eighth.’ Alice hit him on the shoulder. ‘Be serious or I shan’t play.’. Her hands gripped my arms as she leaned in and gave me a quick little peck on the lips before straightening back up drawing that bottom lip in again and glancing away a little self-consciously before returning her eyes to my own. “I’m going to be doing some research for a class in the library all this next week. If you don’t see me in the student center or on “Phone” I’ll probably be there somewhere… or at home with my mom…” She added a little more somberly as her smile faded just a few. The last thing on god's green earth that Serina looked like was a dragqueen. Hell, for all I know most transsexuals don't - doesn't reallymatter. Point was, she played on that, knew what people would think,what they expected. Serina didn't do anything without a reason, withouta plan. She was almost anal that way. What was I going to do, think thatmaybe all tall twenty-something girls I met used to be guys? Of coursenot, and she knew that. Just as she knew all of the little things mymind kept. I wanted to explore the countryside and have the extra mobility that you can only obtain with your own car. Riding a train is fun, and Die Deutsche Bundesbahn (the German train system) is phenomenal, but nothing compares to having your own ride!The major problem was I was in the military. Before you can buy a car, it is necessary for you to have an International Driver's License. The only way to obtain that license was you first had to have a military license. My problem? I didn't have either.