But I don't have one now."That was a bit of a lie. When I was in high school... lets just say that I was one of the boys parents warned their daughter... about. I smoke and drank and fucked. That was about it. I didn't so much have "a girlfriend or two" than I "had different girl in bed every other day". I guess I was sowing my wild oats early because I eventually calmed way down some time into college. Since that time I've had a fling here and there but I never settled down into anything. Mr. Green arrived at your apartment about an hour ago. I believe he is making you something special. Should I buzz him and let him know you’ll be up?” Ever the gentleman, Randolph had been greeting Becca at her buildings door for the last two years.Becca returned his smile, stepping out of the cold as he held the door. “No, I think not tonight. I’d like to surprise him.”“Very well. Have a pleasant evening.”Even on the most stressful days, Randolph’s jovial formality put her at ease. Now in his. Ignored by his family, his tinyeyes drank in the impossibility of it. A boy changing into a girl.It was over in seconds, but the image branded itself everlastingly intohis heart, his soul, into the very center of his existence. Sixty yearslater those few seconds of inspired animation would be as bright, asclear as ever, forever at the front door of memory.He didn't know what he saw. He didn't know why his stomach leapt, whyhe felt suddenly weightless. He was too young; all he could do was. “Man, that Tina was something else. I hope we run into her again.” The city wasn’t all that big, so the opportunity for Tina to run into her new fans was pretty good.JC came back into the house via the kitchen just as the final seconds of the game ticked by. Tina was sitting next to her husband and gave JC a wry grin when she came in. “I’m going to have to ask Tina to lunch soon and find out how her evening was.” JC thought to herself. Plopping down on the sofa next to Mike, JC gives him a kiss.