We lived in a small town, where there was really nothing much to do, so she and I spent virtually all our free time together growing up. There was no ...ecrecy between us. We literally knew everything about each other. We had grown up swimming in the creek and had only started wearing suits when our parents, for some reason, decided we were too big to see each other naked any more. I remember we talked about that when it happened. We thought they were stupid and more often than not we left our. Everyone we knew could see at first glance how her body had changed, thanks to her daily jogs through the city, and then her habitual, intense workouts at the gym. Michael had given her a few pointers at first, and she had been addicted to it ever since. It showed with every step she took; the lithe, panther-like stride turned heads everywhere she went. Yes, Michael had definitely changed us, in more ways than one."Which brings us to why we're here tonight," she said, "to make the night our. It was organized. The demographics were also a huge shift. Leah would often be the only white woman in the room at her inner city school. Leah didn't care about race. She wanted to teach children--but that didn't mean no one else did. She was accused by many students for being racist when she had to discipline them for even the most outrageous incidents. Needless to say at her first school she had to worry about students by passing the metal detector. At her current school she had to only worry. " I guess that makes sense." Okay, Alex. I'll call Paul when I get ready to leave. Right now I've got work to do, so I guess that I'll see you two tonight."In the limo I was looking over at Inez wondering what was going through her mind.Some of my unease must have transmitted itself to her, because she suddenly stopped jabbering away, about what I have no idea, and looked over at me."What's wrong Alex? You haven't heard a thing I've said."I looked at her seriously, "Why are you so gung ho about.