"I groaned again. I had talked to her about what had happened the nightbefore, and she had been there for me once more. But now she wanted me tobe the...e for someone else. I loved Austin. I knew that I had been taking alot of my parents' attention this summer. I didn't mean to make him feelleft out at all."Okay," I finally managed and threw back the covers to get ready.I spent the morning with Mary talking about Josh and the feelings that Ihad about him. I thought that I had come to terms with. She thinks it was someone in Garrett's office, but not Garrett. She also thinks it'll go away because part of the portfolio will go to Penny Wong, and she's definitely not one of the boys. It's too weird for me. But I'll call your dad and Maggie and see what older hands think." It sounds very strange to me, too. But Sue knows more about these things than we do. You make your calls; I'll keep the litter under control."I phoned Maggie first, it was an hour later in The Alice. After some. )When you cried, I’d wipe away all of your tears When you’d scream, I’d fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years You still have all of me, me, meBrad ends the song on a long, quiet piano note.The high-pitched screams of the mostly female audience filled the theatre. Brad looked wide-eyed at the response as he removed the microphone from its holder so he could be addressed by the judges. Brad made sure to again thank the band and singers.Ben came to his side,. He could feel his willie tucked back between his legs. It waswarm and full. It didn't get that hard, but he still counted it as astiffie.He pulled the teddy over his head and looked at himself. As he stared atthe teen girl looking back at him, he realized 'she' was wearing her ownbra and panties. They were hers. They were bought from the mall atVictoria's Secrets. For a minute she daydreamed about what it would belike to go into a store and buy her own bra and panties. For a second.