Nature was trying to tell me I was a woman but my Mother was still insisting I was a wee girl. Shed prove this to me by picking the subjects I was to ...tudy at school/ choosing what clothes I should wear/ telling me what friends I was allowed/ laughing at my schoolgirl crushes. One time when I was 12 years old Mum called me into her room. She sat me down at the stool in front of the white dressing table and brushed the tangles out of my hair. Shed come to realise that my adolescence wasnt just. She set one in front of each of them and then took her own seat."So did it work?" We'll find out in about ten minutes."They all sat nervously on pins and needles, since nervously is the only way to sit on pins and needles, waiting for some sign of life from their catatonic guest. Right on cue, his eyes came back to life."Bernard?" Asked Skip tentatively.The old man looked at them quizzically, until his gaze landed on Penny."Boobies?" He queried."Well, damn." Said Skip, "Pete, I though you had. Each LED bulb glowed no brighter than a dying firefly.Damn it! I’d forgot to turn it off before I fell asleep. In an instinctive reaction, I shook the flashlight as if that would be enough to wake up a few extra sleeping electrons. I examined my light for the traitor it had become. The Chinese manufactured device carried a guaranteed battery life of twenty-five hours. No way the charge should exhaust itself after a few hours of sleep. Friggin’ imports.My little light was almost useless. A dozen. " She pulled a pink plaid skirt from her bag."My skirt is pink ... yours is blue." No ...w..." I could not even get the work out, before Haley pulled meclose, ripping the towel free, leaving me standing in only the thong."Yes ... you will ... you already started. Besides it is the only way toget into the sorority party. Believe me this will be a night you willnever forget," Haley spoke, her voice now a bit firm and then softened. "You did great." Her hand teased my shaved leg. "But you.