So that leaves us with... one o'clock?" Really?" Really... I... I think I might need this just as much as you do, in a way. I've been looking in all t...e wrong places for something special." And if I'm not it?" he trembled, waiting for the axe he was so sure was going to fall."I don't think that's going to happen. So many smarter people than me have been trying to show me this, and I wasn't listening. Ally, Elspeth, Briana... even Hope, and she was hoping you'd forget me and fall for her.". Sureenough, there were a number of occasions when a lady said "Hello" to mymother-in-law. The lady would take a good look at me and then look backat her with a smile. She knew (and approved the fact) that my mother-in-law had been instrumental in getting me into bra and knickers and adress. The girl at the supermarket checkout also gave me a slightlysurprised stare. I was one of her regular customers, but she wasobviously puzzled. She sort of recognised me but obviously couldn't placeme. "Oh wow! Is she the one you saidwas gonna be my roomie?"I didn't think the head mistress could stand any straighter, butsomehow, she did. "That's 'going to', not 'gonna', and ... well, Isuppose I could let the rest go for now, except for the 'she' part. Wehaven't established any pronoun preference, or even a name for thatmatter." The strict school teacher was gone and there was a gentlenessin Madam Martinique's smile as she looked to me. "Would you like to beknown by the name your mother. ." mas tudo bem, levei na brincadeira. Depois do jantar minha prima abriu um sorriso e perguntou pras minhas outras primas: - Porque vc nao fas as unhas Paulo? E ai todas elas inclusive minha tia começaram a insistir, falando que ia ser legal, que era só na brincadeira...com as 6 insistindo acabei cedendo, e lá foi a Carla buscar uma caixinha cheia de troços pra fazer minhas unhas... Acabado isso fomos dormir, subimos e quando eu estava indo pro armário minha prima falou: -.