"It's a ten minute walk from here to your, ahh, house. Behave yourself today and you'll be able to leave by, ahh, 8:50pm, no problem."After his door s...ammed shut I, too, got out of the van. When I entered his house behind him from a door inside the garage I was led through yet another door, one that he had to unlock, and down a flight of stairs.The basement was fully finished, and actually pretty nice. It had plush manila carpeting, beige colored walls decorated with tasteful paintings, and a. .", "..... the daughter I always wanted ....."It kind of annoyed me that Mom kept referring to me as "she." After all, Imay look and act a little bit like a girl, but I am a boy.As I was putting on my makeup the other morning I spent a little timebrushing my hair and enjoying the way it looked as it swept across my faceand how my bangs fell nearly to the bottom of my breasts. But I realizedthat my face looked a little different than I remembered it. I no longerhad an adams apple, my chin didn't. "Mother, I have seen father's heart; both then and now. He does love you. And I know that he is in your heart too. I know he has hurt you and has a lot to make up for, but I need my father as much as I need my mother. Please will you give him a chance to make things right?" I don't know how, my son. How do I get past the pain of what he inflicted on me?" The woman wailed. Turning and taking her son back into her arms."Look at him mother, see him for the being that he is. He is not perfect but. He just kind of migrated in this year." I like Geoff," Brenda said. "It's funny he never asked me out." Sweetie, may I kiss you?" I asked Brenda. She leaned across Sugar and we kissed lightly. "I want you to know that I love you, Brenda, and I feel like the luckiest guy alive just because you invited me to join your lunch table—what—four years ago? I couldn't believe it. The prettiest and most popular girl in our class asked me to sit beside her. I could never have asked you for a date, anytime.