"Yeah, well, I can't say as if I'm a big fan of them myself." "Oh, I almost forgot, my dad has been wanting to ask if you could look at our pool pump ...gain. He said its making that funny noise again, and he said you fixed it last time?" "Well yeah, sure, tell him anytime." "Is now a bad time? He'd be thrilled if when he returns from his vacation it were all fixed." "Er, sure, I could look at it now, if that's ok?" "If you don't mind? I'm sure you're busy?" He noticed her eyeing his smoothie for. Several more times during the procession, they paused at smaller boundary stones and there was more sprinkling of water, stone-hugging by a bare-breasted Alice, and deposition of harvest offerings. Any little boy who ventured too close to one of the boundary stones to peep at Alice’s breasts had his head ceremoniously knocked against it, the knocks getting harder as the day went on. Eventually, they arrived back at the Big Stone, everyone a bit tired and many of them already drunk. One last. "So Maya how long have you been living as a girl?"Maya sat back. "I'm sorry C.J? What did you say?" she was a little takenaback."I asked how long you have been living as a girl." C.J smiled. "I knowthe truth Maya. But it's alright, I'm like you." She took another sip ofher coffee."You're like me?" Maya queried. "You're male? But I've taken yourmeasurements. I've seen you almost naked." Trust me Maya," C.J sat back. "I'm a pre-op transsexual like you. Andyou don't have to worry about the other. She isn’t much over five-foot tall with a very bubbly personality.Natalie kept our drinks filled, each time asking Steve to go with her to the kitchen to help her. On the third time, I pointed it out to Jim that our spouses were getting friendly. He blew it off, telling me she is always “friendly.”We continued to drink and talk when I announced that it was getting late. I said that we needed to get Angel home to bed. Natalie bounced up, grabbing Steve. “We’ll go see if the girls are.