Annie is my niece. That day is one I will always remember. My fiancée, Laura, had taken me home with her from college to meet her family."Family," wa... a word I wasn't really familiar with. I was an orphan and the only 'families' I had ever been in were the foster kind. Some of them were better than others, but it always felt like I didn't belong, like it wasn't a "real" family. When I met Laura's parents, her sister and her husband, and they told me "welcome to the family" they meant it and I. . so relax.”He told me, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to stare at you. You’re right ... every woman has what you have ... It’s just that yours are so beautifully matched. I can’t help but admire your naked body.”“Thank you, you are so sweet. Why don’t you come join me? Just stop thinking about me being naked and let’s enjoy ourselves,” I told him, slipping into the water, then wading out to the deepest part.“Aahh ... come on in, the water’s great!” I hollered back to him. I went under to wet my. "Numbed quite beyond speech on seeing the woman swaying before and abovehim Richard was, at least on some level, also quite curious about whatwas going on, however he was as yet also quite incapable of puttingthose feeling into words, in part the effect of the light and hisdiscovering about his legs & hands but mainly because the serpent womanwearing a sari at that point rased the tip of her tail and at some speedjabed it at his forehead. The tail however didn't make contact, the serpent woman. You wear it inside your panties to keep things tucked away.’ My eyes widened and my mouth fell open, ‘Erica… Are you… Are you a man?’ She answered sadly, ‘No, but I’m not a woman either.’ ‘Transexual?’ Erica retrieved her robe and put it back on before sitting down next to me. She stared into space and then said, ‘Not a Transexual no. I’m a Hermaphrodite.’ ‘What’s that?’ ‘I’ve got both. I’ve got women’s plumbing and men’s as well.’ Shocked, I remained silent and let her speak, ‘I was born with.