I grabbed my beer and decided to investigate and see who was playing. As I rounded the corner a pool ball sailed through the air almost hitting me. I ...oved enough to catch the ball but spilled most of my beer down the front of my shirt and pants. Looking to see who hit the scratch ball, I was surprised to see a very attractive lady standing there with her eyes wide open and her hand covering her mouth. She immediately apologized and gathered some napkins to help dry my shirt and pants.. She had a loose plan. It was to spend some time in her old haunt, the midtown Barnes and Noble, while she soaked up the city’s urban gestalt and gaged the general reaction to her new form. It was, as it were, a test drive. As she was boarding the bus, she saw that it was very crowded today. There were few seats available. Then she saw him. He had hair that was a mix of brown and blonde, and completely natural, however that might be. His eyes housed storm clouds, as though Zeus and Poseidon were. "Oh I do know!!" she shouted back, chuckling.Matthew started working on the shelf for the beverages. Alone. As he knelt down scanning and putting price tags on drinks, he whispered to himself."There will come a time when your sexy Latina ass is mine!!!"MONDAY EVENINGAT SOME PUBMatthew McDonald was drinking beer all by himself. Brian Gills, a redneck, came up and joined him on his table. Brian Gills had cropped blond-brown hair, round angry face, high cheekbones, slanted eyes like a Russian or. We were at Jodie's house and all of the adults were busy in the Rec Room, though I think a few were in the bedrooms, and we were watching. All of a sudden the doorbell rang.Everyone froze downstairs. Liz and I looked at each other, and then scrambled into our clothes: jeans and a school sweatshirt. Then, with Jodie in tow, we cracked open the door."Yes?" it was Jodie's house, so she spoke up.It was two police officers. "Are your parents home?" the taller of the two asked."No sir," Jodie said.