Is soup and crackersalright? Pudding for dessert?" That's fine, Mommie. I'm not really hungry."Not yet. Give it a couple of hours. At least the teenag... vacuum hasn'tstarted up."Then I'll be down in an hour or so. Give me sugar."Sandy kissed his mother's cheek, dug out his sneakers from under the bed,and was headed for the door without another word. Before he left, he pausedbefore the mirror, turned, checked himself in the back, plumped his stiffcurls. He grinned in the mirror, pleased with what. He winced. Things were a bit different now. Not only would he be unable tohave children, he couldn't have sex. Well, not with women, anyhow, and menwere straight out. That might be a reason to kill himself, heacknowledged. Still, he'd never had sex before, so he rationalized thathe'd be okay so long as he didn't know what he was missing. So what if hehad a vagina, he thought bravely, though deep down he knew that he wasnowhere near as accepting of the change as he might want himself tobelieve.. Of course no one wanted to go looking pale. When the word spread that men could get a tan here as well and that the girls running the tanning booth were wearing thongs, we had to open the tanning booths at 7 and most nights there were people waiting at 9.With men now waiting in the lobby we decided to install a public bathroom at the top of the stairs with the new construction. Women could still use the ones in the gym if it were occupied, plus there would be a private one in the new. "Is it broken? Do you want a lift to the hospital?", she asked. "No, I'm sure it's just twisted, thanks anyway", I said as I tried to take a step towards my home. It hurt like hell so I asked if they'd mind helping me home. "No problem", she said, "David will help you into the car". "Actually I live there", I said pointing a few houses down. "I'll lock the car, David. You help him inside", said the young woman. I then said thanks and told them my name is Jim.I put my arm round David's shoulders.