His wife was already seated and pouring his cup of tea to place it gently on the coffee table before him. It was a ritual she had established the day ...fter their return from their honeymoon. Even when he was away on duty, she still followed the ritual – it was her quiet time. There were times when unplanned events caused him to be absent but whenever he could, he commed her. The timing had been moved about to fit in with his regular duties but not the event. They had made an incongruous couple. There are cliques in every school, Jocks and Nerds and so on, and I didn't know exactly where I'd fit in this bunch. There were some Native Americans — I was used to calling them Indians — as well as Farm Kids, City Kids, Goths, Druggies and Others. Keep in mind most of my education had been at the hands of the military, which is strictly run and tightly supervised.Over the first two weeks, I gradually became friendly with a girl in my German class named Ursula Brendel. One day she and her. We shakily moved back into my room, legs so weak. Mom and brother were still both moaning and jumping in the aftermath. I quietly closed the panel door. Tara grabbed a towel and we slowly dried us off with shaking hands. We crawled in my bed holding each other and fell asleep, locked together. Mom and brother laid holding each other all night. ———- The next day, Tara and I acted like we just got back from sleeping at Taras house. Mom was still asleep. Chuck was in his room also. We took a. I had told him earlier that I could be both, and I knew he realized the benefits. We had fun like we always had, but now I doubled as his lover and newly wed wife. I found that I had adapted quite well to this new situation. Being female was now my natural way, and I discovered that I thought less and less like my old self. Where I earlier had no problem hurling down beers or burping out loud I now found myself slightly disgusted by this kind of behavior. I even made teasing remarks when he.