You wanted to...fuck me?"Dizziness swept over me. "How could any man see you and not want to," I said, and that answer seemed to please her.Smiling, ...he said, "I didn't know. I mean, you have Mom..."I felt guilty for a new reason. "Yeah, well..." said I."But you wanted ME," said Erica."Uh, yeah." You know, lots of my friends have crushes on you," she said."Oh?" I said, still dazed."Yeah. So do I." She said that while blushing, the words forced. She smiled nervously. And something changed. I lockedarms with him, almost wanting to rest my head on his arm. I was a bittired and hungry from not eating all day.We got to the restaurant, which was mercifully unbusy. I wasn't quitesure How comfortable to feel. This was my first time out in public as awoman, after all. With Cat, I still felt entirely at ease. We may haveswitched genders in the last 12 hours, but we were still the same peopleunderneath, the same people we had fallen in love with years ago. Out inthe real world, I. My python said Samuel was a good name, beginning with an ‘ess’ and that it would fit well with Bunjil.”“The eagle?”“Yes. Bunjil is a creator deity and ancestral being, often seen as a wedge-tailed eagle. It’s the largest Australian raptor. But Bunjil is also a trickster, like crow or raven.” Patrick sighed. “There’s a story that links Bunjil with the great flood.The story tells of a time of conflict among the nations, when people argued and fought with one another, neglecting their families and. Now in her first year out of high school, Millie had a job in a department store, and was flirting with the idea of enrolling in junior college.I expected to resume college someday, but for the moment, I was just an army private. The initial military training hadn't been much fun, but I had high hopes for Ft. Dix. It was in central New Jersey -- close to both New York and Philadelphia. To me, that promised to be a relatively glamorous assignment.Millie and I had exchanged photographs on several.