" It was a thought. We're really going to cause a stir tomorrow." I looked at him with mixed feelings."You're scared that someone will try something. ... can feel it. If things turn bad just get on my back and we'll leave. I will not allow anyone to harm you." Del brought the tip of his tail around and rested it against my check. "There is none that can stop me from taking you back home. This cave is defendable, but if bad things follow us here, I will take you to my old home. My parents will not. ‘Slowly,’ she laughed, holding up her leg, ‘No boots.’ ‘Do you think boots are an optical illusion making women’s legs look longer?’ he asked Louisa. ‘Oh sure, every girl knows that,’ she laughed playing along with Peri, ‘I don’t need them of course,’ she stretched out her long slim legs. Unlike Peri, who was short and curvy, Louisa was tall with a solid athletic build, not quite slim but more muscled than overweight. ‘I see,’ Dante smiled appreciatively as Josh arrived with drinks for the. “She’s beautiful, isn’t she.”I peered over at the Cosmo Alyssa was reading. “Christy Turlington in a twenty-thousand dollar wedding dress, what’s not to like?” We smiled at each other.“I’d give anything to have her body,” she said longingly. “Oh my God, Alyssa, are you k**ding me… you do have her body.”“Right Mel, she’s like three inches taller than me.”“And both of you are like… rail thin… I think you need to get your vision checked.” There were a few moments of comfortable silence while we. I was given a facial, my eyebrows were plucked into a thin arch, my lashes curled, my finger nails were manicured and painted a bright red and make-up was applied to my face. The beautician finally turned me toward the mirror. I couldn't believe what I saw. If it was at the jewelry store that I lost my masculinity, it was here in the beauty parlor that I fell in love with the new, feminine me. I was beautiful. The boy was gone and at that moment, I didn't miss him at all. We even stopped for.