.. well..."I threw him a look of innocent puzzlement. "Play cards together? WatchTV?"He chuckled. "You know exactly what I mean! And you must have...thoughtabout whether you would. And, you know, which way round you'd want to doit..."I held my smile but he could see from my hardness of my eyes that I wasn'tgoing to rise to this line of questioning.He shrugged and said, "Maybe we should watch the rest of the match?" Good idea, Jake."Throwing me a half-apologetic smirk, he turned up volume on. In the end, I decided on a relatively simple wish to give all my friends a better chance of doing well.I called upon the Djinn, and the wish was granted. Victor, as I’ve suddenly decided to call him, was pleased with my choice of a wish. In this case, I wished for all my friends to learn, retain, and excel to the best of their natural abilities in life, so long as it would not cause harm to another. Victor let me know that the wish was granted in the spirit as well as specifics.I hadn’t thought. Through the warm tingly sensations, I heard a knock at my motel room door.In seconds, I was thankfully male again, though still quite weakened from the transformation. I groggily threw my shopping bags under the bed and stumbled to the door. Ron greeted me happily, then took notice of my exhausted condition. "Oh, man! I'm sorry! I didn't know you were sleeping!" he said apologetically. I mumbled something quite incoherent, then asked him if he wanted to come in. He said, "No. I was just about. "Gary chuckled. "Did I mention humble?"Elaine's lips glistened as she ran her tongue over them, wetting her dry mouth. "No." She sent the blushing face."But seriously, it's true. I agree that the odds of us meeting, and finding each other, and being right for each other, are astronomical. But so far, that's what has happened. I also agree that the past two weeks have been crazy and we have done things pretty quickly. But I'd like to think our shared enthusiasm has brought us to the position we.