This was a sign thatyou have changed your ways. I know that you lost William as a friend, butyou have gained Jenny as a friend, and I am sure you will...get a lot of newfriends.So there you have it Nicola. That's the whole story up to now. Now we haveto decide what will happen. You can of course be a boy again. You heardthe priest saying that you are a sissy. People can be very judgemental andcruel. They will think you are strange and weird. I am sure you have thesethoughts yourself. I do not. "I expect you to obey these rules completely."I let out an audible gasp and sat up. Anger coursed through my veins yet again and I forgot all about the devious instrument that was locked to my neck. "I am not a cunt you asshole!" I shouted. "My name is Kristin Kailey and fuck you and fuck your stupid rules!" Before the final words escaped my pouty lips another shock engulfed my being, this one considerably worse and for a significantly longer period of time than the previous demonstration. Once. That's another thing that had been missing from our lives before the change: fun. Everything was so damned important that we didn't take time out to enjoy what we'd built, much less each other. Our attitudes had changed, along with the planet. Well, some had changed after the cave. Before, I never would have hugged Bev or Grace in the nude. Hell, none of us would be caught dead in front of the others without a stitch of clothes on. Now, it was no big deal. The feeling of the other person's skin. One after the other, they repeated it, pointing to me.I wiped my eyes and grinned. I felt like jumping upon a fencepost and crowing like a rooster, I was so proud.The four babies crawled over to where I sat with my legs crossed. They pulled right up and held their arms out to me.I was getting really emotional and told the others, “I’ve got to get ahold of myself. I have a bunch more of these little wild-ass Indians on the way.”I reached out with a sweep of both arms, and gathered them to me. I.