I had opted for shorts for a change and paired the light denim with a pair of black thigh high socks, the sheer fabric held up by a garder hidden unde... my shorts. The outfit was finished off with black combat boots, overall the look screamed trouble maker…maybe I should have tried to look less like a deviant, I thought smirking to myself. A knock on the door brought me back from my thoughts and my second roommate skipped in, “Time to go!” she said and then stopped dead in her tracks, “Daaaaaamn. "The bottle's still full, but I've got a hell of a week ahead. I'll be running on empty by Friday.'"I think we can help you, ' Charity said. "Bye.'This was the week of the conference she still thought of as Steve Calvin's, and she spent nearly every evening at the hotel, working late with Steve's boss, Jim Wright, and insuring that everything went perfectly. Her attention to detail paid off and there were no serious hitches. Steve's boss was extravagant in his praise of her efforts. Sara made. "Oh how divine! Grandma said you'd start to think of your feminineattributes at this point -- it's part of the spell. She wanted to makesure you knew how to be nice and feminine." Then it all made sense toThomas. The commercials, his hair, posing in front of the mirror. He wasin the body of a girl with the vanity of a girl, but that was all. Hemight be physically weak and more emotional, but his personality wasbasically the same."Why don't you pull yourself together and meet me at the mall. Once I healed some minor infections I had smoothed over most of the mixed feelings about me. Many of the people welcomed me as a god sent to them.Entoch and Shanor had become my two lab partners, gathering herbs for me and learning from me what medicines worked. I was not much of a warrior but I had designed a bow and arrow for both of my new friends. They were almost ready to reveal their new talents to the tribe. Shanor had been most exited at the prospect of becoming a hunter. She was.