When she had been in seventh grade, ithad been medically decided, with her agreement, that Emma Smith (nowCole) should be raised as a girl. This deci...ion got her shunned by manyreligious people and almost killed in an attack by a neo-nazi group. Atthat point Emma Smith had started training with members of her securityteam, including her adoptive father). As a Brown Belt, she had actuallybegun (with permission) teaching classes to her close girlfriends, withsome of them actually earning black. It startled me, and the car lurched in the gravel, and I winced as he groaned in pain from the unexpected movement. "Sorry…" I said earnestly. "I didn't realise you were awake." My apology was heartfelt. "Oh… I know… you've been trapped in your thoughts, I can see it. You furrow your eyebrows just like your mom did." He smiled at me, and I relaxed the tension in my shoulders. His smiles always made me feel better. "I worry-" He cut me off. "Don't… don't worry honey… I'm going to. He was just someone I had forged a friendship with at work and started flirting with. Yes, I enjoyed his attentions. It felt good and right, just different enough, and I felt powerless to resist.Oh, who am I kidding? When your hormones are raging and someone is there telling you that you are beautiful and special and fabulous and really listening to you, thoughts of broken families and hearts are a million miles away.It was not until I physically crossed the line, that I started to realize. She was still dressed in her warm, comfy pyjamas so there wasn’t even the low hurdle of restrictive clothing, just a standing invitation. And what was more insulting than rejecting a friendly invitation?Mary allowed her fingers to slip under the fabric, overcoming the slight resistance of the pants pressed against her stomach before they dived head first into adventure. She always loved these first seconds the most, when her brain was still trying to catch up with the touches her body was.