.. she's my contact" I muttered under my breath as she turned and started walking towards me. She had closed the gap by about half before she realised...just who she was meeting. Her smile beamed as she walked the last few metres."Hello Grant ... fancy meeting you here" she said."Hello ... not as surprised as me..." I responded before continuing "I only know you as Adele ... I suppose I shouldn't let that name slip out ... might take some explaining".She laughed before adding "It's Tara ... and. Like so many other things, I decided to "go with the flow," like Feliciasaid. It occurred to me that I'd be a girl while I was taking my finalexams. It might be nice to get a grade higher than D or the very rare C fora course; kind of a payment to make up for having to be a girl in the firstplace.The big pay-off, though, came right before lunch, or so I thought. Havingfourth period gym always gave me a chance to work up an appetite for myfifth period lunch. Today, though, I wasn't thinking. As Colin and Rebecca left the lab for the evening, Colin clearedhis throat loudly and said, "Uh, Dr. Cree?" Rebecca stopped and answered, "Yes?" "Would you mind having dinner with me tonight? I'd like to goover what happened in class today." Cree was perplexed. Colin seemed to be rather forward with her."OK. Your place or mine?" "Actually," O'Connor replied, "I was thinking more along thelines of going to the Salad Bowl." "The Salad Bowl?" she asked. "That's a nice place." "How about it?" Colin. " True, true. Most foods are cultural artifacts." Can we kiss and make up?" Of course. But I'm still concerned about Audie." I presume you didn't see her. Isn't she back?" I'm not sure. We wouldn't have had class together today, anyway. I didn't see Gerry or Gordy either." Did you try to phone any of them?" No. And you're right. After all, when did I last speak to Max? Or you to Sarah?" Have a sandwich." Okay. What have you been doing?" Thinking about Melbourne." Oh! That reminds me! When do we.