Changing with the New Year
by Xloop
Times have turned odd my friends. I was so worried about the Y2K
bug that I couldn't have fathomed what was about to happen to me, hell no
one could. The Y2K problem was, as it turned out, to be the least of my
problems. It all started late last year. I was sure of that much, but today,
well today, I'm not so sure of anything anymore. But let me start at the
beginning. The following is my recollection of the events for the past several
months.
It was Friday, September 17, 1999. I was sitting in front of my
computer waiting for it to connect to my ISP. It took 3 tries before the usual
'checking password' message appeared, fucking Windows 98. I really hated
it, but what were my choices. Anyway, I sat there waiting as I usually did at
the small computer desk in my bedroom. I was in my comfy house shorts
and tee shirt while the Throwing Muses CD played in the background. It was
up loud; I was up late, the hell with it I owned the place. The window was
open a bit and I could hear the occasional car drive by. The cool breeze
wafted into the room and kept it just right. I've always like this time of year,
the weather was just right. I could tell it was going to be one of those nights
where everything just seemed to come together. Well the connection finally
occurred and I started up Netscape. I was connected in no time and started to
pull up the emails. I normally get about 25 emails a night from various
friends and mailing lists I am on. I usually get several from a list I'm on
called Fictionmania. It's a group of writers, writer wannabes, and lurkers
who just read the stories the others write. I admit that I am primarily a lurker
myself, as I have never really considered myself a writer. Oh I've dabbled, I
even submitted a little thing to the list last year, but it wasn't much. I'm more
of a poet, or try to be at least. Some of the people on the site really know
what they're doing and their stories are publishable quality. The only
problem they, and I had, was the nature of the stories themselves. You see
the list is for stories that deal with a gender transformation of some type.
That is turning a guy into a girl and visa-versa. Sometimes some other form
of transformation made its way onto the list, like people turning in fish or
something like that, and some times age regression would make an
appearance. Unfortunately the subject matter of the list was not in high
demand on the open market, regardless of the quality of the work. In fact
people just didn't understand it and didn't want to read it, but we did, so,
well we did. Any way, the third track of the Hunkpapa CD started up,
"It's just that mean old Texas sun
it makes me dizzy, dizzy, dizzy in my head
what day is this? I, quiet asked the sky
what time is it? He asked me sitting up.."
Finally the emails were loaded onto my laptop. The first one was
from my mother. She was new to the whole PC thing and was getting off on
sending everyone she knew emails. Didn't matter what was in them, just that
she sent them, but then what do you want from someone who had never used
a PC up until a few years ago. This one just said hi. The next few were
spams so I just deleted them without even reading what they were trying to
push. The next one caught my eye. It was titled "I've been changed: help me
please." It was addressed to the entire Fictionmania list so I thought it was
just another story, but I didn't recognize the alias on it. It was from someone
named Tuesday. I had never heard of them. But that wasn't so uncommon,
like I said there were a lot of lurkers on the list that rarely sent anything to
anyone. Expecting something interesting I open the email and started to read.
It was short and to the point and read as follows:
"Help me please, someone, anyone. I don't know where to turn.
You folks are the only ones who might know something about it.
I've been turned into a fucking girl. My name is Jose Garcia and up
until 3 nights ago I was a guy. I don't know how it happened. I
went to bed with this blonde girl and this happened to me. Please,
please, please help me."
That was it? Well that story wasn't very good. I mean really, what
type of story line was that. The plot? I don't think so. Oh well I let it go and
deleted it. It just figured that someone was pulling a joke on the list, it's
happened before. The next several messages were from different members
on the list answering Tuesday. A few were kind, like Ravens and Celebs
who just pleasant without being abusive. A few were sort of nasty, or at
least I thought so. They told him to stop posting crap like that. If he had a
story then post a story. Damn, I thought that was a bit harsh. I decided to
answer him as best I could. I pulled the email back out of the deleted folder
and began to type away.
Tuesday,
Sorry to hear about your dilemma. But you have to remember that the
people on here are writers. They're looking for stories. I must
confess that I don't get the joke either but then I like Red Dwarf and
Dr. Who, a lot. So maybe I'm not an expert. As for offering help, I
don't think the people here can help, their writers not alchemists. But
if you really have changed, then consider yourself lucky. Most of the
people on here would give their souls to be the other sex, if just for a
while. I hope things work out for you.
Xloop
I sent the email and continued on with the rest of the emails. I had
several left to read so I went about my business not thinking anything more
about it. I finished my reading and then sent a few out as well. After that I
cruised around the net looking for some information on Java. Before I knew
it, it was nearly 3:AM and I was starting to get tired. I shut down the system
and headed off for bed. A quick brush of the teeth and I climbed under the
sheet. The ceiling fan set on low, was blowing softly down on me moving
the cool air from the open window though out the room. If was in fact chilly
enough to use the thin blanket I had on the bed. I pulled it over top of me and
was asleep before I knew it.
The next day started the same as any other Saturday did. I went to a
fencing class I was taking, came home showered, and had breakfast. I
started a load of laundry and turned my PC on. I wanted to do some testing
on a new web page I was working on. I had most of it done, but still needed
to add the images and figure out how to put some moving graphics in. I
played with it for about an hour and decided that the beta test was good
enough so I decided to put it on the web and test in there. While the sign on
procedures were taking their time, I put the Sneaker Pimps on the CD player
and let it rip. I have always like tunes from the stereo over the constant ping,
plank, and donk the PC noises made. I just turn the volume down on the PC
and put on what ever I wanted. Just after I signed on I figured I 'd check my
mail, just for the hell of it. Sure as shit I had 3 messages. One was a spam,
one was from my mother. Apparently she had been up late as well and sent a
reply a short while I had sent my reply to her. I suppose that where I get my
night owlness from. The last email was from Tuesday, but it wasn't
addressed to the Fictionmania list. Instead it was addressed directly to me. It
read:
Xloop
Thank you so much for answering my email. Yours was the only one
that even tried to take me serious. I know I sound crazy. I'd think
the same thing if I got a mail like this. But everything I said was true.
I need help and I just don't know what to do. I got on the
Fictionmaina list from a website I found. I thought that since you
folks write about people changing sexes maybe someone really knew
something about it. I think I was wrong though. No one was any
help at all. At least you were kind. Please call me. I've got to talk to
someone who at least can understand what I'm going through. My
number is 555-3425. Thanks.
Tuesday
Now I am no spring chicken when it comes to the Internet. I know
there are a lot of wackos out there waiting to do god only knows what to you.
But this person was really playing back against that left field wall. I mean
even the foul balls were going over his head. I sort of blew it off and went
back to my website testing. It took a few hours to get the site up and going,
but it finally tested fine. It looked like shit, but it worked, and that's all I
wanted to accomplish today. Before I signed off I took another look at the
email from Tuesday. I just couldn't figure the angle this person was playing
me for. What could a person gain by posing to be a girl? I had to admit it did
intrigue me. I printed off the email and shut my system down. It was almost
noon by now and I needed to get dressed and do some shopping. I noticed
the exchange number was one that was local to my area. I read the email a
few more times and on a whim, picked up the phone and gave the number a
call. It rang a few times and I almost hung up. Not sure of what I would say
or where this was leading me. On the third ring a girl answered,
"Hello?"
"Um, yes I was looking for someone named Tuesday?"
"YES! Yes, it's me. Is this Xloop?"
"Ya, I don't normally do this sort of thing," she cut me off before I
could finish my thoughts.
"I'm so glad you call. I don't know who to turn to. I want to change
back. I can't believe that something like this could happen to me. Hell who
thought it could happen at all? Sorry, I know I must sound crazy but you
have to believe me. I really was a guy up until a few days ago."
She sounded frantic. If she was trying to scam me she was doing a
good job, I mean she made it sound real. But how could it? I mean really,
we write about this sort of thing on the Fictionmania list all the time, but it
just doesn't happen for real. I answered her with a small amount of
skepticism.
"Tuesday, you have to realize that the story you're professing is
incredibly far fetched. I've only read fiction that had story lines like that."
"I know, I know. But you have to believe me. Where are you
located anyway? The net doesn't help much for in determining distances."
I reluctantly answered her, "I'm in northern Virginia." I didn't see
the harm in giving her a vague answer.
"Great, I'm in southern Maryland, over in Bethesda. Look can we
meet somewhere maybe I can convince you?"
I was still unsure about this whole thing, but hell I haven't been out
with a girl in some time so what the hell. There shouldn't be any harm in just
meeting her. I've done it before. I've gone out with women I have met
online. Sure I've been on enough blind dates to qualify for the big dog by
now, so what was one more. I decided on a public location where I might be
able to ditch her if I needed. "How about FairOaks Mall? Do you know
where that is?"
"Ya, I've been there before. How about 2:00 PM? I could do some
shopping while I was there."
"OK. I'll meet you out side of J.C.Penney on the lower level."
"I'll be wearing blue sweat pants and a tee shirt. It will most likely be
a mid-drift cause none of my shirt fit anymore. I've got shoulder length
brown hair and brown eyes, try to look for me."
"I'll see you then. Bye."
"Bye."
Well this day was turning into an odd one. I finished getting dressed,
in some shorts and a white water rafting tee shirt. I knew it wouldn't take me
long to get to FairOaks so I just cleaned up the house a bit before I left. I
needed to do some shopping as well, so FairOaks seemed a good choice to
meet. I kept thinking about her the whole way to the mall. What was her
angle? I suppose I would find out soon enough. I just hoped she wasn't
some 800 lbs. cyclops trying to scam me. I really hate those. Well I arrived
at the mall and went in. I was about 20 minutes early so I just sat on the sofa
they have outside the J.C. Penney entrance and waited. I hated to be late to
things so I make it a point to arrive early. Unfortunately I usually end up
waiting for others to arrive, but I would rather wait on them then they wait on
me. It's just the way I am. Time passed slowly, as is does when you are
waiting, I suppose I should have brought a book. I sat thinking of how a
person could prove something like changing their sex. What sort of test
could you do? I went from the angle of how could I prove something like
this if I changed sex. I never did think of any way to prove it. 2:00 PM
rolled around and she was no where to be seen. I figured I would wait a few
more minutes just in case she was running late. Traffic is a bitch in the DC
area, and just because it was a Saturday didn't mean that all the stupid drivers
were taking the day off. It was about 10 after when I finally decided to leave
and go about my shopping. I stood up just as a girl matching Tuesday's
description walked out of the store. She was dressed just was she said, and
the tee shirt did ride up on her a little showing off her flat stomach. She was
of average looks, cute but nothing special. She started to look around as I
approached her.
"Tuesday?"
"Xloop?"
I extended my hand for hers. We shook and gave each other a quick
look over. It was a gender then that men do. Anytime we meet a girl we
scan over them very quickly forming a quick opinion. Women are more
subtle about it then men, but still take the look. Tuesday wasn't very subtle.
That stuck in my mind.
"I'm glad you agreed to meet me. It's lucky we live close to each
other."
I looked over her face rather well. She was definitely a girl, no
question about that. She looked like she was from Mexican decent. Her skin
was dark, well next to mine white chocolate is dark. Her eyes were large and
dark brown and had that exotic Spanish eyes look. Her voice was average
and in all she was just rather a cute average girl.
"It's good that we're at a mall. I've got some shopping to do as well.
None of my clothes fit anymore, for obvious reasons." She raised her hands
motioning to her medium sized breasts. "Do you mind wandering around
with me? We can talk while we shop."
"Sure I need to pick up a few things as well."
"Penney's is fine for me, I need to get some women's clothes. God I
never thought I would say that in my life time." She laughed a bit. I did as
well. We started to turn and walk back into Penney's,
"So how long have you lived in the area?"
She was making small talk. I couldn't blame her, the topic we were
trying to discuss was a difficult one. We looked at a few items of clothes
before I broke the ice.
"So when did this happen and how?"
She was looking at jeans but couldn't seem to find a pair she liked.
She held a pair up to me.
"I don't know what size I take. Women's sizes are so different then
mens. I took a 28 30 in mens. Women's, you tell me? I can't tell. Let me
try a few on."
She took 4 pair of jeans into the changing room. I hung around
outside waiting for her. I still hadn't gotten my answer. It took a few
minutes for her to finish and come back. She placed three pair of jeans back
on the shelf and we headed off to find some shirts. She finally answered my
question, but I could tell she was a little uncomfortable about it.
"It happened 5 nights ago. I was in a bar with a few friends in
Georgetown. Everything was going fine. We had had a few drinks and
were all trying to pick up some women. There was this blonde woman there,
I mean gorgeous. She was model quality if you know what I mean. We all
noticed her, hell every guy in the place noticed her. She must have had 10
drinks in front of her and didn't stay lonely for a second. There was a guy
next to her vying for her attentions the whole time. I'm just an, sorry was an
average guy, nothing special, so I didn't even try to get her attention. I mean
what chances would I have of getting a girl like that. And to be honest I
don't really go for the beauty types. I much prefer someone who is
intelligent over someone who is just attractive. Now if you can get both in
the same package then you have something. But girls who can have anyone
they want don't pick average looking guys."
I knew all too well what she was talking about. My luck with women
wasn't the best either. And I too would rather have an average girl who I
could talk to, then a piece of eye candy. Of course candy is nice every now
and then, but it just rots your teeth in the end. She continued her story,
"I was just laughing away with my friends when all of a sudden they
got quiet. I wondered why and turned around to see what was going on. As
I did I came face to face with the blonde. She stuck her hand out for me to
shake and said 'Hi my names Rose. I was noticing you from across the bar
there and wondered in you would like to dance?' It was like Twilight Zone
time. I mean that sort of thing just doesn't happen to me, ever. I was dumb
founded. I just said sure and got up to go with her. She took my hand and
we went out onto the dance floor. I'm not a bad dancer and neither was she,
but the woody I was getting from just looking at her was hindering my
movements. We danced a few songs and she suddenly leaned in and kissed
me. It took me by surprise and I actually reeled back a little. As we broke
she hugged me and whispered in my ear that she wanted to leave, with me!
Now I was starting to wonder if maybe my friends had put her up to this.
But my friends didn't know anyone that was this good looking. They would
have bragged about it if they did. Any ways, we go back to my place and the
second the door closed she was all over me. I let all my inhibitions go and
was all over her. it was like I couldn't help myself, like I was in a trance or
something. I thought it was because she was just so beautiful, but thinking
back, I don't know. I led her up to the bedroom and started to strip her
clothes off. It didn't take long before we were fucking each other. And let
me tell you she was great. I have never had sex like that before, I didn't
know you could! As I came it was real hard and my whole body shook. As
I did she leaned over and tried to kiss me but stopped an inch or so from my
lips. My mind was reeling when all of a sudden I went limp all over. I think
I passed out at that point, I don't remember anything until I woke up the next
morning looking like you see me now. The girl was gone taking my life with
her."
She was starting to tear up a little.
"Sorry about that.", she wiped a tear from her eyes, "I haven't got
these emotions quite control yet. It's so strange being female. My emotions
keep getting the better of me. Well enough of me, so what's your story? Tell
me about you a little."
We talked for some time as we continued to shop. She was a nice
person and we seemed to have a lot in common. I suppose we would
though, given we were two guys in the same line of work, well I was a guy
at least. I still wasn't buying her story. In a few hours we had both finished
our shopping. She had gotten some female clothes including underwear, and
I had got some shirts. It was starting to get close to dinner and since I hadn't
had much of a lunch I decided to ask her to dinner.
"Are you asking me out?", she asked.
"No, no, just wondering if you would like something to eat. I'm
getting hungry. It's my treat though."
"OK. But just dinner. I'm not that kinda guy. Regardless of how I
look now, I still like women." She got solemn for a second, "Does that make
me gay? You know I'm a girl now and I like girls."
I didn't know how to answer but I tried just the same. "Technically
yes. I think that is the definition of being gay." We talked some more and
found our way to a restaurant. As we ate we talked about her problem.
"So do you think you can help me at all?"
"To be honest I'm not sure what kind of help you're looking for."
"I don't want to be a girl. Sure it might be fun for a little while, you
know see how the other half lives. Well I have and I liked the half I came
from a lot better. Do you have any idea what it's like to have your breast
shake every time you take a step? It gets annoying you know."
"I don't know what I can do for you. But lets get brutally honest
here, how do I know that you were a guy a few days ago? You have to admit
that the entire thing is like a story off of Fictonmania. You do seems to have
a guys mannerisms"
"I should. I've had a lifetime of practice. I know I sound like some
bad story." She became reflective and she voice became softer, "I have been
trying to think how I could prove it to you but can't think of anything. I
realize the story is insane. I wouldn't believe it myself. You probable think
I'm some crazy girl trying to work some scam on you."
She must have read my mind.
"Really I'm not. You were the only one who answered my email
without making it sound like I was a flake."
"Well I don't know what I can do for you. I'm not a doctor or
anything. I work with computers, but wait a second." A thought struck me,
"I do have a friend who's a psychologist. I can give him a call and see what
he might recommend. I won't promise anything but it can't hurt."
She was grateful and we talked through dinner. Before long we had
finished and were walking out of the mall.
"Give me a call when you talk to your friend. I hope he can help."
We said our good byes and left. I gave my psychologist friend,
John, a call from my cell phone as I drove home. I knew he would be home
at this time of night. His wife never let him too far off his leash. After a few
rings a women answered the phone,
"Hello?"
"Hi Diana, this is James, is John around?"
"Sure hold on a second and I'll get him."
I could hear her calling John. A moment later he answered the phone.
"Hey James how's it going?"
"Fine. Hey I've got a problem maybe you can help me with. It's a
medical type question"
"I'll try."
"I just met this girl who is claiming that she was a guy a few days
ago. And I don't mean a transsexual. She claims she was turned into a girl
against her will by some blonde woman. Could you do me a big Elvis sized
pant load favor and take a look at her?"
"I suppose I could take a look, but she should really make an
appointment with my assistant."
"I know but she doesn't think she has any kind of mental problem.
She just wants to change back to being a guy. Could you talk to her off the
books as it were, maybe tomorrow sometime?"
"It's kind of short notice, but I can spare a hour or so. I want you to
know this is only because you're a friend. Bring her to my office tomorrow
at noon and I'll see what I can do."
"Great. I'm sure she'll be there."
I gave Jose a call back and let her know what John said. She was
very excited and very thankful for all my help. I had to admit that the entire
day had been fun and that she did intrigue me. I went about the rest of the
day as I normally did.
The next morning I woke up and performed my morning routine. As
noon approached I started to think of just how mundane my life had become.
It was nothing but routine day after routine day. At least the little visit today
would break up the monotony. I called Jose and told her I would meet her at
the Springfield metro stop and I would take her over the Johns office. I
picker her up at the metro stop and then drove into Alexandria. She was
wearing some of the clothes she bought the day before. She looked better in
them then the sweats she had, they made her look more attractive and more
like a real girl then those baggy clothes. Jose and I talked in the car on the
way.
"John is an old friend of mine. He'll probable just talk to you and try
to find out if you are of sound mind."
"I understand. You have to determine if I am lying. I can assure you
that I'm not. Does he have any idea how we can prove or disprove that I
wasn't a guy?"
"I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see."
John was waiting for us even though we arrived a little early. He was
dressed in jeans and a polo shirt. He stood waiting at the door and waved to
me when I pulled into the parking lot. We parked and walked up to the
building. I introduced Jose to John and he walked us to his office. He told
her to sit in the client chair while he took his normal chair. I sat on a small
sofa across the room and watched the two of them talk. John started off.
"So tell me what has brought you up to this point."
Jose began with the same story she had told me the day before. John
just sat there and took notes, nodding his head and making agreeing noises
every so often. I was starting to get bored. I had heard the story already,
and each time I still wasn't any closer to buying it. Finally she finished.
John then asked her some basic questions about her past. Where she was
born that sort of stuff. As time went on, and I was on my second magazine,
he started to give her some tests, like Rorschach and few others I had never
heard of. The whole thing took about 2 hours. When it was done he asked
her to wait outside in the lobby for a few minutes.
"That's fine. I need to use the bathroom any ways. How long will it
be before you know, er.. whatever it was you were looking for?"
"I just to check a few things with some charts and compare the data
against past people with the same problem. Shouldn't take more then a few
minutes."
"OK then I'll be back in a few. Say is there anywhere I can get some
soda around here?"
"There's a machine down the hall past the bathrooms."
"Thanks."
She left as John turned to me. I was rather anxious to find out just
how crazy she was.
"So what's the verdict?"
"She's a guy."
"What? You can't be serious. Where the hell is Allen Funk. Hello
McFly, did you see her? That is no guy."
"No not in the physical sense, obviously. As far as I can tell she is
female, physically. Without a medical exam I can't say for sure, but I would
say she is female. Her mind on the other hand is definitely male. It would
appear that her story is correct."
"But that's crazy. People just can be changed from one sex to
another, it's just not possible."
"I know that. What I'm saying is that she believes it. She really
thinks she used to be Jose Garcia. I would recommend that she get some
serious treatment and soon. She is definitely a transgender candidate, she
identifies herself as a male rather then as a female. She seems to have taken a
liking to you so why don't you just treat her like she wants to and just be a
friend. Try to convince her to get treatment. That's about the best I can do
for you, sorry. It is a fascinating case though. Most people who are
suffering from some type of transgenderment usually know what's going on.
But this one, she really believes the story and so has taken the responsibility
for her condition away from herself. That way she doesn't have to except
any of the social blame that comes with the transgendered. I could write a
book on this one."
"Are you going to tell her all this?"
"Most of it. I'll try to get her to schedule a session for later in the
week." With that she walked back into he room with a soda in her hand.
"You know that women's bathrooms are so much better then mens,
you can actually take a nap in there. Try doing that at a urinal. So what's the
diagnosis doc?", she sat back down into the chair she had occupied for the
past few hours.
John sat back into his chair and leaned forward.
"Well Jose, it is my opinion that you are mentally a male. Your
profile displays almost all of the male aspects."
"But you don't believe me do you?", she said in a sad tone.
"You have to look at things from my point of view. How can we
really prove it? Now I believe that you believe you were a male a short time
ago. I can't dispute that. What I think you really need is to get into some
therapy. I would like to set you up with a session later this week. I think I
can really help you and get to the bottom of your problems."
"Unless you can change me back, you can't get the bottom of my
problems. I don't think any therapy will help but I would like to thank you
for your help and understanding. Any ways I couldn't have paid you. I
haven't been to work in a week. There's just no way I can show up for my
job like this. I don't know what I'm going to do."
She started to sob and bent over to put her face in her hands. John
bent forward and patted her on the back. He then handed her a box of tissues
that were on the small table beside his chair. The sobbing went on for a few
minutes then Jose got up to leave. I thanked John and headed after her. I
finally caught up to her near the car.
"Sorry about all this."
"It's not your fault. I should be thanking you for all your help.
Fucking female emotions, I can't stop crying. Look at me! What have I
done to deserve this! I'm basically a good person, I didn't want any of this.
What am I going to do?"
I didn't have any answers for her, how could I. I didn't even
understand what she was going through. But crazy or not, I found myself
sort of liking her. It had been some time since a girl even wanted to talk to
me, so I thought I should try to take advantage of the situation. I asked her
out to dinner again. She must not have been thinking clearly because she
accepted without any difficulties. The next few weeks went by without any
real incident. I had tried to move into a position to get closer to Jose, who we
decided to be called Gina for the obvious reasons. She was warming up to
me, but I still felt that she only looked to me as a close friend. From what I
had surmised, she didn't have any friends now. She had tried to tell one of
her old friends but they went off on her. She had even had to make up a
story about the disappearance of Jose. She told me the police had come over
to look for Jose. His sister and the people at work had reported him missing.
She told them that she was his new roommate and that she hadn't seen him in
some time. Gina was working her way through her savings, and with no
jobs prospects on the horizon it was only a matter of time.
A few weeks later I got a strange message on my machine from John.
He said to call him back as soon as I could. I was supposed to get together
with Gina tonight to see a movie but decided to give him a call first. He
answered the phone,
"Hello?"
"John, this is James. I got your message, so what's up?"
"I'm glad you called. I came across something that might interest
you. Remember your transgender friend,?"
"Gina, er Jose. Ya what about her?"
"Oh it's Gina now. Well maybe she can make some progress. Any
way, I was over at the Fairfax Mental Health Institute the other day giving
one of my group therapy sessions. During lunch I was talking to a few of the
doctors they said that they have gotten in three cases of women claiming to be
men. Each claiming to had been turned into women short time before. I
asked if I could talk to them and the doctors over there didn't have a problem
so I did. Each of them had a story almost identical to the one your friend told
us."
"No shit?"
"Really. Even down to the fact that each was seduced by a beautiful
blonde. The stories were just too close to ignore."
"Whoo, beam me up Scotty."
"That's not all. I made some calls and it seems that the men these
women claim to be all disappeared at about the same time the women say they
were changed. This is some real freaky stuff here. I'd like to have your
friend, Gina was it, come in and have a few more tests. I find it hard to
believe that this is all a coincidence. Can you bring her around to my office
on Thursday?"
"I think so. I'll ask her at least. I'll see you then."
This whole situation was getting real strange. I let Gina know what
was happening when she arrived for the movie. She was early, so we
decided to have dinner, then go to the later show. She seemed depressed and
we talk through dinner.
"What's the matter? You seem down today."
"Just thinking about everything. I don't know what I'm going to do.
I can't get a job without a past. I don't even have a social security number
for Gina Garcia. And to top it off I think I got my period today."
"Damn. Sorry about that."
"Oh it not your fault. I knew it would happen at some point. It's one
of the facts of being female. I'm trying my best to adjust to this new life
style, as it seems I have no choice in the matter. I did want to ask you a
question though."
"Fire away?"
"Are we dating?"
I almost choked on my drink.
"I mean we have been out several times, to dinner, the movies and
such and you have paid for almost off of them. I was just wondering if you
thought we were dating?"
I had thought of it in the past, and my male ego had placed her in that
category. I secretly hoped that I could make a real women out of her, if you
know what I mean. But it was also more then that. I really liked Gina. She
was the sort of girlfriend I have always dreamed of having. Now I just
wasn't sure if I was having her or not. Her story made any type of serious
relationship a problem, and she was sticking to her story. I tried to act
smooth about it,
"I don't know, I hadn't really thought about it. Do you think we are
dating? Cause I'm cool with that if you are."
She laughed a bit, looked down, and fiddled with her glass. "I don't
know. Don't get me wrong, you a nice person and all, but regardless of
what I look and sound like I'm still a guy inside. I still like women.", she
paused and looked up at me, "But if I were to have a relationship like that, I
would want you to be the one." She sank back into the seat and got this
surprised look in her eyes, "Where the hell did that come from? I'm sorry
things are happening to me. My thinking hasn't been clear since I changed.
Things just don't look the same as they did before, even women don't appear
to be as attractive to me. I'm sorry, I,? this just isn't right."
She got up and started to leave. I tried to ask her what the problem
was but she wouldn't answer. I had to make a quick explanation to the
waiter that I would be right back, and then I chased her into the parking lot. I
caught up with her next to her car. I grabbed her shoulders and spun her
around to face me, her hands came to rest on my chest.
"What the hell was that all about?"
She was a bit teary eyed, "I'm sorry, it's just that your been so kind
to me when I really needed a friend."
"So you bail on me in a restaurant?"
"I don't want to hurt you. I'm going through all these major changes
in my life. Things just don't seem the same anymore. I think the change is
effecting my mind as well. I'm actually starting to find men attractive. The
other day I even found myself watching a soap opera, and liking it. I'm so
confused right now."
She moved in closer to me and hugged me. I hugged her back, we
stood there for a few moments in each others arms. I have to admit that I
liked it. We are about the same height and her hair softly brushed against my
cheek. I could smell her like I never had before. Why is it that women smell
so much better then men? On an impulse I pushed her back to look at her, but
instead I leaned in and kissed her. Her soft lips part ever so slightly and she
kissed me back as her arms slid up around my neck. We kissed for what
seemed like an eternity. Why is it I'm always attracted to the crazy ones?
When it was over I pulled back to look at her. I slowly brushed the hair
away from her face as she looked down at my chest as if she was suddenly
embarrassed about the whole thing. No one spoke, the moment just seemed
to perfect to end. But like all things an end eventually comes. We broke our
embrace, and I was the first one to talk.
"Why don't we go back in and finish dinner."
"Sure. I think I would like that."
We walked back to the restaurant, but this time I took her hand.
Although we never mentioned it the rest of the night, we both knew that our
relationship had entered a different phase. One I, and I think Gina, was
happy to see. After dinner as I walked her to her car, I told her about the call
I had gotten from John. It just didn't seem the right time earlier. She was
incredibly excited stating that that was the proof she needed. I still didn't
believe that she had been a guy, or that the information John had given me
could mean what it really did. Gina and I decided to go see John the next
day. She wanted to get as much information as she could. As I left to go find
my car, she smiled at me and waved. We didn't kiss good night, it just
didn't seem right. The next morning I drove her to John's office. Gina was
so excited the whole way and kept fidgeting in her seat. She was like a kid at
Christmas waiting for her parents to get up so they could open the present.
John was still in session with a patient so we waited in the small lounge
down the hall. It took about half an hour before John was free. His assistant
came and got us. When we entered John's office, he was pulling some
papers out of the filing cabinet next to the window.
"Morning folks, sit down.", he motioned to the chairs in front of the
desk. "Did James tell you about what I found out?"
"Ya, he told me about the other people who were changed as well."
"Yes. There are three people who are making the same claim as you.
Although all of them claim that their change took place a few months ago.
Two of them were suicidal, which is how they ended up in the institute. The
other seemed to have a mental breakdown and has had to be heavily sedated
even since her arrival. It's tragic, it's also a huge coincidence and since I am
a student of Freud, I don't believe in coincidence. I must be honest with you
Gina, I think that some therapy would help you, but I can't just brush off this
information I have. With your permission I would like you to talk to a friend
of mine. He works for the DC police department, but don't let that fool you
he's really a decent person. I would like him to look into all four of your
cases and see what he can find. Now I can't promise anything, but it can't
hurt anything either. How about I set up a meeting for later this afternoon."
"That'd be great. I'd love to talk to him. Why don't we stop back
about 4 then"
"Good I'll call him in a bit."
We both thanked John before we left. Gina was real excited and I
was excited for her. She hugged me in the parking lot, unable to contain
herself anymore. We laughed and were generally playful. But in the back of
my mind I couldn't help think about what was happening. John was starting
to believe her story, I knew him to well not to notice it, regardless of what he
said. Could Gina's story actually be true? It was turning all so surreal. I
kept my thoughts to myself. Gina and I didn't do much the rest of the day.
We just sort of hung out until 4:00 PM rolled around. Arriving back at
John's office, we found him in his office with a young man. We walked in
and John introduced us to detective William Barnet. After all the pleasantries
were dispensed with we got down to business. John told us that he had
already explained the whole story to the detective. Mr. Barnet was a nice
person and didn't seem to make light of the story regardless of how odd it
must have sounded to him. Hell I had heard it several time and I still found it
funny. The entire interview took about 45 minutes with Mr. Barnet taking
notes the whole time. He finished up by explaining what he was going to do.
He stated that he would create a folder for each person in question, analyze
the stories and make recommendations to us. He also explained that since
this wasn't an official police case he might not be able to get to us as fast as
we might like, or be able to take certain actions based of those findings. We
knew what he was talking about and Gina was very thankful for any help he
could provide.
Not much happened over the course of the next month. It was early
November by now and the weather was turning cold. Mr. Barnet had called
a few times to let us know that he was still working on the case, but hadn't
come up with anything of interest yet. As time went by Gina and I became
closer. We had even adopted a relationship of a dating couple. Even though
we had been seeing each other for over a month now, Gina still remained at
some distance from me. I had noticed that she was becoming more and more
feminine all the time. Nothing grandiose, just little things like the way she
was dressing, and her mannerisms. She was getting more and more physical
as well. Not in a sexual manner, as much as I would have liked to go in that
direction, it was just more touching and patting, things like that. In all
though I enjoyed her more and more with the passing of everyday. The only
problem she was really having now was that she was unable to get a job and
the money from her, or I should say Jose's, savings account was starting to
run out. I asked her if she would like to move in with me. I had a spare
bedroom that she could have and it would help out her finances considerably.
She accepted without much convincing. So one weekend we gathered up a
few things from Jose's apartment moved her in. She left most of the stuff at
her old apartment. To be honest most of it was manly any ways. It didn't
seem to fit her anymore. I thought it was strange that she would want to just
abandon all her stuff, but that was her decision. Maybe she wanted to make a
clean start. So by mid November I had a roommate and I couldn't have been
happier.
Things went fine with us for a few weeks. Then late one night just
after I had gone to bed I heard someone out in the hallway. I figured that it
was just Gina walking around so I ignored it. A moment later Gina opened
the room to my bedroom which flooded the room with light from the hall. It
silhouetted her, and my eyes had a hard time with the sudden bombardment
of light. I turned to the door.
"Gina?"
"Are you sleeping?"
"No. What s up?", I had to squint my eyes to see her. She was
wearing a short night shirt and nothing else. She looked like she was getting
ready for bed.
"I was hoping that you might be up."
With that she slipped into the room and shut the door. Without
another word she pushed me over in the bed and slid into it where I had been
laying. She then rolled over on top of me and started to kiss me. Well I was
up now, no doubt about that. We started to feel each other and make out.
Her kisses were soft and caring. I could tell what she wanted, and I wanted
it too. I had waited to initiate anything like it in the past because of her
condition, I wanted to be sure she was ready. Boy was she ready now and I
took full advantage of it. She rolled up to straddle me, pressing my dick into
my stomach. I knew she could feel it trying to drive itself into her crotch.
She sat up and slowly unbuttoned her shirt. She just looked into my eyes
and smiled the whole time. With the last button the shirt came off and was
tossed onto the floor. Her body was very nice. Better in fact then I thought
it might be. She was always attractive, but the more I looked at her the more
I felt she was the most beautiful women I had ever know. Was this love? I
had no reference to go by. She started to feel herself up, trying to drive me
wild. I reached up and replaced her hands with mine. Her breasts were soft
with small nipples poking outward as if pointing to me. She moaned a bit
and moved her head back as I pinched the nipples so slightly.
"You like that?"
"Yes. I've wondered what this would be like for a while. Women's
breast are so sensitive compared to mens. You have no idea what that feels
like."
Fact was I didn't care. She was enjoying it, so I was enjoying it
that's all that really mattered. She lowered herself onto me and we started
kissing again, but this time they were hard and with her tongue, more like
wrestling. She finally broke away and started to kiss her way down my
body. I helped to guide her by rubbing her head and holding onto her ears.
She got down to my dick and kissed around it for a few minutes. She took it
in her hand and pump it up and down. She watched as she did.
"I don't know if I can do this." She said.
I didn't want to force her into anything, "You don't have to do
anything you don't want to."
"Oh I want to. I really want to, you have no idea how much I want
to."
With her last words I laughed a bit then took my dick in one and
placed my other hand on the back of her head. I slowly pushed her head
down as I aimed my dick at her lips. She opened her mouth and my dick slid
in. I let go and ran my fingers through her hair, which cascaded down over
my stomach, blocking most of my view. She started to move up and down.
It felt great. She seemed to know what she was doing, regardless of what
she thought her background was. I brushed her hair away and watched her
in action. After a few minutes she broke away and moved back up me. She
hugged me for a second and rolled off of me. I then rolled over onto her.
Her legs parted and I slid in between them. I ran my hand down her and felt
her crotch. She was very wet and almost quivered as I rubbed her. I then
moved up and placed the head of my dick at her opening. She looked into
my eyes as she slid her hands down my back to my butt. She then cupped
each of my butt cheeks and pushed down on them. I didn't need anymore
coaxing and stared to slowly push myself into her. She winced as I went
deeper and deeper. It wasn't long before I was completely buried in her and
started to move in and out. The pain she initially was feeling subsided
rapidly and she started to moan and enjoy herself more.
"YES! YES! James, ooohhh, that feels so good. You have no idea."
She was scratching my back with her longer nails and I loved it. Then
she started to shake all over and grabbed the sheets beside her.
"Oooh god, ? I'm cumming ahhh!!"
Her head went back and she was moaning loudly. She thrust her
chest out and seemed to lose control of her body. I had made women cum
before and I knew that she was really enjoying this. Her eyes closed up and
her she was gritting her teeth. I came shortly there after. In the heat of the
moment I had forgotten to wear a condom but it's hard to think of those
things sometimes. I didn't think about it at the moment, but looking back,
man was that stupid. We continued to make love for the next hour. She
came three more time, lucky girl, before it was over. When it was over we
laid on the bed and held each other. I knew she was still vulnerable and felt a
little guilty for taking advantage of the situation. I hoped I could smooth it
over. It was a while before either of us spoke, but she broke the silence.
"Thank you. I have been wondering what that would be like. I have
done it to myself in the past, but it's not the same as with someone else."
"I should be thanking you. I haven't been with a woman in some
time. I was beginning to forget what to do."
"Oh I think you did just fine. I wouldn't be sorry about that."
We talked some more before drifting off to sleep. I slept particularly
well and sound. It had seemed like I hadn't slept that well in years.
I woke early the next day. Gina was wrapped around me, hugging
me from behind. I must have woke her as I stirred because she groaned
some and stretched.
"Morning." She said as she reached down me to grab my morning
hard on. "Well we're up early this morning. Aren't we? That's one thing I'll
never miss"
I rolled over to face her and kissed her. She kissed back and things
started a new. We made love again, but this time it wasn't the same. It was
slower and softer, less sex and more about feelings. It wasn't as intense as
the night before but enjoyable just the same. Our relationship had taken
another step, moving fluidly from friends to lovers. We were definitely
dating now, no question about that. Life just got better and better over the
next few weeks as Gina and I became closer. I did go out and get some
condoms the very next day though.
Gina and I had survived the thanksgiving holiday without any
problem. I took her to my parents house and introduced her as my girlfriend.
I just couldn't help myself, I was in love, and in love with the most beautiful
women I had ever seen. As the Y2K approached I was happy for the first
time in my life. We didn't hear from Mr. Barnet until early December. He
claimed that he had found some patterns with the case and wanted to get
together with us as soon as possible. I told him to meet us at John's office so
we could include him as well. I told Gina about it, but she didn't seem to be
as excited as she had been in the past. A few days later found we found
ourselves in John's office with Detective Barnet.
"Thank you all for coming. I first want to apologize for taking so
long to get back to you. I have found 2 more cases just like the your Ms.
Garcia. Almost every detail is the same. I won't bore you with all the
details, but there is a blonde woman at the heart of each of the stories. I
would like to try and find this blonde women and get to the bottom of this."
"How do we do that?" John asked.
"Well I have done a map of each location where the person in
question interacted with the blonde women." He pulled a map out of his
briefcase and laid it out on the desk. "As you can see all the people gave
locations in a fairly small area. Here in Georgetown." He pointed to the area
on the map where several red circles had been drawn. " I suggest that we
stake out the bars in Georgetown. We can pose as a potential victim for this
person and when she makes her move we apprehend her. "
"Sounds simple."
"It may sound that way, but it has been my experience that things
rarely turn out the way you want."
Gina chimed in, "Tell me about it."
"We should start tonight. Is that fine with everyone?"
We all nodded in agreement.
"Good then we'll meet at O'Sheas on 3rd street at 8:00 PM then."
The rest of the day was spent in pensive waiting. I was glad that we
were going to get to the bottom of what had made Gina invent her story. At
this point though I didn't really care. I loved her and nothing would change
that. Secretly I hoped that we didn't find this blonde woman so Gina and I
could spend our lives in blissful ignorance. 8:00 PM rolled around and we
all met up at the bar. John had told his wife a lie to get out of the house
without a big fight. She never would have allowed him to go to a bar for any
reason. I never understood why an intelligent man with a psychology degree
would allow himself to be dominated in such a way. The night turned out to
be a bust. In fact the next 10 nights turned out the same way. We never saw
any women that matched the blonde woman's description. Gina never saw
anyone she knew. We all started to lose hope, and John started to miss
nights because of his wife. Christmas was coming soon and I wanted to
make it real nice for Gina. More stakeouts occurred between buying presents
and office parties. We had even started to work on a background for Gina so
that we could build her a resume and get her a job. I liked her being at home
when I got there, but I understood the need to be productive. Christmas
came and went and no blonde woman was in sight. Gina and I decided to
take the next week off of stakeouts and take it easy. We ended up going to a
New Years Eve party downtown. We were a little worried, most people
were. This was the year 2000. The Y2K bug was going to have some effect
on us all, but what no one knew. We dressed ourselves and headed out.
Gina was at the bottom of her money. She spent the last few dollars on a
little black evening dress for the party. The money she spent was worth it,
she looked great. She had taken to wearing some make up in the last few
weeks and to wearing small heeled shoes. She was coming along nicely and
I enjoyed the results. The party was a huge monster rock party put on by one
of the local radio stations. As things always are, fate reared its ugly head. It
was about 11:00 PM and while Gina and I were dancing she suddenly
stopped and grabbed me.
"That's her! Right there! That's the blonde who changed me!"
I turned around and sure enough a blonde woman was dancing with a
man just a short distance from us. She was more gorgeous that I could
describe. A perfect female, not a flaw on her. It was amazing that anyone
could look that good. Gina started to pull on my man, dragging me in her
direction. I pulled her up short,
"We can't just go grab her."
"We have to do something. Call Mr. Barnet and let him know."
"We can't do that. It's New Years, he'll be out somewhere, if not
partying, he'll be working. We need a plan."
We stood there among the other dancing couples trying to think of
something. Gina spoke first, "We need to get her away from here. You try
to catch her attention. If she comes on to you, try to get her back to the house
and then we can trap her."
"You sure about this?"
"Yes yes yes, go do it."
I headed over to the couple who had just stopped dancing. I caught
her attention and asked her to dance. She was about to say something when
the guy she was with spoke up.
"Back off buddy. She's with me."
I might have tried to stand up for myself, but this guy was big, I
mean real big. He was wearing a shirt that said Georgetown Football and he
was obvious a little drunk. A fight with this guy could end my chances of
seeing the new century ushered in. I put on a brave face, but just looked
down and started to walk off not thinking of anything else to do. I didn't get
far when the blonde women slid her arm around me and kissed me on the
cheek. She whispered into my ear, "I love submissive men. Let go back to
your place and ring in the New Year right."
Gina watched all of this from a short but safe distance. I was lost in
this woman. I don't know what it was but I couldn't control myself. I
wanted her so badly it hurt. I looked over to Gina who was on the phone,
but I didn't seem to care about her anymore. Before I lost total control I
whispered back into her ear, "Let me tell my friends. Can we take you car?"
She smiled at me and nodded. I couldn't release my grasp on her, or more to
the point, I didn't want to. I lead her back to Gina who stood in fear.
"I'm going to go back to the house with my new friend here, do you
mind driving yourself home?"
"No. Not at all. Have fun you two." Gina said trying to hide all the
emotions that were boiling within her.
The women then pulled me away and before I knew it we were in her
car.
"Where to lover?"
I gave her directions. The whole trip was a blur. I couldn't seem to
focus on anything but the blonde. Her sexy legs, and perfect hourglass
shape.
(Much of what happed next, I was unaware of. Gina told me after the
fact, so please excuse any embellishments I might have made.)
We arrived at my place and I let us in. She was all over me before I
could get the door closed. She drove her tongue into my mouth and kissed
me harder then I have ever had before. We felt each other all over as we made
our way to the bedroom. It was difficult to walk and grope her at the same
time, but somehow I managed. We got to the bed and she threw me down
onto my back. I laid there looking up at her beautiful form. She hadn't
bothered to turn the lights off, so I could see her plain as day, her large breast
standing up like vertical mountains with no sagging at all. She moved to
stand between my legs and then took off her tight red dress. She wasn't
wearing anything under it and was naked in just a few short seconds. Now
this is what god made women to be. She undid my pants and pulled them
down to my ankles but did not take them off. She kneeled down and started
to give me head with wild abandonment. She took me to the edge of orgasm
several time, but never let me go over the top. She then crawled over me and
straddled my stomach. I reached up and started to play with her breasts.
"You like my tits?"
"Yes very much. They're the best I've ever seen."
"Would you like them any time you want? Do you want this body?"
"Yes, yes give them to me."
She then leaned over and kissed me, hard. So hard in fact that I tried
to push her off me. It was starting to hurt. Suddenly my body jerked as if I
was being pulled by something. I almost lost conscience right about then,
but just before I went under all together I heard a voice yelling "FREEZE!"
The blonde continued over top of me. Her head about 8 inches from mine,
our mouths locked open as a stream of whitish ectoplasm streamed between
us. Detective Barnet jumped atop the girl to try and dislodge her from me.
The girl just batted him aside and sent him flying across the room to crash
land into a bookcase. Gina screamed from the hallway. The blonde stood
up, her eyes having turned a dark yellow and her face seemed contorted
somehow. She yelled at Barnet, but her voice was low and raspy.
"Who the hell do you think you are little man? Do you think you can
stop me, here in the hour of my destiny? For 50 years I have been trapped in
this frame, but no more. When the clock strikes I will have a male form and I
will pass on my seed."
The detective pointed his gun at her, "Don't move you bitch."
"You fool, you can't harm he with your petty toys. You haven't the
power to hurt me." She started to laugh in an eerie voice that could have only
come from some place beyond this world. "The others were just to prepare
me. Now I am ready and you won't stop me."
With that a bolt of energy shot out from her hands and threw Barnet
against the wall. His gun went off as it hit him. The bullet hit the girl in the
arm and passed through to enter the wall on the far side. Barnet bounded off
the wall and landed in a heap as the hole in the girl's arm quickly closed and
healed as if nothing had ever happened. Gina was far too scared to take any
action. The girl turned and stared at her. They stood there locked into each
other eyes. The girl then climbed back on top of me as Gina stood in the hall
watching unable to move at all. The ectoplasm stream started up again and I
felt as though I was being torn into a thousand pieces. Detective Barnet
groaned as he started to come around. He was too late though.
A moment later it was over. The blonde women slumped over to her
side and fell onto the bed unconscious. My body rolled over and stared at
Gina. Detective Barnet was just scrambling to his feet and went for his gun.
My body quickly pulled up its pants and ran for the window. With a huge
crash it flew through the pane of glass and disappeared into the darkness.
Detective Barnet had his gun out and ran to window right behind my body.
He saw the figure fall the three flights to the pavement below. It just hopped
and started to run down the street leaving Mr. Barnet with his head out the
window staring until my body disappeared. He tried to aim his gun at the
fleeing person, but didn't fire for some reason. When he turned back, Gina
was on the bed trying to wake the blonde women up. He pulled out his cell
phone and called the police station.
"This is detective Barnet, badge number 17784. I need an APB on a
James Simmons. He is armed and dangerous with an attempt on a police
officer already. He was last seen heading west on Eastlin drive. Right.
Good. You have my cell phone number keep me posted," He turned over to
Gina, "Does she need an ambulance?"
"I don't think so."
"OK.", His attention turned back to the phone, "Got that sergeant?
Good, keep me advised."
It took some time and a large glass of water. I awoke feeling like I'd
been hit by a truck, a big truck, a big truck full of bricks. I tried to raise my
hand to my head, but couldn't move it, my arms were tied above my head.
"What's going on?" My voice sounded wrong. I tried to clear my
throat. "What's wrong?" No that didn't help. It sounded so feminine. I
looked down my body and was shocked at the sight of a pair of large breasts
rising from my chest. On some level I knew what had happened. Somehow
the blonde had swap bodies with me. I tried to figure it out, but my mind
was so confused I couldn't really focus well.
"OH no. It can't be, no I'm not her am I?" I turned to face Gina.
She had tears in her eyes and just leaned down and hugged me, like
she had so many times before, but this time I got the feel of breasts being
pressed together. I wanted to cry. Up until this point I still had some doubts
about Gina's story, but now, how could I not believe it. She pulled away
from me and I looked up at her, as I did she pulled the sheet over top of me to
cover my naked body.
"I'm sorry I didn't believe you, I just didn't know."
"How could you have. My poor dear."
She caressed my cheek as she spoke. My mental facilities were
coming back to me now. I was almost back to full, but not quite. I tried to
move my hands again but to no avail. I looked up and found that my hands
had been handcuffed to the bedpost. It was strange to see a pair of smooth
perfect hands with long red fingernails hooked into the handcuffs, and
knowing they were my hands.
"Can we take these cuff off of him. It's not the girl."
"Yes please Detective, you know as well as I that it's James in there."
"Look lady, I saw what happened but I'm not taking any chances.
Those stay on until I know for sure that it's him. Christ what am I saying, I
can't believe they switched bodies somehow. It's not possible. Fuck what is
this the X-files?"
I looked up at him as he stood near the foot of the bed looking down
at me. I was getting annoyed but I understood his position. I had been in the
same one just a few months ago.
"Ya, well this is about a 10.0 on my weird shit-o-meter. Look at me!
I'm a fucking girl.!!"
Detective Barnet thought for a moment and paced back and forth
across the room.
"Oh, hell. I know what I saw, fuck, what's possible or not."
He walked over and undid the handcuffs. My wrists hurt somewhat
and I rubbed them as I pulled myself into a sitting position. I just sat there
and stared at my new body for a minute before I realized that the blonde
woman was gone with my body.
"Do you know where she went?"
"No. She er, he jumped out the window and ran off down the
street."
Just then a loud rush went up like the sounds of people cheering.
Firecrackers started to go off and people voices came from outside.
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!!"
Gina leaned over and kissed me softly on the lips. "Happy New Year
Honey."
I kissed her back, it felt the same as an other kiss we had had.
Detective Barnet looked out the window at the people who were shouting.
Gina just sat next to me, holding me in a warm embrace. I was scared, but
not like someone who's been in a car wreck, I just couldn't do anything
about it at the moment.