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Between One Step and the Next
Sam Wells sat on a bench and tried not to cry. He had just come from a
frustrating meeting with a government agency and was debating in his head
what he should do next. Months of underemployment had left him on the
edge of losing his home, but nobody seemed able to help him.
He finally gathered himself, and looked around him. Across the street was
The Arch, a rather unique work of art. ?It looked like two streetlamp
poles placed two and half feet apart, on a concrete base. The poles were
about ten feet high, and had decorative bowls on the top. The end result
looked like an arch or a doorway, and Sam had always wondered what would
happen if you went between the poles at the right moment.....
"Why not?" he thought to himself. He got off the bench, and walked toward
The Arch. He put one foot between the two parts of the Arch ......
And stumbled out.
He felt horribly dizzy, unable to regain his footing. He felt like he was
walking on stilts, and could hear a strange clicking sound as he walked.
Then he looked down at his feet ....
He was wearing heels. Skirt and blouse too, from the quick glance down.
He was just about to collapse when a young woman ?came up to him, took
his hand, and eased him ?to the floor.
"Sam? You okay?" she asked.
"I ... I don't know," Sam said. "I ..."
"Let's go to the washroom, and you can splash some water on your face,
okay?"
She helped him up, and dragged him toward the ladies room He was too
confused to object, and so he did as she suggested, and splashed some
watter on his face, and then took a look at his reflection. The woman in
the mirror looked she had seen better days, but she wasn't bad looking.
"I look like my sister, if I'd had one," he thought.
The other woman asked him, "Better?"
He said, "I ... I don't know. You knew my name, but I don't know you, do
I?"
She searched his eyes, and said, "You're ... not kidding. You don't know
me?"
He shook his head.
"Okay. Now I'm scared. Let's get you to a hospital." she said, and pulled
out a cell phone from her purse.
"Wait a sec." Sam said, went to sit down on a bench outside the ladies
room, and thought hard.
"Can .. can you take me home instead? Maybe stuff will come back to me in
familiar surroundings."
"Okay. Let me call your boss and mine, and we will go home."
A short while later, the woman was leading Sam down to the parkade, and
toward a small, sensible Kia Forte.
"This is yours?" Sam asked the woman.
The woman laughed, and said, "Its yours. The keys are in your purse."
Sam fished for the keys and said, "One more thing. Can you ... can you
tell me your name? I know I should know it, but it wont come to me right
now." ?
Sam could see grief and pain on the woman's face, and then added, "I.. I
feel very safe with you, if that helps you feel better."
The woman relaxed, smiled, and said "I'm Tina."
Sam said, "Thank, you, Tina. For everything." ?Sam found the keys, held
them out. "you want to drive?" he asked.
Tina took the keys, and said, "You're welcome. Come on, lets get you
home."
They didn't speak much on the trip. ?Sam found himself reaching for the
free hand of Tina, and then shied away. Soon, they were on the outskirts
of town, and pulling into a small house.
"Is ....this where I live?" Sam said.
"Yes" Tina said. She pulled out a key, opened the door, and led Sam
inside.
"Do you .... do you want to lay down?" Tina asked. "Or maybe I should
make some soup or something?"
"Do I have a ... comfortable chair?" Sam asked, "And maybe something to
drink."
Tina directed Sam into the living room, and sat her into a recliner.
"I'll get some tea started." she said.
Sam kicked off the high heels he was wearing and wiggled his toes in
relief. He noticed his toes were painted a florescent pink color, and
shrugged at sight.
A minute later, Tina came back in with a hot cup of tea, and then sat
opposite Sam.
Sam took a sip, and said, "Okay. As egotistical as it sounds, tell me
about me."
"Well, we've known each other for 6 years now. When I met you, you were a
student at the University."
?Sam thought.
"What was I like then?" Sam asked.
"Kinda quiet and sad. Of course that might be because you were pretending
to be a boy named Samuel."
********
Sam almost dropped the teacup.
"I .. I was WHAT?"
Tina giggled, and said, "I bet that sounds impossible, but its true. I
had set up a booth to tell students about the meeting that night for gay,
lesbian, bi, and transgender students. I watched you look at our poster,
for like five minutes. Then you came up to me and asked if you had to be
one of "those groups" ?and I told you no, you could just come as you
were."
Sam closed his eyes, and remembered his own past. He had always had an .
.... emptiness, a feeling that something fundamental to his life had been
denied him. He'd even been pretty sure it had something to do with his
gender, his complete disconnection from anything that could be called
"male."
But he had buried this pain, covered it over, and tried to keep anyone
else from guessing its source. He remembered seeing the poster, and for a
moment being tempted to at least learn more. But in his own reality, he
had felt a surge of fear, recalling how his father had reacted when he
had made fumbling attempts to explore the issue when he was a kid.
In his own reality, he had walked away, gone to his dorm room, and cried.
He then had berated himself for his weakness, and clung to his self-
imposed misery like it was salvation. Eventually, the pain, the absence
in his heart calcified, and the feminine voice within him became weaker.
But with its loss, he stopped really living, and only went through the
motions of life. He became little more than a zombie, stumbling through
his live, and it was that utter lack of ?hope which had finally led to
the desperation that led him to walk through the Arch.
He looked at Tina who was watching him with love and concern, and
realized this version of himself had made the better choice. He had
obviously surrendered his pride, his need to prove to his father he was a
man, and took a leap toward a future with the possibility of hope.
?And it looked like whatever the cost had been, whatever hard days and
sorrow he had suffered, this version of himself (herself?) had
persevered, and come out the other side victorious.
She had a good job, a good home, a good life. And best of all she seem to
have someone who had obviously stood with her, through bad times and
good, and would see her through the rest of her journey.
"Sam?" Are ... are you remembering?" Tina asked anxiously.
Sam made a decision. "I.... I remember how lucky I am to have you. The
rest is ... just details."
Tina stood up, pulled Sam off the chair, and said, "Thank God. I ...
don't know what I would do if I lost you."
"Not going to happen. Not even losing my memory would do that."
Slowly, gently, Tina drew her into a passionate embrace. When Sam didn't
resist, she began to kiss her.
Sam melted into the kiss, feeling fire in her breasts and below her
waist. Soon, she was panting, and pulled out long enough to say. "I.. I
couldn't talk you into our bedroom, could I? I... I've heard sex is a
great healer."
Sam blushed, and thought,
Then Sam had a spasm of guilt.
She began to cry.
Tina held her tight, and said, "Oh God, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Sam shook, and said, "No I'm sorry. You are .... so beautiful and so
kind, but I can't."
"I .... understand. Sam. I must seem like a stranger to you."
Sam looked at this woman, who must be in such pain at the possibility of
losing her love, ?and said, "It... it will be okay. Somehow, it'll be
okay."
"I... I think I need some air. Maybe I'll go to the local Chinese place
and order supper for both of us, okay?" Tina said with a catch in her
throat.
"O....okay." Sam said.
When Tina had gone out and closed the door, Sam sunk into a chair and
wept.
Sam thought to herself.
She sat with her hands pressed against her temples, as if she could push
ideas out. Finally, she said aloud "The Arch..."
******
When Tina came back, she said, "I'm sorry Sam. I brought your favorite to
make it up to ..." Tina looked around the silent house, and called Sam's
name. It was on her second trip around that she saw the note on the
fridge.
It said; ?"I have to go back to the Arch. I hope that when I come back,
I'll be the me you remember. ?I don't know much about this life, but I
can see already how much the two of you mean to each other, and I have to
do whatever it takes to get her back for you. ?I wish you both luck.
Sam."
Tina ran into the garage, and saw the car was gone. "Damit!" She shouted.
She ran back inside, and picked up the phone. "Hello, Taxi....."
*****
A short while later, Tina saw Sam's car beside the Arch from her taxi,
and asked the driver to stop. She got out, and saw Sam sitting with her
back resting against one of the poles of the Arch.
"Sam!": She shouted, running up to her "Sweetie, you scared me."
She slowed as she got closer, and saw that Sam had tears running down her
cheeks, and she crouched down to put a hand on Sam's knee. "Sam?" What is
it?"
"It ... didn't work. I .... can't get your Sam back for you." Sam said
between sobs
"What are you talking about, Sam?"
Sam sighed, and said, "I've got a story to tell you, but you wont believe
me..."
*******
"I'm sorry Sam. You know how that sounds."
"It ... doesn't matter. I guess I might as well go home with you."
Tina stepped forward to help Sam up, and stumbled, She reached out, and
grabbed one of the poles of the arch for support. and her eyes went wide.
She started to fade from view, and Sam shouted "No!" and grabbed her
hand.
The two of them hung between worlds for what seemed to Sam like an
eternity.
A moment later she was laying on the ground with Sam holding her hand.
"Oh .. wow. Okay, I believe you." Tina said.
"You okay?' Sam asked.
"When I touched the Arch I... "
"I know."
"I think I better sit down." Tina said, and eased herself to the
concrete.
"You'll be okay, Tina. I have to try again."
"Wait, Sam. Don't!"
"Why not, Tina. I need to get your Sam back for you."
"I didn't just see two choices, Sam. I saw .... I dont know how many.
There's no guarantee you'll be able to get back to your reality. We need
a plan."
"Like what Tina?"
"What about the University? There has to be someone there who might have
some insight."
"Then lets take Sam's car and go."
"Sam.... I ... "
"Don't worry. I know you're worried about your Sam. We'll get her back
for you."
"Thanks."
Sam and Tina walked over to where Sam had parked the car, and got in.
Driving to the University, Sam asked, "Who can we see, and what can we
tell them?"
"One of my of old profs is married to a physics specialist.. He might
know who might have some ideas, ?and he might be willing to at least
listen to us without considering us a couple of kooks."
"Worth a shot, anyway."
They drove along in silence, and Sam kept peeking at Tina, and seeing her
look back at her.
They parked at the University, and made their way to the Political
Science department.
"You took Poli-Sci?" Sam asked.
"Oh, right. You wouldn't know. I work in the Intergovernmental affairs
office. I help coordinate efforts between the levels of government."
"Cool."
Tina smiled.
They went in the building, and found their way to the office of Tina's
former prof.
Her prof turned out to be a slim, tall woman with a wide smile she shared
with them when she saw Tina.
"Good to see you, Tina. You too, Sam."
"Lilith, we ... need your help, and we have an unbelievable story to tell
you."
Lilith listened carefully, and then said, "Tina, if you were anybody
else, I would think you were pulling some kind of a prank. But let me
talk to my husband, and see what he thinks, okay?"
"What... what do we do in the meantime?" Tina asked.
"Just go home. I'll call you tonight, ?no matter what." Lilith said.
As they walked back to the car, Sam said to Tina, "I'm sorry for running
off like that. I... I couldn't bear being responsible "
"I understand. I .. I'm sure my Sam would have done the same. ?She's ?so
.. " Tina began to tear up.
"We'll get her back, Tina.."
"I am trying to have faith, but its hard."
"If faith was easy, maybe it wouldn't be faith."
"Maybe it wouldn't be." Tina said, and then focused on the road.
They got back to Tina's home, and ate the takeout Tina had brought home.
After they ate, Tina said, "Do ... you want the bedroom? I'll sleep on
the couch."
"No. I'm ... the guest. I'll take the couch."
"Okay. I'll.... get you a blanket and a pillow."
Shortly, Tina returned with a blanket, a pillow, and a nightie. "Here"
She said, "This one is ... one of Sam's favorites. I'm sure she'd want
you to borrow it."
"Th... thanks."
Sam slipped into the ?bathroom, and examined her body. She saw that she
was no supermodel, that she had flaws and signs of her transition, but
overall..."I don't make a bad woman. Nice to know, if I ever get back
home."
San saw Tina fighting not to look to hard at her as she came from the
bathroom. She made her way quickly to the couch, wrapped the sheet around
herself, and laied down.
Much later, she finally fell asleep.
*******
*******
When Sam woke, she had an inexplicable feeling of joy coursing through
her heart. She floated into the bedroom, grabbed some clothes, and went
to have a shower and get changed. After she was dressed, she came out and
started making breakfast.
Tina came out of the bedroom, ?and said, "Something smells good ....
Sam?" ?
Sam blinked, and said, "I'm .... I'm sorry. I .... it was like I was
sleepwalking. I'm ... sorry."
"Its okay, Sam. But you made my favorite breakfast. And you obviously
knew where my Sam's work clothes were."
"I.... I can't explain it, Tina. It was like your Sam .... walked me
through her morning routine."
"Oh wow, Sam. You don't think she's . in you, somewhere?"
"I .. I don't know. I just felt .... happy, and like I said, I knew what
to do, without knowing how I knew."
"That's a little freaky. What do you want to do today?"
"I... I think I should go to Sam's job. I... I think I can do okay at
it."
"All right. But if it gets too much, I want you to come home."
"Th... thank you. I'll ... try not to let your Sam down."
"I have a feeling you wont."
Shortly, the two women went to their respective jobs, and Sam found the
same thing she had at home. When she relaxed, she instinctively "knew"
where things were kept and what the right procedures she was supposed to
follow were. Plus, the inexplicable good feeling grew stronger as the day
went along. A number of co-workers commented on her good mood, and teased
her about getting lucky the night before, which made Sam blush.
She met up with Tina, and told her how her day went as they drove home,
and Tina smiled, and said, "I've noticed. You've were ... glowing this
morning, and you look the same now. I .. I'm hoping that means good news
for my Sam."
"Me too, Tina."
They went home, and ate a simple meal that Tina made.
"You are a good cook, Tina."
"Thanks."
As they were cleaning up, the phone rang, and Tina answered.
Sam heard her saying "Oh hello! Really? We'll be right down."
"What is it, Tina?" Sam asked
"That was Lilith. She wants us to come downtown to the Arch, right away."
"Okay. You think she's found a way for us to get your Sam back?"
"We can only go and find out."
The two of them got in their car, and went down to the Arch. Lilith and
an older man stood with her.
"Hello, Lilith. This must be your husband?" Sam asked when they got out
of the car.
"Tobias is one of the countries experts in ... unusual physics."
"You are the young lady who came through from an alternate world?" He
said.
"I'm surprised you believe me. I don't have any way to prove it."
"Let's just say I've been waiting for this."
"I don't understand. You've been expecting this?"
"Not this exactly, but the thing is, nobody built the Arch. No one can
find a record of an artist, or approval for it being built. It ... just
showed up, less than 3 months before you did."
"And nobody noticed?" Sam said.
"Did you, in your universe?"
"Point taken. I just assumed someone had commissioned it."
"Most people here did too. I was the only one to guess there was more
than met the eye when some instruments in my lab went haywire. A scan
with a portable unit led me here, and some questions at City Hall led to
the discovery that no one had authorised it."
"Did you tell the authorities? Maybe it should be roped off, or
something."
"I tried. But with my only evidence being some readings in a system that
no one but another expert would even understand, I didn't have much luck.
But nothing seemed to happen, and the readings went back to normal, until
yesterday."
"When I came through."
"Exactly."
"Okay. So, how do I get back? "
"Well, first, I need to know when you came through."
"It was about lunchtime. About twelve-thirty."
The older man opened a suitcase, revealing a large portable computer. it
had a strange attachment, that looked like a Geiger counter.
"Awfully big, isn't that?" Sam said.
"It does a little more than most." He said, and began working the
keyboard. He then took the attachment and ran it over Sam, and then A few
moments later, he said, "I believe the 'doorway' as it were, that leads
back to your world will open back up at noon tomorrow."
"I'll be here, and I'll try to go through then. I hope your Sam will come
back at that time, Tina."
"Thanks. I'll be there too." Tina said.
"I would like to be here as well, to witness it." Said ?Tobias.
"I don't mind." Sam said.
"All right then. See you at noon."
Tina and Sam waved, and then went back to their car.
"You really think it will work, Tina?" Sam asked as they drove home.
"Worth a shot."
They got to their house, and Tina said, "Do you ... want the couch again?
You could ... share the bed with me."
"Wouldn't that feel like you were cheating your Sam?" Sam asked.
"I ... wasn't thinking about sex. I was just .. I miss her. I miss her
body next to mine. I miss the way she smells. I... "
"Okay, Tina. I understand."
They got ready for bed, and Sam shyly eased herself in, trying not to
stare at Tina's beautiful body exposed in her nightie. Tina smiled, and
said, "I can't really understand what you are feeling. But all I want is
to hold you. Can you handle that?"
"I... can, and will."
The two women held each other tight until they both fell asleep.
Sam got up first, and followed the same routine as the day before. Tina
then got up, and they shared breakfast before driving to work together.
"I'll see you at noon, Tina. I mean, if you're sure you want to be there
for this."
"I'll be there."
The morning crawled by for Sam. She still possessed the strange ability
to remember this Sam's routine, but as the day went on, she had more
trouble keeping her spirits up.
"I guess its like dying." she thought, "Whatever happens, I wont be in
this world any more. I wish I could stay, but that wouldn't be fair to
this Sam, or to Tina. I ... have to give up everything I've found here. I
... hope I don't funk this at the last minute. "
The next time Sam looked at the clock, it was time for her to go, and she
made her way down to the street, and to the Arch. Tina arrived just after
she did, and gave her a big hug.
"You worried?" Tina asked.
Sam was about to reply when she saw Tobias come up. He quickly set up his
equipment, and then said, "If my calculations are correct, the surge
should hit in two minutes. Are you ready?"
"As ready as I'm going to be. Tina I...I'm glad I met you. Your Sam is a
lucky woman, and you can tell her I told you so."
"Thanks, Sam. Don't worry. you'll be okay. I have to believe this all
happened for a reason, so you'll be okay." Tina said.
"Thanks" Sam said. "I... I .."
"No time! You must go, now!" Shouted Tobias.
"Here goes nothing.... " Sam said, and jumped between the poles of the
Arch.
She vanished.
Tina watched the Arch tensely. "Do you think my Sam will come back?" She
asked.
Tobias looked at his machine and said, "I cannot guarantee she will,
Tina. We have no idea what she has been through the last couple of days,
or if she figures out when to come through."
Tina opened her mouth to reply, but before she could a figure came
through the Arch. It solidified, and Tina said, "Sam?"
Samantha smiled, and ran to Tina. She grabbed her, swung her around, and
kissed her fiercely.
"Tina, I am so glad to see you ...." she said.
"Me too, Sam, me too." They kissed again.
In his own world, in his own body, Samuel watched the reunion through the
Arch, and then the Arch clouded. A moment later, there was no sign of a
doorway at all, and Samuel turned away. He sighed, and made his way to
his small apartment. When he got there, he went in, and opened the door
to his bedroom. On his bed, he found a letter, and it read;
"Dear Sam, this is Sam. Yeh, I know how that sounds, but we no longer can
disbelieve in the impossible, can we? I'm leaving this note for you, so
you can know grateful I am, hat you're doing, coming back here, and
letting me go back to my home. Having walked in your shoes the last two
days, I can really appreciate how tempted you must be to stay there. I
wish I could do more to help you in this world, but the best I could do
was leave you the numbers of some support groups. I'm hoping seeing how
happy I am will make it possible for you to seek happiness for yourself.
Its up to you, though, so good luck."
At the bottom of the letter was a group of numbers starting with one for
a local group dedicated to helping people with gender issues. Samuel
looked at the number, and then went to the phone. He dialed the number,
and said, "Hi. I need your help..."
*******
In another place, a woman sighed, and pushed away from a table. On the
table were small figures. One was male, another female, but they looked
remarkably alike despite that. The other figure in the room said to the
woman, "I don't ?understand that move, at all."
"You are familiar with chess?"
"I don't tend to play human games."
"There is a special move, called castling. Its the only time you move two
pieces at the same time. I did something similar with this switch. ?Both
versions of Sam will benefit from their time in each other's shoes, and
each will have a greater impact on the game thanks to the experience.
"If you say so. But your opponent will not be idle, surely. He almost
caused the loss of this ?... Tina person."
"Indeed. But its a long game, and a lot of other pieces yet to be played.
I have to believe this move will make a difference in time. "
"You have more faith in these humans than I do."
"Perhaps I see their ... potential better. In any case, shall we retire
and wait to see what my opponent does?"
"As you wish."
Fin
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