Four," Jack replied with a giggle. "And yes, before you ask,the other three are South Caroline, Alabama and Florida." Gotta start somewhere," Tyler sh...rugged."How 'bout you?" Jack asked. "Where'd you REALLY like to go? Other than'gay England', anyway?" Tyler bit his lip as he thought long and hardabout his answer."...Anywhere where I can be the person I feel like I truly am, deepdown inside," the seventeen year old boy replied. "Anywhere I can be awoman and not face ridicule or anger from other. I wondered what my welcome would be after coming home from the four years my six months had turned into. Hopefully she would be so glad to see me that the arguments would be pushed aside.The thing that displeased me the most as I approached my homestead was the presence of so many Federal cavalrymen. I’d looked down the long barrel of my Enfield at that blue uniform for too long for me to be comfortable around them.When I topped the hill that looked down at my place I stopped and took in what. He stutter stepped left and then back right and there I was, arms open and helmet pointed right to the ball. I hit him hard, the ball popped out and took a bounce right into Brandon's hands. He was in full stride at the time and took off down the field. There was only the quarterback between him and the goal line Tom, by this time was back on his feet. Brandon headed right away from his only defender. Tom was yelling that he was there and Brandon planted his right foot and pivoted to his left.. Superficial but painful. Although the wolf's teeth had sunk in quite deeply, it hadn't managed to get anything vital. My back was pretty badly bruised from all the falling, that probably hurt more than anything else. But apart from that, and some blood loss, I was fine. After a couple days of being monitored, they released me, saying I would probably be more comfortable resting in my own bed. No argument here, I never liked hospitals much, always made me feel uneasy.Almost as soon as my Mom and.