She rose up on her toes and lightly kissed my lips. Then she turned and ran across the stone and dived like a panther into the azure river. I watched ...her swim for a few seconds and then I too cleaved into the water and swam towards the shore.Dripping wet I walked across the sand and just before the trees I stopped and turned back. At the same time she too reached the woods on the other side and turned back to look at me. For an instant, our longing stretched across the sand and the gentle. I wanted to be here for it, it’s your birthday after all and this was a bit of my present to you.’ Claire looks around the room, ‘Where is he? Are you guys done already? Was it not good, did he not leave you happy?’ ‘Well things were going well until you knocked, then he, well,’ Stephanie gestures to where your feet can be seen poking out slightly from underneath the bed. ‘I don’t quite understand this at all.’ ‘Is he hiding? Why?’ Claire asks. ‘Not quite sure. Maybe cuz you were knocking? He. 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 go to the opera?"I looked in my book. "Ten and 30 July and 6 August." Right. So we go to Melbourne in the next few weeks and to Perth for two weeks in July!" Exactly. After meeting. "She sat back, stunned. I knew that she had other transgender patients,but apparently she had never experienced anything like this before.After a moment of silence, she found her voice again. "How are youtaking this news?" This is the best thing that's ever happened to me," I said excitedly."I was beginning to consider hormones and future surgery...this wastotally unexpected, but totally perfect."She laughed again." I can see why this would make you happy," she said. "What happensnow?" We're.