Timmy how was your day?" Ray said. He almost startled Janet as she looked up at him with wide eyes.Timmy smiled, "Hey Daddy. Good." Had fun at school?..." Yeah." Great. How about you Judes?" Ray turned to his daughter."Good Daddy." Any homework?" Yep, I finished it. And Mommy checked it." Anything fun today?" No Daddy, it was just school." Just school. School can be fun. Uncle Luke and Uncle Jimmy and I use to have a blast at school. We also got in trouble a couple times." You did? What did you. Ijust wished that I could be out there doing that kind of thing too.Sorcerers were sort of the elite of the Touched, able to do magics thatwere far beyond most. And like most young Touched, I had always dreamedof being a sorcerer, so it seemed almost cruel to have it be so closeyet so far away at the same time."Sure, I could be a sorcerer," I snorted sarcastically, "if I wanted towalk around as a girl all the time."After another minute I finally turned and continued on my walk. Ididn't really. I didn’t offerany to her because of her age. We talked about high school and immatureboys. We shared that we each had only been with our current partners atthe time. As my relationship was looking pretty serious, my girlfriendcould be my only. Jennifer expressed how much she was in love, butregardless wanted to know what it was like to be with another man atleast one time. Tim was limited to what he knew because of his age andlack of experience. She mentioned that he did not like oral sex. ” Replace the word “think” with “know”. Sometimes clarity slowly emerges from uncertainty. Other times it hits you right in the face all at once. Well, I’m nursing some good bruises on my face right now. It happened because of yesterday. Yes, I know, we didn’t do anything out of the ordinary yesterday, that’s what you’ll say. I’m sorry to disagree, but yesterday was completely out of the ordinary. A phone call. Tales of cramps and lying in bed – I sometimes forget, since you’re a few years.