I was panting like crazy and suddenly it struck me. I had fur now and like all animals I couldn't perspire, so to expel excess heat I had to pant just... like them. 'Damn this disease. I really am an outcast now. I don't understand how Mom and Dad can deal with it so easily. But then again they don't have to live with it like I have to.'I was afraid to go back to sleep and just turned on my reading light. I picked up my favorite book, an old sci-fi novel titled, 'A World Called Treason', and. Thearticles all mentioned that I was really a boy but that didn't stopthe swarms of boys who wanted to date me! I brought home a bunch ofletters for mom and dad to read, thinking they'd find it funny thatboys were interested in me but they shocked me when they calmly askedwhy I didn't accept one of the offers."Haven't you ever wondered what it would be like to go on a date as agirl?" Dad asked."You're pretty, and a real sweetheart," mom added. "I'll bet boys wouldlove going out with you."I. "Well," continued Jim, "the only definite days are for 1 of the pairs ofshoes to be delivered next Monday and the other pair of shoes thefollowing day. But the boots are due to be delivered any day betweentomorrow and a week on Friday."There was a moments silence as both of the girls looked at Jim withpuzzled looks, before looking at each other and asking, almost in unison,what the problem was."What?!" exclaimed Jim as he looked back and forth at both girls. "Don'tyou see?...Maria you're at. It was six feet deep in the middle and three and a half feet deep on the sides. There was a large Jacuzzi beside it, about a quarter the size of the pool.The water was warm and salty, as promised. They kept your eyes from stinging if you opened them underwater. No one else was in the pool, at the time.When I joined them, Vonda exclaimed, "Why didn't you tell us about our swimsuits' special features?"I shrugged. "I wanted it to be a surprise."My redhead laughed, "It certainly was that!" You're.