Mom tried to make up for dad being away so much. I could pretty much haveanything I want, except what I wanted most. We had many trips to amusementpar...ks like Santa Village, Story Land and even Disney. Whenever I had to dressup and I asked mom for a skirt and heels mom just ignored my wishes and gotme a suit and tie. Would never buy me the purse I wanted. When I was ten, Ifirst learned that sex changed operations were possible and one day that Istayed home from school sick, I had a mid-day nap. But that same effect allows you to walk by more-or-less just sliding the shoe over the snow instead of picking the whole thing up each time. Want to try them out?”Jasmine was shaking her head. “My boot isn’t going to fit properly in those. I’ll wait until mine are ready. Then you can laugh at me.”Morales took the snowshoes off and propped them in the entrance tunnel. Back inside a couple of minutes later, Jasmine commented that it was still a bit early, but wondered if he wanted to eat lunch. I-Bar stopped to chat with Q-tip before he took the seat in back, directly behind Splint.“We have twenty minutes to get to Peachtree-DeKalb Airport,” said I-Bar. “Go through Buckhead. We’re less likely to run into any road closures.”“Road closures?” asked Blaze, turning in his seat to look at I-Bar.“Yeah, the fucking President is flying into town and they always close roads and overpasses along his travel route to wherever he’s headed. The closer you get to either the place where he lands or. “That’s not the only thing you can rub off on me.”He began laughing, covering his face with hands. “You’re so great, wow. Do you think I’m as fun as I think you are?”His question was rhetorical, but I still chose to answer simply. “I do.”He walked over to me and cupped my face with his right hand and looked me in my eyes. Just as I was beginning to feel self conscious from his stare, he brought his lips a mere inch away from mine. “I fucking-“ My tongue darted out to lick at his lips quickly,.