The spray changed from a jet stream to a hard spray with a small twist of the dial. She sprayed her lower back, her upper back, the back of her neck. ...The spray scrubbed at her sides, from her waist to her underarms, wriggling its millions of drops into her skin, cleaning away the dirt of yesterday, making way for the dirtiness yet to come. She sprayed along her legs, concentrating where the overhead spray could not reach. Between her calves, between her knees, between her thighs.As she reached. I might as well go as aboy. Then again, I reasoned, Mom seemed optimistic that Dr. Goldfarbwould be able to change my mind. I doubted it, but maybe, just maybe,somehow I was wrong. Maybe, just maybe, there was a way I could continueto be Jenny. If there was any possibility, then shouldn't Dr. Goldfarbsee me as a girl? How would she take me seriously, if I showed up as aboy? I couldn't make up my mind'I don't know Mom, what do you think?' I asked her.'It's up to you,' Mom replied, 'but you might. Then lastly is Luke who is staring at me with hurt flickering in his eyes. I offer a small smile but in return I see his head turn to the side. "Thank you so much Eli," I say, my voice cracking and I hop over to him. I wrap one arm around him as the other is on the refrigerator to hold my balance. "Don't worry about it. You cook for us all the time. It's my turn." I smile and I kiss his cheek before I strain to open the freezer. "It's on the table." "What?" I ask, turning around to look at. ..”“There’s a place for us,A time and place for us.Hold my hand and we’re halfway there.Hold my hand and I’ll take you thereSomehow,Some day,Somewhere!”“That whole number, with you two dancing, that beautiful song,” John said as he and Nancy had a meaningful look pass between them.Nancy came up to us and said, “You two are absolutely fabulous together, both onstage and off.” She got a little quiet and asked us to come in close, like she was going to tell us a secret. “John and I are also a.
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