."Melody hugged me from one side as my mom hugged me from the other.Melody's mom said, "Well, spring break isnt over yet. I think we can getyou situat...ed in terms of the school by the time you'd be going back." Magic?" I asked."No. Computers," she said, grinning."And being a girl isn't that tough. I manage it," Melody said, and gaveme another hug.I snuggled with both of them, and sighed, "Okay. what's first?" A new name" Melody said, "Not too many girls named 'Alan' after all." You could go by. .I was enjoying a day off work, and as such was dressed in "mom jeans" andblue top, doing some vacuuming. When I had first started my transition,I felt like I HAD to wear skirts or dresses to be seen as a woman, butnow I'm much more relaxed and know it isnt the clothes that make thedifference anyway.I had just put away the vacuum when the doorbell rang, sending my doginto a barking frenzy. She's a good puppy, but she thinks it's her job tomake sure we know when someone is at the door. I went. She slid from the saddle and slapped the mare on the rump; panicked, it ran off into the woods. One wolf took off after it with a howl, but Leli knew her horse was one of the fastest in the army’s stables – she’d probably be fine.That left her with – she thought about it for a moment; had there been six wolves total, or seven? – three wolves, probably, though she could only see two from where she stood, not counting the immobilized one. Nocking another arrow, she fired at the nearest one even. I’m not sure if it was the amount of whisky we’d shared or the sight of his tanned body as he lay back on the other bed, but I suddenly reached out my leg from the bed Sarah and I were sat on and traced a line up his leg with my toe. Sarah and I had kissed before in drinking games and I knew a bit of harmless flirting to get Jamie ‘warmed up’ wouldn’t offend her. I thought I'd better back off then so Sarah could have some fun, but when he went to the bathroom she said she was tired and wasn’t.