He pulls me closer, our torsos rubbing against each other as I close my eyes and turn around, grinding softly against him. His lips brush the back of ...my neck, moving my hair out of the way before beginning to plant small kisses. He rests his chin on my shoulder and moans out my name quietly; I can see his smirk from the corner of my eyes. I look ahead and see Aztec make his way through the crowd, his eyes inspecting every inch of my body before meeting mine. I look at Ryan, then back at Aztec,. ”“Not as much as Julie, but yes. They’re both ok with that.”Helen put her arms around him again with a small laugh.“Troilus, any woman who loves you understands what I figured out years ago: If there was a fire and you could only save me or Julie, I’m dead.”“I’d go back for you.”“No you wouldn’t. Because Julie wouldn’t let you go back in without her and then you’d both die. Whatever you two think of me, I couldn’t have that.”“We love you, Helen. We wish you’d come back to us.”“I can’t now. I’m. So do you." She turned to me and said, "You're right...I've been hot all day...not a good day for all of these girl clothes." She wanted to see what I had gotten done, so we walked out to the garage. She said, "Look, Trev...I appreciate your manners, but please call me Gloria. I'm going to go get out of these clothes, make us some lemonade, and we can sit out here in the yard." I told her I liked that idea, and said I would make a few more trips out to the garage. After a bit, I headed for the. Now I was REALLY a girl, I had nothing at all to fall back on. After this, we stopped for the scheduled appointment with the doctor. While waiting outside, a lady with a child came in, the child looked like a boy, but on closer inspecton, I could detect some signs of differences. Just then the nurse called for Alice, and I went in to the examining room. By now, I knew the routine, take everything off and put on the silky gown and lie down on the strange table with my feet in the stirrups..