" Jane sighed. She was really nervous, scared and excited all at the same time. Nothing in her experience had prepared her for what she was feeling at... this moment. She had never thought about another woman like this before and knew that she shouldn't be thinking about Sandy now. She felt the button of her jeans open and then the zipper being pulled down. She thought back to her freshman year of high school when Billy Simonson had asked her to the movies. Afterwards they had parked in an out of. ’ She pushed away from the table and headed into the living room, where she sat down on her couch. Candice said nothing when he joined her after cleaning up after them. He sat down and pulled her against him. She allowed herself to relax into his embrace. He held her as they stared at the TV, each drinking in the other’s reflection. Candice saw Gregory as a protector and a smart man that could read deep into her soul. She wondered what he saw. She saw a young woman playing an adult game,. ’ he’d pointed at this small balcony and it hadn’t seemed as high or as dark or as removed as she felt standing there in the shadows. She wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. She’d made up her mind about him- or she thought she had. Maybe her being there, alone, waiting was sign enough that her decision had been hasty. The crowd down below was oblivious to her. Her inky curls and the black cocktail dress made her a shadow in the dark. She looked out over the guests trying to find him move. Taking all of this in was almost too much for me to comprehend. I was going to have to live my life as this entirely different person !! Thinking the whole process through I remindered myself of what my wife had just said, that if I complied then I could then go back to my former self."Ok hon, I`ll do it -but for how long do I have to live this way ? ". Again my wife gently squeezed my hand and said " you will be changed back on your birthday when you turn forty." I almost fell out of bed " YOU.