I came to with a start. Della had spoken to me almost as if she'd read my thoughts."Joanne tells me that you love women's hair. Is that true?"I nodded...."What do you think of mine?" she asked, shaking her hair as she tossed it back."I think that it is wonderful. I don't think that I've ever seen such a beautiful display of glossy black hair." Joanne also said that if you were here, you would come to me as soon as you saw me. Was she right, Sam?" Yes. I saw your hair from the other side of the. Those woman only parties aren't my thing, you know." "I know but just wait, you may find yourself getting into thespirit of the party." They arrived at the home the party was at and everyone welcomedhim just like they would any woman. The party started and hequickly found out it was a cosmetics party. By the time the party was over he had ordered two new lipstickcolors, a light lavender eye shadow -- a shade he just loved -- andthree perfumes, one that was kind of expensive but he wanted it.. “No way” said Tom. “I’ve never done any acting. Iwouldn’t even know where to start.”“Do you sing?” asked Tara.“Well, sure. I sing in the choir at church. I singalong with CDs while I’m on the tractor working thefields… stuff like that. But I don’t sing like youdo. No way.”Tara had a hunch. She got up and went back down to thefront of the auditorium. “Ms Jenkins? Are you stilllooking for boys to try out for the. Practice was uneventful. Coach wrapped things up, and then called for meand Mandy as the other girls went to shower."20 laps," she said.That wasn't bad considering we often did 15 during practice. However, sincewe did 15 today, I knew it was going to be tiring.Mandy and I were off. I hadn't really talked to her much, and I didn'texpect to talk to her during our laps. Our gym was a rather large one, soMandy got a little ahead of me. I decided to pick up my pace, and Mandymust have slowed.