Male/Female

(Author’s note: Bob and Mary experimented with a substance called felium or female helium a few months ago.  Its floatation properties are twice that of helium, but half the density.  Not a lot is required to achieve human lift.  They also discovered that after a month of taking felium pills, their bodies had adsorbed the felium and could produce it at will.

As she typed away in her MSN group chat, Jen smiled and smurked as she fooled around with the feelings of the guys she met online. Each one she would play and garnish their attention in order to make herself feel better. One by one she would get them interested in her like a spider's web, then after they began making moves and become hooked, she would block them quicker than air fills a tire. Tonight however, her attention needs would guide her to her fate.

Wendy and I sat on the floor of my apartment opening bags and packages that we had just acquired from our recent trip to the mall. Wendy bought some nice little outfits that fit her slender little frame. “I really like that,” I said pointing to the knit mock-turtleneck top (in her favorite color red) she held up to herself. “Want to try it on?” she said jokingly knowing I was far from any size relatively close to Petite. “Riiight.

"We need to talk", says Sharon.

The bottle of wine is empty and now only the pressure of need holds her upright by the table. She takes all the courage she can get, though she's not sure what makes her tremble more. Impossible things come together; when you fall in love with another girl, when you float up like a balloon over London.

She looks over to her friend, lover, by the window, her back turned.

"About what?"