Mark’s Wish…
Quatford, Connecticut, in 1982, was mostly a rural town, but it was becoming a bedroom community for Hartford, Connecticut and Worcester, Massachusetts. The town, founded in 1697, was mostly farms with a few industries. The town, situated on the Powntuxet River, had a thriving downtown and a few small industries. In 1957, the town oldest industry, Powntuxet Powder, a gunpower factory, closed down, then in 1972, Jesop Textiles which was founded in 1735, closed, then in 1975, the town last links to the colonial era, Quatford Leather, Ilsbey Shoes and Binson Bricks closed. In 1977, the Powntuxet River, which been in business since 1897 closed down, when the bridge over the Powntuxet River was condemned. The state bought the railroad’s right of way between the towns of Shiplake and North Kettuck, a distance of 26 miles.
In a raised ranch on Bent Road, Mark Keyworth was crying. He was unhappy, he knew he can’t be as good in football as his two older brothers, but he don’t care. He loves watching figure skating and gymnastics instead of football and baseball.
He knew his dad, Mike, who was a Vietnam veteran, and his two older brothers, 13 year old Mike and 11 year old Myles was disappointed with him. He wish he could do figure skating or do gymnastics, but his dad said no.
Mark’s mom, Maria, and his sister, 10 year old MaryEllen, was there to protect him. He didn’t know that his mom and sister had a surprise for him, it wasn’t going to be at Christmas, but after, when his dad, Mike and Myles will be snowmobiling in Vermont. His dad wanted Mark to go with them, but Maria told Mike that he is too young.
Mike told his wife that he needs to be a man and for her to stop coddling him. Maria, who have a gay brother, was a little more liberal, than her husband, so she said, “Don’t try to force him, Mike. Let him be what he wants to be.”
Mike said, “I just don’t want him to be like your brother, Maria. I know Mark will be attacked if he is gay. When we were in Maine this past summer we heard about the attack on Charlie Howard. What happened if he gets attacked by teens?”
Maria looked at her husband of 16 years and said, “Love, we can’t let him be depressed. My brother was like that, but I hope Mark will be happy.”
A few minutes later, Mike knew he can’t win the argument, so he went to the basement where his woodshop is. Down in the basement besides his woodshop was a 20 foot by 15 foot H shaped HO scale model railroad layout. He saw Mike and Myles operating the trains, so he joined his son.
While Mike went downstairs, Maria went upstairs to talk to MaryEllen. MaryEllen is taking ballet and she will be dancing in ‘The Nutcracker”. Maria wanted everybody to be at the ballet, but Mike really didn’t want to, but even Mike said that everyone will watch.
Maria knocked on MaryEllen’s door and then when MaryEllen said, “Come in”, she opened the door. She looked at her daughter and said, “Mike will be staying home. I think he will love it. Dad, might be against it, but he will be in Vermont.”
MaryEllen looked at her mom and said, “I just hope he’ll love it. I just hope dad will let him be happy. I wish we could give it to him on Christmas.”
Maria said, “Honey, so do I. We might give it to him when the boys leave for snowmobiling. He will love it, I think.”
MaryEllen said, “I hope his Christmas will be special, Mommy.” Marion agreed with her, as she thought, ‘I hope Mark will be happy.’
A few days later, they went to see MaryEllen dancing in ‘The Nutcracker’, but Mike and Myles did joke at the boys doing ballet and their dad joking about them, too. Mark was impressed at them dancing. Mark thought it was wonderful and wish he would do it. He was listening to his brothers and dad make fun of the boys who was in ballet, until Maria said, “Those boys are nice. They really did nice and they aren’t gay.”
When they got home, Mark was upset, so he ran upstairs to his room and Mike said, “The sissy is upset. I wonder if he is in love with one of those fags at ballet.”
Maria said, “That is enough, Mark Randy Keyworth, Junior. Just being a ballet dancer doesn’t mean you are gay. It it’s good for sports, too.” To her surprise, even Mike told his sons to shut up.
A few days later, it was Christmas. MaryEllen got a few new stuffed animals, a couple of dresses and a new books, Mike and Myles got new model railroad accessories, books on cars and trains and clothes, while Mark got some clothes, books on space and a locomotive that was painted white, grey, purple and pink, a custom painted locomotive. Mark also got an envelope that had ‘Do not open until tonight’. Mark loved his presents, but his dad didn’t like the custom painted locomotive colors on the locomotive.
Mark was getting upset, when his dad thought the locomotive shouldn’t have been painted with those colors, yet Marion defended the colors, since it was his favorite colors. Mark was getting upset, so he went to his room and got on the bed.
On his bed, he cried and thought to himself, ‘Why, do they hate me? I hate being a boy. Why can’t boys do things girls do. I wish I was a girl.’
Downstairs, Maria and MaryEllen both looked at Mike, Mike and Myles and just shook their heads. MaryEllen said to Mike and Myles and said, “You both are troublemakers. In my class, two of my friends would love to get to know you, but their brothers are in class, so I tell them that they don’t want you, since you hate dancers. The boys got more guts than you got. Sometimes you are more immature than Mark is.”
Mike, Senior looked at MaryEllen and said, “You are correct that some boys can do both. I’m not sure if Mark won’t be bullied.” He then looked at Mike and Myles and said, “You boys should not kid Mark.”
After they had dinner, Mike and the boys started up to Vermont, so Maria looked at Mark and said, “Do you want to have fun this week? I think you do. MaryEllen will you get his cloth from your closet and meet us in his room.” Maria looked at Mark and said, “Let’s go honey, we got to get you ready to be happy.”
Maria took Mark up to his room as MaryEllen went to her room to get some presents and Mark’s new clothes. She got the clothes and then went to Mark’s room. As MaryEllen was getting Mark’s clothes, Maria said, “Mark, I hope you like your new presents. Daddy doesn’t know about it, but I think you’ll be happier. Let’s get you undressed and meet me in the bathroom.” Maria left his room and went to fill the bathtub.
Mark was confused, but he did as told. He took off his clothes, then went to the bathroom and saw his mom there. He said, “I am taking a bath?” He smiled as he like to take baths, but his brothers and his dad told him that boys take showers.
Maria had him step in and let him play, while she went to get more Christmas presents for Mark. Maria and MaryEllen placed Mark’s new presents under the tree, then went upstairs, so MaryEllen got into a dress she got, while Maria bathed Mark.
While he was relaxing in the tub, he was smelling the perfumed water. His mom came in and said, “Are you enjoying the bath? Let’s get you washed and dressed.” She started to wash him then dried him off and they went to Mark’s room. Maria said, “I hope you’ll love your other presents, honey. Daddy doesn’t know about them. Your outfit is on your bed.” She opened the door to Mark’s room.
On Mark’s bed was a light blue silk dress, so Mark looked at his mom. ‘I’m going to be a sissy?’ he thought to himself. He said, “Mom, MaryEllen’s dress is on my bed.”
Maria said, “No, your dress is on your bed, honey. I believe you want to try being a girl, so MaryEllen and I decided if you like it. We can’t tell daddy, okay?”
Mark said, “MaryEllen knows? I wish I could do ballet, mommy. They are so beautiful.” He went over to the dress and felt it. “It’s mine?”
Maria smiled and said, “Yes, it is yours. I’ll make you into a cute girl and if you like it, you and MaryEllen can be my daughters this week.” She took Mark’s new light blue panties and opened them so Mark can step into them. Maria then put on Mark’s camisole, stockings and then Mark’s dress. Maria then put on the blue dress on Mark. She then looked at Mark and said, “You are so beautiful, Mark and I didn’t do your hair, yet. Let’s show your sister.”
Maria opened the door and led Mark out. They went to MaryEllen’s room and knocked and MaryEllen, who was dressed in the same dress but in a lilac color, opened the door. “Hello, sis,” MaryEllen said, “You are beautiful, sis. Mom, she needs her hair styled.”
Maria smiled and said, “Yes, she does. You are right, honey, she is beautiful, but I didn’t show her herself, yet. Want to help me style, your sister’s hair?” MaryEllen nodded that she wants to, so soon, at MaryEllen’s vanity, they styled Mark’s hair, then Maria said, “Want to see how beautiful you are?”
Mark looked at them and nodded, so MaryEllen turned her chair around and said, “We look like sisters. Mommy, she’s not a Mark.”
Maria said, “If Mark was a born a girl, she would have been named Marion. I think she’ll be Marion this week. Do you like your name, honey?”
Marion, nee Mark, looked at herself in the mirror and said, “Marion is a nice name, mommy. I am beautiful?”
MaryEllen said, “Mommy, Marion should open her presents. I think she’ll love them.”
Maria said, “You are correct, honey. Marion, want to open your Christmas presents? We knew we will have a little girl visiting us.”
Marion said, “Yes, mommy.” They left MaryEllen’s room and went to the living room to open Marion’s Christmas presents. Marion got a few dresses, dolls and make up, but Marion said, “Daddy will be upset, so we have to put your dresses into MaryEllen’s closet. Do you like your presents, Marion?”
Marion nodded, so MaryEllen and Marion played with their new dolls for the rest of the day. When it was time to go to sleep, Marion was put into her new nightgown.
In the morning, Maria woke up her girls...
Mark’s wish 2
While Mark was becoming Marion, Mike and his other sons were on the way to Vermont to snowmobile. Their car, a 1978 Ford Country Squire, was towing a trailer with 3 snowmobiles - 1978 John Deere Spitfire, a 1977 Rupp Sport and a 1980 Arctic Cat Pantera. Driving up I-91, around Springfield the sky started to grey and by Northampton, it was snowing and by Greenfield, it was a blizzard.
Mike was quiet on the trip thinking about Mark. ‘Why is he trying to be a sissy instead of being a boy,’ he thought to himself. ‘He gets upset so easily and he looks like a fag. He needs to cut his hair, and when we come home, I’ll insist on it.’ He looked at Mike and Myles who were looking out the window at the falling snow. Mike and Myles had medium length styles.
As they got to the Route 2 exit, in Greenfield, Massachusetts State Police closed the highway. The snow caused a multi car pileup which was a fatal to 3 and injured 5. They, like all of the travelers, had to detour onto Route 2 East to Route 5, which was going to make traveling harder.
Route 2 East went through Greenfield’s downtown, then turned left onto Route 5, due to the snow and the traffic being detoured, it was slow going. When he got off I-91, they stopped at a gas station - convenience store that just opened - ‘Kraxberger Farms’, which because of the detour and the weather was busy. They decided to go in and get something to drink and to fill up the wagon.
Kraxberger Farms’ is a newly built store of 1000 square foot. The store had a deli and a coffee area, so Mike bought Mike and Myles hot chocolate and a cellophane wrapped sandwich, while he bought himself a coffee and cellophane wrapped sandwich, along with gas.
As they were in the store, they heard a bit about the accident. It seemed that a speeding car slid in front of a semi, which couldn’t stop in time, the trailer fishtailed and hit another car, which hit another car. The driver of the speeding car was killed, along with the driver and passenger of the car the trailer hit. 2 of the injured are in serious condition, and the third is in fair condition. They didn’t know 2 other cars were involved.
Mike knew that the detour traffic would make it slow going, so he decided to get a room for the night. He saw a motel, so he looked at his boys and said, “Boys, I think we should stay at a hotel for the night. The cashier said that Route 5 is backed up and the state police closed Route 2’s hairpin in Florida. Let’s see if they got a room.”
Mike and the boys went and got a room. They saw other families affected by the detour getting room, but they got a room until the storm is over. Mike and Myles were tired, so they slept on one of the two queen-sized beds in the room. Mike looked at the news to see the weather then he went to bed.
Mike woke up and turned on the television to see the news. The local news said that I-91 is still closed, but Route 5 is open. The news said that one lane of I-91 might be reopened in an hour. Mike decided to wake up Mike and Myles, then took a shower, then the boys took theirs so after they got dressed, they checked out and hit ‘McDonald’s’ for breakfast, before heading on I-91 to Vermont. It was slow going for 2 miles, but after the crash site, it was plowed so they kept at a safe speed. Soon, they got off I-91 and took Vermont 9 west until they got to the condo they are renting for the time.
While Mike and boys were spending the night, Maria and Mary Ellen were having fun - and Mark having fun - being a girl. Mark - or Marion as his mom called him, were playing dolls with Mary Ellen. He was in a lilac colored nightgown with panties under them. Marion looked at Mary Ellen and she had her Barbie in a wedding dress.
Mary Ellen looked at Marion, who was playing with Skipper and Ken. Mary Ellen said that Ken is the groom. Marion looked at Mary Ellen and said, “Wedding?”
Mary Ellen looked at Marion and said, “Ken is Barbie’s boyfriend, so they are going to get dressed up to get married. I can’t wait to be a bride.” Marion said, “I wish I could be a bride. I wish I could be a mommy, too.”
Mary Ellen saw their mommy standing at the door and looked at Marion. “Mommy,” Mary Ellen said, “Do you think Marion could be a bride and a mommy?”
Maria looked at her daughters, her real daughter and her girly son, smiled and said, “You both can be a bride if that is if you want to. Yes, you can be a mom, too. Maybe, Marion can’t have a baby, but she could adopt. But, that will be in the future and now my girls got to go to bed.”
Mary Ellen looked at Marion and said, “Good night, sis. Tomorrow, we can play with our dolls some more.” Mary Ellen gave Marion a kiss and then got into her bed.
Maria took Marion to her room and got her into her bed. Maria said, “Honey, did you enjoy your time as a girl?” Marion nodded, so Maria said, “I think you want to be a girl for the rest of the week, while your brothers and daddy is snowmobiling. Am I correct?”
Marion hugged her mommy and said, “I had fun with my sister, mommy. I can be a girl until daddy comes back?” Marion smiled. Marion then did something Mark never did for a while, hugged her, then said, “Thank you, mommy.”
Maria hugged her back and left Marion’s room. Maria saw that Marion - nee Mark - was happy, so she decided to talk to her family, her family the Rossi’s. Her parents are socially liberal except they were against abortion, so they might like her new daughter. She knew her in-laws will hate her, but she decided to call her parents. She thought to herself, ‘Marion is happier as a girl. Mike needs to understand that, or she might kill herself.’
Maria decided to talk to her parents, but she knew that she needs to talk to a psychiatrist. Her brother, Gino Rossi, is a doctor, so she might talk to him. Maria decided to see if they would like to go out and see a play tomorrow. ‘It might be good to see if Marion is truly a girl.’ She went to sleep and had a restful night.
When she woke up, it was a cool day. She had the news on and heard about the weather in Massachusetts, but she heard about the weather being sunny but cold. It was a Wednesday, so she decide to take her girls to a movie, shopping and out to eat. Maria got dressed in a dress and then woke up her daughters.
Maria woke up Mary Ellen and told her to take a bath and wear a dress, then went back to her room and took a light pink dress, pink panties and white stockings and woke up Marion. “Honey,” Maria said. “It’s time to wake up.” We are doing something special today, so want me to give you a bath?”
Marion said, “Morning, mommy.” She saw the dress her mommy was holding, so Marion looked at her mom and said, “Is that dress for me, mommy?” Marion felt the dress fabric and said, “Would you give me a bath, mommy?”
Maria gave Marion a bath, and then helped her into the dress. Maria, Mary Ellen and Marion met in Marion’s room and Maria said, “We are going out. I got to show off my two beautiful daughters.”
Marion looked at her sister and then at her mommy and said, “I’m beautiful, mommy? Mary Ellen is beautiful.” Mary Ellen was wearing a light green dress.
Mary Ellen said, “You are beautiful, sister.” She looked around Marion’s room, then said, “We need to get some boy posters for your room, sis. Are we going shopping, mommy? My sister needs some boy posters for her walls.”
Maria laughed and said, “She does, honey, but I’m sure she’ll have a girlish room by June. We are going out to breakfast and we might go to see a movie later. Are you ready, darlings?”
They went to the garage and they got into Maria’s 1985 Plymouth Voyager, a 7 passenger mini van. Marion was a bit nervous, but she wanted to go out. Before they went to the Voyager, Mary Ellen went to her room and got two dolls for her and her sister. When she was in the Voyager, she gave Marion a doll.
Maria drove out of the town they live in, Withington, a small town in Connecticut and drove to Narboro, 15 miles away. Narboro, a small city, had an outlet of their favorite restaurant ‘Konz Family Table’, a 7 outlet buffet chain specializing in breakfast and comfort food.
Konz, as the local citizens call it, Narboro outlet is in the new Brock well Farms Shopping center. The restaurant is a stand-alone building that looks like a cottage. They parked, and they walked into Konz, where they were met by a hostess.
The hostess, who said her name was Julie, showed them to their table and said to Maria, “Your daughters are so beautiful. I hope they had a great holiday. Would you like some coffee?”
Maria smiled, looked at her daughters and said, “Girls, say thank you to the nice lady.” She then looked at Julie and said, “We are going for the breakfast buffet, Julie.”
Mary Ellen and Marion both blushed, but they did say ‘Thank you, ma’am’. Julie smiled at them and said, “Very polite young ladies you have. You must be proud of them.”
Maria smiled and said, “True. My husband and I are proud of them. My husband took our sons to Vermont to snowmobile, so we are having girl time.”
They went to the buffet and started to load their dish. At the buffet, Mary Ellen and Marion were being checked out by two brothers, who almost collided with their sister. Maria saw it, so when they came to the table, Maria said, “You have some admirers, girls.”
Mary Ellen smiled and said, “I know. They are cute though. Marion, weren’t they cute?”
Marion blushed, since she thought those boys were cute, but she said, “They were looking at you, sis. They weren’t looking at me.” Maria said, “Yes, they were looking at both of you. I think they would like to be friends with you.” She smiled when Mary Ellen and Marion both said, “Mom!!”
At another table, the boys’ mom smiled and said, “Are you boys looking at girls? You almost bumped into your sister watching them. They are cute, boys.”
Jason Wilcox, 12, looked at his older brother by 30 minutes, Jonathan, and shook his head. He didn’t want his mom to embarrass him, but said, “Alexi shouldn’t have stepped in our way. She was looking at them.”
Jonathan smiled and said, “Mom, sorry. They are cute. Sorry Alexi.”
Alexi said, “Which one do you like more Jonathan? I think I know which one Jason likes. Jason is still looking at her.”
Jason blushed and said, “I’m not looking.” When his mom laughed and smiled at Alexi, Jason said, “The girl in the pink dress is cute. Both are.” Jonathan said, “I like both, too, but the girl in the green dress is beautiful.”
Their mom laughed, looked at Alexi and said, “We thought they were not looking, right honey? You are beautiful, too.” Maria looked at their table, smiled and said, “Are you going to get some more? Your friends are going back to get more.”
Mary Ellen looked at her sister and said, “Want to, sis? They are cute and we can bat our lashes at them. Mom said we can flirt.” They looked at their mom and smiled before they went to the buffet to get 2 more waffles and blueberry topping.
Mary Ellen and Marion were getting some blueberry topping when Alexi said, “Excuse me. My brothers are busy looking at you two. May I get to the strawberry topping?” They let her through, them Alexi said, “I’m Alexandra Wilcox. Please call me Alexi. Those are my brothers, Jason and Jonathan. Please excuse them “I guess they never saw two sisters before.” Alexi smiled at Mary Ellen and Marion, then at her brothers.
Mary Ellen said, “I’m Mary Ellen Keyworth and that is my sister Marion. It’s nice to meet you to. Are you from here?”
Alexi said, “Our dad got transferred to the sub base, so we are out having breakfast this morning. We moved from Jacksonville. We are looking for a house, so we are staying at the Howard Johnson.”
Mary Ellen said, “Our friend’s mom is a realtor, so maybe she can help you. We live in Withington, so you will have fun. Marion, ask mom if she has a card for Brandi’s mom in her purse. No, never mind let me introduce you to our mom. Brandi is our friend and her parents own a real estate development company. If you move to our town, we could have fun.”
Alexi said, “Got any brothers?” Alexi was looking at her brothers.
Mary Ellen said, “They are with our dad snowmobiling this week. Mom decided to do girl things with us, while our dad and brothers are snowmobiling.” They - along with Alexi - went to the table. Maria said, “Girls, who is this young lady?”
Marion said, “Mom, this is Alexi Wilcox. Her brothers are the boys looking at us. We want to know if you have a business card for Brandi’s mom in your peruse. Alexi’s dad got transferred to the sub base and they are looking for a house.”
Maria said, “Hello, Alexi. You are very beautiful. I believe I do have a card.” Maria opened her purse and rooted around. After a few minutes, Maria said, “Yes, I do have one.” Alexi’s mom came over to the table, looked at Alexi and her new friends, then said, “Alexi, who are your friends?”
Alexi said, “Mom, these are Mary Ellen and Marion Keyworth and their mom, Mrs. Keyworth.” She then said, “Thank you for saying I’m beautiful.”
Maria said, “Good morning. Your daughter said that you are moving here, so my girls wanted to know if I had their friend’s mom’s business card.” She handed the card to Alexi’s mom and said, “I’m Maria Keyworth. Your daughter is beautiful.”
Alexi’s mom said, “I’m Shirley Wilcox. It’s nice to meet you. I was wondering what was going on. Your daughters are so beautiful, too.”
Marion and Mary Ellen both said, “Thank you, Mrs. Wilcox.” They looked at their mom and smiled, then talked to Alexi about her old town and their town.
Shirley looked at the card and said, “We were looking for a realtor. Is she good and honest? This transfer just surprised us. We had to take the kids out of school. Christmas in a hotel is not too great.”
Maria said, “She is a hardworking and she’ll get you the right house for you.” She looked at Marion and Mary Ellen and said, “Girls are you finished?”
Shirley said, “Thank you, Maria. Is Withington a good town? If we like it, Carl might stay in the town after he retires from the Navy.”
Maria said, “Withington is ranked as one of the best towns in the state. This whole area is part of the best parts of the state. Narboro, this town, is the worst ranked in the area, yet it still above average.”
Shirley smiled and said, “I hope we move to Withington. Alexi might enjoy your daughters and their friends.” She looked at her sons, she then called them over, so Shirley said, “These boys are Jason and Jonathan. Alexi and I think they like your daughters.”
Maria laughed and said, “I was kidding my daughters about having boys looking at them. My boys are snowmobiling in Vermont this week with my husband. We are having girl time, while my husband is having boy time with our sons.” Maria looked at Jonathan and Jason and said, “Nice to meet you, Jason and Jonathan. These are my daughters, Mary Ellen and Marion.”
Jason and Jonathan said, “It is nice to meet you, ma’am. Hello Mary Ellen and Marion.”
The school grounds of Christine Jorgenson Elementary School was busy on the first day of the school year. A group of second grade girls were talking together and talked about their teacher, Miss Sara Hudson.
One of the girls, Alison Brauner, said, "My brother and sister had her 3 years ago and they said she is nice."
Another of the girls in her group, Grace Corkery, said, "Mom told me that Miss Hudson is nice and my brother said she is."
Emily and Emma Kontos, twin girls of 7, said, "I just cant wait until I can tell Mark about Ms Hudson. He wanted to go with us today."
Penny Fawley, laughed and said, "My sister said that I did the same thing because Jeremy wanted to go with me." She looked around and said, "I wonder where Brayley, Kate and Lisa are."
In the same schoolyard, two girls and a boy were waiting for the bell. As they were new,they didnt know anyone. The boy, Harley Hayden Fairbarin, looked around and said, "Sydney, I think noone will bully you. I think you'll have friends here. Those girls looks like they would be friends."
Avery Fairbairn, looked at the group of girls, and said, "I think I saw them walking to school, so they might live near us, Sydney. Lets see if they are in our class, Sydney."
Sydney, looked at her brother and sister, and shyly said, "I guess. I want to befriends with girls here. I'm scared."
Avery said, "Boys will not bully you. Mommy told you that and Harley said he will protect you, too."
To Be Continued...
Avery, Sydney and Harley looked around the campus of Jorgenson Elementary, a fairly new - built 2004 -1 story L shaped school. As they looked around, they saw groups of they saw groups of boys and girls talking. Harley looked at the groups of boys and thought, 'I hope I will be with the boys soon. I don't want to protect Sydney here. Ms Hudson said that they are strict with bullies here.' He saw a group of girls pointing at them, but looked at his sisters.
Alison and her friends looked at Avery, Sydney and Harley and Alison said, "I guess they are new. Lets say hello to them. Mom said a family moved into the Hess house about 2 weeks ago and they have 8 kids - including a special girl."
Emily looked at Alison and said, "A special girl? Daddy tells us that girls are always special. Talking about special girls, is Kyle going to Quatuck Middle as Kyle or Kathy?"
Alison said, "Kathy is enrolled at Quatuck Middle. Kathy gave her boys clothes to Jase. Want to introduce ourselves? Lets give them the Pioneer spirit." Jorgenson's nickname is the Pioneers.
Her friends did agree, so they started to walk towards them.
Quatuck Middle School, located across Education Way, is the town's newest middle school. The town, Kettuck, Connecticut, is a large town, that is located midway between Hartford, Connecticut, the state's capital and New London, Connecticut. Until the highway was opened in 1974, Kettuck, settled in 1689 and incorporated in 1896, was a farming community with a few small industries, paper, woolen, gunpowder and sawmills. Today, Kettuck is a thriving bedroom community with a few industries, including Kettuck Paper, the oldest industries in town. Kettuck is home to Connecticut Poly University and two industrial parks - Kettuck Industrial Park and Yesquatuck Industrial Park. The biggest employers in town was, besides the town and CPU, Wilson-Wormwood Technologies, a manufacturer of aerospace, marine and automotive gauges, Brauner Industries, a logistic, real estate and retail company, Nathan Hale Insurance, Kettuck Farmer's Co-ops, a fertilizer and farmer's supply company, SCR Biomed Research, a stem cell research company, Petowtuck Medical Research, a medical Research company, Poohunck Plastics, a plastic molding company and Kettuck Farms, a food processor. The town is served by the Quintuxsset Valley Railroad, a 19 mile shortline.
At Quatuck Middle, 5 girls were in a group talking about the school year. The girls were wearing black denim jeans and yellow polo shirts. They were just talking, when they heard, "Hello, are you talking about the school already? I'm going to have a GREAT year."
They looked at the voice, then Jasmine Rall smiled and said, "Kathy, you did it? Why didn't you tell us you'd be Kathy instead of Kyle? We would have worn dresses, too."
Kathy Brauner giggled and said, "Yesterday, mom and dad asked me if I want to be Kyle or Kathy, so I told them that I want to be Kathy. They thought I would choose Kathy, so they told me that they changed my school's record from Kyle to Kathy."
JoAnne Caywood laughed and said, "I'm glad. Now when we talk about boys, you can tell us you you like. Remember, we got dances and the first dance is in October. I know who I want to invite me."
Kathy, who knew that JoAnne has a crush on her twin brother, Kirk, said, "He knows and yes, he'll ask you. I doubt I'll be going."
Kayla Rainville, looked at Kathy then shook her head. She then said, "Kathy, we are all going to the dance. Maybe Jorgenson knows you as Kyle, but Quatuck is fed by Powntuxet River, Henwood and Van Arsdale,also. Kathy, you were to beautiful to be a boy.No one would think you are ever a boy. You know who I want to go to the dance with? Cody Christensen! He is so cute. Kathy, how about you? Who do you want to have invite you to the dance?"
Kathy never thought about it, so she didn't say anything. Seeing Kathy wasn't going to say anything, JoAnne said, "Tell us. We are all going to the dance and that includes you."
Jen Talkington, looked around and said, "There are some cute boys here, Kathy." She pointed to a cute boy standing alone, then Jen continued to say, "That boy is cute. I guess he's new. He looks lonely. Kathy, isn't he cute?"
They laughed when Kathy blushed, then Kathy saw her brother and his friends going to meet him, so Kathy said, "Kirk and his friends are going to say hello to him." Kathy then thought to herself, 'He is cute. Very Cute.'
Jason Fairbairn sighed as he looked around waiting for the bell to ring. He thought to himself, 'I know we did the right thing. I just hope Jake, Ryan Logan and Brian won't forget me. I'm glad no one knows us here. I don't have to worry about Sydney.'
He was interrupted in his thought when 7 boys came over and Kirk Brauner said, "Hi. Are you new here? It seem you are. I'm Kirk Brauner and these are my friends, Owens Caywood, Eric Ujvari, Nathan Underwood, Jason Thurley, Miles Touchberry and Alex Illingworth."
Jason looked at them and smiled. He then said, "I'm new. My family just moved here 2 weeks ago. Glad to meet you. I hope we can be friends." Jason put out his hands as they fist bumped him.
Jason looked at the group of girls who are now pointing at him and the group, so Jason said, "Who are those girls? They were looking at me before, now they are pointing at us?"
Kirk said, "Besides being pests, Jason? One of them, the one in the blue dress is my twin sisters. Another is Owen's sister.She is the blond in the red polo shirt and black jeans. Do you have any brothers and sisters?
Jason looked at the girls, then said, "I'm the oldest. I have 7 younger brothers and sisters. My brother and two sisters are 7 and they are in second grade. I have a 5 year old brother who is going in kindergarten, a 4 year old sister, a 2 y/o sister and a 8 month old brother. How about you guys?"
Kirk said, "My sister and I are twins, but I'm the oldest.Then we have a 8 year old brother in third grade, a 7 year old sister in second grade, a 3 year old brother, an 18 month old sister and a 10 month old brother."
Miles said, "Unlike you two, I'm the youngest. My sister plays women's lacrosse at CPU, where she is studying medicine. My oldest brother who's 17, is at Chagum Magnet High School of Marine Science, my sister, who is 15, is at Quintuxsset Magnet High School of the Arts, my brother, who is 12, is a Freshman at Chagum. My sister, who is 11, is in seventh grade here."
Nathan looked at Jason and said, "Unlike everyone, I live just with my mom and my 2 younger sister. They are in third and first grade."
Eric was going to stay something, when 3 more boys came up to them, so Eric said, "Jason, these are three more friends of ours. These are Neil Towson, Ryan O'Conner and Jake Torrington." The bell rang, so they all starting into school. Jason had Ms. Fulton, so he walked the hall to his locker then to the classroom.
At Jorgenson, Avery, Sydney and Harley were talking amongst themselves, when Alison and her friends came up to them. "Hello, welcome to Jorgenson," Alison said. "We guess you are new. I'm Alison Brauner and these are Grace Corkery, Emily and Emma Kontos and Penny Fawley."
Avery looked at them and said, "Hi, I'm Avery Fairbairn and this is my sister Sydney and our brother Harley. We are triplets. We just moved here and we are in second grade with Ms Hudson."
Alison smiled and said, "We are in Ms Hudson's class, too. We can be friends."
Harley looked at his sisters and said, "I told yo that you'll get friends here.Now, I have to get some friends, too."
Alison said, "We don't mind boys. My brothers and his friends are over there. Except for Tommy, who is in our class, they are in third grade." Alison pointed to where her brother and his friends were standing.
Soon, the schoolbell rang, so they went inside to Ms. Hudson's class. Harley met Tommy Nazworth, Tanner Netterville, Colin Nottingham, Sean Quigley, Wyatt Quistorff, Colin Forwood, Skyler Fourroux and Art Finewood. Harley sat next between Tanner and Tommy with Wyatt in back of him and Sydney in front of him. Sydney was talking to Alison who sat to the right of her and Emma who sat to the left of her. Colin, who sat in front of Avery, looked around at Avery and Sydney.
At recess, they went outside and Tommy took Harley to introduce Chase Brauner. Chase looked at Harley and said, "Did your parents named you after the motorcycle?"
Harley smiled and said, "Yes, my middle name is Davidson. Dad said when they got married mom told him to sell his Harley. We have ATVs now. Dad still wants to take us to Sturgis."
Chase said, "Where do you live? If you live near me, we could play with our ATVs in my backyard."
Harley said, "We live on Lily Meadow Road. Is it near you?"
Chase said, "We live on Aster Meadow Road. It is about a block from your street. Wait a minute, do you live in the stone front house?"
Harley looked around and then said, "Yes, why?"
Chase said, "Cool, that was my friend's house. Zack Hess and his family moved to Tampa. My mom sold it to your parents." Chase wondered who the special girl in the family was, but he didn't ask. 'Probably someone older, just like Kathy is,' Chase thought to himself.
After recess, they went back to class and Harley turned around, looked at Wyatt and said, "Where were you? I didn't see you at recess."
Wyatt thought, 'Okay, I know I'm going to be kidded as a sissy.' He sighed and said, "I had to go to the nurse's office. I have to wear protection." Wyatt sniffed, then thought, 'Okay, you can tell people I wear diapers.'
Harley said, "Oh, you mean diapers, Wyatt? No big deal. I need them at night. My brother wears them in the day still."
Wyatt looked up at Harley, then thought, 'Do you wish you were a girl, Harley?' He said, "You wear them at night? Do you get kidded?"
Harley said, "My mom and dad do kid us, but they know we will be dry in time."
At lunch, Harley invited Wyatt to sit with him, but Wyatt told him he needs to go to the nurse's room to change. Harley saw another boy sitting alone, so he went and sat with him. "Hi, I'm Harley Fairbairn. Are you new here, too?"
The boy looked up at him and thought, 'Oh great, I just want to be left alone. Wish I was my sister.' He said, "Hi. I'm Tristan Portland. How are you? You new? I am."
Harley opened his lunch bag and bit into his ham sandwich. He said, "I'm new. How are you, Tristan? At my old town, I had a friend who is named Tristan."
Tristan looked at Harley, but he didn't say anything. Harley thought, 'Hmmm, he is shy. As shy as Sydney was as a boy.' Soon, Harley had Sydney, Avery, Alison, Grace and Penny at his table.Tristan wonder if his secret will come out. 'I hope not,' he thought to himself.
Summertime Girl
What trouble can you get into when you are on summer vacation? I guess it wasn’t trouble, but it was fun.
It all started when mom and dad bought a summer cottage — 5 bedroom, 4 baths, 2 car garage, so really it was more of a house —in Maine on a lake, when I was 8. The house was on 6 acres of land. They bought it during a tax auction and we saw how nice it was. The lake it was on, Togue Lake — togue being a word for brown trout, was a K shaped, 318 acre lake near Sebago.
Besides my mom and dad, I had three brothers 11, 10 and 4 and 2 sisters 9 and 6. I’m Sawyer Sage Madenford. My brothers are William, who is 11, Kyle, who is 10 and David (DJ), who is 4. My sisters are Logan, who is 9 and Sydney, who is 6. My parent’s names are David, who is 37, and Mary, who is 35.
The first time we were going to go to the cottage, mom packed for us. It was Memorial Day weekend and since we didn’t have school on Friday and only a half day on Thursday, mom and dad said we are leaving after school on Wednesday.
While we were in school on Wednesday, mom packed our clothes. Mom put the luggage in the foyer while dad was getting the boat hitched to our Expedition. Mom packed enough clothes for my sisters, which is 2 suitcases each. Mom packed 1 suitcase each for me and my brothers.
When we got home, mom told us to get our suitcases, but I picked up DJ’s suitcase for him and carried it to the car. I thought mom would carry mine, but somehow it was forgotten in the foyer. We packed the Expedition and started to our cottage.
We drove and we were talking about the lake. Dad wanted to do some fishing with us, along with water skiing. We thought about making friends at the lake and having great time. We stopped in New Hampshire for dinner, and then we continued to our cottage.
After we ate dinner, we still had about 2 hours to drive to the cottage. We got off the interstate and headed north on a federal highway for about 25 miles. We then turn onto a dirt road — the first of three — that takes us to the cottage.
When we turned onto ‘Sokoki Creek Road’, we took it for about a mile, crossing a river which flows into the lake, and then we turned right onto ‘Lakeshore Drive’ following the lake’s shoreline, before turning right on ‘Pequaki River Road’, where our cottage is.
We pulled into our driveway and dad said, “We will unpack tomorrow. Just take your suitcases in and I’ll bring in the cooler.”
I was looking for my suitcase, but I couldn’t find it. I told mom that I can’t find my suitcase, so mom said, “Did you put it in the car?”
I said, “I told you if you would take it since I had DJ’s suitcase. I asked you if you would.” I knew William and Kyle’s would be too big on me, but I said, “I guess I’ll have to wear Kyle’s clothes.”
Mom said, “You know they are too big on you, Sage. I know you’ll hate what I’ll suggest.”
I said, “Mom, what is it?” I know I can’t wear DJ’s clothes, so is mom going to suggest Logan or Sydney. I looked at mom and said, “What is it?”
Mom said, “You'll have to to wear Sydney 's clothes this weekend. Nobody knows you, so it might be fun.
Sydney is the most girly-girl person I ever saw. Logan is more of a tom-boy and I know mom didn't pack her a dress, but knowing Sydney , mom packed her a few dresses for her.
I sighed and said, “Mom, this is serious! I can't wear Sydney 's clothes.” Sydney and I are about the same size. “What happened if we meet someone when we are boating?”
Dad said, “Don't worry Sawyer. It won't be that bad.”
I sighed and said, “I guess I'll stick around the cottage. I don't want to be mistaken for a girl!”
Logan looked at me and said, “Sawyer, I bet you'd be a cute girl. Your hair is as long as mine.”
Sydney said, “Sawyer, we could be twins. It would be fun.” Sydney looked at mom and said, “Mommy wouldn’t Sawyer have fun?”
William and Kyle looked at each other, then William said, “We have another sister this weekend?”
Mom said, “William and Kyle, no kidding Sawyer. You two could be beautiful girls, too.”
Kyle and William looked at mom and William said, “We can't kid our new sister? You aren't any fun, mom”
Mom said, “Sawyer, I'm sorry. I thought everything was pack. Your brothers won't kid you this weekend and you and Sydney could be twins.”
I sighed and said, “Okay. I guess we can't do anything about my clothes. Isn't there a Wal-Mart around?”
Dad said, “Sawyer, we aren't going to buy you clothes. Yes, we forgot yours but it isn't the end of the world.”
Sydney said, “We’ll have fun Sawyer. You might like being my sister. Logan doesn’t like to play dolls with me.”
There was no other way, so I carried DJ’s suitcase into the house. I looked around, so mom said, “Sawyer, we are sorry, but it is only for a few days.”
I looked at mom and dad and said, “Mom, I know. I just hope I won’t meet anyone this weekend. I might stay inside.”
Dad said, “No you aren’t we are going to explore the lake. You aren’t going to hide in the cottage. Sawyer, we asked before we left if everything was packed and you said it was.”
Mom said, “Noone will know you are a boy, this weekend, Sawyer. Let me get you ready.”
Mom took me to the bathroom and filled the tub, as she told me to strip. I did and got into the tub as mom washed me. Mom then dried me off, and got me some panties with hearts on them along with a Barbie nightgown.
As I want to the bedroom that was mine, I thought about the briefs I was wearing. It was more comfortable than boys’ briefs. Mom and dad told me night, so I went to sleep.
In the morning, I forgot I was wearing Sydney ’s nightgown, but mom woke me up and said, “Do you want to wear your swimsuit? Or jeans?”
I wanted to swim, so I said, “Could I wear a swimsuit under the jeans, mom. I want to swim, but I’m not going to comfortable wearing just a suit today.” I knew mom was going to ask me something, but how did I sleep, and sure enough, she asked me.
When mom asked me, I said, “I slept fine, mom. What are we having for breakfast?” I could smell pancakes cooking, so I said, “Pancakes?” dad loves making pancakes for us on the weekends, so today dad was going to make breakfast — which is usually pancakes, eggs, toast, orange juice and milk.
Mom said, “We are having pancakes. The boat is going to be launched after breakfast; do you want to go with them? Logan is going with dad to launch the boat. Sydney is staying here.” She hugged me and said, “Let’s get you ready for the day, honey?”
Mom helped me get dressed in a one piece swimsuit, then a pink t-shirt and blue jeans. Mom then got me to put on a pair of lacey socks and pink sneakers. Mom said, “Now, let’s do your hair and you’ll be beautiful.” Mom hugged me as she did my hair. “Now, you’re ready for the day. Want to see how beautiful you are?”
‘No, not really,’ I thought to myself, but I sighed and said, “I guess I have to see how stupid I look. I will be laughed at.”
Mom said, “No, you look like a beautiful young lady.” She led me to the mirror and said, “Sawyer, see how beautiful you are? You look like a girl.”
Mom was right, I did. With the way mom did my hair, and did a ponytail, I look like I could be Sydney ’s identical twin. I thought it was a blow to my ego about being a boy, but I said, “I look like I could be Syd’s twin.”
Mom smiled and said, “I told you that you could be a beautiful girl. Ready for breakfast, honey?”
I walked to the kitchen with mom and Sydney was in her jeans and a pink t-shirt, so we looked like twins. I saw Logan in a pair of tan boys shorts, a black shirt and white and black sneaker, and she looked more of a boy than I did. Sydney said, “We look like twins, mommy!! Don’t we daddy?”
Dad looked at us and said, “Yes, honey, you and Sawyer look like twins. Wow, dear, I didn’t think he’d be that beautiful. Sawyer, How do you feel?”
William and Kyle whistled at me and said, “Wow! He looks like he was a girl.” William looked at Kyle and whispered, “I think we need to keep an eye on Sawyer. The boys might want to go on a date with him.”
Kyle laughed, so Dad looked at William and Kyle and said, “What is funny, Kyle. If you two are making fun of Sawyer, you will be punished.” Dad looked at me and smiled, then said, “Even if he makes a beautiful girl.”
Sitting at the kitchen table, I put my face in my hands and blushed. I then said, “Dad! You are making fun of me. May I have some pancakes please?” I looked at mom who was smiling at me. I looked at mom and said, “What?”
Mom laughed and said, “You were blushing, dear.” Mom got a plate of pancakes and fried eggs, over easy, from dad and placed it in front of me. Kyle poured me a glass of milk, while William pour me a glass of orange juice.
I said, “Thank you.” I then waited for dad and mom to sit down before I eat, since we have prayers before our meals. Soon, dad, with a stack of pancakes on a dish and mom, with dad’s and hers plates, sat at the table.
Dad said, “Would you do the prayers, Sawyer? You really are beautiful, buddy. You look like Syd’s twin.”
I sighed and did the prayer, then we started to eat. As we were eating, dad said that the boat will be launched and when he gets back we can go and cruise the lake.
I had my usual 4 pancakes and my 2 eggs, as we were talking about the day and about the lake. Soon dad got up and William, Kyle and Logan went with him to help launch the boat, so Sydney and I helped mom clean breakfast. Sydney and I put the dishes into the dishwasher, then we helped mom with tidying up.
After, we tidying up the house, Sydney and DJ wanted to go swimming, so I decide to go with them. I knew mom won’t let me stay hidden in the cottage. I went into my room and took off me t-shirt and jeans, then went out and walked with mom, Sydney and DJ, who was in a ‘Cars’ swimsuit. Again, Sydney and I looked like twins as we both had on one piece suits — Sydney in a yellow stripped ruffled one piece and me in the same but pink.
The previous owner made a 150’ sandy beach to the right of the dock. About 100 foot out is a swim raft. Mom told Sydney and me not to go past the end of the dock, so we started to swim as DJ started to make a sand castle.
In about an half hour, dad cruised into the dock with our boat, so mom, Sydney, DJ and me got into the boat and cruised around the lake.
I said that Touge Lake was a K shaped lake, but it does have a few coves and islands. Most of the cottages are summer homes, still closed, but a few are year round homes — like ours is. Though the residents kids might be in school still.
We were cruising the lake, making sure not to hit any logs or submerged objects, when a family cruised towards us. ‘Darn,’ I thought to myself. ‘They’ll think I’m a girl.’
The family, the Yetzers, introduced themselves to mom and dad. They were a year round resident of the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Yetzer, Dan and Lisa, introduced their kids, 14 year old Clay, 12 year old Graham, 10 year old Jarred, 9 year old Ashley, 7 year old Kayla, 4 year old Cooper and 21 month old Chandler , to us.
Logan and Ashley, who were both dressed in boys outfits, which was shorts and a t-shirt started talking while Clay, Graham and Jarred started talking to William and Kyle. Sydney started to talk to Kyla and then Sydney said, “My younger sister is shy.”
‘Younger sister,’ I thought to myself. Yes I know I’m about an inch smaller then Sydney , but me saying I’m YOUNGER than her is upsetting. Sydney said, “We are twins.”
Kayla said, “Friday, is the official opening of the summer season. There are lots of games to play and a cookout. I hope you can come. It is at Clubhouse 4.”
Sydney said, “Mommy, could we go to the cookout at clubhouse 4? Can we, daddy?”
Mom laughed and said, “We might be going Lisa was telling us about it. It would be nice to know some people around the lake.”
The Yetzers cruised back to their cottage, while we cruised around the lake. I wanted to go home — back to our house, not the cottage. I looked at mom and said, “Mom, Sydney called me her younger sister to Kyla. I know I’m smaller and I look like her twin, but I’m still older.”
Mom said, “You are shorter then Sydney , so why not be her younger sister? I mean, mommy and daddy wouldn’t mind.”
Logan said, “Mom, she is our younger sister. I mean this is her first time as a girl, right?”
Mom looked at me and said, “Sawyer, do you mind being her younger sister? Did you say anything to Clay, Graham or Jarred?”
‘No,’ I thought to myself, so I said, “No, they were talking football and baseball with William and Kyle.” I was a klutz at sports, especially baseball and football, so I wasn’t interested in them. I was more into swimming, figure skating and the WNBA. ‘This suit I’m in isn’t that bad,’ I thought to myself.
Mom said, “So would you be Sydney ’s younger sister, honey? Mommy and daddy wouldn’t mind.”
I sighed, and then said, “I guess I will be her younger sister, mommy and daddy.” I was thinking that I am failing as a boy.
We cruised around the lake, and then the Yetzers and another family, who was introduced to us as the Knoxes, came up to us. The Knoxes, George, who was the dad and Bethany, the mom, who were summer residents who came up because of the Memorial Day weekend, had 5 kids — 12 year old Bradley,10 year old Julie, 7 year old Savannah, 4 year old Luke and 10 month old Erika.
Sydney started to talk to Kyla and Savannah , while William and Kyle started to talk sports with Clay, Graham, Jarred and Brad. Logan, Ashley and Julie started to talk, so I was listening to Sydney, Kyla and Savannah talk about dolls.
The Knoxes invited us — and the Yetzers - to their house for lunch. So mom and dad agreed. We cruised towards the Knoxes’ house and tied up at their dock. Looking around, I could see they have a small beach but a pine tree at the edge of the lake with a rope swing.
William, Kyle, Clay, Graham Jarred and Brad started to go off the swing, while Kyla, Sydney, Savannah and me sat in chairs, while our moms asked if ‘us girls’ could watch Cooper, DJ, Luke, Chandler and Erika for them while they get lunch.
I thought I would be upset when mom said ‘us girls’, but I didn’t. I watched them, while Logan, Ashley and Julie asked the boys if they could try the swing. They lets the girls swing off it, but I was watching the younger kids, when Kyla said, “This is like babysitting. Mommy let me watch Cooper and Chandler when she is cooking or doing laundry. Do you watch DJ, Sydney and Sawyer?”
Sydney said, “Not yet, but when we turn 7 in August, we can watch DJ.” I looked at Sydney and thought about her birthday last year. She had a pool party at our house and I bet she would have a party here on the lake. “ Logan doesn’t want to babysit, but we do.”
I just hope Sydney won’t ask mom or dad if ‘we’ can have our birthday party here, as she was telling Kyla and Savannah about ‘our’ birthday party and what we got. One of the dolls that Sydney received, Savannah said that she have it, so she said, “Let me get my dolls and we can play.” Savannah ran into her house, while Kyla listened to Sydney ’s story about ‘our’ birthday party. My birthday party is in June, so I guess I could have it with Sydney .
Savannah and our moms came down with the beach, and sure enough, Sydney asked, “Mommy, can we have our birthday party here? It would be fun having our new friends at it. Can we, please?”
Mom smiled at us both and said, “Would you girls like that? It would be nice to have it up here. We might spend the whole summer here. You girls can invite your friends to the party.”
Sydney said, “We would love it. Wouldn’t be fun, Sawyer?” She saw the doll that she got for her birthday and said, “Sawyer, it is like the one we got. You can play with it.” She handed me the doll.
Sometimes I do play with Sydney , so playing with dolls is not a big deal for me. We all started to play, then our moms said that lunch was ready.
We ate our lunch, as we pretended to feed our dolls, then we swam, before we left for home. Sydney and I were in the bow, wrapped in our towels, when mommy came and sit with us.
Mommy looked at us and said, “Mrs. Knox and Mrs. Yetzer both said that you are very beautiful girls. Mrs. Yetzer said that Kyla is happy another family with girls are here. Kyla said she wishes you lived here year around.
Sydney said, “Mommy, I think Kyla and Savannah will be my bestest friends here. I think Sawyer likes them, too. I want them at our birthday party.”
Mom said, “Kyla already wants you two at her birthday party in June. She is going to have a party at a nice restaurant, then a movie. Kyla invited 8 other girls to go, along with her aunt, uncles, cousins and grandparents.”
I looked at mommy and said, “Mommy, I had fun with Kyla and Savannah .” Really, I did, but will it mean I am failing as a boy, I wondered. I know, I'm a klutz playing sports and when Sydney and I play together, we play with her dolls. Even today, I was having fun with Kyla and Savannah playing with their dolls.
Mommy hugged me and said, “That's good. Mrs Knox and Mrs. Yetzer hope they'll see more of you two. They said that you are very polite.”
When we got home, daddy moored the boat, then mommy got Sydney and I ready for bed, before we had dinner. I was tired, so after dinner and dessert, mommy told us to go to bed.
Mommy tucked me in and kissed me, and then daddy did, too. Mommy said, “Sleep tight, my beautiful girl.”
Mommy woke me up in the morning, and mommy fulled the tub and Sydney and I were bathed by mommy. After, mommy took me to Sydney 's room and started to dress me. Mommy didn't put a swimsuit on my but panties, stockings and a lilac colored satiny dress, then mommy dressed Sydney in the same, but her dress is a pale blue. Mommy then put fancy shoes on me and we went out to the kitchen, Sydney skipping all the way.
Daddy was in the kitchen and looked at us and said, “How are my beautiful girls today? You are ready to go? We are going sightseeing today.” Daddy kissed us on the cheek. Mommy picked me up as daddy picked up Sydney and we were carried to the car.
We were put into our car seat and then daddy started the car. We went to the Knoxes' house, where they, the Yetzers and another family, the Dukes. We were introduced to Mr and Mrs. Duke — Todd and Wendy, and to their kids, 11 year old Chris, 10 year old Courtney, 7 year old Chelsea and 3 year old Steven. Chelsea was wearing a dress, as was Kyla and Savannah so Sydney and I were complemented on our dresses.
I looked at theirs and I said, “Your dresses are nice, too.” Chelsea was in a flower print sundress, Kyla in a satin looking pale green dress with sleeves and Savannah was in a pink colored satin dress. I looked at Logan, who was more boyish looking — jeans and a red polo shirt with boat shoes.
Two more families drove up, so we were introduced to the Mitchells and the Russells. The Russells, Paul and Shannon, have 10 year old Aaron, 8 year old Heather and 6 year old Kimberly, while the Mitchells, Mike and Amy, had 12 year old Adam, 10 year old Morgan, 8 year old Kelsey, 6 year old Alexis and 3 year old Ben.
We were waiting for two more families, so as we waited for them, the Kilbrides and the Hatfields, Sydney and I were told by mommy that it was a tradition of the Knoxes and their friends to have breakfast while up here at a local restaurant.
Sydney and I went up to Mrs. Knox and we said, “Mrs. Knox, thank you for inviting us.”
Mrs. Knox smiled and said, “Girls, you are very welcome. I hope you’ll be here for the summer. There is a lot of things to do here.”
There is the ‘girls’ word again, but I looked like a girl. Truthfully, I don’t mind calling me a girl. Maybe I am. At school, some of the boys kid me about being a klutz at sports.
One of the two families, the Kilbrides, drove up. The Kilbrides were a soon to be blended family — the Kilbrides, headed by a dad who wife was killed with breast cancer. The dad, Peter, have a 12 year old, Peter, a 10 year old girl, Elizabeth, a 9 y/o girl Taylor and a 5 year old girl, Lindsey. Peter, is dating a divorced mom with a 10 year old boy Paxton, an 8 year old girl, Harper and a 4 year old boy London .
We were introduced to them, so Harper, Taylor and Lindsey came and talked to Sydney, me, Savannah and Kyla. We were talking about our dresses and about the summer.
We didn’t wait long for the next family, and the last to drive up. That was the Hatfields. The Hatfields, Patricia and Andrew, had a 13 year old boy, Andy, 10 year old Tori, 8 year of Sierra and 6 year old Leah. Tori, Sierra and Leah came up and started talking to Sydney and me.
When the Hatfields drove up and after we chatted for a bit, we started the drive to the restaurant. While we were driving, mommy turned to me and said, “Honey, are you enjoying it? I heard you talking about your dress and the other dresses.”
In my car seat, I said, “Mommy, I am. I thought I’d look stupid as a girl. Mrs. Knox said that I am so beautiful.”
Mommy said, “Mrs. Yetzer, Mrs. Russell and Mrs. Mitchell all said that you and Sydney are so beautiful. You and Logan aren’t fighting.”
That is true, we aren’t. Usually, Logan wants me to try things that I think would be dangerous, so she is always saying that she was more of a boy then me. I looked at Logan and said, “We aren’t mommy. Logan is not asking me to do stuff she wants to do.”
I was thinking about the past day and really, I was more cooperative to Sydney, Logan and mommy and daddy. I am still worried about what will happen the next time I’m up here, but I’m having fun.
We pulled into the restaurant’s parking lots and we got out. Sydney and I were told by mommy to hold her hand, so we did. At the restaurant, we met 2 more families, the Holts and the Turkingtons.
The Turkingtons, Wayne and Kristi, had 4 kids, 10 year old Dan, 7 year old Sarah, 4 year old Josh and 9 month old Eve. The Holts, dad was Chad and the mom was Susan, has a big family — 16 year old Matt, 14 year old Dylan, 13 year old Edward, 10 year old Jenna, 8 year old Catherine, 8 year old Sabrina, 7 year old Christine, 6 year old Hailey and 15 month old Chad , Jr.
Sarah, Catherine, Sabrina, Christine and Hailey started to talk to Sydney and me, so we talked about the lake, as we walked to the table. We all sat down, with me sitting next to daddy and Sydney, who was sitting next to mommy.
The restaurant was a buffet style restaurant, so Mommy and daddy got Sydney and me our breakfast. We ate our breakfast and then after breakfast, we left, with daddy looking to explore the Sebago lake area, so we said good-bye to our friends.
We enjoyed the day, as we did our sightseeing. Most of the places were still closed, but we did go to Seacoast Fun Park . Mommy took Sydney and I on the Ferris wheel, while Logan, Kyle and William went to try the zip line. Daddy watched DJ.
After the Ferris wheel, mommy, daddy, DJ, Sydney and I played mini-golf, then we went to the arcade. Sydney and I heard comments about how beautiful we are from other park goers.
After we spend time at Seacoast, we stopped at a Wal-Mart. Mommy took me, DJ, and Sydney shopping, while daddy went in another direction. Kyle, William and Logan went to the electronics.
While we were in Wal-Mart, daddy bought 2 18” Next Misty bikes for Sydney and me. Daddy put them in the car, and then covered them up. Mommy bought DJ more clothes, and then we went to the girls department and shopped.
After an hour, we were on the way back and I was in my car seat and I was thinking about school on Tuesday. I really didn’t want to go back.
Mommy saw me thinking about school, so mommy said, “Sweetie, what’s the matter?”
I told mommy and daddy about my thoughts about school. Mommy said, “The Yetzers homeschools their kids. I wonder if you’d like that, honey. You and Sydney can do the same work.”
I wouldn’t mind being away from the school I go to. I have a few friends, but like me they aren’t popular or good at sports. The past two days, I had more fun with Sydney , Kyla and Savannah — and now the others I just met, then with my friends at home.
When we got home, mommy unbuckled DJ, Sydney and me and said, “Would you girls watch DJ? I’m going to bring in the groceries.”
Before, I would told mom I’m not a girl, but after the comments Sydney and I had today, as twin sisters, I don’t mind it. We both grabbed DJ’s hand and we took him into the house, as soon as daddy unlocked the door.
Mommy bought in the groceries as we watched DJ. Mommy, handed us our new dolls and said, “DJ, time for a nap. Girls want to help?” Mommy carried DJ into his room, then we kissed DJ and told him to have a nice nap.
Mommy asked us if we want to help her with a dish for the festival the lake is having, so we said yes. Mommy took us into Sydney ’s room and there were two girl’s twin canopy beds.
I looked at Sydney ’s room and mommy said, “Would my two wonderful girls, like to sleep in the same room?”
Sydney said, “I want my younger sister in here, mommy. We would have fun. Sawyer, wouldn’t we?”
Mommy took off our dresses and put on jeans with pink t-shirt with ‘Barbie’ on it, as I said that it would be nice. Mommy hung the dresses up in the closet and we went to help mommy.
Mommy was going to make two dishes — a ricotta vegetable pie and a blueberry pie. Sydney and I were finishing up the blueberry pie when daddy, William, Kyle and Logan came in.
Daddy looked at us and said, “Are you girls helping mommy? It smells good, so I think you’ll have a hit on your hands, dear.”
Mommy said, “Our girls were big help. They had fun. Didn’t you, girls?” She hugged us, and then said, “Our girls even helped with dinner.”
Mommy helped Sydney and me with dinner, Apricot-Orange Chicken, corn and for dessert, Lemonade Cupcakes. Really, we helped mommy, but we had fun. While dinner was cooking, I set the table.
We ate dinner, then daddy, Logan, Kyle and William went fishing, while we helped mommy bath DJ and then mommy bathed us. We were dressed in our nightgown and fell asleep in Sydney ’s — and now, my — room.
Mommy and Daddy woke us up in the morning as they give us kisses and daddy said, “Morning, girls. How are my girls today?”
Mommy dressed us in jeans shorts and a lilac colored t-shirts, then Sydney and I skipped to the kitchen. There daddy was making eggs so Sydney and I sat in our seats.
After breakfast, we left to go to the Lake Togue Association’s annual ‘Memorial Day Weekend — Welcome Back Residents Festival’ at Clubhouse 4.
Clubhouse 4, the biggest of Lake Togue Association’s 5 clubhouses, has 2 indoor pools, a recreation room, a community kitchen, locker rooms with saunas, an outdoor pool with a toddler pool area, 3 tennis courts, 2 basketball courts, mini-golf course, horseshoe pits, volleyball area and a picnic area. The community kitchen has a sitting area with a table, so when we got there, Kyla and Savannah were playing with their dolls, when I saw them, I said, “Hi Kyla and Savannah .”
Kyla said, “Did you see the jumping house, Sawyer and Sydney?? I’m glad you came. We are waiting for more of our friends. We are going to have fun this summer. Too bad you aren’t here all the time.”
Now, if you told me Wednesday morning that I would be dressed like a girl and having fun, I would have laughed. I think now, I would rather be a girl here, then a boy home. I looked at Kyla and said, “That is a nice jumping house. I asked mommy if we could go in it and mommy said we can. Did you help your mommy with a meal? We did.”
Kyla said, “Yes, Chicken Pot Pie and Blueberry Dumplings. Mommy said I’ll be a good cook.”
Savannah said, “Yes, I made Chocolate peanut butter cookies. Mommy made Mac and cheese with 6 different cheeses.” Savannah turned to her mommy, and asked, “Could we have the cookies, mommy?”
Mommy, Mrs. Yetzer and Mrs. Knox were talking when 3 more mommies came in. Kyla and Savannah both looked at 6 girls coming in, so Kyla said, “Yes. They’re here.” They took Sydney’s and my hand and ran toward the 6 girls.
Sydney and I were introduced to the 6 girls. They were Arianna, Zoe and Nicole Jones, who were 7 year old triplets, 8 year old Kendra Bafford, 7 year old Piper Tipton and her sister 5 year old Megan.
We started to talk about summer and about the festival as we were playing with our dolls. After a while, our mommies can over and mommy said, “Would you girls like to go to the jumping house? The party will be starting soon.”
We all started towards the jumping house and we started to bounce in it. After, we had the pot luck meal and then we played with our dolls before we got into our suits to swim.
Daddy saw me in the pool, so he jumped in and said, “Having fun, honey? You have nice friends.”
I told him that I was having fun and we were swimming for most of the afternoon. Sydney and I met 5 other friends of Kyla and Savannah, who were Anna Wacaster, who is 8, Lauryn Tisdale, who is 9, Alison Polander, who is 7, Madison Bowling, who is 6 and Abigail Wagley, who is 6.
I didn’t know it was time to go until mommy told Sydney and me that it was time to leave. We were still in the pool with our friends, so we said good bye to them and I said, “See you tomorrow.”
Mommy took us to the locker room and we got changed and we went home. On the way home, we were talking about the day and I was thinking about the last day as a girl here — Sunday, since we are leaving for home on Monday. I wish I didn’t have to go to school. ‘Oh well,’ I thought to myself, ‘I still have one more day as a girl.’
When we got home, mommy helped Sydney and me into our night gown and we fell asleep.
Daddy came to wake Sydney and me up. When I saw him he took a picture of us in our nightgown. I guess he wanted a picture of me as a girl, since it will the last day — or would it.
Mommy came in and gave us a bath, and then we got dressed in our swimsuits. Mommy said that we are going to take it easy today, so we are going to stay around the house.
Sydney and I were playing in the water and playing with our dolls, but as the day was getting later, I kept on thinking about going home and school. I was having fun pretending to be a girl.
Daddy showed us our new bikes, so I looked at mommy and daddy and said, “I’m a girl, mommy and daddy?”
Mommy and daddy looked at each other and said, “If you want to be when we are here. Are you having a good time? It seem you are?”
Sydney, already on her bike, and riding on the driveway, came into the garage and said, “Sawyer lets ride. Thank you, mommy and daddy.”
The day went all too quickly, with biking and swimming, so soon it was time for bed, and thinking about being a boy. Mommy told us to take a shower, so we did and got into our nightgown and went to bed.
When Daddy woke us up, mommy put us in our jeans we were on Friday. We ate breakfast, cereal, milk and orange juice, then Sydney and I helped mommy tidy up the cottage while William, Kyle and Logan helped daddy. We had lunch, then mommy gave us a bath and put us in dresses. Sydney and I in a light pink satiny dress.
Soon we were on our way home. As we were on the road, I was thinking about the weekend — and my new friends. I looked at my dress and thought t would be nice to wear this to school.
We stopped at a restaurant for dinner, and as usual, people were commenting on how pretty we are. I got used to the comments and I don’t care if I ever wore boys’ clothes again.
I knew I had to, at school, so when I got home, mommy helped me put my dress away and told me to take a shower. I did and I walked into my room and saw my suitcase on my bed. Mom and Dad were in there and they wanted to talk to me.
They told me that I might be happier as a girl, so they wanted to see if they were correct. They said that we might be moving to the lake, if I want to continue to be a girl and if we all like the lake.
I told them that it was fun. They agreed then mom said, “I know you’d rather have panties, but here’s your briefs, honey.”
I put them on, and I said, “I like girl’s panties better, mommy and daddy.” I put on my pajamas, then fell asleep, thinking about tomorrow and school.
When I woke up by my alarm, I put on my dark blue polo shirt and jeans. The jeans weren’t as nice as girls jeans, but I had to endure it for 2 more weeks. Mommy was on the phone with her boss and I knew daddy was already at work. We all ate breakfast and William, Kyle, Logan, me and Sydney started to walk to school. I didn’t want to, but I had to.
I just hope the 2 weeks would go fast…
TBC…
Summer Girl — 2
As I said, “I hate school”, and now it is worse, since I would rather be a girl. Tuesdays, we have PE and it was kickball. I was picked second to the last, as my friend Gabriel Ackerman, was picked last.
How bad are Gabriel, and my two other friends? I missed the ball when I tried to kick it and fell down. I got up and tried it again, and I did kick it, but it went maybe a foot. That was my best kick of the day.
My other friends, Danny Dudley and Christian Curran, are a little better than me or Gabe, not by much. We get bullied and we are called girls. Of course, I know that I am a girl, but I can’t say anything to my friends, so I can’t wait until school is out!!
At school, during lunch, I talked to Danny, Gabe and Christian and I did invite them over to the house after school. Mom told me that since William, Kyle, Logan and Sydney have friends over, I can’t be dressed as a girl, but she said we might go away on the weekend, since we aren’t going to the cottage. I hope we do.
Anyway, while we were on the playground — in the area for the third, second and third graders — I heard a voice behind me. It was the Oak Meadow Boulevard School bullies — Thomas Fulton and his sidekick, LaQuay DeVeaux.
Thomas, and LaQuay are both in 6th grade, Thomas is 13 and LaQuay is 12. Thomas is the oldest student at Oak Meadow Boulevard, and according to William, dumber than a box of used tissues. Of course, he shouldn’t be in the area where the younger kids play, but if you clone him with an empty coke bottle the bottle might give him brains.
Thomas said, “Oh lookie here, we have a boy who kicks like a girl.”
LaQuan, with his boxers showing over the top of his very loose pants, said, “No, bitches and hors kick better than these sissies.”
Thomas said, “I wonder what these sissies will be doing this summer? I wonder if they are going to hairstyling camp.”
I heard another voice behind him, and it was William. “Now the two assholes. I know your IQ is lower than a first grader, but why are you here” You want to be the oldest kid in first grade?”
Thomas said, “I’m just talking to my man here, and these people are bothering us.”
William said, “Really? Are you sure? I knew you and LaQuan are dumb, but you are minding your own business? And Sawyer, Danny, Christian and Gabe came up to you?” I suggest that you get back to the other part of the grounds. I hate hitting garbage, but I might enjoy hitting you.”
LaQuan, said, “Mind your own business you honkey? What right should they have this part of the building? It should be for us.”
Thomas said, “Yea, what right is it to you? Are we bothering you? Second graders are stupid and dumb, and these dummies are sissies.”
William said, “LaQuan, I could call you the N word, but my dad told me never to say it. Thomas, you and LaQuan are bothering me for being on the same planet — hell, you in the same universe bothers me. Now, as I said before, those 4 are smarter then you’ll ever be.”
Thomas looked at LaQuan and said, “Maidenford, protecting these sissies. What, are you one, too?” They walked away from us, so I said, “Thanks.”
William said, “If you are back here next year, Kyle and Logan will keep you away from trouble. I’m not looking forward to Amagansett Middle School next year.”
William was talking about the school he’ll be entering for 7th and 8th grades. Amagansett Middle is one of the two middle schools in town.
The bell rang for the kindergarteners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders to go back in, so I walked back to Ms. Cooper’s class. Ms. Cooper, my 2nd grade teacher, taught us for the rest of the day.
When the end of the school day bell rang, I was happy to get away from school, Logan and Kyle were waiting for Sydney, who was in 1st grade, and me, so we all walked home together.
Thank goodness Oak Meadow Boulevard School was close to our house, we cross Oak Meadow Boulevard, walked down Red Barn Drive onto Garden Land Road. The neighborhood is called ‘Roberts Farms’ and the street names are farm related. Danny lives with his mom and 2 brothers on Tractor Drive, 3 blocks from us. Christian and Gabe lives on the other side of the school — Gabe with his mom, 1 brother and 1 sister in ‘Elmcrest Park Village’, an apartment complex and Christian with his mom on Cherrywood Drive, in the “Park Forest’ neighborhood.
As we walked Garden Land Road, the street where our house is, we saw a house for sale with a sold sign on it. The house, a Victorian built in 1989, was one of the oldest homes in the neighborhood, and it was owned by the Rabbitt family.
The Rabbitts were an older couple, with older kids, so we didn’t know them but they gave out some of the best candies at Halloween. We continued walking as we waved to some of our neighbors, before we hit our house a 6 bedroom, 7 bath Dutch colonial built in 1993.
Mom opened the door as we came up the sidewalk asking us how our day was. Mom, who co-owns a coffee shop with 3 other people, was usually home when we get home. Dad is a consultant on business startups with a small venture capital firm.
Mom had snacks — cookies and a glass of milk — ready for us as we started on our homework. While we were doing our homework, mom asked about our day.
In about an hour, William came home from baseball practice — tomorrow was the last game for the ‘Oak Meadow Boulevard School Eagles’ — as he was in his uniform. Kyle was on the 5th grade team, but their season ended last Tuesday with a 1-0 loss against the Quabacutt — our rivals in town — Lions.
We live in a small Connecticut city, population 34,804 people. Most of the school names are either named for the town, from people who lived here or from areas of the town. The town is nice with two rivers — the Soggertick and the Clear - flowing through it.
Mom watched us doing our homework, while she was cooking dinner — pork chops, mashed potatoes, peas and for dessert blueberry — blackberry pie. When William came in, mom told him to take a shower, since his uniform was dirty, so he went upstairs and took a shower, then got dressed in a pair of sweats pants and a t-shirt, then came to the kitchen and started his homework.
After we did our homework, Sydney said, “Sawyer, want to play with my dolls? Please?”
I agreed and soon, we went to Sydney’s room to play with her dolls. If you told me last week that I would rather be playing with dolls then trying to learn how to ride a bike WITHOUT training wheels, I would say you were nuts. Yes, I’m an almost 8 year old who still can’t ride a bike without training wheels.
When Sydney and I left, Logan, Kyle and William looked at mom and Kyle said, “Mom, Sawyer is happier being a girl.”
Mom said, “Your dad and I were talking last night about it. He wouldn’t be the first person to change in the family. You know Aunt Denise was once Dennis?”
Kyle said, “So the accidental left behind suitcase was not accidental? What would you have done if he HATED it?” He looked at William and said, “William, you were right.”
Mom said, “His suitcase wasn’t left behind, Kyle. Your dad put it in the boat. I could see the same emotions that Sawyer has when Dennis was growing up. Coming home from school, he used to cry. We decided to see if Sawyer is a girl in a boy’s body.”
Logan said, “Mom, so you saw what Sawyer’s going through when you were growing up? Did you help Denise?”
William said, “Denise is so nice. What was she like growing up as your brother?”
Mom said, “Yes, but we didn’t have the internet until we were teens. I told Denise that she wasn’t the only one — we knew about Rene Richards — but it was still not talked about openly. When Denise had SRS, it fractured the family. My oldest brother, Gary, didn’t talk to any of us for a long time because we supported the change.” Mom looked at William and said, “Dennis is like Sawyer. He loved to play with my dolls, and once he dressed up his GI Joe in a dress.”
William laughed and said, “A Crossing GI Joe. Don’t ask, don’t tell. That must have looked strange.”
Mom said, “She wished she knew that Dennis was unhappy as a boy, but we didn’t have access to computers like you guys do. We had a TRS-80 the whole family used.” Mom looked at Logan, Kyle and William and said, “It wasn’t until a year ago did I get a call from Gary. Gary said he is sorry about being foolish towards Dennis.”
Kyle laughed. He said, “Mom, really? A TRS-80? A Trash 80? Why not an Apple?”
Mom said, “A TRS-80 was the computer back then. Apple was an expensive computer when it came out. Remember, PCs was still new and the internet wasn’t available to the public yet. We had BBS — bulletin Board Systems, but the internet with Skype was in sci-fi land.” She took the pork chops out of the oven and said, “Would you set the table, Kyle? Logan, would you get your sisters? William, tell DJ that it is time to eat.”
Kyle went to the cabinet and got the plates out, then the silverware from the drawer. Kyle looked at mom and said, “Do you think Uncle Gary is over it now, mom?”
Mom said, “I think so, Kyle. Being intersexed is getting noticed. If he isn’t over it, yet, he needs to be. Denise is happy being a mom.”
Denise married a single dad with 3 kids — 2 girls and a boy. We went to their wedding and it was beautiful, with Denise in a gorgeous wedding dress.
Kyle said, “She is, mom. Are we inviting any relatives to the cottage? Ian, wanted to know.”
Ian is a cousin of ours. He lives with my Uncle Ian and Aunt Jane and his brother and sister.
Mom said, “We might invite some of them over. Did you brag to Ian about the cottage?”
Kyle looked at mom and said, “Me? Would I do that?” He then grinned.
Up in Sydney’s room, we were playing with our dolls. We were enjoying it and I thought about the lake and wonder if they’d like me as a boy. I decided to ask mom and dad tonight. I would rather wear girls stuff at the lake. I got Sydney’s Ken doll and saw a dress, so I decided to dress Ken with the dress.
As we were playing, Logan knocked on the door and said, “Sisters, time to eat. Mom wants you down to eat now.”
We left our dolls and went to eat. In the kitchen, dad just came in, so dad said, “How are my girls today. Had a good day?” He kissed us.
Sydney and I sat together and we were talking about how our day went. William told mom and dad about Thomas the bully, so dad said, “I’m glad you stood up for Sawyer, William. I’m glad you didn’t fight. Sawyer, Thomas bugged you the whole year? Didn’t the school do anything?”
I said, “Yes, they suspended Thomas and his gang a few times for bullying, daddy. They just determined to wreck everyone’s life at school and Thomas and his gang don’t care.”
Dad said, “It sounds like Thomas is going to be either in jail or dead by the time he is 18. At my school we had one of those people and he died in jail during a fight. They aren’t worth fighting with.”
After dinner, Sydney and I went to her room and played with our dolls, then after a few minutes, mommy and daddy came in and told us it was time for bed.
I took a shower then went to my bedroom where mommy and daddy wanted to talk to me. Mommy had out boys’ pajamas or a nightgown and girls’ panties. I looked at them and mommy said, “Honey, you can wear nightgowns if you want. We decided to tell you about your Uncle Dennis and Uncle Bill.”
Daddy said, “Honey, we saw that you were getting unhappy, and mommy and I decided to see if we were correct. Mommy saw it when she was growing up with her brother and I saw it with my cousin growing up.”
Daddy continued about Uncle Bill and mommy started talking about Uncle Dennis, both I never met, and we do visit our relatives — on mommy’s side - at least twice a year. Mommy and daddy talked about other things, but they told me that they thought I was a girl, trapped in a boy’s body.
Daddy said, “Your Uncles Bill and Dennis both were the same way, as you. Your uncle Dennis you met, but Uncle Bill died because no one accepted him in my family and he felt alone. Uncle Dennis is your Aunt Denise.”
I looked at them and said, “I am a girl? I want to stay a girl, mommy and daddy. Can I please?”
Mommy and daddy looked at each other and kissed each other, then they kissed me. Daddy said, “Honey, if you want to be a beautiful girl — and you are — you can. We can see that you were happier as Sydney’s twin sister and you were more outgoing.”
Mommy said, “Now, we have to take you to a doctor to check you out, so we might do that tomorrow. We might have your uncles, aunts and relatives up at the cottage, but you can be a girl all the time.”
Mommy got me dressed into my nightgown and looked at daddy. She said, “Honey, we might lose a boy, but we’ll have another beautiful girl.” I had a few questions, so I asked and they answered as best they could.
After the few questions, I knew I can’t tell Danny, Christian or Gabe, that I’m going to be a girl, but I can’t wait ‘til we go to the lake for the summer.
I had another question, but mommy told me that her new daughter needs her sleep, so mommy and daddy kissed me, as they told me night. They cuddled while they left my room.
When they went to the kitchen, dad said, “I guess I should tell my parents that we have a new daughter. I want them to stay grandparents to the kids, but if they still think they will ignore Sawyer while giving the others gifts, I’ll tell them to leave our lives.”
After I fell asleep, daddy and mommy were in the kitchen talking, when the phone rang. Mommy picked it up and it was her brother, Gary.
Gary, who lived about 50 miles from us, phoned mommy to talk. They, before Dennis became Denise, were close, so Gary finally reached out to her after he had a divorce, and he got the kids.
Gary called mommy and daddy for input. He wanted to reach out to Denise, but Gary is upset that Denise is not responding.Mommy told Gary that Denise is still upset at the way he acted.
Gary sighed at said, “You are right, but I have a problem that she could help me with?”
Mommy said, “With what, Gary, I’ll ask Denise for you. You know we are close.”
Gary sighed and said, “Thanks, but I guess it is karma. Please tell her to call me. I need her input.”
Mommy said, “Karma, Gary? What is happening?”
Gary said, “William had a check-up and the doctors told me that he is a she. The doctor said something I couldn’t understand. My son is my daughter?”
Mommy said, “When did you find out?”
Gary said, “We got the news about 4 months ago. William is depressed, and Ken is making fun of him.”
William is 12 and he looks to be 9, while Ken is 11 and he looks to be 13.
Mommy said, “It isn’t karma, Gary. I think William is intersexed. I know Sawyer is.”
Gary said, “Intersexed? What is that? I’m just a dumb mechanic who never went to college.” Uncle Gary is a mechanic at a local auto dealer.
Mommy said, “You aren’t dumb, Gary. You are a great mechanic. You are smart, but you knew what you wanted to do, and you went to vocational school.” Mommy went on to tell Uncle Gary about what intersex is.
Gary said, “Only 1 of 2000 births are intersexed? Why then are William and Sawyer — both related are intersexed. Are we that lucky?”
Mommy said, “Like most things, generics plays a part in families, maybe there’s a gene that cause it. Maybe the 1 in 2000 part is wrong. Who knows, but we have to accept it, or our boys will commit suicide.”
Gary and mommy talked for about another half hour, then mommy told Gary bye and hung up. Mommy then called Aunt Denise and talked to her, and then after they hung up mommy and daddy went to bed.
When mommy woke me up in the morning, she said, “Honey, we have a doctor’s appointment with a Dr. Salwasser. She’ll give you a checkup to see if you are a girl. After we can go shopping? Want to wear a dress?”
I said, “Yes”, so mommy gave me a bath, then dressed me in a purple dress. I was going to be me and Sydney with mommy, so after we got dressed, we headed out to the Dr. Salwasser’s office.
It took mommy about an hour to drive to Dr. Salwasser’s office, then Sydney and I played with dolls in the waiting room, four other mommies were in the waiting room and they commented on how Sydney and I were so beautiful.
Two other kids in the waiting room, 1 wearing pink jeans and a pink t-shirt and 1 wearing a blue dress came up to us and started to play with the dolls, 2 others, both in boys’ jeans and a button down shirt, were playing with trucks.
Soon, Dr. Salwasser, a light brown haired, green eyed female of about 36, opened the door and said, “Maidenford?”
Mommy, Sydney and I went with Dr. Salwasser to an examining room, and mommy helped undressed me. I was getting examined while Dr. Salwasser talked to mommy, Sydney and me. I had an X-ray and a CAT scan and a general physical. Dr. Salwasser drew some blood and then she told me, “You are a brave little girl, Sawyer. I am going to check the results and then I’ll call your mommy. You can get dressed now, honey.”
Dr. Salwasser told mommy some results, so after we left Dr. Salwasser’s office, we decided to have a mommy-daughters day. We stopped at a family style restaurant for brunch.
At the restaurant, the hostess looked at Sydney and me and said to mommy that we are so beautiful, as we went to a booth.
We smiled at the hostess and said, “Thank you” as we curtsied. Mommy looked at us and then at the hostess, who said, “They are so polite. How old are they?”
Mommy laughed and said, “Only at times. They are 6, soon to be 7.”
The hostess said, “My son is a terror and he is 6, but I guess that is what boys are like.”
Mommy laughed and said, “I have 2 boys at home, so I know what you mean, but then my oldest daughter is a tomboy.”
The hostess said, “Oh a mother daughter day with your twins?”
Mommy said, “They had a checkup, so we decided to have a mommy-daughter day. A pitcher of Orange juice, the buffet and coffee for me and, girls, would you like hot chocolate?”
If a week ago you would say I would not complain if I was called a girl, or that I would be out in public dressed like Sydney’s twin, I would say that you were crazy. When mommy asked us girls if we wanted hot chocolate, we both said, “Yes please, mommy.”
We had a big breakfast — some pancakes, waffles and French toasts, then after mommy paid the bill and we headed out — to a mall for shopping.
We went to Sears, JC Penny, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom’s along with some other stores. We had a good time shopping with mommy and mommy bought Sydney and I matching dresses and other clothes.
After the mall, we decided to hit Kmart, then we stopped at a movie theater to watch a movie. After the movie, we had to go home.
Daddy took us out to dinner, and I had people commenting on me and my twin sister. When I heard how beautiful Sydney was before, I was bored with it, but now I love hearing it, because mommy and daddy said we are beautiful girls.
After we got home from dinner, where William talked about his baseball game, William drove in the winning run, mommy and daddy kissed me good night and I fell asleep.
When I went to bed, after they left my room, daddy looked at mommy and said, “Are we correct? Is Sawyer a girl?”
Mommy said, “Yes, love, we are correct. That is some good news, but I got another bit of good news. We might NOT be losing a son; we might be gaining a son.”
Daddy said, “Logan wants to be a boy?” He smiled at mommy then said, “Or are we having another? Don’t tell me we are having twins.”
Mommy looked at daddy and said, “I won’t tell you we are having twins, because we aren’t.”
Daddy said, “Triplets? Really?” Daddy kissed mommy and said, “They’ll have lots of love. Their twin sisters will love them. Would you love to take the kids out to ‘Sturbridge Village’?”
(Editor’s note: Sturbridge Village is a living colonial village museum in New England and if never been there, you should. Also, another living museum place in New England is Mystic Village. For more info on Sturbridge Village, visit www.osv.org. For info on Mystic Seaport, visit. www.mysticseaport.org. Now back to our regularly scheduled story.)
When I woke up on Thursday, I took a shower and got into my boys’ clothes. I went down to the kitchen to have breakfast.
Mom saw me, so he hugged me and she said, “Honey, only a few more days before you can be a girl for the summer. I know you are unhappy, but just remember that daddy and I love you.”
I said, “I know, mommy. I wish we could stay at the lake. I had fun there. Kyla, Savannah and my other friends are nice to me and Sydney.”
Mom said, “I think they are very nice girls for you and your sister, honey. Now I have your excuse for missing school yesterday. What cereal would you like?”
After breakfast, we brushed our teeth, then went to school, which was, except for a little bit of bullying, was unevenful.
When we got home from school, we did our homework, then Sydney and I went to play with our dolls.
After school on Friday, we were greeted by mommy and told Sydney and I that we need a bath. Mommy gave us a bath, then we each got dressed in a lilac flowered printed sundress, she put ribbon in our hair and said, “You are so cute. Are you ready to go? Bring a few of your dolls.”
We walked out to the car and mommy put us into our car seat, then we headed to Old Sturbridge Village for the weekend.
We drove up to Sturbridge, which took about an hour, so we checked into the hotel. The lady at the desk looked at Sydney and me and comment that we were beautiful, then we got our rooms, William, Kyle and Logan in 1 room, mommy, daddy, DJ, Sydney and me in the other.
We went into the room and then, walk to the McDonalds for dinner. After, we went to the hotel and swam in the pool. Mommy got us into our swim suits, and daddy took us to the pool.
After an hour of swimming, daddy told us it was time for bed, so we got out of the pool and went to get a bath. Mommy dressed us in our nightgown and panties, and Sydney and I went to sleep in the queen sized bed.
The next morning, mommy and daddy woke us up, and mommy dressed us both in light pink sleeveless dress. Mommy put ribbons in our hair, then we went to a restaurant for breakfast.
As usual, Sydney and I got comments on how beautiful we are, so we said, ‘Thank you.’ After breakfast, we drove to the parking lot and with DJ in his stroller; Sydney and I held mommy’s hand as we walked to the admission office.
Old Sturbridge Village, has 3 areas,: Center Village, Mill neighborhood and Countryside. We walked around Center Village where we explored the Fitch House, a representation of a successful printer, his wife and their family.
Sydney and I also liked the Cider Mill, the Salem Towne house, and the town pound. William and Kyle liked the Thompson Bank and the Center Meetinghouse.
We walked around the other two areas and as we did, mommy and daddy took pictures of Sydney and me. In the Mill Neighborhood, Sydney and I loved the Carding Mill and the Bixby house in the countryside.
William and Kyle liked the blacksmith shop and also the printing office, too. Logan like the displays, especially the blown glass, and DJ loved the horses. We spend the day there, until it was closing for the day.
During the walk around the village, daddy showed William, Kyle and Logan — who are major railfans like daddy is — where the route nickname the Titanic Line would have gone. Daddy told the story of the Grand Trunk Railroad’s plan, but the builder Charles Melville Hays, went down with the Titanic. It was the Grand Trunk’s attempt to keep the New Haven Railroad a monopoly on rail traffic.
After the museum closed for the day, mommy and daddy took us to the local supermarket and got sandwiches, as we went on a picnic to a local state park. As we were having our picnic, we talked about Old Sturbridge Village and whether we would like to live back then. We agreed we loved 2013, but it was fun to see it.
After our picnic we went back to the hotel swim for a while, then we went to bed.
Sunday, mommy and daddy woke us up and we took a bath got dressed and went to check out. We decide to do some antiquing, so we went to Brimfield and looked around. After a few hours in Brimfield, we headed back on the road, with a stop to see a lemon tree at Logee’s Greenhouses and then a stop at the Frog Rock, which daddy said used to be a picnic area before interstate 84 was built.
We thought it was a nice place, except for the trash, but then we headed for home. We stopped for dinner at a famous restaurant and we got home at about 7, so we had to get to bed, because of school.
‘What a way to ruin a nice weekend,’ I thought to myself, but I got ready for bed and fell asleep.
When mommy woke me up on Monday, I knew that I had 2 more full days — Monday and Tuesday, before 2 half days — Wednesday and Thursday. I couldn’t wait for the week to be done.
I had to put on my boys clothes and went to the kitchen to have breakfast. Mommy poured my cereal and the milk for it, then handed me my orange juice. After we brushed our teeth and went to school.
Monday was uneventful. Meaning I didn’t get bullied, so I was happy when I got home. I didn’t have homework, so Sydney and I decided to bike around the driveway.
I got my old boy’s bike out, while Sydney was on her old 12” bike, so we ride around the driveway. I was still having trouble balancing, so I need the training wheels, we rode for a while, until we heard the rumble of thunder, so we went in (Sydney and I both hate thunderstorms).
It started to pour, so we went to Sydney’s room to play with her dolls, before Logan told us it was time for dinner. We went downstairs for dinner, then during dinner, there was a big boom and the lights went out.
After dinner, mommy gave us a bath, then put us to bed, since we didn’t have power.
It was still raining, but not as heavily when mommy woke me up on Tuesday. I knew I had PE, so I wasn’t looking forward to it, but I got dressed and had breakfast, while mommy drove us to school.
Yes, I had PE and yes, I again, couldn’t kick, so my team lost in kickball. I knew my leg muscles are weak, but mommy and daddy said it’ll get better as I grow. Do I care about kickball, no, but I had to pretend I did as a boy.
Thomas and LaQuan heard about the kickball game, so they started to pick on me, Danny, Christian and Gabe. We were standing together, when they started to bug us.
That was when 3 girls from our class, Rebecca Marzella, Trinity Dazley and Evelyn Starkebaum, came over and Rebecca looked at us, smiled and said, “You are not perfect. They are trying. What are you doing — NOT TRYING.”
Thomas said, “Jeez, the sissies got girls stick up for them. What a bunch of girls.”
William and Kyle who saw Thomas and LaQuan come over, came over and Kyle said, “Thomas, I know my brother and his friends are better than you would ever be. They got good friends, you got friends who you will lead into trouble. Grow up. You can’t pick on us, because we’ll beat your ass.”
LaQuan looked at Kyle and said, “Why don’t you keep your white ass out of this, before you get in a fight?”
Kyle looked at William, smiled and said, “Did I hear a threat, bro? I thought I heard that this bully is going to fight me.”
Kyle and William both take Tae Kwon Do, but they don’t fight, but they would if need be.
LaQuan said, “Yes, mind your own business, we aren’t bothering you. We hate second graders.”
Kyle said, “You are bothering me. You guys hate second graders?? Why? Is the reason is that they are smarter than you?”
The principal, Mr. St. George, came out and said, “Thomas Fulton and LaQuan DeVeaux, you got 3 weeks in detention. Bullying is not tolerated here. Now move it.” They didn’t move, so the principal said, “You can be spending time in jail if you don’t move.”
Soon they started to the principal’s office, so we all said they’ll be in trouble. I looked at William and Kyle and said, “Thank you. They will be bothering others.”
Kyle said, “Don’t worry, Sawyer. I doubt they’ll bother your friends anymore.”
Rebecca said, “They won’t bother you guys. I will help you guys. Trinity and Evelyn will help, too. You are the best boys in class?”
Kyle and William looked at each other and grinned. I looked at Danny, Gabe and Christian and wondered if they are girls, too.
Gabe was crying and he said, “You don’t mind being friends with us? Really, you might get kidded.”
Trinity said, “Why should we mind being friends. You are nice and you are kind.”
Soon the bell rang so we had to go in, so when we did, Kyle and William looked at each other and Kyle said, “I wonder if Sawyer’s friends are like her? “
William said, “I was thinking the same thing, Kyle. Maybe we should ask Aunt Denise and mom and dad.”
After school, we all walked home and since we didn’t have homework, Sydney and I decided to play with our dolls in her room. Mommy knocked on Sydney’s bedroom door and said, “Girls, how are you dolls? May I play, too?”
Sydney agreed so soon mommy were playing with our dolls, and then after 45 minutes, mommy said, “Time to eat, girls. Are you hungry?”
Mommy took our hands and we went to the kitchen and we set the table. We helped put the meal on the table then we waited for daddy before we ate.
After didder, Logan and William cleaned up, while daddy got DJ ready for bed, before mommy got us ready for bed. After we got in our girl’s pajamas, we played in Sydney’s bedroom before bed.
While we were in bed, Kyle and William came to mom and dad and William said, “We have a problem. Really, not us, but we think that Denise could help someone.”
Mom said, “What is wrong, dears?” She looked at dad and said, “It isn’t you, is it?” She smiled.
Kyle said, “No, mom. As much as we like girls, we don’t want to be one. I wonder if Sawyer’s friends Danny, Gabe and Christian are girls.”
Mom laughed and said, “Oh Good. Your dad and I are glad about you loving girls. Now, you think Danny, Gabe and Christian are girls? We can’t get into peoples’ lives, but you want to help?”
“Do you think Sawyer would like them at the cottage this summer?” William asked. “Of course, it might be worse if Sawyer comes back next year and people find out she is a girl.”
Dad said, “William and Kyle, you might be onto something. They are like Sawyer, but we can’t do anything without asking their parents. I can see that Danny is like Sawyer, but Sawyer told me he never met his dad.”
Mom said, “I met Christian’s, Gabe’s and Danny’s moms a few times, so I might invite them for lunch on Thursday. I want to invite Denise over, too. I might want to see if Sawyer would like a sleepover with his friends.”
William said, “I hope that they’ll be fine next year. Three girls in Sawyer’s class said that they’ll protect them next year.”
Kyle said, “We want to help. If we can help 1 person with intersexuality, we will be happy.”
Dad said, “Boys, lets discuss it with Denise and see what she’ll say. I’m glad you are supporting Sawyer and she will always need her big brothers.”
Kyle and William hugged them, then they both said, “Night. Sawyer is happier now than we ever saw her be.” They left for their bedrooms and went on the net — William to a comic site, Kyle to a model rail site — before they went to bed.
Mom and dad looked at each other and dad said, “Want to see if they are right? I’m glad they are helping Sawyer. We don’t need to worry about them.”
Mom said, “Their answer was nice. They love girls but they don’t want to be one. That is a classic!” Mom went to call Denise.
When mommy woke me up on Wednesday, I hope it would be an uneventful day, and it was. We had an half day, so we — me, Christian, Gabe and Danny — didn’t get bullied. I told them if they wanted to sleepover tomorrow, so they said they’ll ask their moms, so I am glad they’ll be over.
When we got home from school, we had lunch - tomato soup and a toasted cheese sandwich — then Sydney and I wanted to play with our dolls, but mommy wanted us to play outside, so we decided to bike on the sidewalk since Logan and DJ wanted to bike, too.
We — with DJ on his trike, Sydney on her 12 inch Huffy Barbie bike, me on my 12’ Cars bike and Logan on her Mongoose Fling 20 inch bike - went the sidewalk on Garden Land Road, then we turned onto Red Barn Drive, then right on Tomato Drive. We then bike up Tractor road, where I saw Danny on his bike — a 16” huffy with training wheels.
Danny and I talked for a bit then we all biked to Paddock Circle, before Danny told me that he’ll be sleeping over tomorrow. We rode down Paddock to Onion Court, before we hit Jersey Road. At Jersey, we turned around and rode back to Danny’s house.
Danny, at his house, said that he’ll see me at school, then we rode back to our house, where mom had a snack for us waiting outside on the patio.
After our snack mommy let us get into our suits and played in the pool. The pool was just a small — 13’ by 39” — inflatable. DJ was playing with his boats, while Sydney and I were playing with our dolls. I was in my girls’ suit and enjoying the water.
We were still in the pool, when daddy came out in his suit, along with mommy, so daddy was playing with us and mommy was laughing. Soon mommy got out and dried off and went in to get dinner, which was just tuna salad and chicken salad. We ate on the patio, then we went back to the
pool.
After about an hour after dinner, mommy told Sydney and me that it was time for us get ready for bed. So Sydney and I were bathed and we got into our girl’s pajamas before we fell asleep in our bed.
As I was falling asleep, I thought 1 more day of being a boy.
TBC…
Summer Girl 3
Before Sydney and I went to sleep, Sydney asked mommy if she could invite 4 friends for a sleepover, also. Mommy said that she could and mommy said that we might need to wear ‘GoodNites’ for our sleepover. Sydney and I — along with DJ — still wet, but we don’t mind. Sydney and I were playing with her dolls, so mommy looked in Sydney ’s closet and took out 2 ‘GoodNites.’ Mommy looked at us and asked,“Would my girls like to wear their ‘GoodNites’ to bed? Sydney , we got to get some more.”
Sydney looked at me and said, “My younger sister and I will both wear them, mommy. Could we please have some milk, mommy?” She went to her bed and laid on it, so mommy could take off her panties, so I did the same. Mommy looked at us and said, “My baby girls are beautiful. I think they need to go to bed. Sydney , it is past your bedtime. You two should be in bed at 7:15. Do you mind if you and your baby sister go to bed at 7:15?” Mommy pulled down the shade and went to get two glasses of milk for us to drink.
When mommy came back, Sydney said, “My baby sister and I would have a 7:15 bedtime, mommy. Would you like that, baby sis?” Sydney looked at me.
I looked at mommy, nodded and said, “Yes, mommy. I would like a 7:15 bedtime, mommy.” My old bedtime was 8, so it doesn’t matter.
Mommy tucked in Sydney and kissed her good night. As mommy and I were leaving, Sydney wanted a glass of water, so mommy filled up her milk glass and gave it to her. Mommy said, “My baby daughter wants to wet her diapers, don’t you?” Sydney giggled, so mommy and me kissed her as she said, “Yes, mommy.” Mommy picked up her glass and my milk glass, told me to held her hand then shut off the light, and her night light came on. Mommy shut the door and we walked to my room.
Mommy tucked me in, pulled down my shade and kissed me good night, so I asked mommy for a glass of water. Mommy smiled at me and said, “I know my baby girls want to wet their ‘diapers’ tonight.” She went and filled my milk glass then handed it to me. I drank it, as mommy said, “My baby girls are going to wet their ‘diapers’like good babies. She then kissed me and left the room. Mommy shut off my light and my night light came on and I fell asleep.
Mommy came downstairs and saw daddy on the sofa, so mommy sat next to him and they started kissing. They talked about their day, then about the lake. Daddy, having heard about Sydney ’s sleepover request, smiled and said, “I guess Sydney and Sawyer would like sleepovers at the lake. Are you going to talk to Gabe, Danny and Christian’s moms? I hope they’ll have an open mind about it. Who does Sydney want to invite? Do you want to live at the lake year round? Kyle and William said that it would be nice; Logan asked if she can have a sailboat, so she’d be happy with it. The boys want a nice ski boat.”
Mommy looked at daddy and said, “If Sawyer does come back here, we might have to take her to a new school. It might be nice to live at the lake. How about your job? I should call Denise and their moms. I just hope they’ll listen.” She looked at a Target ad and then said, “I guess I should call them now. Sydney wants to invite Peyton, Emily, Hanna and Grace to her sleepover. I told the girls that they might want to wear ‘Good-Nites’for the sleepover. They are in them now. I think they’ll be wet when I wake them up tomorrow. Each of them wanted a glass of milk and water each.”
Daddy laughed and said, “I think besides the new triplets, we might have 2 baby girls, also. I was thinking about opening an office in Portland . I’d be hiring about 3 people who would be at the office and open a branch in town, but I’d be working mostly at home.” He kissed mommy and said, “How about you? Did you tell your partners, yet?”
Mommy kissed daddy and said, “Yes, I told them that I’m retiring from the business because of our triplets. Are you going to call your parents? I need to call Sydney ’s friend’s mom and invite them to lunch at 11 tomorrow. Do you mind if Sydney and her baby sister are babied?”
Smiling, daddy said, “I don’t mind. We won’t hurt them, since they want to be babied. I should call my folks about their new granddaughter.”Daddy got up from the sofa, helped mommy up then said, “I guess you are going to talk to the moms now and Denise, too.”
While mommy and daddy were talking downstairs, Kyle and William were in their room, when Kyle, reading ‘Trains’, said, “William, do you think Avery is a girl in a boy’s body? Avery is just like Sawyer.”
Kyle was talking about their friend, Avery Aarsvold, who was 10, but wasn’t into sports, but he did like BMXing, fishing and camping.
William, reading ‘Sports Illustrated,’ looked at Kyle and said, “It is not uncommon to be intersexed so who knows if he is. Last year, when Andrew went trick or treating as a girl, he was jealous that Andrew was. I think he knows he is. I hope he’ll be at Bryce’s sleepover. Are you going to call Bryce to see if Avery will be there?”
Kyle looked at William and said, “Ok, my phone is charging. Could I use yours? I’ll text him.”
William looked at Kyle and said, “Want to talk to mom and dad about it? I think Avery is. I will still like him.”
Kyle said, “I think we should. Let’s see if he'll be at the sleepover. Could you hand me your phone?”
William handed Kyle the phone then went back to reading as Kyle texted Bryce. In a few minutes Bryce texted back and told them that 10 people will be there — Jacob, Andrew, Spencer, Zane, Arthur, Quentin, Mike, Weston, Jim and Zack.
Kyle said, “Ten people will be there. They are Jacob, Andrew, Spence, Art, Quentin, Mike, Wes, Jim and Zack. Bryce said that Avery, Aiden and Chase can't make it.” He texted Avery about why he won't be at Bryce's sleepover and he sent back a text saying that he never been to a sleepover yet. Aiden and Chase said the same thing. Kyle texted Bryce and wrote: 'I think I know why they aren't coming? We won't mind if they are. I hope they aren’t ashamed they wear them.'
Bryce texted back: 'You think they are?. I'll text them. Y R U on ur brothers phone?'
Kyle texted back: 'Mine is charging. I hope they'll sleepover. They are nice.' Kyle handed the phone to William and said, “Bryce is going to see if they will sleepover. You ready to talk to mom and dad?”
William said, “Sure. I hope we can help Avery. I hope he'll visit us at the lake.” They got out of their room and went to see their parents.
They went downstairs where mommy and daddy were relaxing in the living room. They looked at mommy and daddy and said, “Could we talk to you? Sorry, if you are busy?”
Mommy and daddy looked at William and Kyle, and daddy said, “What’s wrong, you guys? You know we are NEVER too busy for you.” Mommy patted the sofa to tell them to sit.
They sat down on the sofa and started to talk about their concern with Avery, so mommy and daddy told them that Avery might be. They talked it over and then Kyle and William told mommy and daddy night and they went upstairs to their bedroom.
Daddy and Mommy looked at each other and they discussed it. Daddy said,“Avery might be like Sawyer. Whenever he is here he has that feminine style. I guess we should talk to his parents someday. Maybe before we go up to Maine , we should have Denise come here to talk about GID.”
Mommy said, “That is what I’m going to have her talk about tomorrow if it can be arranged. I’m going to call them, including Sydney ’s friends’ parents. It should be a nice meeting.” Mommy went to call, while daddy went to talk to his parents about me.
Mommy got all of the moms to meet her at a downtown bookstore-café called‘Books& Bean’. Mommy went to the living room, where daddy was waiting, so daddy said, “They are confused, but they aren’t upset. Carl called them a few days ago with the same problem, Skyler. They wished they would have helped Bill instead of thinking that it was a phase. They hope they’ll be invited to the cottage, so I said they can. They want to see their new granddaughter.”
Mommy looked at daddy and smiled. She then kissed him and said, “We all are going to meet at ‘Books &Beans’ at 10:45. Denise will do most of the talking, since she knows what she went through.”
Daddy said, “She is also the professional, so she should talk about it. I just hope that they’ll have an open mind. Did you tell Pat, Allison, Sophia and Ellen about the meeting issue?” Pat, Allison, Sophia and Ellen are the mommies of Sydney ’s friends who’ll be sleeping over.
In William and Kyle’s bedroom, William texted Bryce, who texted back:‘They’ll be at the sleepover. Mom said that I should have told her that I ran out, but she told me to wear Amy’s.’ Amy was Bryce’s little — by 5 minutes — sister. Bryce texted: ‘Mom said she might get some, since Amy is running low.’
William replied: ‘Ok. No problem. C U 2morrow @ skool’ He shut off his phone and plugged it in, then looked at Kyle and said, “They’ll be at the sleep over. We might be in Amy’s GNs.”
Kyle said, “No problem then. I hope they will visit us at the lake.”Kyle yawned and said, “Night.”
In the morning, mommy woke me up. I was glad that school will be over, and I’m glad that my friends would be sleeping over tonight, but I can’t wait until we get to the lake, so I can be a girl.
Mommy said as she woke me up, “Sawyer honey, time for school. Did you have an accident? Sydney did, too. That’s ok. I think you want to wet. Take a quick shower. Hurry, honey, you don’t want to be late for school.” Mommy took off my very soaked ‘GoodNites’ and then patted my naked rear end as I went to take a shower.
I took a quick shower then got dressed into my boy’s briefs, blue jeans, a light green polo shirt and white socks. I came out of my room as Sydney was coming out of hers, so wewent downstairs. Sydney was dressed in a pale lilac satin dress with her hair in a braid. I was jealous that my twin was in a beautiful dress, but I said, “Sis, you look very beautiful. Wish I had on a dress.”
Sydney looked at me and said, “As a boy you look nice, Sawyer, but I know you’d rather be in a dress.” She hugged me as we let Logan, who was in a jeans and a polo shirt, pass us.
We all ate our breakfast and after we brushed our teeth, we — William, Kyle, Logan, Sydney and me - headed to school. When we left, mommy got ready for her meeting.
At 10:30, mommy walked into ‘Books & Bean’, and got a table in the café. Mommy put 3 tables together and ordered a small iced tea. Soon, Aunt Denise came in, and then at 10:40, Pat McAvoy, the mother of Sydney ’s friend Peyton and Alison Good, mother of Sydney ’s friend Emily, came into the store. They saw mommy so they waved and went to the table after ordering coffee.
Mommy introduced Aunt Denise to Mrs. McAvoy and to Mrs. Good, then Sophia Yannicosta, the mother to Sydney ’s friend Hanna and Ellen Worley, the mom to Sydney ’s friend Grace, came in. They saw mommy, so they ordered their drinks, then went to the table. Mommy introduced Aunt Denise to them.
Aunt Denise told them about my sleep over, along with the experiment. Aunt Denise talked about me, so Alison said, “Oh, to me it isn’t a big deal. My youngest brother, who is almost 17, has GID. I’m glad you are helping them. My parents are supporting Kelsey. Emily thinks Kelsey is her youngest aunt.”
Mommy said, “When Dennis and I were growing up, I see the same that Sawyer, Gabe, Danny and Christian is going through. Alison, I hope you’ll give your insight to this sensitive issue, too. Oh, here comes Lucy Ackerman, Christine White and Jill Curran. They are Gabe, Danny and Christian’s moms.”
Mommy introduced them to each other and then said, “Lucy, Christine and Jill, I came to tell you about Sawyer. My sister, who is a psychologist, can explain it. Seeing Sawyer and his friends, I’m looking at Denise when she was growing up. They are unhappy, but they are great friends. I hope you’ll forgive me for what I will be saying.” Mommy looked at Aunt Denise.
Jill, looked at mommy and said, “Is someone wrong with Sawyer? I hope not. He is polite.”
Mommy said, “Thank you, Jill. No, nothing is wrong with Sawyer. He might be happier, now.”
Aunt Denise said, “He is polite. Sawyer has the same thing that I have when I was growing up, GID. GID is not fatal. Growing up, I couldn’t do sports, or other boys things. I was a klutz. Boys kidded me, and after school, I was upset. I came home, ran into my bedroom and cried. Mary and David, Sawyer’s parents, can see the same mannerisms that I had growing up with Sawyer and they can see it with Gabe, Danny and Christian.”
Lucy looked at Denise and said, “You are a girl, why…” She looked at her then said, “You were born a boy??” Lucy blushed, then said,“I can’t believe you were a boy, Denise.” Lucy looked at mommy and said, “You can see something about Gabe that I can’t see? You must think I’m a bad mom.”
Denise said, “Thank you, Lucy. Yes, I was born a boy. I hated the fact that I was. I used to sneak into Mary’s room to try on her clothes. David lost a brother, because of it, and they want Sawyer to be happy. They think Gabe, Danny and Christian have GID, too.” She drank some water and said, “I’m not telling you how to raise them, but are they happy? No, Lucy, Mary see me in him.”
Mommy said, “Lucy, you don’t see the symptoms, so you can’t see what David and I see.”
Christine thought about what Denise said, so she said, “Danny comes home from school upset and his brothers love to pick on him. I thought it was just his way. Danny woke up wet today and his brothers were kidding him and he cried. How can I be sure he has GID?” Christine looked at mommy and said, “Mike and Joe said that Danny should not be at the sleepover when they heard he wet.”
Mommy said, “I have some ‘Good-Nites’ and ‘Pampers’ for the sleep over. Sydney wets and so does Sawyer. I would like all of them wear diapers for the sleep over.”
They all discussed the diaper option and they agreed that they should wear them. Sophia said, “Hanna, wets about twice a month, so I think she would wear them.”
Denise opened her laptop and said, “Christine, I’d Google‘INTERSEXUALITY’ and GID for information. Locally, I would recommend Dr. Salwasser for a check-up. When my patients have troubles I tell them to visit her.”
Lucy, sighed and said, “I thought it was me. Being a single mom, I come home to a crying and upset Gabe. His brother and sister don’t help matters. I wish I had someone who would date me, but I’m old.”
Denise looked at Lucy and said, “Lucy, you are not old. You are beautiful. I have a wonderful man for you, my brother-in-law. He is a single parent with 3 boys and a girl. Christine, you should date my brother, he is an owner of an auto repair shop. Both of them are in the same predicament.”
Alison said, “Does Sawyer and Sydney play together, Mary? I think Denise will help them. As I said before, Emily will be at the sleep over. What should she bring?” She looked at Denise and said, "They have intersexed kids?"
Pat said, “Peyton will be there. I’ll see if she’ll bring her old dolls over to your house. What should we have them bring?”
Mommy said, “Pat, Sophia, Allison and Ellen, have them bring swimsuits and dresses. We might go out to bunch tomorrow. Christine, Jill and Lucy, give me their size and I’ll get them what your ‘girls’will need, ok? Sawyer will be dressed as a girl when they come over. Alison, at the lake, Sawyer and Sydney have some girls they play together with. They play together whenever Sydney wants to play house. Logan doesn’t play with Sydney . Logan loves to climb trees."
Denise said, "Yes, they do. My brother told me that he needed my help yesterday. He didn't want his brother 'Dennis' to become 'Denise'. When I did, he hated me for it. A few nights ago, he told Mary that it was Karma, but really it was generics." She handed out her business card and said, "If you need more info, call me or go to my website."
Lucy said, "Do you think our 'new' girls would ever have a chance to be a bio-mom?" She looked around, but then said, "I was watching PBS about new technologies on getting pregnant, so I wonder if they'll ever do a uterus from stem cells. That little girl got a windpipe from her own cells."
Denise said, "Who knows what the future would bring, but I bet it'll happen in the not so far future. Maybe doctors could make a uterus from the stem cells. I bet most of 'new girls' would love to be mothers. I love being a step-mom and someday I wish I could have my own."
They talked for a few more minutes, with Lucy, Christine and Jill giving mommy Gabe, Danny and Christian's clothing sizes, then said that their new 'girl' might be happier.
Aunt Denise said, “Maybe I was wrong to say that GID is not fatal. GID is fatal to the gender you were born with, I guess. Most of my patients are boys, but I do have a few girls who are becoming boys.”
Lucy, Christine and Jill laughed and they all said that they’ll talk to their ‘girls’ about the sleepover.
Mommy left 'Books & Bean' and picked us - William, Kyle, Logan, Sydney and me - up at school, then DJ at his babysitter. We dropped William and Kyle at Bryce’s house then we went home. We, Sydney and I, were told that we needed to get ready for the sleepover, so mommy filled up the bathtub, and we were given a bath by mommy. Mommy dressed us in diapers then we were both put into lilac colored sundresses. Mommy put our hair in pigtails with lilac colored ribbons. Mommy said, “My baby girls are so cute. Want to see how cute my girls are?”
We both looked in the mirror and we both clapped. Sydney said, “Mommy, my baby sister is nice. I love my sister!!” I looked at mommy and smiled. I then hugged my sister.
Mommy gave us pacifiers, and then we — with DJ, who was also in diapers and a t-shirt - headed out to the car. Mommy put us all in our car seats. Mommy got in the driver’s seat and started to go to Target. Mommy said, “We need to get things for the party.”
Sydney and I did not know that Daddy was at home putting some cribs in the great room that we have in the basement. Mommy took us to Target, not in our town, but the Target 6 miles away. Mommy parked the car, then got a cart and put us — DJ, Sydney and me in it.
DJ was in the cart seat and my ‘big sister’ and I were in the basket. Mommy went to the baby department, to get some size 4, 5 and 6 ‘Pampers’, Pampers ‘Splashers’ and ‘Pull-Ups’. Mommy put some bottles into the cart along with jars of baby juice and baby food.
Mommy went to the girls department and thought mommy was getting some more dresses for us, then we went to the boys department to buy DJ some play clothes. After the boy’s department, we went to the toy department, where DJ got 2 trucks, a ‘Brio’ wooden train set and a plastic toolbox. Mommy got some dolls — a few Barbie dolls—Bridal set and Tennis Champion, ‘Sofia the First’ Tea For Two, Magical Talking Castle, Sofia and animal Friends and the ‘Buttercup Troop’ Sofia, WinX ‘Bloom’, Little Mommy ‘Head of the Class’,‘Kitty Rock’, ‘Bubbly Bathtime’ and ‘Swing n’Highchair’,and Our Gen ‘Phoebe’ and ‘Lily Anna’ dolls.
We then went to the Entertainment Department and got some videos. DJ got some ‘Diego’ and ‘Thomas’ videos, while we got 5 Barbie videos — ‘Pink Shoes’, ‘Diamond Castle’, ‘Island Princess’, and ‘Mermaid Tales 1 and 2’ — along with 3‘Strawberry Shortcake’ videos — ‘Berry Friends Forever’,‘Berry Big Journey’ and ‘Berry Brick Road’.
Mommy looked at the time and said, “My babies are so quiet. They love making mommy happy. We got to go to the supermarket and get the party food.” We were asleep and we all had our diapers showing.
Mommy took the cart to the cashiers, where a young lady, who was pregnant, was at the register. The cashier looked at mommy and said, “You have beautiful kids. How old are they?”
Mommy smiled, looked at us and then said, “They are 3 years old. Thank you for saying they are beautiful. They can be a handful when they are not asleep. When are you due?”
The cashier said, “Triplets? How can you manage? I have a four year old and he runs me ragged.” She pointed to her stomach and said, “I hope this one will be better. She is due in 3 weeks.”
Mommy said, “My husband helps. So does our boys. They are a handful, but we love them.” Mommy paid the cashier, who said, “Thank you for shopping at Target.” Then we went out into the parking lot.
Mommy put the bags in the car then took us into the supermarket. Mommy bought us 2 cakes, 5 bottles of sodas — root beer, Cream, Fruit punch, Cola and a store brand Dr. Pepper, a gallon of milk, some juices — orange, fruit punch, apple and grape, 2 half gallon cartons of vanilla ice cream and more baby food. Mommy then went to the cashier and checked out. Soon, we were in our car seats going to Wal-Mart.
Sydney woke up and said, “Mommy, I’m hungry. Can we get a happy meal, please?”
Mommy saw a McDonald’s up ahead, so she drove through the Drive-thru and got us each a Happy Meal — 2 girls and 1 boy Happy Meal. We ate it while mommy drove us to Wal-Mart.
Mommy saw a family cart, so Sydney and I sat in the cart’s seat, while DJ was in the basket and we went to the toy section and bought more dolls — Barbie ‘Sister Fun Photo’, ‘Fun Prize’, ‘Glam Pool’ and ‘Ken Beach’.
Mommy went to the baby section and looked around. Mommy bought some crib sheets, baby food and pacifiers. We then went to the cashiers and mommy paid for the merchandise.
We went to the car and mommy looked at her watch, then said, “I have some stinky babies here. Mommy is happy with her babies.” We got put into our car seats, and then mommy drove us home.
When we got home, mommy took off DJ’s pants and shirt, then tucked him into his bed in his wet diaper. Mommy kissed him and said, “I’ll change you after your nap, honey.” DJ looked at mommy and said,“Night-night, mommy.” DJ then hugged mommy and us, too. Mommy pulled down his shade and turned off the light, leaving the night lighton. Mommy looked at us, grabbed our hands and left DJ's room. Mommy shut the door as we left his room.
Mommy looked at us. She said, “My baby girls, are so beautiful. Honey, you are going to take naps with Sydney . Ok, honey?”
Mommy took Sydney and me to Sydney ’s bedroom, took off our dress and stockings and put us in Sydney ’s bed. “She tucked us in and kissed us, then said, “Mommy will change your diapers after your nap. Mommy and daddy want you to have naps every day.” Sydney looked at me and said, “Ok, mommy. We will take naps everyday. I'm the big sister, so my baby sister needs a nap, too.” I looked at mommy and said, “Yes, mommy I nap.” Mommy smiled and kissed us and said, “My baby girls are wonderful. Your big sister needs a nap and so the baby sister.” I really don't mind taking naps. I used to take naps when I was 6.
Mommy pulled down the shade then turned off the light, leaving just the night light on. Mommy shut the door as she left.
Mommy went down to the great room and saw the cribs that daddy assembled. She put sheets on the cribs then put crib mobile on the cribs. ‘My baby girls will love being babied this summer,’ mommy thought to herself.
While we were shopping, at Bryce’s house, William, Kyle, Bryce, Jacob, Andrew, Spencer, Zane, Arthur, Quentin, Mike, Wes, Jim, Aiden and Chase were in his bedroom playing with Bryce’s X-Box while waiting for Avery and Zack. Aiden and Chase are still unsure about being at the sleepover, because they sleepwets, but they didn’t know the others does it, too.
Aiden looked at his friends and sighed. He then said, “Thank you for inviting me to the sleepover. I shouldn’t accept thou.”
Bryce looked at Aiden and said, “Why not? I think you are great. I hope you’ll be at more sleepovers with us, Aiden.”
Jim said, “Aiden, why shouldn’t you accept the sleepover invite?”He looked at Quentin and said, “Why would he shouldn’t be here?”
Quentin said, “I’m glad he is here. I told you that he is cute. Not as cute as you, Jim.”
Aiden blushed, but he didn’t say anything.
Chase looked at them then put his head down and looked at the floor. He sighed and said, “You’ll hate me after tonight. I wanted to fake a sickness so I wouldn’t come. My mom said that I should tell you guys my problem.”
Weston looked at Chase and said, “Problem? Are you gay? No biggie here, Chase. Some of us are gay or bi.” He looked at Jim and Quentin and smiled.
Chase said, “I’m gay. But that is not the only problem. Are you gay?”
Kyle looked at Chase and said, “Is your problem sleepwetting, Chase? If it is, it is not a big deal. William and I still wet. Chase got a boyfriend, yet? You are cute, Chase.”
Chase looked at Kyle and answered, “My mom knows I’m gay. So does my step-dad and my brother and sisters. I don’t have a boyfriend, yet. Who wants a sleepwetter for a boyfriend. By the way, thank you for saying I'm cute.”
Andrew looked at Chase smiled and said, “I wouldn’t mind have a sleepwetter as a boyfriend, Chase. You are cute. Ever since September, I wanted to talk to you. You seemed that you didn’t want anybody. Even girls said you are cute.”
Chase looked at Andrew, smiled and said, “Really? I saw you hanging around with some girls, so I knew you were cute looking, but with the girls hanging around you, I thought you were straight.”
Andrew laughed and said, “The girls are my friends. They know I'm gay, so they know I won't hit on them. We like to talk about boys and other things.They are a few gay and bi people here..”
Chase said, “Darn it I wasted a year.” They all laughed at that.
Andrew said, “We have this summer, Chase. Hang out in just diapers at my house.”
Chase said, “Your mom knows you wear go outside in just diapers?”
Andrew said, “Yes, Our backyard is private. It backs up to a state forest. We have a big play yard. Mom and dad sees me in my diapers. Even in the winter I go outside in them.”
Aiden looking around the room smiled and said, “Bryce, you mom doesn’t mind you in them? Won’t she get mad seeing your friends in them? Wouldn’t she be upset that you are in girl’s diapers?”
Bryce laughed and said, “No Aiden, my mom won’t be upset. Mom and dad had seen my friends in diapers since I was 6. Of course, mom forgot to get me my ‘Good-Nites’, so we’ll have to use my sisters tonight. No biggie on wearing Amy’s, since she wears mine if she runs out. Mom and dad know I try to stop wetting, but I know I might get worse. My 14 year old cousin wears diapers 24/7 so I might have to, also.”
Chase said, “You guys all wet? When I moved here I hope I would be invited to a sleepover, but I never did. At my old house, mom told me that I should. I was afraid that you’ll hate me. That’s why I never had too many friends at my old school.” He looked at Kyle and said, “Are you gay? I don’t have a boyfriend.”
Soon the doorbell rang, so Bryce said, “That is Avery and Zane. I think we need to get into our ‘GoodNites’ soon. I think Avery is scared. Who will be first?”
William and Kyle looked at each other and they pulled off their pants. They grabbed Amy’s ‘Good-Nites’ and put them on. They looked around then Kyle said, “Okay, who will be next?” They left their pants off.
Bryce said, “I got them on.” He pulled off his pants and said, “See? I put them on after school.”
Chase said, “Since you are going towear them, I will. Mom told me that I should, but I thought I would be the only one.” He looked and saw that James was putting Quentin in his ‘GoodNites’ and Jim kissed him. After he put on Quentin’s, he put his on. Jim handed Quentin a pacifer.
William said, “I think the only person who is dry at my house is Logan . 5 million people are bedwetters , so it is common. Chase, it nice to have friends who wets.”
Spencer took off his pants and put on them and said, “Who cares if we are bedwetters. I like wearing them during the day when I can.”
Chase said, “I hope it’ll help me. I’m a heavy wetter.” He sighed and said, “My brothers calls me a flood when I wet.” He looked at his friends openly wearing the diapers, so he left his pants off. He felt the diaper and said, “I might ask mom to get me some.”
Kyle said, “If you are a heavy wetter, try diapers, Chase. Bryce, could I borrow your notebook? I want to show Chase something online.”
Bryce looked at Kyle and said, “Is it a diaper site, Kyle? Or is it a gay site? Either of them are bookmarked.”
Kyle said, “Diapers. You know where there are great stories? I want to show Chase some products for bigger kids. I should show Avery something later, too.”
Arthur looked at the “GoodNites’ on him and said, “Diapers are better than ‘GoodNites’. My mom likes cloth better than disposables. I wet about 3 or 4 times a week.” He looked around the room and saw that they all were either in shirts and ‘GoodNites’ or just‘GoodNites’.
The door to Bryce’s bedroom opened and Avery and Zane came in. Zane looked at the boys and said, “You guys getting ready already? I thought we would be swimming. You going to swim in them?” Zane looked at the ‘GoodNites’ and said, “Girl’s‘GoodNites’?Cool.” He took off his pants and put them on.
Bryce smiled and said, “My mom wouldn’t mind if we swam in them in the pool. Let’s swim.” He looked at Kyle and said, “You can later. Is it what I think it is for Avery? I bookmarked it. They do have great stories on it.”
Kyle looked at Bryce and said, “You bookmarked, Big Closet, Bryce? They do have some great stories on there. I'm not sure if we are supposed to be there, but it is imformative.”
Bryce said, “I booked marked it about 3 months ago.”
Avery, hearing his name spoken, looked at them and said, “What about me?”
Kyle looked at William and said, “We need to to get to know you better, Avery. We invited you on sleepovers, but you never accepted. We don't mind if you are a bedwetter.”
Chase looked at Avery and said, “Avery, it is my first sleepover and I'm having fun. I'm a bedwetter.”
Aiden said, “You are making me feel welcome. Thanks. I should have accepted earlier. I'm having fun.”
Bryce said, “It is hard when you wet, but now you know we are all bedwetters, so accept our invites.”
William said, “Yes, even if you have to come to Maine . We want you to visit us.”
Avery looked at them and said, “You are bedwetters? Really?” He looked around and said, “I am. I hope you are fine being my friend.” He looked at the ‘Good-Nites’ and said, “Why girls?”
Bryce said, “We want you to be friends Avery. I invited you because I thought you were. I ran out of my own ‘G-Ns’ so mom told me to use my sisters. My sister uses mine, when she runs out.”
Avery said, “You don’t mind being in -.”Avery looked around and said,“Cool, you openly wear girls diapers?” He smiled and then said,“Are you?” He started to pull off his pants and briefs to put on the ‘Good-Nites’.
William looked at Avery and said, “Kyle and I aren’t girls, but I know a few who are girls in boys bodies. Are you, Avery? I mean you have the mannerism of my brother, Sawyer.”
Spencer looked at William and Kyle and said, “Sawyer might be a girl?” He pulled off his pants and put on the 'Good-Nites', then said, “I don't mind wetting. My brother hates it, but I don't mind.” Spencer was talking about his 12 year old brother, both of them with bad bladder caused by an accident. He said, “At least we weren't paralyzed. The doctor said we were lucky.”
William said, “No, Spencer, he is a girl. Mom took him in for a check-up and Sawyer is a girl. He is intersexed. My Aunt Denise was born as Dennis, so mom knew that Sawyer was like Dennis.”
Kyle said, “Dad and mom saw Dennis and Bill in the mannerism of Sawyer. They didn't want Sawyer to be depressed. Avery if you are, we are here for you.”
Avery said, “Your brother is a girl? How does your mom handle it? Does your mom freak out?”
Kyle said, “Our parents are fine with him being a girl, Avery. Are you a girl, Avery? Are you having trouble with your parents? My parents are wonderful to our ‘baby’ sister.”
Bryce said, “Avery, you are among friends. We don’t judge. Some of us are gay and some of us are straight. Some of us are bedwetters, too. We are best friends.”
Avery said, “I am. I wish mom would let me be. I feel like I want to kill myself. Mom hates me. My brother is better according to my mom.”Avery sniffed and said, “Sorry. Mom always put me down. One of my brother is a star for the high school. My other brother plays for the Jr. Colonials. They both love hockey, I can't skate.” Avery was talking about his 14 year old brother, Austin and his 9 year old brother, Alex. Avery sniffed and said, “Mom hates the fact I can't skate like my brother.”
Quentin said, “Avery, excuse my french, but your mom sounds abusive.”
Avery said, “No she doesn't hit me She just hates me.”
Jim looked at Avery and shook his head, “Avery, verbal abuse is as bad as physical abuse.”
Bryce said, “Verbal Abuse is abuse. It drives people to suicide. It is as bad as physical abuse. You said that you want to kill yourself. That is caused by your mom verbally abusing you.”
Avery said, “Jeez, I didn't think she was abusing me. Thanks.”
Kyle said, “Don’t kill yourself. William, get my wallet out of my pants. I have Aunt Denise card in it. Avery, call my aunt. She specializes in GID.” Kyle got the wallet from William and got the card out and handed it to Avery. “I think you’d be happier as a girl. My brother is happier in the few days he been a girl."
William looked at his brother then said, “Maybe my mom could talk to your mom. Mom knew Sawyer was a girl, so did dad. My dad lost a brother because his parents wouldn't help him. Kyle and I can see you with the same mannerisms as Sawyer and 3 of his friends, Avery.”
Avery looked at the card and said, “Your aunt works with teens who is like me? I wish my mom would listen. I am a girl. Your parents must be cool, Kyle and William.”
Avery looked at the card smiled and said, “I hope your mom will talk to my mom. Thanks for inviting me here. I hope I'll do more sleepovers.”
William said, “We aren't sure if this is our last one here or not. We might move permanently to Maine . Kyle and I want to move, but we will miss you. Mom said that we could invite you up at times if we move. Want to visit Maine , you guys? Mom and dad said that you can visit. We can still e-mail each other, too.”
Bryce said, “Let’s go swimming. I hope we can get invited there, Kyle and William.” He opened his bedroom door and walked down the hall, then down the stairs and through the kitchen.
Bryce's mom, April Webster, saw Bryce and his friends running through the kitchen, so she smiled and said, “Are you going outside? Have fun. Bryce, do you want to eat on the patio? Your dad will be bringing home pizzas.”
Avery looked at Bryce and said, “Your mom don't care about you just in diapers? I can't be in my underwear out of my room.” He watched as Bryce jumped into the pool, followed by the others. Avery then jumped into the pool to join his friends.
Mrs. Webster came out and looked at the pool. She smiled and said, “Bryce, I think you and Amy needs some 'Little Swimmers' for the pool. The pool-man said that 'GoodNites' aren't good for the filter. I will be back in about 15 minutes.”
Bryce said, “Is that what happened mom? Did Amy and I clog up the filter? Do you want us out of the pool? I guess we could squirt each other with the hose.”
Laughing, Mrs. Webster said, “Yes, that was the cause of it. Amy? I think it is mostly you and your friends, Bryce. I think you need to put on‘Little Swimmers’ for the pool. You can play with the garden hose, or your super soaker or the ‘Slip n’ Slide’, but no swimming. If you do I’ll spank the bad boys — all of them.”
Bryce smiled and said, “Guys, you know she’ll mean it. Avery, Aiden and Chase, when mom or dad tells us something, and we disobey them, we get a bare bottom spanking. Just one or two slaps.”
She went to her car and drove to the store, while Bryce and his friends ran around the yard playing with the hose, the 3 super soakers and the ‘Slip N’ Slide’ They were wet soaking each other and their diapers were almost falling off.
Bryce and his friends were having fun, playing with the hose, and keeping cool, that they didn’t see Amy or her 2 friends coming into the backyard. Amy smiled and said, “You having fun you guys?”
Avery, Aiden and Chase, when they heard the voice, looked up and saw Amy, so they tried to hide. Bryce looked at his sister and said, “Jeez, sis. You almost scared the piss out of me.”
Amy laughed and said, “I thought you already used it, brother. Who are the 3 new guests? I guess they will be loving diapers, too.”
Bryce said, “Yes, they will. Amy, meet my friends Avery, Aiden and Chase. They are here for the sleepover after I asked them many times.”
Amy looked at them and said, “Sorry if I scared you guys. I guess you need them. These are my friends, Kayla and Ashley.” They went inside the house.
Avery said, “You thought it was normal to stand around in diapers while your sister and her friends were talking to you?”
Bryce said, “She is in them, too, Avery. She doesn’t like them as much as I do.”
After a nap of 2 hours, mommy woke Sydney and me up. Mommy changed our diapers, cleaned us up, sprinkled powder on us and put cream on us, before putting us in diapers then dressed us into the dress we wore to Target. Mommy hugged us and said, “Mommy's baby girls are going to have fun. Did you have a nice nap? You btwo smells like wonderful baby girls.”
We both nodded, since we had our pacifiers in our mouth. Mommy took our hands and went to the living room. Mommy looked at DJ who was drinking from a sippy cup, and was just in a diaper playing with his cars.
Soon the doorbell rung and it was Danny and his mommy. Sydney and I opened the door and I saw Danny looking at us, then at his mommy. He smiled at his mommy and then said, “Mommy, Sawyer is wearing a dress! You were right, mommy!”
Christine smiled and said, “Now, will you try it? You might be happier as my baby girl. Mary, they look like twins?”
Mommy laughed and said, “Christine, they are twins. Sydney said that she is the older twin and Sawyer doesn’t mind. Christine, are you ready to see your new daughter? Danny, are you ready to see if you like it? Are you going to be Danielle? Your mommy might enjoy having a daughter.”
Danny said, “Mommy, she knew my new name. I’m going to have fun with my new friends. Mommy, if I like the diapers can I wear them this summer?”
Christine said, “We’ll see, Dani. Mary, I think Dani will love being my daughter. I’m going to talk to Dr. Salwasser about Dani.” She looked at Dani and said, “Are you ready, honey?”
Mommy said, “DJ, Sydney and Sawyer will be in diapers 24/7 at the lake. Dani, I have a gift for you. Are you ready to get into your dress? Your mommy told me what size you wear.”
Dani looked at her mommy and and kissed her, then they — mommy, Dani and Dani’s mommy — went to the guest room. In a few minutes, Dani came out in a light pink dress with pink ribbons in her hair. Dani had a pacifier in her mouth and was carrying a doll. He came to where Sydney and I were playing with our dolls.
Mommy loooked at Dani playing with us and said, “Christine would you like a drink? Dani will have fun with Sawyer, Sydney and their friends.”
Christine said, “Yes, thank you.” Mommy went to the kitchen and poured lemonade into a glass. She handed the glass to Christine, who said,“Thank you.” Christine took a sip.
In a few minutes, the doorbell rang, so Sydney and I answered it. It was Peyton, her mommy, Hanna and her mommy. We opened the door and Peyton’s mommy smiled and said, “Mary, I can’t believe it! They are twins. Who is who?”
Sydney said, “Mrs. MacAvoy, I’m Sydney . I’m the big sister. Sawyer is my baby sister.”
Mrs. Yannicosta looked at me and said, “Mary, I have to say that Sawyer is not a boy. She is so pretty in her dress. Sydney , why are you the older sister?”
Sydney looked at Mrs. Yannicosta and said, “I’ve been a girl all my life. My baby sister is new at it.”
They all laughed and Mrs. MacAvoy said, “That is true. I hope you and your baby sister will have fun being pretty girls.”
Mommy said, “Pat, Sophia, would you like a drink? Girls are you going to play with your new Friends and Sydney?” Mommy went to the kitchen.
Peyton said, “Sawyer, I got some of my old dolls for you. Mommy and I got you 2 stuffed animals, too.” Peyton handed me 3 dolls then a pink unicorn and a green inchworm. I hugged the stuffed animals.
I said, “Thank you, Peyton.” As I hugged her, I looked at her dress and said, “I love your dress, Peyton.” I looked at Hanna and said, “Yours, too, Hanna.”
Peyton and Hanna were both in sundresses. Peyton had a red sundress on while Hanna’s was flower-printed. They both had bows in the back, just like what Dani, Sydney and my dress has. Under them, they had diapers on and ribbons in their hair.
Hanna said, “Here are some more dolls, Sawyer. Thank you for saying my dress is nice.” She handed me her dolls. I took the dolls and put them with the other dolls on the floor where Dani was playing, so we could all play with them. I told Hanna ‘Thank you’ and Sydney said, “My baby sister will have lots of dolls.”
I looked at Sydney, Hanna and Peyton and said, “Dani, Gabe and Christian will get some of the dolls. They will need some, too. I might give them some of them, if you don’t mind.”
Hanna smiled and said: “You can Sawyer. They need dolls, too.”
Peyton looked at her mommy and said, “We forgot to get dolls for them.”
Pat hugged her daughter and said, “I think it is nice Sawyer is going to give some of her dolls to her friends. She is thoughtful.”
Peyton looked at me and at Sydney and said, “Your dresses are beautiful. I like it.”
Hanna said, “Yes they are very nice.”
Sophia said, “Mary, Sawyer looks like a 100% girl. Both of your daughters are beautiful.”
Mommy came in with 2 glasses of lemonade, smiled and said, “Thank you. I had so many compliments about my daughters at Target. Did you say thank you, honey?”
I showed mommy my 2 stuffed animals and said, “Mommy, Peyton gave me these. I told her thank you.”
Mommy looked at my stuffed animals and said, “Stuffed animals are nice for you honey. Daddy and I will get you more. Sydney, you, too. Both of my girls will have lots of stuffed animals.” Mommy looked at the unicorn and said,”Your girls will have lots of animals in your nursery.”
Mommy looked at Pat and Peyton and said, “Thank you. Sawyer is happier being a girl.” She looked at me and said, “Aren’t you, honey? Mommy’s baby girls are so polite for saying ‘THANK YOU.’”
Sydney looked at mommy and said, “We’ll have a nursery, mommy?” She looked at me and said, “Me and my baby sister want it, mommy.”
Mommy looked at me and said, “Your big sister and you will have fun. Do you like your stuffed animals, honey?”
I nodded and said, through my pacifier, “Yes, Mama.”
Pat looked at Dani who was playing with a baby doll and said, “Christine, Dani looked like she was born a girl. I hope she’ll enjoy being one.”
Christine said, “I’m not sure what her brothers will say if Dani wants to stay a girl. I hope they’ll accept the fact that Dani’s a girl.”She watched as Dani fed the doll a bottle, then Dani said to the doll, “Good girl. Mommy loves her baby. Time for a nap, baby.” Dani put the doll in the crib.
Christine said, “Yes, Dani is a girl. I’m just worried about her brothers picking on her.”
Mommy said, “Denise will talk to your kids, Christine. They should not tease Dani.”
The doorbell rang again, so my big sister and me went to the door and opened it. At the door was Emily, her mommy, Grace and her mommy and Gabe and his mommy. They looked at us and then Gabe looked at his mommy and said, “Mommy, Sawyer is in a dress! Mommy, thank you.”Emily and Grace both have sundresses on, Emily in a bright yellow sundress with flowers and Grace in a dark pink dress.
With my pacifier still in my mouth, I said, “Please come in. Mommy, Grace Emily and Gabe are here, now.”
I looked at Emily and Grace’s dresses and said, “Grace and Emily, your dresses are nice. Thank you for coming.”
Grace handed me two teddy bears and 4 dolls, so I said, “Mommy, I got 2 teddy bears from Grace. Thank you, Grace.” One of the teddy bear was pink with a pink ribbon and the other was a golden brown bear. I hugged the teddy bears, then handed them to my big sister and said, “Would you give these to mommy, sis?”
Grace said, “Mommy said that you needed a teddy bear or two.”
I looked at the dolls and said, “Thank you for the dolls, too. You are nice.”
Emily handed me two dolls as her mommy carried in a giant stuffed teddy bear. The bear was huge, bigger than me. Emily saw me looking at it, so she said, “Mommy saw this, so she got it for you. My bedroom has lots of stuffed animals. Sydney ’s room does, too.
It was true, Sydney ’s — and now my — room has lots of stuffed animals. I looked at the dolls, and said, “Mommy, a cabbage Patch Doll! Thank you, Emily.
Emily said, “ Sydney loves my Cabbage Patch doll collection, so I decided to ask mommy if I should get your sister one, too.” She looked at Sydney and said, “ Sydney , here is yours.”
Sydney took her new Cabbage Patch Doll and said, “Thank you, Emily.” Sydney hugged Emily as I did.
Mommy looked at the giant teddy bear and said, “Alison, you didn’t need to buy that. Thank you, the girls will enjoy it.”
Alison laughed and said, “Emily wanted to buy Sawyer the giraffe. It was bigger than the teddy bear.”
Mommy laughed and said, “Thank you, the girls will love it. Girls do love stuffed animals. Where did you get it?”
Alison said, “We bought it at the store called ‘The Ark ’ in the mall. It is on the second floor near Sears. The associates are helpful.”
Mommy said, “I might have to buy some Dani and the other new girls.”
Alison looked at Christine and said, “That’s Daniel? She looks beautiful in her dress.”
Sophia said, “They are enjoying it. If you say that they are boys. I’d argue against that statement.” She watched as Dani and Hanna were playing with a doll, and Dani changed the doll’s diaper and said,“Mama loves her baby” as she was kissing it.
Christine laughed and said, “I didn’t have to convince her to try it. Look at her playing and you can see that she is happier now.”
Sophia said, “They are enjoying it. If you didn't know that they were boys, you couldn't tell they are.” She watched as Dani changed a doll's diaper, kissed the doll and said, “Mommy loves her baby.”Sophia smiled.
Christine said, “That is not a boy! If you gave that doll to Dani's brothers, they would use it as a gun.”
Mommy said, “William and Kyle might, too. Or at least they would use it as a car.”
Alison said, “Or use it as a missle. My brother cooked my doll in my Easy-Bake Oven one time. He ruined it and I was mad!” All the mommies laughed at that.
Lucy looked at me and Sydney and said, “Mary, Sawyer looks like a bio-girl. Who is Sawyer and who is Sydney ? I can't tell since they are so beautiful.”
I decided to crawl back to where my doll was.
Mommy said, “Lucy, they do look alike, don’t they? The baby crawling is Sawyer. I know that Sydney and Sawyer are both happy. Sydney got a sister to play with, since Logan hates to play with dolls. Sawyer is happy that she is a girl.”Mommy looked at Gabe and said, “Gabe, are you ready to become a beautiful girl like Sawyer and Dani are? Lucy, are you ready to see your new daughter?”
Lucy looked at Gabe and said, “You ready, honey? Mommy wants you to try it. I bet you will love it. Tell everyone what your girl name is.”
Gabe said, “I’m Gaile. I’m ready to become my mommy’s daughter. Mommy said that I might be really a girl and I’ll be going to the doctor next week. I’m ready to play with my new friends.”
Mommy looked at Lucy and said, “Gaile? What a beautiful name. I bet you’ll be so beautiful, too.” Mommy took Lucy and Gabe (or soon to be Gaile) to the guest room.
Soon, Gaile came out in a pale blue sundress with a diaper underneath and pale blue ribbons in her hair. She was carrying a doll and had a pacifier in her mouth. She sat with us and started to play with the dolls. I looked at my friends and now I was waiting for Christian.
I didn’t have to wait long, as the doorbell rang and it was Christian and his mommy. Sydney, who ran to the door, and me, crawling, opened the door and Christian looked at us, then at his mommy. He said,“Mommy, I want to be like Sawyer.”
Jill looked at Sydney and me and said, “May we come in? You two are so cute. Your mommy said you love being a girl, Sawyer. Do you?”
Mommy laughed and said, “At Target, the cashier thought I had 3 year old triplets. They were asleep and DJ, who was just in a diaper and a shirt and my baby girls, who were in their dresses, had their diapers showing.”
I looked at mommy and then at Mrs. Curran and said, through my pacifier, “I love being Sydney ’s baby sister. I hope Chrissy will love it, too.”
Chrissy looked at his mommy and nodded his head. He looked at Gaile, me, Dani, Sydney and her friends and then at his mommy and said, "Please mommy! I wanna be a girl."
Jill said, “We talked about how Sawyer and Daniel trying to see if they being girls would make them happier. I told him that God makes mistakes, so he might be a girl instead of a boy. Of course, if my brother heard me heard me saying that, he would say no, God doesn't. Like most of his church, he doesn't think they do. I love him, be God does.”
Mommy said, “I think God is there to helps us, but I still think God is 99% perfect. I mean, if god was perfect wouldn't Eve tell the snake that she did NOT want the apple?”
Jill laughed and said, “I have to tell that to my brother!” Jill looked at Christian and said, “Ready to be a beautiful girl, honey? Mommy loves you.”
Lucy said, “Jill, look at Dani and Gaile playing with the dolls. They are happier. They love it. Right Gaile?”
Gaile nodded as she played with a Barbie doll. Dani and Gaile were babysitting the dolls and they both had pacifiers in their mouth.
Chrissy looked at his mommy and nodded his head. He looked at Gaile, me, Dani, Sydney and her friends and then at his mommy and said, "Please mommy! I wanna be a girl."
Chrissy looked at us and said, “Mommy, Sawyer, Danny and Gabe are happy.”
Christine looked at Christian and said, “Honey, her new name is Danielle or Dani, Danny was her old name. Do you have a girl's name, honey?”
Lucy said, “I want you to meet my new daughter, Gaile. What is your name, honey?”
Jill said, “We talked about it and she wants to be Kristin Ann. Don't you honey?”
Lucy said, “All of our girls have pretty names.”
Mommy said, “Pretty names for our happy beautiful baby girls.” She looked at me, Dani, Gaile and said, “I really think they are all girls.”
Jill said, "Mary, I think you were right. I hope they'll be happy girls forever.” She looked at Gaile and Dani and said, "They are beautiful baby girls, along with Sawyer."
Mommy said, "You are the last one for the party, Jill. Lets get Kristin Ann into her dress and then we can let them play with their dolls. Then, I'll show you what we have for our new baby girls. Kristin Ann will love her dress. Lets get her dressed for the sleepover.”
Mommy led Kristin Ann and Jill into the guest room and soon, Kristin Ann came out in pale pink sundress, pink ribbons in her hair and diapers under the dress. She was holding a doll mommy gave her and came to where we were all playing. Like all of us, Kristin Ann had a pacifier in her mouth.
Mommy got Jill some lemonade, then they went downstairs and showed them the playroom. Downstairs they talked while we played upstairs. Soon it was time for the mommies to leave, so they went upstairs and they said to be nice babies and to have fun tonight.
While Sydney and I were greeting our guests, at Bryce’s, his mom came home with 3 packages of ‘Little Swimmers’ along with some‘Pull-Ups’ and ‘GoodNites’. She looked at the boys who have sagging diapers on them, laughed and said,“Boys, you can now use the pool. I’m going to put them on you. After you are finished swimming, I’ll put a diaper back on you.” She looked at Avery, Aiden and Chase and said, “Boys, don’t worry. I diapered them since the first time Bryce had a sleepover when he was 6. Kyle and William and Scott were at the sleepover.”
Chase watched Bryce getting changed by his mom and said, “Bryce, your mom diapers all of you at your sleepovers? My mom would never do it.”
Bryce, smiled and said, “Yes, why not let your parents diaper you. They can put them on me better than I can. Soon, I know I’ll have do it myself, but for now I like my mom and dad to get me ready for bed.”
Kyle and William both looked at Chase and William said, “We do miss our mom and dad changing us. Our parents thought since we don’t wet all the time, we don’t need to wear ‘GoodNites’. We know if we ask we could wear them or older kids diapers that are available online and our parents wouldn’t complain. We were dry for awhile, but it is almost nightly, so we might ask. Ogan caught us a few times changing our sheets.”
Kyle said, “I think mom and dad knows we do wet, but I think they want us to talk to them. William we should. We need to tell our friends at the lake, too.”
William said, “We should. Lets talk to mom and dad about wearing diapers at night. At the lake, if our friends comes by early, they could see us in them, too.”
Kyle said, “Good idea, I hope they won't mind.”
Avery looked at Bryce and said, “You don’t mind seeing your mom seeing you nude?” He looked around and said, “You guys are nice.”Avery sniffed, and said, “Sorry. I was afraid that you would make fun of me if you knew I wanted to be a girl.”
Andrew, who Mrs. Webster just changed, jumped into the pool and said, “Were you bullied at your old school, Avery?” Oak Meadow Boulevard School was one of the two schools in town with 5th and 6thgrades. Avery transferred to Oak Meadow this year for 5thgrade from Fernbrook Elementary, where he went from Kindergarten to 4th grade.
Avery said, “Yes, I was bullied there. I hate school.”
Quentin looked at Avery, while Jim was diapering him, said, “No matter what, Avery, people will bully. I'm called Queertin, but who cares if they hate queers. We like you, Avery.”
Bryce said, “Mom, can I rip off my diapers and run around while you chase me?”
Mrs. Webster laughed and said, “He was a nudist, Avery. He used to run around after he took off his diapers. Amy, too.” She finished diapering Jim, and said, “Next? I might take a picture of all of you in them and hand them out to your parents.”
Aiden said, “I should ask my mom and dad to get diapers for me. Maybe they’ll diaper me at night. I hope so.”
Chase said, “I am going to ask my mom and step-dad to get them for me. Maybe, at the least I won’t stink up the room as my brothers say I do.”
Bryce said, “Chase, be mature about wetting, even if you want to be a TB.” They all laughed except for Avery and Aiden, who didn’t get the joke.
Arthur was the next one and he said, “My folks think I’m mature since I wear protection. They do know I’m a TB, but they know that I’ll always wet because of my bladder problem. When I’m sick I wear 24/7. Sometimes, in the summer I wear 24/7.”
Bryce looked at his mom and said, “I guess you and dad took pictures of me and Amy on the traditional bearskin rug.”
Mrs. Webster laughed and said, “And we can’t wait to show it to your dates.”
Avery looked at Arthur and said, “What is a TB? I hope that is not a stupid question.”
Andrew said, “Avery, no it isn't a stupid question. A TB is a 'Teen Baby’It is a person who loves being in diapers, or wishes he could be babied. Quentin is a TB to Jim. I’m a TB, so is Zane, Art, Weston and Spencer. Unfortunately, we can’t say anything, but we would either a mommy or a daddy to baby us. Quentin is lucky. He got accepting parents who knows he is gay and a TB. His 2 brother and 2 sisters knows about Jim.”
Kyle said, “I think Will and I are TBs. When we are sick mom and dad diapers us. I think mom and dad miss diapering us because we used to talk about our day, trains, boats or whatever was on our mind.”
Zane said, “Mom loves to diaper me at night because it is the time we can relax and talk. I wish I was more of a TB. If my dad was still around maybe I wouldn't be a TB, but I don’t mind.”
Mrs. Webster, who was diapering Avery, said, “You’ll enjoy it once you get used to it, Avery. They’ll kid, but they are friends. If they ever see one of them in trouble, they’ll be at your back.”
Avery said, “Mrs. Webster, thank you. I wish my mom was like you. She thinks that I’m not a girl, but I am.”
Mrs. Webster said, “Avery, I think your mom is scared of what you said that you are. I hope she'll talk to William and Kyle's Aunt Denise. I think she'll help you. Gender Identity Disorder is coming out of the closet, but some parents refuse to believe that their kids have it.”
Avery said, “I hope she'll talk to her.”
William said, “Avery, our Aunt Denise would call your mom. You neeed to talk to your mom at first. Do you need our help, Avery? We could see if we could help you.”
Avery said, “Think you could?”
Kyle said, “We might have to ask someone.”
Kyle said, “Our brother — or I should say, our baby sister — is happier. She had a checkout and the doctor said she is.”
Avery said, “Baby sister? Why do you say that?”
William laughed and said, “Sydney, our 6 year old sister, is taller then she is. Sydney called Sawyer her twin baby sister. Sawyer has 3 friends who might be girls, too. Later, we will show you a good site.”
Avery said, “Your brother doesn’t mind being called a ‘baby sister’? If I was called a baby, I would hate it. Of course, the bullies said that I was a sissy baby. Do they wear diapers?”
Kyle said, “They shouldn’t call you that, Avery. My dad said that bullies would be dead or in jail. Bullies think they are better, but they are not. You should ignore them.”
William said, “I know that they are all in diapers for the sleepover. I overheard mom telling Sydney that they might be in ‘GoodNites”for the sleepover, so Sydney said that she and Sawyer would love to be in them 24/7.”
Kyle looked at Avery and said, “I bet if my mom said to Sydney and Sawyer that they are going to be 3, they would say fine. Sydney and Sawyer doesn’t like school.”
Jim said, “Who does?” Everyone laughed at that.
Avery said, ‘So your sister is controlling your brother?”
Kyle said, “No! Sydney is happy that she got a sister to play with her dolls. Logan is a tom-boy and never cared about dolls. Even when Sawyer was a ‘boy’, she played with Sydney ’s dolls with her. DJ, is as tall as Sawyer, and they are all small. All of them are about 3' and less than 35 pounds.”
Avery said, “They are small? Were they all pre-mies?”
Kyle said, “Nope, they all got the ‘Grayley’ genes. William and I got the Maidenford genes and Logan got the Trimmingham genes. The Grayleys are my dad’s mom parents, Trimmingham is my mom’s maiden name.”
Avery looked at his friends and sighed. He then said, “I wish you were my brothers, Kyle and William. It seems you have a caring family who is helping your new sister.”
Kyle looked at Avery and said, “William and I know you were a girl since Halloween, Avery. When we saw you looking at Andrew as a girl trick or treating, you were jealous.”
Avery looked at us and said, “I was jealous. Andrew looked so beautiful. Who helped you, Andrew?
Andrew said, My mom did my hair. She owns a hair salon. My sister helped me, too. I love dressing up as a girl. I might be a girl, but a girl who loves beach volleyball and doing gymnastics.”
While they were swimming at Bryce’s, mommy watched us play with our dolls, then looked at DJ, who was playing with his trucks in the living room. Mommy looked at him, so I crawled over and kissed him. Mommy said, “DJ, your sister is nice. Isn’t she?”
DJ nodded, so mommy kissed him, then watched me as I starting crawling back to where my friends were, so she picked me up and kissed me. “Having fun with your friends, honey?” mommy asked. “Do you like crawling?”
Mommy put me on the floor, so I started to crawl, so mommy laughed and said, “I guess you do.” I was crawling, when daddy car pulled in, so Sydney hear daddy’s car, so she said, “Dada’s here!” She started to walk to the door, but saw me crawling, so she decided to crawl.
Mommy laughed as she saw us crawling towards the door, but stopped us and said, “Girls, you and your friends need to go downstairs. Daddy will be there soon. Let us go downstairs. I started crawling towards the basement door, but mommy grabbed our hand to make us walk.
When we got to the great room that was in the basement, we saw some toddler toys. Along with Sydney and me crawling, Dani and Hanna decided to crawl and played with the toys. Soon, daddy came down with 4 large cheese pizzas, so mommy put bibs on us and we started to eat. Mommy passed out bottles of juice, so we ate, while playing with our dolls and toys. Sydney and I crawled around and daddy, seeing us crawling so he looked at mommy laughed and said, “We might need 2 highchairs for them. They look happy, all of the girls.”
Mommy said, “They are, happy. I love the cribs you got.” Mommy kissed daddy then looked at us and said, “Cake and ice cream after, girls. Enjoy the pizzas.” Mommy and daddy went up the stairs as we finished eating. Upstairs, daddy gave mommy a gift — an 8 seat stroller.
When mommy and daddy came downstairs about 15 minutes later, mommy said, “It is time for the girls to get into their pajamas. They can watch the movie from their cribs, but first cake and ice cream. Mommy changed my wet diaper, and powdered me, put diaper rash cream on me, then put me in footed pajamas with dancing animals trimmed in pink. Mommy put me on the floor, so I started to crawl. Daddy laughed and said, “My baby girl is happy.” He got on the floor and kissed me.
Daddy cut the cake, while mommy changed us, he put it on the paper plate scooped some ice cream and gave it to us. Daddy watched us eat without any spoons, so we ate it with our hands, so daddy took some pictures, getting our face messy. Mommy saw us and laughed, too. After, we had our cake and ice cream, we were put into our cribs and watched ‘Disney’s Tinkerbell’ as we fell asleep.
Mommy and daddy went upstairs and Logan was in the living room and she said, “DJ is asleep. He was watching ‘Thomas’ and he fell asleep. I tucked him in his bed.” She looked at mommy and daddy and said, “For your information, I love being a girl. I just love to climb trees and play sports.”
Daddy said, “Logan, we aren’t worried about you. If you started to wear a dress, stop playing sports or climbing trees, then we would see what is wrong, but you like those things. We know that William and Kyle are wetting, but we hope they’ll come to us. We hear them getting up and changing their sheets at night.”
Logan said, “Good. I didn’t want them to know that I told on them. I saw them a few times getting sheets out of the closets and washing their sheets.”
Mommy said, “I know they would like to wear protection. We might talk to them when they come home tomorrow. We don’t want them to lose sleep because of their problem. I seen them changing their sheets but your dad and I don’t want to embarrass them.”
Logan said, “When are we going to the lake? Ashley wants to know.”
Mommy said, “You dad have some meetings this week, but hopefully next weekend we should be there. Do you miss the lake already?”
Daddy said, “We are going to be leaving Sunday morning, Logan. I can do a few meeting on the phone and I have 4 people to interview on Wednesday about the new office.”
Logan smiled and said, “Dad, did you decide about a sailboat for me? I know William and Kyle asked about a ski boat.”
Daddy, looked at Logan and said, “You’ll be getting a Sunfish for the lake, honey. The boys are getting a nice 14' boat with a 10 horsepower engine. Uncle Carl brought them up there last week.”
Logan kissed mommy and daddy and said, “Thanks you. I think the lake will be nice for us all. I’m going to call Ashley. Night.” Logan went up the stairs to her room.
When Logan left, daddy said, “Logan is in her room, the girls are asleep in their new cribs and the boys are at a sleepover. I want to show you something, my love.” He got up and helped mommy up and they walked into the garage.
While, we are asleep in our cribs, William and Kyle were watching ‘Skyfall’ at Bryce after eating their pizzas. They were talking and kidding each other, and Avery looked at Quentin who was drinking from a bottle and said, “Jim, did you teach him to be your baby?”
Jim said, “He taught me to be his daddy, Avery. I love him and having a teen baby is fun. It is still in the closet, but you could meet a TB online or I bet one of them would let you be their mommy.”
Kyle said, “Avery, you’d be a great mommy to either a TB or a real baby when you are older. You need to talk to your mom.”
Avery said, “When we leave tomorrow, I hope you and William and Bryce will come with me. I like you. Wish I could have accepted earlier when you asked me to sleepover.”
William said, “We will, Avery. We want you to call us, even thou we will be in Maine.” William watched the end of Skyfall, then said, “Night, guys.”
Mommy looked at the gift daddy got and said, “It is wonderful for our babies. I think we can use it tomorrow if we are going to brunch.” Mommy kissed daddy and said, “It is nice.”
Daddy said, “I’m glad you like it. I knew our girls might want to be babied, and with the others this weekend, we might have a few babies to take care of this weekend.”
Mommy said, “Peyton, Dani, Gaile and Kristen Ann will be picked up tomorrow afternoon. Hanna, Grace and Emily will be leaving in the morning. William and Kyle will be home in the morning, so we could go and eat”
Daddy said, “Want to go to Essex tomorrow? The boys asked me earlier this week. The babies might have fun, too.”
(Editor's note: Essex is a town in Connecticut. It is the home of a few historical places, but the family will be going to 2 places - Valley Railroad Company (aka The Essex Steam Train) and the Connecticut River Museum (a museum of the maritime history of the Connecticut River along with the story of the Battle of Essex - when the British burned Essex during the war. Essex was a major shipbuilding area in the 1770s and 1780s.).
Mommy kissed daddy and said, “Yes, we could.” They then walked hand in hand to their bedroom and went to bed.
TBC...
Summer Girl 4
Mommy and daddy, after talking about the gift, which was a Runabout 8 stroller, snuggled in their bed. Daddy, kissed mommy, and said, “I’m glad you like it. I’m glad we are helping Sawyer. I’m glad William, Kyle and Logan are helping, too. Do you know I love you?”
Mommy kissed daddy and said, “Yes, I know you do, dear. I know you love our new daughter. She is so lovable.” She patted her stomach and said, “These will be loved by our kids, too. I bet Sydney and Sawyer would love to babysit them.”
Daddy said, “That is because of her mommy. We are blessed to have wonderful kids. We have kids who care about others.” Daddy kissed mommy and then said, “I bet they would, unless they want to teach them to be babies, too.” Mommy and daddy talked about William, Kyle, Logan and Sydney, DJ and me, then my friends.
Mommy said, “Do you think they’ll ever become bio-moms? They loved their dolls and they said they were mommies.”
Daddy laughed and said, “Today some researchers and scientists were talking to us about funding for gene research. They said that with our stem cells, we can grow body parts. Who knows, maybe Sawyer and her friends wants to be a mother. They might be able to.”
Mommy said, “They would be good mommies, if they want. Do you know I love you?”
Daddy said, “They can be moms, or a WNBA player or a model or a race car driver or a scientist or even the hardest job, a stay at home mom.” Daddy kissed mommy and said, “They can be anything.”
While mommy and daddy were talking, Logan was on the phone to Ashley. They talked about their families and the lake and Logan told her that she was getting a Sunfish sailboat. They talked for a few more minutes, before Logan hung up and went to sleep.
At Bryce’s, William, Kyle and their friends were in and on their sleeping bags and air mattresses talking about ‘Skyfall’ and M’s death. They, all being Bond fans, talked about the plot and the action and wondered when the next Bond film will be out.
Arthur, who is a fan of British comedies, shook his head and said, “I wonder why dame Judi Dench was killed? She is a great actress.” He reached for a glass of birch beer – one of 5 bottles of flavors; the others are root beer, orange, cola, and Dr. Pepper - that Bryce’s mom supplied.
Jim, who had Quenn on his lap feeding him a bottle, said, “I read online that she had enough of it. I guess she is ready to retire from the movies.”
Arthur said, “She was great in the show ‘As Time Goes By.’ That is one of my favorite PBS shows. It airs on PBS Saturday night, along with a few others, ‘Keeping Up Appearances’, ‘Are You Being Served?’ and ‘Fresh Fields.’ They are funny.”
They talked about TV shows, when Avery, in his sleeping bag, looked at his friends and said, “William, you and Kyle said that you would so me a website earlier. Did you forget?”
Kyle, in this sleeping bag, yawned and said, “Did we forget, brother? Avery, we didn’t forget. Bryce, may we borrow your notebook?” He looked at William and said, “Hey, bro, could you pour me a glass of Dr. Pepper?”
William, got out of his sleeping bag, poured Kyle a glass of Dr. Pepper and himself a glass of cola and sat on Bryce’s bed. Bryce, who was sitting at his desk, turned on the notebook and said, “Here it is, William.” He handed the notebook to William. “What you going to show him? Big Closet? Or are you going to show him diaper sites.”
William went to the MLB.com website and said, “After I check the score on the Sox, I’m going to show Avery ‘Big Closet’ and the diaper sites, too.” William looked at the MLB.com page and said, “Rain delay, darn.” William sipped his cola.
Jim looked up from his air mattress, still cuddling Quenn and said, “Going to show Avery some TB stories? Some of them are great.” He looked at Bryce and said, “Bryce, could you hand me a glass of orange soda, please? I got my baby falling asleep and I don’t want to wake him.”
Bryce poured Jim a glass and said, “Here you go, Jim. Anyone else?” Bryce handed the glass to Jim.
William went to the ‘Big Closet site and said, “First I’m going to show him Big Closet.” He patted the bed next to him and said, “Avery, come up here, so we can show you it.”
Avery slipped out of his sleeping bag and his diaper slipped down. He sat on the bed and said, “What is Big Closet?” He looked at William, who was typing on Bryce’s notebook.
Andrew, who was kneeling on his sleeping bag, said, “Big Closet is a site for intersexed people. It is a great place for stories. Stanman has some great stories on it. Too bad he passed on.”
Kyle said, “Yes it is a shame about him. There are great authors on there. I love ‘Pinkboy’s’ stories ‘What’s Next?’ and ‘Flower Boy’. William likes PT Sue’s ‘Beach Girl’ and ‘Christmas Gift’. We also like Dauphin, K. T. Leone and Dorothy Coleen’s stories, too.” He looked at his brother and said, “Right?”
Avery said, “Intersex? What’s that?” He looked at his friends. “Sorry, but I sound like a dummy.” He sighed, then said, “My ex stepdad said that I’m a dummy.”
Spencer, who was in his sleeping bag on his knees, said, “Intersex means that you are in the wrong gender body.” He looked at his friends and said, “Am I right?” He looked at Avery and said, “You aren’t a dummy, buddy. You are smart. You are good in school.”
William said, “You are almost right, Spence. Intersex is also called GID or Gender Identity Disorder and also is called Transgender. It is when you think you are born in the wrong body. Andrew has GID, because he thinks he’s a girl. Sawyer has GID.”
Andrew threw a pillow at William and said, “William, you are wrong! I don’t think I’m a girl, I know I’m a girl.”
William threw the pillow back at Andrew and said, “I stand corrected. Andrew knows he is a girl. He throws like one, too.”
They all laughed, so Andrew said, “Kyle, show Avery the site so I can wrestle with your brother. “ They laughed again.
Avery looked at Andrew and asked, “Andrew, what does your dad think about it? He looked at his friends and said, “Thanks for inviting me over. I wish I knew earlier. I’m having fun.” He looked at Spencer and said, “Thanks, buddy, for saying I’m smart. Wish mom would tell me it.”
Andrew said, “I don’t know and I don’t care what he thinks, Avery. My stepdad, who is my real dad in every way, is supportive. Mom and dad, as I call my stepdad, knows I’m happier. My brothers and sisters don’t mind that I’m a girl.” He looked at Kyle and William and said, “Your bro – er – sister is lucky to be moving. Mom and dad said that if we move, I could be a fulltime girl.”
Kyle said, “Move to Togue Lake. It is a nice place and you’ll meet people there. Sawyer and Sydney did already. Sawyer has a few best friends there.”
Andrew said, “How far is it from Portland? Dad’s company might move him to Portland.”
Kyle said, “It is about 45 minutes from Portland, Andrew. You might meet some nice people up there.”
Andrew sighed then said, “I might have to tell mom and dad about it. Hey, William, did Redhead put a new chapter of ‘Don’t Bet Against Your Mom’, yet?”
William said, “He wrote another chapter of ‘Surprise Daughter,’ Andrew. Avery, that is another funny story. Want to read it? It is funny. You will be laughing your ass off.”
Avery said, “What is ‘Don’t Bet Against Your Mom’ and ‘Surprise Daughter’ about? I hope mom will let me be a girl. I wish I was a girl.”
William said, “’Don’t Bet’ is a wonderful story about a single mom and her 4 kids – two of each. The 2 girls were going to be in a wedding as Flower girls for their mom’s best friend’s wedding. The boys kidded their sisters about the wedding, so their sister asked why they aren’t in the wedding, so the boys laughed about them being in a dress. The mom made a bet with them about they would pass as girls, so they accepted and they have to spend a weekend as girls. They went to a resort, where their mom met a single dad. The boys are trying to tell the dad – who knows they are boys – that they are boys. It is a well written story, like most stories on Big Closet. ‘Surprise Daughter’ is about a boy who told his mom – while his dad’s in Afghanistan – that he is a girl. Her dad, coming home, met his daughter for the first time and the adjustment he is doing about having a daughter. It is a serious and funny story.”
Andrew said, “I know I’m a girl. Mom is pregnant and I hope I can babysit for my mom and dad.” He looked at Avery and said, “If you had longer hair, Avery, you would look like a beautiful girl. We could have fun being girls and talking about boys, like real girls.”
Jim, cuddling with Quenn, said, “Hey some of us do talk about boys. You don’t need to be a girl to talk about hot guys. Of course, my hot guy is my baby Quenny.” He looked at Quentin and said, in a baby talk, “Isn’t that right my cute baby Quen.”
The room laughed as Jim was talking baby talk, so Bryce said, “Lets keep it down before my mom and dad tells us get to bed. Aiden, are you glad you came here?”
Aiden said, “I’m glad to get invited. Thanks, Bryce. I wish I accepted earlier.” He heard Avery laughing, so he got up from his sleeping bag and walked to Bryce’s bed. “William and Avery, may I read it, too? It must be funny. You are laughing.”
Avery said, “This story I’m reading is funny. William, do you mind if he read it?”
William said, “Have a seat, Aiden. It is a funny and serious story. It is well written.” William patted the bed on the other side of him.
Sitting on the bed, Aiden said, “Thanks for inviting me. I was going to make an excuse for not coming.”
Bryce said, “You’re welcome, Aiden. Was the reason you didn’t come was because of you wetting? We all invited you, but you always refused. Was it because of that?”
Aiden said, “Yes. I knew if somebody found about me wetting that I would be bullied and people wouldn’t be my friends. Every time you asked, I got a feeling in my stomach that you will hate me soon, because I refused. I hope we’ll be friends for a long time.”
Kyle said, “We are friends, Aiden.” He looked around at his friends then said, “If any of us gets bullied, we fight for each other.”
Aiden started to look at the story, then looked up and said, “Can we be on here? Is it legal?”
Bryce, looking at Avery, William and Aiden on his bed, said, “I guess we can. My mom and dad know I’m on it. They gave me permission when I talked to them about Scott telling me he has GID. Avery, Chase and Aiden, Scott was another friend of ours who moved about a year ago.”
Jake said, “I’m not sure if we are supposed to be on it, Aiden, but I like it because it helps me and I love some of the stories on it. ‘Don’t Bet’ and ‘Surprise Daughter’ are great. Another is ‘Strange Planet’, about a planet with a plant that if you touch it, you’ll change genders. Another is ‘My Life Redone’, about a 50 year old with cancer getting a chance of being a girl.”
Bryce looked at them and said, “Those are good stories. The stories I like are K. T. Leone’s ‘Summertime Pinks’, Maggie the Kitten’s ‘PB&J’ and ‘Over The River’ and Missy Crystal’s ‘Sister Sister Sister.’ I’m thinking of writing a story about a boy who won a part in a TV show as a girl.”
Hearing about their friend Scott, Zane, who was dressed in a diaper and a t-shirt, shook his head and said, “I still think he was abused by his mom. After his dad left, my mom said that she hated all men. Before Scott moved away, he told me that his mom got a girlfriend.”
Bryce said, “Zane, he told me the same thing. The reason why they moved was because she lived in Litchfield. “ (Editor’s note: Litchfield is a nice city in the Northwestern part of Connecticut. The Litchfield area is part of the Litchfield Hills.)
Zack said, “My sister said that Scott’s older sister hated guys, too. My sister said Scott’s 2 younger sisters tolerate boys. They love getting Scott in trouble thou.”
Jacob said, “Scott’s older sister is going to Smith according to my sister.” (Editor’s note: Smith College is a women’s college in Massachusetts. Hillary Clinton went there.) Jacob looked around and said, “I wonder if a transgendered male could go there.”
Wes, in just a diaper, looked at Jacob, said, “Jake, lets find out. You can be to first TG to enroll at Smith. If they accept you, they do.”
Jake said, “Hey, I’m gay but I’m not a girl!! Wes, you can enroll there.” He smiled while he said it. Then he started to wrestle with Wes.
The room laughed, so Bryce’s dad knocked on the door to tell them that it was time to sleep, so they got into their sleeping bag and fell asleep. Bryce’s dad looked at William and Kyle and said, “Your mom and dad wants you home after breakfast, William and Kyle. Night boys.”
While William and Kyle were at Bryce’s sleepover, Sydney, me and our friends were asleep in our cribs. When mommy and daddy woke us up, in the morning, we were wet and messy, so mommy and daddy bathed us, diapered us and we then went upstairs to have breakfast in just our diapers.
After breakfast, Emily, Hanna and Grace were picked up by their mommy, so we said bye to them, then when William and Kyle got home, mommy and daddy said we were going to the Valley Railroad. The Valley Railroad is a railroad museum and train trip, so mommy got us girls in dresses – all of us in light pink dresses and daddy dressed DJ in blue shortalls that had Thomas on it with a onesie under it.
We got into the car – with DJ, Sydney, Dani, Peyton, Gaile and Kristen Ann along with me in our car seats – and daddy driving. We fell asleep on the way to the museum.
William and Kyle looked at us and Kyle said, “Mom, did they have a good time being babies? We did at Bryce’s. We told Avery to talk to his mom about being a girl.”
Mommy looked at us and said, “They did have a great time, honey. They loved their cribs. We were sure Sawyer wanted to be Sydney’s baby sister and she does. Yesterday at Target, I had someone asked if they – DJ, Sydney and Sawyer were triplets, since they were all asleep and their diapers were showing.”
William looked at Kyle and said, “Mom, do you and dad mind if we were diapered at night? We still wet and it is a pain. We slept soundly at Bryce’s last night since we were diapered.”
Daddy said, “We never minded that you were diapered before, Kyle. We can hear you walking around at night. Your mom said that you try to be quiet when you change the sheets but we hear you.”
William said, “I know but we thought -.” William looked at Kyle then said nothing.
Daddy said, “Bedwetting runs in families, buddy. We don’t mind if you are diapered. We wondered when you wanted them again. I didn’t stop until I was 16. Your Uncle Carl didn’t stop until he was 23 and he still wets at time.”
Kyle, William, Logan, mommy and daddy talked about their night, bedwetting and diapers.
Daddy drove into the parking lot of the museum and parked. Daddy got the stroller out and Kyle said, “That’s cool. Where you get it?”
Daddy said, “I got it from a store specializing in day care merchandise. I thought it would be nice for your baby sisters and brother – and since it can hold 2 100 pound kids, we know you might enjoy it, too especially at Disney.”
Kyle said, “Cool. We might enjoy it.” He looked at William and smiled.
Daddy started to push the stroller, as Kyle, William and Logan looked the display. The first display was a piece of twisted metal called ‘Sherman’s Necktie’. It was how General Sherman destroys the railroad in Georgia during his march to the sea by heating them and twisted them. Daddy said this piece was done in 1994 during an Civil War reenactment. Next to it is the ‘DaCosta’, built for the Pennsylvania for their ‘Congressional Limited’ around 1915, two Lamoille Valley coaches, originally built for the Lackawanna in the 1920s, then used on the Lamoille Valley until 1994 and the Pennsylvania baggage car ‘9284’.
Mommy walked hand in hand with daddy and daddy kissed mommy. Soon William and Kyle ran to ‘Engine 1246’, the largest steam locomotive in Connecticut. It wasn’t owned by the Valley Railroad, but by ‘the Railroad Museum of New England’; another Railroad museum in Connecticut. Daddy took a picture of William, Kyle and Logan in front of the locomotive.
Daddy, reading the brochure he printed online, said, “This was built for the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1946 by the Montreal Locomotive Works in Quebec. It was used after 1964 to haul passenger excursions in Vermont and Pennsylvania.”
William said, “Dad, do you think it was owned by Steamtown? It is beautiful.”
Daddy said, “It might have been. Since it was used both in Vermont and Pennsylvania, I would say yes.”
Daddy and mommy pushed the stroller and I looked around at the trains. DJ looked at ‘1246’ and said, “Choo choo.” Daddy lifted him up out of the stroller and mommy took a picture of them.
Near ‘1246’ was a Steamroller that daddy said was willed to the museum by one of the Valleys first engineers.
After looking at the displays, daddy and mommy got our ticket for the train ride. William and Kyle both were hungry, so daddy gave them some money for food at the ‘Trackside Café’, while mommy let us out of our stroller, telling us to hold her and daddy’s hands.
DJ saw some ‘Thomas and Friends’ toys so daddy bought some for him, while mommy bought some T-shirts for William, Kyle and Logan. William, Kyle and Logan, after eating, wanted some HO models, so daddy bought them, too.
Soon we saw the train coming into the station, so we got put back into the stroller and we got on the train. Daddy put Sydney and me on his lap, William held DJ, Logan held Peyton, Kyle held Kristen Ann while mommy held Gaile and Dani. The train whistle blew and we were off. The train ran from Essex to Chester, within sight of the Connecticut River. At Chester, the train went back to Deep River, where we boarded the ‘Becky Thatcher’ to cruise on the Connecticut River.
The ‘Becky Thatcher’ started upriver, past Hadlyme Ferry, the second oldest ferry operating in the country and past ‘Gillette Castle’, originally the home of William Gillette, a Broadway actor who’s famous for playing Sherlock Holmes, now a state park. On the river were boats enjoying a nice day and daddy had us waving to the boaters as we went upriver. We cruised upriver to Goodspeed Opera House, a historical theater and the Haddam Swing Bridge. When we got to the bridge, we started back to Deep River.
We cruised downriver and daddy showed us some birds including ospreys, eagles and ducks. When we got to the dock in Deep River, we got on the train and started back to Essex.
When we got to Essex, mommy placed us in the stroller and we went around looking at the display. William and Kyle wanted a hot dog, so daddy bought them and Logan hot dogs while mommy and daddy fed us. After eating, we were put into our car seats and drove out of the parking lot.
As soon as daddy started driving, we fell asleep as daddy drove towards Hadlyme Ferry. We were asleep until mommy got us into our Stroller at Gillette Castle State Park. Mommy and Daddy pushed the stroller around as daddy was showing things to William, Kyle and Logan. Daddy told them this history of it. We went into the castle and looked around.
As we looked around the castle, Logan, Kyle and William talked to the rangers about Gillette’s design. After seeing the castle, we went on the walking path, which was where Mr. Gillette had a railroad. (editor’s note: His Railroad is now at Lake Compounce, the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the US) After we walked around,we got into our car and we went on the road, stopped at Goodspeed Opera House, then drove north to the Glastonbury – Rocky Hill ferry, the oldest ferry in the US. We went across the river, and then drove home.
When we got home, it was time for Kristen Ann, Peyton, Gaile and Dani to go home, and daddy and mommy decided to take us to McDonald’s, after we said good bye to our friends. We drove down to a McDonald’s and DJ, me and Sydney were in highchairs while eating our Happy Meal. When we got back home, we were put into our cribs.
After DJ, Sydney and I were asleep in our cribs, mommy and daddy talked to William and Kyle about wearing diapers. William said, “We thought that you’d hate us, but we know better. Thanks.”
Daddy said, “You know some of your cousins are? As we said, it does run in families. We are glad that you are mature about diapers?”
William looked at Kyle, mommy and daddy and said, “Isn’t that an oxymoron? Mature about diapers?”
They laughed, and then daddy said, “Funny, William. I hope you’ll get some sleep now. Do you want us to diaper you?”
William and Kyle looked at each other and nodded, so mommy and daddy got them ready for bed. As they were changing them, Kyle and William both talked about diapers with mommy and daddy.
After William and Kyle – along with Logan – were asleep, mommy and daddy cuddled and talked about the day.
When mommy woke us up the next morning, we were wet and messy, so mommy gave Sydney and me a bath then put us in diapers and a onesie. We just stayed home as mommy wanted us – Sydney, DJ and me - to take naps today. Mommy put us into our playpen, while she gave DJ a bath, then she fed us our breakfast. After breakfast, William and Kyle went over to Avery’s, then to Bryce’s, while Logan went out with 3 of her friends, after mommy told them to be back for lunch at about 1. Mommy put us into the playpen, turned on the television and went to clean the house. Mommy put us down for our naps around 11. After our naps, which lasted about an hour, mommy took us outside in our backyard. We played until Logan, Kyle and William came home, then we had lunch. After lunch, mommy took us outside – after putting ‘Lil Swimmers’ on DJ, Sydney and me, so we can play in the pool. Kyle and William, in their suits, decided to join us, so did Logan in a bikini.
After an hour of playing in the pool, mommy took DJ, Sydney and me to change and get ready for our naps. William and Kyle decided to get out and went to their room to take a nap, too. Logan and mommy went to read.
Mommy woke Sydney and me up from our naps, so she changed us by putting ‘Lil Swimmers’ on us, so we were going to play in the pool. Mommy took us to the pool and was joined by William, Kyle, Logan and DJ. We were in the pool when daddy came home.
Daddy saw us playing in the pool in just our ‘Lil Swimmers’, so he smiled at mommy and kissed us all. Daddy went inside to change into his suit, then mommy and daddy played with us, until mommy went to check on dinner.
Mommy bought our highchairs out to the patio, then asked Kyle and William to set the table. They got out of the pool along with Logan, leaving daddy with me, Sydney and DJ. Soon it was time to eat, so daddy lifted us into our highchairs and we had dinner.
After dinner, mommy gave DJ a bath while daddy gave me and Sydney a bath. Daddy put on our diapers and footed pj’s and put us into our cribs for the night. Mommy came in with a bottle for Sydney and me. We sucked on it as we fell asleep.
The next morning, mommy woke us up and changed our wet and messy diapers and we did the same things as the day before, morning and afternoon naps, play in the pool and playpen time. The next 3 days were the same.
One morning, daddy woke Sydney and me up, so daddy got us dressed. Daddy put Sydney in a light blue satiny dress and daddy put me in a light pink satiny dress. Daddy took our hands and put us in our carseats, then DJ, holding mommy’s hand was put into his carseat. Soon Logan, William and Kyle were in the car, so daddy got in the drivers seat and drove. We stopped for breakfast at a restaurant we usually go to and after we ate, we started to the lake and soon we were asleep.
Daddy stopped at a rest area, so mommy could drive. Before mommy started to drive, mommy checked our diapers and changed us. Daddy looked at us and kissed mommy then said, “I love you and all of our babies so much. I’m glad we are moving.”
Mommy started to drive said, “I love you and our kids, too. I think Sydney and Sawyer love being babies. I’m not sure what will happen at the lake.”
Daddy said, “Seriously, if Sydney and Sage wants to be babies at the lake, what will happen? Nothing, we might have to tell their friends’ parents. “
Mommy said, “I was talking to the Yetzers yesterday and Kayla sleepwets. Lisa said a few of her friends are, so it isn’t a big deal. Clay and Jarred are, too.” Mommy looked at us – still sleeping in our carseats and said, “I think Sawyer and Sydney are happy.”
Daddy agreed to mommy’s statement and they still were talking about William, Kyle, Logan, Sydney and me.
Mommy woke us up when we stopped at a restaurant. Mommy checked our diapers and we held mommy’s hand while DJ held daddy’s hand. We were shown a table and soon we were put into highchairs and had dinner.
We had dinner, then after mommy and daddy checked our diapers and changed us. We fell asleep as soon as daddy pulled out of the parking lot.
William, Kyle and Logan, who were awake, looked at us and William said, “I think they love being babies. Don’t they?”
Mommy looked at us, and said, “I think they do. Your father and I don’t mind if they are. They aren’t hurting anyone and when they want to grow up, they can. You guys can stay babied, too, if you want.”
William and Kyle looked at each other and Kyle said, “It might be fun. At times, I guess we could. I got to see how my friends would react, but I might invite them to a sleepover.” He looked at William and said, “Right?”
William said, “Right. I think if they hate us for sleepwetting, it should be as soon as possible. Could I invite Clay, Graham, Jarred, Brad and the others for a sleepover?”
Logan said, “I guess I will have a sleepover there, too. Ashley invited me to one.”
Mommy looked at them and said, “They’ll love you even if they found out about your sleepwetting. Kyle and William, Lisa said that Clay, Graham and Jarred wants to invite you to a sleepover. Tomorrow, they might cruise to see you. They are waiting to see you.”
They continued to talk until they pulled into the driveway and stopped the car. Daddy carried me and Sydney into the house, while mommy carried DJ. Soon the cribs came out and Sydney and I were placed into ours and we slept the whole night.
When daddy woke me and Sydney up, I forgot we were at the lake. Daddy changed our diapers and just left us in just diapers. Mommy had DJ in just a diaper and soon I saw that Kyle and William were just in a diaper. Soon I was in my highchair as mommy and daddy fed me, DJ and Sydney.
After breakfast, daddy took us to the beach and DJ, Sydney and I started to play in the sand. The weather was a bit cool, but soon, the sun warmed up the air and William and Kyle, with suits over their diapers, jumped into the water, followed by Logan.
The Yetzers along with another family cruised up to our cottage, so daddy and mommy helped tie the boats up. Sydney, me and DJ didn’t hear the boats, until Kayla said, “You need diapers, too?”
Sydney looked at Kayla and hugged her, so I did the same. Kayla looked at 3 other girls who were 6, and said, “Sydney and Sawyer, these are my cousins Amelia, Allison and Arianna.”
Logan, Ashley and Ashley’s cousin, 8 year old Sarah, started to talk, then they jumped into the lake.
Daddy, Mr. Yetzer and Mr. Yetzer; Amelia, Allison and Arianna’s daddy; left to put in our boat, as our mommies sat at the table and talked. DJ started to play with Cooper, Chandler and Amelia’s 6 year old brother, Carson and Carson’s 4 year old brother, Aiden.
Mommy, Kayla’s mommy and Amelia’s mommy watched us as they were talking. Soon, daddy drove the car back and came to the beach, as Kayla and Amelia’s daddies drove the boat. When our boat was at the dock, William and Kyle, who were playing with Clay, Graham and Jarred along with their cousins, 12 year old Alex and 10 year old Neal, Kyle said, “Dad, are we going to cruise the lake? Clay said they want to show us something near the other end.” Kyle got on the dock and his swimsuit slipped off showing his diapers.
Graham looked at Kyle and said, “You need diapers, too? We need them, too. I was nervous you would hate us if you knew.”
William said, “We need them at night, but we can wear them around the lake if we want too. We were nervous, too.” William pulled off his swimsuit and threw it on the dock.
Daddy laughed and said, “Kyle, we are going to cruise around. William, we told you that you aren’t alone. Dear, do you want to cruise with us?”
Mommy said, “Our girls and DJ need a nap, so you can take the boys and Logan.” Mommy said, “They need to nap, they like naps.”
Kayla’s mommy laughed and said, “Kayla does at times. Cooper and Chandler still do. Amelia, Allison, Arianna Aiden and Carson do, too.”
Amelia’s mom said, “They still love to nap. After school, they all want a snack and then a quick nap before doing homework. If we move here, we want to homeschool them. We are thinking of doing it, since Alex’s high school is bad. He is going to it in September. My practice might move here, but I’ll have to fine new clients.”
Kayla heard our mommies talking about naps, so she said, “You still take naps? I like them at times. Mommy, do you think we can nap here?”
Kayla’s mommy said, “Another time. Do you want to have a nap when we get home?”
Soon daddy left to cruise the lake, while mommy put us down for a nap after we said bye to Kayla and her cousins.
TBC…
TG Sine
The story of a boy who discovers happiness as a girl...
by TG Sine
Chapter 1
Thomas Mileham looked out of the car trying to avoid talking to his dad. At 7, he knew he didn't like baseball, but his dad, Mr. John Mileham, made him sign up. Being the youngest of his family, Tommy was 8 years younger than his youngest older siblings, his brother, Daniel. Thomas had three other siblings - 17 year old Melody and 20 year old Jason.
Thomas didn't want to hear what his dad said. Thomas struck out the two times he was at bat, and he let two balls by him in right field. 'I don't want to play baseball,' Thomas thought to himself. 'Jason can and Danny can, but I hate it. All you do is yell at me.'
Thomas has a secret. He likes girl's dresses. One day, he was up in the attic when he saw some of his sisters old clothes, so he tried on a dress. He loved the feeling and he wishes he could wear them all the time.
Thomas heard his dad saying something, but he didn't care to answer him. Thomas was just thinking about dressing up.
"I said," his dad said. "Don't you care if you are labled a SISSY? I want you to come out to the park with Danny and I. We will show you how to hit the ball."
'I hate baseball,' Thomas said to himself. 'I hope mom will let me do something around the house. I don't want to play baseball. Please mom, give me something to do.'
Thomas sighed when his dad said, "You will be a good baseball player. Dan and I will help you." Thomas' dad heard him sigh and said, "I don't want my son to be a sissy. You are going to play baseball and football."
'Sorry, sir' Thomas thought to himself, 'I don't want to and I'll find a project that mom wants me to do. Sports are dumb and I hate it.' Thomas can't wait until he is home, so he can go to his bedroom. 'I hope mom has something for me to do!'
When Thomas got to his house, a Cape Cod style home in a modest neighborhood, he opened the door and ran into the house. He ran up the stairs into his room. He sniffed a few times, but now he wanted to cry - if he cried in the car, his dad would call him a wuss. It was enough to be called by your dad a sissy, but a wuss - Thomas didn't want that.
* * *
His dad came into the house and shook his head at his wife. MaryEllen, Thomas' mom, said, "Why are you upsetting him, John? Can't you see that he hates it?"
"I want him to play baseball like Dennis and Jason are doing. He will play, and he'll love it. Boys play sports."
"Not all boys are into sports, dear! Remember, I think Thomas would rather be doing other things like cooking. Why didn't you encourage Melody more. She loves basketball. She wants to go to UCONN (editor's note - UCONN is the University of Connecticut. Their women's basketball team is GREAT.) to get on their basketball team, yet you are forcing Thomas to do something he hates."
"Girls do not play sports. I don't care if they win 100 games in a row, women's sports are for lesbians. My daughter is not a lesbian. She is a refined young lady. Cooking is for ladies or for queers fags. Thomas will never cook, you need to stop babying him."
"She's going to UCONN. I told her she can. You aren't going to bully Thomas. Thomas doesn't have to play any sports. Thomas will learn to cook, and you aren't going to bully me or Thomas."
* * *
Soon there was a fight, so the police was called after he hit MaryEllen. MaryEllen was a victim of John's anger, but tonight she decided to protect her kids - especially Thomas.
Thomas was still in his room when he heard the police take his dad away. 'I wish I was a girl, GOD. I hate sports,' he thought to himself. 'Why was I born, mom and dad fight about me.' Truthfully, his mom supports him and eventhough they don't sem like it - his brothers and sister stick up for him, too.
In a few minutes, MaryEllen came up and knocked on his door. "Tommy honey, may I talk to you? It is time for me to make you happy. I think you can drop baseball if you want to."
"I can?" Tommy asked. "Good I want to be happy as a girl. I know I can't be one, but I wish I was born a girl."
"Tommy, if you think you'll be happier as a girl, I'll let you become a girl. Would you like to be a girl?"
"Mom," Tommy said, "Can I be a girl? I don't care what dad will say."
"Your dad won't be back, I'm getting a divorce. You are special, Tommy, and yes, you can see how a girl will be and act." MaryEllen looked at Thomas and thought, 'Jeez, you look girlish already. You don't need much.' She then said, "Are you ready to be a girl?"
Tommy looked at her and smiled. MaryEllen smiled and said, "I guess you are ready. Your brothers and sister will love to see the new you."
Chapter 2
Thomas looked at his mom with a worried look. He then said, "How did you know? I thought nobody knew! I guess I'm a weirdo."
"Dan and I saw you in an old dress of Mel's a few weeks ago. I had a feeling someone was looking at it, and I thought it was you. I think you'll be happier as a girl."
Thomas looked horrified, and said, "Danny knows? Jeez, I guess he thinks I am strange." He looked at his mom, then said, "I guess I'm weird. I can't be a girl, mom."
"Yes you can, Thomas," his mom said. "I should have you talk to Aunt Marion. You don't know her, because your dad forbid me from having you meet her. I think you'll be a beautiful feminine girl."
"I wish I could be a girl, mom," Thomas said. "Why should I talk to Aunt Marion? Why did dad forbid you from having her meet us."
Before MaryEllen answered, they heard Danny yelled, "Mom, I'm home. Are you here?" They could hear concern in his voice. She looked at Thomas and kissed him. She walked out of Thomas' room and went to the living room.
Danny saw his mom coming down the stairs and said, "I heard about the police being called here. Did dad hit you?" Danny, who was sitting on the love seat, didn't see her face, but when he did, Danny said, "Mom, he hit you! I want to kill him."
"Don't worry, Daniel," she said, "I had him arrested. I am going to get a restraining order on your dad. Thomas was sad when he came home from baseball, like always. I told your dad that Thomas should not be forced to play baseball."
"Don't call John my dad, mom," Dan said. "I hate that he bullies Thomas and he uses you as a punching bag. I don't ever want to see him. I think Thomas will be happier, too."
"I told him about seeing him in a dress, and I think he is confused about what you would say, Dan," MaryEllen said. "I think you should tell him. I need to go out for a while to get a restraining order on your dad."
"Don't call him that, mom," Danny said. "I hope Thomas will talk to me. He was cute in that dress of Mel's." Danny went upstairs to Thomas' room while MaryEllen went to her attorney.
Danny looked at Thomas and saw he was crying and sniffing, so Danny decided to go up to the attic and get him a nice nightie that Mel wore when she was 10. 'I should tell him that he is not the only one who's a TG,' Danny said to himself. 'I hope mom won't be mad if I showed Thomas Big Closet. Thomas might like it.'
Danny went to the attic and found the nightie of Mel. The nightie, a light purple silk material with a moon on it, looked nice. He found a pair of lilac panties with lace on it. 'He'll be happy as a girl,' Danny thought. He went to Thomas' room and knocked on the door. "Tommy? May I come in? I want to show you something."
Thomas sniffed and said, "I guess you think I'm a weirdo, Danny. I guess you think that Dad is right that I'm a sissy." He sniffed.
Danny said, "Nope, you aren't like me, Tommy. You hate sports and you like being clean. That means you are special, Tommy. I guess you think you are the only one who is like this. You have company, Tommy."
Tommy looked wide eyed at Danny and asked, "You?"
Danny laughed and said, "Not me, Tommy. My school has a Gay Straight Alliance club, and 5 of the boys like being girls. Maybe you can visit the meeting someday. Anyway, I hope you will wear this and I will show you another reason why you aren't alone." Danny showed Tommy the nightie and panties and said, "Mom and I will support you, Tommy."
Tommy looked at the nightie and smiled. "You want me to wear this?" Tommy said. "Will mom mind?"
"Mom won't mind, Tommy," Danny said. "You'll look cute. Come to the computer room after you're in your nightie." Danny left Tommy's room. Danny then gave Tommy a kiss and left his room. Danny went to the computer room.
Their mom went to her attorney to get a restraining order against John. She told her attorney that she only want the house and child support. After getting the order, she left the office, then called Marion on her cell phone.
MaryEllen said when Marion answered, "Hi sis. I decided to divorce John. I hope we can have dinner this week. I need your help?"
Marion said, "You decided to take my advice, sis. You should have done it 8 years ago, but I'm glad you decided to now. What do you need, sis?"
MaryEllen said, "I want you to meet Tommy. I think he needs to meet you. He wants to be a girl, and he thinks he is the only one. I just hope you can help him becoming a girl? I don't want to be closed minded like dad was to you."
Marion said, "Think Tommy is a TG? I just wish dad would have helped me at 7. I want Tommy to be a feminine girl. What is his girl name?"
"Truthfully, I don't know. I decided to talk to him about it after he was upset. He hated baseball, but John pushed him into it. John was yelling at him, so I decided to tell John to leave Tommy alone. Tommy was crying in his bedroom, so I told him that I think he would look beautiful as a girl and I did tell him I saw him in the attic tonight. He thinks he is the only boy who is like that."
"I'll see you tomorrow, MaryEllen. I might introduce you to my boyfriend. He is a single dad to three boys. Think I could bring them over?" Marion was thinking about having Tommy meet Averil, because he is a TG, too. "I think Tommy would like to meet Averil. I'll call you tomorrow morning. I need to call Don."
"I'll wait for your call, sis," MaryEllen said. Shutting off her cell phone, she was wondering about why she wants Tommy to meet Averil. Shaking it off, MaryEllen decided to buy Tommy a present - a nice peach colored silk dressy dress that she saw and panties. 'I think Tommy might love this,' she thought as she bought the dress and another, a lilac colored silk dress.
While their mom was buying some dresses for Tommy, Tommy, dressed in the nightie came to the computer room and said, "Danny, I'm here."
Danny said, "You are a cute girl, Tommy. I want to show you that you aren't the only one." Danny looked at Tommy and thought, 'Yes, she is a girl. I think I'll protect my little sister from boys.' Danny hit a button and said, "I want to show you this site, this site is called 'BigCloset.' It is a great site." Tommy sat in a chair next to Danny and looked at the screen. "Does mom know about this? I hope she won't get upset. Dad would." Tommy looked at himself, then said, "Dad would freak out if he saw me like this."
"Don't worry, Tommy," Danny said. "Dad is unwelcomed in the house! He been bullying you and I hate him for hitting mom. Mom is at the lawyers getting a restraining order."
Tommy looked at a story and said, "What is that?"
"This is a story from LittleKatie. I like the story," Danny said.
"I meant a restraining order, Danny," Tommy said.
"Oh, sorry, Tommy. A restraining order is a court order to prevent someone to visit. In our case it will be that moron. Tommy, you aren't the only boy who wants to a girl. 5 boys in my school wants to be." Danny and Tommy decided to surf the net, and didn't hear their mom come in.
MaryEllen looked at Danny and Tommy and saw Tommy in his light purple colored nightie and she smiled. "What you two doing?" she asked.
Tommy was scared, but Danny said, "We were looking at TG sites, mom. How do you like Tommy's nightie."
"She looks very cute, Danny. I hope she likes the presents I got her. I think she needs to go to bed. I hope my daughter will go shopping with me tomorrow."
Tommy said, "You aren't mad, mom?"
"Nope, Tommy." MaryEllen smiled.
Chapter 3
Tommy looked at his mom and said, "You aren't mad? Danny wanted me to wear this while he was showing me things. I can't believe that people are like me."
Danny said, "You aren't alone, Tommy. Most boys are known they are TG at an early age. According to a 'BigCloset' poll, 12% know that they are TG by the time they are 4. More by the time they are 13. The 5 boys in the club are glad that they have a club. 2 girls are in the club who wants to be boys."
Tommy said, "Why would anyone want to be a boy? I think girl's clothes are so soft." Tommy looked at his nightie, then said, "This is so nice."
"I'm glad you are happy, Tommy. I won't let anyone force you to play sports, unless you want to. I'll show you how to cook. Matter of fact, tomorrow you can help me with dinner. Aunt Marion will be here with her boyfriend and his kids."
"I can? I would love to be a girl all day tomorrow until dinner."
"Yes, you may. It is time for a happy girl to go to bed. I hope you'll like your presents."
While MaryEllen were talking about Aunt Marion being over for dinner, Marion was on the phone talking to her boyfriend. "My sister invited me over for dinner tomorrow. She invited you and your boys over, too. I'm going to help her with a special project. Averil will meet someone."
"I would like to meet your family, Marion. I think you are special, and I'm glad you're helping Averil with it. Should she wear a dress?"
"Let me borrow her, so I can take her out for a special day, just us girls. You boys can go fishing and us girls can shop."
"Ok, when do you want her? Or do you want to come over a visit me tonight," Don said in his Mae West voice. "How did you know I was thinking of going fishing?"
"Because your sons told me yesterday, dear. I'll be over in a few minutes."
* * *
At the Mileham's house, MaryEllen and Danny got kissed by Tommy, then went to his bedroom. 'This is the best,' Tommy thought to himself. 'I need a girl name. Tommy is my old name. Mom don't mind me as a girl, but I can't be a girl all the time.' He was on his bed, when he decided to look at a baby name book. He saw the name 'Tarja', so he loved the name. 'Yes, I will be Tarja Tanya Mileham. I hope mom likes it.'
In the computer room, Danny and MaryEllen were discussing about TGs. "Mom," Danny said, "I think Tommy will be happier as a girl. I will protect her. Aunt Marion will be coming over, is it because she could help Tommy?"
"Yes, my smart youngest son," she said. "You know your dad didn't want you to see her, but i did a few times. Tommy met her twice, but your dad when he saw Tommy was like me, he told me not to let him meet her. Your dad knows he was my brother Marc, and he -."
Danny said, "That guy is a jerk, mom. I don't want him labled 'my dad'. He bullied you and Tommy, and I want you to know that I'd do anything to support Tommy. Aunt Marion has a boyfriend? Cool! She needs one."
She smiled at Danny and said, "That man didn't want Marion around Tommy, so I could take him to meet Marion. I think we should move, to a house in the country. I saw a nice house, 13 miles from here. It is a 5 bedroom house on 10 acres with an indoor pool. I can sell this house, and we can move to it. I guess you'd miss your friends."
"I don't mind moving. I want to start anew because if we stay here, THAT GUY might cause us problems. He could attack Tommy if he found out he was dressed as a girl. I don't want to see him ever. Tommy is scared of him and I'm going to protect my little sister."
"I should ask Melody if she wants to move. She has one more year, and I'll let her decide if she wants to leave. I would like to move out of here."
"Ask me what, mom?" Melody said. Melody, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt was snapping her gum.
"I am divorcing your dad. I would like to know if you would like to move or finish up here. Tommy and Danny would like to move. If you want you could finish up here. I'll see if someone would let you stay here. I thought you were staying at Stephanie?"
"I came home, to get a science book, mom. I can stay here and finish up? I hope you won't mind if I stay here. You finally did it, mom! Good. Does that mean I can play basketball next year? Stephanie just announced she's going to UConn. I hope they'll let me play for them." Mel is an honor roll student, and along with the basketball team, she is a cheerleader, student government member and member of the softball team. "I think Stephanie's folks would let me stay at their house."
MaryEllen smiled and said, "Don't be so happy, Mel. You can stay, and let me see if you can stay with the Leadleys. Will you be here tomorrow? Aunt Marion will be here with her boyfriend and his kids."
"I have to babysit for the Iversons tomorrow, mom. Tell Aunt Marion hello for me. Jason has a baseball game at 10, and Stephanie and I might go to the mall. I am trying to help Steph with a problem and I got to get my book and notebook. I love you, mom." Melody ran up the stairs and went to her bedroom to get her notebook and science book.
Danny said, "I think we should move, mom. We'll be happier." He shut off the computer and said, "Good night, mom."
"Good Night, dear." MaryEllen hugged him and then went into the kitchen after watching her son go up the stairs. After making herself a cup of tea, she went to bed.
Chapter 4
MaryEllen drank her tea before bed; in the kitchen it was quiet. Soon, Danny came in and hugged his mom. "Mom, do you think grandpa would have ever gotten over Marion becoming a girl? Gram doesn't say much about her either. Do you think Gram will hate Tommy?"
"Remember," MaryEllen said, "Your gramps was in the Vietnam War. He thought that men were men, it was a shock to him when Marc came home as Marion. I think your gram wants to patch things up with Marion. You do miss your gramps, don't you?"
"Yes, I do miss Gramps. I just wish I told him that I love him more. Mom, when is dinner tomorrow? George, Craig and Kyle will be going skateboarding at the park with me."
"I want you home at 4:30. I want you to make a good impression with Marion's boyfriend," MaryEllen said. "Good night, dear."
Danny said, "Night mom." He opened the refrigerator and took out the carton of orange-pineapple juice and poured himself a glass. He smiled at his mom and went to his bedroom. He put the glass on his nightstand and stripped to his briefs.
MaryEllen finished her tea, then went to her bedroom. She went to the closet and saw a lilac colored nightie so she wore that. 'Tommy,' she thought, 'We'll be twins tonight.'
* * *
Marion, in her Ford Taurus, was on her way to her boyfriend's house. When she got there, a 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom 2 story Tudor, she saw the garage door opening and her boyfriend standing there with a tray containing a wine bottle and two wine glasses. She drove into the garage, rolled down her window and said, "Are you trying to get me drunk, love?"
Her boyfriend, Craig Overington, said, "Nope, I just want to tell you that I love you so much." He put the tray down on a table and took a small box and got on his knee. "Marion, will you make me happy and marry me?" Craig opened the small box.
Marion saw it was a 5 caret diamond and opal ring. "Yes, and I know who I want as my maids of honor, love," Marion said. "I would love to be your wife. I saw a beautiful flower girl dress and I think Averill will love wearing it." She kiss Craig. "You are so lovable, my dear."
"Yes, and I hope I can show you how lovable I am, dear," Craig said. He uncorked the wine bottle and poured the wine into the glasses. Craig gave Marion a glass, then said, "To us. To a happy future. A future filled with love and happiness."
They clanked the glasses together then went inside. Craig and Marion went into the master bedroom suite which is on the first floor and cuddled up.
* * *
In the morning, Craig woke up and kissed Marion. "Don't get up, dear. Have fun with Averill today." Craig got out of bed, and pulled on son jeans and a flannel shirt. He then went upstairs to wake up 12 year old Ben and 6 year old Neal.
Ben looked at his dad and smiled. "I hope I'll get that big bass today. Is Marion coming over to watch Averill?"
"Yes, she is here. I got to wake up Neal, then we can get going to BurgerKing for breakfast. Be quiet, don't wake up Averill." Craig went out of Ben's room.
He went across the hall to Neal and woke him up. Neal said, "Hi daddy!" and got out of bed. He put on his jeans and a flannel shirt and gave Craig a hug.
At the Mileham's, MaryEllen woke up and went downstairs to start breakfast. She was cooking bacon, so soon Danny woke up and smiled. He walked into the kitchen, so MaryEllen said, "Dear, would you make the toast. I'm going to wake up your sister."
Danny said, "Yes, mom." He went to the freezer and got the whole wheat bread out and also the raisin bread.
* * *
MaryEllen went into Tommy's room. She looked around and she saw that Tommy was unlike Danny's room. Danny had posters of rock stars and sport stars, while Tommy doesn't have any posters. Tommy's was clean while Danny was messy. She went to Tommy and said, "Wake up, dear. Time to eat."
Tommy looked at his mom and smiled. "Hi mom! I dreamt I was a girl."
"You are a girl, Tommy. You will be a girl from now on. Breakfast, then I want to get you ready for the day. I got a new dress for you. We are going to shop for you."
Tommy smiled and kissed his mom. They went downstairs and had breakfast. Danny looked at Tommy and his mom, then said, "You two are twins. Purple nightie. Here's breakfast!!" Danny gave them 2 eggs on toast, then sat down with 4 eggs on toasts.
After breakfast, MaryEllen andTommy cleaned up, then they went to MaryEllen's bedroom. When they got there, MaryEllen started a bath for Tommy, then said, "Tommy, today will be the first day as a girl! Hop into the tub and I will get you ready."
Tommy took off the nightie and the panties then went into the tub. The bath water smelled wonderful - like lilacs.
Chapter 5
While Tommy was in the bathtub, his mom put out his new lilac colored silk dress, with purple silk panties, white stockings, white slip and a white training bra on her bed. She then went into the bathtub and said, "Having a good time, honey?"
Tommy said, "This is nice. I'm glad you aren't mad that I wish I was a girl. Dad said that I'm a sissy. Are you sure he won't ever be back?"
"Honey, I'm going to protect you. We got to get you dressed, so we can buy some dresses and clothes for my new daughter. I'll show you how to dress like a girl. Get out now, honey." MaryEllen unfolded a towel and she started to dry Tommy. MaryEllen looked at her son closely and thought, 'I wonder if Tommy is a girl. I know Danny and Jason's penis were much bigger at 8, then Tommy's is.' MaryEllen read about a girl who when she was born was thought to be a boy, but when she hit 11 and started puberty, breasts formed. 'I wonder if they goofed up at the hospital.'
* * *
At the Overington's, Marion was asleep in Craig's bed, when she felt someone climbing into the bed with her. Marion turned over and saw Averil, in his pink barbie nightgown, so Marion said, "Morning, honey. Ready for shopping. We have a busy day, today."
"Where are we going to do today, Marion? I saw a swimsuit at Feline's, so I hope I could get it. It is a pink bikini."
"I saw a nice dress that I hope you'll love, Averil. It is a flower girl's dress and I hope you'll wear it for a special event soon." She showed the ring to Averil.
"You'll be my mom?" Averil asked. "This is neat, I hope I can be a flower girl for you."
"You are one of two I hope to have. We are going shopping, go to the hair salon and then we can bake a pie later. We are going to my sister's house. We have been invited to dinner tonight. I hope you'll wear that beautiful light blue silk dress we made a month ago."
"I hope my brothers will clean up. Two flower girls? I hope she'll like me."
"I think he'll like you, Averil. I wish we could cuddle up, but lets get ready." Marion kissed Averil and said, "Lets have cereal, I'll treat you to lunch." Marion climbed out of bed and walked to the kitchen, with Averil following.
They got out the Special K and the skim milk and had a bowl.
* * *
At Loux Park's skateboarding area, Danny was the first one there. Soon Kyle, his buddy from the school's GSA club, walked over. Danny saw that he was unhappy, so Danny said, "Did you tell your mom? She was upset?"
"No," Kyle said, "Kole saw it, so he told dad. Dad wants to send me to a shrink. I wish they would layoff me. I'm glad you are open minded, Danny. If you hated me, I'd kill myself. I can't wait until I'm out of the dumb town."
"Kyle, I'm moving soon. My mom is divorcing my dad and mom told us about a nice house she was looking at. It has an indoor pool."
Kyle looked at Danny and said, "I should kill myself. You are my best friend, Danny. I wish I could go with you, but your mom would think I'm a weirdo."
"Mom, would accept you. Remember I told the club about my brother trying on Mel's dress? Today, Tommy will be a girl. Tommy, told mom that he wished he was a girl." Danny saw George and Craig, two of their classmates and riends of Danny, walking towards them. "After skateboarding let me treat you to an ice cream cone, so we can chat."
* * *
Tommy looked at his new clothing and hairstyle, then said, "I look like a girl, Mom! I love it." He looked at the two pigtails that were tied with a lilac colored ribbon and bowed.
MaryEllen said, "I'm glad to have a new daughter. We need to get you new clothes and we need to get the ingredients for dinner tonight. I will show you how to cook dinner. What is your new girl's name? I can't call you Tommy."
"I'm Tarja, mom. I saw it in a baby name book. I'm Tarja Ashleigh Mileham."
"It is a lovely name for a lovely daughter. I think the name is as special as you are. We are having Fruit Glazed Pork Roast, potatoes, wax beans and maybe a blueberry pie. I will show my daughter how to cook. Ready to go shopping, Tarja?"
Tarja shook her head and they went shopping, the first place they stopped was Burlington Coat Factory.
* * *
At the Overington's, Averil was dressed in a pale yellow sundress with Marion in a white blouse and green skirt. They were ready to go shopping with them going to 'GoodWater Square Mall', a 6 department store (Feline's, JC Penny, Lord & Taylor, Feline Home, Macy's and Read's) anchored mall.
Marion and Averil walked to Marion's Taurus, with Averil playing with her doll. Averil sat in the back and buckled in then started to bottle feed his doll.
When they got to the mall, Averil showed Marion the bikini he saw at Feline's. Marion bought that along with a one piece, plus a three piece swimsuit - top bottom and shorts. Marion saw a summery dress for Averil so she bought it, then they walked to the mall area and started towards Nordstrom.
* * *
After shopping at 'Burlington Coat Factory', MaryEllen went to 'Bob's Furniture', to buy a new bedroom set for Tarja. They looked around, and Tarja saw the perfect girl's bedroom - a white and pink painted canopy bed with white and pink painted furniture. MaryEllen bought the set and set it aside for the new house.
After 'Bob's' they hit 'T.J. Maxx' and 'Bob's Stores', both for dresses and other girl's wear. Soon, they stopped into 'Barnes & Noble', so Tarja looked at Discovery Girl, J-14 and American Girl. Tarja picked them from the shelf, walked to the cafe and started to read them while MaryEllen was in line.
* * *
On Nepash Lake, Craig, Ben and Neal were out fishing in their 19 foot Ranger Bass Boat with a Suzuki 150 Bass outboard on it. Neal cast a line into the lake, then said, "Dad, what is Averil and Marion doing today?"
"They are going shopping, Neal," Craig said, as he cast his line into the bed of weeds. "Girls love to shop."
"Why do they?" Neal asked.
Craig looked at his two boys, who are wearing dirty jean shorts and a T-shirt. He smiled and said, "They love to be in fashion. Girls hate to be out of fashion. Us boys are comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt, but they like to dress up."
Neal said, "If boys hate shopping, why does Ben like to go to the Mall?"
Ben said, "Boys go to the mall to eat, play video games and GIRLWATCH, Neal. You'll go to the mall to girlwatch, too."
Neal said, "Girls yuck! I hate girls."
Ben and Craig laughed and Ben said, "Don't you like Marion?" Ben does have a girl playmate - Caroline.
Ben said, "Don't you like Caroline, Neal?"
Neal said, "Marion is nice she loves to cook and sew patches on my jeans. Caroline loves to climb trees and play with my trucks." Neal had a crush on Caroline, who was 8.
* * *
At Loux Park, Danny had enough skateboarding so he decided to say, "See you around you guys. I'm going to get an ice cream." He smiled at Kyle.
Danny started towards downtown towards 'Golden Cow Ice Cream', soon Kyle ran up to him and said, "They are staying here. I need to talk to you, Danny."
"Lets get an ice cream cone, and lets walk around Riverside Park. We can talk in the cave, noone will bother us. I know you are depressed, Karla." Danny used Kyle's feminine name.
"Why don't my mom and dad let me be myself. I wish I could ask your mom to take me with you. I'll miss you."
"I'm not sure when we are leaving, Karla. What flavor do you want?"
Chapter 6
At the 'Golden Cow', Danny bought Kyle an ice cream cone then started down Columbus Drive to Riverside Park. They were going to 'The Cave' to discuss Karla. Walking down Columbus Drive, Kyle and Danny were talking about the club. They were talking about sports, the ice cream cone they were eating, and summertime, which would be soon be here.
At Loux Park, George and Craig were skateboarding, when George stopped. He sat at the bench and asked the others, "Do you think Kellen was telling the truth? I mean, the best basketball player at the school wants to be a girl?"
Craig said, "That's why the club is there. Remember, we can't judge. I still can't believe my cousin is undergoing SRS. I wonder if a TG can play women's sports in college?"
"I'm not sure," George said. "See Kellen play for the WNBA."
"Write a story about a WNBA TG player for 'THE BIG CLOSET'," Craig said. "George, does your nephew still want to be a girl? I still think that boys should NOT be called sissies."
"Yes, Marlin does," George said. "My sister thinks he's better as a little girl. I mean he's still small for 12, so the doctor said he's mostly a girl."
***
At Barnes and Noble, MaryEllen and Tarja were at a table having a drink. Tarja was looking at American Girl magazine, and saw a lovely dress. "Mom," she said, "Look at this dress. I wish I had a place to wear it."
"It is lovely, dear," MaryEllen said. "Did you have a good time? We need to go to Bed Bath & Beyond to get you sheets for your new bed. We need to get home and start dinner."
Tarja had a cookbook and said, "Mom would you buy this for me? I want to help you cook."
"You are the best daughter ever, Tarja," MaryEllen said.
"Thanks, mommy," Tarja said.
They finished their snack, then went to Bed Bath & Beyond to buy some sheets for Tarja's new bed. They bought silk sheets in lilac and pink, cotton sheets in flower patterns and pink, pale yellow, pale green and lilac. After Bed Bath & Beyond, they went home to start dinner.
***
At Nepash Lake, Craig, Ben and Neal were fishing. Craig asked, "Want to cruise around before we head home? Marion was invited to dinner and we're going. We need to get cleaned up. We need to head back in an hour and a half. Where do you guys want to go?"
Nepash Lake is a flood control dam, and the lake has many inlets. One of the best known is a beach called Cliff Point, a site of an old quarry; another is Bridge Cove where the old railroad bridge is under water. The boys wanted to cruise around there, so they did for an hour.
***
At Nordstrom's, Marion and Averill looked at the dress Marion wanted the flower girls to wear. Averill asked, "The dress is so pretty. Do you think she'll like it, too?"
Marion said, "I hope he'll like it. I hope you'll help him."
"He?" Averill asked. "What do you mean?"
"Yes, he is my nephew," Marion said. "I hope you'll help out. Let's look at swimsuits. I want to get a pair for both of you. We've got to go home and make the pie."
***
When Tarja and MaryEllen got home, Tarja put her clothing in her room. Soon, they started dinner with Tarja making a dessert from her cookbook. MaryEllen helped Tarja and soon the meal was cooking.
"Now," MaryEllen said, after cleaning up the kitchen. "We need to get ready for the party. Let's take a bath."
Chapter 7
Marion and Averill were looking at swimsuits in Nordstrom's when 8 year-old Averill, looking at a little girl's bikini, asked, "Mom, I know I'm not alone wanting to be a girl, you and dad are supporting me, but you are saying that my cousin is? Why haven't I met her?"
Marion asked, "Remember I said you aren't alone? I knew Tommy was alone when his dad forbade me to see my sister. I knew he - Tommy's dad - would have a problem supporting Tommy when he called me a weirdo. Just like at your old school, when people picked on you."
Marion, is a psychiatrist, specializing in teen TG and infantilism issues. That is how Craig and Marion met, when Craig, a lawyer, had a mother for a client who wanted to help her teen son have SRS. Craig used Marion professionally for a few years. When Averill started wearing girl's clothes, Craig took Averill to see Marion. Soon Craig and Marion fell in love.
Averill said, "Tommy's dad must be HATEFUL! I hope I'll never see him. I'm glad dad supports me and I hope I can help Tommy. What is his girl name?" Averill saw a cute bikini, and showed it to Marion. "This is a cute bikini!"
Marion laughed and said, "I think your dad would think you are growing up too fast. In July, for your ninth birthday, I'll get it for you. See if you can find another just like it."
***
MaryEllen took Tarja to the master bath and they both undressed. MaryEllen filled the tub and put some bath beads in it. MaryEllen and Tarja then got into the tub and soaked.
Tarja said, "Mom, I'm happy that I'm a girl today. I don't want the weekend to end. I wish I could be a girl at school, but the kids would really laugh at me." She thought about what would happen if she were a girl at school. 'I would really get called names. I just can't wait until summer vacation and I hope I'll stay a girl this summer.'
"Tarja, I'll see if I can get you registered as a girl at your new school. I'm glad you are enjoying it. I believe you are a girl." MaryEllen started to wash her.
***
In a house 7 miles from the Mileham's, an 11 year old boy, typed 'transgender' in his search engine. The boy, Darby Yarnell, thought to himself, 'I guess I'm the only sissy who thinks like this.'
Darby Yarnell, an orange red-haired, green-eyed boy who was short, was a sad little boy. He lived with his mom, two older brothers (Mike 17 and Robert 14), an older sister (Denise 15), a younger brother (Logan 9) and two younger sisters (Autumn 8 and Kaylee 5). Darby recently wanted to dress as a girl, but he thought he was a nut. He heard about transgenderism, so he decided to see if he could get info.
Soon, Yahoo listed a few sites, and Darby saw a page saying 'TG issues for preteens and teens', so Darby clicked on the page; it was Marion's website.
***
After they paid for their clothing at Nordstrom's, Marion and Avrill went home. Marion showed Avrill how to bake an apple pie and they also made cheesecake squares.
While the pie and cookies were baking, Marion said, "Lets clean up and then lets get ready for the party. Avrill, I hope you'll like Tommy. This is her first weekend of being a girl."
Averill said, "I hope I can help her become a girl. I hope I can be a psychiatrist and help TG teens when I grow up. I hope someday I can get pregnant with my own kids."
Marion said, "They are working on it, dear. Who knows? You might be a birth-mom."
***
At Riverside Park, Danny and Kyle climbed to get to 'The Cave', a small cave where revolutionaries used to hide the French during the war of independence in the 1700s; used by slaves in the early 1800s as a way station on the underground railroad; and by bootleggers to hide alcohol in the 1930s. The cave was now hidden by trees and was a steep climb, but Danny and Kyle were looking for privacy.
When they got to the cave, Danny said, "Kyle, you know that you are my best friend. DO NOT KILL YOURSELF. I'll think of something, just because you are in the wrong body doesn't mean anything to me; you are still special."
"I know! I wish my mom would open her mind. I hope she'll at least take me to a shrink."
"What you want shrunk?" Danny asked.
Kyle laughed and said, "I hate those spam about getting a bigger penis. Even at my Yahoo! Account, I get those stupid spam messages."
"Me too, my mom said that women aren't interested in size, mom said that it is how you act towards a lady that is number one."
***
At Nepash Lake, Craig, Ben and Neal were relaxing at Bridge Cove. They were swimming from their boat. Craig, looking at the time, said, "WE have to get home now. Marion wants you guys to dress up."
Ben said, "What does mom want us to wear? Do we have to wear ties?"
Craig, starting up the boat, said, "Nope, just school pants and a clean shirt. Neal, take a bath when you get home!"
Neal said, "I don't need one, I was swimming. Why do I need a bath?"
Craig smiled to himself and thought, 'Neal is not a girl. He is 100% pure boy.'
***
Darby looked at the webpage and thought, 'I guess I'm not the only one who wants to be a girl. I wish I could talk to mom about it.' Darby read the statement that Marion put on her webpage. 'I can't believe it, she was a boy?' Darby asked himself.
Chapter 8
At Nepash Lake, Craig, Ben and Neal were relaxing in Bridge Cove - diving off the boat. Craig dove into the water and came up. He said, "Time to go home. Neal, swimming is not the same as washing." Craig climbed into the boat and started the engine. As he was cruising toward the launch area, he saw a family with boat trouble. The dad, was looking at an old Johnson, so Craig decided to see if he needed a tow.
The dad said, "Sure, I think I blew my cylinder. We just moved here, and I don't know a good dealer."
Craig told him about the boat dealer down the road,and said, "If you want, I'll take you there. Good people. They are closing for the day, so I'll call them to see if they can wait."
The dad said, "Thanks. We moved here about a week ago. We been working on our house, so today, we decided to go boating. I'm Donald Kells, this is my fiancee Ann Texidor and our bo- kids. That is Alexi, Ian and Pol Kells, and Chris, Ryan and Austin Texidor."
Ben heard Mr. Kells say boys, but he looked at two of the girls. The girls, dressed in t-shirts over blue 2-piece swimsuits, were as cute as their mom, who wore the same thing. Ben smiled at them. 'Now,' Ben thought to himself, 'I guess Mr. Kells mad a mistake.'
Craig towed the boat to the boat launch. At the dock, Craig took Neal to the truck, while Don, carrying Austin, went to get his truck. Craig and Don talked about their family and boating.
***
Tarja and MaryEllen were relaxing in the tub. Tarja thought about Monday and going back to school as Tommy. There, as Tommy, he was picked on - called sissy, get tripped, get his books knocked to the floor and worse things. Tarja sighed and said, "I love being a girl, mom!"
"I know you do," MaryEllen said. "I guess we need to get up and get dressed. I want you to wear your new purple silk dress? I want Marion to say how BEAUTIFUL you are." MaryEllen started to get out of the tub, helped Tarja out of the tub. MaryEllen showed Tarja how to dry off, then they wrapped the towels around them and MaryEllen started on Tarja's hair. MaryEllen did her nails in a light purple color and then MaryEllen got Tarja dressed. MaryEllen showed Tarja everything about getting dressed.
Tarja said, "It is different then boys, mommy." Tarja had her lilac panties on first, a training bra in lilac, a chemise, white stockings and now MaryEllen was going to put Tarja's new purple silk dress on.
***
Darby looked at the page. He thought to himself, 'It won't hurt to e mail her. I wonder if she had the same problems.' Darby clicked on the 'contact Marion' button, so Darby wrote:
I just discovered your webpage. I need help and I hope you can help me. I am small for my age (11) and I hope you can help me.
Darby wrote about his feelings and he wanted to get information. He sent the e mail to Marion, then he saw a chat area. 'I doubt anyone my age would be here. I would seriously doubt they'll let anyone my age here.' He clicked the chat button and soon Darby was in a chatroom with three other chaters - Carla16, Girl12 and Brooke15.
Brooke15 typed: 'Hi Darby. U nu? Carla16, r u goin to the party? mom just got a new swimsuit.'
girl12 typed: 'i won't miss it. my mom is happy that im feeling better.'
Darby typed: 'I'm new online.' Darby was shy so he decided to leave the chat. Darby - in 10 minutes - decided to visit again.
***
Dan and Kyle were talking at the Cave when, Dan said, "Whatever happens, Karla, don't kill yourself. I might ask my aunt to see what I can to help you. I got to get home, my aunt is coming over for dinner. I hope my aunt can talk to us at school. Karla, don't do anything foolish."
Kyle said, "Thanks, Dan. I won't because you are special. Going to call me tonight?"
Dan said, "Yes. Lets get home. I might have some good news, later." Dan and Kyle got out of the cave and walked to their homes.
***
Marion and Averill - after their bath - did their hair, nails and make up, then put on their outfits. Both wore light blue sundress. Averill went to her room to play with her dolls and she was taking 3 of them to dinner, but then Averill said, "Mom, may I go online? I want to tell Brooke, Carla, Briana, Terry and Taylor that you'll be my mom."
Marion said, "Yes, you may. If you want to, see if Brooke can go to the party. I should check my e mail. I haven't looked at it since yesterday. I hope we can have 25 kids at the party."
Averill went to Marion's chat room and saw 5 of the people she knew. Averill typed: 'Hi all! Darby and Quinn, r u new here?'
Darby typed: 'Yes. I am new. I hope I can be here.'
Girl12 typed: 'You can. I'm 12. Avy is 8.'
Quinn typed: 'New here. My dad is mad at me. I hate being a boy.'
Averill typed: 'Quinn, I hated being a boy, too! Quinn, did you tell anyone?'
Quinn typed: 'Who should we tell? My dad would tell me to stop being a sissy. My mom would blame it on my dad.'
Girl12 typed: 'Averill, both of them need Dr.Marion to help them.'
Averill typed: 'Briana, Dr. Marion will be my mom! I'm going to help out my stepcousin tonight.' Averill told them about Tommy.
Girl12 typed: 'Avy, tell Dr. Marion congratulations. You going to be the flower girl?'
Averill typed: 'Yes, me and Tommy. Anyone seen Brooke today?'
Carla typed: 'Just missed her. She e mailed your mom about the party. She just bought a new swimsuit. Mom and dad are talking about it. Dad and Zack might go to the races, so we might be at the party.'
Darby typed: 'What is this party?'
Averill told Darby about the party, and Averill answered a few questions. Averill shut off the computer, when her dad came in.
***
Dan got home and MaryEllen told him to take a shower. MaryEllen told him to wear dress pants and a polo shirt. Dan went to his room ad took a shower.
10 minutes later, Dan was downstairs, helping MaryEllen set the table. Dan looked at Tommy and said, "Tommy, you are a beautiful girl."
"I won't be Tommy except at school. I'm Tarja," Tarja said as she helped MaryEllen with dinner.
"Nice name, Tarja," Dan said.
***
Craig looked at Averill and said, "Hi princess! Did you have a fun day? You look cute enough to cuddle."
Averill said, "Thanks, daddy. I love you!"
Craig said, "I think you want me to take a shower! Girls!"
Averill looked at her dad and giggled.
Chapter 9
Craig looked at Averill and said, "I know you don't want a sweaty guy kissing you. You're so beautiful, I need to take a shower."
Craig walked into the kitchen where Marion was sitting. Craig said, "My girls are so beautiful! I guess I should get cleaned up, so I can kiss you both."
Marion said, "I just told our sons to take a shower, so should I tell you?" She looked at Craig and smiled.
Craig said, "Yes, mommy! I'm going to take my bath now!"
Marion laughed and said, "NOW GO!". She watched Craig leave the kitchen. Marion thought, 'I'm lucky to have Craig, Ben, Neal, and especially Averill. I'm glad to have my sister back in my life. Thank you, God!'
In the family bathroom, Ben and Neal both were in the shower. Ben was washing both himself and Neal.
Neal asked, "Why couldn't I get dressed in my dress clothes?"
Ben, cleaning Neal's penis, said, "Turn around, I need to clean your butt. Ben, the lake water isn't clean." Ben told him about the water in lakes while he cleaned Neal's butt. They both rinsed off, and Ben said, "Now you're clean. Want me to dress you?"
***
When Averill got off the computer, Darby and Quin were chatting with Girl12, Brooke15 and Carla16. Darby typed, 'Were you all really boys? What did your dads say?'
Carla typed, 'I have a better relationship now then I did as a boy. My dad sees me as the girl I've always been. My brother thinks it's cool to have a big sister.'
Quin typed, 'You guys are lucky! My dad would take me to a shrink. That's AFTER he took me to a boxing match.'
Girl12 typed, 'Quin, your dad sounds like a MACHO MORON. A boxing match is two morons trying to beat each other to a pulp. That's not a sport for either men or women.'
Brooke15 said, 'My dad hasn't seen me or my brothers in 8 years. I don't care.'
Darby typed, 'Are you guys the youngest? I wonder what my brothers would say if I told my mom.'
Girl12 typed, 'Darby, I have an 11 year old and a 7 year-old brother and a 6 year-old sister. My 11 year-old brother is 180 degrees apart from me. He loves fixing things and getting dirty. My 7 year old brother is another me. Mom is letting him explore being a girl.'
Darby typed, 'How?'
Girl12 typed, 'He wears my sister's clothes at times. Mom didn't buy him any dresses yet, but he has some panties.'
Quin typed, 'You guys sound as if you are from a loving family. I hope Dr. Marion will be able to help me.'
Brooke15 typed, 'She will! Hello, Haley! Are you going to the party?'
Haley typed, 'YES! What you chatting about today?'
Carla16 typed, 'Shopping! :)' Then she typed, 'Talking about how our families reacted to us being girls instead of boys.'
Haley typed, 'It is great.'
***
Dan helped Tarja set the table. He was wondering if he should talk to Marion about Kyle and if she could visit the school's club to talk to the kids there. Dan said, "Do you think Aunt Marion would accept an invitation to talk to my school? I need to help Kyle."
"I think she would accept," Tarja replied. "Is Kyle's dad giving him a hard time? I'm glad you have an open mind, love."
"Kyle is getting more and more depressed. I told him about us moving and he wished he could move with us. I hope Aunt Marion will help him. I told him that he's a great person."
Tarja said, "I love you, Danny. You are the best big brother!"
***
Don, Ann and the kids left the marina in their Suburban. Alexi asked, "Dad, did you think they noticed that we're boys? Ben was looking at us funny."
Ann said, "I think he was looking at 2 beautiful lovely girls. You said that when we moved you'd be happy. Dr. Marion is near here, so that is why we moved, to help you both to be girls."
Chris said, "Mom, I'm glad you and Don didn't get upset. Don, thanks for being understanding. Mom, you never did answer us about going to that party. Averill said that it will be a pool party."
***
Craig took a shower, shaved, and dressed in a business suit. He went downstairs and kissed his favorite girls and said, "Are we ready? Ben and Neal, time to go!"
Marion said, "Yes, we're ready. Could you take these bags to the car?" She gave Craig some bags, then watched as Ben and Neal came down the stairs. She hugged Ben and then said, "Neal, you are so cute dressed up!" She kissed Neal. "Ben, could you take these CAREFULLY to the car?"
Marion looked at Averill and asked, "Do you have your purse? Ready to meet your cousin?" Averill nodded, so Marion called out, "Love, do you have the house key?"
Craig said, "Yes, dear." Marion took Neal's hand and they, Neal, Averill, and Marion, walked to the car. Soon they were on the way.
The Story of Tarja -- Chapter 10
On the way to the Mileham's, Averill, playing with her dolls that she bought, wondered about her new aunt and her family. She then asked Marion, "Mom, why didn't we meet them before?"
Marion looked at Marion, smiled and then said, "Honey, your aunt MaryEllen, thought she married a sweet man when they married. Unfortunatly, he thought that transexuals were nuts and forbade MaryEllen to see me. MaryEllen and I did met a few times and we are still close. When Tommy thought that he was born wrong, a year ago, his dad thought I was at fault. He wanted to make him more athletic. MaryEllen knew it was time to help him."
Craig looked at Marion and smiled. "Averill," he said, "That is not a man, but a bully. A man should be proud of their kids - even if one is in the wrong body. It shouldn't matter, because you should raise the kids to be happy and successful." He then looked at Marion and said, "I love you, dear. You are the best for our kids."
Marion said, "I love you, dear. Take the next left at the light. I know you men don't like to ask for directions." She lovingly tapped Craig’s shoulder.
Craig laughed and said, "I'm not a woman. You, dear, are the woman. You always ask directions."
Averill stopped playing with her dolls, as she wanted to know more about Tommy, but she didn't say anything. 'I hope we can have sleepovers,' Averill thought. "Mom, do you think we could invite her to the swim party?" Averill continued to play with her dolls. She hoped that Tommy will like the dolls, so they can play together.
"I hope you do, honey," Marion, looking at Averill, said. She then looked at Craig and said, "Turn here, love and we are there. That house."
Craig pulled into the driveway, parked and then said, "Be good all. This is our first meeting with them. They are Marion's family."
Averill said, “I hope they’ll like me - especially Tommy. I hope she’ll like the presents, mom.” She opened her car door and got out carrying the doll she brought.
Ben said, "We will, mom and dad." He looked at Neal, who was asleep in his car seat, so Ben said, “Neal will be good, too. He is asleep.” Ben woke up Neal and he said, “Neal, we are here.”
Marion said, "You'll like Daniel, Ben. He is a great kid. He is a good football, baseball and lacrosse player. Dan‘s a sports nut, especially baseball."
Ben said, "Cool. Are we ready? Averill and Neal are. Mom, what‘s his favorite team?"
Marion said, “In baseball? The Sox of course.”
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On the chat, Darby and Quin were still chatting about wanting to be girls when 4 more chatters came online -- Belva14, Arlene, Alexi12 and Rosemary. Arlene and Rose -- two of the chatters whom the other knew, so Arlene typed, 'Hi all? Are u all talking about the party?'
Darby typed, 'What is this about a party?'
Quin typed, 'Yes, what is it about'
Carla16 typed, 'The party is a swim party for Dr. Marion's 'girls.' Some of us will be in bikinis, tankinis and some in one piece suits. You should see the bikini I just got.'
Belva14 typed, 'Hi all. I'm new here. I need some info on telling my mom and dad that I am wrong. I should have been a girl.'
Carla16 typed, 'Welcome Belva14. What do you need answers to? Did you read the FAQ here?'
Darby typed, 'Hi Belva. I'm new, too. You want to be a girl, too?'
Alexi12 typed, 'I do! Are you all boys who want to be girls? I'm new here too'
Belva typed, 'Bill is my real name, but my girl name is Belva which means beautiful view. I hate being a boy.'
Rosemarie said, 'Hi all. Mom needed to talk to me. How's everyone? Hi newbies Welcome to our group.'
Brooke15 said, 'I hated being a boy, too. When I told mom halloween 7 years ago I wanted to be a princess, mom helped me. I loved it and mom saw that I was happy.'
Quin typed, 'I hope I can be happy. Bye all, thanks. I gtg.'
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When Marion rang the doorbell, Dan opened the door and said, "Hi Aunt Marion. Mom and Tommy, er Tarja, are here, but Melody was busy. She had a babysitting job and she couldn‘t break it. She would have been here if she didn‘t have it." Soon MaryEllen and Tarja came out from the kitchen, so Marion said, "Hello, sis. Is this Tarja? MaryEllen, Tarja and Dan, these are Craig, Ben, Averill and Neal. Sis, Dan and Tarja, this is Craig, my soon to be husband, and our kids - Ben, Averill and Neal." She looked at Tarja and gave her the present saying, "This is from Averill and me. I hope you'll like it."
Tarja took the gift and said, "Thank You." She looked at Averill, who had her dolls, and said, "Thank you."
Mary Ellen said, "Open the present, Tarja."
Tarja opened the gift and saw the sundress. She smiled and said, "This is so beautiful. Thank You."
Averill said, "Want to try it on, Tarja. I like your name!"
Tarja said, "Thank you."
MaryEllen said, "Dear, go try it on. Do you need help? Averill will help you. Then you can play with Averill‘s dolls."
Averill looked at Marion and said, "She doesn't know? Don't worry Tarja. Lets see how it looks on you. Yes, lets play with the dolls."
Tarja said, "Okay." Tarja and Averill ran to Tarja's bedroom.
After Tarja and Averill went to Tarja’s bedroom, MaryEllen and Marion went to the kitchen to finish up dinner. In the living room, Ben, Dan and Neal were talking about sports, fishing and boating with Craig. Ben said, "Dan think you'll like having a sister?"
Dan said, "It won't bother me to have another sister. I have a sister, so I'm glad Tarja will be happy." He looked at Ben and then said, “I knew Tommy didn’t like to play sports, but he loves to help mom with cooking. Dad said ‘Cooking is for sissies and women.’” Dan shook his head.
Craig said, “Boy, I doubt Mario or Emeril would like to hear that! Some of the country’s best chefs are men. Anyway, what is wrong with men cooking or women playing sports. There isn’t anything wrong with them.”
“I know that,” Dan said. “I need to talk to Marion if she would come to my school’s GSA club. I want my best friend to know that he isn’t alone. I’m worried about a few other boys, too.”
“Worried? How?” Craig asked. “I think Marion would accept the invitation to the GSA club.”
Ben said, “Mom went to my school’s GSA club. My best friend is gay, but I’m not sure.” Ben looked at Craig, to look at his dad’s reaction.
Dan said, “I’m straight, but I do have 3 friends who are gay and 3 who wants to be girls. When I told my jerk of a dad that I’m joining, he called it a club for morons and sickos.” Dan sighed, then continued, “He didn’t want me to join because he said those people can be cured.”
Craig said, “They can’t. I doubt if there is a gene, but I think gays are born being gay. I think your dad, Dan, did care if you had gay friends. I mean he thought they would ‘corrupt you‘. You dad has old fashioned values.”
Dan said, “Nope. He didn’t like gays. My dad is an asshole! He used to say when gays are killed the person who killed them should be honored. He hates the fact that Tarja is not into sports. He thought that Tarja would love it if he was forced.” He looked at Craig, Dan and Neal, then said, “Sorry, my dad is a jerk. I hope I won’t be like him when I become a dad. If I didn‘t enjoy football, I would quit. There are some homophobic jerks on the team.”
Ben laughed at the comment about loving sports if he was forced, then stopped. “Sorry, Dan, but that is BS. I still hate doing homework and dad force me.” He looked at Craig and smiled.
“Ben,” Craig said laughing, “You are right. Same with Neal and his veggies.“ Craig looked at Dan, then continued, “Dan, just look at the NFL. You don’t think all of those people are straight. Same with the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball. I bet some are TV and TG, too. Dennis Rodmen was.” Craig looked at Dan and said, “Your teammates are homophobic, Dan? You know?”
Ben said, “Yes and when that guy who played for Orlando announced he was gay, jeez, that was in the news for days.”
Dan said, “There’s about 7 hateful homophobes on the team. They love tobeat up people who either they think are gay or supports gays. One of the group, was the starting QB this year, since he injured the starting QB.”
Craig said, “You are talking about John Amaechi, right? The players didn’t even knew he was. No matter what, there will be people who are homophobes. Try to ignore them, they aren’t worth the time. The coach should know about them attacking people. They should be kicked off the team.”
Ben and Dan - at the same time - said, “That’s true!” Dan and Ben looked at each other and smiled.
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Meanwhile, 5 boys -- members of the high school football team, were walking around America Freedom’s Plaza. AFP was an urban renewal development in downtown Narboro, but these 5 boys, as usual, were causing trouble. They just walked out of a sporting goods store with a expensive fishing rod and reel without paying.
The boys were hanging out, whistling and yelling insults at the girls, commenting on some people and talking about beating a student at their school, as they do at least once a week. The last boy they beat up was a junior who was on the high school soccer team, a sport they call for sissies. They then saw their next victim. “Ok, here comes another sissy. Easy,” David Ansquer, the team’s Quarterback said. “Oh looky, he is carrying some books.” He laughed.
Bill Serex, the team’s wide reciever , Bradley Tarleton, the team’s tackle, Juan deOlloqui, the team’s running back, and Baurice Brown, another running back of the school, looked at the boy and Juan said, “Too Easy. Wait, this is one of those fags in the fag club at school. Ready to kick him?”
Baurice, an Afro-American, said, “Jeez, this white boy is a honky. This is going to be nice whipping a white boy’s ass.”
Bill, looked at his friends, but thought, ‘Do you guys really need to do this? This is stupid.’ Bill shook his head, then looked at Bradley, then said, “Sorry, I won’t be doing that! I got to get going.”
Dave, looked at Bill then said, “Are you a fag lover Serex and Tarleton? You fucking fag lover shouldn’t been on the football team. You should be on the powder puff football team. Faggots.” He then looked at the others, and said, “Any other of you fucking fag lovers? Lets get this fag.”
The others agreed, so with the exception of Bill and Bradley, they started towards the boy. Bradley and Bill was too shocked to say anything.
The boy, Kris Crawford, walked alone with his thoughts. ‘I don’t know what to do?’ Kris was walking home from the library to read up on homosexuality. He wanted to tell his folks that he was gay, but also he was worried about his friend, 15 year old Trey Winchester.
As Kris walked home, he felt a punch to his side, and he fell. Then he was punched and kicked, while his attackers were laughing. “What a stupid fag,” he heard someone say.
Unbeknownst to Kris, Dominick Shelton, a member of the school’s football team, but also a member of the schools GSA club, saw the attack. “Hey,” he yelled, “Pick on someone your own size.” He ran to help the boy being attacked.
Dominick, the school’s starting middle linebacker, was out looking for his buddy, Garvan Ceitinn, who texted a message to Dom : ‘Sorry Dom’ it said, ‘2nite the nite.’ Dominick knew that Garvan would try to kill himself, but he needed to help break up the attack. ‘I should’ve know,’ he thought, ‘The assholes of the team are doing it.’ Dom saw Dave was going to kick the boy, so Dominick ran and grabbed Dave’s leg and said, “Pick on someone your size, assholes. Want me to break your leg?”
Dave said, “You wouldn’t, fag lover. If you did, who’d start at quarterback next year?”
Dom twisted the leg and said, “Dave, you got the job this year because you had Zack injured. Zack is the quarterback, loser.” Dom twisted the leg and said, “Better tell your friends to stop before your football career comes to an end.” When Dave didn’t say anything, Dom twisted Dave’s leg.
Dave, was in pain, so he said, “Ok, guys stop kicking the little fag there. This fucking fag lover wants to fuck the fag.”
Dom, threw Dave against the wall and said, “You are a fucking homophobe, Ansquer.” He looked at the other two still kicking - and punching - Kris. He grabbed deOlloqui by the shoulder and threw him down, “’Stop picking on someone smaller, asshole’ I said. I know you are stupid, but what part can’t you understand?” Dom said as he pushed Juan into the wall. “Ok, White, you want to join your friends?” Dom said, as he grabbed Baurice by the leg.
Baurice looked at Dom and said, “Shit man, this honky is just a little fag. He is on the sissy soccer team. He isn’t man enough to be on the FOOTBALL team.”
Dom twisted his leg, and said, “Asshole, sorry, but if you think you are a man because you can beat someone smaller then you, then you are an ASS. You better get the hell out of here. If I ever see you beat on anyone again. I’ll put you into the hospital. Do you understand me?” He twisted the leg, “answer me, Jackass!”
Baurice said, “Hey man, this isn’t your problem. You fucking FAG Lover.” Dom started to twist Baurice’s leg and Baurice felt a pain and said, “Ok. Sorry. I guess you want to fuck this fag.” Dom pushed him against the wall and said, “I could’ve broken your legs assholes, but if I did, you couldn’t get into college. You guys are so stupid the only way you could get into college would be by football. Now, get out of my life.”
Bill, who was away from the fighting, came up to Dom and said, “I should’ve helped the boy. I’m sorry.”
Dom said, “Serex, do me a favor. I want you at the GSA meeting tomorrow. If you come, I won’t tell coach about the fight that you were part of it. If you don’t coach will know. These three jerks -,” he pointed to Ansquer, deOlloqui and White, “are going to be in coach’s doghouse.”
Bill looked at the boy and then at Dom. Bill said, “Okay, I’ll go to the GSA club.” He took out his cell phone, flipped it open and called 911. “Hello,” Bill said, “There is a boy on the sidewalk in front of 350 WhiteOak Ave. It looks like he was beaten. “ He then shut off the phone and walked off. Dom saw that Bill was upset.
Dom looked at the boy - who was on the ground and said, “Hey, Kris? Are you okay?”
Kris, looked at Dom, then said, “You know my name? Jeez, I thought you’d let them kick me.” He tried to focus but he couldn’t since he can’t find his glasses and his eyes were puffed up.
Dom saw the glasses of Kris’ on the ground, but one lens was out. Dom said, “Here’s your glasses, Kris. The lens is out of the frame.” He looked at the boys and said, “Now, if you want to be arrested stay around. I’m letting you go, but if you get into a fight with another GSA member, I’m going to have you arrested.” He reached into his pocket and took out his cell phone. Dom dialed a number and said, “Uncle Steve? I need your help.” Dom smiled as he watched the boys run from the scene, leaving the fishing rod and reel behind.
In a few moment, Bradley came up to them and quietly said, “Kris, I’m sorry they did it to you. They should never pick on anyone -- especially you. You are a great soccer player.” Bradley walked away and sniffed. ‘it’s time to get home,’ he thought to himself.
Bradley walked to where Bill was, which was at the fountain, sat down and they both started crying. They finally came to a point in their young life. They looked at each other and hugged.
Tarja and Averill were in Tarja’s room. Averill said, “Nice room. You need some girly things around the room. It looks like a boy’s room. Come on, lets see how your dress fits.”
Tarja was afraid to change, but Averill said, “Tarja, I’m just like you - a boy.”
Tarja said, “You are?? You look so beautiful, Averill.” Tarja then started to change and soon - with help from Averill - saw the dress on her. She smiled and said, “Thank you!”
Averill said, “Tell my mom, Tarja. I think you are going to have boys around you.”
Tarja giggled and said, “I’m too young!” Tarja thought about it and said, “Do you?”
Averill said, “You aren’t too young. You are my age and girls mature faster then boys. Yes, I do have a boyfriend, his name is Faine Price. He is in the 5th grade. Anyway, lets show you off to our moms.” They left Tarja’s room and headed to the living room.
At the fountain, Bradley and Bill hugged each other as they cried. They knew that they should have stopped it, but they were chicken. Luckily Dom was there, but they knew they were gay.
Bill said, “We should’ve stopped them from attacking Kris. I know I’m going to the GSA meeting tomorrow after school. Dom told me that I wouldn’t be in trouble with the coach if I did. I’m going because I’m gay.”
Bradley said, “Me too. I’m going to be in there tomorrow.” He got up from the edge of the fountain and said, “I’m going to the JavaBit for a drink, then I am going home. See you at school.” He started to walk towards the coffee shop.
Kris and Dominick were sitting on the sidewalk, waiting for Dom’s Uncle Steve, when Bill came back to them. Bill looked at them, sat down on the sidewalk and said, “Sorry I didn’t do anything to help you.”
Dom looked at Bill and said, “Bill, this is Kris. Kris, this is Bill.”
Bill said, “Sorry, Kris. I shouldn’t have let them do that to you. I am a coward. I hope the GSA club will accept me.” Bill sniffed, so Dom knew Bill was crying.
Dom said, “They should. We have some straight members.” He looked at Bill and at Kris and wondered what he really meant by that.
Bill sniffed then said, “No, I am gay. After this, I knew I am gay, and Kris shouldn’t get hurt by them. I had to leave and I cried because Kris is a victim.” He sniffed then said, “I should tell coach that I was being a jerk. I know he’ll suspend me.”
Dom said, “I hope you can stay on the team. Kris, do you want Bill to be suspended?”
Kris looked at Dom and smiled. “No, he didn’t do anything wrong. I just want those three off the team. Bill, you are gay? Cool.” He looked at Bill and said, “I just hope - er, never mind. It would be a stupid idea.”
Bill said, “What? Lets hear what you want.” Bill looked at Kris and thought, ‘I would love you to be my boyfriend, but you don’t want a jock. You are special and you want someone special - and a jock is not special.’
Kris looked at Bill and smiled shyly. “Never mind,” he said, “It won’t happen.”
Dom looked at Kris and at Bill, then said, “Kris, what is the question? Bill won’t know unless you ask.”
Kris looked at Bill and said, “I wish you and I were friends and who knows, we might be lovers. I know it is stupid but I think you are handsome, Bill.”
Bill smiled and said, “Thanks, I was thinking that you wouldn’t want me, since I’m a jock. I love to watch you at soccer practice and seeing you in your uniform.” He looked at Kris, wondering if he should kiss him. “I think you are a caring boy, Kris.”
Meanwhile, at a coffee shop near the river, Trey was drinking a cold coffee based drink and typing on his notebook. He was chatting with his on-line friends in a chatroom, but he couldn’t find Kris.
Trey was messaging his buddies about his suicide tonight. He typed:
‘I just can’t stand it. I wish mom would let me be myself. It is a pain to TRY to being a boy, especially if your mom think you are, but you can’t do any major sports.’
One of his online friends, screen name ‘BluesLuver’, typed: ‘Don’t kill yourself. I thought about killing myself when I was 15, but I didn’t and later that year I met my lover. We been together for 7 years, now. Do you have a friend?‘
Another, screen name ‘EQ14’ typed: ‘Don’t do that!! Think about your friends and your family. My boyfriend’s brother killed himself and his parents are still upset that he didn’t come to them. Do your mom and dad know you are gay?’
Another, screen name ‘XyloPlayer’ typed: ‘Dooes your school have a GSA club?’ he paused then typed: ’Oops Does. I can’t spell.’
Trey typed: ‘Blues, no one will ever like me. I wish I could tell my best friend, but I’m chicken. He’ll hate me. EQ, it is just me and my younger brothers. And no, she doesn’t know I’m gay, really not sure if I am gay or if I’m a girl in a boys body. Weird isn’t it. Xylo, yes, my school does have a GSA club, my friend is in it. I should join it. What will happen if someone see me?’ Trey saw 4 new chatters in the chat room - ‘TrainFan16’, ’ZaneF’, ’SP14’ and ‘SunBoy13’, so Trey typed: ’Hi Train, Zane, SP and Sun.’ He continued to type: ‘Blues your folks know about your boyfriend? What does your friends say?’
‘Blues’ typed: Hi Train, Zane, SP and Sun. My mom and dad knows about my bf. Dad at first didn‘t like him, but dad can see that I‘m happy. When I first attempted my suicide, mom and dad kinda knew that I was gay. Mom and dad loves Robert as their son, too. Robert‘s mom wants to know if we are going to adopt. J We might! Thou it is fun trying J’
‘SP’ typed: Hi all, Don’t kill yourself. Don’t!!! That would be the worst thing to do.’
‘Blues’ typed: ‘Trey, I bet he‘ll love you. Don‘t ever s ay you don‘t have friends. Unfortunatly yopu might see who your friends are at a funeral, then it‘ll be too late. Trey, you might find a special person tonight. My friends know I’m gay, I have 3 friends who are boys and 4 friends who are girls.’
‘EQ’ typed: ‘Hi Train, Zane Sp and SunBoy. Trey, it isn’t weird. Some boys do like wearing girls clothes. Ever been to Big Closet?’
‘Train’ typed: ‘You talking about suicide? Don’t do it! My friend tried it and he is at ‘Huntington General’ now. He told me that he loves me, but I didn’t tell him that. I did it to him. I’m so stupid.’
‘Blues’ typed: ‘You didn’t. Do you love him, Train? You should visit him and tell him that you love him - if you do.’
Trey typed: ‘’Train, Huntington General’? You are in Narboro? EQ, the Big Closet? What’s that?’
‘Train’ typed: ‘Yes, I just hope he’ll be fine. I love him. I’m sorry that I didn’t tell him before. You think I should? Yes, I live in Narboro. You know the area? Trey, the Big Closet is cool. It has lots of nice stories. We - as teens aren’t supposed to be there, but I love to read about teen boys wearing cute dresses. The thing is that I am a TG. My mom knows I am.’
EQ typed, ‘Cool, so am I, Train. My mom let me dress up at my house but we might see a doctor that someone told my mom about. Big Closet is a cool website for T Gs. Nice stories there.’
Trey typed: ‘Yes you should. Yes, I live in Narboro. I am at ‘JavaBit’, where are you? Wait I heard about the website, but never been there. Good stories there? I usually read Nifty.’
‘Blues’ typed: ‘Cool, JavaBit is a cool spot. I’m at ‘Mall Coffee’, since it’s near my home.’
‘Train’ typed: ‘That is near my house, I live at ‘Fire Cherry Meadows.’ You go to ‘JavaBit’ a lot, Trey?’
‘Sun’ typed: ‘You guys know each other? You are in the same town! Are all of you gay? I am?’
‘Xylo’ typed: ‘I am. My ‘rents knows I am. BTW, Sun, I like your handle. You a nudist?‘’
‘Sun’ typed: ‘Yes we are naturists. Xylo, you a Xylophone player?’
Dom, Bill and Kris were sitting on the sidewalk and Dom looked at the two boys. “Guys, I think you two could be wonderful. I was out trying to find my friend. He told me that he was going to kill himself. I wanted to find him.”
Bill and Kris looked at each other and they said, “I’ll help you look for your friend.” Bill then said, “Lets go. When was the last time you chatted with him, Dom?”
Kris said, “My friend was going to kill himself tonight. I need to find him, too.”
Dom was going to say something when, he saw his Uncle Steve walking up to them. Dom looked at him and said, “Hey, Uncle Steve! I hope you can fix Kris’ glasses. A group of jerks were attacking him, but I stopped it.”
Dom’s Uncle Steve, a gay man who is 34, looked at them, then thought, ‘Another victim of a hate crime.’ Steve looked at Dom and said, “What happened?” He then set down the carrying case.
Dom looked at Kris and said, “A bunch of football players decided to attack Kris here. I saw them attacking him, so I decided to end it. Kris is a member of the GSA at the school. Bill -” Dom looked at Bill, “is joining the GSA club.”
Uncle Steve said, “Nice to meet you, Kris and Bill. Lets see what we can do for your glasses.” Steve got the glasses from Dom and said, “It should be fine. It will be about 15 minutes.” He looked at the coffee shop near them and said, “Come on, lets have something to eat.” Uncle Steve picked up the carrying case and walked towards the coffee shop followed by Dom, Kris and Bill.
Averill and Tarja went to show their moms Tarja’s new dress. Tarja said thank you to her Aunt Marion and then Averill and Tarja started to play with Averill’s dolls and as they were - they were talking about boys, while Aunt Marion and MaryEllen laughed and MaryEllen said, “Boys. I was wondering what subject they’d be interested in.”
Averill and Tarja looked at each other and Averill said, “Dolls!! I got to get Tarja some dolls. Your room looks boyish!! You are not a boy!” She looked at Tarja and said, “Do you like any boys in your class?”
Tarja blushed and said, “There is one. His name is Ashton Williamson. He is cute. Do you?”
Averill blushed and said, “Yes, I do. Besides Faine, I like this boy named Rory O’Ryan. Faine and Rory are so cute!” They both started to giggle.
Marion and MaryEllen looked at their special girls and said, “From being a boy, to talking about boys. Typical girls.” They laughed.
When Dom’s group - including Uncle Steve - stepped into ‘JavaBit’, Uncle Steve saw his young friend was there. Bill saw that Bradley was sitting alone and Kris thought he saw Trey typing on his computer. They all sat at a booth and Uncle Steve said, “Get whatever you want. Kris, Your glasses will be good as new.”
Kris looked at the menu, so Bill said, “Let me get you a drink you might love, Kris. Do you like coffee?”
Kris said, “I never had coffee. Do they have chocolate based drinks?”
Bill said, “Yes. Let me get you a good drink.” He went to the counter and ordered the drinks, then want to where Bradley was sitting. “Brad, come over to where we are. You are welcome to sit with us.”
Bradley said, “Okay, are you sure? I mean, I should’ve helped Kris. I didn’t and he might hate me.”
“Kris isn’t mad, I am going to the GSA meeting tomorrow,” Bill said. “You should, too.”
Bradley said, “Kris isn’t? Are you sure?” Bradley was upset that he didn’t help Kris, but he needed to say that he was sorry. ‘I just hope they’ll be kicked off the team. We don’t need BULLIES on the team,’ Bradley thought. He got his drink and went to the table where they are sitting and said, “Kris, I’m sorry I didn’t help you. I wish I could make it up to you.”
Kris smiled at Bradley and thought, ‘Trey would love you. I just hope Trey isn’t dead. I need to find him - and let him meet Bradley. This would be nice.’ Kris looked at Bradley smiled at said, “Its okay, Brad. I think you know that you if wanted to protect me that you’d be labeled a ‘FAGLOVER’, but at least you didn’t attacked me.”
Bradley said, “I’m sorry, but I should have helped you. I’m not sure of your sexual orientation, but hell, I’m not sure of mine. I love guys, but --” Bradley sighed and said, “I want to be dressed up as a girl when I have sex. That is why I’m weird.”
Dom looked at Bradley and said, “You could be a girl trapped in a boys body, Bradley. What I mean is that you could be transgendered. You might love males because your mind thinks you are a female. You wouldn’t be the first GSA member to be a TG, Brad. I hope you’ll join.” He sighed at said, “I just hope I can find Garvan. He sent me a text message.”
Bradley said, “Garvan? I thought I saw him 45 minutes ago at ‘AllDay Fitness.’ Do you think I should tell the coach that I was involved with the attack?”
Dom said, “AllDay Fitness is where he is, Brad? I hope he is still there. Do you have a membership?”
Brad said, “Yes, I do. I like to use the pool there. Do you want to see if he is still there?”
At the Mileham’s, Averill and Tarja were playing with Averill’s dolls when MaryEllen said, “Honey, here are three more gifts.” She handed Tarja two smaller boxes to Tarja, while a big box was next to her. “I hope you like them.”
Tarja opened the smaller box and there was a doll, and then opened another, which was another doll, then opened the big box - which was a Victorian style dollhouse.
Tarja said, “Thank you, mommy.”
Meanwhile, at the ‘Triple Pines Motel’, a man said to himself, ‘No one will ever accept that. I’m going to kill them. Especially the freak! If I can’t have my family, no one will.
Tarja 11
At the ‘Triple Pines Motel’, an old Howard Johnsons motel that charges weekly and daily rates, the man looked at a picture of his family. The picture of his family — his wife, 3 sons and a daughter along with himself — were a classic American family; brown hair green eyes and they look happy. He ripped up the picture and threw it on the floor. ‘If I can’t have them, nobody will. Nobody, especially that quack of a doctor, will change my daughter into a boy. I’ll kill the quack if I have to. America will be better off without that quack bitch,’ he thought to himself. He reached under the bed, and pulled out a suitcase and opened it. Inside was a AK-47 that he pulled out and looked at it. He smiled and thought to himself, ‘ My ex and that stupid quack bitch will be dead soon,’ he thought.
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At the ‘Java Bit’, Uncle Steve fixed Kris’ glasses, handed them to him and said, “Here Kris. They should be a nice fit now. “
Kris put them on his head and said, “Thank you, sir. I hope I can find my friend now.” He looked around and saw Trey sitting alone at a table with his laptop.
Kris smiled and said, “I see the person I’m looking for. I got an IM from him saying that he was going to kill himself tonight. Brad, want to meet a friend of mine?”
Brad said, “Ok. Who is it?” Brad got up from the table and followed Kris to where Trey was sitting, then Kris introduced Brad and Trey. Then Kris said, “What’s wrong, Trey? Why not join us at our table” He pointed to their table. “I was looking for you all night, Trey. I was worried about you when you IMed me. I didn’t want you to kill yourself, buddy.”
Trey looked at Kris and Brad and then said, “Hi Brad. I’ve seen you at school. You are nice, Brad. You want to be friends? You are nice, Brad. Kris, I was depressed when I wrote you. I got cheered up while I was online. I had a fight with mom tonight.”
Brad said, “Trey, I’ve seen you around at school, too. You are nice, too. I hope we can be friends and who knows. Do you go to the GSA club at school? I’m going tomorrow.”
Trey signed of the net as he typed: ‘Bye all. My friends are here. You helped me out and so will they. TTYL.’ He closed the laptop and they walked over to their table.
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At the Mileham’s, Averill and Tarja were playing with Tarja’s new dollhouse in Tarja’s bedroom. They were checking the baby, when Mary Ellen came up to the room and said, “Girl’s time to eat. You can play with your dolls after dinner.”
Averill and Tarja stopped playing and went with Mary Ellen to the kitchen. As they were walking down to the kitchen, Averill asked, “May I call you Aunt Mary Ellen?”
Mary Ellen smiled and said, “Yes, young lady, you may. You are so beautiful, Averill.”
Averill said, “Mom said that you are nice, Aunt Mary Ellen. Tarja, you want a sleepover and a pool party?”
Tarja said, “Mom, could I go? Please?”
Mary Ellen smiled, kissed them and said, “We will have to get you a bikini for the beach. Marion was talking about it.”
Averill said, “You’ll love the people at the pool party. Most of them are clients of mom’s. I’m going to ask mom if I can go on and tell my friends about my new cousin.”
Tarja said, “Thanks for inviting me, Averill. I hope we’ll be great cousins.”
Marion, who heard them talking about the pool party and the sleepover, smiled at them and said, “You two will be great cousins. Honey, you can go online and tell them about your cousin. Check the site to see if anyone else signed up. Mary Ellen, it smells delicious.“
They all sat at the table and started to eat and talk, with Craig, Ben, Dan and Neal listening to Marion's stories of growing up with MaryEllen.
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In the chat room of Marion, Carla16, Brooke15, Girl12 were chatting with Quin and Darby when 6 more people came into the site. The 6, which included 4 regular chatters — Danielle11, AliceGirl10, Ash11 and Tori10 came in and they all typed: ‘Hi All’.The 2 new visitors Chris9 and DeAnna11 came in and lurked.
Carla, who was talking about the pool party with Carla, Brooke and Girl, typed; ‘Hi Danielle, Alice, Ash and Tori. Hi Chris and DeAnna. Welcome.’
Danielle typed: ‘You talking about the pool party? Mom got me a new swimsuit for it. She said if I’m going to be a girl, I can’t wear a boy suit.’
Brooke typed: ‘I guess we all got new suits.’
Chris typed: ‘Who is having a pool party? Sorry if I sound nosey.’
They told Chris and DeAnna about the pool party. Chris and DeAnna wanted to know about Marion, because they have questions. They told them to send their question to the email address.
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At ‘JavaBit’, Uncle Steve talked to Trey. Trey told him about his fight with his mom because he decided to come out to her. He then said, “I came out because she is such a liberal. She supports gay rights, but she doesn’t want ME to be gay. That is stupid.”
Uncle Steve said, “Some people are afraid, Trey. Your mom might to a hypocrite, too. She might talk about gay rights because it sound politically correct, but secretly she might hate gays.”
Dominick looked at Uncle Steve and said, “What about conservatives? Aren’t they worse?”
Uncle Steve looked at Dominick and smiled. He then said, “Fiscal conservatives are fine. I’m a fiscal conservative. It is the social conservatives that troubles me. I’m not for gay marriage liberals want but I’d like to see gay couple be recognized as a family. Liberals, to me are the worse, since they love to spend money that is not theirs.” He looked at his watch and said, “We should be going soon.”
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In the chatroom Trey just left, XyloPlayer typed: ‘I just hope that kid will be okay.’
EQ typed: ‘Me too. I hope his friend was there for him. I have a problem’
Sunboy13 typed: ‘What is it, EQ? hopefully we can help you.’ Five more chatters came to the chatroom, so Sunboy continued by typing: ‘Welcome Waterskiier14, Will12, Kangaroo, BBrewer13 and WandaBGirl11.’
EQ typed: ‘Well I like to be a female. I love wearing dresses. Hello WS14, W12, Kanga, BBrew and Wanda.’
Waterskiier14 typed: ‘Hi all. EQ, no big deal about wearing dresses.’
SunBoy13 typed: ‘No biggie on here, EQ? My best friend loves dresses. Ever been to ‘Marion’s Chat’, EQ?’
EQ typed: ‘What’s that? Marion’s Chat?’
SunBoy13 typed: ‘I guess you never been there, EQ. It is a chat for Transgendered and cross dressing teens. I would go there and leave a message for Marion.’
WandaBGirl11 typed: ‘It is a great site. I got information from that site so I can talk to my mom and dad. They finally told me they’ll talk to her.’
Waterskiier typed: ‘It is a great site. My brother is 12 and she is a client of Marion. My mom and dad are supporting her.’
EQ typed: ‘What’s the URL?’ WandaB give out the URL, then typed: ‘Waterskiier, Marion is having a pool party for her clients at her house. Your brother is going?’
Waterskiier typed: ‘Yes, since it is a family pool party we are all going to be there. Brother got a bikini to show off in.'
Kangaroo lurked for a few minutes, then left without typing anything, so SunBoy typed: ‘I wonder if Kangaroo will be back. If he comes back, I might PM him.’
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At the Mileham’s, they finished dinner and had dessert. Marion and Mary Ellen had Averill and Tarja clean up. After Tarja and Averill went to Tarja’s computer and logged on. Averill typed in Marion’s URL, then Averill got to the chat room, Averill said, “Tarja, what do you want your handle to be?”
Tarja looked at Averill and said, “How about Tarja7exboy?”
Averill typed it in and they went to the chat, where Carla16, Brooke15, Girl12, Quin, Darby, Alexi12 were talking about the pool party. Carla16 saw ‘Tarja7exboy’ — Tarja’s handle — come in and typed, “Welcome Tarja. If you have any questions please ask. Darby, ask Marion. Darby, your dream might be siderailed . You, IMHO, should play in the WNBA.’
Tarja, at the keyboard, looked at Averill and said, “What should I say?”
Averill said, “Tell them hello and you are new. Tell them about yourself.”
Tarja typed: ‘hello all. I’m new here. I’m 7 and I love to play with dolls, and play hopscotch and help my mom clean and cook.’
Carla16 typed: ‘Welcome, Tarja.’
Brooke15 typed: 'helloTarja7exboy. Welcome to a great chat? How did you find this place??'
In the room, Averill laughed and said, 'Type you know Averill. Wait, type bye, BRB. I want to get on, to see if Denise14 is going. You'll like her.'
Tarja looked at Averill and then typed: 'Bye, BRB.' Tarja signed off, so Averill got online and got on the chat.
Averill, Averill's handle, came online, then type: 'Hello all. Did anyone seen Denise14 here today? I have to say that I got an announcement.'
Girl12 typed: 'You told us about Marion becoming your mom already. What else is new?'
Two more chatters - AlexiandChristine and Toni13 - both regulars came online, so Averill typed: 'You seen someone with the handle Tarja7exboy? She'll be at the pool party. She is my cousin. We went to Marion's sister's for dinner. She is just like us...'
Tarja 12 --
In the chatroom of Marion’s, when Averill typed hat Tarja was like them, Carla16, Brooke15, Girl12, AlexiandChristine, Toni13, Quin, Darby and Alexi12 all typed: ‘Really? You mean she is like us? Cool!’
Averill typed, ‘Yes, she is just like us.’ She saw 3 more chatters coming into the room - Randall12, Max10 and JasonSunshine12, so she typed, ‘She is like MOST of us. Hi there, Rand, Max and Jason, you going to the pool party?’
Jason typed, ‘Yes, Averill. Mom got me a binder, so I guess I’ll have to wear a t-shirt. Why would any of you want to be a girl?’
Randall typed, ‘I know, I wish I was born a boy. You boys got it much better. Why would anyone want to be a girl?’
Toni13 typed, ‘We think girls are better, Randy. Think about the clothes and colors we can wear as girls. Of course, our bikinis will drive boys crazy, which your board shorts can’t do with us girls. Maybe if you were in a Speedo!’ Toni13 then typed ;-).
Averill typed, ‘There is no right answer as Marion - or should I say mom? - would say.’ She then typed, ‘Tarja is reading this. She is going to be a great cousin.’
Jason typed, ‘Marion is going to be your mom? Cool? Who is Tarja?’
Averill typed, ‘Tarja is my cousin, Jason. She was an unhappy boy, but her dad wanted to make him play sports. She wanted to be a girl, so her mom decided to make her happy. I bet she’ll e a great mom -- like we would be when she gets older.’ Averill saw another regular, Ryan_Z, so she typed, ‘Hi Ryan!’
Ryan typed: ‘AVERILL, MY DAD IS GOING CRAZY!!! MYMOM GOT THREATENED AND HE SAID HE IS GOING TO KILL MARION. IF YOU SEE HER, TELL HER. MOM TOLD THE POLICE HE GOT AN AK47.’
Averill typed, ‘Do you know where he is? I hope he get caught by the police before he harms someone. Do you think he will kill people? I’m going to tell mom and dad about his threats, Ryan. BRB’
Averill looked at Tarja and said, “Tarja, we need to tell my mom and dad that we have problems. Mom is being threatened. We need to tell my mom and dad and your mom, too. Let’s go to them.”
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While Averill and Tarja were upstairs on the computers, MaryEllen, Marion and Craig were in the living room talking about Averill and Tarja and about MaryEllen growing up with Mark. They were drinking coffee while Craig got to know MaryEllen.
MaryEllen, talking about growing up with Mark, said, “I knew Mark was a girl when she was caught with my swimsuit one day when we were on vacation. It was when we went to New Hampshire when we were 7 and 5. Mom was supportive, but knew dad would be upset.” 8008930903
Marion looked at MaryEllen and said, “You and mom saw me in your swimsuit? I’m glad dad didn’t see me. He would have killed me.” Marion sighed, then said, “Even mom wasn’t that supportive, but it wasn’t as accepted as it is today. Mom and I still are cool.”
MaryEllen looked at Marion and said, “I think mom is now accepting of you, Marion. You should call her and tell her about Craig. She might be happy with Craig and her new grandkids.”
Marion said, “I just hope the family will get together, MaryEllen. Of course, as one of my professionals in Massachusetts said. She said that family is about love and not about blood. She wrote an article about the town of Winnisimett and the people who reallys around transkids. I believe the Soggertick Valley will accept transkids, too.” Marion was talking about the area where Norboro, Kettuck and surround towns are located 45 miles southeast of Hartford, Connecticut.
Marion took a sip of her coffee, then continued to say, “I’m taking a partner on. Her office was set on fire, but Dr. Salwasser is great. We both have clients in the area and he are going to have two more partners. We both want to cut our hours, because she wants to travel more and I want to raise Neal and adopt 3 kids.”
MaryEllen said, “That’s nice. I wanted to adopt, but John was against it, because he would NEVER be his. Why did I think he was the best when I married him.” MaryEllen looked at Craig and said, “Adoption is so nice. You are very special, Craig. Your kids - especially Averill is so nice. If I didn’t know, I thought she was 100% girl.”
Craig laughed and said, “She is all girl, MaryEllen. I know what you mean and Marion is making me happy. Averill is out of her shell, she loves sports, but I can see Marion is helping her and Neal and Ben, also. Yes, I knew she wants to be a mom. As a lawyer, I helped incorporate 3 bio-technology companies which are researching uterus and testes from stem cells. Connecticut Polytech University, along with Yale and UConn are trying to get Connecticut into Bio-Tech Valley. You should adopt, MaryEllen. I can see you are a great mom. Tarja is very beautiful.”
Marion said, “I hope I can be a bio-mom soon. Narboro Memorial is trying to do a uterus transplant soon. I hope I’m going to get selected.”
MaryEllen said, “You’ll be a great mom, Marion.”
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Downstairs, Dan and Ben were running trains to entertain Neal. They were running trains around the F shaped layout, which was a prototype of the Soggertick Valley. While running the trains, Dan and Ben talked about baseball (especially the Red Sox), sports, cars, trains, their schools and gender issues.
Dan stopped the train and said, “I hope Marion will visit my school’s GSA club. My friend is depressed because she can’t become a girl. I’m worried that she might kill herself, her parents think she is a boy.”
Ben slowed the train he was running, then said, “Marion will visit it if you ask. She visited my school’s GSA club a few times. She visit my school’s club 3 weeks ago, when one of the club members killed himself - jumping off Narboro Tower.” Ben started his train, then said, “Ask her. She’ll visit it.”
Dan said, “Narboro Tower? Isn’t that the tower on Coaxet Hill in Quayachick State Park? I heard about it, because a few of my friends wanted to go fishing there.”
Ben looked at him and said, “Yes. The park was closed for 3 days. I love fishing there. Ever swam there? We do. We and my friends and we skinnydip and camp there.”
Dan said, “We, my friends and I skinnydip at Bluestone Falls. It is more private. The park’s ponds are really nice. All of them are.”
Ben said, “Bluestone Falls is good, but ever swam at Whitestone Falls?
Dan said, “Yes, we swim there, too. I am going to ask her if she would. Ilove my aunt and I think you, Averill and Neal will be great cousins.”
Ben said, “Neal is a great little brother. I know Marion and dad would like to have a little brother or sister for Neal.”
Dan said, “Are you going to adopt? I heard that someone started a biotech company to make body parts out of stem cells. If my friend, Karla,becomes a girl, I wouldn’t mind marrying her. She would love to be a mom.”
Ben said, “Dad just told me that he, with the help of Madenford Capital Financial, organized a few stem cell research companies. Marion said that Narboro Memorial Hospital is going to do some uterus transplants. She would love to be selected to be one of them.”
Dan said, “I wouldn’t mind having another little brother or sister, if my mom gets a nice guy, instead of that jerk called my dad.”
*****
At ‘JavaBit’, Dom’s group along with Uncle Steve, were talking while enjoying some drinks, but Brad and Dom decided to see if Garvan is still at ‘AllDay Fitness’, so Brad and Dom decided to leave, so soon, they all left ‘JavaBit’, with Uncle Steve saying, “It was nice to meet you, all.”
Dom said, “Thank you for fixing Kris’ glasses, Uncle Steve. Trey, I hope you and your mom would talk some more. Try to get your mom to go to that meeting.”
Trey said, “I just hope mom has calmed down now. I am going to tell her that she should try the PFLAG meeting at the Yelovich Community Center. Thank you, Mr. Romesberg. Brad, could I go with you to ‘AllDay Fitness’?”
Brad looked at Dom and said, “Do you mind if my boyfriend to be comes with us?” Dom didn’t mind, so Brad said, “Trey, you can go with us.” He looked at Kris and said, “Thanks Kris. I’ll take care of Trey.”
Kris said, “Thank you again, Mr. Romesberg, for fixing my glasses. Brad, you and Trey are going to be happy. Take care of each other, Trey and Brad.” He looked at Bill and said, “If you don’t have anything to do, Bill, want to go to my house?”
Bill smiled and thought to himself, ‘Kris is somebody special. I am going to protect him.’ He said, “Sure, I don’t have anything to do.”
Mr. Romesberg, said, “Dom, as I tell your mom, you are special. Trey and Brad and Kris and Bill, if you need to talk to someone, call ‘Gay Youth Minamuck’ or ‘Mettawee Regional Youth Helpers’. They’ll help all problems.”
Brad, Trey and Dom walked the 8 blocks to ‘AllDay Fitness’, which was a remodeled former ‘Thrifty Yankee Supermarkets’, now a health club with pool, which is open 24/7. The shopping center where it is also have a 24/7 health food restaurant and a fitness equipment store that was closed for the day, along with a few empty spaces.
Dom and Trey followed Brad into the club. Brad showed his membership card to the person at the desk. They were introduced to Eli, the person at the desk, then they went to the family area/ youth area of the club.
Dom and Trey followed Brad through the doors and down the hall to the locker room. Brad told them about the club. They saw the big pool where some families were swimming, along with a smaller pool that is closed, along with two locker rooms.
Dom said, “What is wrong with that pool? Why is that pool close?” He looked around, and said, “Nice club. How did you become a member?”
Brad said, “The club has a youth membership pricing. My mom knows that I like to swim, so she gave me youth membership to it. The pool is being remodeled. The club is expanding with a few new athletic courts, such as four new arenas, including for ice hockey. Here is the plans for the new parts.” He pointed to the plans that is displayed on a wall.
Dom and Trey saw the club, which opened 7 years ago, had plans for a 36,000 square foot addition, which includes tennis courts, 6 new locker rooms, 4 sport arenas, indoor playground, nursery, handball courts, an olympic sized pool, an endless pool, and cafe along with 5 baseball fields, 5 softball field, a football field, a soccer field, lacrosse field and team handball field outside.
Trey said, “Wow, this center is going to be nice. When will they do the groundbreaking on it? Why 6 locker rooms, thou?” Dom said the same thing.
Brad said, “Some of the locker room will be adults only, some will be youth only and some will be for families. This area will be remodeled after the expansion is finished. This area will be nice from what Eli said. It will be for transkids.”
Dom said, “Nice. They are inviting transkids to the gym? Who owns it? Don’t they think the members who are bigots will leave if transkids have a place?”
Brad looked at Dom and said, “It is owned by Nutmeg Yankee Family Healthcare. 6 are well known people. Do you know Travis Easley, Mike Shanebrook, Weston Shirling, Zack Shirkey, Lance Shirley and Todd Boyanton?”
Dom said, “Travis Easley? You aren’t talking about the Sox outfielder, are you? Shanebrook? You don’t mean the hockey player for the Panthers? Zack Shirkey? There’s a football player at UConn with that name. I don’t know the others.”
Trey said, “Todd Boyanton? The chef?” He looked at Brad and Dom, then said, “He co-owns it?”
Brad stopped and said, “Travis is the Sox fielder and Mike is the Panthers player. Zack Shirkey at UConn is not the one, but his dad is. They are the owner of NYFH, Inc. Weston is the football coach of Fairford High and another partner. Yes, my love, Todd is another owner and he does the snacks here. He is going to operate the cafe here along with helping kids learn to cook healthy. Some of the others owners are bodybuilders, MMA fighters, lacrosse player and non athletes, too.” Brad came to the door of the locker room and said, “Here’s the locker room.”
Brad, Trey and Dom went into the locker room and walk through into the gym area. They looked around and they saw on an exercise bike was Garvan, so they came up to him. Garvan looked at them and smiled, he then said, “Hi guys. I guess you were worried about me. Sorry. My mom and I had a fight, but it wasn’t about me. It was about my younger brother.” Gaven wiped his forehead, then said, “My mom was yelling at Paxton, because he forgot to wear protection at school. I remember I wanted to be normal when I was 9 instead of diapers.”
*****
At the Mileham’s, Averill and Tarja came to the living room. Averill said, “Mom, dad, there’s trouble brewing! Ryan said that his dad threatened him and us.”
Marion said, “MaryEllen, I’m sorry. This is an emergency. Ryan’s dad been threatening him and his mom for awhile. Did you talk to him to see where his dad is?”
Averill said, “Sorry, I didn’t. Ryan had it in all caps, so I decided to tell you. Ryan usually don’t do all caps, unless he is upset or worried, as you know.”
Marion said, “Ryan’s mom divorced his dad almost 2 years ago, when Ryan became a boy. His mom supported him, however his dad became unhinged. His mom got a restraining order against him, but he is still threatening Ryan and his family. See if Ryan knows where he is. I would say he is at one of those motels on the Narboro-Kettuck Turnpike or on Charter Oak Highway.” Marion looked at Craig and said, “Love, get ready to call the police. I think he needs to be arrested before he kills someone.”
MaryEllen looked at them and said, “Anything I can do? I bet John is going to do something. Are there organised group that Ryan’s dad is part of? If there is, I think John’ll join it.”
Craig said, “There are a group that is around. Two months ago, it was hit with arrests, but it is underground, so there are more people involved. These people are unhinged. I would - if you do believe you are in trouble - to move and change your name.”
MaryEllen said, “We are thinking of moving. I never thought of changing our name, thou. I’d have to change Tarja’s birth certificate to girl. I wonder if they would like to be Schvaneveldt for our mom’s maiden name, Marion.”
Craig said, “If you want legal advice, I’ll put you in contract with my friend, who is helping us with Averill’s new birth certificate. Mike Screeton is great and he helps parents with transkids. His branch office is in Kettuck, his main office is in Hartford.” Craig told MaryEllen Mike’s phone number and office address.
Marion said, “I think mom will be happy with the name, sis.”
*******
At the ‘Triple Pines,’ the man looked at his AK47 and thought, ‘Time to kill the bitches who brainwashing young people. What Bullshit, you can’t be born a boy if you are a girl. These politicians in Hartford and DC are sick. Doctors who mutilates bodies of victims. Media personnels who promote this sickness, they all need to be killed’
He looked out the window and saw two guys holding hands, so he thought to himself, ‘What a sick act, two fags having sex.’ He cocked his AK47 and going to shoot them, but then the phone rang.
He answered the phone by saying, “I told you, Mother fucker, not to call me. Meet me at ‘D & T Bar.’ You can get the info then. Now, unless you want to be a dead mother fucker, never call me ever again.”
He hung up, then thought to himself, ‘That mother fucker will be dead at D & T. I think he is not trustworthy. That asshole is a dumb mother fucker. He should be killed for being a mother fucking dumbass.’
The person on the other end, an undercover cop, hung up and smiled. ‘Got you and your hateful group,’ he thought to himself. He called his boss to tell them they are ready to get them.
******
Unbeknownst to the guy, he and his group are known to the local towns’ police departments, along with the Connecticut State Police. At the Kettuck Police Station, Chief Ben Scrimshire sat in a chair at a table, along with the chiefs from Narboro; Chief James Borwick, Fairford; Jane Demaranville and Hanboro; Rick Traxinger, listening to the Connecticut State Police officer; Lieutenant Colonel Steve Hinkhouse.
Lt. Colonel Hinkhouse said, ‘We know that a few are residing at the ‘Triple Pines’, a few are at ‘Oakfield Motor Lodge’, and some are at ‘Playhouse Ranch’. Another group of them are watched in the Hartford area. We had some people undercover and they told us they are dangerous. We have to surprise them, before someone gets killed. We are waiting for the go ahead.”
Chief Traxinger said, “We need to get those morons off the streets. My nephew, middle son and my niece are transkids. I heard that they are going to kill Drs. Salwasser, Wilson, Hulburt, Jayson and Sossamon. Their crime, helping transkid be themselves.” He looked around and said, “What I also heard is they will bomb the MCC church and two other gay and trans friendly churches, too.”
Chief Demaranville said, “We can’t have people that these assholes - excuse my French - telling people what is right. We just can’t let them kill people because they are helping people. Mayor Charnley are trying to get ‘Playhouse Ranch’, ‘Turnpike Inn’, ‘Towngate’ and ‘ValueNight’ properties through eminent domain. Those are the biggest problems in Fairford. Drug sales, Rapes and prostitution are going on there -- along with the town’s last 7 homicides.”
Chief Scrimshire said, “Very true, Rick. A few months ago, we had a riot at Henwood when a boy who is becoming a girl enrolled. With SCR, Petowtuck, Connecticut Biomed Industries, Doctor Healthcare Research in the area, we should lead the way in trans-issues. We shouldn’t worry about whether people are girls who were born boys or boys who were born girls.”
Chief Demaranville said, “We had to arrest 3 students at Fairford High because of bullying yesterday.”
Lt. Colonel Hinkhouse said, “We know these people hates gays and transgender people. They have cells in Massachusetts, but with the help of Winnisimmet Police and the State Police, they should be broken up tomorrow, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and New York. They are associated with the Eastboro Baptist Church nutjobs. They also have a gun running operation in Texas, Florida and Arizona.”
He got a phone call from the undercover cop and smiled. “I should’ve known. D & T Bar. When? Okay, get there, and we’ll there soon.” He shut the phone off, then said, “Time for some fun. Let’s break up this nutty group. Some of the people will be in jail for decades if not life. Ready? Are your people ready?
Chief Demaranville said, “My units are ready. Besides the motels, we have 2 abandoned buildings that are used as hideouts we have 6 homes and we might uncover a cold case, too.” The others are ready, so they are raiding the places as soon as they call the task force.
**********
At the Milehams, Marion, Craig and MaryEllen called the town’s police department. They sent an officer and got the story. The officer went to the car and put an APB out on the guy, but knew that the person might be part of the group they are going to bust. The officer, Thomas J. Wendland, thought to himself, ‘Just because a male wants to be a female, some sick people have to play GOD. My brother is gay, who cares? He loves his husband and their kids.’ He saw another officer and turned to the other officer and said, “Another online threat, but I believe it is that nutjob who hates gays, trans and his life, Marcus.”
Marcus Broomfield, one of 6 blacks on the Narboro police force, laughed and said, “Nutjob is right. Do you think it is the same guy who threaten -- and killed -- Henry Korth? I just heard the FBI just raided the Eastboro Baptist regional office. The noose is tightening.”
Thomas said, “I think he did that along the murders of Josh and Jeremy Wagner, Yancy Hills and Robert Warren -- and even we don’t have a body -- of Ian Duncan and Evan Wilson. This guy is a danger to gays, trans and their supporters. Who cares if they are gay or trans, that jerk shouldn’t kill anyone.”
They went to MaryEllen’s door and knocked, then they both told Marion, MaryEllen and Craig sorry about the interruption, then they got into their cars and drove off.
******
Three unmarked police cars pulled into the parking lot of the ‘Triple Pines’. The officers came out of the cars and went to the office. The manager was arrested, then they hit the rooms where they knew criminals were.
In his room, he stepped out of the shower and started putting on his boxers. He heard a knock on his door, so his looked at his AK-47. He was going to grab it, when 2 officers broke the door down and sent in a smoke bomb. Soon, he was arrested along with 14 other people at the ‘Triple Pines’
The task force arrested 28 people, besides the 15 at the ‘TriplePines’. In the Hartford area, they arrested 39 people and they found notes about the killing ‘immoral people who supporting queers and freaks’ and notes on 5 missing persons - 3 teens, a
Pediatric endocrinologist and a big brother volunteer. The notes supposes the theory that those 5 are dead.
The head of the task force in the state, Corporal Jason Waddington, saw the list of people arrested -- 95 people, including 40 for either murder or attempted murder. He shook his head and thought to himself, ‘Morons, all of them. Just because people are different then others, you shouldn’t hate them.” He picked up his phone and dialed a name on the list.
Jason waited on the phone, but the phone went to voice mail so he said, “Honey, it is finally broken. I hope to see you, soon. Love you. Call me later, honey.”
******
At the Mileham’s, after the two officers left, Averill and Tarja went back to the computer. Tarja was a bit shaken up, so Averill said, “Don’t worry, cousin, there are some idiots who will hate us. Some think we are being abused or our mom are forcing us be girls instead of boys. I hope Ryan will be OK.”
Tarja said, “I didn’t want people to know, yet. I mean, when you first came out, how did your school react to it? What about friends, did they call you names?” They sat at the computer desk and Averill got back online.
Averill said, “Before I was shy and I didn’t have any friends. I never had any friends who are boys because I hated sports. No, not hated, but I was a klutz at baseball. Dad didn’t push me in baseball, but I thought dad would be proud of me. The more I practice, the worse I was getting. I got hit in the head, so dad took me to the hospital. I was upset, so a doctor asked me some questions.”
Tarja said, “Was it Marion?”
Averill said, “No, it wasn’t Marion. We didn’t live here at the time. Dad worked at a big attorney firm in Hartford, but when we got the results that I’m a girl, dad wanted to move and work for us - Ben, Neal and me. Also, we didn’t want to stay in the Hartford area. Our mom’s death had a impact on moving.”
Tarja wanted to know a bit about her mom, but didn’t say anything.
Downstairs, Craig, Marion and MaryEllen, talked about their kids, especially Averill and Tarja. They were talking about being bio-moms, when Craig’s phone beeped. Craig looked at it, smiled and said, “That was fast.”
Marion looked at Craig and said, “Dear, what is?”
Craig said, “I guess when the police were here, some others were raiding the Eastboro Baptist nutjobs.”
MaryEllen said, “Eastboro Baptist? Aren’t they those nutjobs who think that GOD hate gays, America and others? Those people are nuts.”
Craig said, “Yes. According the article the FBI and local police raided their office this afternoon arresting 5 people. Also the FBI are helping local police departments with Eastboro’s illegal activities. Good. Those people are nuts.”
MaryEllen and Marion laughed and they both said, “Nuts.” MaryEllen then said, “Morons and idiots more likely. They aren’t Christians in my opinion.”
*******
In another house, 16 miles away, Rylie ‘Ryan’ Iversen was with her mom, sisters and brothers. They were sitting on the sofa and talked. Susan Iversen looked at her kids and said, “Kids, I decided to throw your dad out. Ryan, you know I am fully supportive of you. I decided to take the next step and tell the police about illegal activities of your dad. I’m going to divorce your dad. You all deserve better.”
Trey Iversen looked at mom then at Ryan and said, “Ryan, I might make fun of you, but like mom, I support you. We all do. Yes, mom, you should have thrown him out a year ago, because he is a jerk. I told you that he was doing something illegal.” He looked at his mom and said, “Sorry. When he hit Ryan 7 months ago, that is when I wanted to kill him.”
Madison Iversen looked at her brother and said, “Mom, you can do better than being with dad. I knew Ryan is unhappy as a girl and it wasn’t just a tomboy thing with Ryan. Ryan is a boy. You know that day Ryan ruin the Easter dress? That was when I knew she was a he.”
Susan thought about day and smiled. She was going to say something, however the phone rang. It was a police officer, Sargant Eric Brayton, who called and said, “Your husband was arrested in a raid. He is charged with gun violations, drug violations, child porn, attempted murder and accessory to 2 murders. They might be more charges pending. Ms. Iversen, you should be safe now, however we will still guard your house.”
Susan smiled and said, “Thank you, Officer Brayton. I’m going to tell my kids that he won’t be bothering us anymore. I guess he’ll die in jail.”
Eric Brayton said, “I hope so, ma’am. Those people should rot in prison. My neice was my nephew, so I know that kids who are transgendered are bullied and they commit the most suicide, too. When I saw the hit list, I felt sick. Even the governor of Massachusetts is on it. Those people are nutjobs.”
*****
At ‘AllDay Fitness,’ Garvan stayed on his exercise bike, so Brad, Trey and Dom decided to use the bikes. Garvan said, “If you guys want to, I was going to swim some laps. Want to join me?”
Dom said, “I’m not a member, but can I use it? Of course, I don’t have a suit with me.”
Trey said, “I would swim. I love swimming, but I don’t have mine either. I guess skinnydipping is not allowed here.”
Brad laughed and said, “No, but I wouldn’t mind you nude. I know where we could skinnydip. I have a suit for you, Trey.”
Dom said, “Do you have a suit for me? Either one of you.”
Garvan said, “I do have a suit for you, Dom. I hope you’ll like it. It is a swim diaper, which is brand new.” Garvan sighed and said, “You know I need diapers, so even when I swim.”
Dom said, “I know that, Garvan. I know some of the GSA members are teen babies, but I wonder what diapers feels like.”
Garvan said, “I like diapers, but as you know I get kidded at school because of it. Paxton needs them, too and he is depressed. I’m trying to tell Pax he needs them and don’t worry what friends will say. Want to try the swim diapers, Dom?”
********
In Narboro, David Ansquer, Juan deOllqui and Baurice Brown, after Dom gave them a whipping, went to their ‘clubhouse’, an abandoned building. The building, which was the old Narboro Rubber factory, was where they - along with others - smoke weed, take drugs, have sex and other illegal activities.
“I knew those fag lovers - Bill and Bradley - won’t be friends. They have to be good for their mommy and daddy. Next season, we should take them out for the season.”
Juan said, “I am going to get LaMarr Washington to break Dominick’s leg in practice. He thinks he is better than us. He is a fag and we should tell the coach no fags on the team.
I think he’ll agree.” He lit a joint and said, “Time for fags to be off the team, we need real guys. Maybe the coach will let us have hos.”
Baurice said, “We need to get all the FAGS and fag lovers off the team. What those fags need is some hos. We should have some hos later.”
David looked at them and said, “You know who’s easy? Bethany Washbrook. I wouldn’t mind having her.” He shook his head and thought to himself, ‘Why am I doing this? Just because my mom died, dad shouldn’t be worried about me. I should be helping my brothers and sisters, not with these guys. I might get into trouble if I hang with them. I mean stealing a fishing pole.’
Baurice took a drag on the join and handed it to Juan. Jaun took a hit and handed it to Baurice. Juan opened up a bottle of whiskey and took a swig, then handed it to Dave. Dave hated alcohol and drugs, so he toop a sip and handed the bottle to Juan, then spit out the whiskey. Dave decided to leave and said, “See you guys later. I’m going to find a girl for the night.” Dave thought, ‘Really, I’m going home and help my dad with my brothers and sisters. Why am I hanging with them - stealing a fishing pole and beating up on Kris? I got to be better.’
Baurice and Juan saw Dave leave, but they didn’t care. They finished the whiskey, then started on Boone’s Farm.
*********
Dave, as he walked home, thought about the last 3 years, since her mom died. His mom died of breast cancer at 36, so he should help his dad with his brothers - who are 11, 7 and twins 4 and sisters 12, and 9. He kicked a rock and thought, ‘Dad, sorry. I need to grow up and be better in school and with my family.’
Dave got home, a modest 4 bedroom 3 and a half bath bi-level and went to his room and cried on his bed.
Tarja 13 -
At the Ansquer’s house, David was on his unmade bed crying. He sniffed, sighed and thought to himself, ‘I should do better. Just because mom died, I should be helping dad. I’m going to be in trouble, if I hangout with them. Why did I become friends with them?’ He then looked at a picture - taken last summer - on a lake in Maine. He thought back to that 10 days. ‘I couldn’t believe they invited me. It seemed they thought I was a resident instead of being a visitor,’ he thought to himself. ‘I can’t believe some were just in diapers.’
He sniffed, balled his hands and hit his bed, then thought, ‘Just because they are on the football team. Is that why I hang out with those jerks? I mean, think about some of the other people on the team, like Dominick, Jordy, Linus, Jason and Tobin, they are open about being friends of gays. Why shouldn’t I? I need to help dad, but he hates me.’ He was thinking about teammates who are in the school’s GSA club. He then thought about 2 of his ex friends at school they drifted apart a year and a half ago, when David started hanging with the group. ‘I wonder if they would welcome me back,’ he thought. ‘I know I’ve been a jerk the last 18 months, but I hope they’ll forgive me.’
David sighed, got off his bed and went to his closet. He got on his knees and looked in the closet, then pulled out a box, opened it and looked inside. He said, “Mom, I’m sorry. I have to do better. I miss, you and so do we all. I have to be better and help dad, but he hates me.’ He closed the box, and placed it on a shelf and sighed. He got up and went to his desk, moved his laptop out of the way, and opened a drawer. He took out 3 sheets of paper and started to write a letter to his dad.
At the Mileham’s, Craig, Marion and Mary Ellen were talking about the hateful Eastboro Baptist raid,’ when Mary Ellen’s phone rang. She said, “Excuse me. I’ll be back in a few.” She went and pick up the phone. On the other end it was John to ask her to hire him an attorney and to say that he is sorry of the way he reacted to Tommy. John told her that he is in the Kettuck Police Station. Mary Ellen said that she’ll get an attorney, but she has guests over and she’ll do it tomorrow. She said, ‘John, you need to get help and you need to see your daughter.” John knew that Mark - and Marion - was over for dinner, so he understood. Mary Ellen then hung up the phone.
Marion, who saw Mary Ellen was trying to keep her composure, said, “Sis, what’s wrong? Is it bad news?”
Mary Ellen said, “Yes, it is bad news. John got arrested and is at the Kettuck Police Station. He wanted me to find an attorney for him. He changed and I wish he’d stayed like he was when I first met him.”
Marion looked at Craig and said, “Do you want us to go? John did change and really mostly it was just about a year ago. Honey, do you think your partner could help John?”
Craig said, “I think so, love. Mary Ellen. Do you know why he was arrested for?”
Mary Ellen said, “No, I don’t. Would it matter?”
Craig said, “Not really, but it would be nice to know, so we can see why he was. Do you still like him, Mary Ellen?”
Marion looked at her boyfriend and smiled. She then looked at her sister and said, “Spoken like a lawyer. Do you? I knew you been with him since you were a junior in high school.”
Mary Ellen said, “I want Tarja to be happy, but throwing away my marriage is something, else. I want him to get help. I don’t want to divorce him I want him to know he needs to be the loving guy he was.”
At the Kettuck Police Station, John Mileham hung up the phone and went back to his cell. There, he sat on his bunk and sighed. He thought about growing up with an abusive dad, who, when sober was vengeful, but when he was drunk he was a monster. He hit him, his brother and sisters and his mom.
He shook his head and thought to himself, “Dad, I hope you are rotting in hell. You made me hate my family. We were never good for you, and now, I’m doing the same thing to my family and I love them. Yes, Tommy, I love you.’
Thinking back to his childhood, He remembered when his dad hit him for striking out in little league with the winning run on third. He remembered him hitting his brother when he had gotten a penalty in a high school football game and his sisters for burning a cake. He remembered when he hit his mom for overspending on school clothes.
When John was 13, his dad, driving drunk, killed his youngest brother, Thomas, himself and an innocent family. It was just him, his mom, his older brother and his 2 sisters. ‘I hate you dad!’ He said to himself.
In Narboro, Adam Ansquer looked around the office and sighed. He thought he was alone, since the meeting was over 45 minutes ago. He sat in his chair at his desk and looked at the pictures on his desk, especially the recent one of his son, David, waterskiing this past summer at Togue Lake.
Looking at the picture, he sighed at thought, ‘I guess you think I hate you, son. I don’t it wasn’t your fault. I loved your mom and I love you, Luke, Steve, Taylor and Brooke. I just hope I’m doing right.’ He heard a knock on the door it was the Vice president of Nutmeg Industries, Beth Calderwood, knocking.
Beth, smiled at him when he looked up, then said, “I thought you would be out. Something wrong, Adam?” She came into his office and smiled at him.
Adam looked up and said, “Yes, David and I yelled at each other last night. I hope he’ll be home. Ever since Susan’s death, David is unhappy and he is going to get into trouble. I hope I’m doing the right thing. I mean, voting to sell the company that I help start.” He sighed and then said, “Why are you voting to sell? You help start this company, too.”
Beth laughed and said, “The joys of raising teens. I’m not looking forward to the day, when mine will be teens. All I can say, Adam is to just do your best. What are you going to do after the sale? Why did I vote to sell? I think it will help the company with the backing of Atlantic Yankee behind it. AY said they’ll expand here.”
Adam laughed and said, “I guess so. Don’t worry about your kids, Beth. You do a great job with yours. After the sale, I’m not sure yet how about you?”
Beth said, “I might stay home and drive my kids crazy. I might start a bakery, which is my dream. Steve said he’ll loan me the money. He saw my business plan and said that I have a great business plan.” She was talking about her brother, who was an officer at Maidenford Capital. She looked at Adam and said, “Do you think your kids would like to go to ‘Riplash Cove’ with us this weekend?”
Adam looked at Beth, smiled and said, “Thanks. I’ll think about it. I guess David wouldn’t want to go, but the other kids would love it.” He was thinking about a few weeks back when they went out to lunch, but the company rule was against dating co-workers. “I guess after the sale, we can date.” He looked at Beth.
Beth smiled and said, “I never did like the rule about co-workers dating. It was never enforced until the Bahnmiller incident. After that breakup and fight, it was enforced. Bahnmiller was an idiot. Of course, I did tell him he was.” Beth was talking about William Bahnmiller, a married man who was having an affair with Christine Bullough, Beth’s secretary. Beth shook her head and said, “I told Christine he was bad news.”
Adam looked at Beth and said, “Really, he said that they loved each other, but I told Bahnmiller that he had a wife and kids. He didn’t care if it was hurting his family. Of course, we had to fire him and then Christine left. I guess she didn’t want to be humiliated.” He put down some papers he was reading and then said, “Want to go to Sylvester’s for dinner?”
Beth said, “Is it a date? I love Sylvester’s.” She gave Adam a hug then picked up a picture of Adam and his family - taken last summer at Togue Lake. “I think you are a great dad. Where was that taken? It looks nice.”
Adam said, “It was taken at a lake in Maine last summer. We spent two weeks up there and we had fun. Dave was happy and we chatted. It seemed that he was a different person there. I guess he wasn’t around his friends when we were there. Dave met a few of the locals up there and they included him in activities. We might go up there for 2 weeks this summer.” Adam looked at Beth and said, “Would you like it to be a date? I’m ready to enjoy you.”
Beth said, “Maine? I might take the kids there. How was it? Did the kids get bored if there was bad weather? I’m ready, Adam. Are you?”
Adam said, “One day it was raining, so the kids spent the day with their friends at the clubhouse. The home we rented was nice. I should see if the house is free for 2 weeks this summer. The lake had 5 clubhouses.” Adam smiled at her and said, “I’m ready.”
They left Adam’s office and walked to Sylvester’s for dinner.
In the Narboro Forest neighborhood, a modest development built in the 2000s, Dennis and Julia Paxson were relaxing after dinner. Their kids, 3 boys and 2 girls, were doing homework, while they were watching the local news channel. The channel had a breaking report and it was about the raid and the arrest. They were interviewing Lt Colonial Hinkhouse and they talked about a few of the people arrested.
Julia shook her head and said, “What’s wrong with these people? They are nuttier than a peanut farm. If people are transgendered, so be it. They are who they are so get over it. They aren’t doing anything illegal.”
Dennis looked at his wife and said, “Mileham? Isn’t your sister married to a Mileham?”