Chapter 3 of Christopher's -or schould i say Jennifer's - adventures..
Christopher returns to Miss Johnsson's store once again.

Earlyer Chapters:
Chapter 1: Christopher - 1. Christmas Eve
Chapter 2: Christopher - 2. An unexpected event

Enjoy it!
Many thanks to Denise_Em for editing!

3. The spring collection

When Christopher entered the store, Miss Johnsson was talking to a customer. Waiting for Miss Johnsson to finish, Christopher looked through the spring collection: All sorts of beautiful dresses, skirts, tops and a lot of accessories. After a while, Christopher caught himself wondering how he would look in some of the clothes. He still didn’t know, for sure, what had made him come here again.

As soon as Miss Johnsson was finished, she rushed over to Christopher and greeted him: “Hello Jennifer, em Christopher, what can I do for you? Christopher blushed and Miss Johnsson apologized: “I’m sorry, Christopher. It’s just so, that I always think of you as a girl.”
“It’s alright Miss Johnsson”, came Christopher’s answer. Then he continued, not knowing it before he had said it: "I sort of like to wear girl's clothes.“ Christopher blushed once again, and Miss Johnsson smiled at him.
She took Christopher in her arms and hugged him: “I don’t care that you’re a boy, dear. You like being a girl, don’t you?”
"Em, yes, I think so," answered a blushing Christopher. “It’s niece how the girl’s clothes feel on my skin.”
Miss Johnsson hugged Christopher again: “You don’t need to be so embarrassed, Christopher. Why don’t you change into the clothes Miss Ragaz bought you the last time, and then you can tell my why you have come? I have stored the clothes for you in my office.” Christopher followed Miss Johnsson to her office where she handed him the bag with his girl clothes.

Christopher went to the changing room and took the clothes out of the bag. You remember the outfit Miss Ragaz had bought Christopher, don’t you? There was a set of cute girl’s underwear made of pink lace and with some flowers on it. The next item was a blue miniskirt which was really short, just long enough to not show the underwear. It was followed by a very tight pink top with a writing: “Cute Girl.” Of course, there were some matching shoes: Pink sandals with a 2cm heel and matching socks. After Christopher had put on the clothes he went back to Miss Johnsson who waited for him in her office.
“You really look cute in this outfit, Jennifer."
Christopher blushed a little: “You really think I’m cute Miss Johnsson?”
“Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t say it. You make a very cute girl. Now tell me, why have you come?”
It took Christopher some seconds to gather the courage for asking: “Em, I wondered if you need someone for modelling the spring collection?” It was finally out! Christopher blushed after he had said it; he waited, eager to see Miss Johnsson’s reaction.

This question caught Miss Johnsson a bit unprepared, and it took her some moments t find an answer: “I still haven’t decided yet what I’ll do for promoting the spring collection. Are you offering my to model it?”
When Christopher nodded, Miss Johnsson stood up and came around her desk: “This is very kind of you, Jennifer. But you don’t need to do it. I have found some good customers, and I can still ask my niece if she would do it.“
“I know Miss Johnsson,” answered Christopher, “but I really like to model them. ”
“ I don’t want to force you Christopher. You have done enough for me , I really don’t need your help anymore. You’re sure you’re ok with it?”
When Christopher nodded she took him again in her arms and thanked him: “Thank you very much Jennifer. You don’t know how much this means to me.”

Miss Johnsson looked at Christopher: “If you’re going to model the spring collection, you need to appear as a perfect girl. There will be sure many more customers, and I don’t think I can do the modelling in here. You’ll be more exposed then the last time. I’ll teach you what you’ll need to know. You’re still with it Jennifer?” Christopher nodded, even he wasn’t as sure anymore as before.
Suddenly, a question crossed Christopher's mind: “What will we tell my parents? I can’t be away the whole afternoon without them asking questions.”
After a moment of thinking, Miss Johnsson answered: “Maybe you could ask them, if you could work here a few hours and earn some money for yourself? I could use someone who helps me here, cleaning the windows and some other work. They won’t think bad of you, if you work here; and you could get here anytime you want without being asked questions. I can’t pay you much, but it will increase your allowance. What do you think Jennifer?”

Of course, this idea found Christopher's approval, and when he went home some hours later, he asked his parents if he could work at Miss Johnsson’s shop. They were a little surprised and answered that they wanted first to talk with Miss Johnsson before agreeing to it. So, the next morning his Mother went to “Girls World” and talked to Miss Johnsson.” She was told that Christopher had been passing the store, and he was asked to help with some heavy parcels. He had been so helpful that she had offered him the job.
Of course his mother was — as mothers always are — delighted to hear that her Christopher had been so kind to help Miss Johnsson. When Christopher’s mother left, she promised that Christopher would come next week to help her again.
For the next few weeks, Christopher went at least once a week to Miss Johnsson's store, helped her and learnt what he needed to know to be a girl. He learnt to walk like a girl and all the little gestures a girl does without thinking. She even showed him, how to put on some make up and to do his hair which he let grow. With time going by, Christopher feared less and less that anyone would find out he wasn't a girl, and he really enjoyed his hours in “Girls World”.

Miss Ragaz was thrilled to hear that Christopher would model the spring collection. Soon, Miss Johnsson announced that there would be a fashion show of the spring collection at the 2nd Saturday of March.

About a month before the fashion show, Miss Johnsson invited Christopher to visit her at the evening of her birthday. She would not have any other guests this evening, because all her close friends lived far away and couldn’t visit her, and her sister would visit her for lunch.
Miss Johnsson had her apartment on the floor over her store. The store was still open even all other shops were already closed. He entered the store and found a surprise waiting inside for him …