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It's taking me longer than I had hoped to get the second book in Sarah Carerra ready for posting, but it's coming along well. I'm waiting on the last piece from my editor now. When he's done, I should have enough written to continue to post every week while writing the rest.

For now, I wanted to give you a sneak peak of the new book, and let you know that it is coming soon. Enjoy.

- Megan

Book 2: Summer Medley - Preview

I had planned to go over to Emily's house for the afternoon after we arrived home, but Dad asked me to sit down on the couch in the front room while he went to get my mother. I didn't know what was going on, but it sounded like I was in for a serious talk. We hadn't had one of these in quite a while.

Eventually, my parents came in and Mom sat down next to me while Dad sat down in his normal chair.

“Am I in trouble?” I asked worriedly. I didn't think I had done anything wrong.

"No, honey," my mom replied with a smile that instantly put me at ease. "This is about your surgery."

"Oh," I said. The worry that had just left me came flooding back tenfold. The doctors had determined that I was genetically female, but I did not have what was normal for a girl between my legs. They wanted me to undergo surgery to create the external genitalia that someone would expect me to have.

I wanted this surgery. I really, really wanted this surgery. But the thought of having it also scared me to death. I'd only ever had major surgery once before. When I was 10, my family was in a car accident and I had lost much of what had led doctors to pronounce me to be male at birth. Brett, the boy I had been before that accident, died that day. I didn't know it for six years, but that was the day that Megan had been born. She wasn't complete yet, but this surgery would finish the job.

"If it's okay with you, we'd like to schedule the surgery for a week from tomorrow," Dad said.

A week from tomorrow! That was so soon! I didn't know if I was ready for this to happen that quickly! I knew that my doctor felt that I should have the surgery as soon as possible to prevent any problems that might be caused by me having a period, but I was still shocked that it would happen so soon.

"Are you okay?" Mom asked from beside me. When I met her gaze, she looked really worried.

"Yeah," I replied. "It's just...it's scary!"

She immediately reached around me and wrapped me in a hug. "Oh, honey," she said. "I know that this is scary, but you need to have it soon."

"I know," I told her. "And I want it. But..."

"I understand," she interrupted me before I could find the words to describe my feelings. This was a big step. Mom held me in that hug for a few minutes while I came to terms with what they had told me. It wouldn't be long before my body matched my new driver's license.

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