Part 1 - This is the Sequel to Jason's Story. A few months have passed, and Kelly is celebrating Thanksgiving.

Author's Note: My sincere thanks to Joni W for all her efforts!

Chapter 1

It was Thanksgiving Day, a fine autumn morning in late November. Kelly Anderson woke up and lay in bed thinking about all that she had to be thankful for. Her leg was finally healed and out of the cast. She had to wear the cast since the first day of her freshman year in high school, when Courtney had slashed her leg with a field hockey stick during girl’s gym class, just in spite.

That incident, combined with Brad Johnson and his father throwing a brick through the picture window, in her living room, had shocked the town that Kelly lived in and although there were still those that disapproved of her, it did seem to put an end to the violent expression of that disapproval.

Brad Johnson had been ordered by the juvenile judge to undergo a complete physical and psychiatric evaluation. It was during the physical evaluation, that they had discovered that Brad had been beaten regularly by his father. Brad had bruises and burn marks all over his body in areas that would normally be covered. He had been removed from his father's care and placed in a program for older victims of child abuse, that were themselves violent.

Brad's father had been charged with child abuse, as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a number of other charges; his trial is still pending. He had a strict restraining order and if he came anywhere near Kelly, his bail would be revoked.

Kelly felt bad about Brad. On the one hand, she was glad she no longer had to worry about being targeted by Brad; but she could not help feeling sorry for him. What would Brad have been like if he had parents that treated him with love and respect, like Kelly's parents did her?

So yes, Kelly knew that she had plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day.

She had been going to Jefferson Regional High School for almost three months now, and the awkwardness from those first days had mostly passed. The other students were used to her now and for the most part treated her like one of the girls. The guys knew she was still physically male and they tended to keep their distance, like she might be contagious, but they did not harass her. Courtney and her crowd were still fairly cold, but Courtney had come very close to being expelled. Although her parents were quite upset that the school allowed Kelly to attend, Courtney's parents expected her to be top of the class. They expected her to go to an Ivy League school and records of expulsion were not conducive to that.

So Courtney was never going to ask Kelly to a slumber party, but she also did not go out of her way to attack her either.

Then there was Julie. Kelly still could not believe her luck with finding Julie. She thought back to that day when she and her mother went to the local mall. She was still Jason then and they had been so careless when they stopped at the shoe store. Julie had overhead them talking and she saw him trying on girls shoes.

The next day, Julie had confronted him about it. Next thing he knew, she was coming over for dinner and then they were dating. It had only been through the sheerest of luck that Julie had been the one to see him and that she had not only kept the secret but had quickly become Kelly's best friend and girlfriend.

Even after Kelly's cousin Tom had initiated the e-mail wave that had made Kelly's existence public knowledge, Julie had stood by her, even standing up to her own parents. When Kelly had finally accepted herself as Kelly and put Jason into her past, Julie applauded her and gave her full support.

Julie had turned fifteen in October and their families had celebrated together. After the initial shock Julie's parents had, when confronted with the fact that the boy their daughter was dating was transgendered, and that Julie was in fact probably a lesbian, they had accepted their daughter and in so doing found that they had accepted Kelly as well.

Julie and Kelly had gone to the Halloween dance at the high school together; Julie went as Will Turner and Kelly as Elizabeth Swann from Pirates of the Caribbean. They had won an award for most outrageous costume.

So yes, Kelly knew that she had plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day.

In a little while, the guests would be starting to arrive at Kelly's house. All four of her grandparents, her Aunt Sally and Emily, Julie, Julie's mother, father and brother, would all be coming together for Thanksgiving.

Kelly knew that she had plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day, but it hurt, deep in her heart, that she would not be seeing her Aunt Jessica and Uncle Bob, her cousins, Tom and especially Billy.

They still refused to acknowledge that she even exists. In fact, the church that they belonged to, was the one really worrisome part of her life now, as they regularly protested at the school. They had been there the night of the dance, outside protesting, first that they even had a celebration of what they called a pagan holiday and that they allowed Kelly to attend.

She had seen transcripts of Reverend Tripard's sermons. He had exalted Tom's actions as exemplifying exactly what God wanted his children to do to expose sin, and he railed against the state for allowing this perversion into the schools.

He had a small but rabid group of followers. It was bad enough that these strangers were thinking of her this way, but to have her own family, especially Billy, be part of it, well that was almost more then she could stand.

And yet, Kelly knew that she had plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day, so she scolded herself for her feelings of melancholy and got up to get ready for the day.

Chapter 2

Kelly was in the living room with Julie, as the rest of the guests started to arrive. Emily came running in and Kelly said, "Emily, don't you look pretty today. I love your dress!"

Emily replied, "Thank you!"

Aunt Sally followed behind and said, "Happy Thanksgiving, Kelly, you too Julie."

They both replied, "Happy Thanksgiving!"

Soon all of the guests had arrived. The men headed down to the family room and put the game on. Kelly for the first time was welcomed in with the ladies of the clan. His two grandmothers came over and Grandma Lizzie said, "So Kelly, how does it feel to be up here, instead of hanging out with the guys watching football?"

"It feels good. I was never big on football anyway and I don't mind helping out up here."

"Well, we have lots of help so it is not so bad and we get to chatter away and complain about the men!" said grandmother Lizzie.

Kelly and Julie helped with setting up the table and they brought trays of snacks into the family room. They had too many people to try to sit at one table, so they were eating buffet style. The turkey was out of the oven and waiting to be carved. Kelly's father would take care of that task as soon as they called him.

They had set out a large platter of cocktail shrimp and sauce, pickles, olives, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, the china plates and the silverware. They put out a glass pitcher with Apple Cider and a bottle of White Wine for those so inclined.

The potatoes were done boiling; the water was being poured into the pan with the drippings and the water from the boiled giblets, to stretch the gravy. The extra pan of sausage stuffing, which did not fit in the turkey, was in the oven.

"Kelly, please call your father and tell him to come carve the bird." Her mother asked.

"Ok mom."

Kelly went and got her father, who came up to the kitchen.

"Alright, looks like everything is just about ready. Give me some room here." He said. He took a big bowl and spooned the stuffing from the turkey into the bowl. "Kristine, it smells delicious!"

Kelly's mother was busy at the stove making the gravy, while his Aunt Sally was working on mashing the potatoes. Kelly and Julie stood and watched the gravy being made. "You girl's want to learn the trick to making gravy?"

"Sure, Mom."

"Well, I cheat a little, I use Wondra." She whispered, like this was a huge secret.

"Why is that cheating?" Kelly asked.

"I'm teasing. Wondra is a kind of instant flour; basically it is designed to dissolve quickly in hot or cold liquids and is used to thicken sauces and gravies. You can do the same thing with regular all-purpose flour, but it tends to lump. It's much simpler with Wondra. Anyway, what we do is, we take the drippings from the turkey pan, add the starchy water from the potatoes and the water from boiling the giblets. This gives us a nice base to build on. Put that over medium heat, we want it to simmer, then we add the Wondra, a little bit at a time, and whisk it in. See. Then we let it sit a little and then we’ll repeat the process until we get it as thick as we want. I will add just a little bit of Gravy Master, which adds a little bit of seasoning and adds a brownish color to the gravy. Here, you try."

Both Kelly and Julie took turns adding the Wondra and whisking the gravy, while Kelly's mom looked on. Julie's mom came by and said, "Not bad girls. You are getting the hang of it."

Within no time, the gravy was done, the bird carved, the potatoes mashed, and everything was brought out to the tables.

The guys were called for dinner and everyone took their turn in line to grab a plate. Soon enough, everyone found a place to grab a seat, some in the living room; others were in the family room. Kelly and Julie sat with Emily to keep her company, at the table in the kitchen.

In all too short a time, everyone was completely stuffed. The men headed back to watching the game and the ladies started to clean up. Aunt Sally said, "What is that chemical in the turkey?"

"What chemical?" Kelly asked.

Her mother replied, "The one that makes men watch football and women clean!"

All of the women laughed.

"Ok, it's officially Thanksgiving now, thanks Sally for getting that mandatory cliché done and over with," said Grandma Lizzie.

With all of the women helping, they made short work of cleaning up. They put on a pot of coffee and Kelly's mom said, "I think we should wait a while before we start thinking about dessert. I know I need to let some of dinner digest."

There was much mutual agreement. Kelly and Julie grabbed Emily and went into Kelly's room. Kelly's room had been recently painted; it was now a light pink. The bedspread was now a white with a touch of lace, and an embroidered flower in the center. The curtains were also white with a touch of lace. Gone were the sports team posters, but nothing had really replaced them yet.

"Your room sure has changed, Kelly!" Emily said.

"Yes, it has Emily. I hope you like the changes as much as I do." Kelly said.

"Oh yes. I sometimes miss Jason a little bit though." Emily said.

"I know Emily. But believe me, I'm still me, even though I'm Kelly now. And believe me, I love you the same as I always did." Kelly said.

"I love you too." Emily said.

They played with Emily until Aunt Sally came in to tell them that it was time for dessert. When they came out they found the buffet table had been reset and there were Apple Pies, Pumpkin Pies, Mince Meat Pies, as well as a big bowl of fresh home-made whip cream. There were cookies and brownies, ice cream and other pastries.

After everyone had eaten dessert and it was all cleaned up, people started to depart for home. Julie gave Kelly a quick kiss, as she and her family left.

As Kelly got ready for bed that night, she thought about the day. She had been treated no differently than any of the other women in the family. Yes, Kelly knew that she had plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving Day.

Chapter 3

As Julie lay in bed that evening, she smiled as she thought about Kelly playing with her cousin. This was one of the things she had liked about Kelly right away, even when she was still hanging on to being Jason. She thought back to that first time that she had seen Jason playing with his cousin. It was right after that first altercation with Brad. She remembered how she had been upset about Jason's macho behavior, and how she had come to realize that it was the life that Jason had to deal with, as long as he was Jason. Watching Jason playing with Emily had really solidified her feelings for him.

They had both come a long way since that day. Kelly had burst out and had no intention of being put away. Julie had come to realize that Kelly was almost certainly going to need to go the whole way and have surgery when she was old enough. Julie had mixed emotions about this, not that she had said anything to Kelly about it. But she wondered if she would be able to bring herself to really truly be in a lesbian relationship. She was not attracted to boys, she knew that, and she was only mildly attracted to girls. She was turned on thinking about Kelly though, a girl with boy parts. She wasn't sure about how she would react when Kelly did not have any boy parts left.

While Julie had finally discovered masturbation, while thinking about Kelly with boy parts, she had decided that she needed to try to focus on Kelly with girl parts, because if that was not going to work, she had better figure that out sooner, rather than later.

She started to think about Kelly being in her bed with her and she thought about kissing her hard. Then she imagined starting to play with Kelly's breasts; that was definitely something she would enjoy. She touched her own as she thought about it. Now for the moment of truth, she imagined working her way down Kelly's belly and to the vee of her crotch. She thought about her hand finding its way to Kelly's vagina, while she envisioned looking into Kelly's eyes, her hand felt her own vagina. While she had always disliked touching herself there, as she thought about touching Kelly there and making her feel the pleasure that she knew could be had, she found she wanted to touch Kelly that way. She wanted to make Kelly squirm with pleasure, as she pretended that what she was feeling was Kelly, she had the most powerful orgasm she had ever had.

When she finally stopped convulsing, she smiled, licked her lips and said, "Ok, I think that answers that question."