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Sarah stared at Jill in shock. Then she smiled and laughed, "Come on Jill, there's no way he thought that!"

"He did!" Jill replied, in a whisper as they were surrounded by other students.

Sarah laughed again, "No he didn't! Come on, I've still got archery class. Lets get back to my car so I can get my bow."

Jill frowned and started to protest, but thought better of it. I guess it does sound far fetched, Sean didn't look like a girl at all. Even with his hair long. she thought.

After dropping her backpack in her car Sarah picked up her archery gear. "It is strange, though." She mused, "I can understand the woman in the office thinking I was always a girl, since I really am female right now, but Mr. Verne and Jim both acted like nothing was out of the ordinary. I just assumed Mr. Verne had experience with transgendered students and was taking it in stride, but I don't think that would explain Jim."

"Well, maybe he always thought you were a transgendered girl! That would explain it." Jill said.

Sarah nodded, "Yeah, I guess it would." She said, then frowned, "But why would he think I was transgendered before now?"

"I don't know, I certainly never got that impression from you." Jill replied. "Maybe he just wanted it to be true?"

"Why would he want it to be true?" Sarah asked, perplexed.

Jill locked up the car and they started walking towards the archery field. "Well, I read online that some guys are attracted specifically to transgendered women. Maybe he's one of those." She replied.

"Really? They prefer transgendered women to real women?" Sarah asked.

"Transgendered women are real women, Sarah! They just have a birth defect. That kind of thinking has caused them all kinds of trouble. Remember Gwen Araujo?" Jill said fiercely.

"But they can't have children!" Sarah protested.

Jill looked strangely at Sarah before replying, "Lots of women can't have children."

"But they have, you know," Sarah stammered, pointing at her groin, "what I used to have and hope to have again soon!"

Jill rolled her eyes at Sarah. "Some transgendered women do, but some don't." she said.

"They don't?!" Sarah said in shock.

Jill sighed in frustration. "Look, we're almost to the archery field, so I'll explain it later."

Sarah frowned, but agreed. They were early for the archery class, so only a few students were there yet. They didn't pay any attention to Sarah, but then she'd never talked to any of them as Sean, before.

A few minutes later the instructor arrived and opened up the equipment room. Jill nudged Sarah and they walked over to talk to him. "Uh, Mr. Green, I've changed my name…" Sarah started uneasily. She'd always felt intimidated by Mr. Green. He wasn't any taller than Sean was, but he was very muscular and had a temper.

Mr. Green turned to see who was talking to him. He looked closely at Sarah for a moment and his eyes widened as he recognized her. "Sean, is that you?" he asked. Sarah nodded. "I never would have guessed you wanted to be a girl! Damn, you even look shorter! I'm impressed, I wouldn't have thought you could pull it off, but you certainly do!" he said in amazement.

"Her name is Sarah, now." Jill said, hoping to distract him from noticing how impossible her changes really were.

"Sarah, huh? Suits you. Don't worry, I won't let anyone give you any trouble." Mr. Green said encouragingly.

"Uh, thanks, Mr. Green." Sarah said. They left him to his work and stepped away from the other students. "Wow, I never would have thought Mr. Green would react like that!" Sarah said, a little shocked at how easily he had accepted her change.

"From what you've said of him, I am too! This is turning out to be a lot easier than you thought, isn't it?" Jill said.

"Yeah. It's kind of weird, but a lot better than I expected!" Sarah agreed.

Mr. Green started the class soon after that by handing out bows to those who didn't have their own. Then they moved onto the field. Sarah had a little trouble adapting to having breasts, but she soon got the hang of it. After class Mr. Green approached Sarah.

"Much better this week, Sarah! Good luck!" he said with a smile, then turned to talk to another student.

Sarah walked back to Jill, bemused. "What did he say?" Jill asked her.

"He said that I did a lot better than last week, and wished me good luck." Sarah replied.

"What happened last week?" Jill asked curiously as they walked back to Sarah's car.

"Um, well, I was kind of distracted after finding that sword in my bed. I nearly shot myself in the foot a couple of times, and then almost shot someone who was retrieving their arrows." Sarah admitted.

"Oh, I guess I can see why you'd be distracted. You probably should have just skipped class that day." Said Jill.

"Yeah, I guess so." Sarah agreed.

"So, we still need to get you some clothes." Jill said once they were settled in Sarah's car.

"I can't spend too much money, you know." Sarah cautioned.

"I know." Jill replied. "But a thrift store should get you enough to get by for a while."

"Okay, that makes more sense than buying brand-new stuff when I'm not going to use it for long." Sarah agreed.

Jill drove them over to the nearest thrift store. She selected a few things she thought were the right size and had Sarah try them on. Now armed with the proper sizes, they looked through everything that would fit. None of the pants they had were long enough for Sarah.

"I guess you could wear them as capris." Jill said unenthusiastically.

"Forget it." Sarah said dismissively, "They look silly on me."

"You know what the alternatives are, don't you?" Jill asked.

Sarah sighed. "Yeah, I know. I either freeze to death in shorts, or wear skirts." Sarah said resignedly.

They found several skirts that were long enough to keep Sarah warm, and then moved on to tops. This was a little easier, though they couldn't find any long-sleeved tops that had sleeves that were long enough, either. "Oh well, I can still use my jacket." Sarah said.

The selection of shoes was almost non-existent. "Now for the shoe store!" Jill declared. A quick drive to the shoe store netted Sarah a pair of warm brown faux-leather boots with faux-fur trim.

"Well, that wasn't that bad, I guess." Sarah said grudgingly.

"Don't celebrate yet, Sarah, we're not done." Jill replied as she drove out of the parking lot. "We still need to find you some undergarments and socks."

"Great." Sarah said sarcastically.

"You're stretching my clothes out, so you need your own." Jill said.

"Okay, let's go, but I can't spend that much more you know." Sarah replied. Jill nodded and pulled into the Walmart parking lot.

Socks and panties were easy enough, but Jill insisted that Sarah should try on the bras to make sure they fit okay. "You probably haven't noticed since you're not used to it, but my bras really don't fit you very well. You'll be a lot more comfortable with a bra that fits properly." She explained.

After trying several different bras Jill was finally satisfied with the fit. "Feels better, doesn't it?" she asked smugly. The smile on Sarah's face was answer enough.

Sarah grumbled at the price while Jill paid it. "I hope it doesn't take me long to get a new card so I can pay you back for all this." She said.

"Just be glad Mike was able to call in the lost card for you! Losing your driver's license is going to be harder to fix." Jill replied.

"Bad enough she turns me into a girl, why did Venus have to incinerate my wallet?" Sarah groused.

Jill shrugged. They carried the bags out to Sarah's car and drove back to her apartment. Mike was waiting for them when they got there.

"What are you doing waiting out here?" Jill asked.

"I gave Sarah my key." Mike explained.

"Oh yeah, I should have another copy made." Sarah said.

"So how did things go, other than the two of you cleaning out a few stores?" Mike asked with a grin.

Jill stuck her tongue out at Mike for that remark. "It went surprisingly well, actually."

"Yeah, my teachers took it in stride, but Jim still asked me out!" Sarah complained.

"Really? I'd have thought he'd lose interest." Mike said.

"He seemed to think Sarah was always a girl." Jill said. Sarah glared at her and she added, "Or a transgendered girl."

"Huh, that's strange. Maybe that's part of Venus' curse?" Mike wondered.

Jill and Sarah glanced at each other with similar expressions of shock. "I never thought of that…" Sarah said.

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 To Be Continued…