[With thanks to Courtney for another great caption!]

Life really takes some strange turns and moving to New Mexico did it for me. I hated my new life. At my old home in Idaho, I had a couple of friends, and we played games and hung out, but not in the new place. It sucked.

Until I met Gabby and Selena. Before I met them, the boys never talked to me, they called me names and said I was a scrawny faggot. Well, I hadn’t grown much and had like no body hair, so I can understand, I guess, why they made fun of me. And mom always made me wear my sister’s hand me downs too, and the girls stuff she wore always had some pink in it. I guess the boys thought I was weird.

But Gabby and Selena were pretty, and they turned out to be so sweet. When we first met, they asked me all kinds of questions about my family, my sister, and a lot about clothes and other girly stuff. They made me feel so at ease. I made friends and was so happy. So was mom, who made me wear things like my sister’s old boy shorts underneath, they were cut funny but mom said they looked good on me. And when she learned how Gabby and Selena even took to dance lessons and made me wear tights, oh god, I though mom was going to cry. And it was fun.

Next thing I knew, mom changed all my stuff, and made me eat salads and good stuff, and wouldn’t let me wear any of my old boy stuff. During the summer break, when things really changed, she gave me sis’ old t shirts and said I should grow my hair out like my friends had suggested. I went along with her and them, it was fun and I felt special.

Finally, mom gave me special vitamin pills and boy did they make a difference. My skin changed, it seemed to get darker but it also got softer. Plus, to be part of Gabby and Selena’s dance squad, she said the pills would give me a cute butt. Of course, Dad was never home and oblivious to me when he was. The pills did a lot, it seems, and I even grew small boobies, as Gabby called them. Mom even said I should wear sis’ bras, but I was nervous. When I finally relented while at Selena’s house during our dress up and makeup time, the bra fit so well and looked nice too. And the feel against my body, well… it was heaven. The girls even started calling me Jackie and made me pierce my ears. Everything felt so good.

Then one day Mark saw me at the pool. I was wearing Selena’s cute blue and white bikini and blushed. After all, he was one of the boys who made fun of me at first. Mark commented how I had changed and asked if I wanted to get some ice cream that night. I agreed, he was just another boy like me, I told Gabby. Mom was there too and smiled. She said, I guess Jackie is growing up.

Mom and Gabby and Selena told me to go upstairs and get ready for my date with Mark. I said, “Date!” and they all giggled. I put on a bra and t shirt and the new blue Calvin Klein underpants mom bought for me. Then Selena gave me that cute pair of shorts that were really tight. I put them on and they fit so well I could barely move.

Next thing I knew Mark was at the door. He saw me and smiled. He took my hand and said how nice I looked. Then he opened the car door and I got in. He kept looking at me until… we got to the ice cream shop. He bought me a cone and we sat down on a bench. Real close. When we finished Mark noticed a drop of ice cream on my upper lip, and said he needed to clean it off.

When he moved closer to me, and kissed me, I was surprised. It felt so good.

Way better than the ice cream.