I follow April and Candice over to April’s car, and hesitantly enter it. I don’t know where they plan to take me, but I trust them. Maybe my trust is misplaced, but they’ve been rather nice to me so far.

Part of me wonders if I’ve just been kidnapped as we leave the campus. Thankfully, it isn’t too long before we pull up at a barely-suspicious apartment complex, and I’m lead to Candice’s apartment. It isn’t much. One bedroom, one bathroom, a sink full of dishes.

“Sorry about that,” Candice says, smacking April over the back of the head. “A certain someone doesn’t like to do the dishes!”

“Are we going to be here long?” I ask. “Don’t forget that there’s the cat back at the dorm.”

“We’ll be back later tonight, don’t worry!” April insists.

“Alright. So what are we doing here?” I ask.

“Threesome!” April says, laughing.

“No!” Candice scolds her. “Don’t listen to her, she’s a troublemaker! I’m expecting someone in a few hours, so I figured we should be here in case he gets here early. Until he gets here, just feel free to relax. If you want, I’ve got some clothes in my room that might fit you.”

I’m surprised by Candice’s offer to lend me her clothes, and decide to take her up on it. She lays out some clothes I can try on, and then she leaves me be. April sits around to watch though.

“Can you leave?”

“Why? I’ve already seen you in your underwear. Continue!”

I roll my eyes, and figure that I might as well just have fun. I spend about an hour trying on different outfits for April, and she cheers me on. She even slaps my butt as I show off a skirt that is definitely a bit too short.

The doorbell rings, and April tells me to come out and meet the visitor. I step out of the room, and see a girl who seems to be about 13 years old, with long black hair, wearing a ruffled black skirt and a pink t-shirt with sequin flowers on it.

“How was the drive?” Candace asks.

“Terrible! The cops stopped me multiple times asking if my parents knew I was out driving! They didn’t believe me when I told them I was 18!”

Candace laughs, and then pulls the girl into a tight hug.

“That’s why I told you to leave earlier than you had planned! Oh, this is my brother, Alex! Alex, meet April and…”

“Chloe,” I tell him, smiling. “Though, just between you and me, my real name is Max. It seems like we share an interest in crossdressing.”

Alex looks excited. “Oh! Really! We should try swapping clothes sometime!”

“Uh.” I pause, looking down at Alex. “Probably not. But you do look super cute!”

“Yeah! Are you coming to the beach with us?”

My smile drops. “Hmm? The beach?”

“Yeah! My sister promised me that we would go to the beach today! I drive 6 whole hours to get here!”

I look over at the girls. April gives me a thumbs up.

“Oh, I don’t know about that…”

‘Don’t worry!” Candice says. “I found a spot where nobody ever really goes. Moreover, nobody will be able to tell that you two are boys, so don’t worry!”

I sigh, then nod my head. “Alright, but I don’t have a swimsuit.”

“We’ve got you covered!” April says, running to Candice’s room.

“You would think that I should do this since it’s my apartment,” Candice mutters.

A moment later, April runs back to me carrying a black one piece swimsuit with a skirt.

“You see? Nobody will see your thingamajig, so you’ll be fine!”

I take the swimsuit, and look at it. She’s probably right, but is does seem pretty scary. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to think about it, because there’s only so many hours in a day, and Alex really wants to go swimming. I change into the swimsuit in the bathroom, then throw a jacket on over it for some modesty before we get to the beach. The others have changed into their swimsuits, too, though April doesn’t bother with modesty, wearing her red and black striped thong and highly exposed swim top right out from the room. Candice and Alex wear their swimsuits under their clothes. We also carry some bags out to the car that hold sunscreen, towels, and some other stuff.

The beach is somewhat cloudy, but there doesn’t seem to be any rain coming. Still, even though it’s cloudy, Candice reminds us to put on sunscreen before we run around and play. Everyone who was wearing something over their swimsuit throws the spare clothes off, then starts applying sunscreen. I can’t help but notice that Candice is handsy with both Alex and April, and even slips her fingers into the butt of their swimsuits to make sure that sunscreen is in fact applied properly.

Candice is wearing boyshort shaped swimming bottoms, green with red flowers, and a matching bra. Alex, meanwhile, is wearing a white skirted bottom with blue flowers, and a matching red top that is very ruffly.

Alex is jumping around in excitement, and getting sand everywhere as Candice sets up the beach towel and umbrella. April runs after him, grabs him by the waist, and picks him up. He screams and giggles as he’s dragged towards the water and then forcibly thrown in.

“It’s cold!” he laughs.

“What? This is the middle of summer! Come on!” April says, chasing after him. She pauses, and shrieks. “Wait! It is cold! Ah! Stop splashing me! Hey! Get over here!”

I stand, uncertain what to even do or say. Those two are just beyond me.

“Chloe?”

I turn around, just as a beach ball hits my face. Candice giggles at me.

“Sorry! Maybe I should have waited to throw it until after you turned around? Anyhow, no time to waste staring at my little brother or girlfriend! Let’s play!”

“It isn’t like I was checking them out,” I lie.

“Hmm. Alright. Just know that I’ll defend either of them like a mamma bear, so keep your hands to yourself!”

“I will!”

“Oh, relax! I’m just kidding… Well, mostly. Anyhow, let’s go get those two over so we can have a match!”

We play beach volleyball with the beachball. I’m teamed up with Alex, and we lose badly. Neither of us are athletic, while the girls seem to be in pretty good shape. They high five, laughing at just how easy it was to beat us.

I lay back in the sand, exhausted. These girls have put me through too much today. Between convincing me to go out dressed as a girl, the changing room, the running, the swimsuit, and now more forced exercise, I think I’m about ready to just lay down here forever.

Nope. I’m immediately pulled up by Alex, though he struggles. I stand up since he struggles so much, but he’s still applying force, and I’m really clumsy, so I end up continuing forwards, and falling on him. I find myself with my face close to his, and my hands to either side of his face. He’s blushing wildly.

“Hey! Watch yourself around my brother!” Candice scolds me, dragging me off. April is laughing.

“I didn’t mean anything,” I mutter.

“It’s fine,” Alex says, holding his arm, and looking sideways. He’s still blushing.

“Jeez, at least buy the boy dinner first!” April tells me.

“That’s enough,” Candice says calmly, and that shuts April up fast. I think we know who the boss is in this relationship.

We enjoy our time at the beach for quite a few more hours, but decide to break for food. We’re handed a bag, and told to look away for a while. As the girls change into dry clothes, I look down at Alex. He really does look like a young girl, so it’s hard for me to believe that he’s actually a guy. But as the girls finish changing, they tell us that they’ll go take a walk so that they don’t see anything. As Alex changes out of his wet swimsuit, it is confirmed that he’s a guy, though I do my best to advert my gaze.

Normally, changing out on a beach like this is maybe not a great idea. But since there’s nobody nearby, we figure it doesn’t matter. A bathroom or changing room would be ideal, but why bother tracking one down? In fact, I don’t come to beaches often, so I don’t know if they even have places for you to change. Are people supposed to just leave in their wet swimsuits.

“Hmm?” I ask, looking into the bag after I put on the short skirt and tank top. “There’s no underwear here?”

“You didn’t pack underwear?” Alex asks.

“I mean, I didn’t pack anything. I’m lucky I’m not going home soaking wet.”

Alex laughs. “Yeah, my sister cares too much about her car to allow that! But I’m sure April is to blame for the whole no underwear thing. Then again, it would also be funny to give you some skimpy panties or something. Anyhow, I guess you’ll just have to go commando for now. We’re just heading to the dorm, anyhow.”

“Yeah. I guess it’s fine,” I mutter.

April is smirking as she returns. She asks if everything is fine, and I roll my eyes.

“Just peachy. Are we ready to leave?”

They girls nod their heads, and we pile into April’s car, returning to the dorm. There, Alex has plenty of fun playing with the kitten. We give it food, and also order a pizza for us.

As we’re eating the pizza, Alex slips a piece of paper into my hand. I look down at it, and realize it has his phone number on it. He’s also blushing. Poor kid has a crush! I don’t know what else to do, so I just stuff it in my pocket for now.

I can’t help but feel a bit jealous as I watch Candice. On one arm, she has her girlfriend holding on tight. On the other arm, she has her incredibly cute brother. Both of them look up at her with absolute admiration. And she is pretty, and cute, and kind… I can’t say that I blame them.

“What are you staring at?” April asks, glaring at me.

“Nothing!” I say, turning my attention to the pizza.

Candace sleeps over tonight, sleeping in the same bed as April and Alex. Meanwhile, I go back to my room, and pull out the paper from before. I put Alex’s phone number into my phone, then toss the crumpled ball into the trash can, and head to bed.

In the morning, I’m woken up once more by the sound of someone knocking on my open door. I look up to see Candice there, looking annoyed.

“What is it?” I ask.

She holds up a piece of crumpled up paper.

“I found Sir Gloria playing with this paper this morning. Care to explain yourself?”

“Hmm? What is it?”

“My brother’s phone number!”

“Oh. Shit. God damn cat…”

Yet again, the cat is dragging up stuff that I don’t want others to know about. Thankfully, Candice just starts laughing instead of seriously seeming annoyed. She throws the crumpled up ball at me, then leaves my room. Alex was peeking out from behind her, and waves at me, before following after her.

I don’t know whether to love this cat or to hate it… but my life has certainly taken an interesting turn.