“Again, Max.” Donna looks towards her sister as she performed the dance step, she taught her.

They were at the dance studio Donna taught and practiced at. It had several stripper poles and mirrors lining the wall on one side of the room.
Music was playing from the hidden speakers throughout the room.

Max does as she was instructed by her sister. She wanted to learn how to dance like her older sister and asked her to teach her. She could already dance as well as some of the people who danced here at the studio her sister taught at. However, she wasn’t as polished in her dance steps or using her body like they were.

She had her hair highlighted the other day. Her long brown hair had been highlighted with blonde highlight. The dance leotard she was wearing, was one her sister didn’t wear anymore.

Max decided to wear a pair of medium size silver hoop earrings. She also was wearing a silver choker her sister had gotten her. They had been out window shopping yesterday when they spotted the choker and the matching earrings that went with them.

“Alright, enough.” Donna looks at her younger sister. She was going to need to practice some more.

“So, was I better, that time?” Max wipes the sweat from her eyes.

“Just a tad better. You need to loosen up when you dance. Let your body feel the rhythm of the music and move with it. Just let go and block everything else out.” Donna loved dancing. It brought her joy and happiness.

“I’ll try better next time.” Max had to admit that her sister was a good dance instructor.

She had a collection of awards in her bedroom from dance contests she has been in. She also has autograph pictures from several popular artists, that she had been a back-up dancer for. Max knew she has taught strippers and even housewives how to use the dance poles.

“I’ll schedule some time for you to come and practice. So, are you still going to keep on swimming or are you giving it up?” Donna knew how much her sister enjoyed competition swimming.

“Mom and I have a meeting tomorrow with the school board and with coach Karr from my school. I need to find out what I must do to swim on the girl’s swim team. I also want to see if mom will let me get breast implants. I don’t want to go back to school and swim on the girl’s team, without at least looking like a girl.” Max didn’t want to wear his breast forms when swimming, even though she bought the ones made for swimming.

“I don’t know Max. A lot of girls are finding it unfair that people like you are joining the team and are having a hard time beating them. They're
finding the biological differences unfair.” Donna had some friends that felt that people like Max, shouldn’t be allowed to compete.

“Hey, I know at least six girls on the girls swim team that could beat me hands down. If those girls are complaining, because they are beaten by people like me competing against them. Then maybe they should train harder. The only way a person can get better is to train harder. I don’t buy this biological bullshit.” Max knew women have more strength below their waist then men do.

Men had upper body strength but lacked lower body strength. Plus, women were better suited to survive extreme temperatures and other conditions, then men. Max remembered reading a book, he found in his mother’s collection titled What Every Woman Should Know.

“Come on little sister. We still have our chores at home to do, before mom gets home from work.” Donna grabs her gym bag and heads out to her car.

She was making payments on a 2014 Nissan Leaf. She bought it two years ago at CarMax. She was working at Capt. Ed’s Seafood Shack as a waitress. During the summer tips were good. She was taking home three hundred dollars a night in tips. During the winter months, she made at least two hundred a month.

The A/C in the Leaf felt nice to Max as she enjoyed it as her sister drove them home. It doesn’t take them long to arrive home. Donna parks her car on the right-hand side of the driveway. Her mother liked parking on the left-hand side.

Max heads upstairs to change out of her dance leotard and into a t-shirt dress. It had flowers on it from Hawaii. She stops to look at herself in the mirror and smiles. Greg had accepted her, but it was going to take time for him to get used to her, being a girl.

She heads downstairs to start dusting and vacuuming the living room, den, dining room. The bathroom was shared by her and her sister.
Today, her sister got the bathroom. Once she was done dusting and vacuuming. She heads into the kitchen to fix some lunch for herself and her sister.

“Donna, I made lunch for us.” Max didn’t know which bathroom Donna was in.

Donna comes walking out of their mother’s bedroom. She sweeps aside a lock of her hair that had fallen into her eye.

“You know, mom is a lot cleaner than the two of us.” Donna saw that Max made blts for lunch.

“Well, mom is the only one that uses her bathroom. You and I share the main one.”

“At least you don’t have to remind me to put the toilet seat down anymore.” Max started sitting down, instead of standing to pee.

“True, I won’t have to worry about falling into the toilet now.” Donna has fallen in a few times when her brother forgot to put the seat down.

After lunch, Donna heads upstairs to her bedroom. Max heads into the kitchen to grab the items she was going to need to make dinner. She sets the meat out to defrost.

“Max, can you come up here please?” Donna saw that some of her garter belts and stockings were missing.

Max wonders what her sister could want. She heads up to Donna’s bedroom and noticed the drawer she keeps her special lingerie in was open.

“Oop’s sorry sis.”

“Then you know why I called you up here?” Donna looks at Max. She was a little upset that her sister went in her special lingerie drawer.

“I couldn’t help it, sis. I liked them.” Max forgot she still had them in her bedroom.

“Alright, you can keep the ones you have already. However, for now on ask me before you take anything out of my bedroom, okay?” Donna looks at Max like her mother would.

“Alright, I’ll ask you for now on, before I borrow anything else from you.”

“Thank you. Now, you said you were going to ask mom about getting breast implants. What size are you going to ask her about?” Donna was
curious.

“I was just going to keep them the same size my breasts forms are. Since I based them off your bra size.” Max wanted to be able to wear whatever her sister wore.

Donna just shakes her head. She could guess why Max did that. She shuts her drawer and picks up her dirty clothes hamper to take down to be wash.

She looks towards Max “you might want to do your laundry after mine is done.”

“Okay.” Max heads into her bedroom and starts picking up her clothes to be washed.

“Mom, I want to get breast implants, so when I go back to school. I can swim in the girl's swim team.” Max looks at her mother as she stood before her.

Max had waited until after dinner to spring the subject on her mother. She is hoping her mother might consider letting her go through with it. She wanted her breasts, instead of wearing the fake ones all the time. She knew she would get teased by the other girls as well.

Laura listens to her youngest daughter about getting breast implants. When Max has finished speaking, she looks Max in her eyes “Max, you just came out to me that you want to be a girl and you haven’t even seen a doctor that deals in these matters yet. I know you said that you have been taking your sister's birth control pills, Which we need to find out what they have done to you. So, before we talk about you getting breast implants. Let’s see what a doctor who specializes in gender dysphoria says first and get your blood tested to see what your sister's birth control pills did to you as well.”

Max looks a little disappointed about her mother's decision, but her mother was right. She heads upstairs and takes a nice shower. Once she was done taking her shower, she slips on one of the nightgowns her big sister gave her. She brushes and dries her hair. She was still wearing her breast forms. She didn’t like taking them off.

Max lays down in bed and reads for a while, before slowly drifting off to sleep. She dreams of swimming and walking down the aisle one day in a wedding dress. She snuggles deeper under her blanket.

Noon The Next Day, Dr. Holmes Office:
Max felt a little uncomfortable sitting in Dr. Holmes's office. The good doctor was an older woman, in her late thirties who specialized in children with gender dysphoria.

“So, Max tell me a little about yourself.” Dr. Holmes was curious about why Max felt she was in the wrong body and why she came out now after so many years.

“Well, it began when I was little and played games with my sister. I use to like playing dress-up and other games with her. As I got older, my sister caught me wearing a pair of panties I took from her drawer. Not just once, but several times. So, she started to let me have clothes she
outgrew and I would wear them around the house. Sometimes, I would wear her underwear and training bra under my clothes to school.”

“Why didn’t you ever tell your mother about how you felt?”

“I wanted too, but after some of the stories. I read online about people like me getting kicked out of their homes or sent gay conversion camps where they beat and molest you. I scared to say anything to my mother. I knew my mother wasn’t that type of person, but sometimes, you don’t know how people react to their children saying they are trans.”

Max watches while Dr. Holmes writes everything on a note pad. She was starting to relax and trust Dr. Holmes. She felt that Dr. Holmes might care about how she felt.

The next half-n-hour Max opens up to Dr. Holmes about how she felt and everything. By the time it was time to go, she felt a little better about coming to see her.

“Ready to go and be poked and prodded?” Laura looks at her daughter as she comes out of Dr. Holmes's office.

“Do I have too?” Max looks at her mother as they walk outside to the car.

“Yes, we need to see what your sister’s birth control pills have been doing to your system. Plus, get you physical before school starts, if you still plan on swimming.” Laura knew her daughter wanted to still swim.

“I do.” Max sits back in the passenger seat and drinks some water from the bottle she brought with her.

Laura takes Max to their family doctor, Dr. Willow Wolfhart. She was a younger doctor, but very good. She took over Doctor Jonas Gray’s practice after he retired. She knew Dr. Wolfhart was a lesbian and her wife was a motorcycle cop.

They only had to wait a few minutes when they arrived at the clinic Dr. Wolfhart shared with three other doctors. Laura spots Dr. Wolfhart coming out to the reception area.

Willow spots one of her patients waiting in the reception area. A smile appears on her face when she spots Max dressed as a girl. She always suspected that Max would make a cute girl.

“Laura, it's so good to see you. What can I do for you and Max?” Willow smiles at Max.

A smile appears on Max’s face. She has always liked Dr. Wolfhart. She made coming to her fun and sometimes she would do simple magic tricks for her.

“Well, Max here needs a physical for school and I was wondering if you could do a blood test on Max as well.”

“I don’t see why not. Why don’t you follow me to examination room 3.” Willow leads the way back to the examination rooms.

“Okay” Laura follows Willow to the examination room, along with Max.

Once they were in the room, nurse Hines takes all the standard vitals from Max. Max’s mother and Dr. Wolfhart were talking in another room.

“So, decided to become a girl, Max?” Lisa always figured there was something special about Max.

“You aren’t bothered by me?” Max looks at Nurse Hines.

“Nope, you would be surprised how many patients wee have that are like you. Plus, I have a cousin that is going through the same thing you are, in high school.” Lisa records all the vital information.

Once nurse Hines was done with taking Max’s vitals. She is lead into the examination room.

“Alright, Max. Upon the table.” Lisa pats the examination table.

“I hate this paper gowns.” Max gets up on the examination table and waits for Dr. Wolfhart.

After a few minutes, Dr. Wolfhart comes walking into the examination room. She looks at Max “so, Max you have finally decided to become a girl?”

“I should have been born one, instead of in this body.” Max watches Dr. Wolfhart. She had a cute body and wonders why she ever became a lesbian.

“Dr. Wolfhart, can I ask you a personal question?” Max was curious.

“Sure, I don’t mind.” Willow was pretty opened to her patients.

“Have you always known, you were a lesbian?” Max was curious.

“I didn’t know until I became a teenager. I noticed that I didn’t have the same attraction to boys, like my friends and my other sisters. I found the female body, more to my liking.”

“How did your parents handle your decision?”

“I come from a very open-minded family. My mother is a doctor and a stage magician. She put herself through medical school performing tricks and escape artist tricks in Vegas and such. My father is as open-minded as my mom. I have a younger sister who was like you before she underwent SRS surgery. I have a younger brother now, who is an ftm.”

“Why would a natural-born woman, want to become a man?” Max couldn’t understand that.

“The same reason a man would want to become a woman, Max.” Dr. Wolfhart takes three blood samples from Max.

Max didn’t like needles but didn’t mind Dr. Wolfhart sticking him with one. She was quick and made it painless.

“Max, I’m going to give you a low dose of estrogen, until I get the results back from your blood work. Also, I’m going to give you pubertal blockers to stop any secondary sex development.” Dr. Wolfhart gives Max the shots. She’ll prescribe the estrogen pills for him.

“What will happen with the estrogen pills?” Max was curious.

“Well, with the dosage I’m prescribing, nothing much should happen to you. You might experience some mood swings and colors might seem brighter to you. You might develop some breast development. However, that shouldn’t be for a while.”

“I told my mother I wanted to get breast implants before I go back to school. What would happen if the estrogen pills cause my chest to develop?”

“Well first, I would recommend you not to get breast implants at your age. Secondly, once I know what your estrogen levels are, I can increase the level and let you develop your breasts.”

“How big could they get, if we do it that way?” Max wanted to be like her sister.

“Well, it's uncertain, but you could be one cup size smaller than your mother or sister.” Dr. Wolfhart knew depending on Max’s genes, she could be equal to her sister or smaller, depending on what the birth control pills have done to her.

“I want to be like my sister. Most of my clothes are based on her body measurements.” Max was feeling a little disappointed.

“Well, let's see how your blood is first and after that, I’ll see what I can do to make your wish come true.”

River Side High School:
Max was sitting next to his mom as they sat across the table from Principal Armstrong, Assistant Principal Forge, Counselor Saffa Wong, female swim team coach Karr, and male swim team coach Thomson. Superintendent of schools Garfield Finney and his assistant Kirsty Robin were there as well.

Everyone was looking at Max and her mother. Max’s mother suggested she wear a nice dress and make sure her make-up was properly done for a sixteen-year-old. They had a letter from Dr. Holmes's office explaining the fact that Max was seeing her for gender dysphoria.

Dr. Wolfhart also sent the medical report from Max’s physical and blood work. Because Max has been taking his sister’s birth control pills for the last eight months. They have lowered his testosterone levels and were causing his breasts to start to develop.

Since she was already developing breast tissue under her breasts. She increased the amount of estrogen and prescribed progestogens as well.

Coach Thomson looks at Max “are you sure, you want to swim on the girl’s swim team?”

“Yes sir. There’s no way I could remain on the boy’s swim team during the swim season. Plus, it would look kind of weird to have a male swimmer wearing a female suit on the team.” Max was happy he would be growing his breasts.

Dr. Wolfhart had informed him that his levels, were a little high and was interfering with his testosterone levels. She guessed that his sister needed high levels because of her period. According to Dr. Wolfhart, his sister’s birth control pills contained forty mcg.

“You do know, I might have to let you ride the bench if the opposing team complained about you swimming on the girl’s team.” Coach Karr figure there might be a problem from the other coaches and teams.

“There are at least six girls on our team, that could beat me in a race. So, what’s the difference of them competing against them and competing against me?” Max looks at coach Karr for an answer.

“Because, most of the other teams will only see you as a boy, Max. They know who you are.” Coach Thomson knew how good Max was. He wasn’t the top swimmer in their school, but he was in the top five on their team.

“If those girls don’t want to compete against Max, then that’s their choice and should forfeit.” Laura felt that even though she understood the reason behind their reluctance. That is still no excuse to hold that against Max. Especially, when there are six girls on the swim team that are faster than Max.

“Mrs. Puscat, you have to look at it from their point of view. They aren’t competing against another girl, but a girl who is biology a boy as well.”

“Which, shouldn’t matter, Coach Thomson. If there are six girls on this school’s swim team that can beat, Max. Then they could do the same thing. It would be more embarrassing for Max to be beaten by a natural girl, then them complaining.” Laura figured Max could accept it.

“Mrs. Puscat, we also have to take into account the families of those girls as well.” Coach Karr looks at Laura and Max.

“Coach Karr, I understand your concerns, because I have an older daughter as well. If something like this came up, when she still went here, I would still have an open mind about someone like Max competing. As for the family of those girls, if they have a problem with their daughters competing against a transgender student, then they need to put themselves in the student place. Is it fair for the student to stop doing what they enjoy?”

“You do make a good argument and there are no rules that say Max can’t join this school’s swim team. He’ll have to wear a girl’s swimsuit and go by the same rules that all the girls on the team follow.” Coach Karr will have to make some arrangements for Max to change in the girl’s locker room.

“As for the rest of Max’s classes, she will still take them. There’s no reason to change them, because of her new status.” Principal Armstrong has already determined there was no reason to change Max’s school schedule.

“How about bathroom uses? Will you force Max to use the male’s restroom or will she be allowed to use the girl’s?” Laura wanted Max to be safe.

“She’ll be allowed to use the girl’s restroom. If any student gives her a problem with it. We will deal with the situation.” Assistant Principal Forge had already researched the laws and such. Max was permitted by law to use the girl’s bathroom.

“So, everything is fine with me swimming for the school on the girl’s team?” Max looks at everyone.

“Yes, everything is fine, and I expect you to act like a proper young lady. I don’t want to hear about you looking at the girls on the team and
making comments about their bodies or making them uncomfortable either.”

“Oh, trust me, Mrs. Karr. I have no idea which way I swing. I just want to continue swimming for the school, so I can get my second letter.” Max had her first letter, now she wants her second letter.

“We’ll see, Max.” Principal Armstrong.

Max steps out into the hallway and looks around. The superintendent and the rest of everyone wanted to talk to her mother in private. She felt weird wearing a dress but loved how the air felt against her legs.

She looks down the hallway to make sure no one was coming before she twirls around. She wanted to see how it felt with her dress lifting. She loved the way the air moved and against her privates.

She stops when she hears the door of the conference open. Her mother was the first one out with the Superintendent and his assistant following her mother.

“Is everything, okay?” Max steps close to her mother.

“Everything is fine. Let’s go home.”

“Okay.”

“So, how was the meeting?” Donna was curious.

She was in the kitchen preparing everything she needed to fix dinner. She knew her mother and now younger sister had a meeting with the school board, the principal, and the assistant principal of her old school. She never experienced this drama when she attended school. Sure, they had a few opened lesbians and a few flaming gay students, but not a transgender.

“It went well. They have to let me swim on the girl's swim team and let me use the girl's bathroom as well.” Max was ready to go upstairs and change into something comfortable.

“True, they have too, Max. However, you might be riding the bench at some of the meets.” Laura looks at her newest daughter.

“Maybe, most of the girls on the school swim team know me and will be curious. Besides, with the new rules, the supreme court just approved, they have no grounds to stand on.” Max recently read an article about a female-to-male student who just won his court case in Virginia preventing him from using the male restroom, while he attended high school.

“I don’t know how I would react. If there was someone like you in the locker room when I was changing.” Donna loved her little sister a lot, but in some ways, she would feel uncomfortable with her looking at her naked body.

“Why does everyone think, all I want to do is seeing naked girls?” Max looks at her sister and mother.

“Because, you’re equipped as a boy, Max.” Donna looks at her sister with a serious look on her face.

“So, what? I don’t care how many of the girls look. If I want to look at naked girls, I’ll go to a porn site.”

“Max!” Laura looks at Max.

“Sorry, mom. It just makes me mad at how small-minded people can be. A person who is like me is going to be jealous of genetic women. We’ll never experience what it's like to have periods or worry about getting pregnant.” Max has put a lot of thought into what he said.

“Having periods every month isn’t a joy, Max.” Donna hated hers, because of how painful it was at times.

“I know sis, I can understand both sides of the argument as well. I just wish, people could understand how people like me feel. It's not easy being born one way and feeling a different way.”

“Why don’t you go upstairs and change out of your nice dress.” Laura looks over towards Max.

“Yes ma’am.” Max heads upstairs to her bedroom to change out of her dress.

Max hangs her dress up and changes into something more comfortable. She knew things were going to be hard for her. She read stories online about how hard it could be for transgender students. She slips on a pair of shorts and an oversize t-shirt she got form her sister.

Once Max was changed, she heads back downstairs to help her sister with dinner. Her sister has her make the salad. Their mother went upstairs to change as well.

When dinner is ready, Max sets the table. It was good that her mother taught her how to set a proper place setting.

“Have you talked to any of the girls on your swim team?”

“Not yet. I have to contact them. Practice doesn’t start for another few weeks.” Max had the date circled on her calendar.

“Why don’t you invite the girls over for a pool party. That way they can see how you look like a girl in a swimsuit.” Donna figures it might help Max.

“That’s a good idea.”

The next day, Max gets up early and instead of going downstairs to eat breakfast. She sits down at her computer desk and starts sending emails to all the girls, on the girl's swim team. She already talked to her mother about Donna’s suggestion and she liked it. They planned on having the pool party this weekend.

Once she sends the whole swim team invitations for the pool party. She heads downstairs to fix herself some breakfast. Her mom and sister have already left for work.

A smile appears on her face, as she eats her Fruit loops. She doesn’t have to hide anymore. She can wear whatever she wanted too.

After breakfast, she slips her string bikini on and jumps into the pool. The water was cold when she jumped into it. She starts doing laps, to warm up. She does wonder while she is swimming, how the girls on the girls swim team will accept her.

Rose Rowena’s House:
Rose didn’t want to get up out of bed. She, Debbie, Carol, and Anna had gone out last night. They were still recovering from partying to much last night. It was their boyfriend's fault. They wanted to stay out a little longer then they were permitted. Her mother and father lectured her on being twenty minutes late, pass her curfew.

She hears her cellphone beep, letting her know an email had arrived. She grabs it off her nightstand and looks at the email. It was an email from Max. She opens it and saw it was an invitation to a pool party this weekend. She also noticed it was addressed to every member of the girls swim team.

That caught her attention and wonder why it was only addressed to the girl’s swim team. She lets Max know, she’ll be there. She’ll also call the other girls to see if they are going to go.

Max was done with her morning swim. She goes upstairs to the main bathroom and takes a shower to get all the chlorine off her body and out of her hair. The fake breasts she was wearing felt weird on her skin, but she liked having them. She wishes she could feel something when she plays with them.

After Max is done taking a shower. She heads into her bedroom and looks through her clothes. She had no idea what she was in the mood to wear today. She settles on a pair of black butt lifting leggings with pockets and one of her t-shirts that come down and cover her butt.

Max looks at herself in the full-length mirror and likes what she saw reflected at her. She glances over towards her closet and wonders, should she wear her tennis shoes or her calf-length boots. Since she was going to the library to see if the new Dresden book was in, she decides to wear her tennis shoes.

Max puts on some light make-up and eyeliner. She grabs her small backpack purse and makes sure her Samsung tablet, wallet, and cellphone was in it. She bought the backpack at the thrift store when her mother took her to buy some girl clothes.

Max puts her Bluetooth earbuds in her ears and heads downstairs to the garage to get her bicycle. She listens to some music, why she takes her bicycle out of the garage and peddle towards the library.

Her neighbors were still getting used to her dressing as a girl. She smiles as she peddles to the library. The weather was nice and there weren’t very many people out. After fifteen minutes of riding her bicycle, she arrives at Thomas Smith Memorial Library.

Max locks her bicycle up and heads inside the library. Inside the library, Max notices Mrs. Crank was behind the counter. Sitting next to her was Mrs. Sommer. Mrs. Sommer was new and one of the most openminded people Max has ever met.

Mrs. Sommer always gave her good advice about subjects she talked to her about. Max walks over to the shelving unit where new arrivals were placed. She spots the new Dresden Files book she has been waiting to read the new book. She picks the book up and walks around looking for a few more books to read.

While she is looking for more books, she spots one that teaches you how to train your voice. She grabs that one. She looks around for some more books that might be useful.

Max does catch Mrs. Crank looking at her occasionally. A sly smile appears on her face, as she moves around the library. She does stop and look through the music selection the library has. She spots a few CDs that she wanted to listen to and add to her music library.

It took Mrs. Sommer a few minutes to recognize the girl that came into the library. She saw Mrs. Crank glance towards the girl as she moved around the library. A smirk appeared on her face, as it finally dawns on Mrs. Crank’s face on who it was.

Mrs. Sommer picks up some books that needed to be shelved and walk over to Max. She wonders what made Max decide to become a girl.
She walks up to Max “hey Max. I like your new look.”

“Thanks, Mrs. Sommer.” Max was hoping Mrs. Sommer would respect her new life.

“So, what made you decided to start dressing as a girl?” Mrs. Sommers puts one of the books in her hands on the self.

“I have always dressed as a girl at home, without my mother knowing. I thought it was time, to be honest with my mother about how I felt.” Max also knew it didn’t help that her mother caught her wearing her older sister's string bikini either.

“Well, you do look nice. Who taught you how to apply your make-up?” Mrs. Sommers liked how Max did it.

“My sister, who in turn was taught by my mother. My mother uses to be a model before she had me.” Max knew his mother gave up that life because of the scar she had from giving birth to her and to stay with her children.

“Well, your sister taught you nicely. It’s not too bold and highlights the right areas of your face.” Mrs. Sommer puts another book on a different shelf.

“Thanks, Mrs. Sommer.” Max heads towards the self-checkout and signs her library card.

After she scans her library card, she scans the books she selected to read. The Dresden File book was due back by the end of next week, but she had time on the others. Max puts the books in the small backpack she brought with her and wave goodbye to everyone.

When she walks outside the library, she spots some of the older guys from her school. She takes a deep breath as she walks towards her bicycle. She hopes they just ride by her and ignore her.

Eddie, Frank, Jeff, Billy, and Chuck were out enjoying the sunshine on their bicycles when Eddie spotted a cute girl walking out of the library. He didn’t recognize her and she didn’t go to his high school.

“Hey Jeff, do you recognize that cute girl over there?”

Jeff looks at her and had to admit, she was cute. The tights she is wearing filled out her ass nicely.

“No, let’s go over and introduce ourselves to her.” Jeff starts peddling over to the library.

The rest of the guys follow him. They were as curious as Jeff and Eddie were. All five guys peddle over to the library.

As they got closer, Chuck recognized the bicycle the girl was unlocking. It looked like the one Max owned.

“Hey, that’s Max’s bicycle. I would recognize it anywhere.” Chuck wonders if the girl was related to Max.

Max was kneeling, unlocking her bicycle when she hears Chuck’s voice. She was hoping maybe, she could avoid this, but now she had no choice. She stands up and turns around to look at the five guys “hi guys, nice day for a bicycle ride, isn’t it?”

“Hi guys, nice day for a bicycle ride, isn’t it?” Max had a smile on her face as she looks at her friends.

“Max?” Chuck looks at Max and couldn’t believe he was dressed as a girl.

“Yep, it’s me, Chuck.” Max smiles sweetly at his friends.

“Why are you dressed as a girl?” Jeff looks at Max and couldn’t believe he looked like a girl.

“Because I am a girl, silly.” Max was watching the guys gathered in front of him.

“No, you’re not. I’ve seen you in the boy’s locker room in your birthday suit. You’re not a girl.” Eddie knew Max wasn’t a girl. He had a penis just like the other boys in their class and on their swim team.

“Eddie, having physical attributes that say you are a boy or girl doesn’t mean you are that gender. It’s how you feel emotionally inside. I should know because I have always had to hide how I felt. There are a lot of things I had to hide from you guys as well.”

“You mean, how I spotted you wearing a pair of panties at school one day? Also, how you denied it when I confronted you? You said that they had been a pair of underwear that had been washed with your sister’s things and got stained?” Billy looks at Max with a questionable look on his face.

“Yeah, we always thought you were gay or something.” Frank always thought Max was gay.

“Sorry Frank, but I’m not gay.” Max knew that much about himself.

“If you’re a girl then, which sex would you prefer to have sex with? Because you’re either into boys like most girls are or you’re into girls. Which way do you swing?” Frank wanted to see what Max says.

“Look, I don’t know which way I swing. At this current time, I don’t care about that.” Max didn’t care about dating right now. She was more concerned about learning more about herself.

“So, does that mean you aren’t swimming on the team this year?” Chuck figures he might have a shot at impressing the girls this year.

“I’ll be swimming on the girl’s team, this year.”

“Bullshit! The school would never allow a boy to swim on the girl’s swim team.” Billy was sure they would never allow it. His sister was on the girl’s swim team.

“They have too.”

“I think you just want to see the girls in their underwear or the nude.” Eddie has tried several times to get pictures of the girls in the girl’s locker room.

“Wrong again, Eddie. I’m not like you.” Max looks at Eddie with a stern look on her face.

“Well, I don’t know what to make of you, Max.” Chuck wasn’t homophobic or anything. He has Known Max since elementary school.

“You know the kids at school are going to tease you and call you names.” Eddie knew that there were some mean kids at school.

“I know and I hope I can count on you guys to stand by me.” Max looks at Eddie, Frank, Jeff, Billy, and Chuck.

Frank looks at Max “I don’t know Max. I mean, I don’t have anything against you, but when my parents find out. They might go through the roof and boycott the school.”

“I have to agree with Frank, Max. My sister is on the girl’s swim team and I don’t know how I feel about you seeing, her naked.” Billy was protective of his younger sister.

“Look, Billy, I don’t care how Nancy looks naked. Hell, I’ve seen her in a bikini almost as small as the ones my sister wears. This isn’t about what everyone thinks it is. All, I’m asking is for you guys to just give me a chance.”

“Max, we’re your friends and will stand with you.”

“Thanks.”

“What does your mother think about you wanting to be like your sister?” Jeff was curious about how Max’s mother felt.

“She’s okay with it. She is helping me to pass more as a girl.” Max was happy her mother was helping her to act and dress more like a girl.

“We were heading towards Carvels for Ice Cream. Why don’t you join us?” Frank wanted to talk to Max more about being a girl.

“Sure, lead on.” Max mounts her bicycle and follows them.

Max looks up at the ceiling as she laid in bed. Today was the big reveal to the girls swim team. Her mother told her that coach Karr, the girls swim team was going to be attending the pool party as well. They had gone out last night and bought snacks, chicken, and such for a cookout on the grill.

Some of the parents already knew what was going on and contacted her mother. They had gotten together and talked about the situation and there had been some heated debate about her using the girl's locker room and bathroom at school.

She gets up and put her robe on. Her mother told her if she was going to wearing some of the skimpy lingerie around the house or sleep in them. She’ll need to cover up when she leaves her bedroom. She didn’t mind, because the robe was made of silk.

Max slips her kitty cat slippers on and heads downstairs to grab some breakfast. No one was in the kitchen when she walks in. She grabs some eggs, sausage patties from the refrigerator and starts cooking them.

Max selects some music from her cellphone to listen to, while she is fixing breakfast for herself. While the eggs were cooking, she toasts some slices of bread in the toaster oven. Just as the eggs were ready to plate, her older sister comes stumbling into the kitchen.

Donna had smelled the sausage and eggs cooking when she came downstairs. She wanted coffee and didn’t care about anything else. When she walked into the kitchen, she spotted her little sister making her favorite breakfast. She just ignores her and walks over to the coffee machine and start brewing a cup of coffee for herself.

She had been in the living room last night when some of the parents of the girls on the swim team had come over. They had heard about Max switching from the men's swim team to the girls swim team. They also learned that Max would have access to the girl’s locker room and bathroom.

The discussion had gotten a little heated, until Mrs. Summers, stepped in. She had to remind them that Max had rights as well as a transgender student. She has never known Max to do anything improper and that she would defend her in court.

A lot of the parents knew Mrs. Summers and her law firm were very good. They very rarely lost a court case. Also, Mrs. Summers and her law firm supported the LGBTQ community and have won several lawsuits, including ones where people use religion to justify their discrimination against the LGBTQ community.

Once Donna has had a few sips of her coffee, she looks at her little sister “you have stirred up a hornet's nest with your intentions to continue swimming.”

“Tough, if people can’t accept change, then they need to move to Siberia or some other country. I have the right to pursue my dreams and things I enjoy.” Max takes a bite of her breakfast sandwich.

“You do know this isn’t over with?”

“I know.” Max takes another bite out of her sandwich.

“So, which swimsuit are you going to wear today?” Donna takes a sip of her coffee. She was just like her mother and took cream and sugar in
her coffee.

“I was thinking about wearing my blue color string bikini, today. That way the girls can see what I look like dressed, as a girl.” Max figures her string bikini and the fake breasts and such will give the girls some idea what they will be seeing.

“If you need any help getting ready, let me know.” Donna figured the blue string bikini her sister liked wearing should work.

Max cleans up her mess and starts prepping everything for her guest. Her mother comes into the kitchen and watches her daughter as she prepares everything.

“Are you nervous, sweetie?” Laura wonders how her daughter was feeling.

“A little, mom. I mean so far everyone that knows me, is willing to accept me.” Max’s friends from yesterday had slowly accepted her.

There was still some reservation from some of her friends, but most of them accepted her. She looks at everything and hopes it would be enough.

“Well, I’m going to go and get ready.”

“Alright, sweetie.” Laura watches as Max heads out of the kitchen.

Donna glances at her mother “do you think she is rushing things, mom?”

“No, if Max is going to do as she says she is going to do. This is going to be the perfect opportunity for her to come out. I just hope that the other students at school accept her.”

“It’s going to be a challenge for her, mom. However, I think Max can handle it.” Donna wishes she could be in school to protect her sister.

Max heads upstairs to her bedroom and starts getting ready for her guest. She hops into the shower and makes sure anybody hair she has is remove, especially on her legs and such. Once she is done with her shower and checking her body. She heads back into her bedroom and starts applying her waterproof breasts. Once they are attached to her chest, She tucks as Mrs. Wolfhart explained to her. She gave her a few suggestions for using a medical adhesive to help hold everything.

It wasn’t like she had a big penis or anything. Once she was tucked properly, she ties on her bottom and checks herself in the mirror. She looked like she had a normal girl's bottom. She puts her top on and adjusts it to hold her false breasts.

Max checks herself out in the full-length mirror in her bedroom. Everything she had on looked good and there was no way you could tell she was a boy. Her body had started developing curves, thanks to taking her sister's birth control pills.

Coach Karr pulls up to Max’s house and park. She was curious about what Max was going to look like a dress in a girl's swimsuit. She was also there to put some of the girl's parents at ease about Max. She figures if Max passes as a girl wearing a female suit, then there shouldn’t be many problems. However, if Max looks still looks kind of Manish, there might be a problem with her swimming this year. She gets out of her car and head up to the front door and ring the doorbell.

Donna was going to go up and change into her swimsuit when she heard the doorbell “I got it, mom.”

Donna detours towards the front door and looks through the peephole to see who it was. She spots coach Karr standing on the other side. She
opens the front door “coach, Karr, it's nice to see you. Won’t you come in please?”

Coach Karr was surprised when the door opened and standing on the other side was Donna, Max’s older sister. Even though Donna was never on the girl’s swim team, she was on the field and track team.

“It’s nice to see you again, Donna. How are things going, now that you are out of school?” Mrs. Karr steps into the house.

“I’m wishing I was back in school.”

“Some of us, do wish we were back in school.” Coach Karr walks into the house.

Donna closes the front door and escorts Mrs. Karr to the den. She takes a seat on one of the love seats.

“Would like anything to drink, Mrs. Karr?”

“No thank you, I’m fine, Donna. So, what do you think about Max wanting to be on the girl's swim team?”

“I think you are getting an excellent swimmer, Mrs. Karr.”

“Would you be bothered by her dressing in the same dressing room as you?” Mrs. Karr wanted to see what Max’s sister felt.

“To be honest, Mrs. Karr I would be a little bothered by it. However, I think with time, I would overcome it. I think that’s what some of the girls
on the swim team are going to need, is time.”

“Time for what?” Max had come downstairs and walked into the den.

“I was just asking your sister a question, Max.” Mrs. Karr couldn’t believe how Max was dressed.

There was no way anyone could say Max was a guy. She looked too much like a girl in the string bikini she was wearing. Mrs. Karr was amazed at how Max looked.

“Max, can you turn around so I can see what you look like?”

“Sure, Mrs. Karr.” Max turns around slowly in a circle for Mrs. Karr to examine her.

Donna watches as her little sister turned around for Mrs. Karr. A knowing smirk appears on her face because she knew Max could fool Mrs. Karr easily.

Mrs. Karr stands up and walks over to Max. She couldn’t believe how she looked.

“Are those real or fake, Max?” Mrs. Karr was looking at Max’s breasts.

“Fake, Mrs. Karr. My own are in the process of coming in. I figure I would wear these to give me a more female looking figure.”

“What measurements did you use for them?” Mrs. Karr was curious.

“Mine. Since I used to let her wear my clothes, she based her fake breasts on my measurements.”

Donna looks at her little sister. She knew Max wanted to be like her for a long time.

Mrs. Karr just shakes her head “if you dress like this during practices and meets, there will be no way anyone could ever tell you were born a male, Max.”

Just as Mrs. Karr says that the doorbell rings.

“I’ll go and see who it is.” Max turns and walks out of the den.

Max stands before all the girls on the swim team. She let them touch her so they could see what the fake breasts and such feel like.

“I can’t get over how realistic you look, Max.” Rose was amazed at how Max looked. He transformed into a beautiful girl with a knockout figure.

That made her and the rest of the girls on the team look like children. Even Debbie, Carol, and Anna were impressed at how Max look. Every girl that was on the team showed up for the pool party.

“The school is going to allow you to swim on our team?” Carol looks at Max.

“Yes, and uses the girl's locker room and bathroom as well.”

“How about your swimsuit? Are you going to be wearing our one-piece swimsuit as well?” Debbie was wondering how far the school was going with this.

“Yes, I’ll be wearing a girl’s swimsuit as well. I had a choice of wearing a girl’s swimsuit or wearing just swimming trunks. Since my breasts are coming in. It would look and be a little embarrassing for my chest to be nude and my breasts showing.” Max figures by the time they start swim practice her chest will be more develop or showing more.

“You do know, most of our parents and even some of us are going to feel uncomfortable with you in the locker room.” Helen looks at Max when she says that.

“I know, all I can say is that you’ll have to adjust to it. I don’t care what you look like without any clothes on Helen. I’m not interested in any of you. Hell, I have no idea which way I will swing. If there is any jealousy it would be that I should have been born like you guys.” Max needed to let the girls know she wasn’t interested in trying to see them naked.

“Well, I know my parents are going to throw a hissy fit.” Anna knew how her parents felt about transgenders sharing bathrooms and such.

“Well, my parents won’t mind. They have always supported the rights of transgender students.” Georgia wasn’t as developed as some of the other girls on her swim team. So, she felt a little embarrassed being around them in her swimsuit.

“You girls don’t have anything to worry about. I’ll be watching over Max and making sure she acts properly.” Coach Karr knew problems were going to spring up.

She knew this was a first for the school on having a transgender student on a sports team and using the female facilities. So, the girls were taking Max’s appearance in as well. She looked just like any teenage girl.

The rest of the afternoon, Max and the girls have fun. The girls get used to Max’s appearance and even suggest a few things to her. They plan on getting together in a few days to do some shopping.

“Well, it sounds like everything went well.” Donna helps her little sister clean up afterward.

“Yeah, the girls got a chance to see what I will look like and can help explain to their parents, that I’m not interested in them at all.” Max was glad he wasn’t interested in the other girls. It would have caused problems.

“Which side are you interested in, Max?” Donna was curious about her sister.

“I don’t know. Right now, I just want to adjust to being a girl for a while. I know my counselor is going to ask me the same question.”

“Well, you do know. Mom and I are also interested in which gender you’ll be attracted to.” Donna knew their mother wanted to know.

“Well, the two of you are going to have to wait to find out.” Max picks up the last of the snacks and takes them inside.

Once the pool area was cleaned up. Max heads inside the house and up to her bedroom and changes out of her bikini. She leaves on the fake breasts and slips on a short sundress.

The rest of the day, she spends reading a nice novel she picked up at the library. Her sister was busy doing laundry and talking to her friends. Their mother was upstairs in her bedroom, doing the same thing she was doing, enjoying a nice novel.

Around dinner time, Max makes a light dinner. She wasn’t very hungry after the pool party and she knew her older sister and mother weren’t
very hungry either. So, she grills up some chicken breasts on the outside grill and put light seasoning on them.

After dinner, Max retires to her bedroom and watches a movie. While she is watching the movie, she slowly falls asleep with the movie still playing. It wasn’t the first time she has done this.

Laura stops by Max’s bedroom and checks in on her. She spots Max sound asleep with her television still on. She walks in and turns the television off.

As she is about to leave, she looks down at her daughter. She hopes what she did today will ease things with her, when school starts up next month. She places a kiss on Max’s cheek and closes the bedroom door behind her.

Max browses through the store looking at the new skirts, dresses, and blouses that just arrived. She wanted to improve her wardrobe and find something nice to wear back to school. Some of the girls from the girl’s swim team were going to meet her later.

She finds several that she liked and in the right size. She walks into the changing room and picks a stall to try them on. As she removes the clothes she wore to the mall, she looks at her figure in the mirror in the stall. A smile forms on her face as she likes what she was seeing. She
was so happy that her breasts were starting to come in and her hips were starting to look like she was a girl.

She tries on one of the dresses she picked and like how it fitted her figure. The skirt she picked out was nice as well. She still didn’t know what she wanted to wear on the first day of school. Also, swim practice was going to start next month as well.

Max ends up buying everything she tried on. As Max walks out of Sammy Davis. She notices that there was a Victory Secret store across from her and two doors down. A playful smile appears on her face as she heads over to it. She wanted to buy some sexy lingerie and corset sets.
She has seen her sister wear some around the house and she knew her mother had some as well.

She had two sets her sister gave her, that she had borrowed and worn. She just wore them around the house, but now she was thinking about wearing them to school under her clothes. She picks out some sexy ones to wear for special occasions. She also picks out some normal ones to wear under her clothes to school. The purchases at Victory Secret put a big dent in her budget.

Max walks around the mall some, just doing some window shopping. As she is window shopping, she spots a person she hasn’t seen in years. She walks over to the kiosk that the person was sitting next to.

Max walks up to the young woman with long multi-color emo hair. The person was dressed in slacks and a nice blouse “excuse me, but you wouldn’t be Candy Carbonell, would you?”

Candy looks at the young dark brown hair girl standing before her. She looks closer at the person “Max, is that you?”

“Yes, I know I have changed since you last saw me.” A smile appears on Max’s face.

“I say you have. How long have you been a girl?” Candy couldn’t believe that the young teenage girl standing in front of her, was the same little
boy she babysat and played video games with.

“Only a few months, but my sister has known for years. I thought you and your family moved away.” Max missed her favorite babysitter.

“We did, but my aunt Betty is dealing with some medical issue. So, I came back to live with her to help her out.” Candy didn’t want to go into
detail on the other reasons she was living with her aunt.

“So, what do you think? Do I make a good-looking girl?” Max does a little twirl in front of Candy.

“I think you make a beautiful girl.”

“Thank you. So, how long have you been working up here?”

“Just recently. The owner of this kiosk was looking for a part-timer and hired me. My full-time job, I’m a singer.”

“You’re a signer? Do you travel and such?” Max didn’t know Candy could sing.

“I travel sometimes. I’m signed to a label already and I have done several concerts already.” Candy was glad she was done with her current gigs.

“And you want to work here, selling cellphone accessories?”

“It gives me something to do.” Candy got bored staying at home with her aunt. She knew her aunt was bored with her as well.

“We’re going to need to get together and have lunch one day. Also, you have to let me know when your next gig is.”

“I would like that and as soon as my manager let me know. I’ll send you a text.”

“Here, let me give you my phone number.” Max writes her cellphone number down and hands it to Candy.

Candy accepts it and places it in her pocket. She writes her number down and hands it to Candy.

“Thank you.”

“So, I’ll talk with you later.” Candy spotted a customer walking towards them.

“See you later, Candy.”

“See you, Max.”

“Bye.” Max heads towards the mall entrance with her bags.

She spots several of the girls from the swim team walking into the mall. She waves at them.

Anna and Carol spot Max as she walked towards them. She saw Max wave his hand at them. The two of them head towards Max. Anna spotted the bags in Max’s hand.

“You already started shopping without us.”

“Sorry, I got bored. I did find a lot of places having sales. If you like, I can show you to them.”

“Lead on.”

“Okay.” Max leads Anna and Carol to some of the stores she went to.

She leaves her bags at the checkout, so people don’t think she is stealing anything. She helps find outfits for Anna and Carol to wear

Max follows the instructions from the teacher as she corrected their dance steps. She has been practicing the steps with help from her big sister. She couldn’t wait for school to start in two weeks. Coach Karr has already started swim practice and the other swimmers were adjusting to her being on the girl’s swim team.

The guys that knew her, thought it was a prank, so she could see what the girls looked like, undressed. She had to set them straight several times, telling the guys it wasn’t a prank and she wanted to be a girl. Her old coach had already been informed about her decision. He felt a little uncomfortable about her going into the girl's locker room.

Max brings herself back to what she was doing. The instructor takes them through a few more dance steps, before calling it a night. She walks over to her towel and bottled water.

“Hey Max, you looked like you spaced out there on that last dance steps.” April takes a sip from her water bottle.

“I was thinking about what happened two days ago during swim practice.” Max takes a sip from her bottle.

“Was it bad?” April knew Max was Donna’s little brother, who now was her little sister.

“No, but it shocked the hell out of everyone and my old coach is having a hard time adjusting to the situation.” Max knew Coach Karr had to step in several times.

She had to remind coach Wells that Max was under her supervision. That Max had every right to use the girl's locker room and the restroom facilities as well.

“Well, it sometimes takes people a while to realize that some people need to be true to themselves.” April smiles at Max.

“Thanks, for listening to me, April.” Max appreciated it.

“Hey, that is what women do. We listen to each other's problems and support each other. You’re part of a strong sisterhood now.” April smiles at Max as she packs her gear away.

A smile appears on Max’s face as she packs her stuff away and slips on a pair of sweats and her tennis shoes. Max heads out to her bicycle and unlocks it. She mounts it and starts peddling back towards her house. The weather was nice out and she didn’t live far from the dance studio.

She waves to people she passes that were outside enjoying the warm weather. She didn’t know many of the people, but she has passed them several times when she rode through their neighborhood on her bicycle.

It takes her about twenty minutes to bike to her home. She notices her sister and mother were home. She pulls up into the driveway and puts her bicycle in the garage.

“Mom, I’m home.” Max walks in from the garage.

“Good, you can help me set the table for dinner.” Donna looks at her little sister.

She had the day off and didn’t have to teach a dance class. She watches as Max walks into the dining room.

“What’s for dinner, tonight?” Max had left her gym bag in the laundry room.

“Swedish meatballs.” Donna waited when Max’s dance class let out before she started making them.

“Where’s mom?” Max noticed their mother wasn’t downstairs.

“She’ll be down in a minute. She came home and went directly to her bathroom with her favorite bottle of wine to relax.”

“Oh! It must have been one of those days at work.”

“Yeah.” Donna heads into the kitchen to transfer the Swedish meatballs to a serving bowl.

Max finishes setting the table and sits down at her normal spot. A few minutes after Max sits down, her mother comes walking into the dining room.

“Rough day, mom?” Max looks at her mother.

“Yes, how were you’re day?” Laura looks at Max.

“It was okay, I guess. Dance class was fun, but coach Wells was still having a problem with me walking into the girl's locker room and changing.” Max takes a sip of her iced tea.

“Let me guess, he kept giving a dirty look each time you went into the locker room and when you came out dressed in the school issue swimsuit?” Donna looks at Max.

“Yes, and he wanted me to go into the men’s locker room. Can you imagine in my swimsuit stepping into the locker room?”

“I bet your friends and fellow male swimmers would have liked that.” A smirk appears on Donna’s face.

“Yeah.”

Laura just listens to her children talk, while enjoying dinner. Some of the people she worked with, heard about Max dressing as a girl. They had approached her and wanted to know if the rumors they heard about Max were true.

“What did coach Karr do about Mr. Wells?” Laura looks towards Max for an answer.

“Oh, she had to remind him, that it wasn’t his place to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do. I was her responsibility and things have already been arranged for me.”

“I’m glad coach Karr is helping you. I know it must not be easy for her, but she promises to do everything she can.”

“And she is. Plus, it also helps that the girls on the swim team are looking after me as well.” Max was glad she did that pool party to prove and show them what she would look like.

“Well, you just keep doing what you are doing, and don’t let anyone at school stop you.” Laura was proud of her younger daughter.

“I will, mom.”

The rest of the dinner goes by quietly. After dinner, Max puts away everything and puts away the dirty dishes, with her mother helping her. Max walks over and hugs her mother.

Laura was surprised by Max hugging her. She returns the hug “what was that for?”

“For just being an understanding and wonderful mother.”

Laura was proud of her daughter. She was worried that what she was going through might break her or be too much for her.

“Thanks, sweetie. Now go and take a bath.” Laura places a kiss on Max’s cheek.

“Yes ma’am.” Max heads upstairs and starts her bath.

The first two weeks of school were rough for Max. Some of the kids she has gone to school with last year and the year before that, started treating her differently. Even some of her friends, she has had for years, didn’t want to have anything to do with her.

In the end, girls who use to avoid her or didn’t talk with her were befriending her now. They wanted to know more about why she wanted to be a girl or how she felt about being one. Some of her teachers accommodated her new status, but she had three teachers that refuse to accept her new status. They refused to use proper pronouns when calling on her.

She ran into a few religious groups that wanted to block her from attending school. The students that supported her, surrounded her to protect her from them. As the new school year continued Max was bullied as well.

There were a group of guys that have always been a problem at school, but she never had to worry about them before. One day, while she was at her locker, changing out her books for her afternoon classes. Two of the guys walk by her like they weren’t going to do anything. One of them holds her against the wall of lockers, pinning her against the lockers. The other guy pulls the skirt she wore to school down, exposing her panties.

Max tried to fight back against the guy holding her against the lockers, but he was just too strong for her. She could smell his breath, as he leans in close to her.

“I can’t believe how stupid you are Max.” Don was enjoying himself.

Stephen yanks on the skirt and pulls it down, exposing the lacey purple panties Max had worn to school. He looks at the panties Max had on
“ah, you wore such pretty panties.”

“Get away from Max.” Emily was walking out of the girl’s restroom when she spotted Max being harass by Don and Stephen.

She walks towards them. She knew what bullies were like and has dealt with Don and Stephen before. Kids were forming around them.
Stephen looks at Emily and couldn’t believe she was sticking her Gothic nose into their business. He just stares at her “why don’t you fuck off, freak.”

Don glances towards Emily and couldn’t believe she was sticking her nose in their business. He has never liked her and the last time they interacted with each other. She gave him a bloody nose, from a lucky punch.

“How about I send you to the hospital again with a bloody nose?” Emily cracks her knuckles.

She might be a Gothic and a girl, but this summer she decided to increase her fighting knowledge. She could tell Max was embarrass.

“Alright, break it up.” Mrs. Jenkins had seen the kids in the hallway from her classroom.

The kids in the hallway move as she walks towards everyone. She notices Don holding Max against the wall and Stephen facing off with Emily. She also notices the skirt Max had worn was pooled down by her ankles.

“Alright, what is going on here and Don release Max.” Mrs. Jenkins looks at Don with an angry look on her face.

Just as Don releases Max, Max spins around and slugs Don in the face. She punches Don again, as she tries not to trip over her skirt. Max was pissed and wanted to hurt Don and Stephen for what they did.

Emily rushes towards Max and wraps her arms around her. She holds Max close to her body “it's alright, Max.”

Max wanted to hurt and embarrass Stephen and Don as they did her. Emily pulls Max’s skirt back up to her waist.

“Don, Stephen you’re coming with me to the office. Emily, escort Max to my classroom and wait for me to return.”

“Yes, Mrs. Jenkins.” Emily lets go of Max and help her with her books.

Max couldn’t believe her skirt was pulled down, showing everyone her panties. She expected some harassment and such, but nothing like what was done to her. She walks with Emily to Mrs. Jenkins's classroom.

“Are you alright, Max?” Emily was concerned about Max.

“I feel so embarrassed with what they did to me.” Max looks at Emily.

She had her typical Gothic make-up and gear on. Max has known Emily for a long and she has always been into the Gothic culture.

“Don’t feel embarrassed, Max. They have done that routine on a lot of girls.” Emily remembered when they did that to her when she was in middle school.

“Well, I’m not going to allow them to do it anymore. My mother is going to sue their ass off.” Max knew what her mother would do for embarrassing her little girl.

“I feel sorry for their family. Don and Stephen keep bringing shame to them.” Emily wonders why Max was dressing as a girl now. She has known Max since they were in elementary school.

“Max, if you don’t mind me asking. Why are you dressing as a girl now? You’ve never shown any interest before in doing anything girly in the past?” Emily watches Max’s facial expression.

“That’s because I’ve always kept, I felt hidden. The only person who knew about me wanting to be a girl was my sister. She would let me wear her clothes.”

“So, why now? Why did you come out now?”

“Would you believe I got caught wearing my sister’s string bikini by my mother?” Max had a smile on her face.

“You, got caught wearing your sister’s string bikini? Oh, I would have loved to see what you looked like with it on.” Emily tries to imagine what Max looked like wearing one.

Just as the bell for the next class rings, Mrs. Jenkins and Assistant Principal Forge come walking into the classroom. Assistant Principal Forge looks at Max “are you alright Max?” He was concerned about her.

“I’m alright, I’m just embarrassed with what happened.” Max looks at Assistant Principal Forge.

“Don and Stephen have been suspended for what they did to you. Mrs. Jenkins has called your mother and she is on her way up here to pick
you up. If there is anything, I can do for you, Max. Let me know. I do feel sorry for what happened to you.”

“Thank you, Mr. Forge.”

Assistant Principal Forge looks at Emily “Mrs. Collins, I’ll write you a note for being late to your next class and thank you for helping Max.”

“Thanks, Mr. Forge.” Emily stands up to head to her next class.

“Come on ladies, move it.” Coach Karr was watching the girls as they swam back and forth in their lanes.

Mrs. Karr kept her eye on Max as she practices her butterfly strokes. It seemed to be the one technique she was still having problems with.

“Betty, help Max with her butterfly technique.”

“Yes ma’am.” Betty walks over to the lane Max was practicing in.

Betty didn’t have a problem with Max being on the girl’s swim team. If nothing else, she was surprised by what she looked like at the pool party and what she looked like in a tight one-piece swimsuit. She waits for Max to finish her turn and was on the way back to her.

Max spots Betty waiting for her at the end of her lane. She stops and walks the rest of the way to her.

“What brings you over here?” Max was curious.

“Mrs. Karr wants me to help work with you on your butterfly form. You’re losing too much time every time you come out of the water.”

“Okay, so what do you suggest I do?” Max looks at Betty.

“I suggest, you do this. Watch how I do my butterfly stroke.” Betty walks over to the side and pushes off the wall underwater and begins her stroke.

Max watches how Betty does her stroke. She continues to watch Betty as she gets halfway down. She walks down to where she stopped.

“Okay, now you try.” Betty looks at Max as she comes walking towards her.

“Okay.” Max turns around and dives forward into the water.

She swims back towards the side of the pool. She tries what Betty suggests and when she reaches the end, she flips and swims back towards Betty.

“That’s a little better. I’m going to put a kickboard between your legs, and I want you to just work on the stroke.” Betty walks back down to the
pool edge and climbs out of the pool to get a kickboard.

Max walks down to the pool edge and watches Betty. She was one of the best swimmers on the girl’s team. She planned on going to Old Dominion University on an athletic scholarship.

Betty turns around and spots Max watching her “I’m hoping you're not watching my ass. Because I already have a boyfriend and I’m not into girls.”

“Sorry, if it looked that way. I was just watching you getting the kickboard.”

Betty walks over to the pool edge and slips back into the water. She looks at Max and noticed she wasn’t concerned about her. She had enough problems at school with some of the boys because of how she looked. She knew she had a nice figure and was a little bit more developed than some of the other girls in her age group.

“I’m sorry. I know it's not easy for you.” She heard what happened a few days ago to Max.

“It’s no problem. Most of the guys think I’m doing this to see what you girls look like with no clothes on.”

“Well, it is kind of strange, Max. Most of us have known you for a while.” Betty only knew Max from her time on the swim team.

“I know. I’m still adjusting to everything.”

Betty hands the kickboard to Max “put this between your legs and cross your ankle. I want you to just use your arms to swim.”

Max accepts the board and does what Betty told him to do. Just before she pushes off the wall to swim “how many laps?”

“Give me twenty laps like that.”

“Okay.” Max pushes off the wall of the pool and starts swimming.

Betty watches as Max swims. She counts the laps as Max swims back and forth. Slowly, but surely Max was improving. It was going to take Max a few more swim practices before she would have it completely down.

Coach Karr ends practice around noon time. She looks at everyone “we have our first meet in two weeks. I want you girls to practice for the next two weeks.”

“Yes ma’am.” All the girls answered at once.

Mrs. Karr just smirks “go and enjoy the rest of the weekend.”

Max follows the rest of the girls into the lady’s locker room and rinses off with her suit on in the showers. One of the girls on the team snap her towel at Max’s bare thighs.

“Owe!” Max turns around to see which girl it was and spotted Carol smiling at her.

“Oh, you are so going to get it.” Max goes to reach for her towel, but it was missing.

“I don’t think so, Maxine.” Carol snaps her towel again but misses Max.

“Here Max, you can use mine.” Nancy gives Max her towel to use.

“Thanks, Nancy.” Max twirls the towel to put a nice tail on it and snap it at Carol.

“Owe!” Carol rubs the spot where Max hit her with the towel.

“Turn about is fair play.” Max just smiled at Carol.

In the next few minutes, Carol and Max score several hits on each other. When Carol hits Max on her nipple, Max felt intense pain. She had never felt anything like it before.

Betty noticed the painful expression on Max’s face “are you alright, Max?”

“Yes, but that was painful.” Max rubs her chest.

“Max, are you growing your breasts?” Cindy was curious.

“Yes, the hormones my doctor has me own are allowing my body to develop my breasts.”

“Does your chest hurt when you stretch like this?” Cindy stretches like she was describing.

“Yes, how do you know that?” Max looked perplexed.

“Because all girls go through what you are going through. Your body is adjusting to having breasts.” Cindy walks over to look at Max’s chest.
Cindy noticed the little cherry shape from the wet swimsuit. She knew from experience what it felt like when she moved her arms and such how it felt.

“Yep, you are developing breasts like the rest of us did.”

“I want to see.” Joy walks over to look for herself. She has never seen a boy develop breasts before.

Joy looks at Max’s chest and notices the little lumps. She heard how Max looked at the pool party and saw the pictures one of the girls took.

“How big will you get?”

“I don’t know. My doctor said I should be one cup size smaller than my mother and Donna.”

“Man, I’m jealous. I look like a flat-chested boy and you're going to be also almost as big as your mother and sister. It’s not fair.” Joy turns
around and storms off. She hated being flat-chested.

“Rose, Anna your ride is here.” Coach Karr’s voice echoes in the locker room.

“Coming, Coach Karr.” Rose and Anna rush back over to their locker to finish getting dress.

“Come on, Max.” Let’s go get dress.” Carol walks with Max over to her locker.

Max follows and starts changing out of her swimsuit. She twists it, to get the water out of it. She dries off with the towel Nancy gave her.

Once Max was done dressing and fixing her make-up. She waves goodbye to Coach Karr and heads towards her bicycle. She rode her bike to
practice. She notices that some of the guys who rode their bikes were already gone. The only bike left was Eddie’s. she waits a few minutes for Eddie to come out.

Eddie walks out of the pool building and spots Max waiting for him. He walks over and secures his gym bag on the carrier rack on his bike.

“Thanks for waiting on me.” Eddie didn’t like biking by himself.

“No problem. Hey, do you want to stop at Dairy Queen and grab some lunch? My treat.” Max watches Eddie.

“Sure, but next time I’m buying.” Eddie didn’t care Max wanted to be a girl.

Max has always been a good friend to him. Both had a lot in common with each other. Plus, he had a small crush on Max’s sister.

Max and Eddie start peddling away from the pool building.

Max couldn’t believe that she was at her first meet of the swim season. She had her fake breast on to fill out her swimsuit better. She puts on her swim cap, like the rest of the girls, and makes sure her hair was tucked. She grabs her brand-new goggles and makes sure they are adjusted right.

“What’s wrong, Max?” Joy has been spending time with Max lately. They have been going shopping and working on their schoolwork together.

Joy’s parents liked Max and were supportive of her decision.

“I’m nervous.” Max wasn’t sure how the other team was going to accept her.

“Look, there are some schmucks on the other team that complained to Coach Karr about you. She and the other coaches said, if they didn’t want to compete against you, they could forfeit their match.” Joy had been walking by a room coach Karr and the other coach for the other team were in and talking. She heard Max’s name mentioned and listen to what was being said.

Coach Karr defended Max being on the girl team and with her taking part in the competition. If the other team didn’t want to compete against Max, they could forfeit the match. Joy was proud that coach Karr defended Max.

“Well, let’s go out and win this match for our school.” Joy lays her hand on Max’s shoulder.

“Thanks, Joy.” Max liked that Joy became her friend.

“You’re welcome and I’m still jealous that you're going to be bigger than me in the chest.” Joy just smiles at Max.

“You could always wear my fake ones when my breasts come in.”

“I’ll think about it.” Joy leads them out of the locker room and out to the pool area.

Max, Joy, and the other girls walk out and sit on the bench. The other team comes out and sits on the bench on the other side of the pool. Carol was first up to compete. Max watches her as she swims and encourages her to beat the other girl.

It was so close as Carol and the other girl touches the side of the pool. Carol won by the length of a fingernail.

“Yes!” Max jumps up when Carol wins.

The other girl almost had Carol. If the girl had arms a little longer, she could have beaten Carol. Carol helps the other girl out of the pool.

“Alright, Max. It’s your turn. Go out there and do your best.” Coach Karr looks at Max, like a proud mother.

“Yes ma’am.” Max gets up and heads towards the podium.

As she is walking past Betty “remember what we did, Max.”

“I will, Betty and thanks.”

Sara watches as Max steps up onto her podium. She glances at Max and knew she was biologically a male, but she didn’t look like it.

“Let’s see what you got, girlie boy.” Sara had an evil smile on her face.

“Bring, it.” Max leans forward and waits for the gun.

The gun goes off and Max dives into the pool and glides underwater halfway down the length of the pool. When she comes up, she was
already in her stroke as she continued down the pool. She was doing everything Betty taught her and when she spotted the wall coming up.
She takes a deep breath and does her flip. She pushes hard off the wall and glides only a quarter of the way back.

She doesn’t slow down as she pushes herself down her lane. She could hear her teammates calling her name and could see the wall approaching fast. She stretches out and her hand touches the edge of the pool.

She stands up and looks at the other swimmer. She was standing up and looking at her.

Coach Karr and the other coach from the other school couldn’t believe it. Both swimmers had the same time. There wasn’t any difference in their time.

Coach Karr looks at Max “you both touched at the same time, Max. Your times are identical.”

Sara looks at Max “I’ll get you next time, girlie boy.”

“We’ll see.” Max climbs out of the pool and dries off.

“You and Sara were neck and neck on the way back. You had her on the take-off, but when the two of you flipped and were on the way back.
She caught up with you and were in sync with each other.” Betty had handed Max her towel.

“I have to admit, if you hadn’t worked with me on my stroke, I would have lost.” Max was still energized.

“Well, you did well. Now, let's cheer our other teammates on.”

“You got it.” Max sits next to Betty, while Joy takes her stance.

The match continues and their school ends up beating the other school. Even with Joy and Anna coming in second place. They still manage to win.

Max comes riding up the driveway and spots her sister's Nissan Leaf and an old Indian motorcycle parked next to it. She hadn't seen the motorcycle before and wonders if her sister had a boyfriend. She walks her bicycle into the garage and parks it.

She grabs her gym bag and as she walks into the house, she tosses her swimsuit, towel, and gym clothes into the washer and gets it going. Max walks into the kitchen and pours a glass of iced tea for herself. She wonders who the motorcycle belonged to.

Max takes her glass of iced tea upstairs with her and as she is walking by her sister's bedroom, she hears her sister moan and begging for more. She couldn’t help herself, as she opens her sister's bedroom door a little to peek in. She spots her sister laying on the bed with her legs spread wide open and in the air. Kneeling between her sister's spread legs was a heavily tattoo big breasted woman with long purple hair.

She was fingering and licking her sister's vaginal opening. Max watched with fascination because she has never seen two women make love before. She noticed that her sister had gotten her nipples pierced. She knew Donna had gotten her labia and her clit done when she was sixteen years old. She had a friend that did tattoos and piercings for a living.

Max continues to stand there watching the tattooed woman fingering and licking her sister. After a few more minutes, she notices her sister's body shake and sprays the other woman's face. A smile appears on Max’s face as she closes her sister's bedroom door and heads to her bedroom. She never knew her sister was into lesbian sex. She knew a few of the dancers that worked or took classes at the dance studio were into men, but there were a few lesbians that went there.

Max walks over to her desk and starts working on her homework that was due on Monday. She was almost done with the paper she had to write. As she is sitting there, working on her homework, her cellphone starts ringing. She picks it up and notices it was Emily calling her.

She presses the accept button “hey Emily, what’s up?”

“Watch you doing tonight, Max?” Emily was hoping Max was available tonight.

“Nothing much, except watching a movie. Why what's up?” Max wonders why Emily wanted to know what she was doing.

“Feel like going out with me tonight to Club Rouge?”

“Sure, but isn’t that a Gothic theme club?” Max has heard about it.

“Yeah, but they allow people in under twenty-one. So, do you want to go?”

“Sure. When do you want to go there?” Max didn’t think her mother would mind, since it wasn’t a school night.

“I want you to come by my place. That way I can get you dressed the proper way.” Emily had a few articles of clothing that would fit Max.

“Alright, I have some clothes I can bring as well.” Max had a few articles of clothing she got from her sister.

“Alright, bring them so I can look over them.”

“Okay. I’ll see you in a few hours.” Max ends the call.

Max sends a text message to her mom letting her know she was going out with Emily tonight and might spend the night with her. Emily’s mother already knew about her and didn’t have a problem with her. She’s been very supportive of her decision.

After a few hours, she hears her sister's bedroom door open. She takes a peek and watches as her sister Donna and her lover sneak across the hallway to the bathroom. She couldn’t believe how much bigger the other woman's breasts were, compared to her sisters.

She turns around and starts looking for some of the clothes she took from her sister and use to wear. She had a pair of tight faux leather pants and a matching bustier that went with it. She goes through her jewelry to see which of her jewelry she had, would go with the outfit. She spots her skull earrings and matching choker. She places those into a small cloth bag.

Once she makes her selection. She starts packing her overnight bag to take with her over to Emily’s house. She writes a note, informing her sister where she went and leave it downstairs. She noticed her sister and her friend were still in the bathroom.

She wonders what they were doing in there, besides washing each other's bodies. She heads downstairs to the garage and takes her bicycle out and peddles over to Emily’s place. She waves at some of her neighbors as she rides by them. Most of the people in her neighborhood were nice people and didn’t care about what she wanted to do with herself.

The ride to Emily’s place took her twenty minutes. It was nice out and she didn’t mind peddling that far from her place. She notices Emily’s father was home as she pulled up into the driveway. The garage door was up, which meant he was working on something. She parks her bicycle out of his way and knocks on the garage door that leads into the house.

Emily had come downstairs to grab some fruit juice when she heard someone knocking on the garage door. She opens it and is surprised that Max was on the other side.

“You should have called to let me know you arrived.” She steps aside to let Max into the house.

“I thought, I would surprise you.” Max walks into the house with her overnight bag.

“Well, consider me surprised. I’m grabbing a fruit juice. Would you like anything cold to drink?”

“Ice water will be fine with me.” Max worked up a thirst peddling over to Emily’s place.

Emily grabs herself a nice cold fruit juice and fixes Max a glass of ice water from the refrigerator. She hands it to Max.

“Thanks.” Max accepts it.

“You’re welcome. Now, let's go up to my bedroom and see what we can do about getting you ready for tonight.” Emily leads Max upstairs to her bedroom.

“Lead on oh fearless one.” Max follows behind Emily.

Max follows Emily down the long and twisted corridor. They had been dropped off by Emily’s older brother. The two of them were dressed to the nines. Her mother wouldn’t recognize her.

She could hear the music playing on the other side of the wall separating them. The corridor was twisty and long. It finally emptied to a wide opening. The music was loud, and Max couldn’t believe how many teenagers were out enjoying the weekend. Max makes her way to Emily “is it normally this busy?”

“Yes, it's normally this busy. It’s the only gothic theme club around.” Emily saw some people she recognized.

“Come on, I see some people I know.” Emily grabs Max’s hand and pulls her into the crowd over towards her friends.

Max holds onto Emily’s hand as she pulls her over towards a group of people. From what she could see, there were at least three females and two guys. She, thinks the skinny person standing next to one of the taller girls, was a guy.

Seraphina was talking to Nicki when she spotted Emily coming towards them. She didn’t recognize the other person with her. She waves towards Emily.

Emily increases her pace as she pulls Max with her. She couldn’t wait for them to meet Max. As she approaches her friends “hi guys. I want you to meet my friend Max. Max, I want you to meet Seraphina, Nikki, Brandi, Troy, and Beau.”

“It's nice to meet all of you.” Max looks at Beau because he was the one, she couldn’t decide was male or female.

Everyone looks at Max. They wonder how she, and Emily knew each other.

“How do the two of you know each other?” Nikki was curious.

“We go to school together. I’ve known Emily for a while now.” Max looks at Nikki.

She was shorter than all of them and was wearing platform shoes. She was also wearing a black corset with the top of her breasts forming a nice cleavage. She had silver earrings, dangling from her earlobe.

“Is this your first time to a club like this?” Beau didn’t think Max has ever been to a club before.

“I have to say, yes. This is my first time in a club.” Max has never been to one before.

“Well, we are just going to make sure you have fun.” Brandi had a wicked smile on her face, as she grabs Max’s hand.

She pulls Max out on the dance floor and teaches her how to dance to the different music. She liked Max, but since this was her first time out to a club, she was going to make sure Max has fun.

“Well, we won’t see the two of them for a while.” Troy was watching Brandi as she leads Max out to dance.

“Why don’t we go and join them?” Emily grabs Beau’s hand and head after them.

For the next few hours, Max enjoys herself out on the dance floor with all of Emily’s friends. The music had a hypnotic tune to it. She didn’t mind the music so much, but it wasn’t the style she would listen to all the time.

Emily and Max leave a little till midnight. Max looks at Emily as they sat in the backseat of the cab they were in “thanks for bringing me.”

“You’re welcome. I noticed Brandi has taken a shine to you.” Emily noticed how Brandi had stayed by Max’s side all night and kissed her before they left.

“She was nice tonight and I wouldn’t mind going out with her again. However, I don’t have any romantic feelings for her.” Max still didn’t know which way she swung and right now she was more concerned about being accepted.

Emily just looks at Max. She knew Brandi might flirt with Max again. She also wonders why Max wasn’t interested in Brandi.

After a while, they arrive back at Emily’s house and was greeted by Emily’s mother. She didn’t mind Max spending the night or sleeping in the same bedroom as Emily.

“I’m surprised your mother doesn’t mind me sleeping in your bedroom with you.” Max starts taking off all the make-up she had on.

“She trusts you and I trust you.” Emily starts removing her make-up as well.

Once Max had all the make-up off, she removes the corset she wore and the rest of the clothing she borrowed from Emily and her sister. She had fun wearing them. She leaves her artificial breasts on.

Emily looks at Max “you’re not going to take that off?” as she points towards Max’s fake breasts.

“Nope, I like wearing them.” Max slips on the nightshirt she brought with her.

She notices a sleeping bag had been set out for her on the floor on top of an air mattress. She walks over and curls up in the sleeping bag. She watches as Emily finishes undressing and slip on a black lacy nightgown.

“Night, Emily, and thanks for everything.” Max closes her eyes.

“You’re welcome.” Emily turns the lights out as she closes her eyes.

Max covers up a yawn as she answers the question their teacher gave them. Their normal teacher had called in sick this morning and they were stuck with one of the normal teachers at the school. His name was Mr. Castillo and he normally taught AP Math.

Mr. Castillo looks over towards Max “Mr. Puscat, could you please tell me what the answer is to question twelve?”

Max looks up and over towards Mr. Castillo “don’t you mean Mrs. Puscat?”

Mr. Castillo ignores Max “what is the answer for question twelve?”

“You still didn’t answer my question, Mr. Castillo.” Max wasn’t going to answer the question.

“Mr. Robert, what is the answer to question twelve?” Mr. Castillo looks over at A black hair boy sitting two rows over from Max.

Robert looks at Mr. Castillo “it’s three hundred and sixty-six, Mr. Castillo.”

“Correct, Mr. Robert. It seems someone knows what they are doing.” There was a sarcastic tone to his voice.

The bell for the next class rings. All the students start gathering their stuff and go to their next class. Max was the only one left in the room “Mr. Castillo, I would appreciate for now on, that you use the proper pronouns when speaking to me.”

“You’re in no position to be making demands, young man.” Mr. Castillo looks at Max.

“Don’t you mean, young woman or young lady?” Max had an angry look on her face.

“No, I meant what I said. A boy can’t be a girl and a girl can’t be a boy. You are what God made you be.” Mr. Castillo stares right back at Max.

“Ah, now the truth comes out. You’re a religious bigot. You’re trying to use religion to justify that you’re homophobic.” Max looks directly at Mr. Castillo with a smug look on her face.

“I’m not homophobic and I am a Christian. I believe in the words of the bible.” Mr. Castillo believed in God and the bible.

“I call BULLSHIT! Your just like every homophobic bigot who uses the bible and claim they are a Christian.” Max was tired of people using religion to justify their prejudice.

Mr. Castillo walks over and stands right in front of Max’s face “how dare you judge me. You were born a male by god’s will and you will act like a boy.”

“How do you know what god’s will is? Who’s to say this wasn’t part of his plan to see how those who supposedly say they believe in his act? Can you answer that question or are you too much of a moron?”

“Because it says so in the bible.”

“You mean the same bible put together by a bunch of old men two thousand years ago? Also, the same bible that justifies the raping and murder of women? Oh, here’s my favorite, how it was used to kill millions of people because they wouldn’t bend to the will of the church?” Max had a pissed-off look on her face.

“Well, unless you want to be late for your next class, Max. I think you better head off to your next class.” Mr. Castillo just smiles at Max.

“I think you are right, Mr. Castillo.” Max picks up her backpack and leaves the classroom.

A smile appears on her face as she shuts the recorder off on her cellphone. She always records her classes, so if she is having problems with the homework. She can go back and review what her teacher taught that day.

Max spots her friends and walks up to them. She should go to the principal about the conversation she had with Mr. Castillo.

“Sorry for being late.” Max looks at all her friends.

“Where were you?” Greg looks at Max.

“Talking with Mr. Castillo. He was showing how much of a bigot he was during class and afterward.”

“Jerald said he was addressing you as a male, instead of a female during class.” Greg ran into Jerald at his locker.

“Yeah, he was letting his prejudice show through. The thing is school isn’t the place to be acting like an ass. The school board isn’t going to put up with it.”

“You better hope you have evidence to back you up.”

“Oh, let’s just say he is going to regret running his mouth.” A smile appears on Max’s face.

That statement got looks from the rest of her friends. Several of them look at her and wonder what the statement meant.

“Do you want to let the rest of us in on the secret?” Amy was curious.

“Not yet. I want my mother to hear the evidence first and then let Principal Armstrong, Assistant Principal Forge hear the information.”

“Ah, now I understand. You recorded your conversation. That was smart.” Sam should have known Max would be sneaky.

“Let’s go and get some lunch.” Max turns and starts walking towards the cafeteria.

“Again, Max.” Donna watches her little sister as she practices the new dance step.

Max starts from the beginning of the new routine her sister recently taught her. There was a dance audition coming up and she wanted to try out for it. She knew her sister could easily get the spot but decided not to try for it.

She concentrates on her routine and letting the music fill her like her sister said to do. She goes through the routine and when the music stops, she ends up in the final position.

“That’s a lot better, Max. If you practice that routine for the next few days, you should get one of the spots available.” Donna was glad that Max was expanding her after-hours activities.

“Thanks.” Max picks up her towel and wipes the sweat off her face.

“So, are you still having problems with Mr. Castillo?” Donna had been in the living room when Max told their mother.

“He’s threatening to sue the school because they are infringing on his religious beliefs.”

“Let me guess, you and mom are going to sue him for harassment?” Donna knew their mother was going after him.

“Nope, I’m suing him for my religious beliefs. He wants to use religion as a basis for being a bigot. Then I’m going to use it as a reason for
people like him to understand that no one’s belief is more important than anyone else’s.”

“So, you think that might make a change?” Donna knew they weren’t religious.

“I don’t know, but it's time the courts and people stop covering up their prejudice with religion.” Max picks up her water bottle and takes a sip from it.

“I hope it works out. Now, why don’t you help me straight the studio up.” Donna begins to clean the studio.

“I have a question for you, sis. How long have you been a lesbian?” Max didn’t know how she should ask her sister.

“Since, puberty. Why do you ask?” Donna looks at Max with a puzzled look on her face.

“Well, I never knew. You never told me. Does mom know?”

“That’s a stupid question. Of course, mom knows. She came home early one day while you were out practicing with the swim team. She caught me and Alix Zhao making out in my bedroom.”

“You and Alix Zhao were making out?” Max remembered Alix Zhao. She had been a cheerleader at her sister’s school.

“Yes, me and a hot cheerleader made out.”

“So, did you know she was into girls?”

“I heard rumors and when we were in the locker room changing. I would catch her looking at me.” Donna remembers some of her friends teasing her about Alix looking at her.

What her friends didn’t know, she was looking at the other girls in the locker room. There were a few that she had feelings for, but knew they were straight. It was torture for her the whole time.

“So, you two decided to come home after school and make out?”

“No, goofy. I asked her to come back to the house to tutor me. While we were working on my homework. One thing leads to another and we ended up exploring each other’s bodies.”

“So, why didn’t you ever tell me?” Max felt a little hurt.

“Because only mom knew. Plus, I didn’t know how you would react. How did you find out, I was?” Donna looked at Max with a questionable
look on her face.

“I came home a few days ago and heard you moaning. I opened your bedroom door a little and saw you laying on your back with another woman between your legs.”

Donna just shakes her head. She couldn’t believe that her little sister spied on her.

“Sorry, but you were making a lot of noise, sis. Even mom would have heard you if she walked by your bedroom door.”

“Well, the woman that I was having sex with, was Debbie Winslot. She’s a motorcycle safety instructor.”

“Is she your new girlfriend?”

“Yes, we’ve been dating for the past few months. Why are you so interested in her?” Donna looks at Max suspiciously.

“I’m just curious about who is dating my wonderful sister.” A smile appears on Max’s face.

Donna just looks at Max for a few seconds “come on, let’s go and grab some dinner. Mom is going to be waiting on us.”

“Okay.” Max grabs her gym bag and follows her sister to her car.

“So, what are we getting for dinner?” As Max gets in and buckles up.

“Ribs and brunt end. I already placed the order yesterday at Mel’s Barbecue.” Donna backs out of the parking space and drives towards Mel’s.

Max goes through her sister’s music list on her cellphone and selects a song. She knew her sister didn’t mind her selecting a song to listen to. Once she selects the song, she sits back in her seat and watches her sister as she drove.

“Why don’t you go inside and pick the order up.” Donna pulls into the parking lot of Mel’s.

“Okay, give me some money?” Max turns to look at her sister.

“It’s already paid for. Just go and tell the cashier you’re picking up an order. Also, why didn’t you change out of your dancewear?” Donna looks at Max and how she was dressed.

“I thought we were going straight home. Besides, it will give the guys and gals something to look at.” A mischievous smile appears on Max’s face as she exits the car and heads inside the restaurant.

Max was almost knocked down by the aroma floating around in the air. She walks up to the counter and waits behind a couple that was checking out. The person behind the cash register was a young person that looked to be around her sister’s age.

Max moves up in when the young couple finishes paying their bill. She noticed the name on the cashiers’ name tag was Tammi.

“Hi, Tammi. I’m here to pick up an order. It’s under the name of Puscat.”

Tammi looks at the young female standing before her. She figures she must be some sort of dancer or something from the way she was dressed.

“Hey, Mel. Is the order for Puscat ready?” Tammi looks towards the back.

“Yeah, it's all ready to go.” Mel puts a huge brown bag up in the window.

Tammi walks over and picks up two brown grocery bags. She turns around and walks back to Max.

“Here you go. Three whole racks of ribs, a large order of brunt ends, and all the sides. Including a gallon of sweet tea.” Tammi hands the bags to Max.

“Thanks, Tammi.” Max picks the bags up and starts heading towards the door. Two huge guys come in as she is walking out and holds the door open for her.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome, miss.” David liked how the teenage girl looked in her dancewear.

He watches as she walks out and over to a Nissan, Leaf. He spotted another young woman sitting in the driver's seat. He watches as the young teenager gets in on the passenger side.

Donna spotted a good-looking man watching Max. A smile appears on her face.

“I think you have an admirer.”

Max looks towards the restaurant and smiles. She waves towards the guy, as she fastens her seat belt.

“You are a big flirt.” Donna starts the car up and backs up.

“Hey, I can’t help it.”

Max sits back and enjoy the ride home, while holding the bags.

Max looks at the article about the Gavin Grimm's case. A smile appears on her face as the Supreme Court decided not to take the case. Now, the school or teachers couldn’t say anything about her using the women’s locker room or the women’s bathroom.

Which could also help other students like her across the country. It could also help to fight back against some of the stupid rules and regulations some of the states were in enacting. The morons in those states need to pull the bible out of their asses.

She starts reading another article when she hears her mother coming into the house. She puts her tablet down and gets up to see if she needs help. She spots her mother with several bags in her hands.

“Here, let me help you, mom.” Max walks over and takes the bags from her mother.

“Thanks, sweetie. There’s more out in the car.” Laura was glad her little girl had volunteered to help her.

Max goes outside to her mother’s car and grabs the reminding bags to bring in. She heads back inside the house with the groceries and carries them to the kitchen.

“Mom, you could have sent me and Donna to do the shopping.” Max puts the bags on the counter.

“The last time I sent you or Donna to do the shopping. You spent too much and came back with items, not on my list.”

“They were on sale, mom. We thought the items would be useful.” Max remembered the items she and Donna bought.

When they got home, and their mother went through the items. They had to explain why they bought what they bought.

“Okay, I know we can do better.”

“Oh, I know you can sweetie. Next time I go to the store, you’ll be coming with me.” Laura was going to teach her youngest how to shop properly.

Max helps her mother put away the groceries. She knew how organized her mother was and how she had a place for everything.

“Mom, did you read that article about the Supreme Court decision?”

“Which one?” Laura knew several cases were going on.

“The one about Gavin Grimm's case and the use of the bathroom and transgenders.”

“Oh? What did the Supreme Court rule?” Laura has been busy and hasn’t had a chance to read anything.

“The Supreme Court has refused to take up the bathroom case. Which means they are allowing the judgment to stand from the lower court on the case.”

“Which means, that the ruling for you to use the women’s bathroom and locker room stands.”

“Yes ma’am.”

“That is good news.”

“Yep, it is.”

“How about the problem with your teacher, Mr. Castillo?”

“He has been removed from my class.” Max and some of the other students in her class were happy Mr. Castillo was transferred out.

“That’s good to hear. A teacher like that shouldn’t be teaching.” Laura met with Mr. Castillo and didn’t like him.

“I agree with you, mom.” Max agreed with her mother’s assessment of Mr. Castillo.

“You can help me make dinner, tonight.”

“Okay, what are we having?”

“Homemade meatloaf.” Laura figures she’ll teach Max to make her meatloaf.

Max just smiles as she gets everything her mother uses to make the meatloaf. She’s helped her mother before but never made the meatloaf herself.

“Before you touch the meat, Max. Wash your hands first.” Laura watches Max as she walks over and washes her hands.

Max presses the button on the stopwatch as Joy dives into the pool off the diving podium. She was dressed in her school swimsuit but wasn’t taken part in the meet. The other school refused to let her compete against their girl’s swim team. They said if she wanted to compete against the boys, she could. But not against the girl’s swim team. The parents of the other team had found out she wasn’t a biological girl and felt she had an unfair advantage.

They also threaten not to come if she competed against them. So, a compromise was reached, where she would sit out and help coach Karr during the meet. Max didn’t feel it was right for the girls on her team to not compete. She didn’t want to compete against the boys. It would look embarrassing to them if she won, which she knew she could.

She competed against them last season and beat the guys who competed against her. She stops the time watch when Joy’s hand touched the poolside. A smile appears on Max’s face “you smoked the other girl, Joy.” As Max helps Joy out of the pool.

“Thanks. I still think it stinks that you can’t compete.” Joy liked Max.

“It’s okay. Me and Mrs. Karr knew this might happen. I could have competed, but it would have been against the guys.”

“Why didn’t you?” Joy was confused why Max didn’t.

“Because I didn’t want them to look bad by getting beat by a girl. They have the same swimmers as they did last year.”

“And you beat several of them last year.”

“Yes.” Max looks over towards the guys.

“Well, you’re a better person than I would have been.”

“Thanks.”

Joy walks over to the bench where the rest of their team was sitting. She and some of the other girls felt sorry that Max couldn’t compete. Max was a strong swimmer.

Betty was up next, and she takes her place. She looks over towards Max “this is for you, Max.”

As soon as the other coach fires the gun off, Betty dives into the pool. She had dive so far out into her lane, that she had a big lead already on her competitor. By the time the other girl got down the lane and flipped. Betty was already a quarter of the way back.

Max couldn’t believe Betty’s time as she watched the stopwatch. She was breaking her old time. Max stops the stopwatch as Betty’s fingers touched the poolside.

“You broke your old time, Betty.” Max shows Betty her time.

“I was motivated, today.” Betty did it because she wanted the other school to feel little for keeping Max out.

The rest of the meet, all the girls on Max’s team beat every single girl of the opposite school. They wanted to show that they should have let Max compete. Maybe one of them might have stood a chance against her.

Coach Karr saw the times the girls were getting and couldn’t believe how badly they were beating the other school. Last year, the girls barely won against them. However, this year they were kicking the other schoolgirl's butts.

At the end of the match, Max follows her teammates to the girl’s locker room. There was some uproar from some of the mothers of the other team about her being in there. However, coach Karr puts end to it. She was following the new laws and all the girls on the swim team uses to Max already.

As Max was getting dressed, Carol noticed that Max’s breasts had gotten bigger. She looks at her own and wonders how big Max was going to get.

“Hey, Max, how much bigger are you going to get?” Carol was curious.

“I don’t know. I’m trying a new drug that my doctor prescribed. I can tell you this, it made me understand what you ladies go through each
month.” Max noticed her emotions, and such were on a roller-coaster. Also, she was experiencing cramps and feeling bloated as well.

“I wish you could experience our monthly gift as well.” Cindy hated her period because it was so messy.

“I wish I could as well.”

“Then you would have to worry about some guy trying to knocking you up, Max.” Joy had one guy who wanted to have sex with her.

As much as she wanted to, she wanted to wait until she was married, before she had sex. Also, she has been thinking about getting a birth control implant. She puts her bra on and finishes getting dress.

Max walks out of the locker room with the rest of her team. As she is walking out of the locker room, something hits her in the forehead. She feels something wet sliding down her head.

Joy was walking next to Max when she felt something wet hit her cheek. She wipes her cheek and felt something wet on it. She looks at her hand and notices it was red. Just as she looks at Max, one of the other girl's screams.

Max falls to the floor from being hit. Nancy tries catching Max but doesn’t catch her in time. She kneels next to Max to see what happened to her. She notices a red mark in the middle of Max’s forehead. There was a small shiny ball still in her skin.

“MRS. KARR!” She holds Max’s head.

Coach Karr comes running out of the locker room and spots the girls gathered around someone. She runs over to them and spots Max laying on the floor with blood coming from a wound to her head.

Coach Karr calls 911. She was worried about Max and wonders who did this to her. she looks down the hallway that leads to the locker room, but doesn't see anyone.

Nancy holds Max's head and hopes she'll be alright. All the girls on the swim team were concerned and wonder who did this to Max.

Seven minutes later two paramedics come running towards the girls.

Sentra Hospital:
Laura holds Max’s hand as she sits next to her daughter’s bedside. The doctor removed a 12.7mm (1/2inch) ball bearing from Max’s forehead. He also removed the bone fragments caused by the ball bearing when it hit her head.

The police found the slingshot that had been used in a nearby trashcan. The detective in charge of the investigation was waiting on the forensics for prints and such. Laura and coach Karr were concerned about who attacked Max. All the girls on the girl’s swim team were concerned as well.

Laura looks up when she hears someone knocking on the hospital room door. She wonders who it could be “come in.”

Joy and her mother walk into the room. Joy was concerned about Max and wanted to see how she was doing. Betty looks at Max laying on the hospital bed and at Laura sitting by Max’s bed. They walk over to Max’s bed “how is she, Laura?” Betty was concerned.

“As far as the doctor can tell, she is going to be okay.” Laura was relieved when the doctor told her that as far as he could see from the CAT scan. Max hadn’t suffered any other damage.

“That is good news.” Betty was relieved to hear that Max was going to be okay.

“Do they know who hurt, Max and why?” Joy wanted to know why they went after Max.

“They are still investigating who did it. The detectives on the case are classifying it as a hate crime.” Laura hopes detectives Barnes and Moby find the kids responsible for hurting Max.

“Max doesn’t deserve this. She is always nice to people, even when they gave her the cold shoulder.” Joy knew a few kids in school didn’t like the fact that Max was going into the girl’s locker room and bathroom.

A few minutes later, several more girls and guys that knew Max arrive with their parents. Max’s best friend Greg and his mother show up as well. Mrs. Collins walks over to Laura and puts her hand on her shoulder.

Laura looks up at Grace and was glad she was here. They have known each other since Max and Greg were small and went to the same elementary school.

“How is Max doing, Laura?”

“She’s going to be okay. She’ll just have a small scar from where the ball bearing hit here.”

“That’s good to hear. If there is anything me and my family can do for you. Don’t hesitate to let us know.”

“Thanks, Grace.”

“You’re welcome.”

The nurse tending to Max after a while has to shoo everyone out of the room. Once all of Max’s friends are gone. She goes about getting Max’s vitals.

Nurse Lucy looks at all the teddy bears and flowers that were brought in. She was glad that her patient had a lot of people that cared for her. She didn’t care that Max was transgender.

Laura had stepped back and watched as nurse Lucy took care of Max. She learned that Lucy herself had two young kids at him.

“Are Max’s vitals okay?”

“They are fine, Mrs. Puscat.” Lucy looks at Max’s mother.

“Thank goodness.” Laura was relieved, that Max was still okay.

“You’ll be cleared to take your daughter home in a few days, Mrs. Puscat.” Lucy hopes Max’s vitals stay the way they are.

“I know she’ll be happy to be back in her bedroom.” Laura knows Max will be happy to be back home.

“I know I would.” Lucy smiles at Mrs. Puscat.

“I just want my daughter to be okay, after this brutal attack. I also want the people who did this to her arrested as well.”

“You just have to have faith and hope, Mrs. Puscat.” Lucy met the detectives assigned to the case.

Max looks at the homework she had to catch up on while she was in the hospital. Joy and Greg have been stopping by to let her borrow their notes. Her head still hurt a little, but she could deal with it. Her doctor had said she was lucky because any lower they could have killed her.

Detective Ben Spade was working on her case, and he might have a lead on who attacked her. The slingshot itself had been cleaned. However, the ball bearing itself held a partial print. They were running the print through their criminal database and checking with other police departments for similar attacks.

Donna comes walking into Max’s bedroom with a wooden tray in her hands. She had requested a few days off from work to take care of Max.

“Lunchtime, little sister.” Donna stands next to Max’s bed.

“Thanks, I’m starved.” Max moves her laptop aside and the notepad of notes Greg took.

“Here you go. I hope you like it.” Donna sets the tray on top of Max’s lap.

Max looks down at the food. There was a huge roast beef sandwich and curly fries to go with it. A smile appears on her face as she looks up at her sister “thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” Donna sets a bottle of Mountain Dew on Max’s nightstand.

She looks at the notes Greg took, and Joy took for Max. Greg’s handwriting was worse than Max’s. Joy on the other hand had nice, neat handwriting.

“How can you read Greg’s notes?”

“He does have bad handwriting, but he also records the lesson that Mrs. Jefferson gives. So, between the video recording and his and Joy’s notes. I can figure out how to work the problem. Plus, using the math calculator program on my laptop helps as well.”

“Max, that’s cheating. You’re not going to have that when you’re taking a test.” Donna knew Max was making a mistake using that program.

“It shows me step for step how it got to the answer, sis. This way I can see how the program arrived at the answer and compare it to Greg and Joy’s notes.”

“I still think it is cheating.” Donna had to do the math the hard way.

“Were not in the sixty’s anymore, sis.” Max loved teasing her big sister.

Donna gives Max a dirty look. She was only four years older than her.

“I’m not mom’s age, little sister.”

“I know. However, I wonder what you would have looked like with those old fashion torpedo bras they use to wear.”

“That was before the sixty’s silly. The sixties were the go-go boots and short skirts.” Donna had a sixty’s outfit she liked wearing at the club when they have the sixty’s night.

“I wouldn’t mind trying out one of those torpedo bras.” Max liked how they pointed out the sweaters and such.

“You’ll need bigger breasts if you want to wear one.” Donna knew how small Max’s breasts were.

“I’m almost a B cup.” Max took her measurements a few days ago. Right before someone tried to kill her.

Donna looks at Max’s chest. She notices Max was wearing the aqua blue nightgown she gave her.

“You still look small to me.”

“I’m hoping they get as big as yours and mom.” Max wanted to be like her sister and mother.

“Maybe, they will. Why don’t you eat your lunch, while I go and get the laundry going?” Donna stands up off Max’s bed.

“Thanks for lunch and everything else, Donna.” Max looks at her older sister.

“You’re welcome, little sister.” A smile appears on Donna’s face as she leaves Max’s bedroom.

Max finishes up her lunch and sets the tray aside. She grabs her laptop and surfs the web for a while. She still had plenty of homework to do.

While she is surfing the websites, she logs onto their school website. It had been set up for the students to interact with each other. She comes across a video of her that someone had posted. It showed her being hit and falling.

She looks down at who posted it and saw some student using the handle Mad Dog 2021. She searches another post by that user’s name. She finds a few more on the school website.

She reads the post and as she is reading them, she is starting to get the impression that they might belong to a white supremacist. She knew there were several in the area, but none of them have ever been this bold before.

She makes a list of the post and sends that information to Detective Spade. Detective Spade reminded her of her uncle Frank. He had salt and pepper hair military-style cut hair, well-developed muscles, and stood at least six-five, maybe six-seven feet tall. He didn’t look like someone you wanted to cross or get on his bad side.

Once she is done sending the email to him. She goes back to work catching up on her homework. She had a test she needed to take for one of her classes, but her teacher was going to let her do that over zoom. Once she was done with her homework and classwork. She gets up and heads to the bathroom.

She was still getting used to the fact that she has to wipe her butt, front to back. Her mother and sister suggested she gets used to it. That way she won’t make the mistake of wiping herself the other way when she finally gets her surgery.

While she is sitting on the toilet, she thinks about what Mrs. Karr told her. Since she won’t be able to compete until her head wound is healed. She’ll be helping her out during practice and the meets. She also wasn’t to leave the girl's locker room anymore by herself.

When Max is done doing her business. She cleans herself and heads back to her bedroom. She gathers all her schoolbooks and assignments up to give to Joy.

Afterward, she lays back down and starts watching a movie she has been wanting to watch for a while.

Laura looks at Detective Spade as he sat across from her. It’s been two weeks since Max had gotten hit by the slingshot by an unknown assailant.

“So, Detective Spade have you managed to get the person who is responsible for attacking my daughter?” Laura looks at Detective Spade for an answer.

“We have a suspect, but he seems to be on the run. According to what we have found out so far, Shawn Grubbs is the one responsible for the attack. We also don’t think he was working alone either. According to what we have learned. Shawn Garcia and Scott Williams were with him the day he attacked Max.”

“Why did he attack, Max?” Laura wanted to know what Max was attacked.

“It was part of his initiation into a white supremacist group called The Confederate Brotherhood. They hate gays, lesbians, Jews, and everyone else that isn’t considered pure white.”

“So, they choose Max as his test?” Laura couldn’t believe a group would do something like that.

“Yes.” Detective Spade had gotten all the information he could from Shawn Garcia and Scott Williams.

“So, what are you going to do now?”

“We’re going to continue our search for Shawn Grubbs. We do know The Confederate Brotherhood has a branch down in Augusta, Georgia and another branch in Monterey, Va.”

“So, you think that Shawn Grubb might have fled to August, Georgia?”

“We’re thinking he might have fled to Monterey, Va. It’s a rural area and The Confederate Brotherhood has a large presence up there.”

“Are you sure about this, detective?” Laura was feeling concerned about Max.

“Yes, according to what we have learned. Things are too hot for him right now. I’ve already alerted the sheriff in Monterey, Va.”

“Well, that sucks.” Laura was hoping they could make the person pay for hurting Max.

“Don’t worry Mrs. Puscat, we will find Shawn Grubb and bring him to justice.” Detective Spade stands up to leave.

“That’s all I can ask for, Detective.” Laura stands up and shows Detective Spade to the door.

Laura goes back to the kitchen to finish cleaning up. She knew Max wasn't going to like the news.