Having read and enjoyed a few of the popular "girls' school for boys"
stories posted here and elsewhere, I decided to try my hand at it, to
see if I could come up with something that was, if not "better," at
least "different"...
The Re-Education of Jesse - Part One
Chapter One - The Academy
The big Mercedes sedan rolled steadily northward under leaden skies,
past farm fields long since harvested, yellow-grey stubble poking
through the parched soil. It had been a dry autumn. As she drove, Mrs.
De Bont concentrated on the road ahead, but from time to time she would
steal a glance at her companion in the passenger seat next to her. He
sat, sullen and unresponsive, refusing to return her gaze, though he
would feel her eyes on him. The silence had become oppressive, the
radio long quieted as they passed beyond the range of the city's
broadcasts.
Finally, she spoke. "You know, this is for your own good. And who
knows? You might even come to like it, if you allow yourself. I heard
that..."
"Give it a break, Mom," he interrupted, shortly, "We've been through
this. Why do I have to go to this damn school? I was doing fine where I
was."
"You were NOT doing fine where you were, unless you consider being
suspended twice in as many months 'doing fine.' This school will teach
you some manners, and may even give you a proper education, besides. I
daresay they are reputed to have some of the best teachers in the
country. God knows your grades couldn't be much worse than they are."
"And I have to wear a uniform? Shit."
"Language!" his mother responded sharply, then hesitated, "... Um,
well, yes. They do have... er, uniforms. Actually, I believe they allow
their students to wear different clothes, depending on the
circumstances. The standard... uniform, is only for when you are
attending academic classes."
"Wow," he replied, his voice heavy with sarcasm, "Different clothes.
Gosh, how will they EVER maintain discipline?"
"Look, Jesse," his mother continued, "We've paid the fees for the
coming semester, and they're not refundable at this late date. You're
going to the Academy for at least a year and that's that. You know what
the guidance counselor said. He went so far as to suggest that you go
to Fort Comstock military school. Would you prefer that? At least here
you'll be in comfortable surroundings, with other... other boys whom
you are likely to get along with. You might even make some friends.
Wouldn't that be nice? Remember Melissa Gilbert? Her son has been going
there for three years; of course he'll be a few grades ahead of you."
"Friends!" Jesse retorted contemptuously, "I suppose they're all
'discipline problems' like me?"
"I really have no idea. I imagine there are all sorts of boys. They'll
all be from rather wealthy backgrounds, through, I expect. The tuition
is terribly high."
With nothing to say to this, her son fell back into a morose silence,
and they continued up the highway without speaking for some time.
As she drove, his mother concentrated on the road ahead, but
periodically stole surreptitious glances at her son seated beside her.
He'll do well there, I think, she reflected, as she observed his slight
frame, large, liquid blue eyes, long lashes, and his long blonde hair,
pulled back into a neat ponytail. Yes, I think he'll do very well...
Eventually, they turned off the main highway and down a narrow side
road. A thin rain had begun to fall, the first in many weeks. The
trees, almost denuded of leaves, were outlined starkly against the
darkening sky. A mile further on, they slowed and turned into a wide
driveway, passing beneath an ornate wrought-iron arch, supported by
stone columns on either side of the entrance. "L'Academie de L'Abb? de
Choisy - Abb? de Choisy Academy" it read.
They continued up the drive, past well-manicured lawns and gardens,
toward an immense stone structure in the distance. Several
outbuildings, almost equally impressive, were to be seen on the grounds
behind it. As they approached, two figures appeared from around the
corner of the main building, similarly dressed in pale blue summer
frocks and high heels. They clutched books above their heads to shield
their hair from the drizzle as they dashed toward the portico of the
main entrance, then ran inside and disappeared.
Jesse's mother pulled the car into a parking space, and Jesse pulled a
small suitcase out of the back seat.
"How come I couldn't bring more of my stuff?" he complained, "There's
not enough clothes in here to last more than a couple of days. And why
no Playstation or iPod?"
"Your... clothes will be provided," his mother responded after a slight
hesitation, "And they have a rule about no video games or music
players. I don't think you'll find you have time for that sort of thing
anyway. They keep you pretty busy here from what I've heard, what with
classes and all sorts of extra-curricular activities. They sound like
fun, too. I don't think you'll miss your games or your music for long."
"Super," Jesse replied, curling his lip. They moved quickly through the
thickening rain to the wide stone steps that led up to the main
entrance. Over the wide, carved wooden doors was engraved the words "Ex
Inhumanitas Puer Ut Civilis Puella, Semper".
Once inside, Jesse's mother extracted a letter from her purse and
scrutinized it, while he looked around the wide, marble-floored lobby.
At the entrance to one corridor, a cluster of three girls, identically
dressed in crested navy blazers, short matching skirts, high heels and
white blouses, talked quietly together. Occasional giggles, echoing
from the vaulted ceiling, drifted to him. When one caught sight of him,
she nudged her companion and all three fell silent and smiled at him.
He was still absorbing this, an increasingly puzzled expression on his
face, when a pair of teenaged girls, somewhat older than him, passed
quickly through the lobby, chattering excitedly to each other. They
were carrying tennis rackets, and wore white tennis costumes,
sleeveless, with short pleated skirts, white ankle socks and sneakers.
They, too, smiled at him as they passed, then disappeared down a side
corridor.
Jesse frowned. "Hey, what's the deal, Mom?" he said, puzzled, "I
thought you said this was an all-boys school. Not that I'm
complaining," he added to himself, reflecting that the girls he'd seen
so far were all quite pretty.
His mother didn't respond immediately. Then, she looked up from the
letter, avoiding his gaze. "I think it's down this way," she said,
pointing.
"Excuse me, ma'am..." one of the three uniformed girls had come up to
them, "Are you looking for the headmistress's office?"
"Yes, we are," Jesse's mother smiled, "This building is so huge..."
"No problem!" the girl said brightly, "I can take you there. Follow me,
please."
She set off down the left-hand hall.
"I know how confusing this place can be when you first arrive," she
said animatedly, "I remember my first few weeks. But you get used to it
in no time!"
As they walked, Jesse stole glances at her. She WAS quite pretty. Tall,
about his height, perhaps a year or two older, with long straight
brunette hair pulled back with a wooden barrette, small silver hoops in
her ears, noticeable but not overdone makeup, and pale pink frosted
nail polish on her surprisingly long nails. She was slim, and nicely
built, with long slender legs in navy knee-high stockings, black Mary
Janes with a medium heel, and small but attractive breasts. Jesse,
feeling unexpectedly shy in her presence, kept silent as she led them
down the wide hallway.
As they walked, Jesse noticed that, in addition to the sort of wall
decorations that grace school hallways everywhere, portraits of
previous staff, examples of student art, trophy cases and photos of
school activities, there were also several full-length mirrors here and
there; his reflection stared back at him unexpectedly at intersections
and doorways.
"Here we are!" the girl said, stopping before a wide double-door with
frosted glass bearing the words 'Office of the Headmistress'. "Please
just go in. I would imagine they're expecting you. Have a wonderful
stay!" she continued, looking at Jesse, and smiling, "We'll probably
see each other again soon!" And she was off.
They entered. A young, very attractive, statuesque blonde woman was
seated behind the counter. Jesse's eyes widened as he took in her
tight, low-cut black dress that revealed more than a little cleavage.
Now that's what I call a receptionist, he thought, and brushed his
upper lip to hide his smile. His mother, who betrayed no apparent
reaction to the other's attire, spoke up. "Good morning. Mrs. De Bont
and Jesse to see Madame La Farge..."
"Yes, of course," the other smiled, "Please, go right in. She's
expecting you."
Madame La Farge was a tall, dark haired woman of perhaps forty-five,
elegantly dressed in a navy jacket and skirt set over a white blouse
that echoed the uniforms they'd seen earlier. Her hair was pinned in a
businesslike up-do, a string of pearls at her neck, and matching
earrings. She stood and emerged from behind her desk, taking Mrs. De
Bont's hand and shaking it warmly.
"Mrs. De Bont! So nice to meet you at last. Dominique La Farge. And
this must be Jesse," she went on, "Very nice to meet you, as well." Her
voice was low and mellifluous, with the merest trace of a Parisian
accent. "Please, sit down. Would you care for some coffee or tea?"
"Tea would be lovely, thank you," Jesse's mother smiled.
"Angelica," Mme. La Farge spoke into her intercom, "Would you please
bring us some tea? Three cups. Thank you!"
She sat and smiled at them. "Now," she began, "I can assume that you
have not told Jesse very much about our little academy? No? How very
wise. We find it best that our... methods... be discussed in full only
when the new student is here, and ready to join us. It allows us to
explain things most fully, and of course answer any questions that
either of you may have."
"How come there are girls here?" Jesse interrupted, "I thought this was
a boys' school."
"Please be patient. All will be explained in due time. Alors. Let me
tell you a little about our school. We have, of course, been in
business for over thirty years. I myself have been headmistress for the
past twelve. Our techniques have matured over that time, and have
become, if you'll forgive the conceit, perfected, so we believe. Our
methods are, as you will understand," here she smiled at Mrs. De Bont,
"somewhat... unorthodox but, our record speaks for itself. Our students
come to love our little academy, though of course there is always some
initial resistance, and though thousands have passed through these
doors, in all this time we have never had a single failure of our
techniques." She smiled proudly.
"Maintenant, perhaps the time has come for me to explain our methods...
Ah, here is our tea. Thank you, Angelica!"
The receptionist entered carrying a tray bearing three cups, and a tea
set. Wordlessly, she placed it on the desk, smiled, and left.
"Our techniques." Mme. La Farge continued as she poured, "Perhaps you
noticed the academy's motto over the main entrance? Yes? Good! Roughly
translated from the Latin, it means, 'From uncouth boys to demure
girls, always.' That is our creed, and our philosophy."
"What the hell does that mean?" Jesse broke in, "That doesn't make any
sense."
"Ah but it will!" Mme. La Farge's eyes twinkled, "You see, most of the
boys that come here have, for one reason or another, proven that they
are unfit to enter civilized society in their present, ah, form, if you
will. We apply our methods to ensure that, when they graduate, they are
eminently suited to that very destiny. A 'transformation complet', if
you will, a complete transformation. You asked if this is, in fact, a
boys' school. It is. Everyone within these walls, with the exception of
course of the teaching and administrative staff, are boys."
Mrs. De Bont squirmed slightly in her seat, and watched her son's face
intently. It was, of course, the moment of truth. Jesse stared at Mme.
La Farge uncomprehendingly, for a few moments, then his face contorted
suddenly in a rictus of horror and disgust.
"What?" he breathed, "WHAT?! What the fuck are you talking about?"
"Language," his mother whispered, unnoticed.
"What the... Do you mean that all those... girls..." his mouth worked
but no sound came out. His face turned crimson.
"Oui, c'est correct," Mme. La Farge went on, unperturbed. She turned to
his mother. "Please do not distress yourself, Mrs. De Bont. This is, of
course, a typical reaction of a new student. But I assure you, his
attitude will not last long. All of our..."
"It damn well will!" Jesse retorted hotly, "Mom!" he turned to her,
"You can't be serious! This is crazy. It's insane. I won't do it! You
can't possibly expect me to stay here! For God's sake Mom, let's go!
Let's get the hell out of here! This is a loony bin!"
"I'm sorry, Jesse," his mother said firmly, "The decision has been
made. You'll have to stay."
"You mean you actually want me to... I won't!" he cried. Horrifyingly,
he felt tears prick at his eyes, "I won't do it, Mom! Please don't make
me!"
"Jesse," Mme. La Farge went on calmly, "Perhaps you would care to sit
outside in the office for a few minutes. Your mother and I have some
things to discuss."
"I'm not staying!" he quavered, "I'll... I'll run away if I have to!"
"Jesse..." his mother began, but Mme. La Farge broke in smoothly.
"Jesse," she said, "I understand perfectly how you feel, but you must
understand that your mother has made this decision for your own good.
And, although your don't believe it now, you will come to like it here.
Everyone does. Now please wait in the office for a few minutes. There
are some magazines you can read if you like."
"I..."
"Jesse!" Mme. La Farge spoke sharply for the first time, "We demand
obedience here! You WILL wait in the office!"
And Jesse, to his surprise and horror, complied. He plunked himself
furiously down in one of a row of chairs next to the office door and
pawed through some magazines that were stacked on a low end table. To
his dismay, they were all fashion magazines, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue,
and the like. He tossed them aside contemptuously, and sank into a
funk.
The receptionist smiled at him across the counter.
"So," Jesse said to her after a few minutes, "What do you think of this
madhouse?"
"I love it here," she replied immediately, "And so does everyone else.
You will too."
"No fucking way," he responded decisively, "And I'm not going to find
out, either. I'm outa here the minute my Mom's done in there."
The other's smile widened. "I very much doubt that," she said easily,
"Believe me, I've seen dozens, hundreds of young boys sitting in that
very chair, saying the very same things. Every last one of them came to
love it here. You should see them at graduation! So many of them
actually break down in tears at the thought of leaving."
"God. That's so fucked..." he mumbled, "So what about you? How did you
get this job?"
"I'm a graduate," she replied, still smiling.
"A graduate? But you're a wom..."
"I am NOW," she said.
Jesse's face registered extreme shock. "You mean..."
"That's right. I came here nine years ago as a student. And believe me,
I was just as upset as you are now. It was such an adjustment! I was
one of the worst holdouts, too! They called me 'incorrigible!' Took me
ages to come to terms with this place. But once I did... well, let's
just say that I came to love this place so much, that I came back to
work here. I'm not just a receptionist, you know. I'm also one of the
professors. I teach hygiene, help out Mistress Monique in sex education
classes, and give tennis lessons besides. I decided to pursue gender
reassignment five years ago. I love it here. I love molding young
unruly boys into elegant, beautiful young women. It's very rewarding,
and so much fun besides. Sometimes I even help with the milking."
"The what?" Jesse's face was a mask of disgust, "'Milking?' What the
hell is that?"
"You'll find out soon enough," the other replied, smiling.
"Don't count on it."
Just then, the door burst open, and two girls about Jesse's age rushed
in. They both wore pretty, flowing dresses in lilac print, short-
sleeved and mid-calf length, with high-heeled sandals. They both wore
identical pearl necklaces and earrings, light makeup and nail polish.
But... thought Jesse... they can't be girls, I guess, they must be...
My God!
"Miss Donovan!" they exclaimed, after casting quick, flirtatious smiles
in Jesse's direction, "Miss Donovan, we need the keys to the
auditorium! We have to rehearse for the variety show tomorrow night and
we can't find Mr. Summers to let us in!"
"Girls, girls!" the woman responded, smiling warmly at them, "Calm
down! Here are the keys; please return them when you're done. And good
luck tomorrow night!"
"Thank you!" "Thank you!" they cried excitedly, and then they were gone
in a flurry of lilac skirts.
Jesse pointed at the door. "They're..."
"Of course!" Miss Donovan replied, and winked.
"Christ..."
---
In Mme. La Farge's office, she and Jesse's mother were finishing their
tea.
"As I said earlier," the headmistress went on, "Our methods have been
perfected over time, and I daresay they are almost infallible. If you
like, I will take you to meet some of our students. I think you'll be
most impressed. We've never had a student fail to complete our program,
and we're very proud of our graduates. They re-enter society as
elegant, sophisticated young ladies with the best education in both
academic studies and social graces. Fully seventy-five percent of our
graduates choose to continue to live as young women, and of those, well
over half decide to pursue gender reassignment. And they do come to
love it here! So many of them actually weep when it is finally time to
say goodbye to L'Abb? de Choisy. "Now of course, the current semester
has already started, and Jesse is... how old?"
"Thirteen. He'll be fourteen next month."
"Yes. Well, he is a little older than we prefer to start out. We like
our students to come here when they are no older than twelve,
preferably. Still, no matter. He is still young enough to integrate
well; we will simply have to make some allowances to get him caught up
to the others. And of course, we'll keep you apprised of his progress
at all times."
"And visiting...?" Mrs. De Bont inquired.
"We prefer that new students not receive visitors for at least the
first six months after admission. It makes the integration in our
little... community much less difficult. Now, do you have any
questions? Is there perhaps any part of the facility that you would
like to see?"
"Um..." Mrs. De Bont hesitated, "There is the matter of this procedure
that I believe you refer to as 'milking'?"
"Ah yes," the other responded, smiling, "Perhaps it would be best if
you read this handout we have prepared on the subject. It will explain
all, I believe, to your satisfaction. You understand, we believe that
it is important to draw off our initiates' masculine energy, in order
to facilitate their conversion. The process of 'milking' does this, and
also provides, how shall I say? encouragement, to accept their new
role. Here is the handout."
"Thank you. Now, perhaps you could show me around briefly?"
"Certainement! If I may suggest, it might be best if you said your
goodbyes to Jesse now. It is best to get it over with as soon as
possible, so as not to lengthen unnecessarily the anxiety of, comment
vous dites? La s?paration. We would like to get him started as soon as
possible. There is much to do."
"Well, if you think that's best..."
They emerged into the outer office to find Jesse slumped in his seat;
his eyes were red and puffy. When he saw his mother he stood and ran to
her. "Mom!" he begged, "Please Mom, don't leave me here! I'll be good,
I promise!"
His mother's eyes moistened, but her voice remained firm. "I'm sorry
Jesse, but my mind is made up. You've promised to be good many times in
the past, and we know what came of it."
She paused, then hugged her son, while he stood rigid and unresponsive,
"Good bye," she whispered, "Be a good b... be good. I'll see you
soon..." With a sob catching in her throat, she hurried from the room
and disappeared.
"Angelica," Mme. La Farge said to the receptionist, "I will be showing
Mrs. De Bont around for a few minutes. Please call Miss Deverel and
have her take Jesse down to Admissions." She turned to Jesse. "I leave
you now in Miss Donovan's and Miss Deverel's capable hands. They will
see to it you have everything you need, and begin your orientation. It
was a pleasure meeting you, Jesse. I'm sure we'll be seeing much of
each other in the coming months. Welcome to L'Abb? de Choisy Academy!"
And with that, she followed Mrs. De Bont out the door.
The receptionist picked up her phone and dialed a number. "Miss
Deverel? Could you come to the office, please? We have a new student...
Yes, that's right, Jesse De Bont. Thank you!
"Wait just a moment," she said to Jesse after she hung up, "Someone
will be here soon show you around and get you started."
Jesse's heart pounded as he sat fearfully and waited. God! What's going
to happen next? This is all so... so crazy! What the fuck am I doing
here? he thought, horrified.
All too soon, the door opened and Miss Deverel entered. She was tall,
blonde and striking. Like the receptionist, she was wearing a
revealing, short, low-cut dress and spike-heeled pumps. She smiled when
she saw Jesse and extended a long-nailed hand.
"Hello!" she said warmly, "My name is Miss Deverel. And you must
be...?"
Jesse ignored the outstretched hand and looked away.
"Well," Miss Deverel continued, unperturbed, "I know you must be
confused and a little frightened, but you really don't have anything to
worry about. I'm sure you'll settle in just fine. But now, we have to
get you going! You're a little behind the other first-years, so we'd
better get started. Come with me, please."
Jesse remained seated.
"Come with me, please," Miss Derevel repeated, more firmly.
Jesse remained motionless.
"Jesse!" she said sharply, "I warn you, we do NOT tolerate disobedience
here! I would strongly suggest you co-operate. I don't think you'd like
the alternative. We do have corporal punishment here, you know!"
Startled and a little frightened by her severity, Jesse found himself
lurching to his feet.
"That's better," Miss Deverel said, softening, "Now, come along. We
have much to do."
Jesse picked up his suitcase, but Miss Deverel said, "Oh, you can leave
that here. You won't be needing it. We'll provide everything you need.
Angelica, will you please dispose of it? Thank you!"
As they walked down the corridor, Jesse looked around nervously.
Periodically, groups of students would pass them in the halls, chatting
and giggling amongst themselves. Some were wearing what appeared to be
the school uniform, navy blazer, short skirt and white blouse, with
high heeled Mary Janes and either knee highs or navy stockings. Others
wore dresses, or skirts and blouses. All looked, to Jesse's eyes, like
perfectly ordinary girls. His stomach crawled.
"Here we are!" Miss Deverel said brightly, stopping before a door
marked 'Nurse'. She opened it and entered; Jesse followed.
An attractive young woman, wearing a nurse's uniform, rose from behind
her desk to greet them.
"Ah," she said, and like the headmistress she had a slight French
accent, "This must be Jesse de Bont, no? Welcome! Very pleased to meet
you. Now, Jesse, please remove your clothes."
"What?" Jesse quavered.
"Now!" the other said, sharply, "Remove your clothes, please. We have
no time to waste. Do as you're told!"
His heart beating rapidly, Jesse stripped to his underwear and stood,
hunched over, hands clasped over his crotch. Miss Deverel picked up his
clothes.
"I'll just take these," she said, then turned to the nurse, "I will be
back when you're finished here to take Jesse into Preparation, alright,
Chantal?"
For the next five minutes, Jesse was poked and prodded, weighed and
measured, and given a series of injections.
"Vitamins," the nurse explained, "And Premarin, of course. We must get
you caught up to the others, yes?"
She measured his chest, waist and hips, inseam, then sized his feet,
writing all the measurements down on a long, multi-page chart.
"Now, one final measurement," she said, briskly, "Pull down your
shorts, please."
"What?"
"Do it now! I don't have time to waste on your modesty, Your shorts."
Jesse pulled down his underwear. The nurse produced a ruler, and to
Jesse's intense shock and humiliation, measured the length of his
penis, writing this too down on her chart.
"Bien!" she said, "We are done. Now Miss Deverel will take you to
wardrobe. No, there is no need to put your shorts back on. You will not
need them. Alors! Here is Miss Deverel now."
Miss Deverel betrayed no surprise at seeing Jesse naked. She smiled and
said, "Now that wasn't so bad, was it? Let's go next door and get your
wardrobe sorted out."
She picked up and perused the chart. "Ah, you appear to be about a size
six, eight perhaps... 32, 27, 34... good... five foot four... feet size
seven. Alright, let's get started. Follow me please."
She led the way through an adjoining door. Jesse followed, then his
heart flew to his mouth.
He found himself in a large room, filled with rack upon rack of
dresses, skirts, tops, jackets, blouses, girls' clothes of every kind.
Racks of shoes lined the walls. Jesse's heart almost stopped.
Chapter Two - Orientation
"Now," Miss Deverel began, "Let's get you fitted. Gabrielle?"
"Yes Miss?" Another young woman appeared from behind a rack, clutching
several garments, with more laid over her arms.
"We have a new student. Let's get him outfitted. The standard wardrobe,
I think, will do nicely for now. Here are his measurements," she handed
over the chart to the other, who studied it intently.
"Very good!" She beamed, "I think we have everything we need, so let's
get started!"
She put down the garments she was carrying and said, "We'll start with
undergarments, of course. Now, we usually get our new students a little
younger, and start them with training bras, but everyone else of your
age will have moved on by now, so we'll just get you the usual for your
age group. Let's see, a 34B will do nicely, I think. She rummaged in a
drawer for a few moments, then extracted several lacy bras and panties.
The bras all had padded cups.
"We'll start with these... You'll want other colors, of course... Put
these on, please..." she handed him some panties.
"Now!" she said sharply as he hesitated.
With trembling hands he took the panties and stepped into them. They
had some sort of pad at the crotch that pushed his penis between his
legs, giving him a smooth appearance.
Jesus! If anyone had told him half an hour ago that he'd be wearing
panties before the day was out, he would probably have punched him. He
felt blood rush to his face.
"Now, hold out your arms." She wrapped the bra around him and fastened
it behind his back. He felt tears prick at his eyes again.
She pushed over a wheeled clothes rack that had a bin affixed to its
base, and put several more bras and panties into it, neatly folded.
"Garter belts," she continued, "We require all of our students to wear
garter belts and stockings, not pantyhose... here are some
stockings..." She busied herself adding to the growing pile in the bin.
Several slips and half-slips went in next.
"Good. Now, uniforms. Size six, I think..." she extracted three school
uniforms from a storage locker and hung them on the rack, followed by
several white blouses, some plain, some trimmed with lace. "You'll be
required to wear your uniform for academic classes... Dresses, or
skirts and tops... these you'll wear at all other times," she produced
several, and hung them up, two or three shirtwaist dresses, several
light summer dresses, a long-sleeved knit dress, a mid-calf length
semi-formal dress, several skirts and blouses. Tops of various styles
went into the bin. Jesse lost track of it all.
"Now, nighties."
She produced three diaphanous nighties, trimmed with lace, in pale
pink, baby blue, and lavender.
Finally, shoes. She pawed through the forest of shoes arranged in racks
on the floor, and extracted about seven or eight pairs, Mary Janes,
pumps, sandals, all with heels of at least three inches.
"We'll worry about jewelry and makeup later," she said, businesslike,
"after you've had some training. We do require all of our girls to
shave their legs, of course... we'll arrange for a waxing some time in
the next day or so. Although," she went on, examining his legs, "it
doesn't look like you have much hair yet. Eyebrow shaping, too. We'll
arrange that as well. And now..." she produced a gun-like device, and
held it to one of his earlobes. He felt a sharp sting. Before he had
time to react, she'd done the other one. He reached up, and felt two
studs. She'd evidently just pierced his ears.
"You'll get some instruction on how to care for your lobes... Please
follow them to the letter. You don't want them to become infected," she
went on. His mind began spinning; everything was happening so fast!
"Your hair..." she mused, running her fingers through it, "Very nice,
and it is well that it is already long. We won't have to worry about
wigs while it grows. You'll get it styled, probably today or tomorrow,
but eventually you'll be expected to style it yourself, of course."
She fingered his chin speculatively. "You don't have any beard yet, but
I think we'll begin electrolysis as soon as possible anyway. Better too
soon than too late!"
Jesse stood and shivered. He caught sight of himself in a three-way
mirror, standing naked except for bra and panties, shoulders hunched,
knees shaking. He bit his lip, determined not to cry.
"Now, let's get you dressed," she began searching through the rack,
"Please put this on..." she handed him a garter belt, which he took and
stared at, perplexed.
"Oh, let me help you," she took it from him and fastened it around his
waist. Then she produced a pair of smoky grey stockings and rolled one
of them up.
"Lift your right leg, please... You can hold on to me for balance, if
you like," Jesse lifted his leg obediently, his hand on her shoulder to
steady himself. She slid the stocking up his leg. In spite of his
general humiliation and embarrassment, he found himself thinking
distractedly that the stockings, at least, actually felt rather nice,
sort of smooth and slippery. She slipped the other one on him, then
fastened them to his garter belt.
"Now, what to wear? Here. I think this will do nicely for today..." and
she extracted a pale blue cotton print dress with short puff sleeves
from the rack and unzipped it.
"Come on!" she said as he hesitated, staring wide-eyed at the garment
as if it concealed a poisonous snake, "We haven't got all day!"
Almost in a daze, he stepped into it. She pulled it up onto his
shoulders and adjusted it, then zipped up the back.
Finally, she selected a pair of mid-heeled Mary Janes and had him slip
them on his feet and buckle them up.
As he stood, he was acutely aware of a flood of unfamiliar sensations.
He could feel air circulating around his legs, the hem of his dress
brushed his thighs, the heels of his shoes forced him into an
unfamiliar posture, he could feel the tightness of his bra around his
chest, the weight of whatever was in the cups, the embrace of the
garter belt, the constriction of his panties around his genitals. His
knees shook.
"Bien!" Miss Deverel said brightly as she looked him up and down, "You
look very pretty, Jesse! You're going to make a lovely girl! Which
reminds me. You need a new name. Jesse... that of course immediately
suggests 'Jessica'... Yes, I think that will do nicely. Pleased to meet
you, Jessica!"
And with that, to his shock and horror, Jesse at last began to cry.
Chapter Three - Jennifer
"Now Jessica," Miss Deverel was saying as they walked together down a
long corridor on the third floor of the residential wing of the huge
building, "We do require our first and second years to share
accommodation. The third and fourth years generally get rooms of their
own. Since you're starting here a little late in the year, we've
decided to pair you with a second year student who can help you with
your studies and get you acclimatized to life here at the Academy. Her
name is Jennifer, and I'm sure you'll get along famously! You'll like
her; she's very nice, friendly, and doing very well at her studies.
Yes, I think she'll be the perfect roommate! Here we are," she
concluded, pausing before door. She unlocked it and held it open for
Jesse, who had been pushing his clothes rack ahead of him, stumbling
occasionally in his unaccustomed heels.
He pushed his rack through the door and looked around. It was a large
bed-chamber, tastefully decorated in a distinctly feminine style. Lace
curtains hung on the large windows that overlooked the central
quadrangle, but it was dominated by two large, canopied beds at
opposite sides of the room. Each side of the room also had a large
walk-in closet, ornate dressing tables with large oval mirrors,
matching armoires; framed Degas prints of ballerinas and young women in
ball gowns graced the walls. Jewelry boxes and Victorian mirror and
brush sets sat atop each dressing table on large lace doilies.
A folding cloth partition ran down the center of the room, separating
the two sections.
"Now I would like you to hang your clothes neatly in the closet,
please. Your lingerie goes in your dresser drawers, neatly folded, your
tops and blouses can go in the armoire."
She stood expectantly, arms folded, and looked at Jesse. By now, he'd
recovered from his crying jag and his embarrassment at having been made
to cry fueled the return of some of his bravado. He shrugged and opened
a drawer at random, then pulled a handful of clothes from the bin and
threw them in.
"Neatly folded!" Miss Deverel said sharply, "You will learn how to care
for your clothes, but for now, they're already folded properly, and you
must lay them neatly in the drawers as they are."
He shot her a glare and continued tossing items into the drawer.
"MISS DE BONT!" the other raised her voice, "You WILL obey! Need I
remind you again that we use corporal punishment here on disobedient
students?"
Jesse glowered defiantly at her, but the dreaded words "corporal
punishment" had their effect. Still fuming, he picked up the rest of
his lingerie, and carefully placed them in the drawer.
"Good," Said Miss Deverel approvingly, "Now, hang up your dresses in
the closet."
Grudgingly, he carried an armload of dresses from the rack to the
closet and hung them.
"Your shoes go on the shoe tree in the closet as well," she prompted.
He complied.
"Excellent. Now please wait here. Jennifer is probably at class, but
she should be back soon, and she'll help you put away the rest of your
things and help you get settled. I have other matters that require my
attention. Your class schedule and study materials are on your night
table, there. We'll worry about textbooks and so forth later. I'll be
back to check in with you shortly."
She smiled coolly at Jesse, and withdrew.
He walked slowly over to the window and looked out. It was still
raining; pools of water lay in the deserted quadrangle, its trees bare
and forlorn. Then he went back to the dresser, opened the lingerie
drawer, and angrily messed up its contents.
---
He was sitting dejectedly on the edge of his bed when the door suddenly
flew open and a teenaged girl (but no, it couldn't be a girl, could
it?) darted in.
"Hi!" she said in a rush, "you must be Jessica! I'm Jennifer! It's SO
great to have a roommate finally! It's good to meet you at last! I just
know we're going to be friends!"
She held out her hand, which Jesse studiedly ignored. She looked at him
closely.
"I suppose you're still pissed off and scared, aren't you? I remember
what it was like, honestly. Well, that's okay. It IS a little scary at
first. And it's all so new and strange, isn't it? I understand. It'll
get easier, I promise. You'll get used to it in no time."
"I wouldn't count on it," retorted Jesse. He studied his new roommate
carefully. It was impossible, as far as he could see, to tell that she
wasn't really a girl. She was wearing the school uniform with a pretty,
lacy white blouse, her hair pulled back with a scrunchie into a
ponytail at the crown of her head. A string of pearls was visible at
her neck, matching studs in her ears. She wore light makeup, eye
shadow, mascara and pink lip gloss, her nails polished to match. And it
wasn't just her clothing. Her mannerisms, gestures, body language,
patterns of speech, even her voice, all were feminine to a fault.
To break the silence, she giggled and kicked one of her feet up behind
her briefly to display her shoes, which were tall, stiletto-heeled
pumps similar to those worn by Mme. La Farge.
"I was just practicing walking in these heels," she explained with a
grin, "It's actually pretty easy, since I wear heels every day, but I
want to wear some real HIGH ones like these to the prom, so I thought
I'd better, well, practice... you know, to make sure I can dance in
them."
Jesse snorted. There was an uncomfortable silence for a few moments.
"You know," Jennifer said, a trifle peevishly, "We're going to be
roommates at least for the rest of this semester, so we really should
make the effort to get along, don't you think? And besides, Miss
Deverel says you're behind the rest of us, so you're going to need my
help to get caught up. It'll be easier on both of us if we try to be
friends. I'm not the one who brought you here. It's not my fault, is
it? There's no sense in taking it out on me."
In spite of himself, Jesse saw the logic of this utterance, and
relented.
"Oh, alright," he said, somewhat mollified, "I guess if we're stuck
together for a while we might as well make the most of it. But... Man!
I can't believe you're really a boy. It's pretty weird. How long have
you been here?"
"This is my second year. I think I'm the same age as you. You're
fourteen, right?"
Jesse nodded. Close enough, he thought, fourteen in a few weeks.
She smiled at him. "Do you think I make a pretty girl?"
"Well... Yeah, I guess so. I mean, if I didn't know, I wouldn't be able
to tell."
Jennifer blushed and smiled, "Thank you!"
"You take that as a compliment?" Jesse said incredulously.
"Well sure!" she replied shyly, "I've been working really hard at it,
and Miss Chalmers, she's my Deportment and Femininity prof, she says
I'm doing really well!"
Jesse shook his head. "Weird, man... So, did you always want to be a
girl, or what?"
"Oh no!" Jennifer said, wide eyed, "Oh, when I first came here I was
way worse than you, I bet! I tried to run away a couple of times, and I
was a terrible discipline problem. But, well... Now, I'm just so glad I
decided to give in. I hate that I gave them so much trouble before...
and now I realize that there's so much I missed out on by being so
stubborn, so much fun! Honestly, I'm just having such a great time now!
I can't wait for third year! There's Dating, and Advanced Fashion, and
Advanced Esthetics and..."
"Wait. Dating?"
"Well sure!" Jennifer enthused, "It's all part of being a girl, isn't
it? We study simply everything here!"
Jesse sat down on the bed, his head spinning in a fresh direction.
Dating. Holy shit!
"Can I see your schedule?" Jennifer asked, sitting next to him. Jesse
picked up a sheaf of papers from the night table and handed it to her.
She leafed through it, then extracted a large green chart.
"Here it is," she said, looking it over, "Ooooh! I see you have milking
tomorrow morning! ...AND in the afternoon! Twice!" Her eyes twinkled,
"Mmmm! Aren't you lucky!"
"Milking? Just what the heck is that?"
"Oh, you'll see," Jennifer said mischievously, "It's better if I don't
give too much away. I wouldn't want to spoil it."
"Well, whatever it is, I won't like it," Jesse said decisively.
"Oh, I wouldn't be so sure..." Jennifer twinkled.
"So..." Jesse went on, changing the subject, "Are there at least, like,
sports and stuff here?"
"Well, we do have Phys. Ed." she replied, "There's tennis and
badminton, and in the summer we have field hockey. There's ballet and
ballroom dancing, and modern dance too. That's a new one. And
gymnastics, you know, balance beam, floor routines, stuff like that."
"Field hockey, huh? Well that's something. The rest of it sounds pretty
lame, though. How about music or video games and, you know, FUN stuff?"
"There's music appreciation as an elective, but they don't let us
listen to music in our rooms. And video games are strictly forbidden.
We do have computers, but they're not on the Internet or anything.
Hey!" she went on, looking over at her alarm clock, "We ought to head
down for dinner pretty soon."
"I think I'll stay here, thanks."
"You'd better not," Jennifer chided, "They don't feed you a whole lot
here, you know, so we keep our figures. If you miss one meal, you'll be
pretty hungry later."
"I'll risk it."
"Well, suit yourself." She got up and went to the door, "See you
later!"
Morosely, Jesse lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling. What the hell
was he going to do? Thoughts circled and swooped in his head until he
was afraid he'd go crazy.
That night, in spite of himself, his anger and exhaustion got the
better of him, and softly, so Jennifer wouldn't hear, he cried himself
to sleep.
Chapter Four - Milking
The following morning, Jesse awoke to the sound of a chime, soft but
insistent, from some concealed speaker above his head. He heard
Jennifer get up and stir about on her side of the room, then a few
minutes later her head appeared around the partition.
"Better get up, sleepyhead!" she grinned, "You missed dinner, you won't
want to miss breakfast too! I'll help you with getting dressed, if you
like." Then she was gone, and Jesse heard her bustling around. He saw
her dart out the door carrying a small plastic case, probably heading
for the communal bathroom across the hall. She was back in about five
minutes and disappeared again to her side of the room.
Presently, she appeared wearing her uniform, mid-heeled pumps on her
feet, hair and makeup perfect. "Still in bed? Well, we're going to have
to hurry now or we'll miss getting fed. Up you get!" And she flung back
Jesse's covers.
"I don't WANT to get up," Jesse sulked, pulling them back over him,
"I'm not even hungry."
"Come on! Please!" Jennifer pleaded, "You've got to get up some time,
and it might as well be now. It's not that bad, really, and honestly,
you don't want to miss milking. You need to get up, wash and get
dressed, now!"
"Goddamn it," Jesse muttered, flinging the covers back and sitting up,
"Okay, I'm up. Happy?"
"We've got to get you dressed; come on!" She grabbed Jesse's hand and
pulled.
Reluctantly, he got to his feet, and a flush of embarrassment crept
over his face as he remembered he was naked, having refused the night
before to wear a nightie.
"Let's go. Grab your toothbrush and whatever else you need. I'll take
you across the hall to the bathroom," Jennifer was insistent, "Better
put something on, too," she finished wryly.
With no other options available, Jesse was forced to put on a nightie,
blushing furiously as he did so.
They went into the bathroom, where a few late girls were brushing their
teeth or fluffing their hair in the mirror. Jesse went into a stall.
"Sit to pee!" Jennifer called, "It's the rule."
Sighing, he sat, urinated, then emerged and washed his hands and face.
As he did so, Jennifer pulled his hair back from his face and ran her
fingers through it.
"You have wonderful hair," she commented, "It's a pity we won't have
time this morning to style it..."
"Leave it alone," Jesse said shortly.
Jennifer shrugged, "Okay, but you're going to have to get it styled
sooner or later, and you might as well get used to people touching it.
Now brush your teeth and let's get you dressed.
Back in their room, Jennifer went through Jesse's closet. "Now, they
like you to wear something short for milking, makes it easier... Here,
this'll be perfect." She extracted a pretty, floral-print dress with a
gathered, scooped neckline and short cap sleeves.
"Let's get you into some lingerie first," she said, businesslike. She
began rummaging about in Jesse's dresser. "My, this certainly isn't
very tidy," she commented, "You could get in trouble for having such
messy clothes... Here we are. These should do," and with that she
extracted a lacy white bra, matching panties and garter belt, and tan
stockings. Jesse hesitated, then decided that he might as well play
ball for the time being, until he could scope things out and decide
when best to make his move. Sighing, he held out his hand for the
panties. Jennifer helped him into his bra and did up the clasp behind
his back, then wrapped his garter belt around his waist, did it up, and
helped him unroll the stockings up his legs. As before, he couldn't
help thinking that the stockings, at any rate, felt kind of nice.
"You have to be really careful with stockings, you know, or they'll
run. You can always get more from the wardrobe mistress, of course...
Good!" she smiled, "Now..." she picked up the dress and held it for
him. He stepped into it and she zipped it up.
"I think these shoes will look darling with that dress..." she
commented, holding up a pair of mid-heeled pumps like hers. Making a
face at Jennifer's use of the word 'darling', Jesse slipped into them.
"Now, we really have to get down for breakfast, but I know they're
going to want to see you in makeup for your milking, even though you
haven't had any cosmetics lessons yet, so just let me do your face a
little..."
"Fine," Jesse mumbled.
She pulled a few sundries out of her purse and began on his face,
brushing on a little blush, stroking some silvery-grey eye shadow on
his lids, applying mascara, then finishing with some strawberry lip
gloss.
"There!" she said happily, "You look amazing! You have such nice
features! Of course, after your first class in cosmetics you'll get
your own things, and of course your eyebrows need a little shaping...
and nails, well, no time to do anything about them for now..."
She glanced at the bedside clock, "Oh gosh! Let's go! We'll have to
run," and so saying she grabbed Jesse's hand. Shrugging, Jesse allowed
himself to be led from the room and together they ran down the hall
toward the main stairs. He decided that he WAS hungry, after all,
having missed last night's meal. The unaccustomed height of his heels
made him stumble a few times, but he managed to keep up.
The cafeteria was much like he expected, full of noisy, giggling and
gossiping girls... Girls? He thought. Not exactly. But then he caught
sight of himself in one of the many full-length mirrors scattered about
the walls of the institution, and started. For a few moments, he
couldn't even pick himself out from the cluster of girls reflected back
at him. My God, he thought. I look exactly like them! Not exactly,
perhaps. His posture was hunched with lingering embarrassment, and he
did not walk as gracefully in his heels as the others. His hair hung
limp and lifeless, while the others all had beautifully styled coifs.
But there was, in his reflection, promise of much better things to
come... Shit... His heart skipped several beats.
Jesse ate most of his meal in silence, while several simultaneous
conversations flew around him. Much of the talk seemed focused on
fashion, clothes, cosmetics, once he even suspected he caught a
reference to 'boys'.... He decided to be civil, at least for the time
being, and answered questions when asked, but volunteered no
information.
"So," asked one pretty young thing sitting opposite him, "How long have
you been here?"
"Less than twenty four hours," he replied, grimacing.
"I thought so," she grinned, "You have that look. Well, don't worry.
It's not as bad as it seems. Have you been..."
"Not yet," Jennifer supplied, "This morning's her first."
"Ooooh! Lucky her!"
Jesse scowled at their use of the feminine pronoun, but decided not to
make an issue of it. Probably force of habit, he thought.
Breakfast over, Jesse and Jennifer headed back to the main corridor
together. He'd already decided to treat her as a provisional ally, at
least for now. Better that than be totally alone, he figured.
"Let's see your schedule again," she said, taking it from him, "Okay,
follow me."
They walked down a side corridor and stopped in front of a door that,
unlike most of the others, was unmarked.
"Here you are!" said Jennifer, "See you later. Have fun!" she finished
brightly.
With trepidation, Jesse put his hand on the knob and opened the door.
It was a small, softly lit room with a couple of comfortable-looking
sofas and chairs, a dressing table, desk, and in one corner, a huge
three-way mirror. A woman, seated at the desk, rose to greet him.
"Hello," she said warmly, "You must be Jessica! Welcome. My name is
Miss Sasha. I'm sure we're going to be good friends, and I just know
you'll come to look forward to our little visits." She was tall, blonde
and attractive, perhaps thirty, with large breasts that strained
against the fabric of her black dress. She smiled and extended her
well-manicured hand to him. He shook it diffidently, not sure what to
expect. Unexpectedly shy in her presence, he swallowed a retort at her
use of his feminine name.
"Please, sit down," she smiled, gesturing at the sofa. He sat.
"You should smooth the back of your dress as you sit," she said,
demonstrating, "to prevent wrinkling."
He didn't respond.
"Now, Jessica," she continued, "tell me a little about yourself."
"What's to tell?" he retorted, "My mom dumped me here, and I hate it."
"Well Jessica," the other replied, untroubled, "I daresay you may
change your mind. I believe this is your first milking?"
"I guess."
"Well, come over to the mirror then, Jessica, and we'll get started. We
can get better acquainted later. There's plenty of time."
He hesitated. "What's going to happen?"
"Nothing bad, I promise you," she replied in her low, mellifluous
voice, "Come."
He walked over to the mirror and stood before it. She came up behind
him and placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Now Jessica," she said into his ear, and he caught a whiff of her
perfume, "Lift up the skirt of your dress, please."
"What?"
"Lift up your dress," she repeated, "Here, let me help you." She
reached down and pulled the hem at the front of his dress up to his
waist. "Now, pull down your panties."
"What?" he said again.
"Come on, Jessica," she said a bit more sharply, "Please obey me. Pull
down your panties."
Hesitantly, he reached down and pulled his panties down as far as his
garters would permit.
"Good!" she cooed in his ear, "Now..."
She put her arms around him and, reaching down, gently grasped his
penis. Her hand seemed to have some sort of oil or lubrication on it.
It felt warm and slippery, and he felt himself begin to harden almost
immediately. He was acutely aware of her breasts pressing against his
bare arm and shoulder, the intoxicating scent of her perfume in his
nostrils. His heart beat rapidly. Oh God! She was touching his thing!
She began to move her hand, ever so slowly. "What do you see in the
mirror, Jessica?" she whispered.
He gulped and didn't answer.
"What do you see?" she repeated, blowing softly in his ear.
"Uhh... I see me... And you... Unhh...." He moaned involuntarily.
"Do you see a pretty girl?" asked Miss Sasha softly.
"Um..."
Her hand stopped, still gripping his tip. "Do you see a pretty girl,
Jessica?"
Confused, he didn't answer immediately. His knees began trembling. He
stared at his reflection in a daze.
"Would you like me to stop?" she whispered, "Tell me, do you see a
pretty girl in the mirror?"
"Yes..." It burst out of him almost without conscious thought.
"Goooood..." she cooed, her hand moving rhythmically again, "Very good.
Now, is the pretty girl wearing a pretty dress?"
"Unnnggghhh..." he groaned. He was shaking all over now; his knees felt
like they might buckle. His heart pounded.
Her hand stopped again, poised. "Is she wearing a pretty dress?"
"Yessssss..." he hissed, his hips moving involuntarily, "Yes."
"Good!" she said softly, smiling, "Do you like being a pretty girl?"
He was silent, all of his attention focused on the slowly moving
hand... which stopped yet again. "Do you? Do you like being a pretty
girl?"
"Uh, yeah..." he mumbled.
"Say it, Jessica," she whispered directly into his ear, her breasts
pressing against his bear arm, "Say that you like being a pretty girl
in a pretty dress." Her hand moved slowly, langorously.
He gulped.
"Come on, Jessica. It's alright. Say it..."
"Oooh. Oh yes, Miss Sasha," he croaked, "I like being a pretty girl!"
His knees began to give out.
"I'm... I'm going to squirt," he whispered.
"Not quite yet, dear," she murmured, "First, tell me that you LOVE
being a pretty girl, and wearing pretty dresses..."
"Oh G-God..."
"Say it," she whispered, "Say it and I'll keep going..."
"Ooh, I love being a pretty girl and wearing pretty dresses!" he cried.
His knees gave out, and he might have fallen, but for Miss Sasha's arms
around him.
"Good girl. Now, say it again..."
"Oh God...."
"Once more..."
"Ooooh... Oh God!" he cried out, "I love being a pretty girl! I love
wearing pretty dresses!"
"Good, Jessica," she said softly, "Very, very good," and with that, her
hand began to work faster and faster.
"Ooohhhh! Oh.... Ohhh!" Jesse's hips worked spasmodically, and suddenly
a jet of semen erupted from his tip, shooting out and splashing onto
the mirror. He spurted again and again, groaning loudly with each
thrust of his hips. His come hit the mirror several times, and splashed
in a gooey trail on the floor in front of him. As he quieted, she
gently squeezed the last drops from his cock, then reached for a box of
tissues and dabbed up the errant droplets that still clung to its tip.
Then, she gently pulled up his panties and adjusted his dress, and
handed him the tissues.
"That was very good, Jessica," she said, smiling and stroking his
cheek, "You did very well for your first time. Now, if you would please
clean up your mess..."
Almost in a daze, he knelt down and mopped up the spots of his issue.
"Thank you, Jessica," Miss Sasha said, "Now; I believe you have a class
to get to?"
Chapter Five - Brianna
Jesse left Miss Sasha's room and walked down the hall still in a daze.
She'd made him spurt! He pondered the admissions she'd made him utter,
admissions that, as far as he was concerned were totally false, but any
irritation he felt was submerged beneath a smug feeling of well-being;
he could hardly keep a smirk off his face. She'd made him come! And
WHAT a come. Prior to this he'd had the occasional wet dream, and just
recently he'd finally managed to masturbate a few times to orgasm, but
the pleasure he'd felt on those occasions was a mere tickle of a
feather compared to the earth-shaking, mind-blowing explosion of
ecstasy he'd felt at the skilled hands of Miss Sasha. She'd kept him
hovering on the brink for so long he was afraid he was going to pass
out. It was... it was unbelievable. And there was another one on his
schedule this afternoon! The mere thought was enough to cause stirrings
between his legs.
But now, where the hell was he supposed to be? He scrutinized his
schedule and tried to interpret the floor-plan attached to it. The next
thing on the chart was something called Beginning Esthetics, whatever
that was.
It didn't occur to him to play hooky.
He followed the map as best he could, but in spite of his best efforts
he was soon hopelessly lost. He entered one classroom thinking it might
be the correct one, and walked in on a group of older students, third-
years, perhaps, dressed in lingerie, busily lacing each other into
satin and lace corsets. They giggled when they saw him, and he beat a
hasty retreat.
In doing so, he bumped into another girl who was at that moment just
passing by.
"Oh!" she cried in pretty confusion, "Oh, I'm so sorry!"
"My fault," said Jesse, apologetically, then looked the other up and
down. She was stunningly beautiful, tall, with long honey blonde hair,
beautiful large blue eyes with long lashes, her long slender legs
beneath her short uniform skirt accentuated by the strappy heels she
wore. She had large silver hoops in her ears, a silver charm bracelet
on her right wrist, and tastefully applied makeup.
"Oh no!" she giggled -- it was difficult for Jesse to think of her as
anything other than 'she', "I wasn't looking where I was going," she
studied his face intently, "Are you new here? I don't think I've seen
you around before."
"Yeah," replied Jesse, "I'm new to this loony bin. Say, you wouldn't
know where room 221 is?"
"Why sure! I'll show you," she started off down the hall.
"My name's Brianna," she went on, "What's yours?"
"Jesse," he replied.
"I bet they want you to be Jessica, right?" Brianna smiled.
"That's what they say, yeah. But I'll be damned if I'll answer to it."
"I remember my first few days here," she went on chattily, "Oh, I just
hated it! I was so dumb! I love it here now. I'm having so much fun!"
"Fun?" Jesse echoed in disbelief.
"Oh yeah! It's great. I'm in second year, now. And we're learning so
many cool things. It's amazing. I just love being a pretty girl and
wearing pretty dresses!"
Jesse glanced sharply at her. That last sentence was eerily familiar.
"Really?" he said after a moment.
"Oh yes. Very much. I would hate to have to go back to being a boy
again. Just hate it! Well, here we are." She stopped in front of a door
marked 221. "Say, want to sit together at lunch?"
"I dunno..." he shrugged, "Well, okay."
"Great! See you then!" and she was off, her heels clicking on the
marble floor.
Jesse briefly considered just going back to his room to hide. But,
well, his first experience of Academy curriculum had actually been
quite pleasurable. More than pleasurable, really. More like, fantastic.
He put his hand on the door knob, breathed deeply, and pushed the door
open.
The room beyond looked rather like the dressing room of a theater.
Lighted mirrors lined the walls, beneath which were dressing tables
littered with cosmetics, brushes, pieces of jewelry, bottles of
perfume.
It was empty but for a lone woman seated at one of the tables. She rose
and approached when she saw him.
"Good morning!" she said pleasantly, "You must be Jessica. I'm Miss De
Vries, one of the Esthetics instructors here. How do you do?"
Jesse didn't say anything.
"Jessica," Miss De Vries said sternly, "we do require proper courtesy
and good manners from our students. You WILL behave, and speak with
civility and deference. Now. Good morning, Jessica. How do you do?"
"Fine," Jesse muttered, "Just fine."
"Good. Now Jessica, I've booked a private lesson for you today because
you need to get caught up to the rest of your classmates. I've asked
your roommate Jennifer to join us because I thought it would be more
enjoyable for you if there was another student here as well. Jennifer
is doing very well in Esthetics, so she'll be able to help you when you
need it."
"Whatever."
Just then the door opened and Jennifer entered.
"Good morning, Miss De Vries," she said politely, "Hi Jessica!" she
grinned at him.
"Uh, hi."
"Now, Jessica," Miss De Vries began, "The first thing we're going to do
is figure out what colors are going to work best for you, then we'll
start with some cosmetics techniques for different looks, and we'll end
with some practice applying your makeup, trying out different styles.
You'll have to get up to speed quickly, because the others in your
class have been doing their own makeup for several weeks now."
Jesse nodded. He'd already decided to cooperate, for now. He was
formulating a plan.
"Good! Now, let's get started."
The next hour was a busy one. Miss De Vries started by analyzing his
skin with a magnifying glass, then selected a number of different
cosmetics from her large supply, giving him bottles of lotions,
foundation, several eye shadows, mascara, eye liner, lipsticks, lip
pencils and lip glosses, blushes, eyebrow pencils, and finishing with
several bottles of nail polish and a bottle of top coat. Then, with
Jennifer's enthusiastic assistance, she began showing him how to apply
it all, starting with foundation.
"Now, you young girls still have beautiful unblemished skin, so you
don't need much coverage, just enough to give your skin a healthy
glow," she said as she worked, "Blush, of course... Just a little, like
this. Blow on the brush before you stroke it on... Here, you do it.
Brush upwards across the cheekbones in a 'C' shape. That's right. Good!
Very nice. Now, eye shadow..."
Wielding tweezers, she plucked his eyebrows into graceful arches, then
showed him how to make his eyes look larger and his eyelashes longer
and darker with mascara. They finished with a pale pink frosted
lipstick and gloss.
"Wow!" Jennifer enthused, "Jessica, you look wonderful!"
Jesse looked at himself in the mirror. My God, he thought, I hardly
recognize myself. Holy cow. I do look... well, pretty. He shook
himself. Pretty! He didn't WANT to look pretty, damn it!
"Now," Miss De Vries went on, "let's do a quick lesson in nail care,
and then we'll call it a day. You've had a lot to absorb in a short
time. But we'll have more lessons later, and soon it'll be second
nature. And of course Jennifer can help you if you need it. Now,
nails..."
His nails were rather ragged, but under her care they were reshaped
into feminine ovals, and polished a frosted pink that matched his
lipstick.
"Alright Jessica, you've done very well. We'll have another lesson
tomorrow. In the mean time, I want you to practice this afternoon when
you have a free period. Get Jennifer to help you."
"She's got another milking this afternoon, Miss De Vries," Jennifer
supplied.
"Well, I'm sure she'll have some time after that, Jennifer, so please
help her work on her makeup, alright?"
"I'd love to!" she replied cheerfully, "It'll be fun, won't it
Jessica?"
"Yeah, sure. Fun."
"Well then, I think it's almost lunchtime. Off you go now!"
"You do look really nice," Jennifer said as they walked down the hall
to the cafeteria.
"Thanks," said Jesse dryly, "Just what I wanted."
"You might as well get used to it," the other said airily, "Everyone
does."
"Uh huh. Sure."
Brianna spotted them and ran up. "Hey, you two! Wow, Jessica, you look
wonderful!"
"Uh, thanks."
"Hi Brianna," Jessica said.
"You wanna all sit together?"
"Sure. Let's."
They picked up salads from the counter. "Is that it?" complained Jesse,
"I'm starving. I want something more than rabbit food."
"This is it for lunch, usually," said Jennifer, "You'll get used to it.
The big meal's at dinner. You can pick up a Jell-O or something if
you're still hungry, I guess."
"IF I'm still hungry? Jeez..."
They sat together and Jesse listened while the other two chatted and
gossiped. Talk, to Jesse's disgust, centered mostly on clothes, shoes,
makeup, and fashion in general. He didn't have much to add.
"So. 'Brianna'," he said, changing the subject, "I guess that means
your real name is Brian, right?"
"Nope," she replied, "My real name is Brianna. My OLD real name was
Brian."
"You mean Brianna is your legal name? Like, if you got a drivers
license it would say..."
"Brianna. That's right. They can change legal names, somehow. Not
everybody does it, of course, but I decided to. I don't see myself
going back to Brian after I leave."
"You're kidding."
"Oh no!" she said, wide-eyed, "I would HATE to have to go back to being
a boy. I'd rather die."
"Y