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The Life and Times of Kelly Anderson
Written by Kristine Roland
Edited by Joni W
Part 5 - This is the Sequel to Jason's Story.
Kelly meets other TG Teens and the recession comes to town.
Author's Note: My sincere thanks to Joni W for all her efforts!
Also, thanks to JenniferBrock and Scott Ramsey for some plot advice!
Chapter 12
Kelly looked out the window of the car, as she and her mother made the
drive to the transgendered teen support group meeting. Kelly was
somewhat anxious about meeting others, like herself. What would they
think of her, what would she think of them?
Her mother had given up trying to draw her into a conversation soon
after they got on the highway. The two of them rode in silence, looking
on the barren trees in their stark winter coats of ice and snow.
When they arrived, Kelly let out a nervous sigh, quietly collected
herself and got out of the car. She looked at the building. The
facility was in a new corporate park, which catered to the medical
community. There were five buildings; the one they needed was right in
the center.
As they entered the building, Kelly was impressed by the lobby; it was
full of lush, live vegetation, had a waterfall with a large Koi pond.
They stopped and looked at the building index and found that they needed
to go to the third floor. As they stepped into the elevator, another
mother and daughter walked up, Kelly held the door open to let them on.
Once the door closed and Kelly looked at the girl, she soon realized
that this was a person headed to the group meeting. She was dressed
very nicely, but she could see the boy under the clothing and the
makeup. Kelly wondered if it was that easy for others to read her.
The girl looked at Kelly, and said, "Oh... I know you! You're Kelly
Anderson. I saw you on TV. Are you joining our group? That must have
been awful to have that man from Firefly berating you, but the BNN story
was wonderful!"
Kelly blushed and answered, "Yes, I am Kelly. I thought I was going to
just die when that jerk said those things about me. Beth Ann Williams,
the lady from BNN was really nice though. What's your name? You're a
member of the TransTeen group? What's it like?"
"I'm Carol, or at least I am when I can be. I only get to be Carol
outside when I meet with my psychologist and when I come here. I'd be
too scared to go to school like this. You are really brave."
"Well, I did not have much of a choice. My cousin made sure everyone
knew about me."
"I saw that. Mom is the only one who knows about me," Carol said, as
she looked sad for a moment and then shook it off. "This is my mother
Cindy."
Kelly said, "Hello. This is my mother Kristine."
The elevator came to a stop and the doors opened onto the third floor.
Carol said, "Here we go. Come on in and meet everyone."
Kelly and her mother followed Carol and her mother into the office.
They stopped at the reception desk. Kelly and her mother found name
badges prepared for them and headed into the room where the meeting was
being held. They found a number of other people in the room already.
The parents were gathered together and the teens were split into boys
and girls. Kelly discovered that the group was made up of both male to
female and female to male transgendered teens. Kelly joined Carol and
headed over to the girls.
"Hey everyone, say hi to Kelly Anderson," Carol said.
The girls all stopped their conversation and looked at Kelly. Kelly
gave them her best smile, as she tried to ignore the feeling that she
was being put under a microscope and on the table to be dissected. She
said "Hello everyone."
"Hi Kelly, I'm Deb, this is Joan, and this is Samantha." Kelly nodded
to each of them and now that she was close by, she got a good look at
them. She could not see anything about Deb or Samantha that would have
told her that they were physically boys. Joan on the other hand, was
not as fortunate. Kelly tried to figure out what it was that made Joan
look so clearly like a boy in a dress, but it was hard to put a finger
on it.
Deb said, "Welcome to TransTeen. That was quite a roller coaster they
put you through last month."
"So much for anonymity," Kelly said. "I guess everyone here saw the
news special."
Joan laughed and said, "oh yeah, definitely. Most of us saw it the
original night, but we all watched it again together in our last
meeting. It gave us plenty to talk about. You seem to be doing well
though. Sure, Ben O'Dale was an idiot, but you expect that from someone
like him. Overall you are fairly well accepted. You certainly aren't
in hiding from anyone. I wish I could say that for the rest of us."
Deb said, "That's true. Joan, I know that things have not been as easy
for you, but your mother is at least trying. You are here and you keep
coming back. I know of others that have come once and were pulled out
halfway through because their parents were looking for a group to help
'cure' them. One girl was from my hometown. She killed herself a
couple of months later. I wish we could have helped her."
Joan said, "I know Deb. Mom doesn't approve at all, but she got the
message. I was lucky I guess, in that our pediatrician scared her with
several horror stories like that. He told her point blank to stay away
from the doctor's that claimed cures and gave her a recommendation to a
good doctor. My therapist has reinforced it to her, but she is really
having a hard time of it. I'm not allowed to be Joan anywhere but
here. These clothes are locked in her room and are all that I have."
Deb gave her a hug and said, "I know hon. Just hang in there. She does
love you, she does come here, and she talks. I think she is making
progress."
Joan smiled and said, "Thanks, I know she is. She even joked last
week; we picked up _My Big Fat Greek Wedding_ and _The Notebook_. She
laughed and said, 'well one good thing is at least, I have someone to
watch my chick flicks with.'"
They all laughed and Deb said, "See that's progress."
"Too bad she wouldn't let me be Joan while we watched them though."
"All in good time," Deb said.
The group leaders called everyone into the room to begin the meeting.
After getting everyone quieted down, Kelly and her mother were
introduced. Kelly learned that the meeting would be split into two
parts, the first part the whole group got together and discussed issues
that related to all them. This particular meeting they were continuing
on some of the discussion of what they could learn from the media battle
over Kelly. With Kelly and her mother able to add their very personal
perspective to further the conversation from the prior month.
The second part of the meeting, everyone was split into three groups;
parents, male to females and female to males all met separately to
discuss things that were more targeted towards their needs. Each of
these sessions were led by one of the psychologists that ran the group.
Kelly went with the other girls into a private room. After a few
moments of chatter, an attractive woman, wearing a staff name badge,
spoke up and quieted down the group. "Ok ladies, let's settle down.
Kelly, I'm Erika and I'd like to welcome you to the TransTeen support
group. "
Kelly said, "Thank you. I'm glad to be here."
Erika said, "We are happy to have you. Let me start by explaining a bit
about how this portion of the group works. In here, we get into some
fairly personal discussions. What is discussed in this room stays in
this room. We are here to support one another, to help each other
through the tough times and hopefully, to also share in the joyous times
as well."
Kelly nodded her understanding.
"Since this is a support group, I always begin by asking if anyone has
anything that is bothering them that they need the groups help with."
None of the girls spoke up.
"Ok, that's good. No crisis this time, always a good thing." Erika
smiled and then said, ?So Kelly, as someone new, we all want to get to
know you. Now in your case we know more about you than usual, because
of the news coverage, but we don't really know you. Why don't you tell
us a little bit about yourself, especially the parts that they would not
have covered in the news story?"
Kelly blushed, but she said, "Ok, I guess. What kinds of things do you
mean? Like my favorite sports, video games that kind of thing?"
"Sure, we know you are in chorus, you sing very well by the way and you
looked quite lovely in your gown. What other activities do you enjoy?"
"Um... Well, I enjoy playing baseball and soccer. I like to watch
hockey, but I can't skate well enough to think about playing it. I
like video games, but I don't go crazy about them, lately I've been more
into chatting with my girlfriends, then spending time on the games."
"You are accepted by the girls at your school, then?"
"Well, not all of them. But most of the girls have accepted me. There
are several that are really good friends of mine. There's Julie, of
course, she is my girlfriend; we are dating, so she is special. Kathy,
Sue and Meghan have become like sisters to me."
"Others have given you a problem though?"
"A few have. Most of the other girls are fine, like Kirsten, the girl
that wrote the school article that started the whole media thing; she is
very nice to me. There are a few though; Courtney and her gang can be
pretty mean. They have to be careful, because Courtney came close to
getting expelled when she broke my leg. So even though I know what they
think of me, as they make sure to let me know daily, I don't really
worry about them much."
Samantha asked, "You are dating a girl, have you ever thought about
dating boys?"
"No, I'm not interested in boys," Kelly blushed, as the other girls in
the group laughed.
Deb said, "Oh, don't mind all of them. It's kind of a running thing,
some of the girls are into boys; others aren't. You just changed the
dynamic of the group again. The lesbian TG's just retook the majority."
Samantha stuck her tongue out at Deb, but said, "Oh well, can't blame a
girl for trying. Still you might want to give it a try sometime..."
Kelly said, "I'm quite happy with Julie, thanks."
Joan said, "Some people get all the luck. Your parents accept you, you
have a girlfriend that knows and accepts you. To top it off, you look
perfect; no one would ever question you just from looking at you. I'd
kill to be you!"
"I'm sorry Joan. I..."
"Don't you pity me! I don't need your God damned pity. Just know how
damned lucky you are. Some of us aren't that lucky. My mother would
do anything if she thought it would cure me and there is no damned way
she would ever let me live full time. Hell, I can't even get away with
any Joan time at home. She checks on me several times a night, she
doesn't leave me home alone, and she won't tell my dad, which she is
probably right about. Carol over there lost her father over it. He
left them when her mother threatened to report him for child abuse if he
hit her again."
Carol said, "Joan!"
Deb said, "Joan! That's Carol's business, not yours and should have
been hers to share if she chose to. Look we all know that you have had
a particularly rough time. Though as I told you before, at least you
are here and you know your mother does care about you. There have been
plenty of people like us even worse off then you, that would have
'killed' to be you, too."
"Joan, I don't pity you, but I do feel for you. You are right, I have
been very lucky, and I am thankful for it. I have not had to worry
about being beaten by my parents and most of my family has been
accepting. But I do understand the betrayal; believe me having my
cousin send that picture out to my classmates hurt more then I can even
put into words. Having my Aunt threaten to file molestation charges if
I came anywhere near my cousin Billy again... oh and getting death
threats from people that I never met, that wasn't fun either."
Joan ignored Kelly and said, "Carol..."
Kelly looked over at Carol and saw that she had curled up and was
holding herself tightly in her chair. Dr. Erika was kneeling before
her, rubbing her back.
All of the anger had gone out of Joan, and she went over and said,
"Carol... damn, I'm sorry."
Kelly stood back and looked on, along with the other girls. Deb said,
"Come on everybody, give them some space. Erika will bring us in if
she needs us."
Deb said, "Carol has had a really rough time. She does not handle
confrontation well; her dad really did a job on her. Nothing that could
be proven as physical child abuse, but ... he did leave, and now he is
fighting for custody. He says that her mother is committing child abuse
against her by allowing her to be Carol at home and bringing her here."
Dr. Erika came over, "Deb, can you please go get Carol's mother. And
I'm going to have to ask the rest of you all to wait in the lobby."
The girls filed out of the room, and Deb knocked on the room the parents
were in. She whispered to the staff member that opened the door, and
Carol's mom came out and rushed into the other room.
Deb grabbed Joan and took her off to a private corner, for a private
conversation. When they came back, Joan said, "Kelly, I'm sorry. You
certainly are not responsible for my problems, and I guess I was just a
bit jealous of you."
Kelly reached out and took Joan's hand and said, "It's ok. I'm sorry
too. I can't imagine what it would have been like if my parents had
not accepted me."
The girls sat and talked quietly, all eyes on the door to the room they
had been in, worrying about Carol. A short time later, the door opened,
Dr. Erika, Carol and her mother came out. Carol looked over to the
girls, looking embarrassed. Deb went over to her and said, "Come on,
let's go take care of your makeup." She took her arm and led her off to
the ladies room.
Dr. Erika said, "Ok everyone, please come on back in."
The girls went back in the room. A few moments later Carol and Deb came
back in. Carol, still looking embarrassed said, "I'm sorry, guys."
Everyone assured her it was ok. Joan said, "Carol, I'm sorry. That was
stupid of me and I was wrong, on so many levels. I certainly had no
right to talk about your personal information without your permission,
and I also was letting my own frustration at my situation out as
jealousy at Kelly. That isn't fair, because it is not her fault that my
parents don't accept me as well as her parents do. In fact," as Joan
looked at Deb, "As Deb reminded me, her parent's example may ultimately
help me with mine."
Carol said, "it's ok Joan. I shouldn't be so sensitive. I just... I
know you guys know some of what happened, but... look, towards the
end, before my dad left, he and mom had these huge arguments, especially
when he had been drinking. He would get out of control. He never
actually hit either of us, but he broke things, and I was so afraid he
was going to hurt one of us. The last night before he left, he was
angrier then I had ever seen him. He had found some books that mom was
reading about transgender, and he just lost it. He was in her face and
I really think he was about to hit her. I jumped on him from behind
and grabbed his arm. He threw me aside and called me a pansy. He told
me he would make a man out of me and he came at me. Mom stopped him
somehow. I honestly don't remember anything more. Next thing I knew he
was gone."
Carol wiped the tears from her face and looking at Deb said, "Damn...
I'm sorry Deb; there I go messing up all your work again."
Deb smiled and said, "No problem, we can always go fix it again. I
think most of us are going to need to after that."
Carol smiled, "Yeah. Anyway, now the bastard has filed for custody.
He says that because my mother allows me to be Carol at home, that it is
a form of child abuse and that she is unfit to be a parent."
Kelly said, "Surely the courts won't let him get away with that?"
Deb said, "Unfortunately, it depends on the judge. Some of them are
very conservative and could very well rule against her mother."
The conversation shifted to less intense subjects. When the time was
up, they went out and found their parents.
Deb came over to Kelly and said, "I just wanted to say welcome again. I
promise it is not always like this. I do hope you will be coming back."
Kelly looked at her mother and said, "I hope so, too. I learned a lot
today."
Deb smiled and said, "Good."
Kelly said, "Deb... How long have you been coming here? You seem to be
the unofficial leader of the girls. They all look up to you, I
noticed, and you took charge when it was needed. I have to say, I was
impressed by you today."
Deb blushed, "I... Thanks. I've been coming for about four or five
years. So yeah, I think some of the girls look at me as being a big
sister, not that I'm any older than them. I have to say though; I think
you are doing remarkably well; especially considering how recently you
came out to your parents. Mrs. Anderson, I would say that has a lot to
do with you and Mr. Anderson. Kelly is very lucky."
Kelly's mother said, "Thank you, we try."
Deb turning back to Kelly, took a pen and a small notepad out of her
purse. "Here, let me give you my e-mail."
Kelly said, "Thanks, here let me give you mine as well."
As Kelly and her mother got to the car, she looked at her mother and
said, "Mom... Thank you." Kelly held her mother tight.
"For what?"
"For accepting me. For loving me, no matter what. For giving me a
chance to grow and to never, ever giving me a reason to doubt that you
are there for me."
"That's what parents are supposed to do, honey."
"I know, mom. But too many don't."
Chapter 13
On the way home they chatted about the group meeting. When pressed,
Kelly refused to say what had happened to cause the commotion in the
session, telling her mother, it was a private matter for one of the
girls and she did not feel it was her place to say.
They were listening to her mother's favorite local oldies rock station.
When the song they were listening to ended, the local news update came
on. Neither of them were paying much attention until the announcer
said, "And a breaking story that has major consequences for the area.
Jones Industries announced today that it was closing down all operations
as a result of the current economic downturn. All 900 employees were
given their final paychecks this afternoon. Jones Industries is a
high-end manufacturer of luxury bath spas, and bathtub shells.
According to a spokesman, the company had an exclusive agreement with
hardware giant HardwareCentral, but as a result of the credit crunch,
and drops in home construction, HardwareCentral cancelled its contract.
Jones Industries had overleveraged itself in ramping up production
capabilities based on the estimated volume to fill the contract. With
the contract now voided, and no new markets, Jones has been forced to
close its doors."
Kelly's mother said, "oh my god. Half the community worked there."
"What is that going to mean?"
"I don't know honey. It will mean some tough times for a lot of people
in town. We already had a number of people having trouble, and adding
900 more people looking for work... It just is not a good situation.
Unemployment will help for a while, but eventually it will run out. I
suspect people are going to have to look elsewhere for work."
"John's father works for Jones, so does Meghan's."
"I know. John's mom has a good job though, so they may be ok.
Meghan's mom hasn't found a job since they moved here over the summer.
Now her dad is going to be out of work, that's not good."
They pulled into the driveway, and headed into the house.
Later that evening, Kelly was sitting in the family room with her
friends.
Meghan said, "I don't know what we are going to do. Dad was out of
work for quite a while before he got the job with Jones. We had to live
with my grandparents. Unemployment will help for a little while, but
it only goes so far. There just aren't any jobs around here, Mom has
been looking and hasn't even been able to get an interview."
John said, "Thank God that mom is doing ok, at least for now."
Sue gave John a hug and said, "I'm sure it will work out."
Kathy said, "All of those people. You know you hear about it, how many
people are losing their jobs around the country, but it is hard to
really get your head around. I can't even imagine what it is going to
be like around here."
Meghan said, "Mom and dad are already talking about moving back in with
my grandparents again. Dad says that paying the rent on the house,
just doesn't make sense when he could be out for a very long time."
Kelly said, "But that would mean you would move away. What about
school?"
"I guess I would have to transfer. I don't want to, I really like
Jefferson. It's a much better school system here." Meghan shook her
head, but then she said, "Look, can we not talk about it anymore. Let's
put the movie on and have a good time. Ok?"
Everyone nodded in agreement. They turned down the lights and put on
the movie. Julie and Kelly snuggled next to each other and settled in
to watch the movie.
The next morning, Kelly and her mother were sitting in the kitchen
having breakfast. Kelly said, "Mom, Meghan says that her parents are
talking about moving back in with her grandparents."
"I think there is going to be a lot of that kind of thing."
"She is going to have to transfer out of our school."
"They would move before the school year ended?"
"Probably. Her mom hasn't even been able to get an interview the whole
time they have been here. They don't think that they are going to be
able to get work and they don't think it makes sense to keep paying
rent, they are going to need every penny."
"That's too bad. Meghan is really nice and she seems to be doing so
well at Jefferson."
"She is. You know she is in the advanced program here. She says they
don't have anything like it at the school back where her grandparents
live. She is really disappointed about it."
"I didn?t know that, but it doesn't surprise me. What a waste, for her
to have to give that up."
"I was thinking the same thing. Mom, couldn't she stay with us? Is
there any way that we could have her live here and at least finish out
this year?"
"I doubt that her parents would want to leave her here."
"We could ask."
"Kelly, 900 people lost their jobs yesterday, we can't take all of them
in."
"I know mom, I just... Meghan has been such a good friend to me and she
works so hard. I..."
"Let me discuss it with your dad."
Chapter 14
At school the next day, Kelly pulled Meghan aside and said, "Can I talk
to you, in private?"
"Sure."
"I spoke with my parents last night."
"Yeah?"
"I know how hard you have been working and that you are pretty upset
that you might have to transfer schools."
Meghan frowned, "I don't think I have a whole lot of choice. They are
pretty much resigned to needing to do it. They are going to lose the
security deposit, but we just don't have much in savings. We need to
keep our expenses down to a minimum."
"Would you be interested in staying with us?"
Meghan said, "What do you mean? We may not have everything your family
has, but we are a family and we stick together!" She started to turn
away.
Kelly said, "Meghan, please wait. I don't think you understand. Your
family is great. I love your parents, they have been very nice to me
and they clearly love you and take very good care of you. It is
certainly not their fault that the economy is where it is; it is just
unfortunate that they have gotten caught up in it. People everywhere
are struggling. But I also know that you are doing so well in the
advanced program and that it is just plain not fair for you to have to
give it up. You have worked so hard at it and are doing so well. It
just isn't fair!"
Meghan turned back and said, "You're angry."
"Damn right I'm angry. You are one of my best friends! It's really not
fair. Look, we aren't trying to replace your family; we could never do
that. I'm not suggesting that you abandon your family or anything like
that. If it was just a matter of switching schools and you were going
to go to a similar program there, I would miss you, but understand. But
I know how important it was to you to get into this program and this is
the only way I can think of that can let you stay in the program. At
least think about it. Talk to your parents and see what they think. It
might make it easier for them, because they won't have to worry about
having to pull you out of the program."
"That was really bothering them. Ok, I'll think about it and talk
about it with them. Thanks, I'm sorry for getting angry at you; I
should have realized you were just being a good friend."
Kelly reached over and gave her a quick hug, and said, "It?s ok. I
probably could have phrased it better from the start."
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