"Do you mind if..." Roy Dane bit his lower lip. The skinny teenager
was trying vainly to get the attention of the Music Mart manager. In
the throng of people jammed at the front counter, the boy was being too
meek. He was going to have to suck it up and be a bit more bold.
Roy took a deep breath and mustered up his courage.
"Could I, like, put this flyer up on your bulletin board?" The redhead
was practically shouting.
The air stood excruciatingly still for a brief moment. People turned to
gaze inquisitively at the young man. Roy felt his face flush red.
"Let me see what ya got," the bald manager said with a serious look on
his face.
"It's just a flyer. I'm trying to, like, start a band," the pale youth
said sheepishly.
The manager leaned his tall frame down to get a look at the flyer in the
much smaller guy's hands. He quickly surmised that it was just another
post of a teenager looking for other musicians. In this case, a drummer
and a bassist.
"Sure, not a problem," the manager nodded. "The bulletin board's in the
back. You know where it is?"
"Yes. I looked at it last week. I know where it is."
The redhead started towards the back of the store for a step. Then
turned.
"Thank you."
His voice was lost in the din of customers. Roy got the feeling the
manager really wasn't used to being thanked. Or, he just didn't care.
Roy walked past the displays of guitars and effects pedals, past the
bass rigs and into the section of Music Mart by the bathrooms. A large
bulletin board was arrayed with flyers that had been posted by musicians
looking for other musicians.
Roy's vivid green eyes scanned the flyers to see if there was anyone who
might by sympathetic with his particular musical vision.
The ghostly pale redhead didn't see anything that really grabbed his
attention. Some flyers even sounded like jokes.
There was one guy who was trying to form a band based on the music of
Three Days Grace, Three Doors Down, and Three Dog Night. The flyer
boldly stated that the band would be called Ultimate Trifecta.
Someone was also trying to fill the world's void for an Ugly Kid Joe
tribute band.
Looking around to make sure no one was watching, Roy quickly made a spot
on the board about average eye-level and tacked his flyer up. It looked
pretty good, if he did say so himself. He had printed it on parchment
style paper in an Old West looking font. It looked like a WANTED
poster. Roy had even used a cigarette lighter to burn the outside edges
of the paper to give it an aged, worn look. Surely, it would get
someone's attention.
There had to be a couple of guys his age who liked old school punk,
Pixies, and Rage Against The Machine.
Satisfied and hopeful, Roy headed back into the noisy showroom. A long,
tan figure seated in front of the bass rigs immediately captured his
attention. The blonde guy was about Roy's age and tall. His rangy legs
were sprawled out in front of him as he sat upon a Music Mart stool. In
his lap was a white Fender Jazz bass with a tortoise shell pick guard
and rosewood fingerboard. It was a sexy ass fucking bass. The kid had
good taste.
Roy meandered around the bass rigs and pretended to be checking them
out. In fact, he was trying to get a taste of the guy's playing- on the
sly. Roy felt like a musical ninja.
A pretty, but slightly overweight, brunette was plopped down on another
stool 'dangerously close' to the bassist. She was acting quite
proprietary towards him. Roy figured that it must be his girlfriend.
The blonde guy plugged the Jazz bass into a Gallien-Krueger rig, powered
up, and began twisting the knobs. Finding his sweet spot, the lanky
youth tossed back his mop-like mane of gold hair and launched into a
bottom end assault. The furious slapping and popping would have made
Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins proud.
"Where has this guy been all my life," Roy wondered.
A small crowd began to build around the bassist as his playing switched
form funk to a more mellow Jaco Pastorius groove. Obviously, Roy was
not the only one impressed.
"He's too freakin' good to be playing with me," the redhead lamented.
He shook his head and was soon outside in the parking lot. He rolled
down the car windows in his beat up, primer gray Olds Cutlass and let
the hot summer breeze wrap around him. As he drove away, hope again
became his paramount emotion.
"Somebody'll see that flyer," he thought. Encouraged, he headed into
the fading orange sunset.
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The next afternoon, Roy sat barefoot in the floor of his family's modest
bungalow. The windows of the living room were open to the warm air.
The sun was on the other side of the house, giving the scene a soft
glow. To the pale youth, this was close to Heaven.
He wore a sleeveless t-shirt and well worn blue jeans. Behind him were
the mountainous stacks of his Dad's vinyl record collection. Roy's dad,
Lester, had an encyclopedic knowledge of music and owned the wax to show
for it. The LP and 45's collection filled bookcases along the living
room walls and spilled into stacks upon the floor. A JVC turntable,
which had been state-of-the-art long before Roy was born, was the
centerpiece of a stereo component system next to the unused fireplace.
For a teenager who loved music, this was the place to be. Today, 'Cisco
Kid' by WAR swaggered muscularly from the speakers like a prowling
panther. Roy swayed and twisted his body to the music, lost in a ghetto
world from back in '72.
Or at least, as close as a skinny white kid could imagine.
Music had always been connected to sex and spirituality for Roy. As the
funk swirled all around him, he ran his hands over his body. The hot
breeze, the soft light, the redhead breathed deeply in sensual bliss.
He contemplated masturbating.
The ringing telephone in the kitchen was a nuisance. He tried to ignore
it. But, it was messing up his groove. A small lever on the turntable
lifted the needle from the record. Disgusted, Roy trod barefoot across
the rug onto the wood flooring. The kitchen phone was still ringing
when he got there.
"Hello," he said, trying to sound cheerful.
"Yeah, hey, man, I was, like, tying to get a hold of this dude, Roy,
about this flyer he put up at the Music Mart. Said he was lookin' for a
bassist."
The voice on the other end of the phone spoke a form of English.
Musicianspeak.
"Yeah, I'm Roy."
"Oh, hey, cool," the accent was pure hippy-trippy, sounding not unlike
Roy's father. "Man, I been playin' bass for a few years, dude, but I'm
only nineteen. I'm really pretty good."
"Oh, yeah. Cool. I'm nineteen, too. Um, do you have your own
equipment and stuff?"
"Yeah, dude, actually, I, like, just bought a bass yesterday, and shit,
man. A Fender American Jazz, dude. I'm pretty stoked about it."
"You just bought it yesterday? Like yesterday afternoon?"
"Yeah, man, it's all cool and shit. I can't put the fucker down and
shit, man."
"Is it white with a tortoise shell pick guard?"
"Dude, yeah, man, it is! Dude! How did you know that shit man. You're
like fuckin' Nostradamus or something, man."
"No, I think I saw you in there yesterday. You were with your
girlfriend. She's got dark hair. And you were playing through a
Gallien-Krueger head."
"Oh, yeah. Man, that was me. Dude, you were like trippin' me out and
shit. I didn't even know what to think about that shit, man."
The two youngsters shared a laugh. Roy didn't know about this kids
brain, but he seemed alright. Roy immediately liked him. And, the guy
definitely had mad skills on the bass.
"You're really fuckin' good. I mean, I've never heard anybody play like
that around here," Roy gushed.
"Hey, I appreciate it, man. It's what I want to do with my life, you
know. It's my passion," the bassist responded.
"I feel you. What's your name, by the way."
"Oh, I'm Lorne, dude. Lorne Sweet. It sounds like somethin' you put in
your coffee, I know. But, it's my name."
"Oh, no. It's cool. I've never met anybody named 'Lorne' before."
"Yeah, it's pretty different. Chicks dig it cuz it's 'unusual' or some
shit. So, yeah, I dig it."
The two went on to discuss music and the different ideas they had. They
seemed to connect on a lot of levels. Lorne was a big Rage Against The
Machine fan. Even though he thought the whole rock-rap thing was so
"2001." Eventually, the boys decided to meet up the next afternoon in
Lorne's basement. Lorne explained that he had a friend with his drum
kit set up there and that the 'dude' was 'pretty good.' Roy wondered
just exactly what that meant. If Lorne thought of himself as 'pretty
good' this kid might be the next John Bonham!
When Roy hung up the phone, he, too, could not have been more 'stoked.'
He marveled at his luck.
"Holy fuckin' shit, man! Holy fuckin' shit!"
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"Seriously. Is that your car? Tell me something... When the hamster
gets worn out running around the little wheel that makes the engine go,
do you keep a spare one in the trunk and just throw him in? Seriously.
I'm just kidding, guy. But, do you have a time machine so you can go
back and get parts for it. Seriously, though. It's a nice car. Sweet
paint job. Seriously."
"Man, dude, stop being such a dick!" Lorne protested his percussionist
friend's behavior. "Roy, dude, just punch that fucker in the mouth.
About once a month, man, I gotta kick the shit outta that little fucker
to get him to shut up. But, he always forgets it. And, I gotta do it
again. Just punch him."
"Just punch him," the drummer mocked in a whiny girly voice. The short
boy turned to Roy. Atop his head was a mop of dark hair under a
backwards baseball cap. "I'm just busting your balls, guy. I'm Sean.
Sean Robinson. But, everybody calls me Pokey. That really is kind of a
sweet Olds."
Pokey stuck out his hand. Roy shook it and introduced himself.
"Pokey's a little private school bitch. That fucker doesn't get caught
doing anything," Lorne groaned. "So, is your gear in the trunk?"
"Yeah."
"Well, let's grab it, dude."
The three boys extracted Roy's gear from the trunk of the Cutlass. It
wasn't hard to tell that Roy and Pokey's worlds existed in different tax
brackets. Parked behind Pokey's red BMW, the beat up Oldsmobile did
look like a piece of junk. But, it was Roy's piece of junk and he loved
it, anyway.
Roy grabbed the tweed case that housed his vintage, black Fender Mustang
with a white pick guard. Lorne lifted the Fender Frontman 2x12 amp.
And, Pokey carried the cardboard box containing Roy's effects pedals.
Lorne's home was a spacious suburban two-story. His mom had decorated
it nicely. Lorne led them to the stairway leading down to the basement.
As they walked down a long hallway, Roy noticed several pictures of a
stunning blonde hung on the wall. The photos looked quite professional.
"Who's this?" The redhead asked.
"Oh, that's my sister, Katie," Lorne replied. "She's a model."
"She's hot!" Pokey added, enthusiastically.
"I'll shoot you for walkin' down the same side of the street, dude,"
Lorne barked. "Little perv."
Behind Lorne's back, Pokey looked at Roy and grinned impishly. Roy
remained impassive.
At the bottom of a short staircase was the basement. Lorne sat the amp
down and pointed out a power strip hooked up to a nearby outlet.
Setting up his equipment, Roy looked around and surveyed his new
surroundings.
The walls of the basement were bare cinder block. Discarded exercise
equipment sat against one wall of the large room. Pokey's drums sat
opposite. He had a green Yamaha kit with three rack toms and a
collection of Zildjian and Sabian cymbals. Lorne's bass rig was by the
drum kit. The bassist had the same model Gallien-Krueger rig that he
was playing through at Music Mart- only this head powered a full 8x10
speaker cabinet. His new Fender bass sat in a stand next to the amp.
Pokey went directly behind his kit and started pounding out random,
disjointed beats. He was joined by Lorne, who strapped on his bass and
began hammering out riffs that started well, but then quickly went
nowhere.
The two teenagers were somewhat in sync. At least they were on the same
page.
"This is just some stuff we've been working on," Lorne yelled above the
clatter.
Roy listened as he connected his effects. Hell, he couldn't help but
listen. Both these guys had outstanding chops. What really stood out
to him, though, was that the riffs were meaningless. They rocked. That
was certain. But, they never repeated. They just led to another riff
that only led to another and then another... and on and on. It would
have to be up to Roy to organize the sonic chaos into some structure
that made sense- into an actual song.
The dynamic duo stopped pounding away long enough for Roy to tune his
guitar to Lorne's bass. Well, stopped in a way- Pokey continued to
disrupt the silence with a thwack or rat-a-tat-tat. It was an annoying
habit.
Finally tuned, Roy offered a suggestion.
"Give me that first riff you did. The one that had kind of a Flyleaf
feel to it."
"You mean this one?"
Lorne began to pump it out.
"Yeeeeah, that's the one," the redheaded guitarist drawled. "Keep that
up."
Pokey joined in on the toms. The combination was quite sinister.
Roy had kicked off his shoes. His bare foot tapped his Arbiter Fuzz
Face to life. His guitar exploded into the riff with a roar.
Pokey tore at the cymbals. Lorne greatly widened his stance and threw
his head back and forth in time. This music was sinewy. This was
powerful.
"Alright, bring it down now," Roy shouted.
The others dropped their intensity as the distorted guitar fell silent.
"Yeah! I like it!" Roy approved. He kicked on his Electro-Harmonix
Small Stone chorus and began swirling shimmering chords around the main
riff.
"Dude! That is fuckin' awesome!" Lorne yelled with gusto.
The trio continued the pattern of soft/hard/soft/hard until the skeletal
outline of a song began to take shape. After about fifteen minutes of
primordial jamming. They slammed to a halt.
"That is the fuckin' SHIT, DUDE!" Lorne was beside himself with
excitement.
Roy was breathing hard and trembling.
"I'm fuckin' shaking! Look at me! I'm shaking!"
"Gentlemen, we are onto something," Pokey stood up from his drum throne.
"My fuckin' arm hairs are standing up. I'm serious. I have goose
bumps. That was BEYOND good. BEYOND!"
Lorne could not hold back his admiration for Roy.
"Dude, that shit has never sounded so good, man. You are the shit!
We've been sayin' all along, man, that all we need is that third, man.
That third. And, you are it, man! You are the glue, dude. The glue
that holds it all together. The fuckin' GLUE!"
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Two days later the boys were back in Lorne's basement hammering out what
had now become the core of the song 'Worldshaker.'
Roy stepped up to a mic stand and started belting improvised lyrics over
the verse riff into a Shure SM58 microphone. Previously, Lorne had the
mic just kicking around in his bedroom. Now, it was being put to good
use.
As the boys played, Lorne's girlfriend, Ashley, sat in a lawn chair
bobbing her head to the groove. A satisfied smile stretched across her
chubby face. Approval flashed in her dark brown eyes.
The newly formed band slammed to a halt and began their usual salvo of
'fuck' and 'shit' as they complimented their own effort.
Ashley joined the choir of praise.
"That was really good," the pudgy brunette gushed. "You guys ROCK!"
Roy wiped the light glaze of sweat from his brow. He soaked up the
compliment but said nothing. A slight smile formed on his lips. They
were good. And, he knew it.
"Let's take five, fellas. I gotta drain my lizard," Lorne said.
"Yeah, that's a good idea," Roy agreed. He laughed. "I'm working up a
sweat, here."
The redhead grabbed a bottled water off of his amp and sprawled out on
the basement floor. His sleeveless black 'Ramones' t-shirt was damp
with perspiration. He wore black 'Chucks' Converse low-top tenny shoes
with no socks and tattered cut off denim shorts that came to his knee.
He tucked one foot under his thigh.
Pokey sat behind the drum kit checking the text messages on his cell
phone.
Ashley had a naturally outgoing personality and little, if any,
trepidation. She basically said whatever was on her mind.
"You have got the prettiest green eyes," the pudgy girl commented
looking at Roy. "I don't think I've ever seen eyes that bright green
before."
"Oh, yeah. Thanks," Roy replied. Both my parents have green eyes. I
think I came out having extra green or something."
"Well, it works for you," Ashley said. "So, do you have a girlfriend?"
"Nah. No girlfriend," the redhead answered, somewhat embarrassed.
"That'll change after you start playing places," the girl surmised.
"So, how long have you and Lorne been going out," Roy said in hopes of
changing the focus of the conversation off the null set which was his
love life.
"Eighteen months," Ashley answered with no hesitation. It always amazed
Roy how girls knew exactly how long a relationship had lasted. He bet
that Ashley had the whole thing timed down to the minute.
"We went to the same high school," she continued. "We hung out with all
the same people and one night it just happened."
"I see," Roy nodded. He did not want her to elaborate on what 'just
happened' meant. That seemed to go without saying.
Lorne came back quickly and unfolded another lawn chair and sat down
next to his girl. Ashley immediately sucked onto the tall blonde like a
leech and began to kiss his cheek.
"C'mon. Lay off, will ya," Lorne said, obviously uncomfortable with the
display.
Ashley appeared undeterred and stopped kissing her beau but kept a good
hold on him. She was draped on his arm and shoulder like a blanket.
"What the heck is that statue in the corner," Roy asked as he pointed to
the almost three foot high stone torso in the corner of the basement.
The headless and armless form was cut off at the thighs. It was
obviously supposed to represent a woman's body. The breasts stuck out
dramatically and the hips and buttocks were quite exaggerated. "I
didn't notice that last time we jammed."
"Nah, that's some new thing my mom picked up," Lorne informed him. "It
cost like two grand or some shit. So, my mom is hiding it down here
from my dad until she can work on him some."
"So she can fuck him until he won't get mad," Ashley cooed.
"I don't want to think about it," Lorne looked squeamish. "I don't want
to know."
Roy had seen Lorne's mother earlier that afternoon. She was a
strikingly tall and leggy blonde. Lorne's sister, Katie, came from good
stock. Roy could understand how sex with her could deflect a man's
anger.
"Look at the tits on it!" Pokey laughed coming out from behind his kit.
He clutched the ample stone bosoms in his hands and began groping them.
"You little perv," Lorne barked. "Don't you fuckin' break that thing or
it'll be your ass."
"Yeah, and talk about asses!" The drummer shifted his hands to the
buttocks of the statue.
"Leave it alone, Ex Lax!" Lorne started to stand.
Pokey instantly moved his hands form the stone statue and Lorne sat back
down.
"It's built just like me," Ashley said delightedly. The brunette
shoved her own large bust forward to draw attention to the resemblance.
Roy had to agree. The comparison was appropriate. With her prominent
breasts and big round ass, Ashley's plump body and the statue had a
remarkably similar figure.
"That thing gives me the creeps, though, dude," Lorne said
uncomfortably. "I wish she'd go ahead and put it somewhere else."
"Well, I like it," Pokey smiled broadly, still ogling the voluptuous
sculpture.
Roy sensed that it was time to change the subject.
"Have you guys thought about band names?"
"Full Bleed," Pokey offered without hesitation. "That is just a wicked
name.
"I'd like to call it Severed," Lorne countered. "Or, Severed Heads. I
don't know, something. I just like the word 'severed.'"
Roy thought for a moment. He didn't like either of the ideas at all.
He didn't see himself as being much of a severed and bleeding kind of
guy.
"Well, we can think about it for awhile," the redhead said offering no
emotion. "I think it's important that we choose a name that fits us and
that won't limit us to one type of music. And, I would like to have
female fans, too. I don't know how many we'd have if they thought we
were a death metal band."
"What about Severed Angels," Lorne asked. "Chicks'd dig that, I bet."
"I like it," Ashley nodded. She would have agreed with anything Lorne
offered.
"That's not bad," Roy lied. He still didn't like it. "We've got time
to think about it before we do a show. Let's just try and pick
something that we think will maximize our popularity and bring about the
most success."
"Yeah, I'll do anything to be a success. I want them dollar signs."
Pokey began to wave his hands around as if he were holding money in a
rap video.
"Yeah, there's nothing I wouldn't to do make my living playing music,"
Lorne stated.
"Agreed. I'll do anything it takes." Roy lifted his bottled water.
"To our success."
The other three teens lifted imaginary glasses.
"To our success."
As the three talked, a sugary sweet odor came to their nostrils. It
began to overpower the room.
"What is that smell," Ashley asked and looked all around.
"What the fuck's coming out of that thing?" Lorne rose to his feet and
sounded genuinely frightened. A look of bewilderment and fear showed in
his eyes.
Roy followed his gaze to the stone figure in the corner. Astoundingly,
a bright pink smoke was pouring out of the feminine figure. Pokey
jumped back in terror. Lorne started towards it but stopped short,
engulfed by the pink cloud swirling around him. Coughing, he began to
fan the air with his hands. The pink smoke filled the room and
enveloped the four teens. Lorne and Pokey slumped to the concrete
floor. Ashley lost consciousness seated in the lawn chair. Roy tried
to crawl before he, too, succumbed to the overwhelming vapor.
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Just how long they were out, none of them could guess. They awoke
disoriented. Roy looked up to see Ashley's head lolling from side to
side as she fought to regain her senses.
"What the fuck is wrong with me!"
Roy heard a girl's voice cry out in panic.
"Oh, fuck! Oh, fuck!"
Roy raised up and saw a tall young woman with a mane of golden locks
cascading onto her slim shoulders. The girl had on a pair of extremely
short cut-off jeans that showed off her long, tanned legs. Her light
blue tank top was tight, though there was not a bust underneath to press
it outwards. Her feet were bare and quite large, but they were tapered
and pretty. Her big brown eyes were wide from fear as she looked down
at her body.
"Lorne?" Roy wondered aloud. What the fuck did just happen to his new
found friend?
Roy sat up. Her long red hair brushed her face. She felt the modest
breasts on her chest shift. Her own pretty green eyes practically
pooped out of her head as she looked down. Roy had tits! They weren't
huge. But, they were definitely tits. And, she was wearing a bra.
What the fuck?
The white ink of her Ramones t-shirt had changed to pink- so had the
black of her Chuck Taylor Converse. Roy was awestruck and panicked.
She sat in the floor making squeaking sounds as she examined herself.
Her shorts were still knee-length and tattered. But, the calves that
proceeded from them were now completely hairless. Roy's fingernails
were still short. But, they were now painted with fingernail polish and
alternated from black to pink with each nail.
"Aaaaaaaahhhh! Whhhhhoooooaaaaaa!" Pokey was trying to stand. The
drummer was holding onto the railing of the stairs that led out of the
basement. She was squealing and yelping as she struggled to remain on
her feet. She was still wearing a yellow sleeveless t-shirt with tight
black jeans and a pair of plaid 'Chucks.' But, her body had become
extraordinarily scrawny. The petite brunette was only about five foot
one and rail thin. She was not completely shapeless, however. Two
conspicuous C cup breasts pressed outwards from her skinny ribcage. The
mop of dark brown hair beneath her backwards, red baseball cap had not
changed
"I'm a chick!" Lorne screamed. "Ashley, help me! I'm a chick! How
did this happen? How?"
Ashley had fallen to her knees in the floor and was desperately crawling
to her 'boyfriend.' She grabbed the tall blonde's shoulders but was at
a loss as to how to provide any comfort.
"I don't know, baby," she said. "I don't know. Maybe we're dreaming.
Maybe we're fixing to wake up."
"It was this thing!" Pokey pointed at the voluptuous torso in the
corner.
"That pink fog!" Roy was shocked by the high-pitched sound of her
feminine voice. "What the fuck is that thing?"
"Look what it's done to me! Look what it's done!" Pokey began to
cackle maniacally like Dwight Frye's Renfield from the 1931 movie
version of 'Dracula.' She backed against the wall next to the torso and
started groping the fleshy bumps upon her transformed chest.
Roy tried to clear her head. She took in deep gulps of air and tried to
shake the confusion. There had to be an explanation for this.
Although, at the present one seemed unfathomable.
"The Picture of Dorian Gray," she yelped. Her confused mind had latched
onto a possible answer.
"What the hell?" Lorne squealed.
"It's an old movie about a guy who made a wish in front of this Egyptian
statue. The wish came true."
"I didn't wish for this," Lorne yelped.
Roy's mind groped for words.
"No-no-no," she stammered. "But, what were we talking about before that
thing started pumping out all that pink shit? What were we saying?"
"You were all saying that you'd do anything to be successful," Ashley
exclaimed. She sat holding Lorne while caressing the girl's delicate
cheek.
"That's right," the bassist remembered. "That fuckin' thing did this to
us! I'm gonna fuckin' smash it!"
The tall blonde shot to her feet and ran towards the stone torso. She
started to clutch it by the thighs as if to lift the statue from the
floor. The young bassist had barely made contact with the surface when
she was suddenly thrown back on her ass.
"That fuckin' thing shocked me!" She screamed. "I'm gonna kill it!
Where's my fuckin' bat!"
Lorne frantically looked around. Her large brown eyes spotted an
aluminum baseball bat. The leggy girl seized it in a rush.
"You're history, motherfucker!"
Lorne took aim at the statue and drew back the bat for a downward
strike.
"Aaaaaaahhhhh-oooooooowwww!" She dropped the bat to the floor as her
empty hands swung. "The fuckin' bat shocked me. The fuckin' bat!"
Ashley and Roy sprang to their feet and positioned themselves between
Lorne and the statue. Ashley clutched the girl's arm. Roy put her
hands on Lorne's chest for a split second before she felt the bassist's
small breasts enclosed by a brassiere. She drew her hands back in a
flash as if she had been shocked, as well.
"Easy, baby. Take it easy. We'll figure something out," Ashley tried
to calm the enraged teenager.
"Yeah, I don't think it's going to let you hurt it," Roy reasoned.
"Look at them," Pokey exclaimed behind them. "Look at them!"
The brown eyed brunette had lifted her shirt and bra and was bouncing
her sizeable breasts all around. She was obviously enthralled by the
sensations of her new mammary glands.
"I got boobs! I got boobs! I like them!" The drummers tits were
flopping about wildly.
"I don't want to see 'em," Lorne protested. "Stop being a little perv!"
Roy looked down her own breasts. The green eyed redhead fought the urge
to lift her t-shirt and bounce them. She knew that must feel good.
"We've got to think about this," Roy tried to be pragmatic. "Let's all
chill out for a minute and try to look at what's going on."
"Sit down, baby," Ashley pulled Lorne to the lawn chairs. "Let's try to
figure it out."
Pokey continued to bounce and fondle her chest ornaments. It didn't
appear she would have much to offer the discussion.
Roy sat back down on the floor and took a swig of water. She took a
deep breath before starting.
"Alright, we're chicks. There's no doubt about that."
"No fuckin' doubt," Lorne said sharply.
"What time does your mom get home?"
"About five thirty," Lorne answered.
"What time is it now?"
Ashley retrieved her cell phone.
"Four ten."
"That's over an hour," Roy sighed. "Okay, let's just ride this out
until your mom gets home."
"What can she do?" Lorne whined.
"I don't know. She's an adult. Or a grown up. I don't know. She
bought the thing, maybe she knows something about it that can help us."
"I can't stay like this for an hour," Lorne moaned. "This is horrible!"
"It's not that bad," Ashley shot back defensively.
"Not for you. You were born this way. Ah, listen to me. This way.
I'm gonna go nuts!"
"Well, I'm hungry," Pokey declared pulling her top and bra back down.
"I don't know about you guys but I'm going to Burger King."
"You're what! You can't go out like that!" Lorne was mortified.
"Why not? She goes out 'like that' all the time." Pokey pointed at
Ashley. "It doesn't kill her."
"Burger King does sound good," Ashley cooed. "Take me to Burger King."
The plump brunette snuggled up to Lorne and nuzzled the blonde's neck.
"I think you two are taking this all a little too well," the bassist
protested. "I'm not going anywhere!"
Roy's stomach was beginning to growl. The redheaded guitarist had not
had anything to eat all day. Although, she had had plenty to drink.
Roy came to the horrifying realization that she needed to pee.
"Maybe you can bring us something back," Roy suggested.
"Oh, no! If you want Burger King, you're going to have to go with me,"
Pokey smiled impishly.
"Fuck it. Fuck it all to Hell." Lorne rose to her full height of
almost six feet. "I aint scared. Let's fuckin' go to Burger King. To
Hell with 'em all."
Roy stood up and spoke.
"I, uh, I have to use the bathroom."
"Oh, shit," Lorne said in a soft voice. The bassist was also horrified
at the prospect of having to urinate with female genitalia. She
swallowed hard. "I'll show you where it is."
The four young women climbed the stairs out of the basement. Lorne led
them down the hallway that went into the kitchen. As they walked, she
noticed something different about the photographs hanging on the wall.
"Fuck. Look at these pictures," she whispered. "I'm a chick in every
one of them."
The teenagers stood and look at the framed photographs. Indeed in every
one that contained Lorne, the once male image had been transformed into
a female. Family photos showed the smiling faces of Mom, Dad, and their
two daughters- not a son and a daughter. One Halloween pic showed Katie
dressed as a fairy princess and right there by her side was her younger
sibling. Only the cowboy costume that Lorne had worn that year was now
a cowgirl costume- complete with a fringed skirt and a pink bandana.
Lorne's long curly hair was pulled back behind her ears.
"This could be worse than I thought," the bassist groaned.
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"You don't notice anything different about me? Anything at all?"
Roy Dane stood in the middle of her kitchen imploring her parents to
remember that she had once been male.
"Well, honey. Hmm. No, I'm not seeing it. Not seeing it at all."
Lester Dane shook his head. "Am I missing something, Carolyn?"
"No," his wife said squinting her eyes. "You going to have to help us,
sweetie, what are we looking for."
"The name Roy doesn't mean anything to you? Roy Dane?"
"That's your grandfather's name, princess. You know that." Her father
was confused.
"You didn't name ME that? That's not MY name?" Roy pleaded.
"Roy's a boy's name, sweetheart," Lester stated. "Your name is Roxy.
Roxy Dane."
"Oh heavens, Lester! I think she's on drugs!" Carolyn stood from the
small kitchen table and grabbed her daughter's shoulders. "Oh, honey,
we'll get you some help. We'll do whatever it takes."
"Mom! I'm not on drugs!"
On the way to Burger King earlier that afternoon, the teenager
discovered that her driver's license had been completely modified to
reflect her new gender. Her birth date and address were the same, but
her height and weight were lowered to match her new feminine stature.
Her photo I.D. now bore her female face. But, what had been the most
disturbing was the alteration of her name. Roy Lee Dane had become Roxy
Lee Dane. It was as if his old self had never existed!
"I'm not on drugs," I just think I'm starting my period," the guitarist
groaned and clutched her abdomen.
"Oh, honey, why don't you go lie down." Carolyn's face was now a mask
of sympathy.
Lester rapidly forced his attention on the newspaper in his hands.
"Yeah, I think I'll do that," the teenager said softly. "I think I need
to lie down."
As the girl walked to her bedroom, she came to a realization. You could
get out of just about anything if you played the 'period' card. She was
surprised at how quickly it came to her lips. She hadn't even had a
period, yet.
Yet.
The thought struck her like a blow to the gut. If something didn't
happen soon, menstruation was a part of womanhood she would inevitably
have to deal with.
Quietly, the pale teen opened the closet in the middle of the hallway.
She grabbed the photo album that contained her baby pictures and plucked
it from a shelf. She went into her bedroom and breathed deeply.
Looking around, even her room had changed. Sure, there were the same
posters of her favorite bands on the walls. But, there was a makeup
table in the corner. A large, white stuffed bear that looked ancient
and worn lay on the violet bedspread next to pink pillows. Big metallic
pink and purple balloons that were deflating hung limply tied to the
corner of her footboard. A glittery poster that proclaimed the words
'Girl Power' was on the wall over her headboard.
"Oh, great," she sighed.
She plopped down on the bed and took a deep breath. Steadying herself,
she opened the photo album. It was just as she suspected. Every
picture of Roy had been somehow transformed into a picture of Roxy. All
the school pics, all the vacations, all of them. It was exactly the
same as what had taken place with Lorne.
"That is one powerful little statue," she sighed. "What am I going to
do?"
The teenager fell backwards and lay upon her bed. In seconds, she had
passed out from the exhaustion and anxiety of the day's events.
When she awoke, she looked at the glowing numerals on the bedside clock.
Two hours had passed. The sky outside had grown black. She could hear
the faint sound of Fleetwood Mac's Tusk LP coming from the living room.
It was one of her mom's favorites.
Slowly, she sat upright. The weight on her chest shifted again. In the
bathroom of Lorne Sweet's house, the redhead had lifted her shirt and
bra long enough to get a good look at her B cup breasts. If Roy had
seen them on a girl, he would have been impressed, even turned on. They
were well shaped- kind of like fat bananas. They looked just huge to
her. Though in reality, she knew they weren't. The nipples and areolas
on them were a vivid shade of pink and quite prominent. They were the
kind of puffy nipples that guys just loved to suck.
When she had urinated with her vagina for the first time, she was uneasy
to say the least. It was actually a relief to her that the function was
pretty much the same as when she was a guy. The fact the she was seated
did make her feel emasculated. And to look down and see a hole where
her dick and balls used to be had caused her tremendous distress. She
had performed the process of wiping her pussy lips free of urine as if
she was afraid to touch them. Now, she had to pee again.
She went to the bathroom. This time the act did not cause her near as
much stress. She wiped and flushed without a problem. Alone in her
room once again, curiosity finally overtook the former male. Just what
exactly was this new body of hers all about?
She shut the bedroom door and clicked on a girly lamp upon the
nightstand. There was a full length mirror hanging on the back of her
door. The redhead examined herself at length for the first time.
Her girl face didn't look drastically different from her boy face. She
actually looked like the female twin of her former male self. Something
inside her was pleased that she made such an attractive girl. Her long
hair was bright orange like a carrot. The glossy locks shimmered even
in the soft lamplight. Her hair was perfectly straight and fell well
past her shoulders, framing her cute face. She had nice lips without
being super full. Her green eyes were still remarkably vivid.
Although, somehow, they looked a little larger on her now. Her face was
a bit rounder and softer. Her jaw line was definitely not as strong or
square as it had been. Her cheeks seemed plumper and were not near as
hard, either. Her nose was smaller and more delicate. It was like a
Barbie doll nose with a little upwards turn at the end. A smattering of
freckles lay across the bridge and spilled onto her cheeks. She had
become quite pretty.
The girl sighed. The moment of truth had arrived. It seemed
unavoidable since the beginning of this bizarre experience. She grasped
the hem of her Ramones shirt and lifted the garment up and over her
head. She had a little difficulty extracting her long hair from the
neck hole. It made her feel a bit dumb. She should have been a little
more thoughtful or that wouldn't have happened. She tossed her shirt
onto the bed. With a little knot welling up in her stomach, the redhead
reached behind her back and undid the clasp of a bra that she had never
actually put on. Instinctively, she hunched her shoulders forwards and
removed the straps from her slight shoulders. Doing so caused her plump
breasts to fall out of the cups that had housed them.
She stood in front of the full-length mirror topless for the first time.
Her breasts did look like fat bananas. They had an upwards turn just
like her nose. The big pink areolas stood out from her breasts like
separate mounds. Her nipples stuck out like a nursing mother. She
could not help but began bouncing on her heels, causing her new
mammaries to boing around and jiggle on her chest.
Boing, boing, boing.
She began shaking them from side to side. It did feel good- better even
than she had expected. She was thrilled. For the first time, a smile
crossed the girl's lips.
"My boobs!"
She reached up and cupped them. Turning sideways, she lifted them and
looked at her profile.
"Wow, these ARE some nice ones!"
The teen began to fondle them and pull on her big nipples. A line of
electricity shot down to her new sex.
In a flash, she unbuttoned her long denim shorts and jerked them to the
ground. She stepped out of her light yellow bikini panties and stood
butt naked staring at her reflection. Her paper white body was not
ruebenesque like Ashley's. But, her hips were quite wide. In fact, she
looked a bit bottom heavy in her opinion. Her new vulva looked fat,
pink, and inviting. If she had still been a boy, she was certain that
she would have had a hard on looking at it. Her dark orange pubic hair
was shaved into a 'racing stripe.' No, out of control bush for her.
She turned around and contorted to get a good look at her butt. Wow.
It looked gigantic- way bigger than it had been. Gigantic was an
overestimation. But, it was a substantial booty. The plumped up globes
of her ass were broad and round and swelled dramatically. It was the
kind of ass that made heads turn. The redhead felt an inexplicable
pride in her new feminine backside.
She smiled at the mirror. Her whole body was softer and fleshier. Her
tummy had a slight pooch. Her thighs were full. Her little feet were
gorgeous. Her toenails matched the pink and black of her fingernails.
All in all, she was pretty damn hot!
The teen felt a rush of happiness that surprised her. She continued
groping her new boobs and lay back on the bed. Her right hand went down
between her thighs and her middle finger found her new clit. A feeling
of excitement washed over her unlike any she had ever felt. Her breath
grew quick. For several minutes, she furiously squeezed her banana tits
and fiddled her bean until the first female orgasm of her life exploded
within her. Waves and waves of pleasure coursed through her body.
Her breathing grew soft. She pulled the bedspread over her naked body.
In seconds, Roxy had fallen back into a light slumber.
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"I can't believe this shit," Lorna Sweet said sitting behind the
steering wheel of her black Ford Mustang. "I didn't know anything like
this was even possible."
"Your parents didn't think anything was different. They kept calling
you 'Lorna' like they'd been doing it your whole life. That was really
weird. And, how all those pictures changed... I know this isn't what
you want to hear, but I have a feeling there's no going back." Ashley
sat in the passenger seat next to her 'boyfriend.' Or, at least, the
person that had been her boyfriend.
They were parked behind the old McKesson warehouse. They had the
windows down and the sound of insects resonated in the early twilight.
The river rolled past lazily in front of them just past a small dune.
The air was warm with a light, hot breeze.
"This is the worst thing ever," Lorna groaned. "I have to sit down to
take a fuckin' piss!"
"Oh, suck it up!" Ashley shook her head mockingly. "I've had to sit
down to pee my whole life. You'll get used to it."
"I don't wanna get used to it! I want my fuckin' dork back!"
"I think you look hot," Ashley cooed and put her mouth in Lorna's ear.
She breathed into it and bit the blonde's earlobe. "Why don't I help
you get used to it a little faster?"
"Smashley, don't. Cut it out. I'm too freaked out for..."
Lorna's protests were weak. Ashley felt the tall bassist's body shudder
and she licked her ear. Lorne had never been able to resist the
sexually assertive brunette's 'attentions.' Why should Lorna be any
different?
"Those legs are sooooo long." Ashley began to caress Lorna's thighs.
"You're one sexy bitch."
Lorna offered no resistance when she felt Ashley's tongue shoot into her
mouth. She melted when Ashley's left hand cupped her cheek as the
brunette's right hand pawed at her vagina through her denim cut-offs.
Ashley loved the feeling of kissing her lover's newly feminized face.
Her cheeks were so smooth and touchable. Her lips were so soft and
kissable. This was like a Katy Perry song!
Ashley kissed down Lorna's neck and her hands found the hem of the tall
blonde's tank top. She lifted the shirt over Lorna's miniscule tits and
then popped the bra over them with a quick motion. Damn! Lorna was
flat as a fritter, but her areolas were huge! They were easily as big
as Ashley's and she wore a DD cup. Ashley's brown eyes grew wide at the
sight.
"Holy shit, mamacita!" Ashley laughed as she gripped the saucer-like
areolas and began to titty twist them roughly.
Lorna moaned softly. Her own brown eyes rolled back in her head. She
began to writhe in her seat.
"Come over here," Ashley instructed, laying the passenger seat all the
way back.
Lorna climbed over the center console and Ashley forced the girl onto
her back. Ashley looked around and scanned for onlookers. There were
none. She pulled Lorna's top off then reached around and deftly removed
the girl's brassiere.
Lorna lay topless and watched as Ashley unleashed her own massive
hooters. The brunette tossed her top into the backseat and leaned
forward to undo her bra. Her heavy breasts swung free. With unabashed
glee, Ashley thrust her nipples into Lorna's. The blonde felt the big
glands smoosh against her chest. Ashley proceeded to grind her breasts
into Lorna's.
"I like that," the brunette whispered. "Do you like it?"
"Yes," Lorna breathed softly. Her eyes had closed.
"I thought you would," Ashley said teasingly. She began to French kiss
her lover again.
When she knew Lorna had past the point of rescue, Ashley unbuttoned the
bassist's cut-offs and slid them down those long, tapered thighs.
Lorna was barefoot. Her feet were damn long. But, they were thin and
sexy as shit. Ashley felt proud when the former male actually helped
pull off her own pink and white panties.
Ashley took position in the floorboard between Lorna's legs. The blonde
had one foot in the driver's floorboard and one foot out the window-
naked as the day HE was born. Although, the 'he' that lingered was
vanishing by the second. Ashley paused and drank in the sight of the
tall, tan blonde splayed out before her. Hot was the only way to
describe the girl. Lorna's head was tossed back, her nipples and
enormous areolas lay on her chest like fried eggs. The blonde's bald
pussy was covered with the foamy glaze of excitement. Ashley knew her
'girlfriend' was turned on. That thought sent her over the edge.
She had never been face first in another woman's vajayjay before. But,
there is a first time for everything. And, this was it. There was no
use in being a wuss about it. So, Ashley dove right in. She parted
Lorna's inner lips and found the erect clitoris just inside.
"Damn, it's popping out like a little finger. She must be beyond turned
on!"
Ashley started lapping at the stiff protrusion like a dog. She swirled
her tongue around it. She licked it up and down and side to side. The
brunette worked Lorna's love button like only another woman can. In
seconds, the blonde's tan ass was bucking and coming up off the car
seat.
"You like it. You like being a girl."
"Oh, Smashley don't stop. Don't stop."
"Just a sec..."
The brunette paused long enough to remove her lower garments. She knelt
in the floorboard completely naked. Her big boobs and huge ass were out
there to see for anyone who might happen by. She drove her face back
into the wet hole and started licking again. Her right hand worked her
own clit as she ministered to Lorna's with her mouth. The odor of
Lorna's dank pussy was intoxicating. Ashley loved the smell. She felt
Lorna's body stiffen.
"Smashley! Oh, fuckin' shit!" Lorna's body jerked. Spasms gripped her
vagina. Her legs stiffened. The feeling of her first female orgasm
blew the tall bassist's mind and shattered the last remnant of her male
psyche.
Between her legs, Ashley experienced a first as well- her first orgasm
with a face full of clam.
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"I had six orgasms last night," Pokey Robinson exclaimed. Beneath her
backwards ball cap, her blue eyes were heavily rimmed with dark makeup.
"Six!"
"Do we have to listen to this?" Lorna protested. She was donning her
Fender bass and lifting her hair out from under the shoulder strap. "I
didn't want to hear about your perverted guy shit and don't want to hear
about your perverted chick shit."
"You finger fucked yourself last night. Don't lie."
Lorna remained silent.
"I did," Roxy said, smiling wryly. "I couldn't help it. It's just
right there! You know?"
"Well, for your information, I didn't have to," Lorne said smugly. "I
had someone to do that for me."
"No, shit," Pokey marveled. "You and Smashley lezzed out last night,
didn't you? You two lezzed the fuck out."
Lorna smiled broadly. Her face was long and thin and her eyes big and
brown. Her face was free of any makeup. But, two small earrings
punctuated her lobes. A toe ring now rested upon the second toe of her
left foot. She was barefoot once again and clad in a pair of Daisy Duke
cut-offs. Her cardinal colored t-shirt was sleeveless and bore the
single word STANFORD upon it in white ink.
"So, you're a couple of fuckin' lezbos now," Pokey laughed. "Just what
is the world coming to?"
"Well, I'm glad you guys decided to go ahead and jam today," Roxy said
flipping on the power to her amplifier. "I didn't know what was going
to happen after yesterday."
"Guys? Seriously. Do we look like a couple of 'guys' to you?" Pokey
cupped her boobs and shoved them upwards.
"Well, not exactly. Not at all, actually." Roxy giggled. "But, it's
just a figure of speech."
"Hey, this happened after we all said we'd do anything to be
successful," Lorna said. "So, I think we can reasonably assume that
this tuning into chicks thing is, like, a guarantee that the band is
going to be successful."
"Reasonably assume," Pokey repeated. "Seriously. Listen to the brain
on this big bitch."
"It's the Stanford shirt," Roxy joked.
"Gotta be," Pokey agreed. "Gotta be the Stanford shirt.
"Well, Miss Stanford... Are you ready to ROCK?" Roxy asked, putting on
her game face and swaggering up to the mic with all the machisma she
could muster.
Lorna threw her long legs wide and leaned back. Her Fender Jazz was
slung low.
"Oh, yeah. Let's do the fuckin' thing."
"'Killer Dreams.' Count us in, Poke."
"One, two, three, FOUR!"
The band erupted like a nuclear blast.
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Two months later the three girls were standing onstage at 'The Dungeon'
one of the more popular rock venues in town. They had landed their
first gig opening for another young local act 'Buzzkill.' The room had
about eighty fans standing at the foot of the stage. The band's parents
were seated together at a table near the back of the room.
"Man, look at me. I'm shakin'" Lorna held out her hand with her back
turned towards the crowd. Roxy could see the bassist's long fingers
trembling.
The redhead was nervous as a cat herself. But, she could not let it
show. She motioned for the others to lean into an impromptu huddle over
Pokey's toms.
"Hey, this is a practice. No different. We're going to do -up here-
what we do everyday in the basement. Alright?" The redhead's voice was
calm authoritative. It masked the butterflies swirling around in her
stomach. "Alright. You ready?"
Lorna nodded.
"You ready."
"Oh, yeah," Pokey answered.
"Alright, girls. Fast and loose. Just like practice."
She stepped up to the mic.
"Hey, everybody. Thanks for coming out. We're The Pink Slits. And,
um, this is our little dog and pony show. We hope you like it."
She turned to her comrades-in-arms.
"'Worldshaker.' Poke count us in."
"One, two, three, FOUR."
The nervousness turned to manic energy as the band tore into their
opening riff.
Not looking at the crowd, Lorna threw her long bare legs wide and tossed
her golden mane around like a whirlwind. The blackened soles of her
naked feet lifted and fell to the beat as she rocked out.
Pokey kept her head down. The top of her red ball cap and the mop of
dark hair underneath was all that was visible of her head. Her
drumsticks were flashes as she pounded away on her kit.
Decked out in her long shorts and pink Chucks, Roxy had on a sleeveless,
bright green tee that had 'Sparky's Carwash' printed on the front in
pink. Her face was heavily made up. Her sparkling green eyes were
rimmed in thick black. Her mouth was painted a dark crimson. Her
makeup looked sloppily applied. Heroin chic.
With a muscular salvo blasting from her Fender Mustang and micced up
2x12, Roxy pursed her lips into a snarl and stalked up to the
microphone.
"You can try...
But, you'll never know me.
You can try...
But, you'll never own me.
I'm a worldshaker.
You can't handle me.
I'm a worldshaker.
Baby, you can't compete."
In forty-two minutes there were eighty new, young Pink Slit fans
whooting and stomping- hungry for more.
It was not a good first gig. It was a triumph. More like a conquering.
The Pink Slits were now officially on the scene. In a big way.
The band was euphoric.
Kids swarmed the trio, patting them on the backs and lavishing praise on
the young musicians. Ashley practically squeezed the breath out of
Lorna from sheer exultation. Girls were coming up to Roxy and gushing.
Guys were telling her that she was 'so hot.' The guitarist from
Buzzkill threw his arms around Pokey and declared her the 'female
Bonham.'
They had to pull themselves away from the adoring mob to pack up their
gear.
The booking agent for The Dungeon was all about having the band back for
a festival next month. He said they could have a gig 'anytime, anytime
at all.'
Lorna's parents said the money they had shelled out for equipment and
lessons was 'money well spent.' They doted on their daughter. Lorna's
sister Katie was truly stunning in person. She looked just like a
younger version of their mom.
Pokey's parents seemed indifferent and left without much fanfare.
Roxy's dad was in a state of shock.
"I had no idea. No idea. I came here expecting to tell you it'd be
okay. You know. I expected to be supportive if you guys fell flat on
your face. But, I just had no idea. No idea you'd be that good."
Her mom was reserved in her praise.
"Well, I didn't understand a lot of it. But, I could tell you all had
worked very hard. It was very loud. But, you three certainly had a lot
of energy."
Roxy understood. Slam bang music wasn't her mom's deal. And, nothing
was going to diminish the elation the redhead felt this night. She
grabbed a bottled water from the bar that sat opposite the stage. The
older, stoic employee tending bar leaned towards her.
"I've seen 'em come and go, young lady. You're going to be big. You've
got what Elvis had."
"Thank you. I appreciate it."
The man's hand shot out.
"Bill Davis."
She shook his hand.
"Roxy Dane. Nice to meet you."
"Can I get you to sign this for me?" The man held out a Dungeon up-and-
coming gigs flyer that had The Pink Slits show listed among many others
for that month.
"Sure."
Roxy took the black magic marker from him and signed her name in big
letters across the flyer, just under the name of the band.
"Thank you, Roxy."
"You're welcome, Bill. My pleasure."
Bill Davis held up the flyer as she walked off.
"This'll be worth a lot of money someday."
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The gigs got bigger. The crowds got bigger. The Pink Slits began
headlining every bill they were on. The only thing that had not gotten
bigger was the money. That was still practically nonexistent. Roxy got
a part time job at the SONIC to save up for a Marshall half-stack
amplifier. The job mostly sucked. But, she liked her boss, Marvin. He
was a cool guy. Plus, he gave her time off without a hassle whenever
she had a gig.
The red Sonic shirt and black pants made her feel like a dork. She
hated the visor and nametag. But, the roller skates were the worst.
There was something about skating out to a car full of ogling guys that
made the former boy feel completely emasculated. Roxy convinced herself
it was 'paying dues' and that one day it would all be worth it.
It was almost the end of a long shift one evening when she skated out an
order to a white pickup truck.
"Hey- Roxy," the young man said reading her nametag. He wore a navy
ball cap and had longish, wavy black hair. His thick Southern accent
told her that he was not from around these parts. He took his food from
her. "My name's Glenn. What all y'all do for fun around here besides
serve up hamburgers."
"I wouldn't know," Roxy said, a little embarrassed. She shifted from
one foot to the other upon her skates. "I mostly just play music."
"Play music?" The boy's eyes twinkled blue. "You mean like on your
iPod or what?"
"No, I mean, I'm in a band," Roxy clarified.
"A band? No shit," the young man said, surprised. He handed her a ten
dollar bill for a six dollar order. "You, like, play in front of people
and all that?"
"Sure. Once or twice a month."
"So, what do you do? Sing?"
"I sing and play guitar."
"What's the name of your band/"
"The Pink Slits."
"No shit? Well, alright. I might just might have to come and check
y'all out sometime. Y'all got any shows coming up?"
"This weekend. At a place called Pirate's Roost. It's a beer bar.
But, I'm not twenty-one, yet."
"Oh, well that's cool. I'm twenty-one. I'm sure they'll let me in, if
they ain't too proud."
Roxy smiled. The guy was cocky. But, he was sort of charming. She
felt her cheeks flush red. She lowered her head to hide that fact and
started to fumble for his change. She was obviously struggling. Her
whole brain was discombobulated.
"Why don't you just give me back a dollar and we'll call it even. I
feel like showering money on a pretty girl tonight."
Roxy felt relieved. She knew that she was coming across as a massive
dork. She handed him one dollar. She liked that he found her pretty.
It bothered her that she liked it.
"Thank you," she said meekly as she handed him the bill.
"I tell you what... Let me get your telephone number and you can give
me directions to this here Pirate's Roof or whatever it is."
"Pirate's Roost," Roxy laughed.
"Pirate's Roost," the male repeated. "Pirate's Roost. Now, I've got to
find out what the Hell that means..."
Roxy's face was beaming red as she smiled at him, seated in his high
pickup truck.
"Now, lay them digits on me, sugar." The charming Southerner had
scooped up an ink pen and was holding the Sonic receipt against his
steering wheel.
"555-9018.," Roxy said clearly.
"555-9018," the young man repeated as he wrote. "Well, lookie here. I
got your phone number."
He held the receipt up for her to see.
"Ain't I special." The blue-eyed male flashed a broad, confident smile.
"I'll be sure to use this. You take care now. You hear?"
"You too," Roxy said, demurely returning his smile. The girl's face was
beet red. Her stomach was in knots. The wheels of her skates churned
upon the pavement as she began to roll away.
The truck roared to life.
"Hey, Roxy," the guy called out after her. She wheeled around to face
him. The toe stop on her right skate brought her to a halt. "What's my
name?"
"Glenn," she yelled above the engine. The name tasted good in her
mouth.
The young male had an ear-to-ear, shit-eating grin as he backed out of
his space and sped off.
Fifteen minutes later, Roxy clocked out and started walking to her
Cutlass. Free at last. She wanted to take a shower and get to bed.
Her little feet hurt from being on skates for so long. She took out her
cell phone to call Lorna and make sure practice was on for Thursday.
Before she could do that, a text message chimed in.
It was from Glenn.
"what time u get off work"
"why do you want 2 know"
"bored could use some company."
"where r u"
"uncle's house stayin here til I get a place of my own want 2 meet
me at walmart ???"
Roxy stared at her cell phone for a couple of seconds. Another message
chimed in.
"i wont bite"
She didn't know why she was doing this. She had gotten kind of used to
guys hitting on her the last couple of months. But, she wasn't
interested in any of them, to say the least. After all, she wasn't
really a girl. It did not matter what the mirror or her driver's
license or anyone said. She'd play the game and wear the makeup and
preen around like a rocker chick. But, it was all an act. She was
still a male deep down. Even after having two menstrual periods, she
was not going to just give in and forget who she really was- not like
her bandmates had.
Pokey jumped right in and embraced womanhood with gusto. She fucked
somebody from almost every band they gigged with. Sometimes, she even
did two at once. She had started calling their gigs 'Pokey's Fuck and
Suck Tour.' It was nasty. She bragged about being the one in the band
on birth control. Roxy figured she was getting back at her parents for
a bad childhood. Turning her vagina into a urinal didn't seem like the
way to go about doing it.
Lorna and Ashley were committed to their now lesbian relationship. They
couldn't get enough of each other. The two of them fucked like rabbits
any chance they got. Ashley had bought a double-sided dildo so they
could 'grind' as she liked to call it. Lorna resisted any thought of
going back to being male. She got visibly anxious at the thought of it.
She would get really defensive and try to dismiss the possibility by
saying something like, It'll never happen. That's all in the past.
Forget about that shit."
Of all the personalities involved, Roxy would have thought Lorna would
have been the longest hold out. But, that's not the way it went down.
Score one for the guitar player.
"what time u get off?"
"off now"
"cool meet me at walmart across from u"
"when"
"ill b there in five minutes"
"ill b there in ten"
"cool"
Roxy shook her head. Why was she leading this guy on? She shouldn't be
doing this. It wasn't fair to him. She'd tell him how to get to
Pirate's Roost and then explain that she has a boyfriend and needs to
get home. It was a lie. But, it would be better in the long run to
just get rid of him. Maybe he would get the hint and not come to her
gig. Thinking about all of it made her nervous.
She sat in her Oldsmobile and looked in the rearview mirror at her hair.
It was a mess. Her Sonic visor had left a big indention in her red
locks where it pressed into her head. She looked awful. Why were there
suddenly such dark circles underneath her eyes? Crap. She had to fix
this.
Roxy retrieved a hairbrush from her purse and leaned out the door of her
Cutlass. She bent down and started vigorously brushing her long hair in
lengthy strokes. After a long while, she sat upright. Her hair,
refreshed, spilled onto her shoulders. She checked it out in the
mirror.
"Not great. But, it's better."
She quickly went to work on her face. Concealer under her eyes. Powder
all over. Why was she so pale? She brushed a small dash of rouge onto
her cheeks. She applied a coat of lipstick and smacked her lips
together. Ugh. She looked like Casper. Casper with lipstick. Was she
the only girl in town without a tan? She had to get out in the sun
more.
Oh, well. Time to go over and get rid of the Southern bohunk. This
will take five minutes. Tops.
She pulled out of the Sonic and drove across the boulevard to the
sprawling Wal-Mart parking lot. As she rounded the corner past the Taco
Bell, the big white truck sitting at the top section of the parking lot
was impossible to miss. Roxy pointed the nose of her Oldsmobile that
direction.
Glenn was seated upon his downed tailgate with one leg hanging and one
leg bent at the knee so his foot rested on the tailgate with him. One
arm was draped over his knee. The other lay across the side panel of
his truck. He wore a tight brown t-shirt and crisp new denim jeans with
black tenny shoes. He smiled broadly when he saw Roxy. He raised his
hand and put two fingers to the brim of his cap and gave her a sly
salute. She came to a stop sideways across the back of his truck. She
left her engine running. Her driver's side window was open to him.
"I'm glad you came," he drawled.
"Won't they kick you out of here if you loiter?"
"Nah. I know that ol'boy that drives the little security cart thing.
He just drives by and waves at me."
Roxy looked over and saw the yellow light flashing atop the small
security vehicle making a sweep through the lot.
"You get away with a lot, don't you?"
"Everything I can," he flashed that cocky shit-eating grin again. He
raised his palms upwards and gazed up at the black sky as he spoke. "I
like being out here. Makes me feel like I'm king of the world. The
lights are too bright to see many stars. I can name all the
con