I posted this story before on a different webpage years ago. I thought I
would try to fix it a little bit here and there and see if anyone likes
it before I continue with the story. Enjoy.
I, Rock Star
By Rian James
Hello there. My name is Mrs. Danika James. Some of you may know me from
the Hollywood scene. I'm a pretty famous nowadays. I'm an actress and
have starred in many movies. I also have a rock n roll band. We are
always in the top 10 music charts. We are in all the papers, celebrity
television shows and commercial ads. More or less... everywhere. You can't
turn on a TV or flip through a magazine without seeing one of our faces.
Or maybe you know me because of Vander. Thats all part of my story. I
don't want to get too far ahead of myself.
Life right now is great. And I never thought it could be this good. It
wasn't bad before too. I just never thought that this is what my life
would have become. Maybe I should explain. Let me tell you a story.
See you might say, "So what!" "So you're a rich and famous actress." "So
you have a great family." Well besides all that. What if I told you that
I used to be James Daniel. Yes Mr. James Daniel. I was at one time a
man. A well known man. A famous man. I was an actor and the lead singer
and guitarist of the band 'Happy Mistake'.
Let's go back to the very beginning of my story. I was 16 going on 17
when we started the band. It was me, my brother Brad on drums, Johnny on
bass and Mitch on lead guitar. Mitch, Johnny and I were in high school
together. While Brad, was in college. We were pretty good if I do say so
myself. And the other kids at school liked us too. I was really popular
in school. And it was all due to the music. It wasn't until I found the
guitar. The guitar made me popular. The music made me who I am. I had
girls throwing themselves at me all the time. It was amazing! The years
before the band, I was nothing. Never given a second look from the
girls. I seem to stop growing at 5'5" and weighed almost nothing. I
wasn't very smart in school, but not stupid. I just didn't want to be
there. I had bullies. Oh did I have bullies. It's just the way the leaf
falls. If you are small the bigger will push you around.
I was too small and skinny for sports, depending on which one I was
trying out for. But then I wasn't really into sports. I tried out for a
lot of them, cause I wanted to make my dad proud. He loved watching
sports and enjoyed watching my brother play when he was in high school.
I couldn't hit a baseball. My basketball shot sucked. And I just got my
brains knocked around playing football. I was a sport let down.
So I thought I would try my hand at acting. The drama class didn't
really think I had what it took to be a great nor good actor. They said
I didn't have the look or skills to act. They said I could help
backstage if I wanted to. I passed.
All this letdown, make me a shy kid. I became a loner. I when to school,
came home, watched TV and then went to bed. And did it all again the
next day.
Then it all began to change for me. One day after school I was walking
to the buses to go home when I heard some amazing rock music coming from
down the hall. I walked towards the sound. I found a class room with
about six kids. There was one kid in the middle of the room jamming on a
guitar. I looked in and started to watch like the rest of the kids in
the class were doing. As I was looking on, a teacher walked up beside
me.
"Can I help you?" the teacher asked.
"Um...no, I was just watching."
"You're welcome to join us if you like."
"Sure if that's alright," I said.
I walked in and sat down in the back of the room. When the kid was done
playing the song everyone clapped. Four of the kids that were just
listening got up and left saying their goodbyes and see ya laters. Then
the teacher asked me to come to the front of the classroom.
"What's your name son?"
"Um...James...James Daniel."
"Did you like what your heard?"
"Sure did...um...Mr....?"
"Mr. Scott. I'm the music teacher of the school. This is our guitar
class. Every Wednesday and Friday we meet to learn guitar or bass."
"That's really cool. I wish I knew how to play."
"Problem solved," he said.
"What?"
"You are in the right place. You want to learn guitar?"
"Really? Sure."
Mr. Scott and I walked over to the two remaining kids in the room. "Let
me introduce you to Mr. Adams."
The kid got up and shook my hand.
"You can call me Mitch," he said as he pointed to the other kid in the
room. "And this is Johnny Ryan."
It was onwards from there. I begged my Dad for a guitar. And since he
realized he wasn't going to be going to see me play any sports, he got
me a guitar. I went to every class to learn the guitar. After a while I
got pretty good. Mitch and I became friends and decided to start a band.
I would play guitar, Mitch would play lead guitar and Johnny said he
would like to play bass. But we still needed a drummer. That's when I
remembered my brother played drums in a band before. He was going to a
local collage so he lived close by. I asked him to join. He wasn't
really enjoying college so to which he said, "Sure...why not." We each
tried singing and found that I had a good voice. I thought it was good,
but to my surprise, the rest of the band thought it was great. When
choosing the name of the band we had writer's block. Then I said "Well
it was a happy mistake that I found the class room with you guys in
it....so why not Happy Mistake?" The band liked it!
After that, each day at school got better and better. The other kids
heard we were in a band and that's all they wanted to talk about.
Everyone including the bullies wanted to hear the band. Happy Mistake
was on everyone's tongues. We had our first show at one of the many
school dances. During one of our breaks I meet this girl named Sandra.
She told me how much she loved the band. I wasn't use to girls talking
to me. It was completely new to me. She took me to an empty class room
where she showed me what I have been missing before becoming popular. I
had never felt anything so amazing. And within minutes it was over and I
was back on stage singing. It was like this the rest of my school year.
We would play at all the parties and even the prom. I had so many girls
wanting to go out with me during the time that I lost count. I became,
for lack of words, a player. And it was all because I was the lead
singer of a band. No matter what I said. No matter what I did. No matter
that I was the same height or smaller than some of these girls. I was a
chick magnet.
After high school I didn't know if I should go to college or what. I
didn't really want to, but I didn't know what to do next. That's when I
got the phone call from Johnny.
"Hey man what's up?"
"Dude, Jimmy we got a huge gig tonight." My friends called me Jimmy
instead of James.
"Oh yeah... how huge?" I laughed.
"Well I meet this guy at the mall today." Johnny works at Entertain Me a
local CD store in the mall.
"He said his name is Richard Roberts. He is with Main*Star Records. I
gave him one of our demo cds."
"Oh shit...really"
"He said he will give it a listen, because that was the same way he
found Powerfist."
"He discovered Powerfist in a mall?" Powerfist is one of the top selling
alt rock groups out there. They always have the top selling records and
play huge arena shows.
"That's what he told me. He left the store with the cd and like a hour
later he came back and said he played the cd in his limo and really like
it."
"Yes...but what about this huge gig?"
"He said that Powerfist is playing a show tonight and he would like us
to be the opening act for Powerfist's opening act. If he likes what he
hears live we can record another demo in a professional recording
studio. If he likes that, he will sign us."
"Hell Yeah!!! That's amazing!"
Ok now. Let me fast forward some. The bullet points. We played the gig.
We rocked the house. Mr. Roberts got us into the studio. We recorded
three songs. He loved all of them. After that we were signed to a 3
record deal with Main*Star Records. College... bye bye!
Happy Mistake was on their way. Our album call "You Make It Better" came
out 6 months later and went to number 5 in the charts its first week.
Our video was on MTV all the time. Our songs were being played in movies
and television shows. We were hot! Quickly our album climbed the chart
to become #1. I thought I got a lot of pussy in high school. Now I was
getting it from everywhere! The girls were yelling out our names. The
guys wanted to be us. All of this and I was still the little skinny guy
from high school. Not one thing about me has changed. Only that now I
was a famous and selling records worldwide. Everything was going great.
Because of the music, different opportunities started to come our way.
We became the spoken people for BubblePop Bubble Gum. Mitch got his own
signature brand guitar made. Johnny got a signature bass made and Brad
got to meet Cindy Lynn Richards. A famous fashion model. A girl he had a
crush on for like two years. Everyone was on cloud nine. I even got a
chance to do some acting. I got a small role in a movie just because I
was now famous and in a band with a hit record. It was called "A Kiss
Forgotten," staring Rachel Cosgrove. I was in love with her. I remember
seeing her make-up commercials and her movies before and just wanted to
meet her. Now here I was starting in a movie with her. It was awesome!
During the movie we became friendly. Then, very friendly. By the end of
the five months we were boyfriend and girlfriend. I was in love for
real. Not just a crush on a celeb. Love. After the movie the band did
some touring across America and then China and then somewhere else...then
somewhere else and on and on. We were in some many places I don't even
remember the names. During this time Rachel came to some of the shows
here and there. The band and I did press and photo shoots and everything
else that comes with touring. It was hard work but not that hard.
I was now 18 going on 19. It felt like it was years since we were just
finished with high school. I was 18 when we were signed to the contract
and now I will be 19. But it felt longer. Mr. Roberts got us a producer
named Mickey Winstone. He told us that we were still huge, so we should
start working on another album right away. And that is just what we did.
We took a vacation of sort. The whole band and our girlfriends took off.
We all went to New York. It was a vacation slash job. We world relax and
have some fun. And write some new music. We were there for about 3-4
months. We had 13 good tracks. Our 2nd album was called "Another
Mistake" and was in the stores 1 month later. This time that album went
straight to number 1. We were on cloud nine once again. The TV shows
started calling again. The fans were all over the place. Rachel went to
work on another movie, while the band went touring again. Once we were
done, we had some down time. We each had time to do as we pleased. I got
another movie role and the rest of the band took vacations. Brad did
something that I didn't think he planned on. Brad and Cindy Lynn, who he
was still dating, were out in Miami, hanging out at the beaches. Then
out of nowhere he asked her to marry him. Her answer... yes. The wedding
would be after the 3rd album was out and we were done touring for it.
Then we could take as much time as we wanted cause we wouldn't be under
contract anymore.
Now we come to the part where my life took a huge left turn. Changed in
a way I didn't think was possible. Now that I had fame it was hard to go
anywhere to be alone. When the movie I was filming rapped. I made up my
mind to go up to the mountains to get away. My dad had a cabin in
Denver. It was winter time and I thought it would be nice to get away.
We would demo our third album there. But first I thought I would invite
Rachel up and spend a couple of days with just me and her. She said
sure, but she had three more days of filming left then she would be
right up. I got myself there on Monday morning. It was cold as hell. I
rented a car and drove to the cabin. It was a mile or two away from
anyone. So peaceful. I decided to write some new songs. I wrote a song
called "Maybe Baby (I Was Wrong)". To me it was one of my best songs I
ever wrote. I couldn't wait for the band to hear it. When I was done I
made a fire and watched some TV. The next day I didn't really do much. I
called the rest of the band to see how they were and reminded them about
coming up in a 5 days to start working on the third Happy Mistake album.
I was about to start writing some more tunes, when I ran out of paper.
It was going on 6pm. I thought I would drive to town. Get some more
paper, some food to cook for Rachel when she gets in tomorrow and some
more wood for the fire.
When I got to town I walked passed a jewelry store. I saw this huge
ring. It made me think about Brad and Cindy Lynn. Then I started to
think about me and Rachel. Maybe I should ask her when she gets here to
be my wife. It was the perfect setting for getting on my knee. Maybe she
would like to become Mrs. Rachel Daniels. That's it. I went into the
store and got her the ring. Tomorrow I will ask her to marry me. I got
into my car and began to drive home.
Then the left turn happened. The roads were slippery with ice and there
were a lot of turns up the mountain so it was hard to drive, but I could
handle it. But what I could not handle was...other drivers. While I was
making a turn, unknown to me there was another car coming around the
other side of the mountain. As I turned the corner his truck slid and
drove into my lane. We slammed into each other. His truck slid into mine
knocking me off the road and down a long hill of trees. His truck kept
sliding and went off the side as well. Both of us falling and flipping.
Pieces of the two breaking and flying passed each other. The last thing
I remember was a huge metal pile flying through front window as I
flipped upside down.
I woke up in a white room. Sore all over. But I felt like I have been
sleeping forever. I couldn't move. I felt like I was in some kind of a
dream. I tried to lift my arm but had no luck. I tried again. My finger
moved. Then, my thumb. Then I was able to get my elbow to bent and move
my arm. It was at this time Rachel walked into the room. She was holding
flowers, which she dropped the moment she saw me. She ran outta the room
yelling "He's...ahh... awake...she's awake!!!" Then a doctor and nurse came
running into the room with Rachel behind them.
"What's going on?" I asked. My voice sounded very soft and out of
breathe.
"It's alright James. I'm Dr. Blackwood."
"I don't care who you are. I just wanna know what's going on."
"It's alright James. They're here to help," Rachel said in her sweet
voice.
"Alright...alright," I said as I took in a deep breathe which felt heavy
on my lungs.
"James let me tell you what happen and why you're here. You are at
Johnson Blake Hospital in Denver. You have been here for some time."
Hospital I thought. What happened?
"A year ago you were on vacation in here in the mountains at your
father's cabin. Do you remember that?"
"I remember some. I was writing songs, waiting for Rachel to get there.
I remember going for a drive to town to get some supplies."
"Yes. On your return trip home there was an accident. There was a man
driving home drunk from a party. He hit your car and both of you were
driven off the side of the mountain. Your car flipped first and the
man's truck followed. The man broke his neck and died instantly. You
broke both your legs, your arms, some ribs, your nose, your jaw, some
fingers and well....um..."
"What is it doctor? Just tell me."
"The man was a construction worker coming home from a company party. His
truck had metal pipes and tools in it. When his truck started to flip
the back opened and the contents fell out. One pipe flew through your
front window driving strait into your groin as your car flipped upside
down. The pipe smashed your privates to nothing. Since you were upside
down your body fell out of the car's seat. When you fell, the pipe
ripped you more."
"No...this can't be."
"I'm sorry but it is all true. When you finally got to the hospital, we
did all we could but your privates, all of it, was completely gone."
"What do you mean finally?"
"When Rachel got there the next day you were not there. She got there
late and went to bed. When She woke and found you were still not home
she knew something must have been wrong. She called 911 and there was a
search for you."
"I'm so sorry," Rachel said as she ran from the room.
"One of the police found the skid marks on the mountain road and looking
into it they found you and your flipped car. They got you here but it
was so long since the accident happen and so cold out there that I could
not do much. I was hardly able to save your life. Besides all the broken
bones and blood loss, you also had frostbite. How you survived is
amazing!"
"So what the fuck is wrong with me?"
"James. We tried our best to help you. You were in a coma for the whole
year. We didn't know if you would even be able to talk or walk or
anything. We didn't know if you would even wake up from the coma."
I was in shock. But I had even more shock news coming.
"I had your Dad here, your band mates, Rachel and Cindy Lynn here. All
of them praying for you. We had to make a decision on your behalf. We
didn't know if you would ever wake but we still had to set your bones
and fix your nose and jaw and your privates so you could have some kind
of a life if you ever came to. Everyone notice that you would not be the
same man you once were if you wake. We thought it would be easier for
you to have a new life. Since it would be hard to go back to the music
and movie business looking the way you did."
"What are you trying to tell me doc?"
"We set your arms and legs back. We gave you a nose job, we fixed your
jaw, we had to cut and replace some skin where the frostbite was too
much...and...well...we gave you a way to still live a normal life."
"How's that doc...how the fu..."
"We gave you a vagina."
"A WHAT!?! I must be hearing you wrong."
"No I'm sorry. But we made you have the workings of a healthy woman. We
also put you on hormones. Since your privates are gone it was the
smartest thing we could do. Since you had money, we used the best of
everything we had. We used technology that has never been used before.
Your body was so weak and beaten that we found that giving you a new way
to live would be better for you."
"Tell me I'm still dreaming!"
"James, you are now 100% woman. We fixed you up, gave you a working
vagina, breasts, a new nose and jaw line that if more womanly. You will
never have to shave your face again, your voice is softer and we shaved
your adams apple, and you will have a period once a month unless..."
"WHAT THE...?" I said interrupting the doc.
"Uh....yes, we have a new technology that we tried out on you and it
worked. You will be able to live a normal life...if you choose as a
woman."
"I can't...I won't..I...I..."
"Listen James. No one will know that James Daniel has become a woman.
After we started the change we went to the press and told them the Mr.
Daniel had died due to his injuries."
"I'm dead!"
"The life you lived will not be laughed at. You will go down in history
as a great member of a fantastic band, an amazing actor and an all
around great man."
"What do I do now? I don't what this life. I would rather be dead. I
want the life I been living!"
"James it is up to you now what you do with this new life. We got you
new records and money. And we got you new ID and a place to live. We
found a way for you to continue to live. "
The doctor handed me my new social security card and driver's license. I
looked at them. It says my name is now Danika Rose James.
The doctor told me the name Danika James is my old name, James Daniel,
backwards of sort. One of the nurses came up with it. And my new middle
name Rose was from my mother. It was her middle name. The doctor told me
they would do some tests to made sure I was 100% ok, now that I was
awake. They got me an apartment to live in, back home in California till
I was ready to find my own place to live of my choice.
I was in the hospital for the next three days. I didn't move an inch.
All I could think about was the life I had. How it was gone now. How the
rest of the world thought I was dead. I was so sick with myself that I
didn't even look at my new body. I didn't even touch myself anywhere. I
didn't even scratch an itch if I had one. I was sick to my stomach. I
felt like crying.
After the days passed the doctor came in to tell me the final news.
"You are in good health. All the tests came back with great results. You
can leave the hospital today."
Rachel came into the room and said she would help me. She had some
clothes and shoes in her hands. I looked at her and saw the light blue
dress she was holding, white sandals and bra and panties.
"Rachel I love you...but I'm not wearing that stuff. No way, no how."
"Ok...I'm sorry...I'll be right back."
She came back in the room 10 minutes later, with a pair of jeans, a
black t-shirt, and the bra and panties.
"Where did you find the other clothes?" I asked as I looked at her and
then notice that she was now wearing the blue dress and the sandals.
"I changed into the clothes so you could wear my clothes. I want to help
you anyway I can."
"Thanks. I might look like a woman...hell I might be a woman, but I don't
wanna live a woman's life."
"Ok...but I think you should still wear this bra. You will need it trust
me. After a while you will thank me."
"Fine," I said.
For the first time I sat up from my bed. I could fell the weight of my
new breasts pull me forward. I took the bra from Rachel. The tag said
the bra was made for size B breasts. I put it on. Then I was handed the
panties. I didn't even look down as I put them on, But I did noticed how
well they fit. Then I threw the t-shirt on then the jeans. They felt
different. My butt was bigger and so were my hips.The jeans were very
tight fitting. It felt weird. I put on a pair of socks and then the
tennis shoes. They were light pink and white, but way better than the
sandals I saw Rachel wearing.
I noticed my hair was longer now too. It was down to the middle of my
back. They let it grow while I was in the coma. When Rachel saw that I
didn't want to wear women's clothes, she grabbed a hat in the hospital's
gift shop while I was getting dressed. I took it and threw it on.
Everything felt weird. The way my body moves. The way if felt when I
walked. The weight of my chest... everything.
We got in a cab and made our way towards the airport of fly back to
California. In the cab the cabby saw Rachel and knew who she was.
"I'm sorry to hear about your boyfriend...um...James Daniel. He was a great
singer."
"Thanks" Rachel said as she looked at me.
"I really like that song 'Shadows Cast'. It had a cool beat. Did you
know Daniel too Miss?" The cabby said as he looked at me in his rear
view mirror.
"Um...no, I never meet him," I said trying not to cry.
We made it to the airport. And the whole way from the front door to the
flight, people were going crazy over Rachel. I was push to the side. I
wasn't use to it. I felt like I was in high school again. Everyone knew
about me and Rachel. It was everywhere at one time or another. We were
the "it" couple. But now I was nothing. I was dead.
We got on our flight and I just slept the whole ride back to Cali. We
got back to town and into another cab towards my new home. As I walked
in there was a lot of my old things. The same paintings I had were
hanging on the wall. My old couch was there. So was my DVD collection. I
told Rachel I wanted to rest and go back to sleep. She gave me a kiss on
the cheek and said she was happy I was back with the living and left as
I made my way to my new bedroom. I walked over to the king size bed and
sat down. I threw off my shoes and jeans and got under the covers. I
balled. I cried myself to sleep. That night I had nightmare of the whole
accident.
Then next morning I woke to the doorbell going off. I got up most likely
looking like shit, but not really thinking about it. I have been so
digested with myself that I haven't even looked at myself in a mirror
yet...really. I had no real clue what has been done to me. Just what I
could see from looking down at myself. I didn't know if I was good
looking or a dog. Nor did I care. I was no long James so I didn't give a
shit about anything. I opened the front door. There standing in the hall
was the rest of Happy Mistake. Johnny's mouth was wide open. Total shock
on his face. Then I looked down at myself. I forgot that I was only
wearing a t-shirt and the panties... oh and that I was a woman now.
"Can we come in?" Brad asked.
"Ok," I said as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes.
"How are you Jimmy...um Danika?"
"Fuck you... don't call me that. The name is Jimmy still."
"Sorry buddy, I didn't know what to say. How do you feel?"
"I feel like a piece of dog shit. I feel nasty. I feel sick," I said as
I put my hand to my mouth. "I really do feel sick." I let out as I made
a run to the bathroom. After a couple minutes of throwing up I rose to
my feet. I walked over to the sink and washed the grossness from my
face. Then my eyes began to lie to me. I looked into the mirror for the
first time since "James died". I was amazed by what I saw. Still
thinking like the male I believed I was...I saw a knock out. I was more
than beautiful. I was a major hottie. I looked like a model I have seen
before in a magazine. I was a sexy girl. After that thought went to my
head I began to throw up again. Once I was finished round two, I
remembered what I looked like. I thought about what the guys must have
seen when I came to the door. Oh god. If I thought I looked amazing, I
could only picture Johnny's face again. I went to the closet to find
something to wear. There were rows and rows of women's clothes. I never
seen so many woman's clothes. From dresses to dress suits, from high
highs to boot heels. Everything a woman could ever want. Rows and rows
of pink and yellows. Reds and purples. Lace and polka dots. I looked in
the back of the closet and saw a couple of boxes that said James' old
clothes. I pulled the boxes out and searched through them. I found an
old t-shirt that felt tight in the chest area on me now and a pair of
sweat pants that were also tight on me in the thigh area. I found the
baseball cap I wore yesterday again and threw it on and walked back to
see the guys.
"Are you alright?" Mitch said looking at me.
"Um..if you mean am I alright, done throwing up...yes. If you mean am I
alright that I have a fucking pussy...then no...no I'm not alright."
"Well Jim we just wanted you to know that we are here for you if you
need us," Mitch said.
"Yeah you might not like life now, but you are still my brother," Brad
said looking at his feet.
"Thanks guys but I rather just be alone."
The guys got up and walked to the front door as I walked back to the
bedroom. As I was about to close the bedroom door I could hear Johnny
say "Damn she is hot. I can't believe that is Jimmy."
I started to feel sick again. I walked to the bathroom and stared into
the mirror.
"What the fuck. Why did they do this to me. How am I going live like
this? They didn't just turn me into an average woman. They turned me
into a wet dream. Mother fuckers!!!"
For the next month or so I did nothing but sleep, eat some and watch TV.
When someone called I didn't answer. When someone came to the door I
didn't open up. Then I got a slap in the face. I was watching the latest
entertainment show eating the last of the peanut butter I found in the
cabinet. I felt something wet. Something wet between my legs. I when to
the bathroom and pulled down my sweats. I found blood. "Blood? What the
fuck?" I was bleeding. Was something they did to be messed up? Did
something fall apart on me? Then I remembered the doctor said. I would
have periods just like a real woman, since that was what I was now, A
real woman. "FUCK!!" I ran back to the kitchen to find a phone. Next to
the phone was everyone's numbers. Who do I call? The doctor, Dad,
Rachel...who? I felt too weird calling my Dad about having a bleeding
snatch. I mean I haven't even seen him yet since this all went down.
And the doctor was in a different state, what could he really do? So
Rachel it was.
"Rachel...its James....can you help me?"
"What's wrong?"
"um...I'm bleeding...um there...."
"Oh....I'll be right over. Just stay calm and put a towel down where you
sit."
"Um, Thanks."
Rachel was over in about 20 minutes. The doorbell rang. I would finally
open up.
Rachel showed me and told me everything I needed to know about having a
period. Taught me the ways. When my little problem was solved we sat
down and got to talking about life.
"Besides having your first period... How have you been doing?"
"I've been ok. I've been trying to forget what I am now. Ignoring the
world."
"It's not that bad being a woman, Danika."
"It's James."
"No...it's Danika, James died. I know it's hard. But I learned the faster
you learn that the faster you can go back to living. I cried for you for
a long time. But once the doctor started your changes, I knew that James
had to go. I still cried for you but I knew you would have a new life to
live."
"But if I have to be Danika I don't wanna live."
"Have you even tried? Have you gone outside in the last month or so?"
"No. I have been in here. Hiding in the shadows."
"You can't say that you give up if you don't even try."
"Well what the fuck am I gonna do."
"Well the doctor said your voice is softer, but maybe you can still
sing. If you can, then you can reform Happy Mistake. The guys have been
doing side projects since the accident. Some have worked and some have
failed. Maybe they would like to reform the band with you."
"I don't know Rachel. That was my old life. I want it back, but it makes
me sad to think about how I can now."
"Just give it a try."
I started to sing the song 'Maybe Baby (I Was Wrong)' that I wrote in
the cabin.
"Maybe, baby I was wrong, I never thought It would take me so long.
Maybe, baby I can now see, That you are the only girl for me."
"See!!! That sounded great Dani."
"You think? I don't know."
"Well it was. I think you should get dress and we can go met up with the
band."
"Ok but I'm not wearing those clothes that they put in my closet."
"Dani, you have to. That is who you are now. If you do reform the band,
the record company will want you to be all the woman you can be. You
have to start. Take baby steps."
"Ok...but I need your help. I have no fucking clue what I'm doing with
anything."
"Ok, let's get started. Woman 101 begins today."
Rachel took my hand and we walked back to the bedroom. First thing was a
shower.
"You stink you know that girl? Like a pig in the mud."
"Yeah I haven't bathed since I've been home."
"Ok. Take a shower. You're very lucky. Besides all the repairing of your
body, the doctor made it so you never have to shave your face, armpits
or legs again. So all you have to worry about is cleaning your body up."
"Alright," I said. To think that I can never grow a beard again if I
wanted to, kinda sucked.
I did as she said. It was the first time I touched my new body. It
really creeped me out still. My breasts were so big. It was strange to
feel what it was like to have someone touch them even if it was me doing
the touching. I remembered when I was on tour and I would touch the
girl's boobs I meet backstage. It was like rubbing a couple of soft
melons. But now I reacted to what that touch felt like for the receiver.
When I came out I rapped a towel around my waist like I used to do. Then
I remember that was the old me and rapped the towel around my chest.
Then I came back into the bedroom were Rachel was sitting on the bed
waiting for me. The very first thing I saw was a pair of black panties
hanging from Rachel's finger. She told me to put them on. They weren't
just panties, no, they were thong panties. After I slipped them on she
sat me at my new vanity, and began to brush out my hair.
"You're gonna need a haircut darling."
Then came the makeup. She never touched it, because I did it all, but
she guided me through every step.
"I could do it for you, but you are going to have to learn sooner or
later. Sooner it is," she said.
I used powder that made my face look smooth and soft, then a light brown
eye shadow with plum over that, blended with a small sponge. The
eyeliner was black, and the liquid flowed onto my eyelids easily. Then a
deep red pencil to outline my lips. Then a bright red lipstick. I
remembered the taste of lipstick from kissing Rachel before, but it was
so much stronger having my lips fully done.
"Ok now what to wear? It's time you start to dress like a woman would
dress. You're lucky the doctor had your stomach stapled too,or you would
be really fat from all the food you have been eating since I'm guessing
you haven't worked out any since you been home. While I find something
for you to wear, put those on." Rachel said pointing at a pair of black
pantyhose she just threw on the bed.
"Really?" I asked.
She told me to roll them up and put my foot in and slide them up my
legs. She then gave me a black bra to put one. I had some trouble. I
wasn't used to putting them one on, only talking them off. And last time
I had one on, at the hospital, Rachel helped. When I had the bra on
Rachel gave me a black t-shirt. It was extremely tight. There was no way
of hiding my boobs in this. It was a plan black shirt, but written on
the front in pink it said "bebe". She handed me a blue jean skirt. It
came to about 5 inchs above my knees. I felt really exposed. It showed
an awful lot of leg. Once I had it on Rachel sat me back down at the
vanity. She brushed my blonde hair some more till she liked how it
looked. Rachel then took my hands and clipped my nails. They were pretty
long due to not taking care of them. Then once done she pained each one
red. My hand looked so different. So feminine. It was really scary. But
not the scariest part. She handed be a pair of black 3" heels. I was
scared to death of trying to walk in these.
"You will be wearing these a lot. They made your legs look hotter and
will drive the men crazy and insane."
"Hey, none of that...ever...that's is definitely where I draw the line. No
men.... Ever."
"Sorry," she said as she rolled her eyes. "We'll see," she said under
her breath.
Last she gave me a little perfume and some jewelry. The weight of the
huge silver hoop earrings had some getting use to.
When I was done Rachel helped me stand up and learn how to walk in the
heels. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to me. I thought I
was going to fall and break my neck. I took to it pretty quickly. That
scared the living shit out of me. Then we walked over to the full
mirror. That is when I finally saw Danika Rose James. I had to admit to
myself. I really was a knock out. Even hotter than when I was just in
the t-shirt and panties. I was drop dead gorgeous. To tell you the
truth, don't tell her, but I looked hotter than Rachel. I was about to
start crying cause that thought should have never been in my mind. It
was gross to think about. I was about to ball, when Rachel told me not
to mess up my makeup. I felt weird. It's the simplest word to explain
the feelings. I felt so feminine. So at war with my own image.
"Rachel I don't think I can do this. I don't want people to see me like
this. Everyone will talk and laugh."
"No they won't. No one knows you. You're not James Daniel. Your Danika
James. The hot new singer. The girls will be jealous and the guys will
be speechless. If you don't believe me, believe me when I say that I
think you look way hotter than me."
Rachel gave me a little black purse with my new id in it and we made our
way out into the world. I was so scared. The guys were all at Brad's
place which was 3 blocks from my new place. He has been living there
with Cindy Lynn. So instead of a cab Rachel said we should walk so I
could get some more practice in the heels. Every step I took felt
strange. The heels were killing my feet and I could feel the stockings,
but damn did my legs look good. My hips were swaying due to the heels.
And I was taking smaller steps with hopes of not falling. And the noise
they were making on the sidewalk was not pleasant to my ears. The wind
was blowing the cool breeze on my stocking cover legs and it felt so
good I must admit. In my mind I didn't want it to feel good. It just
felt so wrong. Men don't like wearing woman's clothes. They never would.
But it felt so nice. About half way there a car drove by and a guy
yelled out, "Hey baby dolls. Want a ride?"
"No thanks," I said.
"Are you sure you don't wanna give those pretty legs of yours a rest,
sweetheart?"
"No were good. Thanks anyways."
"Shot yourself toots."
God I hope we are almost there. About 3 minutes later we got to Brad's
place and rang the doorbell.
"Coming," I head a woman's voice. It must have been Cindy Lynn.
I was right.
"Oh hey Rachel. How you been? And who's you pretty friend?"
"Hey Cindy Lynn. I'm good. This here is Danika."
As Cindy Lynn's mouth drop strait to the floor she said, "Damn...you look
amazing. I would have never have guessed that was you James."
"Thanks...I guess. Can we come in?"
"Yeah, Yeah... get in here girls."
"Is Brad around?" I asked.
"Yeah he is in the game room with the guys watching a football game."
"Thanks," I said as I left to find them.
I walked back to the game room and found Brad, Johnny, Mitch and 3 other
guys I didn't know, watching one of the many Sunday football games. They
all had their backs towards me. Then one of the unknown guys turned and
saw me and let out a wolf whistle. All the heads in the room turned
around.
"Hi," is all I could say.
The 'wolf whistler' came over to me and put out his hand. I put out
mine. Thinking he was just going to shake my hand. Instead he took my
hand and kissed it.
"How may we help you, me lady?"
"I'm here to talk to the guys of Happy Mistake."
"Oh," he said with the saddest look I ever seen.
"Guys, call you excuse us for a moment," said Brad.
The three other guys got up and left the room and went to the kitchen.
While leaving the 'wolf whistler' stopped and turned back towards me.
"Before I go...what's your name?"
"Why?" I asked in a pissy way.
"Cause I wanna know the name of the girl I will be dreaming about
tonight."
Looking at him, feeling very ill, I said, "Danika."
"Nice to meet you Dani, I'll see you around," he said as he left me with
the band.
"Hi guys."
"Hello Jimmy...?" Mitch said.
"Its ok...you can call me Danika or Dani or I don't care...whatever the
fuck you want to call me."
"Ok Dani. What's up?"
I tried not to cry. Nerves were getting to me. I was shaking a little
bit and the heels were not helping.
"I don't want to live my life as a woman! I'm still Jimmy and this woman
shell that I am living in is not me. But it seems I have no real choice
in the matter. I have to try to live this new life. Or at least give it
a go. It's my second chance if you will. And if being a woman is how I
have to live then I guess, so be it. But I need some of my old life
back. I want to be in a rock band again, making great music. That was
what I enjoyed the most. I need it again. I need that peace of mind. I
want to know if you guys would like to reform Happy Mistake and try to
be my band mates again?"
"I'm in," Johnny said right away with no questioning, while Mitch joined
in with, "Me too."
"That leaves you Brad," I said looking at my brother.
"I don't know...I...of course I'm in," he said trying to play it up as a
joke by second guessing it. "I have been bored with everything else I
been doing," Brad said.
"Can you still sing?" Mitch asked.
"She can still sing...and she sounds incredible," Rachel said as she
entered the room.
"Great," I said with a sigh of relief.
"I don't think we should call ourselves Happy Mistake though," Johnny
said as he took a sip of his beer.
"Yeah..if we try to get signed, the record companies might find it weird
that we replace 'James' with a new signer," Brad said. "James, you
haven't seen the fans. You are like Lennon or Cobain. There are posters
of you everywhere."
"Well how about we call ourselves...'Another Mistake'," Mitch said as we
all shook our heads to say no.
"It's too close to the old name," said Brad. "Plus it was the title of
our second album."
"Let's just hold off on the band name for now," Johnny added. "Let's
make some music first and we can't worry about a name later.
We decided to start the next day. The sooner the better. The other guys
came back into the room and they all went right back into watching the
football game. I on the other hand still felt strange to be dressed so
feminine and with 3 unknown guys checking me out, it didn't help any. So
I made my way out of the room and went into the kitchen to talk with
Rachel and Cindy Lynn.
"Theirs our girl," Cindy Lynn said as she walked over and gave me a hug.
"I'm very proud of you," Rachel said as she too gave me a hug. As she
did, I could smell her perfume. It brought back so many memories of me
and her together. We were so close before my accident. I couldn't hold
back the tears. It was all getting to me and I think the hormones in my
body weren't helping me any. The clothes, the smells, the period...
everything.
"Are you ok?" Rachel said.
"No...it's so hard. I still have feelings for you. I still see you as my
girlfriend. But I know we can never be more than friends now. I know
that you most likely don't see me the same way as you use to. I mean,
your boyfriend shouldn't be able to wear the same clothes as you and
look going doing so. I have to tell you something..." I said coughing a
little to clear my throat.
"Go head..." Rachel said.
"The day of the accident...I got a ring. A huge diamond ring. I was going
to ask you to marry me. I was gonna ask you to be my wife when you got
to the cabin. But now...now..."
Rachel gave me a another hug and began to cry too. Then Cindy Lynn
startd to cry. I could hear the guys in the other room talking.
"What's that noise?"
"It's just the girls crying....women."
The next day we were to meet at Mitch's place around noon. He used all
the money from the Happy Mistake records to build his own recording
studio in his house. I still didn't want to be a woman, but I knew I
still had to at least start trying. Take those baby steps. I went to my
draws to look for underwear. I never looked before today to see what was
in them. There were loads and loads of different kinds and colors of
panties and bras. I was still trying to get use to the fact that all the
women's clothes in the apartment didn't belong to some one night stand I
had on the road or that the panties weren't a pair that were thrown at
me on stage. Nope, not these panties. Nope, all of these were mine, mine
to wear. It was like a grab bag. I random threw my hand in and grabbed a
dark gray bra and a pair of navy blue panties. I put them on and then I
made my way to the closet. I didn't want to dress to fem since I was
only gonna be in a small sweaty recording studio all day with 3 guys. So
I figured a dress wasn't needed, nor did I really want to wear one
anyway. Instead I found a pair of tan khaki shorts, They were a little
short and the ends were folded up a little bit and was white. When I
wore khaki pants before, I would end up wearing a button down top with a
tie. So I figured white button down top minus the tie would look ok with
these khaki shorts. I noticed that the white top didn't really hide the
fact that I was wearing a gray bra. It was somewhat see through. But I
was too lazy to change it.
After I had on my clothes, I went to try my hand at makeup. It would be
the first time all alone putting it on. I went with a light blue eye
shadow and some pink lip stick. I didn't want to over do it. I thought I
should just keep it simple. Finish, I was ready to go. Oh wait shoes. I
can't walk around barefoot. I went back to the closet to get the tennis
shoes that I have wore from the hospital. Damn, really? Where are they?
Matter of fact, where is the box of my old clothes? Rachel must have
thrown them away with the stinky, dirty clothes I was wearing around
this place. She must really be trying to teach me a lesson. After we got
home last nite, I when to take another shower before bed. She must have
made her move then. Crap, Maybe I have another pair. I mean, woman wear
sneakers too. I looked through the closet. No luck. The only thing I
have is heels and heeled boots. Heels in every color of the freaking
rainbow. I didn't want to be late to meeting the band so I did the same
thing I did with the bra and panties. I just randomly grabbed a pair
which happen to be White 3" heeled sandals. I didn't want to wear them,
but really I had no choice. Now I'm done. Off to meet the band.
When I got down stairs and out the front door, I found Rachel standing
on the sidewalk waiting for me.
"Hey Rachel!"
"Hey girly."
I still wasn't used to hearing the woman I wanted to marry at one time
call me girly.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I've come to give you a ride to the studio and have a little chat with
you."
"Oh...thanks."
Behind here was her bright candy red Corvette. We both jumped in and
started to make our way to Mitch's.
"So what did you want to talk about?" I asked.
"I am going away for 3 months," she said.
"Where are you going? Why?"
"I'm going to shoot a movie in Texas."
"Oh...that's...that's great," I said. I was expecting something way worst.
"You don't sound happy."
"I am...I am...don't get me wrong. It's just that I was finally starting to
want to give this life a try and I could really use a female friend to
help me and now you're leaving."
"Well...That's kind of half the reason I'm going. I was offered the movie
three weeks ago but I turned it down. I just didn't feel like working."
"What changed your mind?"
"All I could think about last night was what you said about wanting to
marry me. I wanted to tell you that I would have said yes. It was a
dream of mind. I thought about marring you and having kids with you and
living the fairy tale. I had a hard time sleeping last night. This
morning I got a call from the director saying that the lead dropped out
and he still wanted me to play the part. I thought it would be good to
get away and put my mind on work and less on the past. I know you need
me, but if I don't clear my mind, I know I won't be much use to you. I
hope you're not mad at me."
"No... never. I may not get to be your boyfriend any more or even your
future husband...but I will always love you and will do anything to make
you happy. I understand it's all hard on you cause I know how it's hard
on me. I will always love you."
"I love you too, James."
Two seconds later we were in front of Mitch's place.
"Thanks for the ride. I hope filming goes well."
"Thanks and I hope the recording goes well."
I gave Rachel a huge and then made my way out of the car.
"Oh, Dani. If you need me just call my cell phone. And if you have any
women questions you can always ask Cindy Lynn too if you can't get a
hold of me."
"Thanks, Rach," I said.
"Bye."
"Bye."
I waved by to Rachel and in a way I think I also said goodbye to the
chance of us ever being together like we were in our past. I got to
Mitch's front door. Somewhat nervous, I rang the bell.
"Hey there," Mitch said as he opened the door.
"Hey."
"Johnny and Brad are in the studio."
When I walked into the studio I was amazed. It was great. Very
Professional and super cool looking.
"Hey Johnny, Hey Brad," I said as I waved to them.
"Hey Dani," both said in return.
"Before we get started I need to talk to my broth...sister for a minute,"
Brad said as he walked over to me.
We both left the studio and closed the door behind us.
"James..uh... Dani. I need to talk to you about dad."
Oh shit, dad. I haven't even thought about him since I have been out of
my coma.
"He has had some problems with everything that has gone on."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well when the doctors told him that the best thing for you was to
become a woman it freaked him out. You know dad. He's a very manly man.
He couldn't take the fact that you were going to become his daughter. It
was too weird for him to take. He signed the papers for the doctors
cause he knew it would help save your life, but he said he didn't think
he could handle it. He came back to the hospital about 3 months after
the surgery. He said he took one look at you and all he could see what
mom laying in the bed. He started to cry cause seeing you brought back
all his thoughts and memories of mom and it was too much for him to
overcome. He left the hospital and I only talked to him on the phone and
he didn't want to hear any news about you.
"That's crazy...my own father doesn't want to me, his own son. Shit.
Daughter. Shit, who cares if I look like mom. I don't even remember what
she looks like. She died when I was 8."
"Well, let me tell you. I have seen pictures of Mom and Dad in collage
and you could pass for mom any day of the week."
"But why would that matter? I'm not her. And if I was born a girl, I
would most likely look like here anyway."
"He loved mom and I think seeing one of his sons, looking just like the
woman he loved might freak him out. At least right now."
"So what do you want me to do. I would give anything to have my dick
back. I lost Rachel," I started to cry. "I lost my manhood. And now I'm
losing Dad?"
"No, it's not like that. I think you just have to live your new life for
a while. And one day when you are both ready you can meet up with him. I
know he is being someone of an asshole for putting his feelings over
yours since you're the one that had this life altering change. But it's
better to just not worry about him and live this second change you where
given."
Still crying, I said "Ok...I think that's all I can say...ok."
"Now...now that's outta the way. Let's get rocking."
I told John I needed to use the restroom real quick. I wiped the tears
from my eyes and made sure my makeup wasn't a mess. My life may be a
mess, but I don't want to look like a total mess.
We made our way back to the studio. Everyone was set up and ready to
play. The band always liked to record live. The whole band, playing the
whole song together. Everyone had their own closed room, but the windows
were huge so we could see each other. Brad was at his drum set which
still had Happy Mistake all over the front of the drum. Johnny was
holding his bass and Mitch was ready with his v neck guitar. We all had
our headphones on ready to rock.
"What song do we do first?" I asked.
"Cover song?" I head Johnny ask in my headphones.
"How about that one Dani wrote that we have been working on?" Johnny
chimed in.
"What song?" I asked.
"What was it called... 'Maybe Baby (I Was wrong)'," Mitch said.
"Yeah we found it when we when to the cabin," Brad said.
"Ok then let's do it!" I said pumped. "I totally remember the lyrics."
The music started to flow into my head phones. It was the first time I
heard the music. Before, it was just me and my guitar. The guitar got
louder, the drum was beating, the bass was groovy and then it was my
turn to chime in.
"Maybe, baby I was wrong, I never thought It would take so long. Maybe,
baby I can now see, That you are the only girl for me."
"Stop... pause. Hold the presses," Johnny said.
The music went from 10 to 0 in seconds.
"Um...Dani...you...um...I...didn't..um...Brad you tell her," Mitch said.
"Dani...you might want to change the line 'girl for me' to 'man for me'."
"Ew, oh, I guess I really don't have a choice do I? No one said this
would be easy."
The music started up once again. Here is my turn...
"Maybe, baby I was wrong, I never thought It would take so long. Maybe,
baby I can now see, That you are the only man for me," I sang out.
We continued throughout the day and into night. We finally had our fill
after about midnight. But when we were finished we had a couple of great
new songs. We were all beat after that. So we all decided to just sleep
there at Mitch's place so we could get back to work early the next day.
"I will take the couch. Brad and Johnny can take the two beds in the
guest rooms and Dani you can have my bedroom," Johnny said.
"Thanks for giving me your room, but I can sleep in the guest room or on
the couch. You don't have to give me any special treatment since chick
now," I said with a courtesy laugh.
"No...that's alright. You take my room. I want you to get a good rest
since you're our singer and I want you to have a good sleep so your
voice is strong tomorrow. And if you want you can take an old t-shirt
and pair of socks to sleep in. Cause if you're anything like my ex-
girlfriends, sleeping in a bra is no fun," He added with a laugh.
"Thanks again. Night guys," I said as I when to the bedroom.
Once in Johnny's room I was ready to sleep. It was a long day. My bra,
can't believe it's "my" bra, but it was killing me. And so where the
heels, my toes were barking up a storm. I thought I would take Johnny up
on his offer and wear one of his shirts. Once I remove my clothes, I
just didn't feel comfortable sleeping in the nude. I walked to his
closet. I found loads of band shirts. Like 1000s. He was definitely a
collector. He had shirts from the Stones to Happy Mistake. I grabbed one
of the many Happy Mistake shirts that he owned. If I was going to choose
one, if should be a Happy one. I sat on his bed and kicked my heels off.
Then took off the shorts and top and folded them and put them on a chair
that was in the room. I slipped the t-shirt on. It was a XL and was huge
on me. It was more like a loose fitting dress. Johnny was a totally
different body type then me, before my change I mean. He is 6'3" and
full of muscles. If being in a band didn't suit him so well, I could
picture him as a MMA fighter. I also noticed I could also his stink on
the shirt. And in a weird way I like it. I never noticed the smell of
his cologne before. Why was I now? Stop it.
I walked over to one of the draws to find a pair of socks, because it
was a little cold in his room. I'm not sure if it was just cold in the
room or if being a female now, like all females seems to get colder more
than guys seem to do. When I opened the draw my eyes popped out of my
head like a cartoon. I don't think he wanted me to go into this draw.
There was some hand lotion, condoms, and a couple dirty magazines. I
looked at the one cover of the magazine. It was called "Lovely Rejects,"
I don't get the title. Must be a magazine about girls with daddy issues.
With that said, I couldn't help but look at the inside. I kind of felt
like a man that just got out of prison, seeing a girl again for the
first time. The women were amazingly hot. These were some of the most
beautiful girls I have ever seen. Or maybe I just been in a coma for a
long time. I laughed to myself. At first look the thoughts in my head
where...She's hot, look at that rack, nice ass.
Then I stopped. I was getting turned on from the pictures. I felt weird.
I felt like a man again. Why would that make me feel weird? I looked at
where my captain used to be. I felt a little odd. I was getting turned
on. And it was a totally different feeling than I ever felt before. I
felt so out of mind. So out of place. I tried to calm down. Took in some
deep breathes. Relax a little bit. I looked down at the magazine again.
The page I had open, had a woman sitting in a chair wearing a red teddie
and red stockings. She was sitting on the edge of the bed with her legs
crossed. One of her heels was dangling from her toes. I started to have
thoughts popping in my head. The way I was looking at this woman is the
way men are now going to be looking at me now. I felt really uneasy. I
looked at the girl again. I wasn't turned on anymore. For some strange
reason I said to myself "I wonder if I would look that hot if I wore
that? I wonder if a guy would think I looked as hot as this model? I
wonder if a guy would sleep with me if I had that teddie on?" That is
when I creeped the hell out of myself, slammed the magazine closed and
said "Fuck it! I don't need the socks...I'm going to sleep," I crawled
under the covers and passed out.
The next morning I woke up ready for more music making. I looked at the
clock and it was 11:15am. I slept a lot longer than I planned. I didn't
feel like changing out of the t-shirt. I just slipped on my heels and
when into the studio wearing what I slept in.
"Go morning sunshine," Johnny said.
The guys were already in the studio working.
"Why didn't you guys wake me up?"
"We thought you needed your beauty sleep," Johnny said jokingly.
"Ha ha...not funny, asshole," I said.
"Well I see you found a good shirt to wear," Mitch said pointing to the
Happy Mistake t-shirt I was still wearing. "Did you find anything else
in my room... I mean any socks to wear?" Mitch asked, but I could tell he
was wondering if I found his girly magazines.
"Um...no... not a thing. But I think I have a great name for the band."
"What's that?" Brad asked.
"The Lovely Rejects," I stated.
"I like it. It's catchy," Brad said.
"I agree," Johnny added.
"I like it too...um but where did you get that name from there,
um...Danika?" Mitch asked afraid of the answer.
"It came to me in a dream."
With that we were back to work. I stayed there for about a week. I went
home a few times to get some change of clothes, but for the most part we
didn't leave the studio. We got so into the music that everything else
was forgotten. It seemed like old times. The only thing that really
changed that week was the different t-shirts of Mitch's I was wearing.
After the week, I thought it was time to get some new clothes I wanted
to wear. I felt it was too fast to be thrown into dresses and heels and
all things woman that were in my closet. It was time for a trip to the
mall. I wanted to take baby steps not just leap in the pool.
I didn't really know where to start. I went to the local mall and went
to the first women's store I saw. I bought what I liked to wear. Well
the woman's version of what I like to wear. I got Jeans, some shorts,
pants, kakis, flat sandals, tennis shoes, t-shirts, a jacket, a couple
baseball caps, a hockey jersey (cause I might not look it, but I was
still a guy that loved my hockey), and some more socks. The only thing
that was women's clothes was the companies that make the stuff. Jeans
are jeans. Pants are pants. It is all unisex. When I was a man I never
could understand why men only could wear suits and pants. But a woman
could wear suits, pants, shorts, tights, dresses. Really whatever they
wanted to wear. Whatever color they wanted to wear. That was one good
thing that was coming out of this. I could wear the same things I wore
in the pass and not get weird looks for doing it.
The next two months were the same. I would go to Mitch's to record. Only
this time I had my own t-shirts to wear. After the two months have
passed we felt it was time to pick the songs for the demo or album, mix
it, put it on a cd and start selling ourselves to the record companies.
It was a Saturday morning. I just woke up. It was the first day off from
finishing the album. I just felt like sleeping all day, but instead I
got up and went to watch cartoons like I used to do when I was little.
Only now I was older and wearing a white nightgown. Yes, a white
nightgown. I found it in a draw one night, tried sleeping in it and I
just keep doing to. It was about 8am when the doorbell rang. "Who the
hell is it this early in the morning?" I said to myself as I got up to
answer the door. I opened the door and to my surprised it was Rachel.
"Rachel!"
"Hi Danika, how have you been?"
"Good, come in tell me how the filming went."
"It was great. Everything went smooth. I think I have a hit on my
hands."
"That's great. You're back a little early."
"Yep. The shoot went so smooth that we were ahead of schedule. How did
your recording go?"
"Fantastic. The album is done and we picked a band name."
"What is it?"
"The Lovely Rejects."
"Great. I'm so happy for you. You want to get some breakfast with me?"
"Sure, I should get outta the house today. Let me take a shower and
change into something."
I went and showered and found some clothes to wear. I just threw on some
jean shorts, a red t-shirt and my white tennis shoes. I put on a little
eye shadow and a very light pink lip stick. Then put my hair back into a
ponytail style. Then I went to find Rachel in the other room.
"Ready to go?" I asked.
"Yeah," Rachel said.
We when to a local place called Dave-O's. We used to go there for
breakfast when we were dating. At first we didn't know what to say to
each other. Then Rachel said...
"Do you want to go to a party tonight?"
"Maybe," I said thinking she was joking.
"Well, maybe you can also invite your band mates. There might be record
and other music people there."
"What's the party for?"
"Oh, do you know the actor Vander Cole?"
"Yeah, didn't he play the quarterback in that football movie?"
"You mean 'All Kinds of Time', yeah that was him. Well he is having a
surprise party for his girlfriend."
"That sounds like it could be fun. What time is it?"
"We should get there around 9pm."
"Ok, I'll ask the guys."
"Oh and you might want to dress up a little. it's a fancy movie type
party."
"Ok, now I don't want to go," I said with a smile.
"Why?"
"Cause I have been living like this, a woman, for about 3-4 months. But
I'm still not into all the girly stuff like dresses and shoes. I tried
but after about a week later I stopped and didn't want to continue. As
you can see, I went out and got new shoes and baggy t-shirts. I wear a
little make-up once and while just so I look somewhat normal, a bra
cause I need one or I would be in pain and get crazy stares. And a
nightgown to sleep in. Besides that I wear mostly guy stuff."
"It can't be that bad."
"It is. I look like a girl that wants to be a man. It's worst than being
a tomboy. I keep staring at hot women when they walk by. I just can't
get use to being a man becoming a...well...I guess I'm a lesbian now."
"You know that even lesbians get dolled up. How else are you going to
get another lesbian to notice you? It's not looking all tomboy like.
Unless you want that type of a girl."
"I guess you're right."
"I'll tell you what. I will come over at 7pm and I will help you get
ready."
"Ok."
When we were done eating, Rachel went on home to get ready. When I got
back to my place I got on the phone and called the band. They were all
coming. So was Cindy Lynn. I thought that since I was going to a party I
should get some more sleep so I could stay up tonight. I threw off my
shoes and shorts and jumped into bed. I felt like I had my eyes closed
for 5 minutes when the doorbell started ringing.
"Hey," Is all I could say when I saw Rachel standing there. She was
dolled to the nines wearing a strapless red dress. Her hair curled and
her makeup beautifully done. I didn't know whether to find her
attractive or be jealous.
"You ready to get ready?" Rachel asked as she laughed.
"Is it 7 already?"
"Yep... so go take a shower then we well get ready."
When I finished I wrapped a towel around myself and joined Rachel in my
bedroom. I remember a time when I couldn't wait to get naked with Rachel
in my bedroom...this was not one of those times.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
"I guess."
"Here put these one."
Rachel threw me a black bra that had lace on it and a