I was about 14 when it first started.
Mum caught me rubbing my chest as I sat doing my homework. It wasn't
really much at all, just a slight itch around the front of my chest
that wouldn't go away. Just a slight irritation that annoyed my
subconscious. I had no idea how long it had been there. Perhaps for
ever, I had no recollection of it actually starting.
"Have you got a problem, Am? You seem to have been doing that all
evening."
"No, not really, Mum. Just a tiny itch. Perhaps I've got a hair or two
stuck in my vest."
"OK, but if it doesn't go away by tomorrow after your shower, let me
know and we'll keep an eye on it."
Nothing more was said and I later went to bed, still rubbing a bit
without noticing I was still doing it in my pyjamas as well.
I showered in the morning, completely forgetting about last night's
agreement and, as Mum apparently forgot as well, I breakfasted and
went off to school for my day's education without realising.
It only occurred to me in the late afternoon that I had been
admonished several times in class during the day for "fiddling" or
general inattention and that it was because I still had the itch!
This was beginning to worry me a little and I decided that I had
better mention it when I got home.
Have I forgotten something here? Home? Where is it?
Oh! Of course, I should introduce myself. My name is Ambrose Turner
and I live in Maldon in Essex and I go to school in the town. My
parents are John and Ann Turner and no, they haven't been killed in a
car crash or got divorced. Dad owns in a bookshop and isn't having an
affair with another woman, as far as I know, nor has he disappeared
with his secretary (he hasn't got one!) and Mum is just your average
housewife. Oh! And a very nice Mum as well!
I do reasonably well at school where I have friends and I am what you
might call a member of the 'hidden majority' who come to no-one's
notice in particular.
I'm an only child so there's no bullying big brothers or snotty
sisters inside the family either!
Boring, isn't it! All the old clich?s falling by the wayside with a
noise like silent thunder and the only unusual thing about me is - I
have this itch!
There must be a story here somewhere or I'm just wasting your time
here!
Anyway, I got home from school and found Mum in the kitchen getting
tea ready for her returning family.
"I've still got this itch, Mum and it's driving me crazy! It doesn't
hurt, it's just there all the time and won't go away."
Mum didn't say a word, just walked out of the kitchen and came back a
few moments later holding a large jar of white cream.
"Rub some of this gently over the itch and see if that improves
matters a bit."
I took the jar into the bathroom and, after stripping off, applied
some to my by now slightly pink chest. So much rubbing had had some
effect after all. The cream was smooth and felt cold and seemed to
relieve the problem somewhat. I closed the jar, put my vest and shirt
back on and returned to the kitchen, handing the jar back to her.
"Did it do any good?"
"Yes, it feels a little better."
"Keep it for now, I've got some more. Use it as you need to, it won't
hurt you, it's only cold cream."
I didn't think much more about it over the next few weeks. I kept
using the cream and the itch was almost gone, although just now and
again it let me know it was there.
My chest did start to feel a little swollen but I put this down to all
the moisture in the cream and the time I spent rubbing it in.
It must have been all of two months later that Mum came into my room
with a fresh shirt and saw me topless for the first time in a long
time.
"Goodness, Am! Have you looked at yourself in a mirror lately?"
I have to admit that the only time I really did that was to comb my
hair in the mornings before I went down to breakfast. Typical
teenager! Looking good wasn't high on my list of things to do! As long
as I wasn't the butt of any jokes, I considered myself 'teenage
respectable'!
"Go and have a look now."
She followed me into the bathroom and stood behind me as I took a
look.
My ghast was somewhat flabbered!
My chest was sagging!
I had been so busy rubbing the cream in and assuming the swelling was
due to all this work that I hadn't noticed how it was swelling.
There wasn't really anything to argue about - I had tits! Little
conical tits! Very small ones, I have to admit, but they were very
definitely there.
"I think I know what the problem is, but it's not for me to decide.
I'll book a visit to the doctor's and we can let him have a look."
Needless to say, the NHS worked at its usual snail's pace. I could
have a consultation in two weeks if it was an emergency (Ha! I'd be
dead by then!) or three weeks otherwise.
By the time we had worked out who was available and when, it was
nearly a month later before I was marched into the surgery by Mum.
It would have been bad enough showing the regular doctor my sprouting
chest, but no! It was a locum! A female locum at that!
"Now what seems to be the problem?"
I was somewhat flustered but Mum came to my rescue and gave the
details.
"... so I suspect it might be the usual teenage problem but I thought
it best for us to come and see you to be certain."
I was made to go behind a screen and strip to the waist and sit on the
cold leather couch. Not good! Sitting there with my chest hanging out
while Mum and the doctor discussed me on the other side of the screen.
After what seemed to be several days, well, at least two or three
minutes, the doctor came round the screen, smiled at me and asked to
look at my chest.
She seemed to spend much more time handling my new droopy bits than
looking at them but who was I to complain?
"OK Ambrose, thank you. You can get dressed now and join me and your
mother."
"Yes. All the classic signs. Ambrose, there is no easy way to break
this to you. You have gynecomastia."
I must have looked very confused as she followed this up with an
explanation.
"Almost certainly we will find that you have a hormone imbalance when
we do a blood test. That will take a few weeks to come through and
then we can see about righting whatever the lab wizards find to be
wrong."
"Will he continue growing in the meantime?"
"Well, There are some genetic influences. If the hormone levels are
very high, he could grow to a similar size to you, unchecked; and this
will depend on how easy it is to bring his hormones under better
control. Right now, I can't give you a specific answer to that one."
"I take it there's nothing I can do to reduce it? Diet or exercise or
anything?"
"Not that I know of. I'll know more when the blood test comes through
and we can take that now, if you like."
Mum nodded.
"I'll arrange for the nurse to take one before you leave today. If
this does continue then you should consider some support. It really
isn't good to do anything else until the growth stops. Surgery is the
only method of removal and removing them too soon will only result in
more growth afterwards."
I was left to the tender mercies of the nurse who took a few gallons
of blood before taping over the well she had drilled and telling me
not to remove the tape for at least a year. Or was it an hour? Would I
leak to death if I did, I wondered!
The drive home was in silence. We got indoors and Mum put the kettle
on for a cuppa.
I couldn't keep it in any longer!
"What did she mean by support, Mum? Have I got to see a trickcyclist
or something?"
A quick smile flashed over he face.
"Er.. Not that kind of support, dear. If you get much bigger at all,
you'll need a bra, I'm afraid. In fact, from what I've seen today I
think we should be thinking about getting you one now."
"Mum! Bras are for girls! I'm a BOY!"
"Look me in the eye, Ambrose, and answer me a simple question. Why do
women wear bras?"
"That's easy! It's because they have tits."
"Breasts please, dear. Not tits if you don't mind. And what do their
bras do for their breasts?"
"They hold them up so they look nice."
"I agree it does make them look nice but it's more than that. It's to
stop them sagging and the skin stretching. I think you are big enough
now that if you run, they will really bounce, which won't be good for
them and as well as that, you'll find that they can hurt if they
bounce too much."
"You really mean I've gotta wear a bra?"
"Yes dear. Not much more than a training bra or a double A at the
moment but you may need more if you continue to grow. You remember
what the doctor said about a genetic aspect? Look at me and the size
of my bust. I don't mind you looking hard now because we both have the
same thing. A bust! If you follow me genetically, you can see what you
could have attached to your chest before this is all over.."
I did something I had never really dared to do properly before, well,
not since I was sucking on it anyway! I took a real look at Mum's
chest. There was an awful lot of tit, sorry, I mean breast, there. Was
I really going to be carrying that load around as well? She bounced up
and down a little and her whole bust gyrated inside her jumper even
when I knew perfectly well that was wearing a bra.
Then something else occurred to me.
"Mum! You're not taking me to a shop to get me a bra!"
"No need dear. Your Aunt Beth works in lingerie store, doesn't she?
I'll get her to sort everything out for you."
"But then she'll know!"
"Yes. But the way you are growing, people will know anyway."
"But they'll know I'm wearing a bra!"
"Because they'll know you have breasts and breasts need bras, don't
they? We've already talked about that."
Something else occurred to me. Dad was going to freak out when he
found out what was happening. I knew Mum had told him the basics but
when he found out I was going to have to wear a bra and might possibly
grow as big as Mum, he was going to blow his top!
Then something else occurred to me. School! I was going to die very
shortly after I arrived there for the first day with a bra on The
bullies would beat me up and the girls would be laughing at me, non-
stop.
I mentioned this to Mum and she pointed out that the Summer holidays
were almost here and she wouldn't make me wear one to school before
that although I would be wearing one in the evenings and all weekends.
She would also make alternative arrangements, whatever that meant, for
after the end of the holidays.
A week later and we had a visit from my aunt. She arrived loaded down
with several large packages and I wondered if I was going to be
wearing a bra or some huge corset device!
"So, Ambrose! You have the boy's curse do you? You'd be surprised just
how many boys get it. I don't suppose it will be much consolation to
you to know you aren't the first boy I've had to measure up for his
bras. I suggest we just get on with it so you can wear one for a while
before I leave and see how comfortable they can be fitted properly."
Before I really knew what was happening, I was up in my room, my shirt
and vest were off and I was being assaulted with a cold tape measure.
This was followed shortly by the crackle of cellophane and the opening
of cardbox and I was being asked, no - ordered - to put my arms
through various strappy loops and having bands of material clipped
tightly round my chest.
Shortly afterwards I was fully harnessed and my tits , whoops, breasts
were safely imprisoned in their plain white cotton containers and
strapped to my chest. Everything was positioned in a way that
prevented movement and I wondered if my breathing was going to be
affected. I asked and wished I hadn't!
"Girls don't usually move as actively as boys so the slight
restriction of a bra doesn't really affect them, Am."
"But I'm a boy, not a girl."
"You're a boy with breasts, so you are going to have to behave more
like a girl I'm afraid and, as they grow this will mean bigger
restrictions and you are going to have to get used to it.."
Oh, Gawd! Get used to being more girly!
"Sis says the doctor thinks you could even grow as big as her. I've
brought along one with her cup size and your chest size. Try it on and
see what you think.."
I was released from prison for a moment before she fitted this
enormous device to me. The band was tighter and wider than before and
two gigantic cups stuck out at the front.
"I've got some prosthetics for your cups."
She placed two huge pink jelly-like blobs into the cups where they
settled into breast shapes. God! They were so heavy and seemed to have
a life of their own, swaying and wobbling in front of me.
"Just so that you get an idea of what could be ahead for you, we've
decided that you'll keep this bra on for the rest of the day until you
go to bed."
It didn't take very long for me to discover that this massive
encumbrance was certainly going to stop me in my tracks. Any quick
movement caused it to sway and wobble and when I moved my arms, there
was this obstruction to overcome!
Both Mum and Beth were gently smiling at my antics but they did
nothing to help me.
"I think he should keep it on overnight."
"Perhaps not, Beth. I suspect he would get no sleep at all!"
I think my sigh of relief could have been heard all over town!
"Just so you know, Am. You are wearing a C cup bra at the moment but
going up the alphabet one at a time, the largest cup size we usually
stock is an L. You are wearing an average size bra at the moment,
believe it or not, and you are finding it a handful, if you'll pardon
the expression, so think what a really big girl would have to put up
with 24/7!"
I was busy wondering what a 'really big girl' would look like rather
than what she might have to put up with and would I actually see her
behind her chest! I then began to realise that I might also disappear
behind a big chest and I began to feel rather faint. Then what I might
have to put up with kicked in and I had to sit down.
"How fast is all this going to happen?"
It came out as a rather querulous squeak but apparently clear enough
to be understood.
"At the moment we have no idea how big you'll grow or how fast it will
happen. I have to say you haven't taken very long to grow as much as
you have which suggests you have a big hormone imbalance but until
that blood test come back. it's pure guesswork."
"Anyway, Am. Put your vest and shirt back on and come down for lunch."
Problem number one was getting my vest over my new chest. It was a
close fit anyway and now it was a tight one. My shirt wasn't much
better and I had gaps between the buttons where it covered my bust.
(My bust? Well yes, I suppose it was) and when I tucked it into the
waistband of my trousers, I really did look like some of the better
endowed girls at school!
I went downstairs for lunch and walked in through the kitchen door.
Mum and Beth were sitting there with full plates in front of them with
mine sitting in front of an empty chair opposite them.
"Well, Beth. I can see an immediate problem."
"So can I. Vests and blouses will certainly be needed. I can provide
the vests but you'll have to go to M & S for the blouses."
Blouses! Blouses are things girls and er, women wear and I'm a boy.
Why would I need to wear a blouse?
I asked the question and again, wished I hadn't.
"It's quite simple, Am. Blouses are made differently to shirts. They
have things called darts at the sides which relieve the pressure
around your bust and stop you getting nasty gaps between the buttons;
like the ones you have right now. Look at the sides of my blouse. Can
you see the horizontal seam there. Go on, you can look!"
I steeled myself and looked closely at the side of her blouse level
with her bust (Oh Gawd! Bigger even than Mum's) and sure enough there
was a seam which wasn't there on my shirts. I thought I could sort of
understand how that made a difference.
"Now, can you see the difference between the buttons on my blouse and
your shirt?"
Her blouse was a bit 'see-through' and I found myself looking at an
above-average sized bust inside a frilly bra covered by her blouse.
There were no gaps between the buttons, even though her blouse fitted
quite closely
I sat there, thinking hard. Was I going to look like Mum and Beth? Big
tits, Soree! breasts sitting in bras under blouses or pokey-out
jumpers all day, every day?
"Eat your lunch, Am. You're not on a diet - yet!"
This last remark really made me quail. I do enjoy my food and the
thought that she might actually mean a diet was in the offing...
I ate. Slowly. My mind was in a turmoil. I had the rest of the day to
put up with this huge bust, however temporary, and it had also
occurred to me that Dad was going to see it as soon as he got home. It
was at this point that I fully expected the excrement to hit the fan
at supersonic speed. I'd be lucky if the roof didn't fall in on me!
The time for his arrival home came and I didn't know where to hide or
even if it was worth trying.
You know the thing about a really close family?
No excrement, no fan and the roof stayed firmly in place!
"Wotcha, Am! Your Mum has told me all about your problems and what you
are going to have to put up with probably for some time. I know what
you are putting up with today and you needn't worry about me seeing
it. OK? We'll both help you in any way we can so don't worry any more
than you have to."
I could have cried. Who am I kidding? I cried my eyes out until I
reckon I had nothing left to cry with. Who has a family like mine? If
you do, you are so lucky!
After a few days, or was it about half an hour, I managed to dry my
eyes and sit up straight which resulted in my bust standing out. Not a
word was said out of place and tea and the evening carried on much as
usual.
"Do you know when you are going to get the blood test results."
"The doc says a week or two, but it will depend on how busy the lab
wizards were."
In the end, it was nearly three weeks before we got the call to go
back to the surgery. By that time, the Summer holidays had started and
I was fully kitted out with my AA cup bra (already!) girl's vest with
small cups and a small, girl's blouse. Where do I hide?
"I'm sorry it's taken so long but I asked the lab to repeat the tests
as I didn't believe the results the first time round."
An icy chill ran down my spine as I took in what she said. Why
wouldn't she believe them? What was wrong with me? Lots of questions
chased the extremely limited number of working brain cells around my
skull. It was obvious that everyone in the room could see it!
"The results are going to come as a big shock, but I'm afraid there is
no easy way to soften the blow so, brace yourself and try not to freak
out with what I have to tell you."
I sat closer to Mum and gritted my teeth!
"The results were so unexpected that my first query was if they had
sent me the right set of results? They double checked and they had.
Next, were they quite sure that the tests had all worked properly?
Again the answer was an annoyed 'Yes'. There were no mistakes at all
and they were perfectly satisfied that the results were all in order
and fitted the profile of a late teenager very closely even if the
overall hormone levels were well into the top quartile...."
She paused for a moment and looked at me very closely.
"... for a girl. Estrogen, progesterone, a tiny amount of
testosterone, which is usually found in a girl's hormone mix but the
slugs, snails and puppy dog's tails usually found in a boy's system
are missing completely. Your hormones say you are a girl; through and
through!"
At this point I disobeyed her instructions completely and freaked out.
I could hear the blood pounding in my ears, I squeaked and squealed
somewhat before the world turned grey and then black...
I gradually returned to the cruel world of reality realising that I
was lying on that cold couch leather under a blanket. (a bit
pointless, I thought inconsequentially)
I could hear a conversation going on on the other side of the screen.
"...so I think we need to have a full CAT scan carried out immediately
to see what we really have there before we continue. I certainly won't
be trying to stop anything at the moment for obvious reasons. I'm glad
Am is already wearing support. The current growth is very rapid and I
have a feeling that it's going to be the norm for the rest of his
life."
"How long before we can get a scan done?"
"The problem is that although it is rather a major item, it doesn't
really count as any sort of emergency. Am is in no immediate danger as
far as I can see. Development will continue in line with the hormonal
levels and I would expect to see other secondary effects starting very
soon.."
Huh! What 'secondary effects? What else is going to happen to me?
Aren't tits on a boy enough? Oh dear! I really must remember to call
them breasts!
The question was asked for me.
"Widening of the hips, increasing fat deposits around the thighs and
backside, a softening of the features and the skin generally, faster
hair growth. The first thing you will probably notice is increasing
difficulty in getting trousers to fit. They'll be too tight round the
butt and hips and loose round the waist. It'll be the teen girl's
department for everything shortly, I suspect.."
"Are you saying we should dress him as a girl?"
"Not at all! There are plenty of androgynous clothes available on the
market these days and you will still be able to dress Am as a boy but
using girl's fittings."
"But probably not for ever?"
"There will almost certainly come a stage where that becomes
impossible and Am will be seen as a Tomboy at least - if not as a girl
in any case."
"So you don't think it likely that he will get cured?"
"He's not ill, Mrs Turner! Quite fit, in fact. He might not have the
expected hormone mix but the mix he has is properly balanced for a
growing girl. I can't be sure but it's the reason why we need the
scan. Then we'll be able to talk more specifically about the future."
"But he has the right er... furniture down below."
"That's the next thing on my list. I'm going to have to have a close
look at his furniture and see what exactly he has there. May I have
your permission to do so?"
"I suppose it is necessary. Go ahead."
"Hello Am! Awake again, I see. I'm afraid I need to examine you in a
bit more detail. I do apologise and I'm very sorry but I promise I
shall be as gentle as possible and I won't hurt you whatever I do."
I was shaking from all that I heard, but I had no reason to disbelieve
her. I nodded weakly and closed my eyes as she gently drew my trousers
and underpants down to my knees.
"I have warmed my hands, Am so I won't give you a shock!"
That made me smile a little, but not much!
She manipulated everything around and squeezed gently, but not enough
to hurt and after a couple of minutes or so she moved away.
"Thank you Am, you were very patient. If you would like to dress and
join your mother and me at the desk."
A few moments later I was back at the desk, knowing I looked very pale
but determined to face up to things.
"Things are perhaps a little more definite than I first thought. I'm
not out embarrass you Am. but I do need to ask you some rather
personal questions. Please remember that I am a doctor and I'm only
here to help you. OK?"
I was pretty numb by this stage so I just nodded my approval, hoping I
could live through it all.
"When I examined you a few moments ago, how did you feel? Excited?
Apprehensive? How did you feel physically? Please try and be honest
with me, however difficult it may seem. Take your time."
I thought about it long and hard. I suppose I was apprehensive about
her handling me, but, as she had promised, she hadn't hurt me. How did
I feel? Well, I could feel her touching me but that was all.
I told her all this as best as I could.
"Thank you, Am. That was very brave."
Why?
"You see, I stroked an extremely sensitive area which should have had
a boy climbing the wall, but you didn't even notice. I did it very
carefully but I gradually squeezed your sack in a way that should have
made you squirm but again, no reaction."
Mum was squirming in any case!
"What does all this mean, Doctor?"
"I strongly suspect that what you thought was normal er, what word did
you use? Oh, Yes. furniture is, in fact, just somewhat extensive fatty
tissue and has nothing to do with sex at all.
All this adds to the conclusion that Am is really a girl. We really do
need a scan to see what is going on in detail and I will refer Am to a
consultant for more investigations."
We left with a promise that she would try to push things on as fast as
she could. I sat in the car in a daze. She had told me that in all
likelihood I was really a girl and not a boy and that I was probably
going to be wearing bras for life!
The appointment with the consultant came through in just two weeks.
Hypersonic speed for the NHS! Mum and I had to be there for a
consultation with a Mr Perkins which would be followed shortly
afterwards by a full CAT scan.
There wasn't really anything to report from the meeting which seemed
to be mainly a repeat of what happened at the Doctor's.
The scan! Imagine being loaded onto a large tray and being told to lie
still while it was then fed into the mouth of a giant Polo mint which
than started to roar at you while the operator stood miles away behind
a heavy screen and shouted at you to do this and that. Joy!
It was a real anticlimax to then be told to go home and another
appointment would come when the consultant had finally digested its
contents.
Another three weeks and the Doctor was right. My trousers were
beginning to feel decidedly close to me. My bum and hips were getting
bigger and it finally meant Mum had to go to the teen girls section to
get me some that actually fitted my changing shape.
The second appointment finally came and we went to meet my fate!
I already felt I had met it. I was dressed in my now well filled A cup
bra with a girl's vest and blouse, girl's trousers covering my
expanding bum and my hair nearly down to my shoulders as Mum had
forbidden it being cut 'just in case'. I could always have it cut if
it all turned out to be a false alarm. Fat chance, I thought!
We were sat down opposite his Lordship with his attendant nurse
alongside him.
"Mrs Turner, Ambrose. I've had a chance to look at your scans in
detail and they are... fascinating!"
I could feel that cold shiver down my back again. When a consultant
says that, it means he has never seen that particular situation
before!
"So! Let's look at what we have. First of all, your GP was right. What
you thought were your male genitals are nothing more than some fatty
external deposits serving absolutely no purpose whatsoever other than
allowing you to pee standing up. You have no prostate gland either so
I'm very afraid you don't qualify as a male. Something I'm sure you
are realizing already."
Now what would give him that idea?
"It's easy to see that you are starting to grow external female
features, your breasts and your obviously growing hips and bum but the
scan shows some rather different structures internally.
Well, I say shows but in some cases it shows an absence. There are no
signs of a vaginal passage, a uterus, womb or Fallopian tubes.
Incredibly however, you have two extremely healthy looking ovaries
which are either pumping out or causing to be pumped out a really high
level of female hormones. I can't really tell if it is one or the
other or both that are doing the job and if I were to remove one I
can't be sure that I won't severely disturb the balance of hormones so
I think they will both have to stay."
"So Am isn't a boy then and has no chance of becoming one either?"
"Everything about Am is totally female and there is no doubt in my
mind that she is going to grow up to be an extremely feminine woman.
She will not be able to have children by a normal pregnancy but on the
other hand, she will be extremely fortunate in that I cannot see any
way in which she can have a period!"
I had my thoughts about what he meant by being an extremely feminine
woman. Google can be a very good educator and I had done an awful lot
of reading in the intervening weeks.
It looked rather as if I might end up with a figure best described as
voluptuous! With my height, I could end up as a huge bimbo, perish the
thought!
"All I can really recommend at the moment is a waiting game. I can see
that Ambrose is already dressing in a very ambiguous fashion and I
very much believe it will only be a short time before pretending to be
anything other than a girl will be quite impossible. Much as it may
embarrass and annoy you, Ambrose, I would suggest that you need to
start looking at yourself as a girl and dealing with the obvious
consequences. I'll have some names of helpful people and organisations
sent on to you very shortly and I hope you will use some of them. In
the meantime my secretary will make a series of appointments to see
either me or one of my team so that we can keep a close eye on your
progress."
"Thank you, Doctor."
"Oh! And one other thing. The sooner you start dressing the part and
choosing a feminine name, at least at home to start with, the easier
it will be in the longer run."
The journey home can best be described as fraught! Mum kept looking at
me sideways and I kept closing my eyes and trying not to think about
anything except well, nothing at all, really. I was not only lost for
words, I was lost for thoughts even.
When we arrived home, Mum gave me a strong tranquillizer tablet the
nurse had given her and packed me off to bed where I fell into a
dreamless (thank goodness) sleep.
It was the next morning when I surfaced again, weirdly still rather
out of it and only thinking very slowly.
"Get dressed Am and come down for some breakfast."
Mum must have been expecting it as she didn't call me again for the
half an hour it took me to get dressed. Co-ordinating my hands and
arms to get my bra done up seemed impossibly difficult. Even getting
my shoes on the correct feet seemed to be a major exercise but finally
I managed some semblance of being dressed and I then had another big
problem of negotiating the stairs and remembering where the kitchen
was!
"What would you like for breakfast?" might have just as well been
spoken in Dutch or Mandarin!
After an interval, Mum decided that perhaps the best course of action
was to place a pre-prepared bowl of cereal in front of me, place the
spoon in my hand and say the word, "Eat!"
Apparently I did, because she then placed a half-filled cup of tea in
my hand and said, "Drink."
I gradually returned to full consciousness over the next few hours
and, by lunchtime, I was beginning to make sense of what the
consultant had told me yesterday.
I apparently didn't need to be a bit girly in order to accommodate a
small pair of boobs. I am a girl and accommodation will come
naturally.
All sorts of thoughts started trundling through my woozy brain. Would
I have to have a boyfriend? Yuck! No thank you very much! I was going
to have a girl's name. I wouldn't be Ambrose any more. Would I have to
wear girl's skirts and dresses and things?
By the evening I was getting back to something like normality
(Really?) and Dad said it would be a good idea if we had a family
conference the following evening as there were a lot of things that
had to be sorted out and as all three of us were involved, it would
only be right if all of us were contributing.
I could see the way things were going the next morning when the
letterbox clattered with the usual mix of bills, circulars, the odd
letter and... the latest edition of what was obviously a teen girl's
weekly magazine.
I shuddered when Mum put it at my place at the breakfast table, smiled
at me and turned away. It was obvious to me that this was meant to be
learning material. The latest make-up tips, teen love stories,
articles on girl's problems like what kind of frillies should she wear
on a first date and was it hygienic to French kiss a boy you didn't
know and what should I do about a boyfriend who wears satin open
crotch panties full time?
The look on my face half an hour later gave her the message.
"Well, I would pay close attention to the make-up tips. I'll buy you
some shortly and you can start to practice doing it. You will need to
know how to do it. The other thing I would pay some attention to is
feminine hygiene as you will be using the ladies loo if nothing else."
Better than nothing, I suppose!
"And I don't care what frillies you wear on a date. You can't get
pregnant so you might as well give him some sort of a treat!"
"Mum! Whatever has happened to me, you should know that I really don't
fancy a boy, any boy, one bit! The very thought of it makes me feel
physically sick. I like girls, so if I dated anyone, and I suspect it
is a long way off, it will be as a Lesbian!"
"OK. We can discuss that in more detail this evening. You can start
thinking about what name you might like to use from now on. That's a
simple change, so why not do it?"
Mum went off to buy me my first make-up. Oh, whoopee! Am I looking
forward to doing that every day. Not! I've watched women re-doing
their lipstick many times a day and I'm told they almost do a re-spray
every time they go to the loo. Now that's something to look forward to
- like gut-ache!
My name. Why would I want to change it? It's mine! Would I want to be
called Amanda, Suzy, Margaret or something? I don't think so, although
I kinda know I've got to start thinking more girly. How do I do that,
I wonder?
Then I had a light-bulb moment. I haven't had many of those so I was
rather, well, very pleased with it.
Amber Rose Turner!
Then I could still be called Am by everyone! I wouldn't notice the
difference but as far as anyone else was concerned, I had a perfectly
girly name.
When Mum arrived home, she found me bouncing around the sitting room
shouting just one word.
"Yes!"
"What's happening, Am? I'm pleased to see you this happy but what
brought it about?"
"No need to look for a new name for me, Mum. I've found it!"
"And it's obviously one you approve of?"
I explained what I had come up with and the growing smile on her face
told me I had at least one convert.
"That's great, Am! Good thinking. I'm sure your dad will be happy with
that because we both felt it might cause some friction trying to sort
it out."
That gave me a small but definite internal glow which went out with a
*pop* as she started her next sentence.
"Now, I've bought you some make-up. It's cheap stuff for you to
practice with. I'll buy you some good stuff when you've learned how to
use it. What I'd like you to do is go up to your room and lay it all
out on your dressing table and then go and wash your face with warm
water and soap, dry it carefully and than wait for me to come up to
join you and we'll have your first lesson."
Oh joy! My first girly lesson. I have to remember that I'm not a boy,
just a girl who's starting to learn her girlhood late.
Pots of cold cream. Why so many? Foundation, powder, blusher, eye
shadow, mascara, eye liner, lip liner, lipstick, lip gloss, concealer,
a big bag of cleaning pads, cotton wool, pink nail varnish and
remover, a large box of tissues, a small waste paper bin, perfume.
Perfume?
Was I going to have to spray myself with perfume? A moment or two's
thinking told me the answer was that women use perfume, so get used to
it, lady!
I'm sure you don't need a detailed description of my lesson; which
seemed to go on for hours, Best to say that by the time Mum let up the
bin had been emptied twice, my face was feeling a little raw but at
least I looked slightly less of a clown than after my first attempt.
We went down for some lunch with me sporting a light make-over and
smelling like the front entrance to Boots the Chemists with my spritz
of perfume. Now I knew why I needed all that cold cream. We'd emptied
2 jars!
"You did quite well, Am. You just have to remember that at your age a
little goes a very long way. Use too much and the boys will take it as
an invitation!"
As far as I was concerned, that was an excellent invitation to not use
it at all! However, I knew Mum had never gone a day without putting on
the slap and she wasn't going to let me get away with it.
Dad glanced at me when I walked into the kitchen and then, bless him,
he smiled.
"You look great, Am! That makes you look very pretty."
At that moment I liked my dad more than my mum!
I didn't know if he actually liked it, even realised I was made up or
had been primed by Mum, but he was being so nice about it all. He
seemed to be accepting the fact that he had lost his son and gained a
daughter with - what's the word? Oh yes. Equanimity.
I sat down and ate my lunch with both a smile and make-up on my face!
Me? Pretty? Oh, come on now!
I must have given my thoughts away as he followed that up by saying
"I'm not joking or pulling your leg, Am. A touch of make-up turns you
from a 'Boy or girl, I'm not quite sure' into a pretty young lady and
I've been around your mum long enough to know what's happening."
I was very close to making my mascara run after hearing that, but I
managed, just, to keep my eyes from leaking!
Mum, who had just sat there smiling gently, spoke up
"Go upstairs, Am, and open the wardrobe doors in our bedroom. There's
a full length mirror there. Go and take a good hard look at Miss Amber
Rose Turner!"
I did as I was told, I usually do, although I admit I did kinda slow
down, the nearer I got to the mirror.
I took a deep breath, opened the wardrobe doors and stepped in front
of it, wondering what I would see.
A fairly nice-looking teenage girl stood facing me. I will admit to a
negative bias in my self-rating! Perhaps I really did look quite good!
My hair was drawn back into a high pony tail to aid with my make-up
lessons and it was now long enough to make a decent show of it. My
made-up face was above my white cotton polyester blouse which showed
off my small but gradually increasing bust over a small waist and a
pair of black school trousers which showed off my increasingly wide
hips and my already - to me - huge bum! I was wearing black Sketchers
which looked just feminine enough not to spoil the look.
I was a bit stunned.
Wrong! I was a lot stunned!
There was absolutely no way I was going to be able to pretend I was a
boy ever again!
There was a voice behind me.
"Not a bad looker, is she?"
"I suppose not, Mum. I am a girl, aren't I."
"Totally, darling! All we have to do now is show you how to be the
part. Not act the part. That's only for boys!"
"Does that mean I have to get all dolled up in skirts and dresses and
wear frilly underwear all the time?"
"Look at yourself in the mirror again, Am. Is there anything, anything
at all, about your looks that suggests you couldn't go out into the
world as a girl right now?"
"I don't think so."
"Neither do I! You have to remember that there are all different kinds
of girls in this world, Am. There are those who do want to dress up in
skirts and dresses and wear frillies all the time. There are others
who would consider what you are wearing at the moment far too
feminine. Unless there is a uniform requirement or conventional dress
for a particular occasion, you wear what you like to wear, what you
feel comfortable in, what you feel pretty in. It's entirely up to
you!"
There will now be a short intermission. I need one, even if you don't!
Someone asked if I still found my bra uncomfortable after wearing one
all the time for several months.
I haven't forgotten I'm wearing one. After all, I'm growing quite fast
and a bra that was comfortable a while ago is becoming over-full now
and I can feel that, but most of the time I didn't really notice it
any more. What I find much more difficult to put up with is the
increasing size of my hips, bum and thighs. It feels like I'm
beginning to overflow chairs and I can't swing my arms the way I used
to as my hips now get in the way more and more.
Someone also asked me if I was feeling more girly now.
How do I know? It's not as if someone had thrown a switch and all of a
sudden I was converted into a dumb under-dressed bimbo or something!
Yes, I was starting to get more used to doing things in a girly way,
I'm getting better at putting make-up on and I can put my bra on
quickly; and without help! I can do a reasonable job of making my
hair look fairly girly and I'm definitely getting better at it with
daily practice.
Does that make me feel more girly?
I don't have a clue! I'm just me - Am!
Intermission over and back to my story.
After tea we settled down in the sitting room. It looked slightly
ominous that Dad was sitting there with several sheets of paper! He
smiled when he saw me glance at them.
"Don't worry, Am! It's just so I can hopefully have the answers to
hand when we discuss things."
I smiled just to let him know that I understood and wasn't panicking.
"Well, let's start at the beginning, shall we? Are we all agreed that
the evidence all points to Am being our daughter and not our son.
Oh!And I should tell you Am, that we had a letter this morning with
your DNA results which says you are one hundred percent XX."
That's my gander cooked! I'm definitely a goose!
"The letter had a lot more to say, but I suggest that we refer to it
as we come to each item. Just to let you know, Am, there is nothing
nasty in it you will have to worry about."
Does that make me feel better? I'm not sure, but I suppose it does.
"The consultant says the evidence is good enough by a long way for us
to arrange for the re-issue of your birth certificate and to have all
your other records amended but, you will have to decide on a more
feminine name or one or two officials may judder to a halt!"
I can imagine some old fogey having trouble with the change even if my
name was very feminine!
"The good news is that you have come up with a great solution which we
are all happy with..."
I would still rather be Ambrose, but that one is now a No-no!
"... and so, If you agree now, Am, we can go ahead and get those
changes made straight away."
I nodded my agreement and Dad made a mark on his papers.
"Now there are some slightly more difficult things we have to deal
with."
Oh Gawd! Now what?
Mum took it up.
"You have already started your make-up lessons and you are doing quite
well and I will want you to carry on with those but, in addition, as
we are all agreed that this house contains a daughter and not a son, I
want to see all the boy clothes in the house go. I want you to dress
as a girl full time from now on. As we discussed earlier today, that
doesn't mean all the time in skirts, dresses or frillies of any sort
but we will expect to see our daughter around the house. Do you
understand that, Am?"
"Am I dressed as a girl right now, Mum?"
"Almost. But we can talk about that later!"
Almost? What...? Oh! I realised what she meant and that she didn't
want to discuss it in front of Dad.
"So you will be happy to see me like this all the time?"
"No, Am, I won't."
I knew it was too good to be true!
"I've no wish to humiliate you in any way, but inside this house, at
least in the short term, I shall expect you to practice wearing
dresses and skirts. I will leave it to you if you want to try out some
frillies, but the dresses and skirts are a definite. You really do
have to know how to wear them properly even if you only rarely do."
"Now your mother told you she would make arrangements for your
education at the end of the school holidays and she has done so. We
have arranged tor you to be home tutored at least for the next year
and a Mrs Taylor will be coming here four days a week. We don't think
you will need five days as you will be getting one-to-one tutoring all
the time."
Mum started again.
"But don't think you are getting away with just four days! Each
Friday, a behaviourist called Miss Elliott with be coming to help you
learn 'girlhood' I suppose you would call it."
Um! I suppose I should have seen that coming!
"and because you are confirmed as a girl in every way, you will attend
your lessons as a girl in school uniform, starting next Monday. Mrs
Taylor knows all about you and will treat you entirely as a
schoolgirl. She will be a little soft on you to start with, but, you
can expect normal school discipline otherwise."
"Your Friday sessions will be in uniform as well and they will help
you to become the girl you really are."
"Now, outside of school hours and at weekends, you can dress just as
any other teenage girl would do and I will get you magazines and so
forth so that you can study what is 'in'."
"We're sorry if this seems a little harsh, Am, but you have a lot of
leeway to make up and we need to get you moving quickly."
I was being turned into a schoolgirl! I could sort of understand what
was going on, but a girl's uniform! I was not a happy bunny at the
thought!
"We are sorry, Am, but we do hope you understand the need to do this."
"Having to dress as a schoolgirl doesn't fill me with happiness, Dad,
but I suppose that is what I am. It's not as if you are trying to
change me from a boy to a girl, is it?"
"No, it isn't and I'm glad you are taking it so well. We know it's
going to be difficult and we will help you any way we can but..."
"But you won't let me get away with anything!"
They both smiled and I knew I had got that one right!
"We know there will be times when you'll be unhappy about what is
happening to you but you will always be able to talk to us about it
and if we can help you, we will."
"Now, back to the consultant's letter. He suggests that you should be
'tidied up' as he puts it, down below so that later on, you will look
like a girl in the showers and so forth. It will mean that you do have
to sit down to pee but other girls will expect you to do that anyway
and you will need to appear normal in that respect."
"Now, your mother has some things to discuss with you that are rather
more intimate so I'm going to bow out now so as not to embarrass you."
"Thanks, Dad."
As if I wasn't in enough of a state in any case. Still, I suppose it
was good of him to do it.
I wondered what I was in for next and I didn't have to wait long
before I found out!
"OK, Am. You remember that I said "not quite" when you asked if I was
happy with the way you are dressed at the moment? I'm not sure if you
understand that I mean all, every, piece of boys clothes you have must
go and that includes all your underwear. In future you will always
wear girls underwear. If you always wear plain white cotton that's
fine with me or you can wear frillies if the fancy takes you, but that
is the way it's going to be. Understood?"
"Yes, Mum."
"The suggestion that you should be 'tidied up' is a good one and it
will help you be comfortable under the circumstances. You can take it
that there will be a hospital appointment in the near future for that
to be done."
The last shreds of what I thought was my manhood would then be gone.
Oh well!
"Now, as you know, you are missing some aspects of female plumbing. In
one way you are lucky in that you won't have the woman's curse. You
will never have a period although the consultant warns that as you
have a very strong hormonal system, the natural cycle will probably
kick in, meaning you may feel a bit low for a couple of days each
month. If that is all that happens then, lucky you!"
I'd heard about the pain and discomfort that women suffer on a monthly
basis so I was relatively happy about that situation at least!
"I have to tell you about the next bit although nothing is going to
happen before your eighteenth birthday."
Now what? My brain was almost free-wheeling already!
"As you know, you have no Fallopian tubes, no womb, no uterus and no
vagina. The consultant can do nothing about the first three, but he
can build you a vagina if you wanted one. However, he doubts it will
be a good idea as whatever he gives you will be completely non-
functional. It will be permanently dry which means you would have to
lubricate it yourself before it was used, there would be no real
feeling other than some pain if you did use it and there would be
problems of post-use hygiene if you did!"
The thought of some boy shoving his hairy dick into me made me feel
really sick. Mum saw the look on my face and read my thoughts
correctly.
"I take it that quite apart from the fact that your dad and I won't
allow such an operation until you are eighteen, from what you said
previously, you won't be asking for one any time soon?"
"I'll be quite happy to be without one, Mum."
"I thought that would be the case so we can put that one in the reject
column right now!"
Good! I don't want and don't need a vagina!
"Just to finish up, the consultant says that when you have been tidied
up, you will at least look completely girly down below even without a
vagina."
Is that a good thing? I suppose so, even though it means I have to
have a bit of surgery.
Mum suddenly pulled me into a big hug and kissed me on the cheek. It
felt very nice!
"I'm dreadfully sorry this has all happened to you, darling. Your dad
and I both hate having to apply all these strange rules, but I think
you know that, underneath it all, we have to do it and we really do
love you to bits!"
That did make me feel a teeny bit better but I have to admit that I
wasn't looking forward to my immediate future.
"Can we finish on a bit of good news, Am?"
There was some? I nodded - hard!
"There is a foundation that looks after the interests of people like
you and they have given you, through us, a large grant to help you
through the transition. It means that a complete change of wardrobe
won't cost us a thing and all your tutoring comes free for up to two
years."
I thought about how much my change could be costing mum and dad and
realised that this would make things a whole lot easier for all of us.
She smiled at me and then pushed me gently towards the stairs.
"Get yourself off to bed and we'll see you at breakfast."
I made my way upstairs and started to get ready for bed. The next
surprise came as I went to get my pyjamas from under my pillow only to
discover that I was now the proud owner of a nightdress!
No, I wasn't suddenly going to spend my nights in satin and nylon
baby-doll outfits, I had a fairly plain brushed cotton (so it said on
the label) knee length job with short sleeves and a pair of plain
white cotton panties.
Another fantasy clich? bites the dust! I knew it would be pointless
asking why or if I could have my pyjamas back, so I went to bed for
the first time in a nightie!
There was light in the room, a thud and my hip and shoulder hurt! I
realised slowly that I had fallen out of bed because I had managed to
get my legs tangled in my nightie so tightly... Damn!
School started on the Monday morning and I found myself in a skirt for
the first time with a whole new set of lessons to learn , and not just
the usual school lessons!
I discovered that my skirt had rules of its own and Mrs Taylor was
going to make sure that I obeyed them at all times.
She made it very clear to me that there were many (most!) boys and men
around who only had one thing on their minds and that was to see what
a girl wore under her skirt, so there were rules I needed to follow
for my own modesty, not just now and again, but at all times !
Keep your knees together at all times when seated, or keep your legs
crossed! Smooth your skirt under your legs when you sit, especially
with a short skirt. Place at least one hand in your lap when seated to
ensure your skirt never lifts for any reason. If possible, place both
hands, clasped gently and neatly together, in your lap. When climbing
stairs or outside on a windy day, clasp the side seams of your skirt
between the first finger and thumb of each hand close to your sides to
stop it from lifting and showing your undies and also to reduce the
chances of up-skirting by any passing male!
My lessons were punctuated regularly with instructions:
"Amber! Keep your knees together" and "Sit up straight, Amber! Don't
slouch!"
I suppose I did start to pre-empt some of these instructions more and
more but the one that really stung was
"Amber! Stop behaving like a boy! Well-behaved young ladies do not do
that sort of thing!"
I had dropped my pencil case on the floor and bent to pick it up boy-
wise, just bending at the waist. I presented her with a full-on view
of the day's choice of panties! I received the old-fashioned
punishment of a hundred lines of 'hips and knees'. Bend at the hips
and knees and keep your knees together all the time.
It was almost a relief (almost, but not quite!) when the letter came
from the hospital inviting me to come and get fixed! Two more weeks of
school work and more girly lessons before I was finally found, lying
on a trolley in a hospital gown outside the operating theatre ready to
be put under.
Obviously I don't remember anything of the operation, just gradually
coming to and realising that I hurt badly all round my furniture
(Well, it was as good an expression as any, wasn't it?)
A nurse came past my bed and commented, "Ah! You're awake now, are
you?"
What to answer? Ho hum! I needed something to reduce the pain so I
opted for the sensible reply! Apparently I had to accept the pain as
her answer was that the doctor would be coming to see me shortly and
he would prescribe something for me. I wondered if that would happen
the same day so was pleasantly surprised when he turned up about five
minutes later prescribing something about twenty-five letters long
which soon had me on a high that I suspect most junkies would really
enjoy.
I thought I needed a pee but was then informed that I was fitted with
a catheter which meant I didn't have to worry about it - just relax!
I spent the next five days healing, peeing through a tube into a
plastic bag, using a bed pan and having bed baths from nurses who
though a really good scrub was always a good idea before the plug was
pulled out of my bladder (Oh, I really enjoyed that. Not!) and I was
allowed to waddle home with a sheet of instructions about how to look
after myself. Basically, I was to spend the next week doing very
little or nothing at all while I continued to heal.
I did learn one thing during that idle week and that was how to have a
successful pee/spray using my revised apparatus. It wasn't the inch-
accurate stream I was used to but more like a watering-can rose with
half the holes blocked! It required care and attention to detail!
It was soon back to schooling again and I thought I was doing quite
well. Mrs Taylor said I was well ahead on my core subjects and told
Mum I was a good student although not the best girl she had ever
taught! However, she said I was improving. I knew what she meant. The
number of times I was called for unladylike behaviour was falling
steadily and I thought I was getting it in hand.
Suddenly, There was another crisis - for me at least!
Mum asked Miss Elliott how I was doing and didn't like the answer.
Apparently, I had one major failing and I didn't seem to be improving
at all.
She said I was walking like a colt! I had no idea of how to take
shorter ladylike steps and I paced about as if I was on an Army route
march! Constant exercises had apparently had no effect for, as soon as
the exercise finished, I went back to large splay-footed paces again.
I was soon up in front of the head mistress (Mum).
"This can't be allowed to go on, Am. You are doing so well in every
other area so we do have to solve it. I think I know a solution and
we'll apply it from Monday morning onwards and see if we can get
things sorted."
Monday seemed to come round much quicker than usual and I woke,
wondering what Mum had in mind. I got up, did my ablutions and walked
back into my bedroom to find Mum standing there.
"I think this will sort out your problem, Am."
She was holding up a long tube of black material which I realised
after a few moments was a long skirt. A very long skirt. A very long,
very narrow skirt! I wondered to start with if I would be able to even
get it on, let alone walk in it!
She stood there while I got dressed, finally pulling this long
creation up, over my hips to my waist where I tucked my blouse in, did
up the fastening and the zip. I stepped into my shoes, stood up and
tried to walk.
At least I didn't fall over, but I found the hem extremely restrictive
and that I did have to take really short steps. I had no choice in the
matter.
"You'll be wearing skirts like this one all day, every day for the
foreseeable future. Am. You'll have to continue with it until I'm
satisfied that you have not just learned how to walk in a ladylike way
but that it's completely automatic. Now do your hair and make-up and
come down to breakfast."
I was reduced to mincing everywhere in the house. The first thing was
learning how to deal with the stairs and then how to raise my skirt
slightly when sitting down to ease the seams.
At first it was pure torture. It took me a long time to get anywhere
in the house and it took three times as many steps to get there. After
a month, I was starting to take short steps which didn't put a strain
on my skirt hem. Not that this really mattered as Mum had had a strong
tape stitched in round the hem.
After six weeks, I began to have hopes of release fairly soon but
these were dashed completely when I asked Mum.
"Oh, no dear! I'm thinking about at least six months. The fact that
you're still even thinking about it being over shortly shows you still
have a long way to go."
The Autumn term was coming to an end and Mrs Taylor set me a series of
end-of-term exams. They were not easy but at least there were no
outside disturbances and I was able to concentrate on them completely.
I had to wait till the following week for the results and, for once,
it was really good news. I had scored over 95 percent in all of them!
Mrs Taylor was very pleased and Mum and Dad were delighted!
Me? I was chuffed to bits and would have danced around the house
except...!
There was another piece of news I could have done without. I was now
the proud owner of a pair of C cup boobs. The Doctor's prediction had
turned out to be true, so far! Now I had to wonder if I was going to
continue growing and if so, how far?
Had the boob fairy finally finished with me?
Christmas arrived and celebrations were in order. We would have a huge
chicken dinner with all the usual trimmings and Christmas pudding for
those of us who wanted it. We would sit round the tree and open our
presents after we had recovered a bit. In my condition, I had been
allowed to get Miss Elliott to buy my presents which she had done for
me.
There were some little bits of jewellery and some perfume from my
teachers and Mum and Dad had got me some clothes, not too outlandish
or out of fashion which I was grateful for.
Finally, there was just one parcel left. It was addressed to me from
Mum. I wondered what on earth it could be and so opened it very
carefully.
I blushed! If there was a piece of skin on my body capable of
blushing, I'll swear it did! Scarlet!
She had only gone and bought me the frilliest, most feminine matching
set of underwear imaginable. Pink and black satin and lace with little
bows and roses attached here and there. A half-cup C cup (she knew!)
booster bra, panties, suspender belt (six suspenders?), a waspie and
two packs of shear black nylons.
"I won't make you model them in company, Am..."
Thank goodness for that. I would have died!
"... but I'd like you to put them away in a drawer and then sometime,
when you feel like it. Just try them!"
Dad just sat there with a silly grin on his face which was beginning
to annoy me until he spoke
"Don't get upset, Am! Your mother has a set just like that and she
blushed just as much when she got it!"
I looked across at Mum to see her starting to warm up considerably as
well. At this point, we all fell about laughing. Nice one, Dad!
"Don't let it embarrass you, Am. Apart from what's absolutely
necessary in order to get you well into girlhood, we don't want to
force you to do anything. If that set sits in a drawer for years, we
won't mind. We simply want you to have the opportunity to try things
out and see if you do actually like them."
I knew this deep down and so the next thing that happened was a huge
hug for both of them from me.
It was well into the Spring term when Mum finally released me from my
hobble skirts. There was absolutely no doubt that I could and did walk
in a much more feminine way.
"We think it's time for you to start going out in the world, Am. We
aren't asking you go straight into town on your own or back to school
in your new persona but if you like, come for a short walk in the
country or one of the local parks with us. What do you think about
that?"
I had been out in our garden once or twice recently and I knew various
people had seen me without adverse comment so I was happy to relieve
some of my cabin fever with a walk out with my parents.
I made a point of dressing in a reasonably feminine way. Skirt,
jumper, jacket, tights and shoes with a one inch heel, fully made up
and with my hair in a very high set pony tail. I think I looked
quietly girly and Mum's smile when she saw me confirmed that idea for
me. We took the car to a local park and then walked, three abreast
with Dad in the middle at a gentle pace round some of the paths.
We passed a number of people, most of whom said some sort of hello and
although I felt one or two male eyes on me, it didn't seem to be
anything other than a gentle checking out. I could live with that!
This was the first time I had walked for any great distance for some
time and I found it somewhat strange walking on a definite heel and
showing off my legs, essentially bare to above my knees.
However, the strangest feeling was that of my boobs bouncing gently up
and down in time with my walking. I could not only see it but I could
definitely feel it as well! I found that if I rotated my hips more as
I walked, it reduced the effect a little. It didn't fill me with joy
to realise that I would announce myself to the boys by waving my bum
or boobs around and, if I grew any bigger, this situation would only
get worse! I really did need to find myself a girlfriend soon or the
boys would be crawling all over me!
I made sure that walking out became a habit very quickly, much to Mum
and Dad's pleasure although I'm not sure that they really understood
why! It was all the incentive I needed to get myself integrated back
into teen society,
I was soon walking into town on my own, but with an official letter in
my handbag explaining why I wasn't I school, just in case I got
stopped. The grant I had allowed me to have a little money in my purse
and I also had a credit card, made out to Amber Turner, of course (and
with a very limited credit line!) which allowed me to go shopping for
small items or buy a snack.
I was getting used to being around people as a girl, rather than as a
boy. Going into somewhere like Victoria's Secret was a very strange
experience to start with although Mum's purchase of my frillies set
(still unused) at least prepared me for what I was exposed to when I
walked in. Getting into conversations about such things with a female
assistant without being embarrassed was something I had to get used
to. After all, not many teenage boys would dare even enter the place,
let alone start talking to the assistants about the benefits of
particular pieces of very intimate underwear!
It was obvious to me that, whether I wore frillies of not, it would
help me fit in with other girls if I at least knew what I was talking
about and could do so without turning all pink and obvious!
My first year as a girl was coming rapidly to an end. Mrs Taylor set
me end of year exams which I did very well at and my physicals at the
hospital didn't set off any alarm bells although Mr Perkins admitted
that he had no idea why I was so fit and healthy under the
circumstances. All he could say was that he hoped this would continue
and that If I had any unusual symptoms, I was to contact him
immediately.
The decision was made that I wouldn't be going back to my old school
for fairly obvious reasons (I didn't want to get beaten up by bullies
who remembered me as a boy) but that I would start the next Autumn
term at a small local private girls-only school where I would finish
my education. My grant would stretch to that.
After a Summer holiday by the seaside, which included learning not to
be embarrassed to be seen in a bikini, I was finally standing at the
gates to my new school, resplendent in my new schoolgirl uniform about
to start my new life in ernest.
Did my boobs get any bigger? That's another story!
All this, just because I had an itch!