Thanks to Charlie for the guidance help and wonderful editing skills.
I dressed quickly and left for work, it was going to be a big day. We
were getting close to completion and we had the big party to organise.
Siobhan and I worked on the invite list and gift baskets for all who
attended.
I organised the band, security, lighting and caterers. I left Candy to
organise the models. I worked with the construction team finishing the
runway in the new area. I ended up driving the forklift for a while
because they were a man down. That drew a few whistles and cat calls as
I raced around on the forklift. The laughter and jeering stopped though
when they saw that I could actually drive the thing.
It was a long day and I hung around the office for as long as I could.
My phone rang, it was Lauren wanting to know what time I was going to
be home. I lied to her. "Sorry baby I'm going to be a bit late tonight,
got lots on at the moment."
"OK then." She sighed. "But don't be too long, I love you."
I sat at my desk trying to hold back the tears, fuck, why can't I stop
fucking crying all the time.
By the time I dredged up enough courage to go home it was late, very
late. Lauren and Alecia had ordered in pizza and had eaten by the time
I got there. Thankfully they had ordered enough so there was some left.
The girls watched quietly as I ate in silence, I could feel their
stares boring into me, but it was silent, no conversation, and
definitely no laughter. It felt cool and tense. It was like we were all
afraid to say something in case it ignited another fight.
Later after eating I murmured, "I'm going to take a hot bath." They
both watched me climb the stairs.
I sank into the hot sudsy water and reclined back letting my muscles
relax and soften. I closed my eyes and drifted off into a mild
meditation. I felt the world stop and my mind slowed down.
I don't know how long I was out for but when I came to the water was
getting cold and I could hear the girls tittering in the bedroom.
Alecia watched me as I came out of the bathroom. "God how did you do
that, I went in to see if you were all right and you were in some sort
of trance or something."
"It's called meditating, an art I learned a long time ago. I don't use
it as much as I should these days, but it is very refreshing and great
for relieving stress."
The girls were getting into bed as I dried myself. I glanced at them.
This is normally one of my favourite times. The girls take as much
trouble dressing for bed as they do if they're going out. As it always
is the bed was awash with lingerie and lace. They are two very sexy
ladies. "I'm going downstairs to get a drink, do you want anything?"
They both shook their heads. I got a beer out of the fridge and turned
on the TV, I flicked through the channels settling on some motor racing
channel. I watched it mindlessly for an age hoping that the girls would
be asleep when I got to bed. I had another couple of beers and when I
checked the time it was well after midnight. I snuck into the bedroom
and they were both cuddled up tightly together. It's a sweet sexy thing
watching them like this. I slipped beneath the covers and laid on my
back staring blankly into the darkness. I couldn't put my finger on
what made me feel this way. All I knew was I felt weak and feeble, like
I used to feel when I had run away from the bullies at school. I felt
ashamed.
I woke early again and escaped before either of the girls got up. It
was another busy day and I had a string of appointments and meetings.
The day was gone in a flash. I couldn't blame the girls. It was my
fault. I just needed to be firmer. I stayed at the office until much
longer than I needed to. It was late again when I got home I was hoping
maybe the girls had an early night but they were up waiting. "Kelli
come into the lounge baby we want to talk," Lauren called. "Come on
stop hiding from us."
I complained, "Sorry but I need to take a shower I will be down in a
moment."
After I had come back down, I noticed the girls were still sitting in
the lounge waiting and Lauren didn't look happy. I walked into the
kitchen, hunted through the fridge, and I decided that it would have to
be simple as there wasn't much in there.
Lauren had a nervous look on her face. "Baby what's wrong? You are not
yourself. It is because of the other night isn't it?"
I couldn't really deny it. "Yes I am uncomfortable with what happened
the other night. I feel like I should never have let that happen."
Alecia came over and cuddled up to me from behind. "Babes why are you
so upset, we had a fantastic experience and we all loved it."
"I just don't feel comfortable with myself for letting it happen." I
was swallowing back tears that were slowly breaking through the dam.
Lauren held my head in her hands and lifted my head until I was looking
her in the eye. "Kelli that is just so wrong. Stop being a drama queen.
You gave us a gift the other night and it was wonderful. Now you have
an understanding of the pleasure we get. We have shared things that a
lot of couples don't. I think we are stronger for it."
Alecia kept holding me gripping my arm tight. "Babes the question is
did you enjoy it?"
What could I say they knew the answer I couldn't deny I enjoyed it.
"Yes Alecia I can't lie, you already know the answer."
She giggled. "Yeah we sort of got that impression. So if you enjoyed it
and we enjoyed it how could it be wrong? Honey I love it when you put
that beautiful cock in me, so why shouldn't you enjoy the same thing.
We have to stop thinking about specific gender roles and just enjoy
being with each other."
Lauren was giggling as well. "Baby why are you so upset about this?"
"Because I am scare that you will lose even more respect for me,
because you won't see me as a man anymore."
Alecia kissed me with a big grin on her face. "Baby that ship sailed a
long time ago. You are no longer a man. That doesn't mean we don't love
you or respect you. You are still our rock and we depend on you but you
are not a man in the normal sense of the word."
They were making sense but I couldn't shake off the feeling that it was
wrong. "But what will people say if they ever find out, god I would be
a laughing stock."
Alecia kept nuzzling on my neck. "Baby you can't spend your life hiding
from who you are. OK you aren't a normal boring man, you are so much
more. Kelli, it's who you are, enjoy it and accept it."
As she kept nuzzling Lauren snuck in and started kissing both of us and
we ended up in bed making wild passionate love.
It was the start of a magical period in our relationship, we seemed to
find another gear if that's possible, we made love like rabbits and I
was starting to wonder if I would survive. They were wearing me out.
The big difference was in my head, I really started to feel comfortable
as Kelli. I looked forward to going out and getting dressed up. I spent
hours in front of the mirror trying new makeup techniques. I took great
delight in raiding the girl's wardrobes. It was definitely first up
best dressed in our home. What's more I was taking great pleasure in
teasing the construction guys. Life was pretty good.
The longer I spent in my new persona the old Michael was becoming a
fuzzy distant memory. The deeper I went into Kelli the stronger the
attachment was. I started to consider what the future would have in
store. The more I thought about it the more I realised I couldn't go
back to being just Michael and I didn't want to which was the strong
point. I only had to think about how Maddison treated me. As Kelli she
couldn't get enough of me, as Michael she didn't even want to talk to
me. As much as I had fought this weird journey, Kelli is who I am. I
loved Kelli. I loved the clothes, the attention and I loved Candy's. It
was my company.
Kelli was so deeply imbedded in my everyday thinking and planning. One
day while I was putting my makeup on I reflected on my appearance,
there were a couple of things that stuck out for me. As I looked in the
mirror the two things that I didn't like was my Adams apple and boobs,
I hated the fact I had to wear breast forms to appear like a normal
woman. I was always self-conscious about the fact someone would notice.
I also hated the fact that when I dressed in lingerie I lost my bust.
If I was being honest with myself and I was going to become Kelli for
real then breast implants were a must. But if I did go down that route
I also knew there would be no going back. No running away. For days I
wandered around seemingly lost and in a daze as I reflected and
contemplated what to do.
In the end I made the decision, yes I wanted to be Kelli. That moment
of acceptance seemed to release me and I felt free, like a weight had
been lifted. I smiled broadly inside. yes it was true I wanted to be
Kelli. My relationship with Lauren and now Alecia was stronger than
ever. We seemed to be getting on so well and they both loved Kelli. In
fact everybody loves Kelli. I think as much as Alecia says she loves me
I think if I was to slip back to living as Michael she would leave.
What would happen after that is anyone?s guess.
I contacted a local surgeon who specialised in plastic surgery and made
an appointment. I didn?t talk to the girls about it. I was going to
make it a surprise and do a big reveal. That would get the girls going.
The surgeon did a full examination including a full screen of blood
tests. He was amazed when I told him I wasn?t on any hormone
treatments. He asked lots of questions. He said it was truly remarkable
that a man would have such smooth skin, I had breasts developing and he
did some body fat calculations. The look he gave me was one of
disbelief. He kept asking about the hormones. Still he booked me in for
the procedures, I decided on a small implant. I didn?t want to be one
of those false looking woman with breasts way to big and firm for their
body. I went for a B cup size. The doctor congratulated me on common
sense. He smiled. "It will save your back in later life."
I headed home feeling pretty chuffed with myself.
Work was keeping me pretty busy the expansion project was nearing
completion.
It was a couple of days later when the doctor called me and he sounded
upset. "Kelli why did you feel you had to lie to me about taking
hormones?"
I was nonplussed. "I?m sorry doctor but I don?t know what you?re
talking about."
"I have received the blood test results and they show very high levels
of estrogen, the levels are commensurate with a male who is taking
female hormones."
"But I haven?t taken any."
He sounded unsure. "Well do you take any medication of any kind?"
"No," I replied. "The only thing I take is a vitamin supplement every
day."
He asked, "What sort of vitamin?"
I went and got the bottle out of the cupboard and read out the label to
him.
"No that wouldn?t do it those are just an over the counter vitamin
supplement." He was silent for a moment and I sensed he was deep in
thought. "Kelli can you take a tablet out of the bottle please and
describe them to me, see if there are any markings on them."
I emptied the contents and got one of the tablets, and described it and
read out the tablet marking.
"Kelli, those tablets are birth control pills, who gave them to you?"
"What!" I yelled. I could hear the anger in his voice and I didn?t want
to drop Lauren in it so I lied. "A friend at work suggested that I take
them because of the diet I was on."
He was noticeably agitated. "This is a serious matter. There are a lot
of side effects and dangers you need to be aware of. Taking female
birth control pills is like taking female hormones and it does some
things to the male body." He went on to list some of the effects.
"There will be a loss in bone density and muscle mass."
"The testicles and penis will shrink."
"There is also an increased risk of suffering an enlarged prostate
gland and this may lead to prostate cancer."
"There are also the psychological side effects to consider. You may
suffer from severe mood swings and feelings of sadness."
Fuck that explained why I was always fucking crying. Thank god at least
I wasn?t going crazy!
"I strongly recommend that you stop taking the tablets immediately. If
you would like to talk about hormone replacement therapy there are far
better options with much reduced risk."
I didn?t know what to say.
The hard edge in his voice was plain. "If you want to you could lay
criminal charges against your so called friend. In fact I would go so
far as to say you damn well should. This so called friend has misled
you badly."
I thanked him for his assistance, and promised to consider the legal
issue. He also suggested that if I wanted to continue taking a proper
hormone then I should freeze some of my sperm because after a while the
female hormones will make me sterile. Fuck!
As we talked he asked whether I still wanted to go through with the
procedures.
Although he had scared me and I was angry the answer was still yes. He
went through further explanations about recovery and booked in the
operation for two weeks time.
I collapsed back in my chair, what the fuck. Lauren had been tricking
me into taking these fucking tablets for over a year now and I was
stupid enough to go along with it. When I thought about it I realised
what a fucking moron I really am. It was fucking obvious as hell, why
didn?t I see it everybody else did!
As the day wore on I got angrier and angrier. Shit she had actually put
my life in danger all because of her fucking fantasy. By the time I got
home that night I was ready to explode, I felt like strangling her,
what about Alecia did she know?
They were in the dining room when I walked in. They were having a glass
of wine and chatting about their day, and work. They both smiled when I
walked in although I saw the look change on Lauren?s face as she saw
the stern look on mine.
"Baby you look terrible, what?s the matter?"
I slammed the pill bottle down on the table. "What can you tell me
about these?"
She looked horrified. "Oh shit," was all she said. It was the look on
her face a look that told the story she looked scared.
"So that?s all you have to say for trying to fucking kill me?"
She was sniffling holding back the tears. "Baby please they are
harmless they are just to help with your transition."
"Harmless," I screamed. "Fucking harmless my arse. Here are some of the
side effects of taking these things Lauren and they come directly from
the doctor."
I angrily spat out the consequences. "Loss of bone and muscle density,
the bones become porous and brittle, increased risk of prostate cancer,
shrunken testes and penis, erectile dysfunction and sterility. Not to
mention the psychological harm, not surprising I have had such wild
mood swings and I cry all the time."
She was trying to hold my hand but I snatched it away.
She was shaking her head. "Kelli I think you are over exaggerating it a
little. I don?t think it?s as bad as that."
I reached into my bag and threw down all of the research papers I had
downloaded off the internet. "Really, so all of these doctors have got
it wrong have they?"
She honestly looked shocked and broke down. "Kelli I didn?t know. You
have to believe me. I read an article in a woman?s magazine about how
men transitioning use them to ease their transition. I thought they
were harmless honestly. Baby I would never give you something on
purpose that would harm you."
"For fuck sake why didn?t you tell me? Why didn?t you at least talk to
me about it?"
"Baby I am sorry, at the time you weren?t even dressing as Kelli and
you were being so hardnosed about the whole thing I knew you wouldn?t
take them, that?s why I didn?t tell you."
"So you just made a Q1 decision and decided you knew what was best for
me? You put my life in danger without even consulting with me. I can?t
believe how selfish you are Lauren. I am so angry right now I feel like
slapping you."
Alecia had sat through the whole thing without saying a word. I watched
her face intently. "Did you know about this Alecia?"
She was shaking her head, but remained silent.
Lauren jumped up from her chair. "Baby no one knows except me. I did
it. Alecia wasn?t even living with us then. You can?t be mad at her.
You have to take it out on me."
She walked up and hugged me. "Please baby please, you have to forgive
me? I didn?t know about the side effects. It was stupid I know, I
should have done some research but the article made it sound so simple.
Michael believe me I am sorry." She was bawling.
"Fuck you Lauren you selfish self-centred bitch. All you care about is
what you want. Don?t worry about the fact you could have harmed me. The
doctor wanted to know who gave me the tablets. He wants me to lay
criminal charges against whoever gave them to me. I lied to him, I lied
to save your arse."
She looked across at Alecia looking for support but she was saying
nothing.
"I have had it Lauren this is too much. I can?t live with you at the
moment. I am going to move out."
"No baby please don?t leave, we can?t work it out if you leave. It?s
not fair on Alecia she didn?t do anything wrong."
"No, I can?t stay here otherwise I am going to say things or do
something I know I will later regret."
I packed a couple of bags. While I was packing Alecia walked in behind
me and wrapped her arms around me.
"Shit babes, I am sorry. I don?t know what to say. Lauren has done the
wrong thing but moving out? Do you think that will help? Don?t you
think that you are overreacting? Wouldn?t it be better to stay so we
can talk this through and see what happens?"
"No this is the last straw for me. Every other time I have forgiven her
but this time I don?t think I can. It?s her disregard for me, her lack
of trust in me. I mean I hadn?t even decided to go down this path. If I
had stayed as Michael what sort of freak would I be?" The tears were
flowing and I was crying again, fucking tears. I have become a wreck.
I walked out got in the car and drove away. All day I had been thinking
about how this would play out. Where to live was the top priority. One
of the seamstresses had been talking about an apartment down on the
waterfront that she had moved out of because she had moved in with her
boyfriend. I called into the office got her details and gave her a
call.
I didn?t tell her everything but she was happy to meet me there in an
hour and show me through it.
It was pretty nice, a balcony looking out over the ocean. And the price
was right although I had to sign a twelve month lease. That bit was
hard, it was like I had already made my decision. My hand shook as I
signed.
The only problem was it was empty, no furniture, oh well at least I
could smell the ocean.
I went down to the department store and brought a camp stretcher,
sleeping bag, a kettle and a toaster.
That night I slept out on the balcony with the sound of the ocean
ringing in my ears.
There were numerous calls from Lauren. Thank god for messagebank.
Work the next morning was hard, Candy was chasing me around trying to
find out what the problem was.
Eventually she cornered me and there was no escape. I told her what had
happened, she nodded her head. "Yeah I can?t say I am surprised.
Remember back to our first meeting I said I had never seen anyone
transition as easily as you. I thought then that you must have been
taking hormones. I am sorry sweetie but it?s not the end of the world
you know. It really has helped your transition you look fabulous and
you can stop taking them. It takes years for some of the effects to
happen anyway and I am guessing that the dose rate is fairly low."
I glared at her questioningly. "So you take them Candy?"
She grinned. "Yes sweetie I do, but I take a very low dose, just enough
to help with the transition. I love my cock and I don?t want to lose
it."
We both laughed. "Yeah me to, otherwise what would I have to play with
in the bath?"
The weekend was rolling around and I thought it would be nice to go for
a ride. So during the middle of the day I got a taxi over to our place
so I could get the 996 out of the garage and ride it back to the
apartment.
Alecia called and asked if I would come home to see if we could sort
things out? She pleaded. "Babe please, Lauren is an absolute wreck, she
done nothing but cry since you left. She knows what she did was wrong,
honestly she is so remorseful."
"No I am sorry but I don?t want to talk at the moment, I am still way
too angry to talk." I was trying not to sound curt or short with her, I
mean it wasn?t her fault, but I couldn?t separate Alecia and Lauren, it
was like they were one being. There?s nothing she could say to me that
would make this any easier.
The next week raced by, I started going to Tae Kwon Do every day, and I
met a woman there who was a regular attendee. She was a novice and
still learning so I helped her with her stretches and we ended up
talking and became quite friendly. She sensed that there was some
tension in my life. I didn?t tell her what but I nodded and agreed that
I was tense and angry at the moment. She suggested I should try yoga as
a good method of relaxation. She was an instructor at a local gym.
What did I have to lose? Yeah I thought why not I will give it a shot.
After the first class I was hooked, it was awesome. There was another
plus, the outfits were amazing. I spent days shopping for sexy
leotards. They are necessary but fuck they are so damn sexy, I loved
it. Yoga became part of my daily routine, yoga in the morning and Tae
Kwon Do in the evenings.
While on a break at the yoga class I met another lady, she was middle
aged but still very attractive, but what amazed me was how flexible and
agile she was. She told me she has been practicing Tai Chi for many
years. She invited me to a class that she attends. The Tai Chi was
amazing as well. So now I did Tai Chi and then Yoga in the mornings. My
dance card was pretty full.
My appointment with the surgeon was looming quickly and I needed to get
my mind around this, once done it would be hard to go back.
I thought about my life as Michael, how hard it was. I could never seem
to make my mark on the world. Suddenly with the arrival of Kelli that
had changed, suddenly people were falling all over me, they took me
seriously. It was however deeper than that, as Kelli I felt normal, I
felt like I was complete I seemed to fit better as Kelli.
My mind was made up I was going through with it.
The surgeon gave me the full run down on the operation. Although it
wasn?t dangerous or life threatening, there would be bruising and I
would be uncomfortable for a few days after the op perhaps even up to a
week or so. He suggested I take at least one week off work as a
precaution.
I had a chat to Candy and Siobhan, and organised for them to cover me
for a couple of weeks. I convinced them that I just needed some time to
myself.
The operation went smoothly and there were no complications. None,
except I felt totally weird. I had been wearing breast forms for ages
and didn?t think it would feel that different, but it did. I could feel
the weight. Maybe it was the bruising and swelling but they felt
enormous.
I went back to the apartment and locked the doors, took the painkillers
they had given me and crashed. For the next couple of days I just laid
around the house feeling sorry for myself. I don?t know if it was the
isolation but it seemed to hit home that I was alone, this was now my
world. I was single and alone.
I got call after call from Lauren asking if I was OK and whether we
could get together. She had obviously heard through Candy that I was
taking time off work. Still feeling pissed off with her and suffering a
little loneliness, I spat out, "What do you care," and hung up.
Later Alecia tried as well shortly after I had hung up on Lauren. "Hi
babes I just wanted to touch base. We are worried about you."
"I am OK, I am just feeling a bit stressed and thought a couple of days
off might help."
She offered to visit and cheer me up.
"No thanks, I?m not very good company at the moment."
By week number two I felt like I could face the world, so decided to go
out and see a movie. It took ages to find something I liked in the
wardrobe. I had only picked up a few clothes when I walked out of the
house. It felt weird yet wonderful to have boobs, the swelling had
already reduced and they weren?t so tender to touch, in fact I was
starting to enjoy playing with them, nothing major just running my
hands over them and giving them a little squeeze. Still some of my
clothes were now a very tight fit across the bust. I must have tried on
a dozen outfits before settling on a black shift style dress, I wore a
loose fitting jacket that covered my boobs and I added a scarf to cover
the small bruising on my neck. In the end I felt pretty comfortable
with my selection.
I didn?t care what movie was showing I just needed to get out of the
apartment and be around people and mingle a little.
As I was standing in line for the movie I noticed a young guy standing
off to the side, he was watching me surreptitiously out of the corner
of his eye. Every time I looked up at him he would look away, never
able to hold my gaze.
I smiled inwardly I knew how that felt. I remembered those first months
at college where I so desperately wanted to talk to girls but couldn?t
raise the courage. I got a drink and went to wait in line. The young
guy came and fell into the line a few people behind me. As I was
walking into the theatre I heard a bit of ruckus behind me, it was the
young guy, the usher was pushing him back out because he was at the
wrong theatre.
I laughed aloud, what a dork, how did he think he was going to get in?
I found a seat relaxing back getting comfortable when I saw the young
guy come racing in, he stood in the aisle for ages scanning the room,
then when he spotted me he quickly darted his eyes away and then
casually walked up sitting in the row behind me. I mean the theatre was
almost empty he could have sat anywhere but he chose the seat behind
me.
Nothing more happened until the movie was finished and I was leaving,
he fell in step behind me following me closely. I stopped outside the
theatre and looked around deciding maybe a coffee would be nice. There
was a little caf? in the complex below my apartment so I meandered back
with him following like he was on a covert mission or something. Every
time I stopped to look in shop windows he would stop or cross the road
before falling in behind me a couple of hundred metres. It was comical,
but it also made me nervous, what if he was a rapist or something? No I
was just being paranoid. Still I was happy when I got to the safety of
the caf?. I ordered and sat at a table where I could look around the
room.
He came in a couple of minutes after I sat down. I took the opportunity
to look at him more closely, he was tall, maybe six foot, he was
handsome in a rustic sort of way. He had brown hair and was wearing the
new designer facial stubble that seemed so popular with men these days.
Not a beard as such just not cleanly shaven. It suited him perfectly
because it didn?t look fake as it did on some guys who were just
following a trend. He was slim without being skinny and he was dressed
well. Hmmm not a bad package I thought with a smile.
I drank my coffee and read a couple of magazines as he sat a few tables
away drinking his coffee. The magazine gave me a warm fuzzy as I
noticed one of our ads which featured me in a white cotton frock. I
remembered this picture. At the time it seemed pure and clean the white
dress and stockings. A single string pearl necklace and silver
earrings. It was a good picture of me. It was the perfect angle for me
and I loved it.
I was still a little concerned so I didn?t want him to know my
apartment was upstairs. I dallied around toying with the magazines. I
waited and waited. Eventually he got up to go to the toilet and while
he was gone I snuck out.
Once home safe and sound I had a little giggle to myself. I couldn?t
help but laugh. He might actually be shyer than I was.
The next day I was feeling so much better that I decided to go
shopping, I definitely needed a new wardrobe now. Everything I had
brought previously was sort of designed not to show too much skin
around the breasts. Now I was free to wear some outfits I had been
dying to try. I wanted something that would really show off my new
cleavage.
As I headed down it was close to lunch time and stopped in for a
coffee, bugger me if the young guy wasn?t there loitering around
outside. At least he didn?t see where I came from.
I ordered a coffee and again sat where I could watch him with a little
caution.
I could see he was fidgeting about in his chair, it looked like he was
fighting some internal demons. I guessed he was trying to dig up the
courage to come and talk to me. Shit this was a total role reversal. I
decided to torture him I went in and out of every dress shop and
boutique along the shopping strip. I found a couple of really revealing
low cut dresses. I loved yellow, it seems such a bright adventurous
colour. I chose a few different ones before heading for home.
He followed me the whole way, when I went into shops he followed me and
hid behind racks of clothes while he spied on me. I was almost home
when I thought enough is enough. I decided to ask him why he was
following me. As I approached an intersection I turned to talk to him,
but I turned so quickly I didn?t realise how close he was to me. As I
turned he walked right into me sending us both sprawling.
He jumped up helping me to my feet. "Oh god I am so sorry," he mumbled,
"I didn?t mean to do that." I looked into his eyes and I could see the
anxiety and nervousness.
"It?s OK I sighed no biggie, it was my fault really. I just wanted to
know why you were following me."
His head dropped and he stuttered, "I um, well I have been trying to
build up the courage to talk to you. I am sorry I will leave you in
peace."
"Hang on Mr. you mean you have been following me around all day waiting
to talk to me and now that you are talking to me you want to leave?
What?s that about?"
He stuttered, "Well I just, oh shit look I am not very good at this. I
find it difficult to talk to people, especially woman, and even more so
someone as pretty as you."
That brought a smile to my face.
He smiled and held out his hand. "Um I?m Josh." I liked it when he
smiled, his personality changed and he appeared friendly.
We shook hands which seemed weird. "Look Josh I am going to the caf?
where we went last night. I am going to have something to eat, why
don?t we actually sit together this time and you can tell me about
yourself."
Over the next hour Josh told me all about himself, he was single, he
was an architect who worked for a local firm. He loved live music and
going to the movies. He had an old MG that he was trying to restore but
on a very limited budget.
We laughed a lot and he asked about me and what I did. I gave him a
very brief explanation of my job. I did tell him that I was off work
recovering from minor surgery. He asked all the right questions, was I
OK etc., etc.
We talked for so long my throat hurt, and I remember the doctor
suggesting I limit speech.
Josh stuttered, "I am going to the movies again tonight would you like
to go?"
I agreed without even thinking about it. I said we could meet
beforehand and have a drink? He nodded. "I would love to."
I went up to my apartment and was crazily going through all my clothes
again finding a suitable outfit. By the time I had spread my entire
wardrobe over the bed and floor trying to find the right look the phone
went and it was Alecia.
She wanted to talk, to see how I was and how I was feeling. I said I
was Ok and just sitting around thinking. She told me that Lauren was a
total wreck and was moping around. She feared that she was going to
have a breakdown. She begged me to go back and talk to them, try to see
if we could at least be friends? As she talked she started to sob. She
was sniffling between words.
Hearing the sadness in her voice started me off as well. I cried.
"Please just give me some time. I can?t talk to her at the moment."
She wouldn?t let go. "Well what about if just the two of us get
together and we can talk, would that help?"
"No baby, I?m sorry I know this isn?t your fault and I don?t want to
get you tangled in our arguments, but the truth is I can?t separate you
and Lauren at the moment. I?m sorry that?s just the way I feel."
"Kelli, is it still Kelli or is it Michael now?"
"It?s Kelli." I sighed.
"Thank god," she mumbled. "For what it?s worth I don?t agree with what
Lauren did, I think she was wrong. She didn?t think it through. She
just got swept up in the emotion of it all. She wasn?t thinking
straight."
I was taking deep breaths trying to maintain calm. "I can understand
that but she has had plenty of time since to tell me."
She sucked in a deep breath. "I am not disagreeing with you, I?m just
trying to explain why she did it. She did the wrong thing for the right
reason. I mean we can all see this beautiful sexy creature that you
have become. From the very first time I saw you as Kelli I couldn?t
believe how you could be so beautiful. Lauren just wanted to bring that
out in you and allow you to shine. I know what she did was wrong but
the results are amazing. You must see that, you must see how sexy you
are as a woman."
In the end I agreed to go over on the weekend and see them both.
I was still going through my clothes when I realised I was going to be
late for my date with Josh. Then the coin dropped, god I was going on a
date with a man! Bloody hell, what was I thinking?
I showered and as I soaked under the spray I shaved my legs. They
didn?t need it but I just loved the feel of the razor sliding up my
legs. It?s so fucking sexy.
As I dressed I luxuriated in my favourite part of dressing. I sat on
the end of the bed and started to roll my stockings up my freshly
shaved legs. Oh my god it never fails to give me an erection. It is
pure sex. The silky sexy material sliding up my legs. Fuck it felt so
good. The only thing better is lipstick. I love applying lipstick. It
is so damn sexy, the taste and smell. My lips feel so much more
sensitive and so sensuous. That simple act always makes me feel like a
woman. As I looked in the mirror I watched as my lips took on a look of
their own. Pouty and sexy bright red and sexy.
By the time I met Josh at the caf? I was a bit of a mess, I had talked
myself out of this at least half a dozen times, and then convinced
myself that it would be OK. Nothing was going to happen. We were just
going to the movies!
Well it turned out to be a fun night. Josh was really good fun once he
let down his guard and opened up. He did have a sense of humour and
when he smiled he was so handsome. Handsome I grinned. Shit get a grip
girl! For god?s sake he is a man I kept telling myself. For fuck sake,
I get a set of tits and suddenly I want to fuck the first guy I meet!
What the fuck.
Josh was the perfect gentleman throughout the evening, he never pushed
too hard, never got touchy feely. It was just a very nice pleasant
evening.
We ended the date at the caf?, we exchanged phone numbers and I agreed
that I would like to see him again.
He asked if I would like to go out for a meal and drinks on Friday
night?
I agreed yes I would like that. He leaned over and gave me a light
kiss, which I returned.
Friday night rolled up pretty quick Alecia had been ringing me
constantly, making sure that I was going to be there Saturday
afternoon.
That night I had a date with Josh and I needed to get that out of the
way first. I chose one of my new dresses it was the low cut black one
with string straps. God it fit like a glove and was so revealing. I
walked back and forth in front of the mirror just watching and admiring
my new shape. The swelling wasn?t completely gone but the bruising was
and there was no sign of the stitches, they were underneath and covered
by my bra. I went with four inch heels an open toe strappy design that
really went with my dress. For my makeup I went with a dark moody look,
accentuating my eyes, I wanted to look mysterious and exotic.
We met at the caf? again and he led me a couple of blocks down to a
little Italian restaurant, it was intimate and cosy. Very romantic in
fact, I would need to keep this one in my diary for future reference.
We chatted and talked about work.
Josh was really into his job he obviously loved it. He becomes a
different guy when he gets excited he forgets about everything else.
Some women would probably have been bored I suppose, but because of my
history in construction I was fascinated and the conversation was
great. It was like just being out with a mate.
I guess it suddenly dawned on him that he had been rabbiting on and he
apologised saying he was a jerk. I patted his hand. "Josh it is OK to
be passionate about your job, don?t be ashamed of that." It was so
apparent how much he loved his work and he was working on this new
project which he was so proud of.
We drank a bottle of wine with our meal and I was feeling no pain by
the time it was over. Josh helped me up and as we got outside he hailed
a taxi. We ended up at a little jazz club, it was small and the crowd
was sparse, god I was so glad he didn?t choose one of the glitzy clubs
with pounding techno music.
He found us a table at a secluded spot and we relaxed listening to the
music. The band was awesome, tight and smooth. We worked our way
through another bottle of wine before he asked me to dance. As we hit
the dancefloor he pulled me in close, it wasn?t to close but it was
close enough. As we danced I found myself gliding with him and as he
held me tighter I surrendered to his embrace until I was up tight
against his body. I could feel his heat through the flimsy fabric of my
dress, and I felt his erection which was digging into my tummy. My head
rested on his chest as we sort of swayed, we weren?t moving we were
just standing there swaying.
It came to an end when the band stopped for a break. We had a couple
more drinks before I thought I had to go before this went too far, I
was losing control.
Ever the gentleman he walked me outside and called a taxi which took us
back to the caf?. As we were saying goodnight he pulled me in close and
kissed me, it was hard and forceful, totally different from kissing a
woman.
His lips were firm and his stubble was like coarse sandpaper on my
cheeks but as his tongue slid into my mouth I didn?t fight it, in fact
I returned it with the same enthusiasm.
It was Josh who broke the kiss saying goodnight and jumping back in the
cab and disappearing into the night.
That night curled up in my sleeping bag I felt completely unsettled. It
wasn?t just the kiss, it was the feel of his cock pressed up against my
tummy as we danced. As I recalled all of the details of the date I slid
my hand down until I was stroking myself to an orgasm. As I recovered
my breath, I realised he was probably lying in bed doing exactly what I
was doing right now.
In the morning I set off to the shops. I wanted to wear something today
that would show of my new assets. This was my big reveal and I wanted
to rub their noses in it. In my heart I knew it wasn?t Alecia?s fault
and I couldn?t hold her responsible. It was just every time we spoke
she defended Lauren. Regardless of what she said to me, she was
definitely on her side!
I hunted all morning before I found the perfect dress. It was an A line
white dress with a V neckline. Thin spaghetti straps with a low back.
It was a cotton blend material and it fit perfectly. I was going to go
braless and this was going to be perfect. When I looked in the mirror I
realised how short it was. Shit it barely covered my panties? In the
end I thought fuck it, if I never wear it again it doesn?t matter, it
was perfect for today! Shoes now I was going to need some shoes to go
with it, something with a nice heel but not too much.
It didn?t take long to find the shoes they were in the window as I
walked past the little boutique next to the dress shop. The moment I
saw them I forgot entirely about comfort and went with the little
twitch my cock gave when I saw them. Once home I spent an age getting
my makeup right, it was daytime but I went with a slutty look, I wanted
them to see what they were missing. Yeah I was going to rub their faces
in it. By the time I was ready to leave I must have spent twenty
minutes just walking in front of the mirror, admiring my new shape and
the fact there was no Adam?s apple, I didn?t have to wear a choker to
hide it. I actually chose the little diamond necklace that Alecia had
brought for me, it sat right in my cleavage. Because my breasts were
still so sensitive my nipples were hard, hard and pointy, god they were
sticking out. I slipped in to the stiletto heeled shoes that looked so
sexy. A thin needle point stiletto heel boot that strapped around my
ankle. They were open toed and my bright red toenail polish glistened
in the light. Yeah I was ready.
As I arrived I got out of the car and straightened my dress pulling it
down as far as I could. It was no use, the dress still felt to short. I
strutted up to the door and knocked.
Lauren answered the door and the look on her face was priceless, her
bottom lip just about hit the ground. She pulled her hand up to her
mouth to cover her surprise. "My god you look fabulous." I could see
her eyes going up and down my body as she took it all in. "holy shit"
she cried out. "You look incredible."
Alecia came running out as well and was going to throw her arms around
me but she came to a grinding halt and her expression gave way to
shock. "Oh my god Kelli you look gorgeous."
"Thanks girls," I replied. "Are we going to stand in the door or are we
going in?"
They both ushered me in and Alecia grabbed my hand and spun me around.
So this is why you haven?t been at work. Can I touch them? Is it
painful?"
I smiled. "It?s OK they aren?t as sensitive as they were, but they are
still a bit tender."
Alecia gently cupped my boobs, her hands caressing as she rubbed.
Lauren just stood there watching.
Alecia sighed. "Bloody hell they feel gorgeous, so soft and yet so
firm. They are perfect."
I had to pull her hands away. "Steady on, there?s not much room in
these panties."
Lauren leaned over and kissed me, her hands resting where Alecia?s had
just been. "God Kelli, you look different, so slutty and sexy."
"Hey." I pulled back. "A little less of the slutty thank you," I
whined.
Alecia giggled. "Shush, that was a compliment. This look is so
different from what you normally wear. It is a little slutty, but it?s
classy as well. You look very, very fuckable!"
We went into the lounge, Alecia went and poured us some wine and sat
beside us.
Lauren took a deep breath. "I am sorry for what I did, you are right I
was being selfish. At the time I just wanted you to see how beautiful
you are and I was so afraid that you wouldn?t see it. I was scared that
you would lock Kelli away forever. I was wrong but I only did it for
you."
"Rubbish you did it for yourself, plain and simple. There was no other
reason it was just so you could get what you wanted. It had nothing to
do with what I wanted."
She was in tears. "Please we want you to move back home. That way we
can work through this. We can?t while you are living somewhere else.
Please, I said I was sorry!"
Alecia cut in. "Babe you can see how upset Lauren is, living apart
isn?t helping. Just come back and then we can all work on it together!"
"Girls I am not ready to move back home. I don?t know if I will ever be
able to trust you again Lauren. Every time I think everything is cool
something else crops up.
As I drove away I got a warm feeling, normally I would be bawling my
eyes out about now, but now I had a new found confidence and a fresh
outlook.
I felt almost like I was high.
I decided to go to one of the nail salons and get a manicure and maybe
even a pedicure.
That night Josh called asking if I would like to go to a movie
tomorrow?
I was hesitant, but agreed. What the hell was I thinking, I was so
confused.
We met up as usual at the caf? and had a coffee before heading into the
theatre, Josh paid for the tickets and as we were walking in I felt his
hand slide into mine.
As we sat and got comfortable I felt his arm slide around my shoulder
in that old time wary male manoeuvre. He had brought an extra size coke
and as he set it up he poured a small bottle of bourbon into it and
gave it a stir with the straw. So we sat back sharing the drink with a
couple of straws. It felt like being a teenager and sneaking something
we weren?t supposed to. As the movie progressed and the buzz kicked in
I nestled my head on Josh?s shoulder and his hand moved until it rested
on my boob, he hesitantly played with my nipple, rubbing it with just
his finger tip and then squeezing it between his thumb and forefinger.
God it felt so sexy, my nipples were so sensitive anyway. Josh
tightened his grip around my shoulder and pulled me even closer to him
and as I looked up his mouth closed on mine and we descended into a
deep kiss. His lips were insistent and compelling. There was no room
for argument. His tongue was swirling around my mouth and his hand
moved behind my head pulling me harder into the kiss.
As we pulled apart he had a huge grin on his face. "Wow that was some
kiss."
I smiled back my cock was swelling under my dress and if we didn?t stop
I wouldn?t be able to walk out of here. I noticed he had to do some
adjustments as well which gave me a rush. As we settled back to watch
the movie his hand rested on my thigh, he didn?t move it upwards he
just rested it there and it felt like he was holding a branding iron on
my leg. I couldn?t take my eyes off it as he gave my thigh a squeeze.
When he walked me home that night we kissed again and it was a repeat
of the previous night, his rough sandpaper like chin rubbing on mine
felt so alien but so arousing I was on fire. I had to lean up and stand
on tippy toe to kiss him and although he wasn?t forceful I felt like I
was under his control, he was in charge. The kiss ended too fast for me
and he said good night and wandered off.
That night all I could think about was Josh. What would he say if he
knew? Would he accept me or would he laugh and hate me? Jesus he might
even punch me out.
As I prepared for work in the morning I rummaged around looking for the
right outfit. In the end I went for a pencil skirt and cream blouse,
the blouse was very sheer and you could see my bra through it, I chose
a light beige coloured bra to make it less noticeable.
I arrived early and was going through my emails when Candy walked in we
started to chat away, she brought me up to speed with what had been
going on whilst I was away. There was plenty to do and it would take me
a couple of days to catch up. While we were talking she kept staring at
me, she started to grin. "Stand up she commanded." I stood up and she
walked around the desk so she could see me properly. "Oh my god." she
screeched. "When did you get those?"
I laughed. "That?s why I wasn?t here the last couple of weeks."
"Wow why didn?t you say something? I could have come and kept you
company, I have been through this, I know what it feels like. Shit girl
you look amazing, you could have gone a size bigger though."
I shook my head. "No I think they are big enough."
She hugged me tight. "Well there?s no going back now." She smiled. "I
guess Kelli is here to stay."
I nodded. "Yep you are right, there?s no going back. No more running
away."
We kissed and she walked out shaking her head. "You bloody amaze me
sometimes Kelli, you bloody amaze me."
Not long after Siobhan came in wanting to catch up as well. "Honey it?s
so good to have you back." She sighed. "It?s been bloody hectic. We
have a lot of meetings scheduled and there?s a couple of interesting
ones, which I think you need to look at."
I went and made us both a coffee and we were chatting away when she
started to take second glances. "You look different, what have you
done?"
I just shrugged my shoulders. "Nothing special."
She was smiling. "No there?s something you look more elegant, and
you..." She stopped and this big smile spread across her face. "Oh my
god you have implants don?t you."
She walked around the desk and surprised me by reaching out and cupping
her hands under my new boobs and squeezed them like she was weighing
fruit at a supermarket. "Wow very nice," she whispered
conspiratorially, although I noticed it took her a long time to remove
her hands.
We finished our chat and I agreed to go to lunch with her as she was
meeting with a local newspaper reporter who wanted to do an in-depth
article about the company.
Lauren phoned later in the morning pleading for me to return and work
on our issues. We argued back and forth. In the end I agreed. I would
come over and cook a nice dinner.
Neither of the girls was home when I got there and the place seemed
cold, empty. I got stuck in and started to prepare the food. It wasn?t
anything special, just spaghetti Bolognese I hunted around and got some
glasses and set out the table.
As I was putting out the cutlery Alecia turned up and she greeted me
with a huge hug and a kiss, the kiss drew out and turned into a very
torrid embrace. "Oh god babes I have missed you so much. Lauren has
been so hard to live with she has been very depressed. She knows she
did the wrong thing. If she wasn?t so depressed I would have moved out,
she is driving me fucking crazy."
Just as we were breaking from our kiss she walked in. She smiled. "Well
you two seem to be getting along well? Can I have some of that." and
she walked over pulling me into a tight embrace, and her lips crushed
mine in a searing kiss.
She pulled away. "I have missed you, god something smells delicious."
She grabbed Alecia and kissed her as well. She pushed her up against
the bench and forced her legs apart, although in all fairness Alecia
wasn?t exactly fighting her off. They continued to make out as I turned
back to the dinner.
Alecia moaned loudly as she humped her with her leg, driving it up
between her parted legs against her pussy. Alecia was almost crying.
"Fuck oh god stop babe."
Lauren pulled back slowly kissing her exposed cleavage and slid her
tongue down into her bra. Alecia?s hands were tangled in Lauren?s hair.
I noticed Lauren?s hand had disappeared up Alecia?s dress and the
sounds told me her fingers had found a home.
She was squirming wildly. "Fuck Lauren, oooh fucking hell babe stop
please stop." But her hips were thrusting, bucking on Lauren?s fingers.
Her arms locked around her neck and her eyes were closed and her face
contorted tightly as she came all over Lauren?s hand.
"Nice show girls," I muttered. "Dinner will be in five minutes, looks
like you better get changed."
Lauren smiled. "Don?t start without us." She held Alecia?s hand and
dragged her up the stairs.
I served up the food and was seated at the table when they wandered
down.
"Well Kelli, what did Candy think of your new boobs?"
I laughed. "Oh you know she thought it was pretty cool although she
thinks I should have gone bigger."
"No," she retorted. "They are perfect just the way they are."
Lauren nodded. "Yes I think they look great, I can?t wait to feel them
naked against me."
Alecia giggled. "Yeah me to babe I can?t wait either." She smiled
cheekily. "Go on show us a little just lift your blouse."
I shook my head. "Sorry girls maybe another day."
She pouted. "When are you coming home?"
"I am not coming home yet. I don?t feel ready yet. Lauren if things
change, or if you can convince me that you have changed then it will be
different. At the moment I don?t feel that way."
Alecia tried to ease the tension. "Where are you staying at the
moment?"
"I have rented a small apartment down by the waterfront."
Lauren had a deep frown. "Are you seeing somebody else? Is that why you
won?t come back?"
"Don?t be ridiculous Lauren, I am not seeing anyone. For god?s sake I
made a commitment to you and to you as well Alecia. I will never go
back on that."
Lauren adopted that coy teasing look she uses to get what she wants
something. "Well if you aren?t seeing anyone you must be feeling pretty
horny by now? Why don?t you just stay the night and let us relieve all
that built up tension for you."
"Lauren I have already told you the answer is no!"
I had barely got in the door at the apartment when my phone rang it was
Josh asking if we could go out.
This was hard, I knew that if I was going to give my marriage any
chance then I couldn?t carry on the way I had been. I had lied to
Lauren about seeing someone and it wasn?t right.
"No Josh I am sorry but I can?t see you anymore." I didn?t go into
details. "I am sorry." He sounded sad and unsure of what to say, I
sensed that he wanted to ask why but I think my rebuttal had knocked
his confidence. It was funny when we first met he could barely talk to
me, but after our third date he was comfortable enough to talk
endlessly and he kissed me. This had knocked the wind out of his sails
and he was back to the shy uncertain guy. He never did ask why, he just
said with resignation. "OK."
It wasn?t just the concerns about my marriage that fuelled my decision.
I was scared about where this thing with Josh was going. I couldn?t
hide from the fact that there was an attraction, and that scared me
more than anything else. I tried to convince myself, I am not gay. I
repeated it several times like a mantra, a chant almost. I did that
many times over the following days as he kept popping up in my thoughts
Over the next week or so I spent more and more time at home with Alecia
and Lauren and slowly but surely things sort of evened out until one
night after way to many drinks we ended up in bed together and to say
the sex was incredible would be an understatement. It was everything
you could wish for. Make up sex is the best. I could never stay mad at
either of these two. I had missed waking up together. I had missed the
feel of their naked bodies mashed up against me in bed. Slowly over the
next few days we sort of slipped back into our marriage. It was hard
for me at first. There was still an uncomfortable peace between Lauren
and me. She was trying hard, going out of her way to do everything for
me. She did most of the housework. She even washed my car.
The very first weekend Alecia dragged us out on one of her epic
shopping adventures.
We spent ages going through shop after shop. Alecia was determined to
buy me a complete new wardrobe that reflected my new body. I tried and
tried to say no, but she is a tornado on a destructive path when she is
in this mood. We had been shopping for hours and my feet were killing
me. Lauren picked up on the fact and dragged us into the little wine
bar where we had the run in with Brent. We found a table and were going
over the menu when a tray with a bottle of champagne and glasses
arrived. We looked at the waiter and he pointed to a guy sitting at the
bar.
It was the same guy as last time, Brent. Alecia gave him a wave and she
and Lauren giggled. "Your boyfriend is certainly persistent."
I got up on my soap box. "He?s not my boyfriend. In fact he is probably
after one of you."
We drank our champagne laughing and joking about our day out. The
bottle was going down fast and as we were arguing over whose round it
was when Alecia leaned over the table and kissed me. It was passionate
and toe tingling. Before I could ask what the hell that was all about
Brent turned up with another bottle. "If you girls will do that again I
will keep a never ending supply coming all day."
They both laughed and invited him to sit with us.
I gave him a cold stare. "You don?t take rejection well do you?"
He smiled. "Maybe but I know what I like Kelli and I do like you."
"So you think it?s OK to go around hitting on married women do you?"
"No not normally Kelli, no I don?t. I am sorry if I have offended you,"
Alecia changed the subject quickly asking about how business had been.
Brent didn?t want to let it go. He asked, "Kelli what does your husband
think when you are and about getting all hot and bothered with your
girlfriends?"
I smiled. "I never said I had a husband Brent, I just said I was
married."
He looked mildly shocked. "Oops sorry my mistake, so there?s hope for
me yet?"
Alecia giggled and Lauren gave me a strange look.
"No Brent there is no hope for you. Not only am I married but you now
realise you are the wrong sex. You would need a sex change before I
would be interested in you."
"Wow you sure know how to pour water on a hot fire." He got up and
walked back to the bar shaking his head.
Alecia smiled. "Kelli, you can be a real bitch when you want to be."
I smiled coolly in return. "I just told him how it is, I didn?t want to
lead him on."
As we finished up, I complained this is the last time we come here.
Over the next few weeks things were wonderful at home, I don?t think
Lauren and I had ever got on as well as we were.
We did have our ups and downs like every other relationship. It was
after one fight which had occurred when the girls tried to get me to
party the night away with them at a night club and I had left them to
it. The night had ended badly when Alecia and Lauren arrived home
rolling drunk and Lauren took the opportunity to abuse me loudly for
leaving them to fend for themselves. I got so upset I slept in the
spare room.
When I got up the following morning I decided to take the bike for a
spin. I checked over the 1098 which I hadn?t ridden her for a while, I
thought yeah I might go for a ride.
As I was getting the bike ready I noticed Alecia and Lauren wander in.
They both looked sorry for themselves.
I didn?t acknowledge them I just carried on getting ready.
Lauren wandered into the garage. "Going for a ride?" I nodded my head
in the affirmative.
She responded caustically, "What not talking this morning?"
"That?s right Lauren I?m not interested in listening to your bullshit,
I got enough of that last night."
"Come on baby," she moaned. "We all said some things we probably
shouldn?t have."
"Wrong Lauren wrong, wrong, wrong. You two were just being bitches. You
came home drunk and insulted me, what did you think was going to
happen?" I jumped on the bike and fired her up.
"I am just about to go for a ride to try and clear my head. I really am
sick of all of your bullshit."
I was looking forward to a nice ride but hardly ten minutes in and it
started to rain, it wasn?t just light rain, it bucketed down and I was
saturated. I pulled into a petrol station with a covered roof and sat
there watching the weather close and the rain drive in.
My day was fucked, there was going to be no ride today. I braved the
weather and rode over to my apartment. Thank god I still had this
place.
I showered and sat out on the balcony and looked out over the skyline,
there was lightning and thunder as the weather really exploded.
I waited all day for the rain to break so I could ride back home and
face the music. I was thinking maybe I should just stay here? At least
it was quiet, but no, at some point I was going to have to go back and
face up to them.
They were both sitting at the table drinking coffee, I walked past them
straight into the kitchen. I loitered around in there before I couldn?t
hold out any longer. I sucked in a deep breath and walked in. They
looked back and forth between them before Alecia started, "Kelli we are
both sorry for last night. We only wanted a bit of fun and we have been
trying to get you to mix better with men in particular. We both agree
that nowadays it seems women are much easier for you. At work you seem
to get on well with the construction guys. We thought if you could
transfer that to social situations it would make it easier for you to
be with guys. Why is it so hard when we are out dancing and having a
good time?"
"Alecia you don?t seem to understand, this is exactly what I have been
complaining about. You and Lauren talk to each other about me and make
decisions thinking you know what?s best for me. You don?t talk to me
you just decide you know what?s best for me. Well let me tell you, you
don?t know shit. I have told you I am not into guys, I hate being in
situations where they think it?s OK to grope, paw and grab me. I hate
that and I was hoping you respected me enough to support that."
Lauren replied, "Yeah you are right of course. We didn?t do the right
thing the other night and we have apologised for that. We should have
taken better care of you last night."
Alecia smiled guiltily. "Babes I concede we could have done things
better, but I still believe we need to get you into situations like
that where you have to interact with men."
"I accept that, but there?s a difference between interacting and having
sex on a dancefloor."
They both laughed. "Shit that?s a bit melodramatic. It?s just a bunch
young guys who don?t know boundaries. These days that stuff is accepted
at clubs and nobody minds.
I sighed. "OK girls I sort of agree. I am trying to be more tolerant
but if we go out somewhere and I am not comfortable I expect you to
accept I will leave."
Lauren frowned. "Maybe we just go slowly, we just dance a little bit
and when you get overwhelmed we leave?"
"Or maybe we don?t go to clubs at all," I muttered. "If you want to go
dancing, you go with Alecia and I stay home."
Alecia said, "How does that help? How does that get you past your
phobia?"
"I meet men every day, I talk to them at work, when we go shopping
there are men everywhere. Every day I meet more and more of them. I
don?t have to go to clubs to do that."
"Babes you need to learn to be in close contact with them, you know
dancing, chatting, and flirting."
"I can tell you now if you think I am going to let you manipulate my
life for your own little social experiment then I?m sorry but it?s a no
go. If that?s what you both want then I am prepared to leave."
"Fuck Kelli that doesn?t have to be your first reaction. Surely we can
work through our problems. Babe you have amazed me so many times, but
then when the going gets tough you just leave."
After much to and fro they both accepted that they would try to be more
supportive and less confrontational. Inside I wondered how long that
would last.