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Before she drove off to the Samuels home,Aubrey made two quick phone calls. The first was to her actual agent to release the information about Anita and what she was doing to herself, knowing that it would cause a huge stir and give Aubrey's actions a free pass as they'd focus on Anita's transition and not her. Her next phone call went to a couple of men normally used as bodyguards, guys who loved to hurt people for a price and who were paid next to nothing for their services as they did it for the thrill of bullying people and not for the money. Aubrey and her "bodyguards" met at the Samuels home and banged on the door. Cameron answered the door and asked who she was, only to be pushed aside by the thugs who then struck him to ensure he stayed out of their way. Aubrey entered after them, screaming for Anita but using her former name. Cameron immediately called the police, explaining that two men and a woman barged into his niece's home and are trying to harm a guest. Aubrey screamed at him and smacked him hard, leaving a bruise on his face and making him tumble onto his butt. She screamed for Andrew to show himself to her or he'd regret daring to defy her, not noticing that Cameron was still on the phone with the police and everything she had just said was heard by the calltaker. Anita was in her room, hugging the scared Sylvia while Jaimie called the police from her own phone and confirmed that three people were threatening her guest and assaulting her uncle. Rick stood ready to protect his wife and daughter, with Ricardo casually telling him to let him handle things. He made a quick phone call then told Rick, "Brass are rolling on the call, this won't be brushed aside by patrol. She is in a heap of trouble and can't escape her crimes this time." Aubrey told her thugs to search for Anita, with Aubrey striking Cameron another time before she went on her own hunt. The three were almost at Anita's bedroom when officers rushed in, guns drawn, with all told to freeze. Aubrey screamed at them and tried to go after them but was stopped by an officer as he sprayed her with a can of pepper spray, causing her to scream in pain and threaten the officers. The thugs tried to fight the officers and managed to knock one out with the second moving away as the two started in on him. The officer was screaming for help but was knocked out by the thugs as he was in the middle of transmitting, the thugs claiming they'd made the officers pay for hurting their boss. It was a bad move as five more officers came into the house, guns drawn, and screamed for everyone to get on the ground or they'd end up pepper sprayed and tasered. Among the officers was a lieutenant who told the officers to secure the trio while he spoke to Rick and Jaimie about what was going on. The officers were angry at being told what to do, but the lieutenant let loose an angry snarl stating, "I got the call direct from the chief and captain, these three are trespassing and are on recording threatening the occupants. I was also told to inform you that this house belongs to a fellow officer, with the a long list of family who are active police officers and detectives. That is in addition to the husband of a federal agent who just so happens to be a lawyer so save whatever you are about to do because every one of them will destroy your lives and career before the day is through." Cameron stood firm and proclaimed, "The son-in-law of the owner is a lawyer as am I. My colleague, the husband of said federal agent, is also the brother of our chief of police. He is also longtime friends with your chief. He'll know about what happened here and will follow-up on the matter. There is no way to sweep this under the rug or let whatever her parents paid you get used as any attempt to alter any of the reports filed will be flagged with the perpetrator facing criminal charges. You do give us reason to investigate the finances of the perpetrator's parents as well as her own as I highly doubt that your reaction is based on anything but intent to get Ms. Woods off while pinning everything that just happened on her associates. And before you claim otherwise, your dispatch heard all via our phone calls and your colleagues' radio calls so save the excuses and false claims." The officers were about to strike him but the lieutenant caught one while a sergeant caught the other. It was a tense standoff but an arriving captain and internal affairs officer had the two removed from the scene and told to expect to talk with IA in an hour. The other officers realized that this was about to be a major issue with their department and followed all of the lieutenant's instructions including securing all video of the assaults on Cameron as well as recordings of the phone calls before those calls could be deleted by friends of the wayward officers. Cameron gave his statement, verified that the officers were assaulted and who knocked the officer out cold, then explained that Aubrey had a restraining order placed against her which was what prompted her to come to the house in the first place. The officers backed up Cameron's statements while the one who was knocked out doubled down on Aubrey's ranting claims. The two were more upset at their own backup trying to get Aubrey off than being harmed by the thugs, which was inexcusable to the others. It took two hours but all officers cleared and any neighbors were told exactly what happened and why. Rick didn't hold back nor did he lie, if any of them took offense then they showed their true selves to the neighborhood and only hurt their own reputations among their community. Rick didn't care one bit about what anyone felt about him or Jaimie, he wasn't ingrained in the community and didn't want to be, his home was in Massachusetts and when Jaimie got out of medical school and finished her three years of residency and specialized training he would move the family back home. Sylvia needed Anita to fall asleep, with the little girl hugging her tight as she drifted off to sleep. Jaimie loved the sight, with her sending an image to her parents to show Sylvia's impact on Anita. John asked what prompted the display, with Jaimie texting him all of what happened and seeing him give her a quick, "That explains the phone call from the chief verifying your involvement." Jaimie smiled at reading that, he wasn't upset and seemed to put everything together before she texted. It was pure John, but he likely expected something to happen ahead of time which would explain how so many superior officers were there instead of just one or two. John didn't do anything without reason and protecting his favorite child required the big guns- overwhelming police support in this case. Sylvia slept in Anita's arms causing her to sleep with the little girl curled alongside her, pinning her in place until the morning. When Jaimie woke Sylvia she also woke Anita causing her to blush causing the little girl to giggle and run off to the shower. Anita showered and changed, hoping to have a better day but knowing that things were about to get chaotic as the media and paparazzi poked around. There were stories online about Aubrey's arrest and the charges that she faced, with the accusations of her brother being a deviant freak being the most scandalous of the headlines. Her parents were just as bad, they revealed that their son was becoming a woman and was dancing at strip clubs to fund his sex change procedure. The claims of Andrew Woods being seen at local clubs were the worst, especially as the pictures that they were using were months out of date and of someone else not of him. Rick caught her viewing the articles and explained, "Jo and Phyllis will handle things from here. They have the press release ready to go and will sue the publications that are knowingly lying and that using those fake pics for slander and libel. The ones making claims about your stripping aren't going to get away with it, we have battled them before and have been looking for a way of shutting them down for good. Their ownership group are under extreme pressure from Dad's minority shareholder group to put an end to the money-losing tabloids especially as they keep getting used and losing. Dad won't let this go quietly anymore, he will want them to pay for openly reporting a lie in support of criminals." She sighed and accepted that today was the day that her life was shattered, things would never be the same for her. Rick tried to say something but Jaimie gave him a look that told him to back off, it was an ordeal that she needed to face on her own. Only Jaimie had ever had this kind of scrutiny before, Rick had lived through the fallout of it but Jaimie was the one who had cameras hunting her down. Cameron and Ricardo worked on the upcoming lawsuits while also talking with Jo and Phyllis about the way they'd react to the accusations against Anita that would be made by her parents. The Kaplans decided to just go for the throat and reveal that Martin and Sondra had restraining orders against them for trying to extort Anita as well as stealing money from her inheritance. Anything further that they did against Anita was in violation, with the media having to back away or get sued by her. Sylvia was driven to school, with Anita preparing for the inevitable horde of paparazzi staking out the house as well as following Jaimie's car. Anita was driven to the firm of Kaplan and Kaplan, with Rick ensuring that the junior associates were kept away or face punishment from the twins. The Kaplans did one better, proclaiming that anyone telling the media that their client was there would be fired with the twins suing them for violating their employee contracts in intentionally harming the law firm. The twins got down to business, showing the companies who were getting sued for slander, libel, and for disseminating private information. Martin and Sondra were going to be arrested for violating their restraining orders for using the media to harass Anita while also sued for defamation for the libel and slander they had done due to making up lies about her, her job, and her activities. The final action was an eviction, as they lived in her house and harmed her they were being kicked out. The meeting took two hours and saw several of the junior associates complaining about, "Someone like that" getting any attention from the twins as they talked to one another, unaware that they were being overheard by multiple associates as well as Rick. Rick casually asked, "Are you always so brazen when you are talking about clients who are earning the firm thousands of dollars or do you only speak ill of our clients when they are different. You may not like that she is transgender, but you don't have the right to insult her nor complain about the firm's senior partners working with her." He dared them to say something, nobody could defend them as they had just been called on violating the firm's nondiscrimination policies and have badmouthed their bosses in front of the one person at the firm who had their ears unconditionally. The arrogance of the junior associates got the better of them and they told him to shut his trap, he hadn't earned the right to talk to them that way. That was followed by a loud, "He has not only earned that right, but he is one of the few who can speak openly to Phyllis and Jo about anything including policies regarding discrimination and monetary gains. He has worked for this firm for seven years- as an assistant to the Kaplans, as a paralegal, and as an intern. He has more seniority than any of you despite just passing the bar exam. You four, on the other hand, have only three years of experience here. As for you four, you have shown that you are not what we need at this firm and are terminated immediately." The voice of Jo and Phyllis' personal assistant rang throughout the office, the one person who could tell you what to do and you had to do it without question. Only Jo and Phyllis were higher than her in the office, and even then the two treated her like she was the head of the firm. There was no argument, they were terminated without any chance to challenge her. The Kaplans were handed a note to which both laughed, the four were going to have to explain to their parents why they were fired from the jobs that their parents had arranged and why none of them could now get a decent job with another firm thanks to the black mark on their resume. The twins ran a tight ship but gave lots of leeway with how things were handled, to be fired by them was a major issue for potential employers and one that wouldn't stand. The twins were more than happy to lose a couple of contacts if it meant protecting their firm from bigotry, especially against a major client. The meeting broke and saw their assistant telling the Kaplans that all was ready, they just needed to be prepared for whatever the media threw at them. The twins just grinned, they were about to beat them at their own game and make them look like fools. The Kaplans were not ones to mess with, especially if the media are the ones who are causing the issues. Outside, a horde of media kept watch on the building and all who entered. They never noticed Rick or Ricardo slipping out with Anita and walking away, only the Kaplans and Cameron. The Kaplans simply smiled at the cameras and told the media they were wasting their time, their target was already gone. Their next stop was the Santa Monica courthouse, with the Kaplans filing multiple lawsuits and cease and desist orders at once and getting the deputy sheriffs to serve the parties immediately. It took a lot of logistics, but given that it was a high profile case, they didn't take any chances. The tabloids and blogs were outraged that they were served with the lawsuits and forced to stop harassing Anita, but they had to give in or else lose everything they owned to her. Martin and Sondra were angry that their, "Son" was suing them, and even more upset that, "He" had sent the deputies after them for violating their restraining orders. The deputies ignored their complaints but did say that they would report everything that was said to the judge making their threats against Anita get taken seriously. Both immediately shut up, but the damage was already done. The paparazzi camped outside of the Samuels home were kicked out of the neighborhood by police. It was a private neighborhood so they had no right to be there at all, especially as they weren't visiting any of the local residents. The ones who tried to duck the police only ended up on the wrong side of the bodyguards of nearby residents, with those few ending up on the wrong side of a beating. Anita was upset that she had caused chaos in Jaimie and Rick's lives, but Rick explained to her, "We've been through this several times already. Seriously, we know the drill. I've even been on national TV due to the media trying to get at Jaimie back when we were 13. I won a bit of money from the networks the cameramen worked for because of it. It's nothing major, they will lose interest after being fired." The next day was Anita's big day, she would be getting her breast implants. She didn't eat or drink after lunch, but her anxiety and fear masked her thirst and hunger. She slept early, with Sylvia upset that she wasn't able to play with her or tuck her into bed but when she saw the sleeping Anita looking scared as she slept caused her to understand that it was for a serious reason. Anita was up early and drove in with Sylvia and Jaimie, with Sylvia hugging her tightly to assure her it would be alright. Rick and Jaimie were with her as she prepared, with Jaimie holding her hand as she was wheeled into the operating room. Jaimie hugged her tightly at the door, wit Anita thanking her for being so kind to her and if anything happened to her she'd die a happy woman. The surgery was routine surgery that Dr. Walsh had performed hundreds of times and the liposuction and fat redistribution went well, even if it took some time to find the perfect spots to remove. She would have to stay in the hospital for two days before moving to the Turner home but that worked out for them. She would be able to relax and would have Cameron and Ricardo as company. Sylvia visited that evening and was upset that she couldn't hug Anita, but she accepted why she couldn't do it. Seeing her in pain, Sylvia felt bad for her but understood that it was something that she needed to have done. She saw the big bumps on Anita's chest and blushed, knowing they were why she was there. The little girl raised Anita's spirits, and was followed by calls from the Stoners and Elizas with Hunter especially concerned about her but happy to know that she was feeling better. Hearing the kids talk got Sylvia to feel better and release tension, if they weren't concerned then she didn't need to be. It was still tough to listen to the questions and see the subtle winces, but she did smile at Hunter's subtle jokes as the little girl put on a show for her family and Anita while knowing Sylvia was listening in. The next two days saw Anita enjoying talks with Cameron and Ricardo as they told her about their own lives and families. The two were so different yet were so much alike that it was intriguing to hear how they could join forces. Listening to the tragedy that led to Ricardo hiring both Savannah and Cameron she understood that they were truly kindred spirits and had something that each was lacking and when combined they formed a formidable law firm that few could get the better of. Her nights were spent dreaming of Pierre fighting off people trying to hurt her at her parents' demand, with each person disintegrating into dust until all that was left was a sandy beach. He would then make love to her as the sunset, leaving the two illuminated by the light of the moon. It was a beautiful scene, one that she was glad to relive each night while wishing he would appear in person. She got a big shock as Pierre paid a visit the second day, bringing flowers and small gifts from Tabby and Trinity. Ricardo and Cameron made discrete exits, the two seeing that this was going to be a tough talk between the two. He was right, Pierre brought news that his publisher was reluctant to publish any music by her due to her family's influence over movie and TV productions as well as the fears that a transgender pop star wasn't worth the media scrutiny. She looked away in shame, but he countered, "They are in violation of their contract with my label, so I am moving all of my acts to a different publisher. The news is going to break on Monday, I want you to make your debut as our first new signing. The three of you are going to appear, you all deserve to be at the forefront of my new push even if your music will only come out as singles until you graduate." She was scared of doing that, he explained, "I won't let them hassle you and I'll cut them off if they try to harass you about your family or your change. The three of you are too talented and too important to let anything bad happen to you. I care too much about you girls to let anything bad happen to you. If need be, we will continue on as if you were a solo act and the girls were your songwriting partners. It's not far from the truth, it's just not the whole truth." She reluctantly agreed, but only if she spoke with Tabby. Tabby answered her phone and told Anita that it was a good idea to just get it over with and make the media expose themselves for all to see. She then added that Trinity agreed as well, she wasn't going to let anyone push her friend around anymore. Pierre left her with a hug and kiss on the cheek. Before he left he told her, "You look beautiful, you are turning into a stunning woman. You will have any man you want when you start dating." She blushed, then asked, "What about you? What if I want you? Why not you? " He leaned in and kissed her on the lips, leaving her gasping for breath and then telling her, "Only if it is what you truly want. I don't want to rush you if you aren't ready for a real relationship with a man. I can wait for as long as you need me to, you have to take care of yourself first. I'd rather be friends with you and build what we have than rush into something that we may both regret. Sex doesn't matter one bit to me, I don't care about it and would rather you enjoy your body and how it is developing than rush you into changing yourself just to appease me." She shed a tear and confessed, "I think I love you, Pierre. I can't stop thinking about you ever since we first met. I see you every time I close my eyes. You are all I dream about. I think I love you." He kissed her again, then whispered, "I love you too. I haven't felt this way about anybody before. I was only ever like this with my best friend, but she never made me feel like I was missing something when she wasn't around. You do. I miss being without you, I miss your voice, I miss your beautiful face." He left her to her dinner while Cameron and Ricardo tried hard not to say anything. She broached the subject for them, telling them, "He loves me and I love him. I never thought that anyone would ever love me for me but he said he can't be without me. I can't stop missing him or thinking about him." The two left things go unsaid. It was clear that the couple were slowly starting to get together but were taking it slow so neither made a mistake. They were far ahead of where anyone thought they'd be. Cat and Ella occupied her evening as the two told her about funny things their siblings did while Ella happily showed off her girlfriend Flora Nelson. Anita asked if she was the pretty girl who kept Ella from getting lazy in school. Flora smiled at that, she was trying hard to impress Flora but had won her over already and gave Flora a sense that she and Ella were doing better than either realized. When the time came to leave, she was driven to the Turner home and was met by five people who were happy to meet her and help her get settled for her stay. Faye and Percy introduced Anita to Sally, Kate, and Bart then Sally's twins, Wallace and Matt. The young twins were smiling brightly at Anita and tried to hug her but were held back by Sally as they would knock her over showing their affection to her. Sally was clearly not related by blood to any of the Turners, yet Percy and Faye treated her as their own daughter and showed the same affection to Wallace and Matt as Martha and Gina showed to the young Justin Stoner. Sally was caring and showing she was an equal to her siblings, so her similarities to Anita wasn't clear yet. She was a doting mother, which warmed Anita's heart deeply. Sally helped Anita get situated into the guest room then had the twins go play in their nursery for a bit so she could talk with Anita in private. The two-year-old twins ran off giggling while Kate and Bart had them doing something that would last a while, knowing they needed to keep occupied as Sally talked. The two were sure they knew what Sally would say, but kept it to themselves for now. In the bedroom, Sally sat Anita down and proclaimed, "Your parents did a number on the two of us back in sophomore year. What they did to you was reflected in my parents thanks to your parents pulling the strings to get me and Charlie Fairbanks together. I think they wanted us to date but you insisted on your boarding school instead of Hollywood High School so Charlie nailed me instead. And I do mean nail, he got me drunk and high and had sex with me. I got pregnant from it then he started to hit me when we were in private for claiming it was his child. Mom and dad, Faye and Percy, helped me after my cousin Taylor saw my belly and noticed how I didn't try to touch any of the alcohol that our friends slipped in the punch. It got bad for my former parents, mom and dad forced them to give me up so I could live here and raise the twins on my own. If you hadn't gone to boarding school I would have been marrying you, I would be stuck with my old parents forcing me to act and earn them money like your parents did with Aubrey. You changed their plans. Charlie might even have tried to go after Kate instead of me, she dodged a bullet with him even if mom and dad would have never allowed them to date. I never would have had a better life if you had listened to your parents and gone to school with all of us." She was in tears, with Anita hugging her then wincing from the pressure on her breasts. Anita asked if she regretted anything, to which Sally sniffled and proclaimed, "I don't regret anything. Charlie was a sleazebag but he gave me two wonderful boys. I love them with all of my heart and am happy to be a mother even if I am stuck with the stigma of being an unwed teenage mother." Anita hugged her again, crying into her shoulder over Sally's selfless statement and seeing that she was a woman who had won life's lottery the hard way yet came out better than anyone in her family. She had parents who loved her, an uncle who was the image of a real man who wasn't afraid to be the man who stands up to anyone harming friends and family, three aunts who could confide in her as they had a lot of similar struggles, and grandparents who would do anything and anything to protect their children and grandchildren. What little she knew about the Turners was a lot of positivity and with boundless love for all who were close to them even if it hurt how others perceived them as a family. The elder twins entered and told Anita that her sister was the laughingstock of Hollywood and couldn't find a job on any production around the world let alone in Hollywood without either sleeping with the director or financing the project herself. It wasn't pretty for her, but she had earned her permanent exile. She had made herself too toxic to redeem, and had no way of making any money for any producer with the exception of pornographic ones. Aubrey had been arraigned on charges of violating a restraining order, assaulting three police officers, assaulting Cameron, trespassing, violating her probation, and criminal threats against police and court officers. It was a nasty scene inside the courtroom as she was brought it, she screamed at everyone and threatened the deputies as well as the judge before she was removed by deputies and a plea entered on her behalf. She tried to blame all of it on her brother but when the media learned that she was facing charges for her being in someone's house and her brother, who was now living as her sister, had put a restraining order against her that was only just issued an hour before her assault she couldn't weasel her way out of the bad press no matter how hard her agent tried to spin things in her favor. Things went from bad to worse as the press learned that she had lost millions in her inheritance due to her criminal record and all money had gone to her sister, the fabled prodigal child who had not done a single thing wrong in her life and who was trying hard to be a good student and earn a college degree. When they learned that her sister was transgender and that she was transitioning, the prearranged press releases were sent and the true name of Sondra and Martin Woods' child was known to the world. It was further compounded by Anita asking for privacy, an invocation that was to be honored by the press or else nobody would ever speak to the offending media companies making it tough to attend events. Anita's image was shown to the media to give them just enough about Anita to feed their need for more information, with the Kaplans ensuring that the real story of Anita's life was told and that Martin and Sondra were exposed as the frauds everyone inside Hollywood knew them to be. When it was revealed that they had lived off of Anita's inheritance and bolstered their own careers via Anita's wealth the duo found themselves on the wrong end of lawsuits as any movie production they had put an investment in was forced to shell over money to Anita instead of Martin and Sondra. Anita had just had herself placed into a major position of power as she now had interests in a dozen major hits that year with profits that would exceed anything her parents had ever made in their careers combined! The twins grinned widely as Sally gasped and explained, "Those two earned you over $300 million in the investments made with your money! My goodness, you might be one of the youngest movie moguls in Hollywood! Mom and dad need to get you help before you get defrauded by the other producers!" Faye and Percy waited for the right moment to speak, with Percy correcting her, "She has the Kaplans looking into the finances and who actually owes her what. The studios are staying away from her, they are facing lawsuits from the other producers due to Martin's shenanigans but Martin was shrewd in how he arranged the contracts. She is getting everything owed to her in full- and it's over $400 million now. The man is a total scumbag, but he knew what to get in on and when. He's really upset that she's about to be among the elites. It was 10 to 25 points per movie, but they were huge hits worldwide. He needed your money to invest, if you ever claimed your inheritance he'd have it replenished without you ever knowing that you were the one who actually made all of that money- not him." Anita was feeling faint listening to the five talk about money without a second thought. She hated that it caused so much greed and backstabbing, she wanted nothing to do with it. She vowed that she would put the money away for good use, she wouldn't waste it on frivolous things. The family ate dinner after that, with the twins giggling as they struggled to eat and tried to show Anita how big the were but mostly struggled to not make a mess. Sally struggled to feed them while eating her own food, Anita grabbed a spoon and fork and fed Matt much to his joy while Wallace was fed by his mother. The twins got what they wanted- Anita's undivided attention for a bit. The twins were cleaned up and given baths, with the two putting on a fake fight but enjoying Anita's attention while giving Sally a chance to relax for a bit as she got their clothes ready. She confessed to Anita, "They try their hardest to make my work tough. They are normally much worse than this but they are hoping that you are willing to play with them and give them something for good behavior." Anita helped dress the twins and played with them for a while. She gave them what they wanted and enjoying being a plaything for the two while giving Sally a break to do schoolwork. The twins loved building with their blocks and giving Anita the runaround as they ran circles around her for an hour. When the twins fell asleep, Anita had a big smile on her face. Sally asked her how she endured them, Anita just smiled and confessed, "I did this with the Russos and Stoners. They are more energetic but it wasn't too bad. You get used to their energy after a few minutes and see what they like to do." Anita slept through the night, but found Wallace laying in her bed cuddling her when she awoke in the morning. It was cute, but she was afraid of what the Turners would say. Sally looked in and saw her son asleep in Anita's bed and shook her head at the boy doing something so brazen to get Anita's attention. Sally grabbed Wallace and put him back in his bed, apologizing for scaring her but he did that every few days when he needed someone close by. Matt wasn't as affectionate and didn't like his brother to be in bed with him so Wallace sought Sally. He must have felt comfortable enough around Anita to go to her instead of his mother, but it was more likely that he went to the first open bedroom door since Bart and Kate locked theirs to avoid having him do that to them. Kate and Bart were awake next and laughed at Wallace being put in his bed. Sally grinned and told them that they had just volunteered to babysit the twins while she worked on schoolwork that day. The two were about to say something, but Faye added, "You set yourselves up for that one." Faye moved them downstairs to breakfast while Sally got the twins dressed and ready for the day. The twins were cranky but seeing Anita they calmed themselves and ate a quiet meal with her help. The two were acting more and more mature the more she was around them, making their family see that the two were purposely acting up for the five adults- just like their aunt and uncle did at the same age. Anita was told to relax while Faye and she sunned themselves in the solarium and sauna. It was going to be a light day for Anita, but Faye ensured that she didn't stay put for too long or moved around too much. The solarium and sauna relaxed her muscles and released a lot of tension, allowing Anita to feel like she was a guest and not an invalid. Faye took time to talk with Anita about what was going on with her, including if she felt like she was in the right program in school and if she was being pressured to be a musician instead of something else. It was honest questioning by a concerned mother, Anita meekly told her, "I like the program. I haven't had as much time to work on my musical skills as my vocal skills but I was lucky to get Pierre's notice so it was for the best. I want to perform, I love making people happy. It's probably why I did so well in the nursery with the twins and why the other kids liked me. I don't mind putting off honing my guitar or piano skills, my only regret is not dancing more but it's hard to do while recovering from getting these." She pointed to her new breasts and got a chuckle from Faye, she understood it all too well. She added, "I had to put up with Kate whining about her boobs flopping around when they started to develop. It was pure comedy as she kept trying to keep them flattened but felt the pain from the pressure. It takes a long time to get used to it, you've only had three days. They will settle and you own will develop." Turning to Pierre, she asked, "Are you serious or are you latching onto him because he's the first positive male who has taken an interest? Well, other than Todd Marshall. Lord knows, he's a great man." Anita blushed, which showed she was smitten with Pierre. She admitted, "I think I'm in love with him. I hate not seeing him and want to see him more often. He is an amazingly kind man, but there's just some big thing about him that I can't quite place that makes me want to be with him forever." Faye nodded, then confessed to her, "We have known him for a couple of years and have worked on a few projects for the studio and the wrestling company itself. He is more than just a musical talent, he is a good judge of character and someone who wears his heart on his sleeve. He doesn't do drugs nor does he drink too much. He is an anachronism in the music world- someone not in it for the money. He has given up millions to give fair deals to new artists and earned enough money to retire yet still works. He has been working in the industry since he was a 13, and was one of the youngest producers in music for years. He sees in you something special, something more than musical talent. You can sing, but you can dance, act, and make others feel better. It's a rare combination, but one most real stars have." Thinking further, she added, "There have been rumors about him finally starting to do drugs because of his recent change in personality. They were all started roughly a week and a half ago- exactly when you came into his life. He hasn't been the same since meeting you, he isn't the man focused solely on music and new artists. Pierre is focused on you. It's clear that someone made him into a different person, one who is accepting humanity again instead of just work." Anita said it was due to the past coming back to haunt him, Faye countered, "He accepted Trinity Eliza's new life and that she is thriving. He came to terms with his friend's suicide a long time ago but couldn't bring himself to admit it. No, this is entirely you. He is a changed man, meeting you caused a change in him that the world is now noticing." Faye led her inside for lunch, adding a happy, "You are in love as well. It'll take time, but the two of you are becoming one in so many ways. You helped him mentally accept the past while he showed you that you are a woman and a sexual being. I can see it in your eyes, that's lust and love. Plus I heard moaning coming from your room last night, his name and 'I love you' were repeated several times." Anita blushed deeply while rest of the family entered to eat. Percy didn't say anything but Bart, Kate, and Sally caught her reaction and raised eyebrows. Faye shushed them, not wanting the twins to hear and potentially repeat what they heard their aunt and uncle say about Anita. The family had a quiet afternoon, with the highlight being Faye announcing that they would be having dinner with the Marshalls as Percy brokered a deal with their production company to distribute their newest movies. That was just one reason, Anita realized that she was the second reason. The Marshalls wanted to see the real Anita before the world met her, just to quell their concerns about her well-being. Anita went upstairs to change, with Sally lending her a dress due to Anita not having any that would be appropriate for a young woman to wear to a business dinner. The twins giggled as she changed, it was funny to see the confident and loving Anita scared for the first time. When she exited her room with the twins, Sally and Kate both let out jealous, "Wow" responses while Bart tried not to drool over the sight. The twins were dressed as well, with the two clutching onto Anita to give her support and help as only two toddlers can. The elder twins were jealous of her attention, their nephews never acted that way with them despite the two being around them since birth. Sally quipped, "They are trying to be supportive and show that they care about her. You never needed that before, not even when you got dumped at prom!" Anita could hear voices as they reached the stairs, with the Marshalls trying hard not to sound like they had concerns about Anita's well- being. As she descended the stairs, both sets of parents let out gasps of shock as they saw Anita. The twins held onto her and walked aside her, with the two making a show of being close to Anita and wanting to protect her from anyone new to her. The Marshalls hugged her deeply, with Petra Marshall crying into he shoulder. Yuri Marshall asked if she was doing alright, Anita meekly replied, "I'm doing as good as I can. It's painful but it's lessening as the days pass. I'm just glad that I was able to do it so quickly, but Jaimie Samuels had a connection." He nodded silently while Petra asked her to take a picture for Todd and his boyfriend so they could see her for themselves. It was a bit awkward but she took the picture, with Todd immediately demanding to know who the woman was and why she was claiming to be Andrew. Anita wasn't sure if she should be upset or laugh at his response, it was sweet that he cared so much about her to not believe that it was her but also a little insulting that he didn't recognize her at all. Anita took her own picture and sent it to Todd, with Todd calling to ask what happened to her to make her look so different. Anita blushed as she explained, "I had some body fat redistributed and had breast implants. I'm on hormones now but it'll take a long time to get fuller breasts. I'm sorry that I didn't warn you about the surgery but it was a sudden offer from friend whose family is helping me." Todd was floored. He mumbled, "So it's truly done. You aren't ever going to be Andrew again?" She shed a tear and proudly told him, "I'm Anita Love legally. I changed my name before I left Boston. I can't be Andrew, he never existed. You saw the real me on stage, it wasn't an act as I thought it was. It's the real me, the real person inside. All that's really changed is my clothes and now my body." The more she talked with him, the better she felt about herself. He was her last link to Andrew Woods' life, the former life she no longer could live. He was accepting her as a woman and seeing that she was not doing this on a lark and that she was committed to being herself. She was Anita inside and now she was becoming Anita on the outside. The combined Marshall and Turner families waited for her to finish her call with Todd. Petra kissed her cheek and let her cry herself out. She needed Petra that moment, she needed the one person who could legitimately claim to being Anita Love's mother- the mother in all but name. Anita calmed herself and sat down to dinner, leading the others to do the same. Wallace insisted on being next to Anita and hoped that she would feed him while Matt looked jealous but accepted that he got his way before Matt could get his own way. The little scene was funny to the Marshalls, but it was a big sign that Anita was more than just a guest at the Turner home- she was one of them now. Things were quiet and once the meal was complete Anita listened as Yuri talked with Percy about the upcoming movie and why GCW Studios would benefit from it. Percy had already agreed to distribute it and work with them on sequels, but thought it might help if there were more investors. He looked over at Anita who was trying hard not to listen, but when the idea came up she blurted out, "I'll invest in it. I have money to burn that rightfully belongs to me so I might as well do it while also helping Mr. and Mrs. Marshall. Mr. Byrne-Toro and Mrs. Finn can work with you on the financial aspects of it." Percy firmly asked her, "Are you sure that you want to do this? You could lose every penny." She sighed and explained, "I don't care about the money, it's found money. What I want is to help them since they helped me so much these part four years. They got me my first musical credits and got me a nice pay check from the royalties. They deserve my help and I want to give it to them. I do have one condition: Francesca Herman and Mrs. Finn's niece should be involved in it as the star and writer. They are the two best for the job and I trust them more than any other people to make the movie a success." Anita didn't need to say anything further once she made her declaration, this was something that she wanted to do to help people that she loved and whom she owed a debt of gratitude to. They were only afraid that it was a rash decision, but Anita wanted to do this and was adamant that it be done. Her heart was set on helping repay the Marshalls and nobody would dare change her mind. The Marshalls did ask about her demands for the movie. Anita grinned and explained, "Francesca is the best actress for the job. I know the source material well since I went to school with the author's son. It's a cerebral story with intense family drama. Francesca showed she could do that over two years ago. As for the writer, Hannah Smith wrote a similar movie six years ago. The Stoners watched it with me and pointed out who was who and explained the real story behind some of the characters. I've met a few of them and she made them into larger than life people. She knows her way around a script and can make a movie that even the most self-important director couldn't mangle." She was practically panting as she finished, Faye added, "Francesca is the right age and look to lead the movie. I don't know this Hannah Smith girl, but I trust Anita's gut here. It might be worth a look." Percy brought up Hannah Smith's previous movie and showed it on the TV, with the story coming back to all of them quickly. Yuri practically swore as he rejected the movie due to Hannah's lack of credits and few supporters while Percy started to remember his head of movie productions telling him to pass on the movie because it, "Wasn't something we want to associate with." Both of them regretted their decisions as it was self-financed by members of the Finn Family and brought John Finn into the world of making movies and fittingly setting in motion events leading to Anita being there. Percy and Yuri realized at the same time that it had come full circle and now Anita could help the family by giving Francesca another major movie role while getting Hannah a second major writing credit in addition to her already large children's book roster. Percy had to smile at Anita paying the Finns back for allowing her to stay with them and ensuring the production could commence. It was a major move for her, she had fully become a movie mogul in doing that. Initial details were hammered out while Anita sent texts to the Stoners to ask their family members to see if Francesca and Hannah were able to work on the movie. Immediately she received a phone call from someone she didn't know but it was clearly a Boston area number and was preceded by a text from Tabby saying, "Answer your phone." She answered it and was immediately asked, "Who are you and why are you trying to get me to write for a movie I have no background on." The voice was gruff and to the point, Anita countered, "I'm Anita Love. I'm staying with your aunt and uncle as well as the Stoners. I came across a large amount of money and am investing in a movie but I had conditions for my investing. One is that they hire Francesca Herman. Two is that you are hired to be the writer. I wanted someone who wasn't a hack or trying to win an Oscar, I wanted a real writer who lived the experience and can tell the story as it was meant to be. You did it for your uncle's movie, this movie is similar and involves similar themes that you lived through." Hannah was laughing at her now. Anita stood firm but Hannah shot back, "So you're the new girl that Cat keeps yammering on about and Ella is jealous of. OK, I'll look it over but I can't guarantee that it'll be anything like my uncle's movie. Francesca might do it, but you have to talk to her directly." She hung up, leaving Anita speechless. She turned to the awaiting group and told them, "She said she'd look it over but won't guarantee success. She said I have to contact Francesca directly. I think she knew who I was by reputation, but not by name as she mentioned the Finn girls by name." That set off the others with Faye telling her, "She's not one to mince words. That young woman is one of the best writers you will ever meet but is one of the sharpest tongues and quickest wits around. If she is going to write it then she'll write it when she gets more information about it. She has all the time in the world to do it now that she's taking a sabbatical from writing books. The next call was tougher as Francesca Herman was trying hard to avoid the spotlight and only chose a few small projects per year to supplement her larger roles. Anita knew that she didn't have to act as she had a substantial fortune due to the success of her deceased mother's book series as well as profits from the success of the movie adaptation of the book series- the same one that Aubrey was fired from. It was a long shot, but Anita hoped that it interested her enough to sign on to act. Francesca answered and told her, "Hannah told me that you would call so whatever you are trying to do just tell me now so I can run it by my husband." Anita explained the movie and why she thought that it would be a good role for Francesca, trying hard to not sound desperate. Francesca listened and thought that it might be worth a shot if Hannah did a good job adapting the movie from the source material. Francesca then told her, "I had to know if you were doing this for the right reasons or you were doing it because you thought it was a good idea. You know how people are with these movies." Anita shot back, "I talked with the author about the books a few times and ended up giving him some ideas for the final book in the series. I know the source material and wouldn't have recommended you if I didn't feel that you were perfect for the part. The character is the spitting image of you, I swear he knew you already." She laughed and added, "Of course he did, he talked with my mothers about their books while they were on the same talk shows. He wouldn't admit that she's based on me, but his son told me that I'm the girl who grew into the protagonist. I can't turn this role down now that you made me remember that. He deserves to see his character come to life with the person whom he used as a template." When Francesca clicked off, Anita turned to the others and told them, "She refuses to let anyone else be the character. She said that she's the one who was used as a model by the author. She knows him! She's the one who inspired it all, it's her personality used so she wants to make it come to life in her image." The Marshalls were dumbfounded while Percy tried hard not to laugh at Anita doing the movie justice by keeping the author's vision true to the book in a whole new way. They were quick to talk with their legal staff and get the ball rolling on contracts before the two changed their minds. Faye moved Anita and the twins off to the nursery so the trio could finish their homework and the twins could tire out. The twins fell asleep in the nursery and saw Anita doing the same, her energy depleted due to the large amount of anxiety she endured during the day. Nobody moved the three as it was tough to do with the twins wrapped around Anita's body and Anita doing the same to the twins. Faye couldn't help but feel it was a sign that Anita was going to be a great mother one day, especially to Pierre's children. Anita slept soundly, her mind dreaming of motherhood instead of Pierre and his body. She felt the two bodies pressed against her and felt like she was a mother, even if the dreams weren't real. It was still a great feeling to see Pierre's face as he showed off their beautiful daughter and son to the world. The twins awoke before Anita and giggled at her sleeping on the floor with them. They woke her and had her change their diapers and get them ready for the day. Sally let her do the dirty work, she needed to enjoy some, "Fun" as the twins gave her a shower as they let loose as soon as their diapers were off. The whole experience was one that she had no problem enduring and was glad to endure. There were a lot of little things like that that she would gladly endure as it helped her to be a better parent when she and her future husband adopted. She and Pierre were going to adopt one day, it was one thing she had pledged to do and would be proud to give a loving home to a little boy or girl- especially one like her. The twins made her week a lot of fun, especially as they swam with her and ran around the gardens and yard with her. She grew stronger and experienced less and less pain, punctuated by her lifting the twins up at times while moving around more. The toughest for her was the swimming as the twins didn't know why they couldn't play right away when she was swimming, making them upset at her. The highlight of her week was a visit by Pierre, with him immediately kissing Anita deeply on the lips causing both sets of twins to giggle while Sally shook her head in shame. Pierre had asked Faye to see Anita to ensure she was doing well, with Faye happily agreeing and feeling that it would be a benefit to Anita to see her beloved. He brought her two small stuffed animals, which he figured the twins would take for their own but secretly having, "From Auntie Anita" stitched in them so the two would have a part of Anita with them after she returned back home to Boston. Pierre wasn't there on business for once, it was entirely for pleasure and seeing both faces light up at seeing the other it was clear that it was mutual affection blossoming into love for both of them. He had a lot of things to talk about, all of which involved Anita but all from her friends. He blushed deeply as he told her how Hannah Smith forced an interview with him and sized him up, with her husband close by trying to keep her from doing something to him in case he was found to be, "Unworthy" of Anita. Sally, Kate, and Bart all lost themselves as they laughed at that, while Percy explained, "She would have done a lot worse than he lets on. That girl is a hurricane of destruction when she is angry, and to hurt a person that is among her family is bringing that rage down on you. Take it as her only warning not to harm Anita as she would not hesitate to get your career destroyed through any means necessary." Both looked concerned but Faye calmed them by explaining, "She'd go after your label and then after any agreements with production companies. Once you were isolated, she'd take your artists to other labels leaving you with nobody. The deals you had with everyone would have loopholes found and any of those would be exploited. She has multiple lawyers to help her, with Valerie Finn leading the way." Anita looked ashamed but Pierre sighed and shot back, "If I invoked that wrath then I deserve it. I won't harm Anita, I'd rather lose everything than hurt her. I care too much about her to do anything that would make her feel hurt, she is too precious to let harm come to." He said that part with a kiss on her cheek and a look of affection that belied his true feelings- he would give up everything rather than let harm come to her. It led to Anita kissing him back and hugging him just as tight, followed by her crying into his shoulder. The three teens didn't say a word while the twins giggled at the hugging and kissing the couple were doing. Pierre offered to let her stay with him at his Boston home when she left that weekend, but she declined. It was a nice gesture, but she wanted to be around the Stoners and didn't want to impose on him as he had a lot of things to do in New York, LA, and over in London. The truth was she didn't like to be alone and the thought of being all alone, in a city that was fairly new to her, living in a place that was full of rich people who looked disgusted by her being transgender worried her. He left the offer on the table, he expected her to decline but had to offer it to her anyway. He then told her, "I have an offer to teach music producing at NESM and am taking them up on their offer. I have a strong offer on a recording studio so I don't have to make trips to New York or LA anymore. I wanted to get away from the bad influences and lies that my rivals are starting to stoke, they stay away from Boston because of the Finns and the strong police scrutiny of celebrity antics." He was smiling at the thought of one of his rivals getting busted days before at the airport with vials of cocaine and heroin while claiming in front of cameras that they weren't theirs and then that they were planted by the police. It was all over the news and saw the record companies distancing themselves from them in an attempt to keep attention away from their blind eye to bad behavior. It wasn't helped that DJ Ink withdrew his contract to work with them as they were harming him by association, making the artists he was remixing songs for outraged or trying hard to avoid their own drug use scrutiny that the bust put them under as the notorious anti-drug DJ refused to work with drug addicts like them. After Pierre left, Kate needled Anita over her being in love. Anita sagely shot back, "I am. Maybe one day you will find your prince instead of an ugly frog disguised as a prince." Bart was about to say something but Anita said, "Prom" which caused him to blush and try to apologize for the teasing. Anita did ask, "What happened? She turn out to use him for revenge?" Bart turned red in embarrassment while Kate told her, "He didn't see the signs that she was using him. He bought her dress and sprung for a limo for them but she kept garnering all of the attention on her. She was trying to win Prom Queen but when she lost badly to me she had a huge meltdown and screamed at him for ruining her life. He didn't do anything, she was too busy gloating to see that she had nobody supporting her and only a few actually bothered to vote for her. Bart didn't do too badly, he got a girlfriend out of it- her supposed best friend but really her lackey stood up to her and told her to get over herself then asked Bart out. She actually finished second in the voting but didn't have a date so the two got together for photos and hit it off." Anita was happy that it was a funny memory that turned sweet instead of the bitter memory it likely was meant to be. She asked about Kate's date, she blushed and explained, "He's gay. He came out in July after spending time with family in San Francisco. He's a good guy, but we were really just happy to be together as friends. His boyfriend is pretty cool, he's a mechanic like his father and uncles." Sally kept quiet but confessed to Anita, "I went with some single girls. The twins' father still has a lot of clout at the school despite being expelled and in prison. He scared off any guys through his parents, it hurt but the girls dumped their own dates for taking part in that stuff. We had a lot of fun and they still come around to visit whenever we are in town. You just happen to be here on a tough week for them- too many exams! We got lucky in having classes canceled this week so we could come home to visit." Anita smiled at that as she showed it wasn't her fault that they weren't visiting. It was a bit saddening to know that she lost out on potential love but it wasn't so bad when you figure that she was still young and had years ahead of her to find the right man if she so chose. Sally was the kind of girl who could be an amazing wife, but she was already an amazing mother to the twins. Anita had to endure several long, drawn-out calls from Sylvia over Anita being in LA and not coming by to see her. The little girl didn't seem to accept that Anita was recovering and never noticed that she had beasts now. When Anita finally explained to her in detail she winced and apologized to her. It was cute. The little girl actually missed Anita but after being told the truth she understood. Anita felt that she had made an impact on the girl, especially as she was called, "Auntie" for the first time by her. The name resonated with Anita. She'd never be an aunt to Aubrey's children, but she had one child who saw her as an aunt. She had to hide her tears of joy from Sylvia but the others knew her words struck. Anita finally packed her bags and left with Percy for the flight back to Boston. They were flying in the Global Championship Wrestling corporate jet, something that Anita gasped at seeing but was thrilled to be allowed the honor of enjoying. She was told that they would have to make a diversion to Orlando, FL to pick up an important passenger- his niece, someone who was hoping to meet her in person. Anita rested during the flight, enjoying the calmness as well as taking the time to work on some of her backlog of needed work for her songwriting and musical skills classes that she had put off doing until then. She had taken several classes that were, "Easy" but still had to do the work for them, the classes were important stepping stones to the more important advanced classes that she needed later on. The school were aware of her surgery and recovery but she needed to get back to work as soon as possible. The five hour flight was spent mostly revising songs and listening to the required pieces of music then critiquing certain things about them that she noticed. It was harder than she thought and the more she listened to the pieces of music the more she noticed just what the professor wanted her to notice and had her understanding what was going on. To Percy, it was almost comedic as she would start, rewind, then listen again to pieces over and over again while jotting down different symbols in her notebooks. When they landed in Orlando and were met by Percy's niece, Anita was visibly anxious and fearing the woman's response to Anita being there. Percy introduced Anita to Taylor Turner, his niece and one of the GCW's top performers. He also joked, "And one of the luckiest people on the planet since she has won world championships twice by bad luck for the other wrestlers." Taylor groaned and told Anita, "It was because the one who was supposed to win it needed surgery and the other one who was supposed to win it is pregnant. He forgot the time one guy got hurt mid-match!" She then turned to Anita and told her warmly, "How are you recovering?" Anita blushed while Taylor explained, "Five hours on a plane is a big test for those things. It's your first big outing and you are probably feeling the strain. Thankfully they will get settled but it'll take a while to fully get used to the weight and pressure. You still need a couple of weeks until stitch removal." Percy stopped Anita's question by explaining, "She's a doctor. She was one before she became a wrestler. If she didn't tell you that then her wife would have been extremely upset- she's a doctor as well. She is also transgender like you and endured augmentation alongside her bottom surgery." Taylor whacked him, then told Anita, "Yes, I'm transgender. These are mostly fake, I'm still developing my breasts. It's been two and a half years but they are still too small for my liking. My wife isn't upset about the size, but then again she loves me no matter what." Anita didn't believe her, but Percy explained, "She's the woman your sister tried to go after on the movie set. She doesn't look any different than before, only she didn't have real breasts then. Your sister went on a rampage outside the studio and was arrested, all because she found out about Taylor's past." Anita gasped in shock, she couldn't believe that Aubrey was dumb enough to go after someone who is more feminine than Aubrey had been and looked like any other regular person. Taylor added, "You met the Finns, they were a huge help in getting me in the door out in Hollywood and got me that job. Uncle Percy may have facilitated it, but Francesca Herman's family told her about me. It's ironic that you and I get to meet, but it then again fate and that family have a funny way of interacting." Taylor took the silence and shocked expression to be a good sign, so Taylor took Anita to the rear of the plane where a private bedroom was located and examined her to satisfy both herself and her wife. As the examination ended, Taylor explained, "My wife is more concerned than I am about you so she had me examine you to ensure that your stitches weren't ripped open and the bruising wasn't too bad. Your bruising is normal, especially for liposuction and fat transfer. The scarring will be almost invisible." They returned to the main seating area and didn't speak for the rest of the two hour flight. Taylor kept a close eye on Anita just to be sure she was actually fine and not hiding any pain, but she was doing just fine and didn't need any additional attention. Percy wisely let his niece do what she needed to do as it was the inner doctor, transgender woman, and mother causing her to be concerned about Anita. When they landed, they were greeted by the Finns as well as others. Anita assumed that they were part of the GCW, but was surprised to learn they were Taylor's colleagues and friends. Cat and Ella dragged Anita along, with JD taking her bags leaving Valerie and John to apologize for the kids' actions while Taylor smiled at the sight of them acting so different than they had in the past. JD noticed something about Anita and blushed, with Cat giggling and joking about him staring at her new boobs. Ella shot back, "Don't be jealous that hers are bigger than yours now." JD was struggling to not faint from the talk about breasts, especially when Cat jokingly pushed her chest out at him. Valerie shook her head in shame while John told Taylor, "That girl is going to flee soon if Cat keeps that up. She worships Anita, but that girl will make Anita go insane. Ella is a little more discreet with her idolizing, but I expect her to to annoy Anita before long with her questions about her new breasts." At the Finn home, Cat and Ella help Anita put away her things then asked if she went bra shopping yet. Cat was eager to hear, but Anita explained, "I can't wear regular bras for another three to five weeks. If you want, you can come with me when I go but you aren't picking them out- I don't wear sexy bras!" Cat blushed while Ella shot back, "Mom would be mad at her if she tried that on you. She already tried it on her and got in trouble. She likes to show her boobs off to Gavin but he won't look at them." Cat ran off before Anita could ask about that, her face a deep shade of red while Ella told her, "She tried to show him her new bra and took it off to give it to him. She was about to show her breasts but JD told her to cut it out and kicked her out of the basement. Mom and dad were angry and banned her from him for a month. He can come over, but she can't go near him without it being school related." Anita asked if she did that with her own girlfriend. Ella blushed deeply but explained, "We get to see each other all of the time anyway, we don't bother covering up anymore. I've even seen what's in her panties and naked. Mom said as long as we aren't doing anything in my room other than changing she can come upstairs. She said it's the same rule Jaimie had with Rick." Valerie smiled at Anita as she let Ella release some of her tension, then told Ella, "We trust the two of you a lot more than we did your brothers and sister. Miles and Logan didn't need the warning, so we never gave it to them. Michael got it early on but never tried to break it. We know that you won't do anything, but had to let your brother and sister hear it. Cat thinks she is a woman now that she's starting to mature but she's still a female Finn and prone to breaking the rules. It's in her blood to do so." After dinner, Anita announced that she should get back to living with the Stoners as the whole reason for her staying with the Finns was done. Valerie didn't dissuade her, it was best for her to be around the girls. She did add, "You don't have to but I understand why you want to move back. They do miss you." Cat looked upset at Anita leaving, with her not saying a word after the conversation ended. Ella looked disappointed but she understood why she was doing what she was doing, even if she'd miss having her there. Anita hugged her as she got up to leave, showing that it was going to be alright. After helping clean the meal, Anita went upstairs to Cat's room to talk. She sat the girl down and told her, "You don't need me to help you be yourself. You have a future sister-in-law living with you. Piper is more qualified to help you than I ever will be. She'd love being your big sister, especially as she needs to learn to do these things for when her own sister gets to be your age. I can't help you like she can, I'm not experienced like she is. You two had the same style and personality, he's the best fit for you." She repeated the same conversation with Ella, but adding a happy, "You are lucky to be something that I'm not going to be- you are an aunt. You get to be the one they go to when their parents won't say yes and you get to tell them things that nobody else can. I wish I could be an auntie like you." Ella looked at her oddly to which Anita explained to her, "My family is demolished. My parents are flat broke and owe me a lot of money. My sister is going to prison and can't ever contact me again. I'm not going to meet my sister's children, but you are already an aunt to an amazing niece." Ella smiled at hearing that, then confessed, "My brother has a son and my other brother has a son and a daughter and my other sister has a daughter and son. I don't do much with them because they always go with their other aunts, uncles, and grandparents. I'm an auntie but I don't do anything as an auntie." Anita hugged her and made her feel better, she started to realize that she had a large family but Anita had nobody but herself. Ella didn't say anything more, it was something that she took for granted and it was something that she'd never forget. Her family was unique, not everyone has countless relatives. Anita went to bed with a clear head and a smile on her face. She was starting to feel great about being back and wanted to just get back to normal. The girls would give that to her, especially Tabby. The next morning saw Anita packing her things completely and hugging Cat and Ella goodbye. She had a tough time not crying over the girls showing so much care, but she needed normalcy and to get back to being herself even if what she was had changed dramatically since fleeing to the Finn home. Things had changed for the better but she needed the structure that only college can bring her. Piper drove her to the Stoner home and helped her settle in again, with Anita asking her why she avoids her so much. She had a point, Piper was rarely around during the stay at the Finn home and when she was home she was holed in her room or talking with people in neighboring houses. Piper blushed at the question, she hadn't thought that Anita would say something about her lack of presence at the house. Steeling herself, Piper confessed, "I'm not really comfortable with confrontations and didn't want you to feel bad because I hit the jackpot with family while yours was crap. I might have had parents who got themselves killed trying to make drugs, but I ended up with a loving mom and dad as well as a cool big sister and cute brothers and sister. I got lucky, you had crap." She explained further, "Most of the time I was with Logan working on our homework. When I wasn't I was with my aunts helping them move into their new house since the girls were so busy with school. Then I kept getting asked to babysit for my aunts and uncles so they could do one thing or another. I usually babysit for them since I'm the one who can put up with the kids longer than anyone else. I wasn't trying to be away from you, I was just doing something else every day." She shook her head and added, "It was too convenient that they had me babysitting instead of Ella. They wanted you and Cat and Ella to be close. It was for you. The girls are good kids but needed you to say something to them about what they were doing. Ella doesn't open up to her cousins like she does with people who understand her like you. I'm gong to be her big sister, but you understand her more." She opened up Anita's closet to show her the new outfits that they had given her, two dozen complete outfits in that would fit her perfectly now that she had respectable breasts. She wanted to say something but Piper explained, "These are our castoffs that we didn't take with us when we moved out last June. We were going to donate them to charity but you needed them more. Shoes are the only thing we don't yet have for you, but that's coming soon. Trust me, you need good winter boots and not just stylish ones." The drawer of bras made her blush, but it was something she needed and all were clearly new. She told Anita, "Sydney bought these. She would have gotten you new falsies but they weren't needed. Jaimie really did you a huge favor getting you implants, they didn't have your skin tone in stock." Anita was encouraged to try on the clothes so they were definite fits. She tried to hide her bulge but it was tough to do with Piper grabbing her and making her turn around so she could help her with skirts and leggings. Piper didn't say anything about her bulge except, "I've seen it on Sydney and Trinity and Flora over the years. You might be the biggest but you have had a male puberty while they didn't." The bruising from the liposuction was starting to fade which caused Piper to wince at seeing the ugly colors but it was a good sign. The fat had been taken from her hips and belly giving her a wider looking pelvis as well as flatter stomach. With a nod she told Anita, "You have been ordered to go to the pool at our aunts' condo complex to work out. My cousin Julius is letting you use it, something about knowing your buddy Todd's new fiance or something." Anita didn't recognize the name, Piper added, "He and his husband hung out with Todd and his fiance at their house last month. Todd talked about you a lot, his fiance was hoping to set you up with a girl but you and Pierre nixed that idea. Julius's husband worked with his boyfriend's family on some kind of dig project for their degrees and hit it off. They might be coming for Christmas because of you." Anita looked ashamed, Todd never mentioned that. Piper added, "He didn't put things together until you called him. His parents wanted to come see you anyway and his boyfriend's parents have business out of the country then. It just worked out for them, as odd as it seems you gave them reason to come." The two finished putting away Anita's clothes and awaited Tabby, Aggy, and Melinda's return home from their day of babysitting Piper's siblings. Sydney and her wife Rose was with them, with Justin in their arms trying hard to get loose to jump in Anita's lap. The seven ladies ate dinner together, with the overeager Justin trying hard to get Anita to pay attention to him but failing badly. The girls had smiles on their faces over that subtle snub, Anita didn't give in to him and showed she learned her lesson. When Justin finally fell asleep for his evening nap, Sydney asked about the whole LA trip and how she liked staying with the Turners. Anita blushed at them all knowing more than they let on, all she would say was, "It went better than I could have hoped. You can see the results, I owe Jaimie more than I can repay for getting me that appointment and opening. I don't know how many favors she burned doing it but I swear I'll repay her. The Turners were an amazing family. Their grandchildren were so sweet, they were what I hope nephews would be like. Pierre was too afraid to do anything while they were around, he doesn't know much about kids except toddlers and that was just Trinity." She let that last part out quickly causing the girls to ask when he saw her. She blushed and explained, "It was when I was in the hospital then again when I was staying with the Turners. He wanted to make sure I was alright and stayed for dinner. He knows the Turners and talked with them about business but he was there just to see me." Tabby had a look of pure joy while the girls weren't sure how to react. Tabby explained, "The two are in love. He has been acting different since they met. He's come around more often than normal and is in a better mood with all of us. He got us to work together but he is doing more with us than he usually does and it's making people claim nasty things. He's going to permanently move here just to be close to Anita. He even has a nice condo picked out in Boston that Aunt Lupe told him about- the one next to Uncle Miguel. He has been borrowing one from a friend but he wants to buy one for himself." Anita had a look of joy on her face which the girls asked about. She tried to hide her shame but finally admitted, "He told me he was moving here. I didn't want to believe it but I guess it's true if someone else worked with him that you know. He's moving everything here, not just himself: his studio, his offices, his artists, even his staff. He's making his home in Boston, away from the LA and New York drugs, drinking and backstabbing. He wants to be close to us, and what we are going to do for him." The girls laughed while Tabby added, "He wants to be close to you. You are kidding yourself, he loves you and wants to be close to you. He's in love with you and I know you are in love with him!" Anita was in tears but confessed, "I love him. I miss him. I have dreams about him every night. I can't be without him. He's the only thing I picture and the only one I think of. I love him." Tabby whispered to the others, "Hormones" which they understood. When Anita pulled herself together Tabby explained, "There's more to love than sex. None of us have had sex- none. Sydney and the others did when they were our age but none of us have had sex yet. He knows you aren't ready for it and he will be there for you when you do want it. He's a great man, he loves you enough to wait. He hasn't been at any club or party since he met you, not even for one of his artists' release party. That says a lot." Anita looked over at Sydney and her wife Rose, with both girls blushing and pointing at the sleeping Justin. Rose explained, "I got pregnant during one of our sleepovers, one my brother wasn't home for. We did it again after prom, I lied to my brother about where I was going. Justin ended up making us get married sooner, although my brother wasn't upset since he was had a baby quickly too!" Sydney groaned and added, "Trust me, you'd never believe her brother's story. If we didn't experience it I swear it was just like a cheesy drama written by some overweight loser writer sitting behind a keyboard in some rattrap house." Melinda added, "Oh that isn't so bad- it's all of the others that'd make her think we were lying about what the past!" Aggy groaned while Piper told Anita, "Their dads and grandparents are all in prison, my parents were on the verge of going to prison before they blew themselves up cooking meth, dad ended up with Sydney after she was kicked out of her college because of former stepdad wanted to kidnap her, then it gets weirder and weirder as you understand my fiance's family. That'll take hours to explain. The movie we saw about Logan's uncle's life is nothing compared with all of the other things that happened to them while he was in prison!" Anita wasn't fully believing what she was being told but was shown the newspaper articles about the whole family situation with the trio scoffing at their fathers' antics while Piper sighed and showed that her parents' story was shorter and didn't have much information. She had to explain, "Since I was a kid the newspapers couldn't say much about me. Mom and dad adopted me to keep me from vultures who wanted to get at the money my parents put in my name. That's pretty much what happened to others in our family, only it was deadly serious with Melinda's fiance while Logan's own mother, stepmom, and uncle were killed due to a lot of shady things his stepmom and uncle were involved in." Sydney kept her from breaking down over hearing the bad news, adding her own happy, "Few of us had a normal life. I mean just that- only the youngest kids have had normal lives. Cat, JD, and the other kids have what could be called 'normal' but then again you know about Jaimie and now Ella and Logan. There's no real 'normal' family among us, even the 'normal' looking ones have had issues. The closest you get to 'normal' is Aunt Riley and Uncle Graham and even the they adopted their younger son who had his own troubled life. Come to think of it, Gavin is the most 'normal' of us but his parents suck!" Anita nodded at that, he was a nice boy who just wanted to be friends with the boys but found himself as Cat's boyfriend by her demand. She smiled at the image, Cat was a great kid but Gavin brought out the young lady in her. Her hormones were raging and poor Gavin was in a violent storm of affection. Sydney and Rose got up to leave with Justin, but were met at the door by the arriving Pierre. The two had big smiles on their faces while Justin put on his usual, "I'm a cute little boy" act. Pierre ignored the two while smiling at Justin, making the girls grin widely at him trying hard to be nice to the little boy. Pierre was led inside by Melinda and seated next to Anita, who hugged him deeply and kissed him on the lips for making her evening. He kissed her back, then hugged her tightly as she all but melted into his arms. The look on their faces showed just how much they missed one another, with Anita looking like she had gotten renewed strength while Pierre looked relieved that she was almost back to normal. Pierre broke the awkward silence by telling Anita, "I'm meeting with people in Boston tomorrow night. I was wondering if you would like to go with me as my escort. It'd be among people who are fine with you, it's just an informal meeting among people who want to do business and I got dragged along." Anita tried to refuse, the girls told her authoritatively, "Go! It's a date!" She blushed then accepted. Piper then added, "We are going out as well. We have an invitation to watch the Global Wrestling Championship pay-per-vew from the luxury boxes. We know the owners, they are good friends with Uncle John and always invite us to attend. We might even get on TV as they like to use our family for their backstage segments because the kids are great at making fun of the wrestlers." Anita agreed to be Pierre's date. It was going to be her first ever date and with someone that she was in love with! She couldn't believe her luck, It was a dream come true for her! Pierre spent several hours with Anita as the two sat close together watching a movie on TV, with Anita's head on his shoulder and his arm around her shoulder. It was sweet, two didn't say a word the whole time and mostly saw Anita nuzzling his shoulder as she felt the need to feel his closeness a little more. The girls were in aw of the two, if they hadn't done the same thing with their fiances whenever they were at their houses the four would have said something about the couple's cuteness. Anita forced Pierre to spend the night, bringing him up to her room and locking the door behind her. It took all of his strength to not ravish her as she got ready for bed, but the gentleman in him prevented him from trying to do anything. Anita showed her new breasts to him, but he told her that she looked beautiful without them which only caused her to shed a tear and kiss him deeply. The two were awake before the others and kissed deeply while Pierre fondled her breasts. She felt a lot of sexual energy rising in her but didn't act on it, instead kissing him until the surge passed. She tried to fondle him but he refused to let her, insisting that she didn't have to as he'd gladly wait until he could return the favor on her after she had her surgery. The girls listened through the door and had to stifle their giggles, it was almost too sugary to take and had the girls fighting cheering as the two eventually stared to emerge from the room. Anita blushed at them while Pierre tried to hide his shame, Tabby casually told him, "It's not like we haven't done that to our fiances before. We spend at least a night a week in their beds." The girls blushed at hearing that, with Tabby trying to say something else but losing the nerve as it was a tough flub to recover from. The girls simply ushered the couple down to breakfast and ate in silence while Pierre tried to make himself work hard to appease the girls. Anita was lost in her own world of shame, but the girls didn't tease her nor did they make light of her possibly having sex with Pierre. They spent the morning together, with Pierre finally returning home to get ready for that evening after a light lunch. Anita joined him on the ride to his hotel room, hoping to have some privacy so they could talk about their relationship without fear of the girls hearing. He knew why she was going, he hoped that she would go with him so he could have her alone and express his love to her. At his hotel suite, he opened up by telling her, "I'm moving to Boston to be closer to you. I told you this before, but I got an offer in on a nice condo that is discrete and secure. It came highly recommended by your friends' aunt and uncle, I don't know his relationship to them but he's a former baseball player who had a lot of weight to his name. I got a good deal on it and hope you'd come by often." She looked at his longing face and happily exclaimed, "Yes! I'd be happy to come by whenever you like. I just hope that when you find a real woman you and I can remain friends." She looked away in shame as she blurted that out. He grabbed her and kissed her deeply on the lips, then authoritatively stated, "I don't want anyone else, I want you. I love you. I don't care if you have a penis between your legs or a vagina, I love you for yourself. I don't care if I have to show it, I'll love you regardless of what your body shows." He wasn't joking, he got down on his knees and pulled down her pants and panties revealing the piece of flesh that she had tried to keep hidden from his view ever since she had first met him. He licked his lips and started to fellate her, giving her pleasure that she had never experienced before as she had no sex drive before meeting him. He kept at it until she ejaculated, causing her to feel the need to scream but calming herself and seeing his smiling face staring back her from below. He got up, went over to the bathroom, gargled mouthwash, and washed his face. She looked upset at him but he bluntly told her, "I'd do that for you anytime, anywhere. I love you for you and I don't care if you have a piece of flesh that you dislike, I want you to be happy. You are different from other women, you are the one who I can't stop thinking about having as a wife, lover, and mother to my children." He smiled and used his hand on her to prove his point further, this time manipulating her nipples to give her an even more explosive orgasm than she had just had. He was smiling the whole time, while she was gasping for breath. When she finally came to, she cleaned herself up and told him, "I want to do that to you. Please, let me return the favor to you. I need to do that for you." He just smiled back to her and announced, "Another time. We have a meeting to attend. I'd love nothing more than to let you do what you want with me, but I can't blow this off. I owe them a great deal." He drove on to the Boston Garden and parked in a VIP area with men and women rushing quickly to be the ones to open the doors and help them out. Anita was used to this kind of service due to her former parents it was awkward that she was the one being helped instead of ignored. She blushed as they were led up to a private suite in the elevator, not noticing any of the people who were behind them. Once inside the private suite, Anita was introduced to several executives for GCW as well as several music executives. The meeting was informal but Anita was all but ignored by everyone except for the middle-aged woman who tried to make polite conversation with her. Anita gave stilted answers, not wanting to say the wrong thing but trying to be polite to the woman. The meeting was mostly about one of Pierre's artists recording a song for the GCW's flagship event, the famous, "Wrestlecade" show that was taking place in April. He was there to approve or reject their ideas for the song, but most of the time it was him cringing at the horrible choices for songs. He finally had enough and told them, "None of these acts are able to pull off the song, especially not her. Anita, you might be able to do it better. It's within your range, you might be able to tweak it to match your style." Anita tried to refuse but he countered, "It's not much different than that song you girls are working on. I think you might be able to refine it further. I'll ask Trinity and Tabby to work with you on it." She was floored, this was a major job that she had just been handed. And to boot, it was getting a lot of play on TV as the Wrestlecade would be heavily promoted for months ahead of time. If he hadn't been so serious, Anita could have sworn that he was joking and trying to get the artist to give in to him. The meeting ended and saw the executives looking upset while Pierre shot back an angry, "You weren't getting your way, she's untalented! She needs auto-tune to sound halfway decent, but wouldn't last up on stage without it. She has no personality and her voice sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard." The other people inside the room hammered out the details with Pierre and seemed to be more open to Anita working on the song. Pierre formally introduced her to Vince Turner and his daughter Stacy, as well as several of the GCW's musics and production staff. It was alarming to Anita, the name popped out to her but she couldn't quite place it yet. Stacy smirked and told Vince, "Anita Love was the young lady staying with Percy while she recovered from surgery. She's the one that the twins are raving about, the one who wouldn't let them get into any trouble and who wore them out faster than anyone else. She's also good friends with the Finn girls. She made Cat Finn act like a mature girl instead of the trickster pest who got you good last year." Vince wanted to snap a quick comeback but Stacy added, "Oh don't be so grumpy. It's not her fault that your fly was open and she mentioned it when all of the wrestlers were in the hallway. You should have checked it before you left the bathroom but you are always in such a rush." Vince shook his head in embarrassment then asked, "Did you use tranquilizers or whack the twins on the head to get them asleep so fast?" She blushed and told him, "All I did was play with them, they were out faster than normal on their own. I'm not used to kids, I did what they wanted me to do." Stacy led Pierre and Anita out to another VIP suite, this time seeing that it was filled with a lot of young people with familiar faces all around. She blushed deeply as the Stoners grabbed her into a hug as she entered, followed by the girls hugging Pierre. Rose teasingly joked, "Your date end early?" Anita blushed even deeper while Pierre countered, "Our meeting didn't last too long. I have something to ask of Tabby and Trinity, though. It's another song for you to tinker with, this time it's for the GCW." The two looked at Anita for clarification, Pierre explained, "The girl the record company wanted to use was worthless. She can barely sing, needs electronic help to get the song to sound somewhat listenable, and has a high opinion of herself artistically. You three can turn trash into treasure, I can't picture that song being sung by anyone but Anita with your musical changes." The others were silent while the girls looked over the test recordings and laughed at how bad the singer was before adding in the electronic vocal support and the overwhelming beat. Trinity cringed at how it overwhelmed her vocals while Tabby shook her head at some of the lyrics. Anita listened and added, "It's being played as a power ballad but it's a pop song. It needs a lot of work but it's doable." The group excused Stacy who had to get to work, but before leaving she joked that they could make a novelty song for GCW if they worked fast enough. The two girls giggled as they knew who the wrestler was who was going to be the target, with Anita immediately being shown videos and listening to entrance music for the wrestler. She started to get a picture of what they wanted and was adding her own funny jokes to Tabby and Trinity's joke lyrics, getting everyone laughing at the trio's funny lyrics. Stacy sent someone up to retrieve the song and within the hour as the show was in full swing they got a big laugh as one of the wrestlers entertained the crowd with his musical interlude only to be interrupted by a duo of who performed a, "Gimmick" of a singing group that mocked the wrestlers in the ring. The song got a huge laugh from the crowd and salvaged a boring segment, making the girls grin as they had three envelopes handed to them with checks from the GCW for their services. The whole thing was on the fly and required some quick research, but it was one of the show's biggest highlights. The show was mostly boring until Taylor Turner came out. Seeing her with a black leather belt with large gold plates and the word, "Women's Champion" on it caused Anita to fall out of chair in shock. It was funny to the others as she didn't believe that she'd been flying in with one of the top wrestlers in GCW let alone their current champion. Poor Anita was at a loss for words and looking for guidance. Tabby explained to her, "She's Stacy's niece, the head of production, the Women's Championship holder, and is also a doctor and transgender like yourself. I'm sure you were told the rest of her story but she's the one who caused Audrey to get fired for trying to extort the movie. She's the one who suggested you fly in with her uncle. It's the whole reason he came east, Uncle John talked with him yesterday to finalize writing and producing a movie about Uncle John's life but he used it as an excuse to fly you here. They are making a movie, we are all going to be in it but we don't know when it's being made." Anita watched Taylor move around the ring with great speed then fly through the air as she pulled off a few jumps from the top rope that Anita cringed at seeing. It was a fete of amazing athleticism and was over in a span of 10 quick minutes, but to Anita it was like hours. She couldn't believe how the smaller Taylor could move so fast yet endure so much punishment in such a short period of time. When the event was over, the group headed down to the locker rooms to greet the wrestlers. The group was known to the all of the wrestlers, with several hugging and kissing the ladies while Taylor greeted the shocked Anita. When the woman Taylor defeated greeted them and hugged the girls Anita was at a loss for words, she couldn't understand how someone could try to destroy Taylor be friends with her! The ladies saw her expression of shock and were about to say something when Piper explained, "She's never seen any kind of wrestling before. She doesn't know that it's all choreographed and what you do looks painful but it's not that harmful if done right. She's been in a box, one of those Hollywood royalty kids who is setting out into the real world for the first time." The others laughed at that while Anita kept quiet. Taylor defended her and asked about the whole song bit that the girls setup earlier, getting all eyes to turn to Anita, Tabby, and Trinity. Trinity wisely told them that it was all Tabby and Anita while Tabby explained, "We only used his music against him. It's a parody based on his past actions, summing up his GCW life. It wasn't as good as we could have done if we had more time but it turned out well based on the reaction." Anita wisely didn't say anything, while Taylor asked her if she settled in alright or if the flight gave her some issues with her back and breasts. The ladies looked at her oddly, Taylor explained, "Breast implant surgery. You know the drill with them, hers are temporary until they can go under the muscle later on." Half of the women understood while the others nodded and moved on, leaving only the girls who didn't quite understand but they hadn't experienced implants before. Anita could only say, "No pain, just some pressure from sleeping certain ways. It was hard to sleep last night with Pierre on them." That slipped out without realizing causing Taylor to raise an eyebrow wile Trinity and the other girls gasped in shock. The Stoner girls wisely told the girls, "It's not what you think, she was tired and he was there keeping her company until she settled down. They just slept, nothing more." Anita didn't react lest her earlier antics come to light. The girls bid the ladies goodbye and had Taylor tell the girls that she was glad that they could help them out with the comedy bit, she didn't understand why Stacy suggested them but it was a smart move. She didn't want to say it, but it saved the segment as the writers couldn't come up with a proper introduction for the match making the girls' song mean more to the GCW than anyone would admit. At the Stoner house, the girls asked what she did with Pierre while they were at his hotel room alone. Anita refused to say anything, hoping that they'd leave it alone but not getting them to back off. When they refused and made it clear they weren't going to let her wiggle out, she confessed, "He did things to me that I couldn't believe he'd do. He used my penis to give me sexual release- twice. With his hand and mouth. I can't believe he did that for me." She was in tears while all four girls gasped in shock. All of them looked over at Piper who just told the girls, "No, we haven't done that. He won't let me do that, I tried it a couple of times when we were alone but he won't do it. The closet we have come is him doing that to me but only through my pajamas. He doesn't want anything in return, and I don't want to push him into it. I love him too much to do it, and I don't want to end up like Sydney and Rose. It'd be tough to explain to Cat how we ended up that way as we are sharing a bed but promised to keep things chaste!" Tabby confessed, "Neil did that for me after prom. All of us stayed in the hotel and he went to my room. It was magical, he loved doing it but hasn't tried to do that since. It was his prom gift to me, a one time only thing that he won't do again until we are married or move into our own place." Aggy blushed deeply and had the others gasping as she said, "I did that to Junior the same night. He was in his boxers when I snuck into his room and I couldn't resist. It was weird but he loved it. We haven't done it since because we don't want his cousin to accidentally walk in on us." Melinda looked off in shame and told the others, "We did it on each other prom night. We didn't want to leave each other without some pleasure but we didn't really like it. He's more hands-on, his hands make you melt and feel like you are walking on air!" Anita sniffled and thanked them for telling her all of that, she appreciated knowing that it wasn't odd or gross. Tabby hugged her and told her, "This is the best sign yet that he loves you. He did something that involves a part of your body that you dislike and did it twice, all so you feel better. He loves you, we can all see it. He's showing you that you are beautiful and he doesn't care what you have down there." Anita was crying heavily now, telling the girls, "You are the best friends anyone could ever want. I love you four." The girls helped her get into bed and stayed with her all night, falling asleep beside her so she could feel their presence and calm down further. In the morning, Piper, Aggy, and Melinda set off for class while the girls got Anita ready for the day. Tabby joined her in the shower, letting Anita show that she was fine with Anita's little bit of manhood and letting her see that she was just as much woman as her. It helped a lot that Tabby had a smaller bust than Anita and her own legs and butt weren't as round due to her own delayed puberty. Tabby helped her dress and drove her on to their school and saw Anita off to her own classes while the timid Anita wished Tabby good luck with her songwriter class. Anita was asked what she had done in the time away from class and showed the results of the song they wrote the night before as well as the initial plans for her to perform a special song for the GCW. This was shocking to her instructor, but it was followed by her stating that one was a request from the GCW and the other was from Pierre. The instructor demanded clarification, so she explained, "The GCW needed a comedy song last night so my friends and I worked on one from clips and preexisting music. It wasn't meant for commercial use, it was a comedy bit that was meant to get people laughing at one of the wrestlers. The other song was due to Pierre Dupree refusing to work with the artist the music publisher wanted to use. I was there for the meeting as Pierre's guest and was chosen to be the singer instead of her. He's already working with us on another song, he wanted someone who could do the song better and be honest with him." There was little else to say as she showed the clip of the night before and the notes the girls made of the song's needs as well as when they should say what. It was a mess and the song not usable outside of the wrestling world, but it was good enough to use for broadcast. The other song was punctuated by emails from Percy, Stacy, Vince, and Pierre regarding the girls working on the song for Wrestlecade, with the three Turners and Pierre using their work email accounts. The instructor was floored but moved on, she was doing more than she should have been able to do in such a short period of time but given that she had a lot of powerful people working with her and more support behind the scenes than any new student should it wasn't surprising. She went about working on her needed coursework and improving her lyrical skills while trying to improvise a song from what she was being given by the instructor and showcasing just why that impromptu comedy song wasn't a fluke for her. By the end of the class, she had one song written and an alternate halfway completed- the only person among her class to do the full assignment. She was pleased to get praise and when the instructor read her song he tried hard to keep from laughing at the jokes she made as well as the message she tried to convey. He proclaimed to the class, "Anita did this last night and got an arena full of people to laugh. She worked with two others but it's clear that she has a knack for knowing what to say to make you laugh. It's good for setting up songs for those of you who are intent on being performers, it keeps the crowd interested and smooth over rougher songs." Her next class was her piano class, which she dreaded as the instructor was a tough woman to please if you weren't one of her favorites. Anita struggled under her commands, with Anita hating the woman as she found any way to insult Anita while not fully crossing the line to abusive. It would be her toughest class yet, but she needed that class to work on harder classes involving instrumental compositions. As she entered, her instructor was on her for missing so much time from class. Anita ignored her and went right to work alongside the others in class, performing her scales and doing better than before. It was only causing her instructor too get upset and seek her out, intent on making an example of her. Anita cringed as her instructor proclaimed, "I see that you had plenty of time during your vacation to do more than get fake breasts put on you. I don't understand how this school can allow you to come and go as you please and do whatever you want, all because they are afraid of some woman who isn't even a parent of any student here! You should have been here doing work alongside everyone else, not getting yourself mutilated in a bad attempt to pass yourself off as another one of those fake women." Anita got up to leave, but was stopped by several other students who were outraged by their instructor's harsh words. The leader of them boldly asked, "Do you have any idea why she went out to LA or what she actually did there or even who she stayed with? I doubt you'd ever say those harsh words or you'd be running for the hills. She had legal issues to take care of, involving hundreds of millions in money that was stolen from her. Then she was given a special opportunity for something that she needed to do by a doctor who is well connected. You should know her, you went to her last month for your yearly face lift and liposuction. And to top things off, she was staying with the heir of a billion dollar fortune as well as doing a personal favor for the daughter of a billionaire and benefactor to this school." He spouted off multiple names of who she had met and what they were worth to the school. The Finns were known to most of the others, with the Turners not directly known until GCW was mentioned. It was further complicated when Pierre's name was mentioned, with none knowing her true relationship with the affluent music producer/record label owner. The man finally added, "You know this class is recorded, right? I'd expect that the school will terminate you for what you said to her. You might not like her, but you don't have the right to harass her nor say anything demeaning about her transition. I'd expect those Finns to show their claws today, especially over how you stepped over the line and was well beyond slander." He walked off, sought out the dean of students, then demanded that the woman review the recording of the class to verify his claims of transphobic slurs made against a student. The young man wasn't one to go out of his way for someone he barely knew or whom he didn't really care much about, but he did stand up for what he believed in and being abused by people who have power of you is a major thing. He forced the dean to watch and upon hearing the actual slurs made sure something was done or she'd be the next one facing disciplinary action. Anita moved on from the horrible piano class to her guitar class. She hadn't had much time to do any of the work as she didn't own a guitar of her own and used the ones in the classroom exclusively, so it was a bit of relief that the acoustic guitars were tuned and ready to use for her that day. Her instructor saw a lot of hurt and anger, something he wanted her to use as it was a great motivator and the strumming had a calming effect on her as she focused on what her fingers needed to do. Anita started to strum then work through her chords until she was ready to go at the guitar full-on. She hit just about every note she could think of and make them come together without making a mess of the melody or sound. It turned out to be an amazing solo, with Anita losing track of time as she played. When she stopped, she was panting as the adrenaline of the playing wore off. She looked around at her fellow students and saw looks of confusion and concern, but her instructor had a look of pride at what she had done with her guitar. He pulled her aside and asked her if she played outside of class then told her that she would do herself a lot of good to buy a guitar for herself to practice at home as it was clear that she was growing in skill and with more practice she'd be able to take her performances farther. She looked down in shame but it made sense. She didn't want to take up any space in the Stoners' home but with her staying there permanently she'd talk with the girls about it. She hoped that they didn't mind her practicing, and if need be she'd only do it when they weren't at home. Class ended and Anita was asked to go with Valerie and the dean to discuss what happened earlier. She felt shame but complied, Valerie's look was one of anger which Anita was afraid of being the recipient of. She respected Valerie, but was still afraid of invoking Valerie's rising anger over Anita's drama. When they finally stepped into the office, Anita sat down while Valerie asked about the class and if she had been the victim of things like that before. Anita looked away in shame but explained, "She has been like that since my first class. She doesn't treat anyone else like that, only those the she doesn't like for some reason. I must be one of those people, she hasn't liked me one bit since I started here. I haven't said a word in class, she made it clear that I had to shut up around her and do as she said or she'd fail me no matter how well I did. I'm sorry, I didn't do anything! She just doesn't seem to like me at all. Nothing I do has been good enough for her, even when she asked what I knew." The dean reviewed the previous classes and saw the pattern of abusive words towards Anita then Anita finally breaking and losing all motivation for improving in class. The worse part was that she didn't get to hear any of the nasty comments made about Anita after she left the class, words that were even more damaging to the instructor than her previous words. Anita was in tears at listening to them, she had not yet started to transition when the transphobic insults were first hurled about her being a, "Fake female." Valerie held her tongue until the end while letting the dean take care of the required notifications for the removal of the instructor. The school had a few choices for replacements, but Valerie had several who she knew were accepting of Anita and who were owed favors by Valerie. One was perfect for the job, he had degrees in music and was familiar with how the college worked as he earned one from NESM. Valerie's choice was hard to argue, he was an accomplished musician in his own rite yet taught to keep away from the rigors of the road. He was even more accomplished than the previous instructor, he had several piano ensembles performed in major venues across the country and pieces used in movie scores and on TV shows. He was local to Boston and had helped Valerie get Tabby into NESM that summer. Valerie made the call to the man and had him agreeing as long as he set the curriculum. He was going to ensure that talent mattered most, not what the school thought they needed to know. His mentality was that you can't force improvement, but anyone can play basic songs with enough practice- it was all about improving on what you have and not how well you can do it. Anita had no more classes that day but stayed around to work on her singing as she hadn't been able to sing for almost two weeks due to her issues. She booked one of the empty vocal rooms and worked for two hours on her vocalizing then singing multiple songs that she knew inside and out. Her final songs were the songs that she cared most about- the songs that the girls had worked on together. She was mentally exhausted when she exited the vocal room, and looked away in shame as she saw that Valerie and Tabby were waiting for her as she exited. Tabby put her arm around Anita and walked her out to the car while Valerie guided them home and told Anita to take a nap to recover. Valerie stuck around until Anita awoke, ensuring that the girls did their homework while Anita slept. When Anita left her room, Valerie sat her down and explained to her, "The school is outraged that your instructor openly harassed you and verbally humiliated you. She was terminated immediately and will be homeless as she lived in one of their apartments. You did no wrong, you had the school's permission and what you had done was explained to the school at my daughter's request. You were given time off and despite what some may think I know you were working while recovering as Taylor and Percy told me about what you were doing on the plane. I showed your work to your songwriting instructor and coupled with your work last night you are well ahead of where the school hoped you would be. Your only areas of concern were vocals and your instrument skills, as well as your performance abilities. The latter can wait until you are fully healed." She then sighed and explained, "Go with Tabby to buy the needed guitar and piano, you need those more than anything else. We were in such a rush that we never bothered to get you those but it's time now. She could use the practice along with you, and I know Trinity will be alongside you on weekends." Valerie left the girls to do what she had told, with Tabby telling her that she could have used their own equipment anytime but Anita forcefully told her, "I need something that feels right for me. I have my own settings and string tension that is different than yours would be. I know you'd let me use them, but I need something that is just mine and feels natural in my hands and doesn't cost you time trying to get right when you practice with it after I use it." The duo drove to a music store that most of the area's college and high school music students used and were greeted by apathetic staff and a few leers by teenagers trying to act like they were the next big thing in music. Anita found an acoustic guitar that was the right weight and durability for her while also being able to take a beating on stage, then found a solid electric guitar that fit her style and needs. She showed that she was no beginner either, with Tabby having to fight back a laugh as she outplayed the teen boys who were trying hard to impress her while ogling her breasts. She then showed she was used to electric guitars as she shredded the overeager salesman as he tried to show that he was better than her but didn't match her natural talent or her practiced speed. Tabby reined her in and had her pay for the guitars, but also added an amplifier and a sturdy guitar case. She grinned as the two paid for the equipment with Anita's bank card, with Anita having to fight a big smile as she relieved her tension as well as getting revenge on people who had been so rude in their assumptions about her and ladies in general. Their next stop was more important, it was a major piano retailer which Tabby felt would make Anita see just how valued she was to them as they bought a piano for her. The varieties were numerous, but Anita caught the eye of one of the hybrid pianos that were on display. She liked how it wasn't too big but was big enough to have all of the abilities she needed in a piano. As she tried it, she learned the benefit that it had that other pianos did not: the ability to be silent. She could play it anytime and not make the others upset or awaken them. It was tough to not see herself in front of it at all hours of the night practicing and writing new songs for her to sing. Tabby saw her expression of joy and knew they wouldn't leave the showroom without buying one. It was expensive, but not as expensive as either the uprights or grand pianos that were on display. Despite being electric, it was exactly like a, "Real" piano in how it worked- only without the internal parts. Tabby called her fiance Neil Jones to move the piano, bringing with him help in the form of his three buddies Logan, Junior Kelly, and Ethan Smith. The four groaned at being pack mules for the girls but it was important and Anita needed the piano for her own sake. The four also grabbed Anita's new guitars and complained that she'd have Cat over there bugging her to teach her how to play, something Anita loved the thought of especially as it'd help Cat cool her libido over her boyfriend Gavin. The guys dragged the piano down into the basement and set it up alongside Tabby's instruments, giving it a clear, "Music room" vibe that wasn't intentional. Anita showed the piano off to the other girls as she played for them, with the girls seeing just how talented she was as she made up a song on the fly. The girls looked at one another and knew that Trinity and Tabby were going to spend a lot more time there. The guys enjoyed the evening with their counterparts while Anita decompressed and relaxed by playing the piano with her headphones on so nobody was disturbed. She fell asleep at the bench, with the guys having to carry her up to her room while blushing at her hugging them tight. Neil did most of the lifting as he ended up being the one she latched onto hardest, but he didn't mind as she needed the rest. In the morning, Anita realized that she was in her bedroom but fully clothed. Aggy helped her get ready for the day, but stopped short of washing her. Anita blushed and apologized for being so tired, Aggy had a good idea what was happening and told her, "Hormones are a pain, you haven't seen us when we have our periods yet. You missed the fun while in LA, we almost came to blows a couple of times." At school, Tabby and Anita worked on their song for the GCW and refined some of the lyrics to suit the way they thought the song should go. Anita vocalized as much as she could but without proper music to back her she couldn't get the lyrics right just yet. Tabby worked around that problem by giving her a few ideas for the pacing and where to go with the lyrics while changing some awkward words. Anita's day went smoothly as she did well in her vocal class while trying to do simple movements in her performance class. She was lagging behind in her class, but as she performed already it was basically just getting through the formalities of the class. She helped out others in the class, with a few of her classmates appreciating her critiques while others resented that she spotted their flaws. Cat Finn was excited for Anita and demanded that she teach her how to play the guitar so she could be like Anita. Anita took her interest in stride, what Cat really wanted to do was impress Gavin and make him see that she was more than her father's daughter. Cat loved to point out how badly her father was at any musical instrument and how Anita had made her do something her father couldn't dream of doing. Anita allowed her to come over, but only after she had all of her homework done and her parents gave their blessings. She then told her that Gavin couldn't come, he needed time with her twin JD and away from Cat. The 13-year-old wasn't happy but he accepted that she wasn't going to change Anita's mind. When Cat showed that she was finished with everything and did so to her parents' satisfaction, Cat was handed one of the guitars and told to show what she knew and to not hold back. Cat tried to play like she had seen others play, but it was a waste of time as she sounded like a dying animal. She was in tears as she stopped, but a hug from Anita and soft, "We were all there at one point" soothed her. Anita showed Cat how to play a couple of simple chords that were easy on her fingers and could lead to some tougher chords later on. Her real talent lay in the piano, Cat knew how to play some basic songs that all kids were taught but few bothered with outside of class. She wanted to learn more, Anita found a way of getting her to vent her energy and work with her inner talent that she tried to hide away. Cat was in tears as Anita told her that she needed to practice, but was better than she realized. Cat had to be led away by Valerie who was smiling at Cat being humbled by someone showing her something nobody else had seen before and something that was unique among her family members. She loved to be creative, but she had to hide it in school due to dozens of tormentors looking to hurt a Finn. Cat left and was replaced by a woman who stood tall over Anita and looked her over with a stern look as well as upset expression. Valerie wanted to say something but Cat stopped her, the girl knowing full well what was about to happen. The woman's expression never changed, she tried hard to give a look of determination and force but finally broke down when two little kids rushed inside and hugged Anita. Valerie told the woman, "Don't hurt her. If even a single hair is out of place you will have to answer to both myself and your uncle. Then you have to explain to your cousins why you scared her away. I don't think you even want to face Ella and Cat, let alone Sylvia. Sylvia loves her, you know how she is with anyone who is new to the family. And she will ask about her so don't lie when she calls about Anita." The woman took what Valerie said as a challenge and called Sylvia Samuels. Valerie smirked as the six-year-old girl gave her an earful and demanded that Anita be treated nice by her. When she hung up the phone, Valerie boldly stated, "I told you so. She wants Anita to be safe." Valerie left, the woman didn't bother to wait for Anita to ask who she was and acted like it was her own house instead of the Stoners' house. She sat down alongside the two children, with the Stoners staying out of sight of Anita but listening to what the woman was about to say. Anita was afraid, this woman was a total stranger and entered the house unchallenged and had the girls afraid of her for some reason. Anita finally asked who she was and why she was there. The kids giggled while looked at their mother for an answer. The Stoners were looking at her with grins, it was just too funny to them. Finally the woman spoke, telling Anita, "I understand that you got me involved in a movie project. You volunteered my services without asking me if I wanted to write a movie. I don't care who is financing the movie, I don't write at the drop of a hat. I spoke with you before about it, but I want to hear it from you face to to face without any excuses or tricks." Anita finally realized just who this woman was. She was known to Anita purely by reputation, the girls had told Anita about her multiple times and Anita had had a phone call with her that caused her to try to look over the project before committing. She was the scariest person you'd ever meet: the legendary and fear-inducing Hannah Smith.