Summer Girl - 2

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Summer Girl — 2

As I said, “I hate school”, and now it is worse, since I would rather be a girl. Tuesdays, we have PE and it was kickball. I was picked second to the last, as my friend Gabriel Ackerman, was picked last.

How bad are Gabriel, and my two other friends? I missed the ball when I tried to kick it and fell down. I got up and tried it again, and I did kick it, but it went maybe a foot. That was my best kick of the day.

My other friends, Danny Dudley and Christian Curran, are a little better than me or Gabe, not by much. We get bullied and we are called girls. Of course, I know that I am a girl, but I can’t say anything to my friends, so I can’t wait until school is out!!
At school, during lunch, I talked to Danny, Gabe and Christian and I did invite them over to the house after school. Mom told me that since William, Kyle, Logan and Sydney have friends over, I can’t be dressed as a girl, but she said we might go away on the weekend, since we aren’t going to the cottage. I hope we do.

Anyway, while we were on the playground — in the area for the third, second and third graders — I heard a voice behind me. It was the Oak Meadow Boulevard School bullies — Thomas Fulton and his sidekick, LaQuay DeVeaux.

Thomas, and LaQuay are both in 6th grade, Thomas is 13 and LaQuay is 12. Thomas is the oldest student at Oak Meadow Boulevard, and according to William, dumber than a box of used tissues. Of course, he shouldn’t be in the area where the younger kids play, but if you clone him with an empty coke bottle the bottle might give him brains.

Thomas said, “Oh lookie here, we have a boy who kicks like a girl.”

LaQuan, with his boxers showing over the top of his very loose pants, said, “No, bitches and hors kick better than these sissies.”

Thomas said, “I wonder what these sissies will be doing this summer? I wonder if they are going to hairstyling camp.”

I heard another voice behind him, and it was William. “Now the two assholes. I know your IQ is lower than a first grader, but why are you here” You want to be the oldest kid in first grade?”

Thomas said, “I’m just talking to my man here, and these people are bothering us.”

William said, “Really? Are you sure? I knew you and LaQuan are dumb, but you are minding your own business? And Sawyer, Danny, Christian and Gabe came up to you?” I suggest that you get back to the other part of the grounds. I hate hitting garbage, but I might enjoy hitting you.”

LaQuan, said, “Mind your own business you honkey? What right should they have this part of the building? It should be for us.”

Thomas said, “Yea, what right is it to you? Are we bothering you? Second graders are stupid and dumb, and these dummies are sissies.”

William said, “LaQuan, I could call you the N word, but my dad told me never to say it. Thomas, you and LaQuan are bothering me for being on the same planet — hell, you in the same universe bothers me. Now, as I said before, those 4 are smarter then you’ll ever be.”

Thomas looked at LaQuan and said, “Maidenford, protecting these sissies. What, are you one, too?” They walked away from us, so I said, “Thanks.”

William said, “If you are back here next year, Kyle and Logan will keep you away from trouble. I’m not looking forward to Amagansett Middle School next year.”

William was talking about the school he’ll be entering for 7th and 8th grades. Amagansett Middle is one of the two middle schools in town.

The bell rang for the kindergarteners, 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders to go back in, so I walked back to Ms. Cooper’s class. Ms. Cooper, my 2nd grade teacher, taught us for the rest of the day.

When the end of the school day bell rang, I was happy to get away from school, Logan and Kyle were waiting for Sydney, who was in 1st grade, and me, so we all walked home together.

Thank goodness Oak Meadow Boulevard School was close to our house, we cross Oak Meadow Boulevard, walked down Red Barn Drive onto Garden Land Road. The neighborhood is called ‘Roberts Farms’ and the street names are farm related. Danny lives with his mom and 2 brothers on Tractor Drive, 3 blocks from us. Christian and Gabe lives on the other side of the school — Gabe with his mom, 1 brother and 1 sister in ‘Elmcrest Park Village’, an apartment complex and Christian with his mom on Cherrywood Drive, in the “Park Forest’ neighborhood.

As we walked Garden Land Road, the street where our house is, we saw a house for sale with a sold sign on it. The house, a Victorian built in 1989, was one of the oldest homes in the neighborhood, and it was owned by the Rabbitt family.

The Rabbitts were an older couple, with older kids, so we didn’t know them but they gave out some of the best candies at Halloween. We continued walking as we waved to some of our neighbors, before we hit our house a 6 bedroom, 7 bath Dutch colonial built in 1993.

Mom opened the door as we came up the sidewalk asking us how our day was. Mom, who co-owns a coffee shop with 3 other people, was usually home when we get home. Dad is a consultant on business startups with a small venture capital firm.

Mom had snacks — cookies and a glass of milk — ready for us as we started on our homework. While we were doing our homework, mom asked about our day.

In about an hour, William came home from baseball practice — tomorrow was the last game for the ‘Oak Meadow Boulevard School Eagles’ — as he was in his uniform. Kyle was on the 5th grade team, but their season ended last Tuesday with a 1-0 loss against the Quabacutt — our rivals in town — Lions.

We live in a small Connecticut city, population 34,804 people. Most of the school names are either named for the town, from people who lived here or from areas of the town. The town is nice with two rivers — the Soggertick and the Clear - flowing through it.
Mom watched us doing our homework, while she was cooking dinner — pork chops, mashed potatoes, peas and for dessert blueberry — blackberry pie. When William came in, mom told him to take a shower, since his uniform was dirty, so he went upstairs and took a shower, then got dressed in a pair of sweats pants and a t-shirt, then came to the kitchen and started his homework.

After we did our homework, Sydney said, “Sawyer, want to play with my dolls? Please?”

I agreed and soon, we went to Sydney’s room to play with her dolls. If you told me last week that I would rather be playing with dolls then trying to learn how to ride a bike WITHOUT training wheels, I would say you were nuts. Yes, I’m an almost 8 year old who still can’t ride a bike without training wheels.

When Sydney and I left, Logan, Kyle and William looked at mom and Kyle said, “Mom, Sawyer is happier being a girl.”
Mom said, “Your dad and I were talking last night about it. He wouldn’t be the first person to change in the family. You know Aunt Denise was once Dennis?”

Kyle said, “So the accidental left behind suitcase was not accidental? What would you have done if he HATED it?” He looked at William and said, “William, you were right.”

Mom said, “His suitcase wasn’t left behind, Kyle. Your dad put it in the boat. I could see the same emotions that Sawyer has when Dennis was growing up. Coming home from school, he used to cry. We decided to see if Sawyer is a girl in a boy’s body.”

Logan said, “Mom, so you saw what Sawyer’s going through when you were growing up? Did you help Denise?”

William said, “Denise is so nice. What was she like growing up as your brother?”

Mom said, “Yes, but we didn’t have the internet until we were teens. I told Denise that she wasn’t the only one — we knew about Rene Richards — but it was still not talked about openly. When Denise had SRS, it fractured the family. My oldest brother, Gary, didn’t talk to any of us for a long time because we supported the change.” Mom looked at William and said, “Dennis is like Sawyer. He loved to play with my dolls, and once he dressed up his GI Joe in a dress.”

William laughed and said, “A Crossing GI Joe. Don’t ask, don’t tell. That must have looked strange.”

Mom said, “She wished she knew that Dennis was unhappy as a boy, but we didn’t have access to computers like you guys do. We had a TRS-80 the whole family used.” Mom looked at Logan, Kyle and William and said, “It wasn’t until a year ago did I get a call from Gary. Gary said he is sorry about being foolish towards Dennis.”

Kyle laughed. He said, “Mom, really? A TRS-80? A Trash 80? Why not an Apple?”

Mom said, “A TRS-80 was the computer back then. Apple was an expensive computer when it came out. Remember, PCs was still new and the internet wasn’t available to the public yet. We had BBS — bulletin Board Systems, but the internet with Skype was in sci-fi land.” She took the pork chops out of the oven and said, “Would you set the table, Kyle? Logan, would you get your sisters? William, tell DJ that it is time to eat.”

Kyle went to the cabinet and got the plates out, then the silverware from the drawer. Kyle looked at mom and said, “Do you think Uncle Gary is over it now, mom?”

Mom said, “I think so, Kyle. Being intersexed is getting noticed. If he isn’t over it, yet, he needs to be. Denise is happy being a mom.”

Denise married a single dad with 3 kids — 2 girls and a boy. We went to their wedding and it was beautiful, with Denise in a gorgeous wedding dress.

Kyle said, “She is, mom. Are we inviting any relatives to the cottage? Ian, wanted to know.”

Ian is a cousin of ours. He lives with my Uncle Ian and Aunt Jane and his brother and sister.

Mom said, “We might invite some of them over. Did you brag to Ian about the cottage?”

Kyle looked at mom and said, “Me? Would I do that?” He then grinned.

Up in Sydney’s room, we were playing with our dolls. We were enjoying it and I thought about the lake and wonder if they’d like me as a boy. I decided to ask mom and dad tonight. I would rather wear girls stuff at the lake. I got Sydney’s Ken doll and saw a dress, so I decided to dress Ken with the dress.

As we were playing, Logan knocked on the door and said, “Sisters, time to eat. Mom wants you down to eat now.”

We left our dolls and went to eat. In the kitchen, dad just came in, so dad said, “How are my girls today. Had a good day?” He kissed us.
Sydney and I sat together and we were talking about how our day went. William told mom and dad about Thomas the bully, so dad said, “I’m glad you stood up for Sawyer, William. I’m glad you didn’t fight. Sawyer, Thomas bugged you the whole year? Didn’t the school do anything?”

I said, “Yes, they suspended Thomas and his gang a few times for bullying, daddy. They just determined to wreck everyone’s life at school and Thomas and his gang don’t care.”

Dad said, “It sounds like Thomas is going to be either in jail or dead by the time he is 18. At my school we had one of those people and he died in jail during a fight. They aren’t worth fighting with.”

After dinner, Sydney and I went to her room and played with our dolls, then after a few minutes, mommy and daddy came in and told us it was time for bed.

I took a shower then went to my bedroom where mommy and daddy wanted to talk to me. Mommy had out boys’ pajamas or a nightgown and girls’ panties. I looked at them and mommy said, “Honey, you can wear nightgowns if you want. We decided to tell you about your Uncle Dennis and Uncle Bill.”

Daddy said, “Honey, we saw that you were getting unhappy, and mommy and I decided to see if we were correct. Mommy saw it when she was growing up with her brother and I saw it with my cousin growing up.”

Daddy continued about Uncle Bill and mommy started talking about Uncle Dennis, both I never met, and we do visit our relatives — on mommy’s side - at least twice a year. Mommy and daddy talked about other things, but they told me that they thought I was a girl, trapped in a boy’s body.

Daddy said, “Your Uncles Bill and Dennis both were the same way, as you. Your uncle Dennis you met, but Uncle Bill died because no one accepted him in my family and he felt alone. Uncle Dennis is your Aunt Denise.”

I looked at them and said, “I am a girl? I want to stay a girl, mommy and daddy. Can I please?”

Mommy and daddy looked at each other and kissed each other, then they kissed me. Daddy said, “Honey, if you want to be a beautiful girl — and you are — you can. We can see that you were happier as Sydney’s twin sister and you were more outgoing.”

Mommy said, “Now, we have to take you to a doctor to check you out, so we might do that tomorrow. We might have your uncles, aunts and relatives up at the cottage, but you can be a girl all the time.”

Mommy got me dressed into my nightgown and looked at daddy. She said, “Honey, we might lose a boy, but we’ll have another beautiful girl.” I had a few questions, so I asked and they answered as best they could.

After the few questions, I knew I can’t tell Danny, Christian or Gabe, that I’m going to be a girl, but I can’t wait ‘til we go to the lake for the summer.

I had another question, but mommy told me that her new daughter needs her sleep, so mommy and daddy kissed me, as they told me night. They cuddled while they left my room.

When they went to the kitchen, dad said, “I guess I should tell my parents that we have a new daughter. I want them to stay grandparents to the kids, but if they still think they will ignore Sawyer while giving the others gifts, I’ll tell them to leave our lives.”

After I fell asleep, daddy and mommy were in the kitchen talking, when the phone rang. Mommy picked it up and it was her brother, Gary.
Gary, who lived about 50 miles from us, phoned mommy to talk. They, before Dennis became Denise, were close, so Gary finally reached out to her after he had a divorce, and he got the kids.

Gary called mommy and daddy for input. He wanted to reach out to Denise, but Gary is upset that Denise is not responding.Mommy told Gary that Denise is still upset at the way he acted.

Gary sighed at said, “You are right, but I have a problem that she could help me with?”

Mommy said, “With what, Gary, I’ll ask Denise for you. You know we are close.”

Gary sighed and said, “Thanks, but I guess it is karma. Please tell her to call me. I need her input.”

Mommy said, “Karma, Gary? What is happening?”

Gary said, “William had a check-up and the doctors told me that he is a she. The doctor said something I couldn’t understand. My son is my daughter?”

Mommy said, “When did you find out?”

Gary said, “We got the news about 4 months ago. William is depressed, and Ken is making fun of him.”

William is 12 and he looks to be 9, while Ken is 11 and he looks to be 13.

Mommy said, “It isn’t karma, Gary. I think William is intersexed. I know Sawyer is.”

Gary said, “Intersexed? What is that? I’m just a dumb mechanic who never went to college.” Uncle Gary is a mechanic at a local auto dealer.

Mommy said, “You aren’t dumb, Gary. You are a great mechanic. You are smart, but you knew what you wanted to do, and you went to vocational school.” Mommy went on to tell Uncle Gary about what intersex is.

Gary said, “Only 1 of 2000 births are intersexed? Why then are William and Sawyer — both related are intersexed. Are we that lucky?”

Mommy said, “Like most things, generics plays a part in families, maybe there’s a gene that cause it. Maybe the 1 in 2000 part is wrong. Who knows, but we have to accept it, or our boys will commit suicide.”

Gary and mommy talked for about another half hour, then mommy told Gary bye and hung up. Mommy then called Aunt Denise and talked to her, and then after they hung up mommy and daddy went to bed.

When mommy woke me up in the morning, she said, “Honey, we have a doctor’s appointment with a Dr. Salwasser. She’ll give you a checkup to see if you are a girl. After we can go shopping? Want to wear a dress?”

I said, “Yes”, so mommy gave me a bath, then dressed me in a purple dress. I was going to be me and Sydney with mommy, so after we got dressed, we headed out to the Dr. Salwasser’s office.

It took mommy about an hour to drive to Dr. Salwasser’s office, then Sydney and I played with dolls in the waiting room, four other mommies were in the waiting room and they commented on how Sydney and I were so beautiful.

Two other kids in the waiting room, 1 wearing pink jeans and a pink t-shirt and 1 wearing a blue dress came up to us and started to play with the dolls, 2 others, both in boys’ jeans and a button down shirt, were playing with trucks.

Soon, Dr. Salwasser, a light brown haired, green eyed female of about 36, opened the door and said, “Maidenford?”

Mommy, Sydney and I went with Dr. Salwasser to an examining room, and mommy helped undressed me. I was getting examined while Dr. Salwasser talked to mommy, Sydney and me. I had an X-ray and a CAT scan and a general physical. Dr. Salwasser drew some blood and then she told me, “You are a brave little girl, Sawyer. I am going to check the results and then I’ll call your mommy. You can get dressed now, honey.”

Dr. Salwasser told mommy some results, so after we left Dr. Salwasser’s office, we decided to have a mommy-daughters day. We stopped at a family style restaurant for brunch.

At the restaurant, the hostess looked at Sydney and me and said to mommy that we are so beautiful, as we went to a booth.

We smiled at the hostess and said, “Thank you” as we curtsied. Mommy looked at us and then at the hostess, who said, “They are so polite. How old are they?”

Mommy laughed and said, “Only at times. They are 6, soon to be 7.”

The hostess said, “My son is a terror and he is 6, but I guess that is what boys are like.”

Mommy laughed and said, “I have 2 boys at home, so I know what you mean, but then my oldest daughter is a tomboy.”

The hostess said, “Oh a mother daughter day with your twins?”

Mommy said, “They had a checkup, so we decided to have a mommy-daughter day. A pitcher of Orange juice, the buffet and coffee for me and, girls, would you like hot chocolate?”

If a week ago you would say I would not complain if I was called a girl, or that I would be out in public dressed like Sydney’s twin, I would say that you were crazy. When mommy asked us girls if we wanted hot chocolate, we both said, “Yes please, mommy.”

We had a big breakfast — some pancakes, waffles and French toasts, then after mommy paid the bill and we headed out — to a mall for shopping.
We went to Sears, JC Penny, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom’s along with some other stores. We had a good time shopping with mommy and mommy bought Sydney and I matching dresses and other clothes.

After the mall, we decided to hit Kmart, then we stopped at a movie theater to watch a movie. After the movie, we had to go home.

Daddy took us out to dinner, and I had people commenting on me and my twin sister. When I heard how beautiful Sydney was before, I was bored with it, but now I love hearing it, because mommy and daddy said we are beautiful girls.

After we got home from dinner, where William talked about his baseball game, William drove in the winning run, mommy and daddy kissed me good night and I fell asleep.

When I went to bed, after they left my room, daddy looked at mommy and said, “Are we correct? Is Sawyer a girl?”

Mommy said, “Yes, love, we are correct. That is some good news, but I got another bit of good news. We might NOT be losing a son; we might be gaining a son.”

Daddy said, “Logan wants to be a boy?” He smiled at mommy then said, “Or are we having another? Don’t tell me we are having twins.”

Mommy looked at daddy and said, “I won’t tell you we are having twins, because we aren’t.”

Daddy said, “Triplets? Really?” Daddy kissed mommy and said, “They’ll have lots of love. Their twin sisters will love them. Would you love to take the kids out to ‘Sturbridge Village’?”

(Editor’s note: Sturbridge Village is a living colonial village museum in New England and if never been there, you should. Also, another living museum place in New England is Mystic Village. For more info on Sturbridge Village, visit www.osv.org. For info on Mystic Seaport, visit. www.mysticseaport.org. Now back to our regularly scheduled story.)

When I woke up on Thursday, I took a shower and got into my boys’ clothes. I went down to the kitchen to have breakfast.

Mom saw me, so he hugged me and she said, “Honey, only a few more days before you can be a girl for the summer. I know you are unhappy, but just remember that daddy and I love you.”

I said, “I know, mommy. I wish we could stay at the lake. I had fun there. Kyla, Savannah and my other friends are nice to me and Sydney.”

Mom said, “I think they are very nice girls for you and your sister, honey. Now I have your excuse for missing school yesterday. What cereal would you like?”

After breakfast, we brushed our teeth, then went to school, which was, except for a little bit of bullying, was unevenful.

When we got home from school, we did our homework, then Sydney and I went to play with our dolls.

After school on Friday, we were greeted by mommy and told Sydney and I that we need a bath. Mommy gave us a bath, then we each got dressed in a lilac flowered printed sundress, she put ribbon in our hair and said, “You are so cute. Are you ready to go? Bring a few of your dolls.”

We walked out to the car and mommy put us into our car seat, then we headed to Old Sturbridge Village for the weekend.

We drove up to Sturbridge, which took about an hour, so we checked into the hotel. The lady at the desk looked at Sydney and me and comment that we were beautiful, then we got our rooms, William, Kyle and Logan in 1 room, mommy, daddy, DJ, Sydney and me in the other.

We went into the room and then, walk to the McDonalds for dinner. After, we went to the hotel and swam in the pool. Mommy got us into our swim suits, and daddy took us to the pool.

After an hour of swimming, daddy told us it was time for bed, so we got out of the pool and went to get a bath. Mommy dressed us in our nightgown and panties, and Sydney and I went to sleep in the queen sized bed.

The next morning, mommy and daddy woke us up, and mommy dressed us both in light pink sleeveless dress. Mommy put ribbons in our hair, then we went to a restaurant for breakfast.

As usual, Sydney and I got comments on how beautiful we are, so we said, ‘Thank you.’ After breakfast, we drove to the parking lot and with DJ in his stroller; Sydney and I held mommy’s hand as we walked to the admission office.

Old Sturbridge Village, has 3 areas,: Center Village, Mill neighborhood and Countryside. We walked around Center Village where we explored the Fitch House, a representation of a successful printer, his wife and their family.

Sydney and I also liked the Cider Mill, the Salem Towne house, and the town pound. William and Kyle liked the Thompson Bank and the Center Meetinghouse.

We walked around the other two areas and as we did, mommy and daddy took pictures of Sydney and me. In the Mill Neighborhood, Sydney and I loved the Carding Mill and the Bixby house in the countryside.

William and Kyle liked the blacksmith shop and also the printing office, too. Logan like the displays, especially the blown glass, and DJ loved the horses. We spend the day there, until it was closing for the day.

During the walk around the village, daddy showed William, Kyle and Logan — who are major railfans like daddy is — where the route nickname the Titanic Line would have gone. Daddy told the story of the Grand Trunk Railroad’s plan, but the builder Charles Melville Hays, went down with the Titanic. It was the Grand Trunk’s attempt to keep the New Haven Railroad a monopoly on rail traffic.

After the museum closed for the day, mommy and daddy took us to the local supermarket and got sandwiches, as we went on a picnic to a local state park. As we were having our picnic, we talked about Old Sturbridge Village and whether we would like to live back then. We agreed we loved 2013, but it was fun to see it.

After our picnic we went back to the hotel swim for a while, then we went to bed.

Sunday, mommy and daddy woke us up and we took a bath got dressed and went to check out. We decide to do some antiquing, so we went to Brimfield and looked around. After a few hours in Brimfield, we headed back on the road, with a stop to see a lemon tree at Logee’s Greenhouses and then a stop at the Frog Rock, which daddy said used to be a picnic area before interstate 84 was built.

We thought it was a nice place, except for the trash, but then we headed for home. We stopped for dinner at a famous restaurant and we got home at about 7, so we had to get to bed, because of school.

‘What a way to ruin a nice weekend,’ I thought to myself, but I got ready for bed and fell asleep.

When mommy woke me up on Monday, I knew that I had 2 more full days — Monday and Tuesday, before 2 half days — Wednesday and Thursday. I couldn’t wait for the week to be done.

I had to put on my boys clothes and went to the kitchen to have breakfast. Mommy poured my cereal and the milk for it, then handed me my orange juice. After we brushed our teeth and went to school.

Monday was uneventful. Meaning I didn’t get bullied, so I was happy when I got home. I didn’t have homework, so Sydney and I decided to bike around the driveway.

I got my old boy’s bike out, while Sydney was on her old 12” bike, so we ride around the driveway. I was still having trouble balancing, so I need the training wheels, we rode for a while, until we heard the rumble of thunder, so we went in (Sydney and I both hate thunderstorms).

It started to pour, so we went to Sydney’s room to play with her dolls, before Logan told us it was time for dinner. We went downstairs for dinner, then during dinner, there was a big boom and the lights went out.

After dinner, mommy gave us a bath, then put us to bed, since we didn’t have power.

It was still raining, but not as heavily when mommy woke me up on Tuesday. I knew I had PE, so I wasn’t looking forward to it, but I got dressed and had breakfast, while mommy drove us to school.

Yes, I had PE and yes, I again, couldn’t kick, so my team lost in kickball. I knew my leg muscles are weak, but mommy and daddy said it’ll get better as I grow. Do I care about kickball, no, but I had to pretend I did as a boy.

Thomas and LaQuan heard about the kickball game, so they started to pick on me, Danny, Christian and Gabe. We were standing together, when they started to bug us.

That was when 3 girls from our class, Rebecca Marzella, Trinity Dazley and Evelyn Starkebaum, came over and Rebecca looked at us, smiled and said, “You are not perfect. They are trying. What are you doing — NOT TRYING.”

Thomas said, “Jeez, the sissies got girls stick up for them. What a bunch of girls.”

William and Kyle who saw Thomas and LaQuan come over, came over and Kyle said, “Thomas, I know my brother and his friends are better than you would ever be. They got good friends, you got friends who you will lead into trouble. Grow up. You can’t pick on us, because we’ll beat your ass.”

LaQuan looked at Kyle and said, “Why don’t you keep your white ass out of this, before you get in a fight?”

Kyle looked at William, smiled and said, “Did I hear a threat, bro? I thought I heard that this bully is going to fight me.”

Kyle and William both take Tae Kwon Do, but they don’t fight, but they would if need be.

LaQuan said, “Yes, mind your own business, we aren’t bothering you. We hate second graders.”

Kyle said, “You are bothering me. You guys hate second graders?? Why? Is the reason is that they are smarter than you?”

The principal, Mr. St. George, came out and said, “Thomas Fulton and LaQuan DeVeaux, you got 3 weeks in detention. Bullying is not tolerated here. Now move it.” They didn’t move, so the principal said, “You can be spending time in jail if you don’t move.”

Soon they started to the principal’s office, so we all said they’ll be in trouble. I looked at William and Kyle and said, “Thank you. They will be bothering others.”

Kyle said, “Don’t worry, Sawyer. I doubt they’ll bother your friends anymore.”

Rebecca said, “They won’t bother you guys. I will help you guys. Trinity and Evelyn will help, too. You are the best boys in class?”

Kyle and William looked at each other and grinned. I looked at Danny, Gabe and Christian and wondered if they are girls, too.

Gabe was crying and he said, “You don’t mind being friends with us? Really, you might get kidded.”

Trinity said, “Why should we mind being friends. You are nice and you are kind.”

Soon the bell rang so we had to go in, so when we did, Kyle and William looked at each other and Kyle said, “I wonder if Sawyer’s friends are like her? “

William said, “I was thinking the same thing, Kyle. Maybe we should ask Aunt Denise and mom and dad.”

After school, we all walked home and since we didn’t have homework, Sydney and I decided to play with our dolls in her room. Mommy knocked on Sydney’s bedroom door and said, “Girls, how are you dolls? May I play, too?”

Sydney agreed so soon mommy were playing with our dolls, and then after 45 minutes, mommy said, “Time to eat, girls. Are you hungry?”
Mommy took our hands and we went to the kitchen and we set the table. We helped put the meal on the table then we waited for daddy before we ate.

After didder, Logan and William cleaned up, while daddy got DJ ready for bed, before mommy got us ready for bed. After we got in our girl’s pajamas, we played in Sydney’s bedroom before bed.

While we were in bed, Kyle and William came to mom and dad and William said, “We have a problem. Really, not us, but we think that Denise could help someone.”

Mom said, “What is wrong, dears?” She looked at dad and said, “It isn’t you, is it?” She smiled.

Kyle said, “No, mom. As much as we like girls, we don’t want to be one. I wonder if Sawyer’s friends Danny, Gabe and Christian are girls.”

Mom laughed and said, “Oh Good. Your dad and I are glad about you loving girls. Now, you think Danny, Gabe and Christian are girls? We can’t get into peoples’ lives, but you want to help?”

“Do you think Sawyer would like them at the cottage this summer?” William asked. “Of course, it might be worse if Sawyer comes back next year and people find out she is a girl.”

Dad said, “William and Kyle, you might be onto something. They are like Sawyer, but we can’t do anything without asking their parents. I can see that Danny is like Sawyer, but Sawyer told me he never met his dad.”

Mom said, “I met Christian’s, Gabe’s and Danny’s moms a few times, so I might invite them for lunch on Thursday. I want to invite Denise over, too. I might want to see if Sawyer would like a sleepover with his friends.”

William said, “I hope that they’ll be fine next year. Three girls in Sawyer’s class said that they’ll protect them next year.”

Kyle said, “We want to help. If we can help 1 person with intersexuality, we will be happy.”

Dad said, “Boys, lets discuss it with Denise and see what she’ll say. I’m glad you are supporting Sawyer and she will always need her big brothers.”

Kyle and William hugged them, then they both said, “Night. Sawyer is happier now than we ever saw her be.” They left for their bedrooms and went on the net — William to a comic site, Kyle to a model rail site — before they went to bed.

Mom and dad looked at each other and dad said, “Want to see if they are right? I’m glad they are helping Sawyer. We don’t need to worry about them.”

Mom said, “Their answer was nice. They love girls but they don’t want to be one. That is a classic!” Mom went to call Denise.

When mommy woke me up on Wednesday, I hope it would be an uneventful day, and it was. We had an half day, so we — me, Christian, Gabe and Danny — didn’t get bullied. I told them if they wanted to sleepover tomorrow, so they said they’ll ask their moms, so I am glad they’ll be over.

When we got home from school, we had lunch - tomato soup and a toasted cheese sandwich — then Sydney and I wanted to play with our dolls, but mommy wanted us to play outside, so we decided to bike on the sidewalk since Logan and DJ wanted to bike, too.

We — with DJ on his trike, Sydney on her 12 inch Huffy Barbie bike, me on my 12’ Cars bike and Logan on her Mongoose Fling 20 inch bike - went the sidewalk on Garden Land Road, then we turned onto Red Barn Drive, then right on Tomato Drive. We then bike up Tractor road, where I saw Danny on his bike — a 16” huffy with training wheels.

Danny and I talked for a bit then we all biked to Paddock Circle, before Danny told me that he’ll be sleeping over tomorrow. We rode down Paddock to Onion Court, before we hit Jersey Road. At Jersey, we turned around and rode back to Danny’s house.

Danny, at his house, said that he’ll see me at school, then we rode back to our house, where mom had a snack for us waiting outside on the patio.

After our snack mommy let us get into our suits and played in the pool. The pool was just a small — 13’ by 39” — inflatable. DJ was playing with his boats, while Sydney and I were playing with our dolls. I was in my girls’ suit and enjoying the water.

We were still in the pool, when daddy came out in his suit, along with mommy, so daddy was playing with us and mommy was laughing. Soon mommy got out and dried off and went in to get dinner, which was just tuna salad and chicken salad. We ate on the patio, then we went back to the
pool.

After about an hour after dinner, mommy told Sydney and me that it was time for us get ready for bed. So Sydney and I were bathed and we got into our girl’s pajamas before we fell asleep in our bed.

As I was falling asleep, I thought 1 more day of being a boy.

TBC…

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oops... Darn... I goofed on something...

When I wrote...'Mom said, “She wished she knew that Dennis was unhappy as a boy, but we didn’t have access to computers like you guys do.'

The She I was referring to was 'their mom's mom their grandmother' Someghow, a question that Kyle asked about how his grandmom reacted to Dennis/Denise is missing... I'll try to do better..:)

TGSine --958

part 3

when do you think you will have the next part out.
this story just keeps getting better and better with each new part keep up the good work i just love this story

thank you
harry

I hope to have it out in a

I hope to have it out in a week, if my schedule allows it...

TGSine --958

One More Day!

Just 1 more day as Sawyer, and then the summer fun begins, and our heroine is looking forward it.

Don't let someone else talk you out of your dreams. How can we have dreams come true, if we have no dreams?

Katrina Gayle "Stormy" Storm

Maybe 1 more day...

Maybe 1 more day... (Remember, he does have a sleepover planned!!)

TGSine --958

Good story, T.G. I wonder

what fun is in store for the Summer Girl.

    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine

Childhood

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As a kid I loved going to Old Sturbridge Village. From age 10 to 20 I think I went there at least once a year. Some were school trips and others were family trips. Once in college I even went a few times with friends. Once we had Thanksgiving Dinner there, now that was a bit different. You brought back a few enjoyable childhood memories, thanks. Mystic Sea Port, Salem, and Plymouth Plantation were also enjoyable visits, but I still find Old Sturbridge Village the one I liked the best.

Keep Smiling, Keep Writing
Teek

I like OSV myself...

Teekabell:

I like OSV myself. I'm going to have the family visit a few more places (Vally Railroad), The CT Trolley Museum (Warehouse Point) and a few of the Maine events that the small towns have (like the Berwick strawberry Festival.) I like putting tourist areas in (I might have them visit the oldest amusement Park in the USA, too.)

They'll visit Mystic and the Pequot Museum, too (at Foxwoods Casino - the biggest Casino in the world).

TGSine --958

What a fun

story, so glad I got to reread the first 2 chapters to refresh for chapter 3.

Goddess Bless you

Love Desiree

Well seems Sawyer genuinely likes being a girl....

So happy to hear the back story this chapter on why Sawyer was in essence tricked in dressing as a girl. I guess they thought if he protested more they'd know they were wrong, but that didn't happen. I think it's great that the're all being so supportive, I just hope it's what's right for Sawyer (after all he didn't come right out and say that's how he felt, they more or less tricked him into finding out). TG, I really like the references to real places of interest in the New England area. I've been to some of them in my youth, and live not far from I-84 in NY. I'm liking your story so far, off to read chapter three. Hugs, Taarpa