Wednesday became Thursday and soon it was Friday; the last weekday of the Easter break. On Monday I’ll start at my new school and the closer it gets, the more I’m dreading it. On Saturday Mum took Julia and me into town and bought us some new stationery, a school bag and a raincoat each. […]

Samantha’s a girl, obviously. Paul is a boy with boyish hair. Andrew, like George has longer ‘girls’ hair, Annabel is also a girl, as is Melanie. They tell me about the various teachers, the good and the not so good, the friendly, the strict, and the classes they love or hate. “I can’t stand gym!” […]

I felt a bit more at home throughout my second week attending Endsleigh Comprehensive School. However that’s because I knew where all my classes were held and was less reliant on George telling me where I needed to be. The uniform still feels wrong but the PE kit isn’t quite so bad as the sporty […]

A few days later, Mum said that she’d noticed I’d had a look at the Prom photos on her laptop. Julia and I are fully aware that she could check on our surfing history, so this didn’t surprise me. Then she asked me what I thought about them. “They look horrible!” I replied. “Like little […]

Mum wanted another photo on the stepping stones. In fact it seemed everybody wanted a photo on the stepping stones which meant a small queue had formed on either side of them. We stopped and sat for a while on the river bank before following the river downstream and back towards Thorpe. We stopped for […]

“Good Evening, Mrs. Higgins, who is your lovely companion?” “This is my friend’s niece, Heather.” I whispered a ‘hello’. “Heather, where is John Higgins?” I protested that I didn’t know and he just nodded. “I admire your loyalty, Heather, but it’s misfocused. John’s father misses him and wants him back. I think I’ll visit you […]

After trying on dozens of dresses, she picked out a red chemise for me and a black beaded sheath for herself. I also bought red patent D’Arcy spike-heeled pumps while my mother was off selecting my lingerie. We took all the boxes back to the hotel and went down to the hotel’s beauty parlor to […]

The so-called ‘vitamins’ that I had been taking every day turned out to be female hormones. The first inkling I had of the truth was when I noticed lumps under my nipples. I confronted my aunt who explained that she merely wanted to keep my masculine drives under control and that the slight changes to […]