Friday, January 1, 2016

Kerrie


I wish you wouldn't stare at me like that, Rebecca.

I'm sorry, Kev---I mean Kerrie.  It's just that you're so....different
since you got sick.

I know.  To be honest with you, sometimes I even find myself just
standing in front of a mirror looking at the new me.  This hasn't
been a very good last couple months for me, you know.

I'm sure, Kerrie.  All that you went through had to be very hard on
you.  It's been hard on all of us, even Mom and Dad.  Are you getting
used to your new body yet?

Yeah, pretty much.  It'll just take time.

Backstory:  The girl you see here wasn't always a girl.  Up until the
football game between West High and Central Metro, this girl was
a boy named Kevin Dresser.  That's right, "the Kevin Dresser," first
string tailback for Central Metro High.  Second Team All State last
year, and a sure bet to be named to the First Team this year.  It
was about midway through the third quarter of the game, with
Central holding a 15-14 lead when Kevin had become sick and went
down on the field.  He was helped to the bench by Coach Maxwell
and a couple players.  And that was the last football Kevin would ever
play.  It took the doctors almost two weeks to determine exactly
what the problem was.  Only after sending numerous vials of Kevin's
blood to the CDC down in Atlanta was a positive diagnosis made.
Kevin had the TG Flu Virus.

Kevin and his family took the news pretty hard.  The budding football
career was now gone, only to be replaced by two budding breasts.
It's been a couple months since then, and Kevin, or Kerrie, is home
from the hospital.  Kerrie still isn't feeling 100% right, but things get
better by the day.  She has accepted her new life, and she really has
to rely on Rebecca to help her with a lot of things now.  There is just
so much to learn when you suddenly find yourself a girl.

Hey, sis!  I'm going out with Andy tonight.  He wanted me to ask if
you wanted to come along and go on a double date with Ted Mark?

With Ted?  A date?  I don't know, Rebecca.  I guess I do need to start
doing that don't I?  Sure, I'll go.  Can I borrow your pink sweater?

Sure, Kerrie.  No problem.  And yes, you do need to get out of this
house, girl. You can't hide in here all the time. Just a warning though.
Ted can get a little aggressive, so don't let him go too far.  I don't
think you’re ready to be a mommy yet.

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