This choice: Sarah Dixon, a chubby 18 out on her own for the first time • Go Back... “You didn’t respond to my text!” you hissed as you came to the table.
“You mean the one you sent at 2 AM?” Vanessa said without looking up from her computer.
“Yeah!”
“Well, what did you expect me to be doing in the middle of the night?” the dark haired woman responded.
“I don’t know…maybe be having as bad as sleeping habits as your best friend.”
Vanessa sighed and took her eyes off of the screen, “Fine, I’ll have you know that I was up last night. I was working on my computer and you know how I like having my headphones on when I really get going, so I didn’t hear it then and didn’t see it till I got up this morning. There, are you happy?”
“Well now that you mention it,” you said while tapping your finger on your chin and looking up at the ceiling, “Yes.”
Vanessa rolled her eyes while you sat down, then she said, “I’m so happy that you managed to finish unpacking during the course of that soda and 5- hour Energy fueled marathon session.” She said it deadpan though and had already returned to typing on her computer.
She did take a moment to slide your usual latte and donut across the table. The sudden influx of sugar and caffeine did much to put a bit of extra pep in your step. With half of both gone, you turned your attention to the other patrons of the coffee shop that had become one of your favorite spots since you had gotten your new apartment.
“You should come by sometime, check the place out,” you said.
“Pass, it was bad enough going to that dump when you were first looking for a place.”
“Oh come on, it isn’t that bad,” you started, but a stern glance from Vanessa made you admit, “Fine, it’s pretty bad, but you know I didn’t have that much money. I had to take what I could get.”
“You could have taken me up on my offer, you know.”
You shook your head, “No, not with that Genki girl you’ve already got living with you. Way too hyper for me.” Vanessa shrugged even though you knew that Rei got on her nerves as well.
“Oh, not again,” you heard Vanessa mutter.
“What?” you asked, wondering just what she was talking about.
“You’re staring at him again,” she responded. This stirred you out of your thoughts and you saw that you had indeed been staring at a young man across the room, the same one that often attracted your gaze. “He’s probably going to think you’re a creep or something if you keep that up.”
You shook your head and tore your gaze away from Alex. You had encountered the tall brunet several times and found that the two of you shared a number of interests.
“Why don’t you see if he wants to go on a date with you?” Vanessa asked. You glared at her till she looked up and saw it, then she seemed to remember who she was talking to, “Oh right, not a girl, sorry. Guess you’re going to have to find someone else.”
“Yeah,” you said dejectedly. Despite yourself, you turned your gaze towards Alex again and said wistfully, “I kind of wish he was a woman though.”
As you said that, there was a bright flash centered on Alex. When the light cleared, Alex was gone, or at least you thought so. In his place sat a woman with the same color hair, wearing the same jeans and shirt, and eating the same muffin and drinking the same coffee as Alex had been.
“Why don’t you see if she wants to go on a day with you?” Vanessa asked, missing your slack jawed expression.
Shaking your head, you asked, “Who are you talking about?”
Your friend scoffed, “Alex, the same girl you’ve been pining for since you met her.”
If your jaw dropped any lower, it would have been sitting in your lap at this point. What in the world was going on here: Alex had been a guy that you felt attracted to, but not enough to overcome the whole gender thing. Now just one random comment and now he was a she and Vanessa didn't know what had happened. It didn't look like anyone else noticed anything weird either.
Hmm…I wonder… you mused as you rubbed your chin.
You made several more attempts, switching Alex back and forth from male to female and back again. And each time your conversation with Vanessa repeated just the same. It didn’t even seem that you had to do anything like say or think “I wish” or anything, just as long as you concentrated enough on something you wanted to change, it happened with no one else the wiser. You felt a wide grin cross your face as you considered what you could do. First things first though, there was something else you wanted to change about the now feminine Alex.   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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