They turned the corner and approached the bus stop. This was what Tom had been dreading meeting up with his classmates. As he got closer, he could not see any of his friends that had been at the party on Saturday, instead he was met with the sight of several girls of his own age dressed in the same outfit he was wearing. Try as he might to hid behind his sister the loudest girl of the group spotted him and made her way over to him with few of her friends.
“Hi, are you starting today?” she asked Tom “No just a new uniform” Tom answered trying to make light of his situation. “Stick with us we will keep you right. I am Jen by the way. What is your name? Jen asked the confused boy. Surely, she could see that he was a boy, but they made no reference to it. trying to ignore the confusion he answered, “Hi I am Tom.” Jen looked at him for a minute and replied, “I guess your Mom and Dad wanted a boy huh.” Turning and waving him to join her and her friends.
Still not quite sure what to do he followed her towards the group of girls. Susan stood there wondering what was going on. She almost spoke to Jen before she led to Tom away. Instead she just softly said to herself. “Well I guess my little sis has made some new friends.
