51-year old Principal Simon Davison came back into his office and sat behind his desk. "I see you've met Zoe," he said, gesturing to the black girl sitting next to Lilly. "She has a brother who goes to your school and has been kind enough to escort you there. Perhaps you even know him. Mikey Gibson, isn't it?" he asked Zoe.
"That's right," she said, nodding.
Lilly did know someone with that name from her school, but she didn't share any classes with him. Wait, classes? Wasn't she in elementary school? She paused, thinking she was being silly. No, she was 11 years old, almost 12. She was in middle school now, obviously.
"Thanks. I don't want any trouble."
"And you won't get any with Zoe here," the principal said, with a smile. "She's one of our best students." That was definitely a big change from the original reality.
"Come on, I'll drive you," Zoe said. On the way out of the school, she blanked for a moment, not remembering where she parked her car. For a few seconds, she even thought that she didn't even have a car, that she hadn't gotten her license yet. But that was ridiculous, right? She already passed her driver's ed class and had gotten a car just a few months ago. "Oh, there it is," she said, spotting the pre-owned, but in good condition, car sitting in the lot. They walked over to it, then got in.
"It's nice," Lilly said, referring to the car.
"Yeah. But it makes my sister totally jealous. She thinks she should have a car too. But my mom says she has to 'shape up' before she can get one."
"Oh, you have a sister too? Is she older?"
"Nah, we're the same age. But I'm adopted, so ..."
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Speaking of Zoe's "sister" ...
Towards the end of third period class, Jon squirmed a little in his desk chair, his crotch feeling strange, for some reason. But then the sensations subsided and everything was okay. Gena Gibson looked up at the clock and groaned. If only time could go faster, then she'd be done with this dumb class. Her next class was literature, something she was more interested in, but what she was really looking forward to was hanging out with her friends at lunch time (that was during fifth period). She was sure that Zelda, Stephanie, Trevor, and Sabrina felt the same way.
Yes, Jon was now Gena, a Goth girl. But she wasn't done changing yet. At the moment, she was very androgynous. Having a very boy-like body frame and no breasts. But that would soon change.
