Samantha looked with some confusion at the restroom, but decided to ignore the odd sight and kept looking at clothes. It didn't take her long, even though she'd been a boy in another reality just a short time ago; she'd already found three dresses she liked by the time her mom and sister found her.
"You seem to have found some clothes you liked!" Mom smiled, looking at the outfits her daughter was carrying.
"I thought these looked good."
"What do you think, Chaela?" Mom looked at the little sister; now Samantha finally knew her name.
"I like them!" she answered happily.
"We'll pay for these and then we can look through the rest of the mall?" The two nodded, and a cashier rung up their purchase. For a moment, Samantha had forgotten about all the changes, but then the fact that she hadn't seen a men's restroom worked back into her head. She looked around Ridgefield Mall, which had some shoppers milling around. She noticed she couldn't find a single man. There were groups that looked like couples, sure, but they were two women. The kids were girls. The models had female figures. A few stores she didn't recognize.
It was when the center court came into view that a fast food restaurant finally made things click for Samantha. Sitting between the Mexican restaurant and the sub shop was Burger...wait, Burger Queen!?
What is going on? Are there just...no guys anywhere at all? She looked around. It finally hit Samantha why things were different.
Boys and men don't exist.
