The morning was passing in a bit of a fog for Mikey. He tried to participate in the group activities, but his mind was constantly returning to the magic necklace and wondering if he could still use it to turn back into a boy again. He had gotten over most of the shock of discovering that he might be stuck as a girl for the rest of his life but every once in a while something he did or saw would suddenly remind him of his, possibly permanent, girlhood.
The worst of these times was when he had to go to the bathroom. He had been going to the bathroom as a girl a lot over the last week or so so that he wouldn't have any trouble while camping, but all of those times he had known that it was only temporary and that he could have his penis back and stand to pee again any time that he wanted. This time when he sat to pee he looked down at his female crotch and knew that there was a good chance that he would never have a penis again. That thought caused him to start crying which he thought of as being a girly reaction which caused him to cry even more.
He was sitting in the bathroom for almost 10 minutes before Diane came in to check on him.
"Mikey?" She called softly from outside the stall. "Are you okay?"
"No." He answered between quiet sobs.
"Can I come in?" Diane asked.
Mikey nodded then realizing that Diane couldn't see him and said "Yes."
Diane stepped into the stall with Mikey and could tell that he had been crying for quite a while. There were wet tear stains covering the top part of his shirt. Diane squatted down in front of him so their heads were level and looked into his red, puffy eyes. "Are you crying because you might be stuck as a girl?" Diane asked.
Another sob escaped Mikey's throat as he simply nodded.
Diane hugged him again, though the positioning was awkward since Mikey was still sitting on the toilet. He wrapped his arms around her as well and cried into her shoulder. He still wasn't sure why, but Diane's hug made Mikey feel better and soon he wasn't crying anymore.
When he'd stopped crying Diane pulled back a little so she could look at his face again. "Better?" she asked him.
Mikey didn't say anything he just stared into Diane's eyes. Without really knowing why, Mikey leaned forward and pressed his lips against Diane's.
At first Diane was too shocked to do anything but then she pulled away so quickly that Mikey nearly fell off of the toilet before he was able to release her. Without saying a word, Diane rushed out of the stall leaving the door swinging wide open and was quickly gone from the bathroom.
Mikey was again alone. This time though, he feared that he may have just ruined his friendship with one of his new best friends and one of the only people that really understood what was going on.
