It was Michelle’s 18th birthday. For the last three years, she has known what this day meant. She has awaited this day with excitement, fear, anticipation and dread. This was her last day before becoming a complete woman.
On the day Michael got into trouble, so long ago, Mother explained that she would be Michelle now. She spent her first year in skirts ashamed and afraid as she was the target of bullies and bigots. She fought her change, even ran away once, but Mother always won in the end.
After her 16th, she started taking Hormones and her body began to shape itself like the other girls. She started to make friends with other girls.
Over the last year, she has developed the body and the personality of an enchanting young woman, if not a little melancholy.
Deep inside, part of her wishes she could be a boy again, deep inside Michael still dreams of growing into a man but Michelle doubts she would know how to be a boy anymore.
Mother had scheduled tomorrow’s Vaginoplasty years ago. As an 18 year old, Michelle could cancel it with a single phone call. She takes one last look at her phone before going downstairs to celebrate her birthday party. Tomorrow, she would accept her mother’s gift.