Rain:752: Stories
Synopsis
Author Notes
- This section contains copyrighted content by Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick.
I came so close to cutting the first page so many times. It went from feeling unnecessary one day to absolutely vital the next. Mostly, it's there because the second page felt clunky without it, even though they're not that connected. Hopefully, I made the right choice by leaving it in. Of course, there's a bit of development for both Jessica and Heather here. So that's a plus.
And at last we see Jessica and Aiken in each other's presence. Albeit with Heather in the middle. This could either go really well or really badly (or really neutral?). Place your bets, kids. XD
Transcript
- This section contains copyrighted content by Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick.
Not at the mall:
Not really. I knew something was different about me, but I just thought I was gay. I didn’t really even start humoring the idea that I could be trans until I actually met a few other trans people on a message board. I was like 16 or 17, I think.
Except, I didn’t think I was. They all knew from day one who they were supposed to be, and the thought never crossed my mind until that point. That difference just made me doubt myself.
It’d be another five years of soul searching and experimentation before I’d accept myself.
I was maybe 6, I think. Around when my sister was born and my parents got divorced. My mom was cruel enough to lay that one on me while I dealt with everything else. But I didn't understand it then.
It finally clicked when my sister had her first period. It's embarrassing, but I thought she was dying. I literally had no idea what was going on. She kept asking me what to do 'cause mom wasn't home and I just had nooooo idea.
Hey, listen. Not that I don't love discussing our horribly embarrassing stories, but can I ask you something about the other night?
What's to say? I was probably just desperate. And that wine was hitting me REALLY hard. Probably just hard enough to give in to that desperation.
Jingle, jingle
