It started because I was at her place one day, and found myself admiringthe petty dresses that had been stuffed into the back of her closet,never worn...So when she realized I was drawn to them, she offered the opportunity forme to try them on.I know it's kinda cliche, but that first time in front of a mirror in adress utterly rocked my world, and I realized I was looking at my trueself.Jamie's transformation in the other direction was a bit more subtle, butbefore that weekend was out, I was. ‘You make a decision yet?’ ‘Yes I have, I don’t have a choice.’ ‘Son, we always have a choice. That’s the nice thing about being an adult, we can make our own choices. However, we’re stuck living with the results of those choices.’ ‘Mr. Connors, let’s do this.’ ‘Steve, call me David. For what we’re about to do we need to be on a first name bases. What did your wife say?’ ‘Haven’t told her and I’m not going to until the day of the surgery.’ ‘You have to have someone there in case, you know, in. They both wore t-shirts and shorts as they walked the fifteen minutes to the store, chatting about the usual things, boyfriends being the topic of preference. At the store they ordered their ice-creams and sat outside on the bench in the shade to eat them. As is typical with that area, the weather can change rapidly and the heat of the day was creating storm clouds rapidly, huge thunderheads were forming over their heads. "We better get going," Chrissy said, "otherwise we will be soaked". They. She could feel the tears brimming her eyes and fought hard to push them back. She put a hand on his chest trying to steady herself. He made it worse as he wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. He pulled her to him and rubbed a hand up and down her back trying to sooth her as she started to sob. "You don't need to be doing this, It's not your responsibility " She stumbled over the words she wanted , not able to get them out right as she gulped for air. It just made him all the more.