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ing, I returned his kiss.

BORN TO BE

A DAUGHTER

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Before it went to far, he broke off the kiss and said he would catch me in school. As he drove away, I stood silently in the moonlight and watched him. I was kissed by a guy nearly five years my junior and I liked it. Ted touched his lips with his fingers as tiny tears flowed from his eyes. "Mom, I feel so odd? I have the strangest desire to be around Todd. I feel like I WANT to be his girl."

"Oh, honey, why are you crying?" I asked going around the table and taking him in my arms.

"I'm scared, Mother! I don't know what has happened to me. I've come to love wearing my lovely clothes. It's like I sometimes want to really be Barbie Reynolds. At those times, I..I sometimes actually think of myself as yours and Daddy's little girl!" Ted started to cry in earnest.

"Oh, Barbie honey. It's all right. I understand! I went through the same thing myself," I soothed.

"I'll bet it's those darn vitamins!" he spat.

"You're still taking them, aren't you?"

"Of course! Daddy says I have to and I can't disobey him. Every time I try to, I find myself over his knees with my skirt at my waist. I don't want to risk another session of pain and humiliation! Besides, he is my father."

"Do you want to return to being a boy?"

"Sometimes, but I think the vitamins are affecting my emotions as much as they are changing my body. Was it that way with you?"

"Yes darling," I sobbed. With that, we spent the next ten minutes crying on each others shoulder. This was our first ever intimate sharing. It was a wonderful mother/daughter bonding.

Chapter 16

I began to despair that Bob would ever make a commitment. I was happy, but I could never return to being Bill Lamb. Bob's promotion was imminent and soon he wouldn't need either Ted or me. What would happen to us when we were 'killed off? This didn't seem to worry Ted. He was caught up in being a high school girl, his whole world revolving around school, girlfriends, and boys. I resolved to do everything possible to keep Bob interested in me because I didn't want to be thrown onto the street. Besides, I loved him!

I sat at my vanity and glanced at Bob in the side mirror. I smiled to myself because he paid more attention to my

"After the date, Todd took me into his arms and gave me a kiss. I couldn't help myself...I loved how it felt. I liked being his girlfriend," Ted sobbed.