RELUCTANT PRESS

I was so embarrassed!

Pete had stopped me outside the class to ask me what was wrong. He was actually concerned!

I stuttered and babbled until Cynthia grabbed my arm and dragged me into the class. My face was red, and I kept looking at Pete...I was so damn horny for him!

About half-way through the class, Mr. Drew had enough of my puppy dog eyes so he called me up to his desk.

My entire body trembled as I slid out of my seat and made my hesitant way to his desk. I stood there, looking at the floor. NO WAY could I look in his eyes!

I still don't know what he was saying to me, my ears were ringing so much from the embarrassment I felt. My knees were literally knocking together.

Then, Mr. Drew stood and grasped my chin to lift my gaze to his face. I smelled his after shave, felt the heat from his fingers burn through to my heart...

The next thing I knew I was lying on a couch in the

nurse's room.

Cynthia was holding a cool compress to my forehead. She told me to stay quiet and lie still.

I was too screwed up emotionally to do anything else. Dr. Harvey arrived and began to check me. Fortunately, Cynthia stayed with me, so when he discovered I was wearing lingerie, she explained all about the curse and what was happening to me.

Mom arrived just as Cynthia was finishing the tale to collaborate the bizarre tale.

Doc checked my groin to discover I was even smaller than I'd been on Saturday; in fact, my penis was practically gone!

"Well, I've heard stranger tales," he told us. "It also explains why Miss Malloy never aged. I met her when I was in high school. She looked the same up till the day she died."

TWO LITTLE GIRLS

By JENNIFER SUE

Then, he looked straight into my eyes. "So, Nicholas, I assume you want to be known as Nicole from now on?" All I could do was vigorously nod my head.

Cynthia went back to class and Mom took me to Dr. Harvey's office for a fuller examination. That afternoon, Doc Harvey accompanied Mom and I back to the school where we met with the principal and guidance counselors.

Tomorrow I'll be allowed to wear a dress to school!

Cynthia explained that the entire school had known about my weird behavior since the accident. When I passed out, that news spread like wildfire.

Doc Harvey will come to school with me and make a special announcement over the PA system to explain my situation.

God, I hope it works!

Journal Entry: October 21, 1997

"May I please have everyone's undivided attention?" Principal Davis' voice boomed over the school P.A. system. "Doctor Harvey has an important message for everyone about one of our students."

"As most of you are aware, Nicholas Sabatini was injured in a auto accident a few weeks ago," Doc Harvey began. "As I understand it, most of you are aware that he has been acting strangely since then, growing more eccentric every day, and that he collapsed in French class yesterday. Like many of you, I have been Nick's family doctor since he was born, and have been treating him for the injuries he suffered in the crash.

"The trauma Nick suffered awakened something that was hidden inside his body," Doc continued. "None of us were aware that Nick had a severe birth defect until now. The accident has revealed that defect. We had all assumed Nick was a normal male but a late bloomer. We could not have been more wrong. In reality, Nicholas is Nicole. The birth defect masked HER true sex, until the trauma awak-

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