RANSVESTIA

with compliments. She was amazed that I would go so far. It wasn't until I looked in a mirror that I fully understood what she had meant by "so far."

"My god, what have they done?" I gasped.

"What do you mean, Peggy, what have they done? Didn't you ask for all of that? The color, the curl, the trim, the reshaping?"

"No, Erica. In fact when they did the electrolysis, I must have fallen asleep. I don't know how but I was totally unaware of their doing more than my beard."

And that was the truth. I did not know till later that along with the removal of 70 percent of my beard they had removed more than 80 percent of my eyebrows. That which they left was beautiful, I'll grant you that, but I do know that I did not request it. Nevertheless they had done it. And what they had done they did permanently. Per- manent. The word hung in my mind. From now on I was to have thin eyebrows. Eyebrows that would be delicate, eyebrows that would be arched, eyebrows that would be thin. Yes, eyebrows that belonged typically and solely to a woman. And they were mine and permanent- ly so.

"It's all right, Peggy, they gave you a beautiful color and curl that really becomes you and the eyebrows make your face just beautiful. I could even be jealous, if I did not love you so much." She hugged me and we melted into a passionate kiss. I would have done more but there was a danger that someone would come by and would never understand what was going on.

"Oh Erica, you are too, too good to me. Who else would accept me as I am?"

"But, Peggy, I love you. I want you to succeed. I hope you are happy how you look; I know I am. I'm so glad that you had it done. You just look good enough to eat! And tonight I may just do that!"

With a promise like that, what could I say? In the months since I had moved in we had gotten together, hopefully without her mother's knowing it. As Erica was on the pill, there was no danger of acci- dental pregnancy. But since her Mother always put off the talk of marriage, we were determined not to lose this time... and we didn't.