SATURDAY JULY 1, 2005. SOMEWHERE IN MAGLAVIR.
"Aunt Tina. Don't you really have anything else I can wear?" The embarrassed boy asked. "I'm sorry. Elias. But I don't have male clothes, as you know I only have a daughter." She told her nephew as she tied the ribbon behind his waist. "I hope Dana doesn't laugh at me." He said blushing "Of course not. Why I would laugh at such a cute little girl?" His cousin was standing at the door of the room watching her mother finish dressing her cousin. He could tell the mocking tone on her talk.
"Dana, honey. Don't bother Elias." chided her mother. "The idiots at the moving company wrecked their truck and now we won't have the rest of our stuff until tomorrow." She said she annoyed. "Elias already needed to change clothes, but they were in that truck. But luckily your old clothes fit him perfectly."
Dana recognized her old red dress. She still fit in it, but she had been given new ones for her birthday and as a Christmas present. So, she soon found her dress in the back of her closet. It then ended up in the attic with a "GIVE AWAY" tag then the move happened and now it ended up dressing Elias.
"It fits you well." Said his cousin. Aunt Tina sat her nephew at the dresser and began to comb his hair with a brush. When she finished, she put a red flower ribbon in his hair. "Ready. You are ready." She made him stand up in front of the mirror, the little boy's face turning red with embarrassment.
"I look like a little girl." He complained. "Why couldn't I wear Dana's pants and shirt? She has several that don't look so feminine." he asked her.
"Those are also in the suitcases of the other truck." His aunt replied. "Well. I guess I had no other. But why did you put the tights on me?" He asked, lifting the skirt of the dress a little to show his legs wrapped in the white garment. "The weather is crazy, we are supposed to be in the summer, but there you have the cold temperatures of the afternoon. The skirts and dresses leave the legs too exposed, so a help to keep them warm was not bad." She justified herself.
"Well. I still had clean shoes. Why do I have to wear Dana's booties?" He pointed to the black booties his aunt had given him to wear. "Well. It was so that they match the dress." The answer surprised the little boy, but he didn't want to question his aunt's fashion sense. "Well, why did you give me such a feminine hairstyle? You even put a bow on me." he asked himself as he touched the bow and looked at himself in the mirror.
"It was for you to look beautiful, girl. It would be a waste if you didn't look pretty in such a nice outfit." She answered him while pointing to his reflection. "Beautiful GIRL? I'm not understanding." The little boy was very confused. "Look. I only found dresses and skirts for you to wear, but since only girls wear dresses, I had no choice but to make you look like a girl" The answer connected the missing dots in Elias's head.
"Now you can go outside and play with Dana if you want." The idea did not seem good to the little one. He didn't want anyone to see him like this "NO. I prefer to stay indoors. What's more, I think I'll go tidy my room." He tried to leave, but his cousin stopped him. "Order? But you finished ordering it yesterday. I even helped you do it. Remember?" That was true. Elias didn't know what else to say to hide his sorrow.
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The Aunt Tina's Mansion. - FULL CUT.
Short StoryElias live with his Aunt and his cousin. When they move to the new family house, Eliah's clothes box have a delay. The has no more choice but use his cousin's clothes.