The Trans Runaway

Helping hands

"Kaci!" "Kaci!" the police shouted. I began to gather my things and shove them into my dirty purple backpack. They are coming, I need to run.

-6 weeks earlier-

"Aiden!" I heard as I was waking up from my nap in class. "Aiden what the hell? You never sleep in class. What's up?" my best friend Rebecca said. I picked up my head off my desk and turned to her with a grumpy expression on my face and said, "I need to talk to you, Daniel and Chance about something later okay? After 8th meet me in the library." I could see the frightened expression on Rebecca's face, she stuttered in a quiet tone "o-okay." I laid my head back down and closed my eyes. I was woken up by the screeching sound of the school bell, I hurried and grabbed my binders and left. I walked into my next class and fell asleep, I slept in every class. Finally it was the end of 8th period and I was walking to the library, but I was stopped by a group of 3, they are the popular guys in 11th grade they are a grade above me and much larger than me. They said in unison, "hey little transy-boy" One of them, Joel, pushed me against the lockers, the other two, William and Miguel, started to laugh. Miguel hit the books out of my hand, Joel still had me pressed against the lockers. I grew angry and yelled, "Can you guys leave me the hell alone!" Joel replied while laughing, "Shut your damn mouth." and punched me in the face. I sat down on the ground and began to cry, They walked off laughing. After a while I stopped crying and just sat there, thinking about my life, all the bad things about it. Rebecca walked over to me and said excitingly "Hey! I was looking for you, why are you just sitting here?" I wiped my chin and looked up at her. Her eyes widened and she began to raise her voice "Aiden! What the hell happened! Why is there blood on your face!" In a low voice I began explaining what had happened. "I'm going to talk to the principal." she said in a reassuring tone. Once Rebecca walked out the principal called me to go into her office as I was walking to the room Rebecca stopped me and put her hands on each side of my face and whispered with a smile "It's going to be okay, I promise." I smiled back. I walked in and closed the door behind me and sat down in a dark blue seat in front of her desk and began to pick at my nails. When Mrs.Myers turned to me she grabbed a tissue and handed it to me and began to speak "Kaci-" I interrupted while wiping the blood off of my chin, "It's Aiden." She cleared her throat and began speaking again "I'm sorry, Aiden, I heard what happened and saw what happened on the camera. We will handle it all from here. We called your mom and dad, they'll be here in a few minutes. We won't tell them about you being transgender, don't worry. I just want to ask if they want to press charges or not." I threw my tissue away and replied "thank you." She hesitated and started talking in a soft tone, "I think you should tell your parents about you because I know it's hard to keep that in, and if you need help the councilor and I will help you okay? Also we have a binder program in this school, if you want a binder just tell me I'll get one from the program okay?" Tears started streaming down my face "I-I've always wanted one." I stuttered. She said beginning to smile, "Go to the nurse's office, she'll measure you." After getting my measurements. My parents arrived shortly after that. They began talking to my parents about the incident and they let me go back to the library. When I walked in I didn't expect seeing my friends in there, but they waited for me. I walked to them and said, "thank you Rebecca." Rebecca just looked at me and smiled, Chance and Daniel hugged me at once and squeezed me. After a moment Rebecca began to speak, "So what were you wanting to talk about? When you asked for us to meet up here?" I started speaking in happy voice, "I wanted to talk to you guys about coming out to my parents. I need help, and ideas." We started writing out a plan:

•Step one: Write a letter
•Step two: Give them letter and leave
•Step three: Hope for best
•Step four: If all hell breaks lose, go to Rebecca's house (only one day)
•Step five: I don't know, Survive.

After the principal was done speaking with my parents, They offered to drive me home but I declined. "I want to walk home so I can think in peace." I thought to myself. I walked home in the nice cold weather and began to think to myself, I hope this all goes well.