GIRL- A Transgender Story|Book One Of "The Students Of Buford Academy" Series

Dinner

I got home from school that day and went to my room to do my homework. I heard my little sister run through the door and her feet thud through the house as she gets to her room. I hear her turn on the music for "The Twelve Princesses." I couldn't help but slowly move my head to the beat.

I lost any intention to do my writing assignment and did the little bits and pieces of the choreography I could do by heart. Layout, leap, turn. I felt as if I were being transferred into a whole different world. The deep, deep magical forest with the eleven other princesses. Dancing with each other.

"Val! Val sweetie it's time for dinner!" My mom calls from downstairs. I quickly stopped dancing and went downstairs to sit at the table

"Mom you didn't gave to call her. She could stand to lose a few pounds anyways." Matilda says, munching on her bread sticks.

"I'm not fat, Matilda." I said, taking my fork, wanting to stab her neck, but refraining from doing so. Instead I took a bite of my spaghetti.

"You're just in denial. You deny a lot of things." She says, smirking towards me. I ignored her glare and continued to eat.

We're all talking about mindless topics after that, until I hear my little sister saying, "I auditioned for the second princess, mommy." That made my eyes glare at her. "Oh... Did you now? Well, I think it's only fair to tell you that I auditioned too." I said. She stared at me harshly before looking over at dad.

Dad put his newspaper in front of his face before Matilda could say anything to me. Matilda rolled her eyes and tapped his shoulder. "Daddy do you need to remind Val about her DISadvantage?"

My dad looks at Matilda, then looks at me again and sighs. He took a sip of his iced tea. Which, by the way, is gross. Who drinks iced tea? It has no flavor! "You know if your school finds out your actually a boy-" he starts but I cut him off. I had heard this exact lecture a thousand times over."They'll never know. Besides, I'm one of the best dancers in the class. Even if they do find out I'm a boy, what can they do? Change cast last second?"

Matilda looks at me with an evil glint in her eyes,  smirked. "The school isn't LGBT friendly, William." I wanted to hit her. I clenched my fist harshly and stood up quickly, about to hit her in the nose-

"Dont hit her. She's just trying to get a reaction..." I thought. Her plan surely was working however.

I started to take deep breaths. I sit down back in my chair, I moved my hands away from her and glared, breathing slowly. "Call me...... William again..... and I'll shove..... your vocal cords..... up your ass." I said breathlessly, my chest was heaving.

Mother looks at me with a shocked reaction, then speaks in a harsh tone. "Valentina, go to your room. We do not curse at the dinner table. We do not curse anywhere in thus house." I was about to protest, but I nodded and stood up from my seat, heading to my room. Then, she looked at Matilda. "You go to your room for offending your sister." Matilda nods but makes a fake cough, saying "Brother." afterwards. I storm up to my room and slam my door. I hear my parents talking.

"Matilda is transphobic." My dad says. "No way she's just trying to make Val mad. Siblings fight, Simon." My mom says, taking Matilda's side on this argument once again. "Monika, Matilda would never do that if she wasn't transphobic."

I just look at my dolls lining up my wall, then look in my closet. There's a box that holds all of my male belongings. I walk over slowly and unlatched it, pulling our a blue stuffed bear and baby blanket. I lay on my bed and cry to myself.

I was very aware I was a boy. I'm no girl. But I am a boy..

If anyone ever finds out I'm a boy, stuff like that will happen all the time... But on a greater scale... Can I face that?

I think all night on the subject until I fall asleep again. I hated Matilda...