Newly Not Cis

Explanations, Introductions and Thanks

Authors stuff: This chapter was 3000 words of stuff. James is starting to get better hooray! A lot of this chapter is done through text so it's a little awkwardly laid out. If only Wattpad had indentations.  

As always huge thanks to Trismegistus Shandy for looking over this long ass chapter. Links to their stuff will be in the comments. I couldn't write this stuff without them. Thanks for all the feedback on the last update. I'm adding some extra content to the backlog, a couple of chapters with Nick. A chapter with Nick. The Scribblehub versions have a lot of extra content and I recommend checking them out. Links to that will also be in the description.

It was weird for James to miss a day of school. Even with all of this transformation stuff, he hadn't taken a day off. Katie thought it was kind of brave, but it made her extra worried when he didn't turn up that day. It didn't look like he'd told anyone else about it either. In homeroom, Ben whined loudly about how James was meant to be there to listen to whatever he felt like complaining about. She'd watched Nick wait under the tree in case he came late, but it didn't seem like he showed. Nick even sent her some messages asking if she knew where he was, which was odd; no one else should've known about their reconciliation. Why would Nick ask her about James? She had sent him a message just to see if she could find out anything but got no response.

She didn't expect to be added to a group chat with him and Nick after school ended.

James: Mum found out.

James: I left my bra in my pocket and she freaked out. I had to tell her. We went to the doctor and they explained everything and she wants me to start living as a girl. She made me go shopping today.

Katie had thought something had gone wrong, but she'd hoped he was just sick or something. When this started, she had wondered about what his mum's reaction would be to this. She used to mock Katie for anything she did that was even remotely feminine. There was a time when they were in third grade when his mum told her that if she didn't start acting more like a boy, she wouldn't be allowed to see James anymore. According to her, Katie had been a bad influence on him; him showing emotion was apparently a negative trait.

Why would his mum, the person who forced that toxic bullshit on him, encourage him to transition to living as a girl? Transphobes tended to not make sense. Maybe it was some biological essentialist nonsense going on. She had seen enough of that in her time online.

James: She seemed like she was worried until the doc said I should be able to have kids.

Nick: Wait you could be a mum?

James: Unfortunately.

Now wasn't the time to get jealous. She knew it would only make things harder on her. Her inability to get pregnant wasn't his fault and there were more pressing matters. She still didn't know why Nick was here. It seemed like he knew about what had happened, but she didn't know when he could have found out.

Katie: When did Nick find out?

James: Sunday, my bra was suffocating me. I took it off, he walked in on me with my top off.

James: he wasn't too weird about it.

Nick had always been a decent guy. She was glad James had one friend who wasn't a total prick. He had always respected her when he was telling her about something new, and according to James, he had even stood up for her before. If any of his friends had to find out about his situation, she was happy it was Nick.

James: Anyway, you two both messaged me asking where I was. I didn't want to explain twice.

She knew how exhausting clothes shopping was. It was hard to blame him for not wanting to say things twice. Still, there was a lot he needed to explain.