Soccer Queen
by Andrew ( anr )
Chapter 14

David awoke to the sound of his mother's cheerful voice as she bade him a cheerful "Good morning". Swinging his legs out of bed, he hurriedly ran to the bathroom to get in before his sister.

Gail stumbled along the hall a few minutes later and began banging on the door. David interpreted her morning grunts to mean something along the lines of "let me in I have to pee". He just laughed and proceeded to have a shower. He was quick, though, and left the bathroom chuckling as Gail dived inside.

When he returned to his room, he discovered that his mother had laid out a dress for him to wear. It was the most conservative dress he owned, a dark blue with the skirt falling below the knee. He almost suspected that his mother had planned something like this when she was buying clothes for him.

His underwear was plain white, and an ordinary pair of taupe tights had been laid out beside his dress. The black flats were sitting under his bed, so he assumed that they went with this outfit.

As he moved to his vanity to put on his makeup, he heard his mother shout "Do your face lightly, dear". So he used a very light layer of foundation and only a touch of blush. He didn't bother with eye shadow, reckoning that that would be too much for church.

With that done, he dressed in the clothes laid out for him and applied a light pink lipstick. Putting imitation pearl studs in his ears, he slipped the shoes on his feet and went to the kitchen for breakfast.

Gail entered as he was pouring milk on his corn flakes and they ate their breakfast in companionable silence. The caffiene in the tea served to wake Gail up, making her speech much more coherent.

Once they were ready, they all picked up their handbags and went out to the car. After a short drive, they pulled up outside the church.

The service was as boring as any that David could remember and he had to work hard to avoid falling asleep. The hymns were familiar, though, so he could lose himself in the music while singing.

After church, his mother stood outside the building greeting the people of the area and introducing her daughters. *Oh, Great* thought David, *Now _everybody_ has seen me in a dress and thinks I'm a girl. There's no way I can go to school as a boy now.*

"Davina, Gail, I'd like you to meet Mrs. Thompson," said Mrs. McCall. "She'll be your year supervisor when you start school in September."

"Hello, Mrs. Thompson," they replied in unison, both wishing to be elsewhere. It was just not cool to meet school authorities when you weren't in school.

His mother seemed to be getting into long conversations with the people she was meeting, so he and Gail drifted off to talk to other young people there. Most of the children their age were there under duress from their parents, so at least they had something in common with David and Gail.

The boredom felt during the service was a good opening topic of conversation among the teenagers. Once the ice was broken, David and Gail found themselves amongst a circle of girls discussing everything from hair styles to favourite movie stars.

Various groups of boys hanging around were also discussed, with most of them being dismissed for one reason or another. "He smells", or "look at the pizza face on him" were amongst the reasons given for these dismissals. One or two earned an accolade like "what a hunk" or "nice buns".

Their mother called them over to her car and told them they were leaving.

Back at their house, they made a quick lunch of toasted sand- wiches using cheese, meat, tomato and onion for the filling. A couple of cokes and a collection of biscuits finished their meal.

Visiting hours at the hospital were just starting, so their mother drove them over to see their father. As usual, this was an extremely painful experience for all three of them, but they bore it out of love for their husband and father.

They sat around talking to their father, telling him what had happened to them since their last visit. Eventually, they were chased out by the nurses as visiting hours came to an end.

After returning home, Gail and David dressed in their skating gear and went over to Samantha's house to see if she wanted to come. She was out with Becky, so they headed for the skating park themselves.

They got so involved in their skating that it was almost tea- time before David realised that they had to get home. He called to Gail, who was intent on her figures, and they hurriedly left the park.

Racing along the pavements was exhilirating, but they had to watch for pedestrians. David was nearly involved in a collision with a mother pushing a push-chair, who he avoided by inches. The mother shrieked with surprise, then started screaming abuse at him, yelling "keep off the sidewalk".

Once they reached home, they discovered that their mother had prepared roast beef and roast potatoes, a particular favourite of David's. To follow this, she had purchased a blueberry cheesecake, which was eagerly consumed by both children.

They were settling in for a quiet night watching television when the doorbell rang. It was Samantha, inviting them to a slumber party. David looked at Gail, then they turned to their mother.

"Can we go ?" asked Gail.

"OK, but be good," she replied. Then she looked hard at David and added "especially you. Be very careful."

David knew what she was talking about, and resolved to keep his panties on that night unless he were alone.

"It's OK, Davina," said Samantha. "It's only you, me and Gail tonight. Just don't let Mom find out."

"Oh, that's wonderful," David said sarcastically. "Only your mother. If she finds out, I'm dead meat."

"Don't worry. She thinks of you as a girl, and people see what they expect to see. You'll be fine."

David sighed as he realised that this was true. He was now thought of by all the people they had met since arriving in America, and he could not go back to being a boy.

What had seemed like a lark to be able to play football with Samantha had led to a complete change in lifestyle. Now he would have to learn from his sister and Samantha all it meant to be a girl.

Having met Mrs. Thompson, the year supervisor, he would also have to attend school as a girl. This might lead to some embarrassing questions at PE unless his mother gave him a note or something.

David and Gail eagerly collected their night clothes and toothbrushes. They followed Samantha back to her house, where she had laid out blankets on the floor of her bedroom.

"Sorry you have to sleep on the floor," she told them, "but there isn't enough room in here for extra beds or whatnot. I've laid out enough blankets that you should be comfortable. Let's start with some music."

She went over to her CD player and inserted the latest CD from her favourite band. When the strains of the first track started to fill the room, she closed her eyes and sighed.

"Come on, Davina, let's dance."

She grabbed David's hand and started to lead him round the room. David was pretty confused - he had learned to dance for the dance at the end of primary school, but he had been doing the leading. He tried to start leading, but Samantha refused allow that and just kept leading him round the floor.

When the song finished, she released David and took Gail, who had been shadow dancing, and continued dancing. David thought about what his sister had been doing while he was dancing with Samantha and tried to emulate her.

After they had been dancing for about an hour, Samantha asked if they wanted pizza. This idea was greeted with enthusiasm, so she dialled the local pizza house and ordered a large four seasons. With a wicked look in her eyes, she also ordered a tub of chocolate ice cream.

The food was delivered half an hour later. While they were waiting, they sat and talked about the team and what the training would be like.

With a large tub of ice cream in the freezer for after, the three friends attacked the pizza, which had been divided into eight slices. The four different toppings meant that they could all find part they liked.

Mrs. Davis walked past and noticed what they were eating. She grabbed a piece for herself, and quickly finished it. There was one piece left and she looked round the girls. When no- one seemed to want it, she grabbed it too and walked away chuckling.

The ice cream was left in the freezer. David was puzzled - he thought they would be having it immediately. Samantha just grinned and told him to wait.

Samantha dived over to the TV and pulled out a video. After inserting it in the player, she called her friends to her and they joined her on the couch.

As the video started playing, Mrs. Davis stuck her head in the door and checked out what they were doing. She clucked her toungue when she saw what video they were watching, but decided to let the girls scare themselves silly. They could comfort each other.

When the video finished, Gail, Samantha and David were hugging each other tightly. That had been a scary video.

Samantha led the way back to her room, where they jumped on her bed and started discussing makeup and boys. Samantha grabbed a '17' magazine from her bedside table and opened it at the problem page.

They started reading the problems and replies. Some of the answers caused them to dissolve in giggles.

After going through all the problems, Samantha turned to a fashion page. They all started comparing the clothes worn by the models and wondering how to achieve the looks sported by the models.

Samantha dived over to her vanity and grabbed her makeup. She approached her friends and said

"Let's try to copy these looks. That model looks just like you, Davina," pointing to a photo in the magazine. "Come here."

She took a cleansing solution and washed all the makeup off David's face. Then she started making up his face again, carefully copying the photo.

"Wow! You look hot, Davina" Gail said as Samantha finished.

David looked in a mirror and had to agree. He *did* look hot. It embarrassed him no end, though, that it was his sister who was giving him these complements.

"Come on, Gail. I'm sure you could look even better with a little work."

Gail sighed with resignation and submitted to Samantha's ministrations. When Samantha had finished, Gail looked as hot as David, and the two turned on Samantha.

"Fair's fair," called David as they started making her up as extravagantly as they were.

By the time David and Gail had finished, it was nearing midnight. Samantha held her finger to her lips and led them back down to the kitchen.

She got the ice-cream out of the freezer and brought it and 3 spoons back up to her room. David was delighted - he thought they were never going to eat it.

They attacked the tub of ice-cream as soon as they got to Samantha's room. Sitting on her bed, each of the three reied to grab the lion's share. Of course, no-one did because no- one wanted to waste good ice-cream by not taking time to savour it.

When they had finished the ice-cream, Samantha suggested that they brush their teeth and change into their night clothes. This was agreeable to everyone, so they took turns in the bathroom.

Freshly washed, with all the makeup off, they gathered in Samantha's room. Samantha was the first back and picked up a pillow and waited behind the door. When David walked through the door, she swung the pillow and caught him full in the face. David screeched, and grabbed another pillow from the bed.

He and Samantha were swinging pillows at each other with great abandon when Gail walked in. David spotted her and nodded at Samantha. They both advanced on Gail with purposeful looks in their eyes.

Gail saw them coming and knew she couldn't dodge them. She changed direction and grabbed a pillow of her own. When she was struck by a pillow from either side, she swung her own pillow at David, making to follow up with a swing at Samantha.

The pillow fight degenerated into a free-for-all after that, with everyone landing about one in three blows on their opponents. After half an hour, they had to stop because they were laughing so hard.

After the pillow fight, they sat round discussing which films they had seen, and what their favourites were. David listened attentively, knowing that he could use all of this to help with the deception.

As he was going to sleep at about 3am, he thought he was becoming more comfortable as Davina. He wondered what future surprises were in store for him.

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