A few months earlier

“Did you see Iver? He’s wearing a skirt!” Eli Blake said.

“She…” Carson said “she’s wearing a skirt.”

“What?” One of the other jocks, Roman Lawson, asked.

“Nicky is trans.” Carson told them

“You mean to tell me we’ve had him… her… checking us out when we were naked in the showers.” Eli asked

“Did any of you see her while we were showering?” Carson said “No, she was packing and cleaning our gear.”

“… still, thank god the seasons over.” Roman added

“What difference does it make?” Carson said “One of the cheerleaders was always on hand if we had to go.

“But they’re girls.” Tommy Hanes, another player added.

“So is Nicky.”

“Dude,” Eli said “if I didn’t know better, it would think you had a thing for the tr—“

“Have some fucking maturing and don’t use slurs. Nicky is just being her real self.”

Carson got up and walked away.

“Yeah, he totally wants to bang Iver” Tommy said