Getting ready to be an intern

Bailey popped his knee forward slightly, loving the feeling of his nylon covered legs rubbing against one another as he posed in front of the tall mirror suspended between the thin wooden pillars of the four and a half foot tall vertical mirror in Aunt Megan’s room. He couldn’t help but smile as his brain released endorphins as the sight of the pretty platinum blonde, green eyed girl. Turning his head slightly to see the metal claw clip that had little blue fake gems in it holding the girl's hair up, he moved one arm up touching the side of his hair with his elbow up in the air. The girl in the mirror did the same. Bailey gave a wink to his reflection before snapping a picture with the other hand. In his reflection he saw the dangling flower earrings, each flower tiny and bunched together, getting thinner and thinner as they went down, going from blue to white. He hadn’t chosen a necklace today, but he did have a black and silver bead bracelet to match his outfit. A satin aqua blue blouse that had little tassels that hung down so he could tie it in a little cute bow in front like it was a belt. The blouse was tucked into the black faux leather wrap mini skirt that the satin bow hung over. In the short skirt and tall black strappy heels gave the impression his twenty denier black pantyhose covered legs were longer. Leaning forward he blew a kiss at his reflection, snapping another photo.

“You seem to be in a good mood this morning, pumpkin.” Bailey giggled, turning a spin on the ball of his heeled foot before giving a bright smile to Aunt Megan.

“I’m in the Best mood!” Bailey giggled again, giving the blonde woman in front of him a chance to giggled along at his joke. He gave the woman in front of him a bright smile showing his teeth to show her just how happy he was. It was draining, the day had just started and acting overly bubbly already felt like a chore. The amount of effort reminded him of how hard it was to pretend to be a teen girl that first day at the park and thanks to Miss April he had ramp things up.

Earlier that morning when Bailey added eyeliner to his eyelids, looking in the mirror he took note how happy he looked in the mirror. He was always smiling, a good girl always smiles, but he never really took the time to see what others saw. Everyone saw a happy girl, it took effort on his part so that everyone saw that instead of the man he was and now at work he had to do that and more… ‘I’m already happy and ditzy and stuff… well like I act like it so maybe I just need to act like that as if I’m like having my best day.’ “Best day… I love it! Candi always acts like that and like just need to be more like her and like no way Miss April can be mad at me!”

“Are you that excited to start your first day of work?” Megan asked, ignoring how Bailey used her last name as a pun.

“Well…” Bailey placed his index finger to the corner of his lips as he looked up and off to the left, eyes wide as he pretended to think. “Why wouldn’t I be! I mean I like get to make money and that means more cute skirts and shoes.” He giggled before continuing. “I mean I think I’m going to buy a bookshelf with my first paycheck, but not for like books. I think it would look totally cute in my room at home if I used it for my shoes. Oh, oh and like OMG how can I forget that I get to do all this with my bestie!” ‘That was too much, tone it down girl or Aunt Megan is going to get suspic… suspicious, gah I know that word!’

Narrowing her eyes Megan appraised Bailey some more, she had been in her bathroom getting ready for the day and had come out to slip on her heels before heading out for work when she saw Bailey in her room taking photos of herself in the mirror. Ever since she got home the previous night after doing some shopping Bailey had been acting a little odd. Bailey had still been run down the previous night, but had seemed incredibly excited. She had just taken that at face value considering the reason she had come home late was because she had went shopping for clothes for Liam, for when she brought the young man down. Originally she had wanted to bring Bailey along for the shopping trip, but with Bailey feeling ill, Megan had just done it alone. “Are you sure that is all that is going on?” She asked gently.

“Oh yeah, like totes! Well okay, okay, like also because those purple overalls are just so cute and I can’t wait to see Liam in them. He is going to be just suuuper cute! He is going to hate it!”

“If everything goes according to plan he will, but remember you have to do your part. You don’t have to see him, but I need you to really sell him on the idea of seeing you again.”

“I promise, like super promise Aunt Megan, I will do my part!” Bailey really did feel motivated when Aunt Megan had come back the previous night with a cap sleeved pink shirt and the overalls along with the cutest little girl panties, all for Liam. Thinking of Aunt Megan slapping his ass till he put on the panties had filled him with glee. The normal creeping fear at the thought of the twenty three year old man hadn’t come, just a quiet joy that rose in strength the more he thought about it.

“Okay, so long as you are happy I suppose.” Megan knew Bailey was acting strangely, she had ignored it when Bailey had thrown themselves forward acting like nothing was the matter after what they experienced. She wasn’t making Bailey do any recordings as they repeated the good girl motto, she wasn’t evening brining up the math workbook or the child care video game, but Bailey was doing all of that. She wasn’t a therapist, but she thought Bailey could use one. It made her wonder about who she could get Bailey to see with the insurance that now covered the feminized man and how long it would take to get Bailey in. Selling it to her sister wouldn’t be a problem, Amanda knew Bailey was going through a lot. It was just another thing on her to do list, but she was happy to do it.

“Why don’t you go get your purse, I imagine Candi will be here soon.” Bailey nodded before mincing up to her.

“You're like the best! I will text Liam shortly.” Bailey grinned, taking note that he was just over an inch taller than the older woman thanks to her being barefoot and him wearing the strappy black four and a half inch heels. Moving out of the room Bailey grabbed his phone from his purse out in the living room, crossing his legs as he sat down on the couch, waiting for his ride to work. The idea of going to Mega Corp still had him on edge, his thoughts circling back to that first day at the park, a feeling of deja vu with how much he felt similar to that day.

Bailey: I have waited long enough, I need 2 see u Liam.

Li: Oh? You ready to have it again?

Bailey: When is like the next time u have your house 2 yourself?

Li: If you tell me you want my cock I will tell you when you can come over for it.

Bailey: What like if I don’t want it?

Li: You want it, admit it

Bailey: Not like smooth

Li: Kinda busy here babe, I will talk to you later

Bailey: No.. like I want it… I want your cock.

Li: I knew you did, silly girl always playing hard to get.

Li: I will cut out of work early tomorrow, take a half day.

Li: Be at my place at one, we will have the place to ourselves. Can you get here on your own?

Bailey: I can take an uber.

Li: See you then

“As if.” Bailey rolled his eyes, tossing his phone into his purse. He wasn’t going to be anywhere near that house, after all he had work to do. Sitting there on the couch happily thinking about Liam falling down as he tried to walk in heels for the first time like a baby gazelle he was ready to pull out his phone again and brows pinterest for some cute outfits she would love to see the shorter man in when he heard a car pull up outside. Hopping to his heeled feet he moved over to the front door, opening it before yelling back into the house. “Bye Aunt Megan! Have a good day!”

“Oh my god! You wore it! You wore the skirt you were complaining about!” Candi said walking up the little path from the driveway up to the house when she saw her best friend. Bailey smiled at her, then looked down at the skirt and his legs coming out from under it. He could admit it was too short for an office, he had said as much the other day, but Miss April had been clear when she said for him to wear a something only a little longer than Auggy’s…. August’s sweater and he really couldn’t afford to call her bluff.

“Well, yeah! Have you like seen how I look in it?” Candi gave her friend a half grin.

“Not yet, but I’m sure you will look amazing in it and make the impression you want on your Auggy when he sees you in it.” She laid on the sarcasm on thick before transitioning to teasing her about wanting to look sexy for her man. She didn’t think Daddy would approve when he saw her, but he had said that he wasn't in charge of the day to day stuff at the branch.

“Enough about me though, I mean…” Bailey stepped back a little to take in Candi, she had also worn satin today, but more than himself. She had on this soft gold satin blouse that was about two shakes shy of being considered gaudy, it was tucked into an ivory satin skirt that went a few inches past her knees, the skirt itself benign loose around the legs, tapering in more as it got to her waist, her legs bare till her feet that were perched in a pair of just over three inch yellow heeled sandals. “Girl, you look divine I mean like a goddess.”

“I get goddess?” Candi said with a bright smile.

“Totally, but don’t let it go to your head Miss Connors. That outfit makes it look like you are going to an engagement party or like, umm…” Bailey snapped his fingers a few times, trying to remember the venue he was thinking of slipping from his mind. “Oh! That is like something I would think to wear at like a yacht club.” Candi grasped her skirt on both sides between her thumb and index finger, twirling about slightly as she looked down.

“I just wanted to look nice and I thought it made me look mature, you though… Let's take a picture today, but don’t send it to anyone.” Bailey had no trouble taking a few more selfies or posing, taking photos of himself at this point was nearly as normal as breathing with the thousand or so photos on his phone at this point. “Good, now like again. No sharing, especially with August. I want to show him the pictures when we are working today and tease him about how you wanted to look nice for him.”

“Don’t you dare!”Bailey cried out, the two now standing in front of the house for close to ten minutes with the impromptu photo session. “Besides I bet we will see him before you get a chance to show him the photos.” Candi smirked, moving her shoulders forwards and backwards opposite of one another so that when her left shoulder was back, her right one was forward as she tried to hold in the urge to bounce.

“I know something you don’t know! I know something you don’t know! And I am a hundred percent taking that bet.”

“What bet?” Bailey asked confused as his friend taunted him, while looking like she was trying to hold in the urge to dance.

“You just said you bet. So we are totally betting, you already owe me a forfeit because you kept painting your nails. Don’t think I didn’t notice little sis.”

“Okay, but umm maybe you can give me the four one one?” Bailey asked, looking at Candi who held her tight lipped smirk. Candi wanted to draw it out as long as she could. It wasn’t some big secret, she was sure Bailey was going to be super jealous of her.

“Well yesterday I started working, Miss Gates asked me too… no wait backup. So I was late going in yesterday cause like I was helping you and then had to go change because I didn’t think ahead.” Candi lightly smacked the palm of her hand to her head. “Duh, right? Well she showed me where we were sitting, but didn’t have time to give me a tour with all the other interns starting earlier that morning and isn’t it so like weird for people to start on a Wednesday? They said it was because of paperwork or something, but Daddy already did that for us or he had Miss Gates do it, I don’t know, but we are going to get our badges tomorrow so we will be official. You know at first I was like bummed about having to get a job, because like I already have income and…” Bailey was nodding along, the speed of the nods picking up pace slowly as Candi talked faster and faster, seemingly more every time she veered more off topic.

“Don’t we get like discounts with our badges at a few places?” Bailey asked interrupting the girl as he vaguely recalled his mom mentioning it in the past. The way Candi reacted and with the energy she had done it, didn’t give Bailey a chance to notice his one time girlfriend was thought of as his mom, while he had called her Mom or Mommy in the past he hadn’t fully put her in that position mentally till now.

“OH MY GOD YES!” Candi Candi hopped up and down twice, her smile large enough to threaten taking over her entire face. “There is a nail salon that I found out Miss Gates goes to that is half a block away and they give a discount if you have your ID because like so many people come there just to get pedicures on their lunch breaks and August was telling me some restaurants give discounts or just like reduced cost on some appetizers… well that is like the same thing, but it is only on the apps, ya know?!” Bailey knew the word discount, coupon, sale elicited a reaction from Candy when it was added to the word clothes, but this was the first he had seen her act that way about nails and food. Where Bailey once would have just smiled and nodded or said how great that sounded, today he found himself reaching out, holding his friends hands in his own, hopping along with her, the girl's energy was light a contagion.

“And, and.” Candi took a deep breath in through her nose, calming herself, remembering what she was trying to say before when she mentioned the young man’s name. “So don’t be jealous, but I get to work with August at the office.” Bailey’s eyes slid from Candi, over to the car she was driving and then back to her.

“Yeah!?” Candi nodded.

“Yeah! But like not at first, I was told to corral, umm correlate some paperwork into binders. You know like punch holes in them, put them all in the same order and have little fun colored tabs, but I may have got distracted and things were maybe not put all in the same order. They wanted the blue tab in the front and then like the next one was a yellow tab, but that didn’t look right so I used different colors, but Miss Gates said they had to be all the same. Yellow was for where signatures go and… well she gave work to Josh. OH! He is also an intern, he is nice, but a little creepy. One of those guys that never learned not to stare, ya know? Yeah, so anyways… Miss Gates said she has the perfect project for me, even though I know I could have done that one fine now that she explained the colors had meaning, I was just trying to make it look nice.” Candi blew out some air through her nose, Bailey understanding it was frustrating for her for someone to think she wasn’t able to do something.

“Sooo then she told me to go to a different floor where people worked doing like data entry and that is where August works! It is really cramped, I think our cubicles are actually bigger, but that isn’t the point. She had me tell the manager down there her name is Mrs. Cool. Like that is her legit name! Well she is super nice and I told her I needed someone to help with an intern project for getting files to be digital. I could not believe that they have a basement that is just like all furling cabinets with stuff in them or shelves with boxes. Mrs. Cool told me I could call her Kathy and said she had the perfect person to help. She assigned August to help! Saying he just got out of the intern program and she would be happy to lend him out. Can you believe it!”

“Sounds like you had a fun day yesterday.” Bailey said, wondering how she was able to say so much without taking deeper and repeated breaths.

“I did! They have free coffee in some places, but not all. August says it is for the departments that bring in money, but no one like really stops someone from going to get it and I found you can get a mocha latte with the little coffee cups!”

“Sounds delish! How many did you drink?” Candi gave her friend a big smile, she knew she shouldn’t drink a lot of it. They was a lot of empty calories, but they tasted so good and drinking coffee at work made her feel like she was a real woman of business like Bailey’s mom.

“Umm only like two, but I also may have had one this morning… taking one of the cups home with me. I figured they are for work and I would need the energy to start my day, so it was like the thing right!?” Bailey was about to respond when the front door opened, Megan stepping out, purse over her shoulder, a light sweater draped over one arm.

“Girls? I thought you had already left.” Megan glanced down at her watch. “Is something wrong with Amanda’s car? Do you need a lift?”

“OH MY GOD WE ARE GOING TO BE LATE!” Candi said, now moving with a purpose towards the car. Bailey swallowed hard, imagining Miss April’s stern glare with her dark eyes.

“I can’t be late!” Bailey said, his voice squeaking as he minced off down the path to get to the passenger side of the car.

Hitting the button on the door, Candi rolled down the window, waving her hand at Megan. “Thank you! We totally lost track of time! Have like an amazing day!”