I tell him about my plans

“I have a confession to make,” I start.

“Oh yeah? Roxanne did say that you have certain plans for this summer,” Uncle Nathan mentions.

“I came here to spend the summer, but I did not plan to stay as Charles. What I’m trying to say is that I plan to take X-Change pills to become a woman,” I explain. “Essentially, I’ll be Charlene while on the pill.”

“Why would you want to do that?” he asks, pauses and seems to understand my motives right away. “This plan of yours… you think you could just…”

I interject, assuming he’s talking about his late wife’s passing a year ago. “It’s been a year, Uncle Nathan...” I mention, but he interrupts as well.

“I don’t want to hear it, Charles,” he says, with a bit of frustration in his voice. He walks quickly to the doors that lead into the master bedroom from the pool and closes them behind him.

A part of me regrets having told my uncle my plans so soon. Another part of me reasons that it would have to come out eventually. In my suitcases, there are essentially no clothes for Charles, aside from the one’s on my body currently.

I return to my room to shelter myself from the coming cold, since the sun is sinking lower towards the horizon. Knowing I would have to become Charlene sooner or later, I dig into my backpack for my pack of Pink X-tra Strength. It took a lot of shifts at work, a lot of overtime, and essential saving to have enough just to buy three pills.

With no delay, I pop a pill, chasing it with some water. Having taken Basics in the past, I’m quite used to the transformation and the shift of balance. Even though I stand a few inches shorter than my male form, I stand with confidence, comfortable in this female skin. I open my suitcases for a simple outfit of jeans shorts, a T-shirt and of course the lingerie that is hidden beneath them. For the next couple hours, I fill in the closet with all the outfits from my luggage.

Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. I walk over to answer it.