Stephen fucks up

He looks at your chest and licks his dry lips. "I can't believe a dude could have such a nice..."

That was it. You'd been patient with him but you'd reached your limit. He was starting to remind you of Professor Morris. You pull you shirt down and give him a serious stare. "Strike three, you're out. Stephen...I'm not a dude!" You sit up. "I'm a woman Stephen. I'm a she, I'm a her. Do you understand?"

He looks at you, from his shifting expression you could sense his head was filled with a lot of conflicting thoughts and emotions right now. He stammers. "Well, you look like one...sure. But I mean underneath it all, you're still a guy kinda, right?" He lets out a nervous laugh. "I mean...you were born a man right? You've got a man's brain still, don't you? You are still a dude in a girl's body right?" In trying to explain himself he was just making it worse. "I mean you look great but...your a guy Jesse. I...am I making sense?" You actually wince at his clumsy insensitive words. After being cocooned by your family's unwavering support you weren't prepared for this just yet.

You see El give him a grim look and feel as her love for you swells within her, wanting to protect you. She knew how much this was hurting you. It was understandable to a point of course, but his words still cut you more than you expected. Elsie says in a frosty tone. "Stephen, you're not being nice right now. I think you ought to leave, now. Jesse needs her rest."

"Oh geez." He puts his hand on his head. "I...I didn't mean...it's just...Awww fuck."

You pull your hand away from him. "We'll talk later Stephen." You say.

He shakes his head, he knew he'd fucked up with you again. "I'm sorry Jesse. I'll...I'll go. I'll be better next time. I just...I'll be better next time, I promise. I didn't mean to...I'm sorry du... I'm sorry Jesse."

You nod. "Okay Stephen. And thank you for coming. It really does means a lot to me. We'll talk later."

He smiles meekly and gets up to leave. "Oh...shit. I was giving Allison a lift."

"We'll get her home, don't worry." You say. You'd almost forgotten about her. You wonder how she and Fiona were getting on.

Without another word he walks out, his head down and shaking as he berated himself. You hear him go down the stairs and straight out the front door.

You look at El. "We were pretty rough on him."

"He was pretty rough on you." She replies.

"It's okay..." You trail off, even as you said it you knew she could sense right through the words to your true feelings. There was no point trying to keep up appearances with Elsie, she knew you through and through. She sits at your side as Stephen had just been doing and you embrace. You hold each other a long time, savoring this precious thing you shared. You knew in your heart that there was no sling or arrow life could throw at you that Elsie's love couldn't soothe. You kiss each other tenderly and sweetly then come apart.

You laugh. "I can't believe you showed him your tits."

She laughs in return. "I know! Me neither!"

You reach for her. "Help me downstairs. Let's go see how Allison and Fiona are doing."