He has amnesia

When Chris woke up, he felt a pounding in his head. He didn't recognize the room he was in at all, and he tried to remember what was going on. He tried to recall the last clear thing he remembered, but after thinking about it, he realized he couldn't remember anything at all -- he had amnesia!

He thought he heard a small noise from outside the room, and he called out. "Hello? Is someone there?"

A gorgeous blonde woman walked into the room. "How are you feeling? That was a nasty fall you took."

Now that he had someone to talk to, Chris spoke in a panicked rush. "My head hurts, and I can't remember anything! I don't even know who I am!"

The woman smiled, which seemed like an odd reaction. Then she came over, sat next to him, and wrapped him up in a big hug. "Oh, don't worry Christina, everything will be okay. I'm your friend Lisa, and I'll take good care of you. Before you know it, you'll have your memory back, I'm just sure of it."

"Christina? That's my name? But, but I'm a boy -- I know it."

"Oh, Christina. You really don't remember anything do you?" There was a convincing sound of anguish in Lisa's voice.

"No, I really don't. What do you mean?" Chris was now getting even more worried.

"Well Chrissie, you've been living as a girl for over 6 months now. I can't believe you don't remember anything about your struggle to accept your true gender."

"My true gender?"

"All those years when you felt like a girl trapped in a man's body? Your decision to start living as a girl when you moved away to college? You really don't remember any of it?"

"What?" Chris was floored. "Oh my god! I don't remember any of it at all." Chris started to cry.

Lisa pulled Chris to her and let him cry on her shoulder. "Oh, honey. It will be okay. Everything will be okay with Lisa taking care of you."

She let him cry for a few minutes without saying anything. After he had stopped, she wiped his face with a tissue, then pulled him over to the edge of the bed to look into the vanity mirror. "See, Chrissie? Your makeup is a little messed up from crying, but that's a girl's face, with a girl's hair."

And as Chris looked into the mirror, that's what he saw. His makeup was definitely messed up, though Lisa had cleaned up the mascara that had run all down his face. But he could still tell that he had been made up, and he definitely had a girl's hairstyle. He even had gold studs in his ears and a little gold necklace with a cross around his neck. For all appearances, he was definitely a girl.