"Oh I'm so sorry. Of course you are a boy. My sweet little dainty boy. Well Amy?"
"Hmm? Oh I have plans. Have you thought about the, uhm.." she mouthed the words shopping with her back to Chris.
"Oh well I went online yesterday for...advice on that. And I will be going out today just to...check.."
This was all guarded which made Chris all the more alarmed.
Amy, now his Mama, put him in front of the TV and handed him her Rapunzel doll. She switched on Winx, a cartoon clearly for girls, while they talked in the kitchen. He crept to the door, but they were still being guarded. He merely discovered his Mother was going out shopping, and they were talking about what this meant for school, which he was wondering himself as he had worked out the extra days he had accrued put him in the first three weeks of school and counting. They had not decided yet. He ran back to his cartoons and watched.
It was all about fairy princesses and was incredibly girly, but at least he was being left alone for a while, and when he thought of it that way it wasn't so bad. Why did he have to hold this doll? Why couldn't he sit on the couch? It was right there!
She popped her head through the door.
"OK, come up to the bathroom!" He looked distraught, bathroom?
"Oh you look sad..is your little cartoon not finished? Don't worry, finish that episode first. I know how you love your little fairies".
He rolled his eyes, but went back to the cartoon, which had just started another episode. He was in no hurry to go back to the bathroom. What was it? More makeup? She patted the sofa. It seems he was allowed on when she was around to monitor him, and he had to snuggle next to her with his doll in his hands. She put his head on her shoulder and stroked his brown hair, shushing him. Under different circ-umstances, this might be quite nice, but he was so ashamed and could do nothing but limply accept his fate at this point. This was the third episode he watched, so he was becoming familiar with the characters and theme.
When time was up he she held his hand again and led him upstairs, making sure he was still walking delicately in line with his new status, and shouted in to their mothers bedroom, "We're ready".
They went to a bathroom where a bag was perched on the closed toilet seat.
Chris looked very concerned.
"W-what's going on?"
Amy piped up. After all, this was all her idea it seems.
"We both really really like you this way honey, you are so lovely, we just want to make the most of it!"
His mother piped up.
"Don't worry some day things will get back to normal it's just, until then, me and your Mama are going to change you for the better!"
"We're going to pierce your ears. Don't worry! It will hurt only a short time but then, you'll look like a Princess all by yourself! Certainly a cute lovely, sweet, little boy!"
He shrieked. And then remembered he could not refuse, but sure could whine if he wanted to.
"Noooo please don't make me please! I'll do anything, I'm not ready, please!"