Nicky's (or maybe Nikki's) situation worsens. Is there a way out for him?
"Okay, Nicky. I'm going to ask you some questions, and I want you to be honest with me, okay?" My mother said evenly, sitting across the kitchen table from me.
I nodded and prepared myself for the embarrassment to come. I was already blushing as I sat on the hard wooden chair in kitchen. My butt was no longer on fire, but it still felt like cooling embers. I squirmed on the chair every few seconds, to my mother's apparent amusement. She was still holding my phone, and by now, she would have read everything I sent to Xander. Lying was not a option anymore.
"I know now that you like to wear panties. But do you want to wear girl's clothes all the time?" My mother asked, raising her eyebrows at me.
I happened to have told Xander that I wished I could dress as a girl every day, so I had no choice but to nod. My mother nodded to herself, as if she was making up her mind about something.
"Then that's what we'll do. We'll go shopping tomorrow." My mother said, looking back at my phone.
"So this thing you have with Xander...are you having sex with him?" My mother asked again, looking me right in the eyes.
I blushed very deeply and nodded again. There was too much evidence in my texts to try to deny it. My mother nodded to herself again, and then for some reason, started to smile.
"So...is he the 'top'"? My mother asked idly.
"Mom!!" I said, surprised that she would ask me that.
I gaped at her for a second as I tried to understand what she wanted to know. I made several mentions about giving Xander blowjobs, which itself made me want to melt into the floor. But was she asking if he ever reciprocated? I couldn't actually remember if we had said anything about it, but no, he didn't. My mother was still looking at me expectantly, however.
"Y-Yes he is." I mumbled, praying that neither Caleb nor Zoey were listening from the top of the stairs.
"It's nothing to be embarrassed about, Nicky. I just wanted to know." My mother said, putting the phone down.
"Alright, we'll need to get moving on this. Summer vacation ends in a week, and you'll need a few outfits to wear by the time you go back to school." My mother said, standing up from the table.
Outfits? School? Did she mean I would be wearing girl's clothes...to school? The full implications were beginning to become apparent to me, and they were enough to make me stand up too.
"What? Mom, I can't!" I whined shrilly, not bothering to keep my voice down.
"You want to wear girl's clothes. Fine, you will. You have another year of school left before you graduate." My mother said patiently, sounding as if she was explaining something very obvious to me.
"I can't! Everyone will make fun of me!" I said weakly.
"Maybe at first. But I'll talk to the school and make sure they understand your gender fluidity. It'll be okay." My mother said, leaving the kitchen.
I trailed behind her and tried to think of what could possibly change her mind. My mother had an iron stubbornness to her that made persuasion very difficult. For some reason, it had gotten into her head that I was desperate to wear girl's clothes. Which...was true. But I was also desperate to avoid the humiliation that would result in going to school in them. So what could I do? I grabbed the back of her shirt lightly, feeling much younger than I was.
"Mom, wait. What if you got me a tutor?" I asked hopefully.
"Buying you a new wardrobe is already going to cost me. Do you know how much a tutor charges?" My mother asked absently, removing my hands from her shirt.
"What if I paid for it?" I asked her, just trying to keep her interest.
"You don't have any money." My mother said, frankly.
"But...what if I worked for it? I could pay for it by doing the cooking and the cleaning. I'll do a really good job, I promise!" I said eagerly.
My mother seemed to consider this for awhile before shaking her head.
"Doing the housework is a big job, Nicky. I don't think you're up to it." My mother said, sounding somewhat regretful.
"I am! I'll prove it! Just give me a chance! Please, Mom." I whined, knowing that I had a tiny chance to avoid the extreme public humiliation that might be in my future.
My mother sighed and looked down at my hopeful face. I could see the gears turning in her head, which meant the time for talking was over. I could only clasp my hands in supplication in front of her.
"Okay, Nicky. I'll give you three days. If I don't like your performance at the end of those three days, you're going to school. Got it?" My mother said, crossing her arms and looking down at me.