Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-23929867-20140824044005/@comment-23929867-20140825052120

Emily took a big bite of her pastrami sandwich before responding.

"It's like this," she said. "I ... guess it all started when I was 13, and when I enrolled at Pharos Academy. I'd never been to a proper school before, as I was homeschooled up until that point. So this was my first chance to really see how other kids my age interacted with each other. And so, as the semester progressed, I hung out with the other boys, but something was ... wrong. I just ... didn't understand them. Their likes and dislikes, their way of thinking, it eluded me. I found myself often watching the girls play, wishing I could play with them. Of course, the other kids just thought I was 'interested' in them, and that was about the age that should be happening, so I dismissed it for a while. Even when I talked to my mom about it, she said the same thing. It was perfectly natural for growing boys to take an interest in girls, she said. And so I nodded, kept my head low, and tried to be a normal boy. Really, I tried!" At this, it looked like she was trying to convince Kira that yes, indeed, she really did try to be a normal boy.

"It wasn't until my second year that I decided to ask a councilor about it. Well ... I say that, but it was my mom who decided that I should talk to a councilor, to help me understand what was going on. I resisted, at first, like most kids my age. But then, when I started talking to her, telling her how I felt, she told me that maybe I wasn't like the other boys. She told me that sometimes, kids weren't really what their genitalia dictated. Sometimes they would be a boy externally, but have the mind of a girl. That's what I was experiencing."

Taking a deep breath, Emily rested her voice for a moment, in order to give Kira a chance to ask any questions she may have had.