“Quit pretending! You’ll never be a woman, creep!”

Rachel just rolled her eyes as her old neighbor continued her rant. She couldn’t make it to the end of the drive to get the mail without having Mrs. Rollins spew her venom. Never a moment’s peace. Early on in her transformation, she would’ve let such hate get to her, but now the strongest emotion she could manage was confused indifference. It wasn’t her fault she was predisposed to second puberty, it’s just that she preferred not to go through the hassle of all the treatments she’d need to keep her male body. It took a good deal of soul-searching- Rachel never thought badly about being a guy and had been doing alright, all things considered- but she went through with it and she hasn’t regretted that decision for a second; since becoming Rachel, she’s never felt more alive, more human. She was sure she’d eventually get sick of strangers coming up to her to compliment her on her looks, but she was still in the honeymoon stage were she basked in all the positive attention. Her relationship with her family has never been stronger, her mother always wanting a daughter. Friends were impressed, taking note of how confident she had gotten. Life was nearly going perfectly for Rachel, but it was bigots like her neighbor that had a way of souring the mood. Fortunately, as far as Rachel encountered, people like the old bat were in the minority: to most people, she was indistinguishable from any other woman to most, and even if they knew he undergoing second puberty, they were nothing but courteous. Even now, a jogger was running past, and from his expression, he probably thought Mrs. Rollins had dementia, calling the attractive, curvy woman across the street a man. Rachel knew that womanhood was more than having a heaving bosom, but lugging these things around, she sure didn’t feel like a guy! But enough of that nonsense, she needed to get ready. One of her buddies liked the new her so much he asked her out, and Rachel wanted to look perfect for her first night on the town as her true self.