Wordlessly, I step back. Elizabeth breezes past me and tours around the room. I close the door.
Her demeanor is so relaxed and casual. It's hard to see her as a dominant persona that commands all these people I've met. It's more that her easy manner makes me want to please her. To give her whatever she asks to make her happy. It seems her real talent is in how easily she can hypnotize and enthrall me. With her melodic voice. Orgasmic laugh. Her beguiling charm. Her angelic looks.
"This morning went about how I figured it would," she says, turning to me. "I didn't think you'd just jump into this without any resistance. It wouldn't be so easy. But I have faith in you. And in what we can do." She sits on the edge of the bed. She falls silent and looks at me.
I take a breath. I try to fight the feeling in the back of my mind that I'm simply elated to have her full attention. "I still don't understand why," I say to her.
"Why?"
"Why me? You said I wasn't scouted. Why did you pick me for this?" I can feel my heart rate go up. I know that I need to be sure of the answer in order to go forward.
"Is it because I'm not a very masculine man?" I ask, gesturing down at myself. I feel myself getting worked up. "I'm not big or macho. So I'd make a good woman? I don't necessarily feel flattered."
She tilts her head to the side. "You think we couldn't find another guy with a slim physique before you?"
I pause.
"That's easy, you know. Easier than you probably think. It's more than that." She shakes her head. "Much more.
"You're right-- you weren't scouted. Our meeting was merely happenstance. But I realized quickly that it was a blessing." She takes a big breath, nodding her head. "You just fell right into my lap."
"So then why didn't you just ask me, straight up?" I inquire. "Why the charade of going on dates? The drugs?"
"Would you have said yes if I just put it all out there?"
I open my mouth and close it again. She flashes an eyebrow upward. "I didn't want you to reject the idea outright. Also ..." She strokes her cheek with her index finger as she looks off in thought. "I suppose I had a moment of impatience. I can't tell you how long we've been searching for a candidate for this transition. I knew we struck gold with you. And I didn't want to hold off any longer.
"Do you know why I agreed to dinner with you?"
I shake my head.
"That first night, you didn't try to make a move. Didn't try to sidle up on me. Or grab my hand. Or vie for sex. You asked me out on a date. You opened yourself up. You were vulnerable and honest." She shakes her head, and pauses. I try to let her words sink in.
"I wouldn't normally have said yes. But your manner intrigued me. I haven't had an encounter-- a
truly
genuine encounter with a man like that in a long time.
"And then on the date, you were so considerate and kind. You didn't even go in for a kiss! I was waiting and couldn't believe it. Then ... I was compelled to make the move.
That
was genuine too."
She pauses to run her hand through her hair. I watch the elegant locks falling in perfect waves. Her hand lingers on her neck. What a graceful, slender neck she has. "Yes, your frame is an ideal foundation for us to build off of. But it's you on the inside that makes you perfect for this.
"You have empathy. You ask questions. And you actually listen to the answers!" she continues. "You play up your awkwardness, but you deploy it in a way that's disarming. You can put people at ease. And then you're able to display humor and thoughtfulness and charm.
"You don't give yourself enough credit," she adds as she glides the back of her fingers across the bottom of her chin.
"Yes, we'll make some changes on the outside. But you'll still be you at the core," she says. "That's what's most valuable to me. Your sensitivity. Your emotional maturity. You don't embody any macho aggressiveness. But you aren't a total pushover. There's a delicate balance we're seeking. And you have that."
"And what about all that with Lily?" I ask.
"What? Last night?" She tilts her head quizzically. Jesus, was that just last night?
"Well," she says, "we needed to establish some sort of baseline. If your performance was bad, well then we would've had to rethink things."
"Was I bad?"
"Did
you
think that was bad?" she asks.
"It felt unreal," I admit, "I just wasn't sure if she ..."
"If Lily had a good time?" She laughs. "This is what I'm talking about. Even with everything you've been put through, you're still considering
her
feelings. You're going to be
so good
at this."
She stands up from the bed and walks towards me. "You don't need to fight this. Or fight me. It's okay to want this," she says.
We're standing very close now. Her smell is so alluring! I have a good angle to view down her cleavage. I look back at her eyes, and she knows where I was peering. She seems to know everything.
"I think the thing holding you back is your masculine pride." She quiets her voice slightly. "This ego. This assumed need to be a
real man
. Whatever the hell that means.
"I think you need to let that go. Don't let something so pointless, so
fragile
stop you. You could be so much more than that. You could be extremely happy with this." She puts her hand on my chest.
Okay, it's true. My mind went to the negatives. The insanity, the impossibility. Could I consider another way of being? Outside of what has been expected of me? Am I clinging to something that is holding me back? What if she could pull it off?
"You're obviously attracted to women. You find the female form beautiful, yes? You never wondered if it'd be better to be a woman? What it would be like?
"I can help you find out. And ... you could have it all, so to speak." She reaches up and pushes the robe off my shoulders, causing it to drop onto the rug. "A beautiful body. With nice, soft tits. A great ass."
I find my thoughts fading away. I focus only on her closeness. She runs her index finger down my chest. "And a big, hard cock!"