Sam woke up and immediately grabbed her phone, hoping the late night text had actually been real. And there it was, from her cousin Alex "I know it's been a long time, and we didn't end on the best of terms 4 years ago, but my wedding is in two weeks and I would be honored if you were in the wedding party."
The message came through at 1 am. And with it, all of the emotion and trauma since she started her transition, exactly 4 years ago. Alex and Scott had been best friends growing up. Born less than a week apart, their families lived next to each other. They were inseparable, even as they grew older and entered high school, Alex a jock and Scott a drama nerd. Alex was the first to know that Scott was gay, yet they still maintained their close connection.
It wasn't until Scott announced that he would begin to transition into a woman, now Sam, that her whole world turned upside down. Her family completely disowned her and she turned to the one person that she thought she could trust, her closest friend in the world. She poured her heart out, hoping that they could spend the rest of their lives together, when he shocked her too. Alex had bigger and better plans in life than to be in a taboo relationship like that.
She cried herself to sleep that night and nearly every night since. The new found estrogen clearly overpowering her emotions, but she was still in love, and of course she would be there for Alex. He asked her to come down this weekend so they could go over some details before the big day.
Sam made the 2 hour drive in her beat up 1995 Honda Accord. She pulled up to their ten thousand square foot mansion at exactly 9am, having forgotten exactly how far she'd fallen while comparing their house to her run down 800 square foot loft. Alex's fiancé was just opening their garage as Sam stepped out of her car. She had only seen Kylie in photos while Facebook stalking Alex, yet knew exactly who she was. A former beauty queen and current bikini model, her body was even more breathtaking in person.