“I’ll do it,” I agreed.
In a short while Penny had me dressed up in some of her more conservative clothes, having to make a few minor adjustments to my body with the medallion so that they’d fit right.
“Do you have to put that shit on?” I asked in disgust as Penny enthusiastically put makeup on me, much to Brandon’s amusement. He was teasing me bad enough right then that I knew I’d never live this down.
“Quiet or you don’t get no beer,” I threatened him half heartedly.
“That should do it,” Penny announced with a grin. “Not great, and it was kind of a quick job, but it will definitely work.”
Grumbling, I looked into the mirror and had to admit that she was right. There was no way that I looked like I was only 18. No way.
Together the three of us walked down the street to the store, and I felt extremely self conscious the entire time. It was one thing to change and look like some girl while I was in the privacy of Penny’s apartment, but being out in public was an entirely different matter. I felt so exposed, so embarrassed and so out of place. Penny assured me that I was just fine, but Brandon was a little less helpful, taking turns between giving me wolf whistles and politely calling me “Ma’am”.
Once we got to the store, Brandon gave me just about everything in his wallet, which admittedly wasn’t much, and Penny gave me a few dollars more.
“Well here goes nothing,” I said, going inside while they remained behind. It was much easier than I expected to get the beer, though I kept expecting someone to point out that I was still under age. When the clerk half heartedly asked for my drivers license, I told him I left it at home and was slightly surprised when he dropped the subject and let me have the beer anyways.
“Thank you,” I told him as I left the store, amazed that I’d managed to actually get away with that.
Shortly afterwards we’d managed to return to Penny’s apartment all right, and all three of us were laughing and excited.
“Well here’s to Adam,” Brandon said, popping open a beer and holding it up. “Cheers.”
“Cheers,” Penny and I echoed as we both drank our own beers.