At first, Matt was inclined to refuse, considering how nervous she was about the current situation. However, it occurred to her that this might also be a good opportunity. After all, she had only had limited interactions with people she knew well thus far after changing. If she was going to convince herself that she hadn't just lost her mind, it might be best to see how others reacted to her new frame.
"Okay, see you when I get off work," Matt pasted on what she hoped was a normal smile.
"Great! I'll let the others know," Noel grinned and waved as he headed off.
Entering the pub, Matt saw a bunch of her friends, including Noel, waiting around the bar for a table to free up. Spotting Matt as she entered, Noel waved her over. She had headed straight to the pub after work, so she was still in her male clothes. Exchanging smiles and greetings with her chums, both male and female, Matt was intrigued that not one of them had any inkling she had once been a guy, but all of them treated her the same as before. Just at the moment when she truly began to wonder if it was all inside her head, something unexpected happened.
"Ooh!" Matt gasped surprisedly in her higher voice as two hands reached out from behind her and squeezed her breasts.
"I don't know how you manage to not wear a bra and never sag. I'm so jealous!" A female voice floated over Matt's shoulder as she blinked in surprise at the sensitivity of her new chest. Matt turned to see a classmate, Alexis, who grinned back as though her actions were completely normal. Alexis was a sculptor, and had never had a good sense of personal boundaries even when Matt was male, but she never approached people in a sexual manner. Rather, she always viewed - and touched - people as references for her work. "Are you okay? You look a little feverish," Alexis squinted in the low light, as Matt felt her cheeks redden and burn with embarrassment.
"Fine, just didn't get much sleep last night," Matt hurriedly waved her off. Well, she now had rather graphic confirmation that it was not all in her head. As the group found a table, Matt nursed a drink and pretended to follow the conversation, but she instead tried to make sense of her new lot in life. While it didn't have to be permanent, Matt gradually came to the decision that she should make use of her female form for now in order to see what the pitfalls might be of trying more extreme modifications using the Chronivac. If there were any problems, she could always just change herself back into a guy, although she might never be able to return herself exactly to her original form. It wouldn't matter anyway, though, as long as she ensured whatever form she took would be reinserted into her original life.
Her mind wandering back to the incident with Alexis, Matt began to consider the ramifications of her new form. She had been shocked - and somewhat mortified, oddly enough - at the sensations coming from her breasts, and considered what sex might be like as a female. However, as she scanned the other bar patrons, she realized she felt hardly any attraction for the males, and was still attracted to females as she had been in her male form. Nevertheless, she still wanted to have the sexual pleasure of having sex with a male, if only to see if it was as stimulating, if not more so, than having her breasts fondled. However, how could she enjoy it if she felt no attraction to males?