Over the next month, Jazz Wilson found herself gradually coming to terms with her newer, more feminine life.
Sudden popularity had been a culture shock for the former boy, who outside of his small circle of fellow social outcast geeks had zero social life. Now, she was one of the most popular girls in school, which came with its own set of advantages and disadvantages.
For one thing, Jazz felt more confident than she had ever felt in her life before this.
As Milton, he had been made to feel self conscious and insecure, even ashamed of who he was. Ashamed for being geeky, which was seen as strange and off putting by the student populace. Ashamed for being overweight and short for his age, which was seen as unattractive. Ashamed for being openly attracted to Asian women and video game characters, which was seen as creepy and gross. Ashamed for well, for being a guy.
As a woman, all of that went away. Jazz's nerdiness, which used to ghettoize Milton to the bottom rung of Shermer High's food chain, had made her a figure of female empowerment. The resident feminists and SJWs of the school had lauded Jazz for being defying stereotypes and being a model student, the perfect combination of brains and beauty.
Her obsessions were now seen as endearing instead of gross, just a quirk of an eccentrically charming geek girl, and her membership in the D&D club and the cheerleading team was seen as bridging the gap between two worlds.
It made Jazz feel really, really good to be noticed and appreciated for once.
The increased athleticism and stamina didn't hurt either. It was fun being able to run up and down stairs without getting winded.
On the other hand, being an attractive girl had its drawbacks as well, like the leering. Jazz couldn't walk down a hallway without at least a dozen pairs of eyeballs following her every move. Thirsty teenage boys who used to pick on Milton were now laser focused on her perfectly rounded booty and her seductive hips as they swayed back and forth. During cheer practice, there were plenty of catcalls from the bleachers, which most of the girls had gotten used to but bothered Jazz more than she had expected it to.
Teachers who had formerly praised Milton's work now seemed perpetually surprised when Jazz aced every test and answered every lecture question with erudition and depth.
There was also the change in the nature of her relationship with her guy friends.
Since Jazz looked a touch like a younger Krysten Ritter, there was barrage of Jessica Jones and Breaking Bad jokes from her fellow geeks, like Connor, and Eric, and Curtis, and all the rest of the crew. These jokes didn't offend Jazz, and they had their hearts in the right place but it subconsciously made her realize that despite Katie's good intentions, her best friend hadn't actually improved her life. She has merely traded one set of insecurities for another.
Instead of being made fun of for being a pasty faced dork, Jazz was now being minimized as "the hot chick". She was beloved, but a large portion of people didn't take her seriously.
And despite her popularity, she *still* didn't have a girlfriend.