Thomas was done.
He'd been depressed for some time after having getting dumped by his girlfriend after they were together for two years. and getting laid off from his job at the local newspaper only made things worse.
He was on the verge of committing suicide, but then he had an idea.
The convenience store he usually went to had these mysterious TG sodas that he thought about trying but could never bring himself to get one himself.
"Clearly being a man has not worked out for me so far, maybe becoming a woman could finally fix my problems."
He bought himself some rope at a hardware store and was planning to hang himself from the patio of his apartment, instead he walked down to the store to get one of those mysterious drinks.
When he walked in grabbed a can of the plain flavour and went to the counter.
Working the counter was a girl named Molly, who had been friends with Thomas since they were in Elementary School.
"Are you sure you know what you're getting yourself into with one of these?" asked Molly.
"With how things have been going for me lately, I'm willing to do anything," answered Thomas.
He bought the drink then walked home, but Molly's voice still lingered in his head.
Molly was close friends with Thomas' sister Emily, so Molly was like family to him.
When he got back to his apartment, he took off his clothes and stared at his naked body in the bathroom.
He stood about 6'1" but was a little overweight with a bit of a pot belly, mostly because of a poor diet and not going to the gym in some time.
He also had a light beard and his hairline was receding even though he was only in his mid-20's (granted his father and both of his grandfathers were bald by the time they were 40 so you could blame that on genetics).
The side of the can warning label of sorts which explained how long the effects would last depending on how much he drank, including the fact that if he drank the whole thing, the change was permanent.
"Becoming a woman would be preferable to ending my own life, so here goes nothing."
With that, he opened the can and drank the whole thing in one foul swoop.
He set the empty can down on the counter and slowly but surely over the next few minutes, the changes were happening.
First, the hair on his face and his body vanished and he felt his skin getting softer.
"I'm starting to feel better already," he thought.
Then he felt the muscles inside his body changing to a more feminine appearance, his broad shoulders slimmed down, his arms became more slender and he saw his fingernails getting noticeably longer.
Thomas looked down and saw a similar change happening to his feet and legs, he also noticed that his legs changed shape, he was becoming shorter.
His height was now about 5'9" which was still tall compared to most women (his sister Emily was about 5'7").
The next thing to change was his hips which grew bigger and wider, and he also felt some of the fat on his body moving to his butt.
He then looked at his chest and his nipples became puffier and female breasts started growing and ended up reaching a C Cup.
"Oh my god I can't believe this is happening," he said out loud as his voice and face changed to that of a woman's.
Thomas looked in the mirror and saw his male-pattern baldness reversing as his hairline returned to the way it was when it was a teenager, and then the hair subsequently grew longer and ended up just past his shoulders.
The last thing to change was between his legs when his penis and testicles retracted inside his body, forming a fully functioning vagina.
What was a depressed and suicidal man named Thomas only a few minutes ago, was now a confident and lively woman named Tammy.
She was ready to live the rest of her life as a woman, what would she now do with her new body?