Darla was already feeling that she was living her best life since announcing her transition. Tony wasn't real romantic--Darla was his first girlfriend and it showed--but he was a kind, loving guy and completely comfortable with a transgirl girlfriend. Just the fact that she could say "my boyfriend" gave her a thrill of pleasure.
But things were actually going to get better. Not because of the news about trans women becoming fertile through surgery--if Darla thought about becoming a mother it was in the hazy future, when she would be really old, like in her 20s. But because Janice had asked her to be a bridesmaid! She would get to wear both a prom dress and a bridesmaid's dress!
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"So" said Maggie "Looks like the world bee population is recovering. Good news! That you?"
"Yeah, Clarice said it was Sharonda's idea. Apparently over the long term the lack of bees going to be a real problem. They won't sting anyone who's allergic, though."
"My poor sweet overburdened girlfriend, saving the world one crisis at a time." Maggie gave Taylor a hug.