It had been three weeks since Jake had taken a leap of faith and joined The Sisterhood, and she hadn't seen her friend Rahim since.
Until today.
"Hey, Rahim!" she yelled from a distance, waving her arm, finally grabbing his attention.
It took Rahim a moment to recognize her.
"Jake?!"
"Hi!!!" she squealed.
Jake still had trouble running in heels even after her (born) female coworkers had shown her how to walk in them for a solid week, so instead of sprinting like she wanted to, she instead walked as briskly as she could towards her buddy, holding carefully onto her paper plate holding a big slice of pepperoni pizza.
She sat down at a picnic table across from Rahim, a big goofy smile on her pretty, made up face.
"Hey stranger!"
"Hey yourself" Rahim said, his mouth half filled with a burrito. He pointed casually at Jake, his finger waving around in the air.
"So how do you like batting for the other team now?"
"It's amazing!" Jake said, brushing her cutely cut bobbed hair. "Best decision I've ever made. You know what they say about the female orgasm being so much better than a male orgasm? Well, those people are correctamundo."
"Neat."
"Can I ask you a question? Why are you being so distant towards me? Where have you been?"
Rahim laughed cynically.
"You didn't give me a chance to decline, and you asked two questions."
"Oh, I'm sorry!" Jake said, enveloping Rahim's hand gently with her own smaller one. "I'm just nervous."
Unconsciously, Jake crossed her legs.
"I" Rahim started. "I guess I just had trouble accepting that you'd jump the fence so easily, that's all. It wasn't a sexist thing. I didn't want to lose you, and I was scared to face what you became."
"Rahim" Jake said, squeezing his hand firmly but gently. "Buddy, I'm still me. I'm still Jake. I didn't even change my name. I just traded a penis for a pair of tits and a vagina."
Rahim waved his hand again, this time at Jake's body, which was dressed in a modest length black skirt suit and a white blouse.
"You definitely changed your choice of attire."
"Oh God, tell me about it" Jake giggled. "The one negative thing about this whole experience was having to replace all of my clothes because none of my guy clothes fit me anymore. My mom and my grandma took me out and made me try on all sorts of girly shit. It was low key so embarrassing, but it was worth it."
"I have to say, you have a nice pair of legs now."
"Thanks!"
"So you're a lesbian now too, huh?"
"I am!"
"How's that working out?"
"Dude, my sexuality hasn't changed at all. I liked women as a guy, and as a lady, I like other ladies. Big whoop" Jake said, shrugging her tiny shoulders.
"Is it true that you're immortal now?"
"It is! Dude, it's bananas. I sliced a butcher knife down my arm a few days after I changed just to check if the rumors were for real, and the wound healed instantly. Then I copied that scene in Jennifer's Body where Megan Fox burns her tongue with the lighter. Didn't bother me at all. In fact, it kind of tickled. I'm like freaking Wolverine!"
"Jennifer's Body, there you go! She was a succubus in that movie. How do you know that these weird powers aren't demonic at all, or just sketchy?"
"Well, I haven't eaten any boys yet, if that counts for anything. And I'm here with you in the daylight, so I'm clearly not a vampire or anything.. I have eaten *out* a bunch of women these last three weeks though."
Rahim raised his thick eyebrows, appraising the last part of Jake's pitch.
"Brother, if you have trouble up girls, I would be like the *perfect* wingwoman for you. Girls love me now, way more than when I was a man."
Jake finally took a bite of her pizza.
"Well yeah, just look at you!"
"Exactly! So you'll pick up a lot more dates if you just stick by me. This change I've made is nothing but beneficial."
"Nobody is bothered by the fact that you used to be a man?"
"Well, I don't generally go around advertising it. The only people who know are my coworkers and boss, and my parents and my grandma. And now you."
"Interesting. Very interesting."