“Hi, you must be Mr. and Mrs. Kelton. I’m Jeff, I’m the lead scientist here. I’ll be performing the test today.”
“Ooh fancy,” said Sarah morosely, “we get the big chief here.”
“I’m on this because in the entirety of human existence, there has never been a case of someone having Second Puberty twice. We hope to learn a lot.”
“I’m just hoping y’all are wrong,” sniffled Sarah. “I started out life as a weedy, skinny misfit, and lucked out into a body that turns heads. So now I get to be that skinny misfit again I guess, but old.”
“Let’s find out. Please lie on the scanner with your hands by your sides. The glass is a little cold so don’t be surprised when it touches your breasts,” said Jeff as he started the machine.
Twenty minutes later, he returned with a laptop. “Well, this is very interesting.”
“If you don’t cut to the chase, you’re gonna regret it,” growled Brad. “Does that look like a woman who wants to play mind games?”
“Very well,” Jeff said blandly. “You already know from your first experience that Second Puberty tends to accentuate gender-typical attributes. Which is to say, M2Fs tend to become petite and buxom women, and F2Ms tend to become tall, muscular men.”
“You are about a week into what should be an eight to twelve week transformation,” he continued. “It looks like you are going to end up between six feet and six feet three inches tall, and it appears that you’ll be quite broad-shouldered and solidly built. Given that the testosterone level in you is already at 500 nanograms per deciliter and you’re only a week into, chances are male secondary sex traits will be strongly expressed in you.”
“What does that mean?” asked Brad.
“Mrs. Kelton will probably be thickly bearded with ample body hair, a deep voice, strong musculature, a lantern jaw, and a prominent brow ridge. We also tend to see that sexual equipment tends to be on the larger side. Unusually, there’s no prediction of sexuality.”
Sarah buried her face in her hands.
“But that is not the interesting part,” said Jeff.
“There’s MORE?” gasped Brad.
“Yes. It’s not uncommon for Second Puberty patients to appear much younger, because the body tends to retire itself to the age where puberty passes. But in this case, the models are telling us that Mrs. Kelton will end up mid-puberty and need to finish growing as any adolescent would.” He tapped a button and cast the laptop screen to a monitor on the wall.
“We have an AI tool that can generate a preview. It’s not guaranteed, and things can change with environment, but it looks like you will be a very large, very strong, very masculine man when you are done growing.” He clicked a button and cast the laptop screen to a monitor on the wall.
Both Sarah and Brad gasped. On the screen was a ruggedly handsome teenager, clearly strong and athletic but not done filling out. Sarah burst into tears as Brad just stared at the monitor.
“We have never seen this before. We’ll want to see Mrs. Kelton… or Mr. Kelton, I guess, once the pronouns change… twice a week until the change is complete, and then monthly thereafter until growth is complete. We are in contact with both Dr. Pierce and the Second Puberty Bureau of Health and Human Services, and despite having been through this before, you will be eligible for the same disability claim you had the first time. I’ll sign off on six months to get you through the end of May. Please make an appointment at the desk as you leave. I’ll send a copy of this report to Dr. Pierce as well as to your SPB secure inbox.”
Sarah stared at Brad. “I… I’m gonna turn into THAT?” She looked down at her breasts and her wide hips. “It’s not possible. It’s not fucking possible!”