We all knew of Billy Pearlman and how he sometimes liked to not only dress in woman's clothes, but sometimes would show up at school dressed like a girl. Seeing Billy in the crowd, dressed in a long flowing blue dress, a matching blouse and a pair of black crushed velvet boots, I turned to the others and asked in my feminine voice, "You think we should give Billy what he has always wanted?"
The others talked amongst themselves in low voices, while I stood there holding Sam's hand, passing back the glances she kept giving me, the feeling that I wanted her more and more growing. Finally Danny turned and nodded and seeing that Jack, Ron and Jen agreed as well, I turned to were I had saw Billy.
Not seeing him at first, I scanned the crowd. Finally I saw him and looking at Sam I said, "Billy Pearlman is a girl that attends our school. She is a smart, straight A student, but really shy. These features doesn't prevent her from having at least two close friends and one boyfriend. She has tried out for the cheer leading squad and found that it's not her thing. She is into Ballet and some gymnastics."
Before our eyes, Billy's brown hair grew out until its length was just past her shoulders. Her frame shifted and shrank down until a more feminine frame was present. In the end, Billy stood about five foot two and as we looked at her, the memories came flooding in and we knew Billy because she's not only a good friend to Ron, but she is his girlfriend. All Ron could say was, "I didn't see that one coming." And began to wave down his girlfriend, whom he had known since before he'd met all of us.
Sam looked at me with a seductive look and suddenly I realized that I wanted her more then ever. I wanted to experience the strongest thing that we shared; the bond that two hermaphrodites share and not just some memory that says we did it.
Looking at the rest of the group, I said to them, "I beat. Do you think we could continue this tomorrow?"
Being joined by Billy, the others knew the looks that Sam and I kept passing back and forth and figuring that we wanted some along time said that we could pick this up tomorrow. "I mean, the carnival is in town for the next three days and this also gives us time to think," Ron interjected.
Greeting Billy as she took Ron's hand, I bid the others good evening and gently pulling Sam away, I whispered into her pierced ear, "Your place or mine?"
Sam giggled and said to me, "Wherever the wind may take us. Or which ever house we arrive at first."
Grinning, knowing Sam's house was closer, we left the carnival. It was dark most of the way and we had to pass through the downtown area and as we were, the unexpected happen. Moving out of the alley, directly in front of us, a man with an unwashed smell approached us and said, "Such fine creatures should not be walking about, alone."
"What do you want?" Sam asked, a quiver in her voice.
Grinning yellowed and crooked teeth, the man produced a knife in his left hand and said to us, "Sexual pleasure."
Suddenly his face, which was partially hidden in the shadows scrunched up and he hit the side of his head with his right hand and screamed, "NO! No. That sort of thing leaves evidence and you don't want that, do you Cory."
Hugging Sam, realizing that I might just get raped by a lunatic, knowing full well that I could get pregnant, I wanted to scream. As if seeing something, Cory turned back to us and said, "Cory has a much better idea. Sexual pleasure is no longer on the menu. Instead, Cory wants all your money and the pretties that you call jewelry." And then he began to laugh; a high pitched insane laugh.
Scared, hoping that he hasn't seen the ring, feeling Sam move as she began to remove whatever money she has in her purse, I follow suit and remove the past few allowances that I have managed to save up.
Handing it to Cory, seeing Sam do likewise, I say to him, "Here, you have what you want, now please just go."
Slicing the air with the knife and almost cutting Sam in the process, the mugger screams out, "CUNT! Didn't you listen to Cory? He said he wants you pretties to. That means those fine earrings and that rock you've got on your finger!"
Crying, not sure how to get out of this, I first removed my earrings and then the ring. Handing them to Cory, I saw that Sam had removed her Jewelry as well. Grabbing the money and the jewelry from us, Cory begins to laugh again and then adopting a serious air, he says to us, "If you fine creatures squeal on Cory, he with find you and make you pay! He will put sexual pleasure back on the menu and then after that he will cut you with his special knife!"
Turning, he ducked back down the alleyway he had emerged from. Unsure of what to do, knowing that I was stuck for the time being as a hermaphrodite, knowing Tim and his gang were stuck as tampons and condoms, I hugged Sam, who was also crying. Taking her hand, allowing myself to be led back to her place, wondering if sex can be still so good after you've just been mugged and pondering if it can be a kind of soul food to comfort someone who has just gone through a traumatic experience. Somewhere, Sam said to me, "Don't worry, we'll get the ring back some how."