"Uh...nothing much," I answered.
"Working on your school project?" my mother asked.
"Sure," I replied although I had no idea what she meant.
Then a voice called out from another room in the house. "Mommy!" the voice said. I recognized it as the
voice of my younger sister Leah. She was only 10 years old. I thought how the change would affect her and
realized this may not be a good thing. She came bounding into the room hopping back and forth. She, too, was
naked. But I noticed that she did not have a penis. She looked like a normal 10-year old girl.
"Leah, what have you gotten yourself into?" my mother asked.
My sister answered in an overly sweet voice, "Oh, nothing."
Karyn leaned over to me and whispered, "She doesn't have...you know?"
Leah heard what Karyn said and looked at her with displeasure. "Don't tease me! I hate it!" she shouted.
"Karyn," my mother said, "why would you say that? You know she's so anxious to grow up, but she's got to wait
a couple more years. Then she'll be as beautiful as you two girls."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Leah," Karyn answered. "I, uh, wasn't thinking."
Leah smiled at Karyn. "It's OK, I know you didn't mean it," she said. "Anyway, Mommy, can I have some money
for ice cream. Carrie and Emily are going down the street and I want to go with them."
"I suppose so," my mother said. "But be back as quick as you can, OK?"
"Sure," she said. She took the money from my mother and shouted, "Bye!" to us as she hopped out of the room.
My mother looked back at us. "Are you two going to be here for dinner or not?" she asked.
"Uh, I'm not sure yet," I answered. "We'll let you know. But we've got to get back upstairs right now."