The next day, Vanessa was at the office once again, after feeling fully delighted at the experience with her new boyfriend yesterday. However,
the manger came to her for a briefing, and he didn’t look terribly pleased.
The manger said as a matter of factly, “Vanessa…if I can call you that-“
Vanessa replied, before later whispering, “Sure. You can call me that….or as Steve which I prefer…”
Vanessa didn’t know why she said that last part, but she guessed she wanted to be called by a guy name sometimes.
The manager replied, “That is precisely one of the issues I’m talking about. Your gender identity issues, masturbating at work, having gay male
fantasies, being a slacker, these are fantasies that a gay man your age would dream to have. But, as your boss, I’m tired of seeing your
productivity slump.”
He continues to say, “In addition, it’s been a couple years since I’ve last called or referred to you by a pronoun of your biological gender, in
which you chided me abrasively, much to my regret. I’ve seen you walk into men’s restrooms, so often that you don’t sneak there anymore,
and you’ve gotten into a fistfight with a boy who wanted to out you due to your physical appearance. I feel your pain, though it can get in the
way of your work sometimes.”
Vanessa asked curiously, “So, what exactly are you saying, Mr. Weiss?”
Mr. Weiss responds, “You know you’re our least productive, and most expensive worker here, right? But I won’t fire you. I never fire any of my
employees, unless if they steal, commit a crime blatantly, but never for laziness or a lack of productivity. It’s my job to motivate. And also,
we’d have to give you unemployment benefits, for not working and such, and that’d be a huge hassle to deal with. Plus, I do like having you
around, for reasons unto myself. You’re like an apprentice, the gay son I never had…even if you were born a different gender. If I were to go
gay, it’d be with you.”
He continues on, saying, “I’ve always considered you a man, from the day we met. Actually, from the day I caught you ‘bating. Masturbating,
which was several years ago. So I didn’t’ say anything, and I tried to shrug it off, but later I learned, it’s who you want to be, and I’m
absolutely, 100%, okay with it.”
Vanessa wonders, what exactly is he saying? Did she just hear that?
Her boss, Mr. Weiss then went on to say, “So…I’m relegating you to dressing as a man only. Therefore, you get to become a gay man, and you
must dress as a man, walk and talk like a man, and be a man, at work. I know I made your dreams come true…but just try not to masturbate at
work. Keep it in your pants, Van.”
Vanessa replies in a hushed tone, “Thanks, Mr. Weiss. My chosen name, will be Stephen Van. Steve as a nickname. It will be an honor going
the men’s bathhouse, and steam room.”
Mr. Weiss replies, “You got it, sir. Consider it your dream come true.”
Steve/Vanessa replies back, “Thanks, Mr. Weiss.”
Mr. Weiss replies assuredly, “Don’t worry about it. You can call me, Garrett, and my door is always open if you need to talk to me. Don’t forget
to pack , cut your hair, and bind your boobs. Sorry, I meant chest. I can teach you how to pee standing up, if you want.”
Steve/Vanessa laughed, before saying, “I’m sure I’ll figure out how to do those things in time. And thank you, for correcting yourself by saying
chest, instead of boobs. I hate when people like at me, and call my beautiful, manly chest as those..."things." Thank you, hun.”
The two of them shook hands before they left.