Tug of War 66.7

Everyone turned towards the door, and they saw a beautiful young woman wearing a mint green gown. Her makeup wasn't very elaborate, but looked elegant and tasteful; her hair was tied up in a neat ponytail, with braids coming out of the front, and some loose curls falling down her face.

"K-kate!" Timothy cried out, more confused than ever. Nothing was making sense that evening, but this time he had a pleasure surprise, at least. "I can't believe you are here! I mean... I thought you were going to to take care of your grandma and... Ah nevermind! It's sooo fabulous to see you!"

"I asked my aunt to spend the night with grandma. You look stunning, Tiff! It always amazes me how you keep getting prettier and prettier."

"Thank you, Kate!" Timothy said, blushing. "You look gorgeous, as well! This dress totally suits you. Now that I am thinking about it, I don't think I have ever seen you wearing a dress before."

"Yeah... I've never been a dress girl. And I feel awkward wearing such a fancy gown."

"Nonsense! You look just like a dream!"

That was Kate's turn to blush. "If you say so... But this is just an old dress from my mom, you know. My aunt helped me with my hair and makeup, since I'm not particularly good at it. We had to improvise since I decided to go to the Gala at the very last minute."

"What made you change your mind, Kate?"

"You did."

"Me?!"

"Exactly. I've been thinking about everything, and I don't want to run away from my feelings anymore. I want to take you to the Gala, Tiff... as my date."

Everyone held their breath after hearing such an unexpected revelation. The first one to regain his composure was Richard, who commented mockingly, "It seems like this thing of wishing to be a girl was just bullshit, right, Tiffany, princess? Or should I call you Timothy? How is that possible you want to be a female if you are about to date a girl, huh? What else have you been hiding from me?"

"I don't know what's going on here, but Tiffany isn't into girls!" Matthew stated, outraged. "I know she had a lot of fun while we were making out! Not to mention when she was sucking my..."

"Gosh, how can anyone be so gross and disgusting?" Alyssa said, pulling Matthew's hair from behind so hard that the guy tripped and fell to the floor. "You never learn, do you? I see I'll have to do something drastic about you to make you get the message."

Taking the opportunity, Kate addressed Richard, "What you said is absurd, Mrs. Foster! Tiffany being interested in females doesn't make her less of a woman! You know that lesbians exist, right? And bisexuals? I thought the father of a trans girl wouldn't be someone so closed-minded."

"Blasphemy!" Richard exclaimed in horror, his face flushed. "All this crap is just a plan by the communists and the media to destroy our society!"

"No, you're wrong. There is nothing abnormal about not being heterosexual" Kate said, in a defiant tone. "I know I am a lesbian for a long time, and when I was dating Lyss, some years ago, I..." Kate suddenly stopped talking, with a shocked expression on her face, realizing she had gone way too far.

"Wait a minute" Timothy said, open-mouthed. "Are you telling me that Lyss and you used to date?!"

"Is that true, Lyss? You dated... her?" Chloe asked, equally stunned.

"Oh my gosh, I should have brought some popcorn 'cos the tea is served!" Gabriella cried out, getting more and more excited. It was clear she truly loved a good gossip.

Alyssa, who until a moment ago was still glaring at Matthew on the floor, looked at Kate with a lost and frightened expression. Timothy had definitely never seen her looking like that.

"I... I'm so sorry, Lyss!" Kate said, approaching the girl with unsure steps. "I had no right to expose you this way. I don't know what was wrong with me... Can you forgive me? But maybe... you know... that's a good thing..." Kate continued, carefully. "You know dating guys just to keep up appearances never did you any good. You deserve to be happy, Lyss. Can we talk about it later? In private? You know that we can talk whenever you want" Alyssa, who remained speechless all the time, just nodded, still looking numb and bewildered.

"So, Tiff" Kate turned to Timothy again, grabbing his hands. "This is the moment of truth... do you want to go to the Gala with me?"

But before the feminized guy could open his mouth to answer, yet another person appeared on the scene. "Wow, why are there so many people here? And why is everyone wearing costumes? Is this a party? I thought Halloween was still many months away..."

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Hey, guys!

I'm sorry for the delay. My video card (gtx 1060) stopped working last week, so I had to order a new one, since it is impractical to work on Daz with an onboard card. The sad thing is that I used the card for less than two years... :(

Anyway, the new card took forever to arrive, but I got it yesterday. I considered buying one of the new 3000 series cards, but they haven't arrived to Brasil yet, and the pre-sale prices are crazy. Computer components are absurdly expensive in Brazil. I bought a RTX 2060 super, which cost the equivalent of three monthly minimum wages in Brazil :( 

But the good news is that now I can render 4 times faster than before by the tests I did! Yay!! :)