Tug of War 42

"Look, man. Over there!"

"Who? That chick with a pink top?"

"Exactly!"

"Are you fucking kidding me? There's no way that hottie is a guy!"

"I'm telling you, man!" 

At lunchtime, when Timothy walked into the school cafeteria, everybody around stopped what they were doing to look at him, and started whispering. News that some boy had come to school dressed as a girl had quickly spread during the morning, and soon people were aware of who the boy in question was, although many students were having a hard time believing that such a stunning girl was in fact a boy in drag. 

"Are you okay, honey?" asked Kate, who once again was walking beside the feminized boy. 

"I… I guess so. I mean, it would be totally awesome if people stopped staring at me, but oh well... this is no worse than what happened in all my classes today."

His first morning at school as Tiffany had definitely not been easy for the poor boy. He was convinced that he could never forget how desperate he had felt during the roll call in his first class. When he raised his hand after hearing the name Timothy Foster, and teacher and his classmates looked at him equally astonished, the feminized boy wished more than anything to disappear from there. 

Such a scene was repeated several times in the following hours, and Timothy became aware –once and for all – that there was no turning back now. No matter what happened in the future, he would be forever remembered in that town as the boy who had gone to school wearing women's clothes and makeup. 

That was a very disturbing thought, but also… somehow liberating. The boy knew he had nothing to lose now. His reputation was already ruined, so he could focus on getting even with his father. 

"Look, Kate" Timothy said, as they kept walking through the cafeteria. "There is an empty table in that corner, pleasantly far from the other ones. Can we sit there, pretty please?"

"We can't, Tiff. Sorry."

"Why not?"

"Because I'm trying to spot someone."

"C'mon, Kate! Don't tell me you are still thinking about that silly idea of introducing me to..." 

"Oh she's right there! See? Let's have a little talk with her" Kate then dragged a reluctant Timothy to a table right in the center of the cafeteria, where three beautiful girls were sitting. "Hey, Lyss, honey!" she said to one of the girls, who slowly took her eyes off her phone and looked up. 

It was none other than Alyssa Taylor, as Timothy knew very well. Alyssa was not only stupendously gorgeous, but also one of the most popular girls in school. She had long, silky red hair, and a small face, with big, dark blue eyes, arched brows and full lips. Her body was thin and slender, with middle sized breasts and nicely toned legs. The girl always dressed impeccably, and that day it was no different. She was wearing a stylish turquoise silk top, white skirt and wedge heels. 

"Oh, it's you, Kate" Alyssa said, looking slightly surprised and not so pleased to see the other girl. 

"Long time no see, girl! How have you been doing lately? Love your top, by the way!" 

"Thank you. Well, I love your..." Alyssa studied Kate from head to toe, looking for something to compliment, but couldn't find anything that looked minimally tasteful to her. Then, she decided to change the subject. "Oh, who's this girl with you?" she asked, looking at Tiffany for the first time, and immediately getting interested. Now that was a girl who knew how to dress well. 

"This is Tiffany Foster, someone I was eager to introduce to you. I think..."  

"Wait a minute" said one of the girls sitting with Alyssa. She had light brown bob-cut hair and a round face. Timothy would find out later that she was called Chloe. "Aren't you that boy who came to school wearing girl's clothes?" she asked, and Timothy blushed deeply. 

"She's not a boy wearing girl's clothes!" Kate stated, annoyed. "She's a transgender girl, which means she has always been a female despite the body she was born with." 

"Oh my gosh!" exclaimed the last girl at the table, who had freckles on her charming face and dark blond hair, which was tied in a long braid that day. She was called Gabriella. "Are you really the person people are talking about? I can't believe it! You're soo pretty and feminine! But how can you no longer be a boy? Did some doctor... umm... cut your thing down there?" she asked, and Timothy blushed even deeper. 

"Where is your common sense, Gabriella?" Kate asked, exasperated. "You can't simply go asking people stuff like that!" she sighed. "Look, girls… What I really intended coming here was to ask if you guys can help Tiffany feel more comfortable in some of her new classes. She has a whole new schedule now that she has started transitioning, and she's going to need some friendly company. Unfortunately she is enrolled in many classes that I don't attend – classes I'm sure you guys are in – so I would like to know if she can count on you."

"So you want Tiffany to walk with us, huh?" Alyssa said, punctuating the word 'Tiffany'.

"Just think about it, Lyss. Haven't you read Hollywood news lately? There's nothing trendier these days than supporting the LGBT community. You don't want to be seen as a simple-minded provincial girl, do you?"

"I can see what you are trying to do here, Kate, dear, but there is no need to try to pull such a low trick. I don't care if this little friend of yours was born a boy or a crocodile, as long as he – or she or whatever – knows how to look good. And from what I can see, Tiffany here understands fashion more than most girls in this school" Alyssa said, looking at Katherine in an insinuating way. She then got up and started walking around Timothy, almost as if she were inspecting a mannequin, which made the boy very uncomfortable. "You have a nice figure, darling. Oh but I see your secret…" she added, groping Timothy's torso from behind. "This is a corset, isn't it?" 

"Y-yes" Timothy stammered. 

"Not a problem, darling, at least for now. It shows that you are really committed. I can also see that you are using breast forms. This trick may fool ordinary people, but I have trained eyes for fashion stuff. But I have to admit that you have great legs and a pretty face... Yes, I see potential on you. What about your outfit? Did you put it together yourself?" 

"Mommy... I mean my stepmom helped me." 

"She has good taste." 

"But Kate was also super helpful while I was buying my new clothes last Saturday."

"Kate?" Alyssa's smiled wryly. "Now this is something shocking beyond words! In any case, what you need to understand to hang out with us is that you need to be always looking flawless, got it? I have a reputation to uphold."

Timothy definitely didn't like Alyssa's arrogant, smug personality. It was really annoying the way she thought she was better than other people just because she wore fashionable clothes, not to mention how especially bitchy she liked to act when referring or talking to Kate – so much that Timothy started wondering what had really happened between them in the past. 

Despite all that, the feminized boy knew that Kate herself wanted him to get close to that mean girl, and he had to admit that it would be nice to have some company in his classes – especially someone like Alyssa, who would overshadow him completely, so no one would pay so much attention to the boy wearing skirts. 

He just didn't know how long he would be able to endure her presence… 

"I... I got it, Alyssa" he meekly said, wondering if he wasn't making a big mistake. 

"Oh fabulous, doll!" Alyssa exclaimed, suddenly looking radiant. "Now, if we are going to be friends, you can call me Lyss, okay? Don't make me regret the privilege that I'm granting you. You also need a good pet name, of course."

"I call her Tiff" Kate said.

"Yeah, yeah, of course you do" Alyssa impatiently dismissed Kate's interference. "Any ideas, girls?" she asked Chloe and Gabriella. 

"Oh she looks so cute and adorable..." Gabriella said, also getting up and starting to walk around Timothy. Soon she was followed by Chloe, and the feminized boy felt like a helpless little bunny surrounded by three hungry lions. "I like Tia… or who knows… maybe Tiny?"

"Tiny… Really, Ella?" Chloe rolled her eyes, frustrated. "Girl, I totally wonder what's wrong with you sometimes. There is a limit to being airhead, you know..."

"Like you're very bright, right, Chlo?" Gabriella made a face. "What about Ti-Ti, then?" 

"Ti-Ti..." Alyssa repeated it, slowly. "Yeah, I kinda like how it sounds. It's decided then!" she proclaimed, before Timothy could even open his mouth to express how much he hated that stupid nickname. "You're Ti-Ti now, darling! Tell me, are you enrolled in cosmetology and fashion classes, right?" 

"Y-Yes, I am. But..."

"Fantastic! I can hardly wait to use you as my model in some of my projects. I don't know exactly why, but I feel very thrilling about working on someone like you... I already have so many plans in mind…" she said, and Timothy gulped. "Of course you will need to lose a pound or two before anything else..."

"B-But I'm already dieting!"

"Really? This is not being enough, I think... But we can always tighten your corset a little more. So many possibilities, Ti-Ti… Aren't you, like, totally excited?"