Tug of War 34.1

"Kate?!" Timothy cried out, so astonished to see his crush from school in front of him while he was all dolled up that he even forgot to use his fake feminine voice, which definitely wasn't a good move on his part…

"Yes, that's my name" Katherine said, looking peculiarly at the "other girl". "Have we met before?"

"No!" the feminized boy stated – perhaps a little too strong – realizing the mistake he had made, and trying to control the damage. "I... I think I just confused you with someone else... Sorry! Now, if you excuse me, I need to..."    

"No, wait" the girl held Timothy firmly by the wrist to keep him from moving away. "You look kind of familiar, now that I’m thinking about it... and the voice you used before... not to mention your eyes... your eyes… Wait a minute!" she suddenly yelled, seeming completely dumbfounded. "Tim? Is that you?"

Upon hearing such a question, Timothy intended to say no, and that he had no idea who the person Kate was talking about was; he also thought of pretending to be offended by being mistaken for a guy; and, for a brief moment, he even considered calling security just to create a turmoil and be able disappear from there quickly.  

However, looking at Katherine again, he lost the impetus to try any of that. He could see that the girl already knew the truth. It was pointless to keep denying it. 

"Fine, Kate, this is me!" he admitted in a distressed whisper, and the girl covered her mouth in amazement. "B-but this is not what you're thinking! If you let me explain why I..."

"Tiffany, is everything okay, honey bunny?" Susan, who had finally reached her feminized stepson, asked before the boy could finish his sentence. "Do you know this young lady?"

"Tiffany?!" Kate raised her eyebrows, confused. 

Timothy looked from Susan to Kate, not knowing what to say to either of them. Then, faced with such a dead-end, he simply repeated what he had been constantly doing in recent days whenever he felt sad or frustrated – he cried. 

"Oh, come here, baby doll" Susan said, hugging the boy. "Everything will be fine, okay? Now, about you" she angrily pointed at Kate. "What have you done to my little girl?" 

"She didn't do anything, mom" Timothy said, apparently so used to calling Susan 'mom' that he hadn't yet realized that this was no longer necessary. He also felt mortified to be called 'young girl' and 'honey bunny' in the presence of his crush, but he hadn't yet had a chance to ask Susan to stop doing so. "She's... umm... a friend of mine. I think I have, like, already mentioned her to you. She's Kate." 

"Oh, so you are the 'famous Katy'!" Susan exclaimed, suddenly adopting a much more receptive attitude toward the girl. "Sorry for my manners, honey, but I always get crazy just imagining that my dear daughter is being mistreated. Now I know you are a good friend of hers, though, right?" she smiled. "Yes, I've heard a lot about you indeed, and I'm sure that you have a lot of questions about Timothy's – or Tiffany’s, as I would prefer you to call her, at least for now – current situation. I see you're working, but I wonder if you would be able to get a few minutes off so that all of us could talk in a more appropriate place."

"Of course, Ma'am" Katherine, who could hardly wait to find out what was going on with Timothy, replied hastily. "I can ask my cousin to cover me."

"Fantastic, my dear! I'm sure Tiffany is thrilled to hear so, right, sweetie?"

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Hey guys!

Sorry for the short chapter, but I'm going to post more tomorrow. Also, I wonder why Susan is so eager to have a conversation with Kate... :-P