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The next day, practically every female Rocket member was in the locker room. This angered Jessie because she wanted warm water to shower in. She sighed heavily and waited while the showers were taken up. She knew she smelled and that bothered her immensely. Finally, a shower was available, so Jessie took her well deserved shower. She lathered up the soap in her hands and began to wash her body. Of course, since she was the third one to use this shower, the water went cold. She was annoyed but washed her hair anyway because she wouldn't have felt clean enough if she didn't. She showered as fast as she could and then shut it off. She wrapped the towel around her body and proceeded to walk out of the shower area.
Jessie was then stopped at the sound of Domino's voice. "Okay, if you're really a girl, then take off your towels or else." Most of the girls did, a few didn't seeing that this was completely ridiculous. Jessie was one of the ones who didn't. She just merely rolled her eyes and began to open her locker. "Jessie, I heard you there was a tranny around here. Do you know who it is?"
"No, I don't." Jessie dismissed and opened up her locker.
"It isn't you, is it?" Domino asked.
"Of course it isn't." Jessie said and began to put on her bra.
"But you're sure you don't know who it is?"
"I already told you that I don't know." She said and simply put her shirt on.
"I bet it's you. I have my suspicions."
"Trust me, it isn't me." Jessie said and put on her underwear while still covering herself up with her towel. She then pulled her skirt on and started putting her dirty clothes in her gym bag.
"I feel like it is you. That's what the guys say." Domino snickered.
"They obviously don't know what they're talking about." She said and put her gym bag over her shoulder.
"Look, I know you know who it is. I know it isn't you, but I know that you know." Domino whispered harshly as she pushed Jessie up against the lockers. Most of the people had left the locker room by now so the girls weren't gathered around to watch it.
"I don't know, now let go of me!" Jessie said and was then punched in the stomach. She doubled over in pain.
"Tell me now." Domino hissed.
"Even if I did know, why do you want to know so much?" Jessie asked in between breaths.
"I want to get rid of that freak. She, he…or it shouldn't be here. It's a disgrace to humans. It's fucking sick."
"Whatever." Jessie said and was punched in the stomach again. She coughed and then threw up on the floor. Her throat burned as she saw her lunch for the second time.
"If you won't tell me, I'll have to assume the worst that you're helping the freak. And you won't like what else I will do to you if you don't confess." Domino hissed.
"Do whatever you want." Jessie said as she spat on the ground to get rid of the revolting taste in her mouth. Then, Domino's look of anger seemed to disappear. She smiled an evil looking grin and pushed Jessie back down as she tried to get up.
"I know who it is. I figured it out." Domino said more to herself than Jessie. She ran off and out of the locker room. Jessie sat back up and managed to get on one of the metal benches. She began to wonder if Domino really knew who it was. She couldn't have though because it wasn't obvious to anyone. Was Domino simply trying to trick Jessie into telling her? She began to rub her head in frustration.
"Thanks for not telling." Cassidy said and sat down next to Jessie. They were the only two left in the locker room at the moment.
"I kept my promise, didn't I?" Jessie tried to smile, but with the pain from working out all day and Domino's punches in her stomach were hurting her.
"I can't believe you didn't tell her…"
"It's none of my business." Jessie said and walked out of the locker room, leaving Cassidy there by herself.
Jessie walked through the corridor of the third floor in the Rocket base which was the floor her room was on. Someone had jumped her, so she had fallen onto the floor. Most people were in the cafeteria at the time, so Jessie was practically alone. Of course, Domino was the one to push her onto the floor. She was in a dominating position and pinned down Jessie's wrists wither her hands. "I know it's Cassidy." She sneered. "It has to be, I know it is."
"And why are you telling me this? You do realize that I hate her and she hates me." Jessie said as she glared at the blonde on top of her.
"I'm not an idiot." Domino said and ran down the stairs. Jessie rolled her eyes and walked into her room. She noticed that James and Meowth weren't there, so she searched for a note. Those two would always leave notes for her to find when they went somewhere without her knowing. She found the said note on her bed which basically said that the two had gone down to the cafeteria for dinner. She decided that dinner didn't sound too bad, so she began walking to the cafeteria. She felt a bruise forming on her stomach. She was glad that she was wearing a shirt that covered her stomach or she'd be receiving questions that she would rather not answer.
She entered the cafeteria and immediately found James and Meowth sitting at a small table. She sat down next to James and noticed that he had gotten her dinner. It wasn't really anything special, just some chicken and rice, but she ate it anyway.
"Jess, how come you were so late?" James asked.
"It takes time to look this good." Was Jessie's response. James and Meowth didn't question her because it was a typical answer from her. She was glad she was able to think of something on the spot.
"Everyone listen up! I have our answer to the gossip going on around here!" Domino shouted. Everyone became silent. Domino took the chance to stand up on a table. "I bet you're all wondering, just who is the freak among us…who's the tranny…or as I like to put it, chick with a dick." People began to laugh. Jessie stayed silent and paled. Was Domino really going to humiliate Cassidy? The two were supposed to be friends. But Jessie knew from experience that friends were the most dangerous people one would ever know. An uproar began of people discussing this left and right. Even James and Meowth were laughing and guessing who this person was. "Silence!" Shouted Domino. "Now, the tranny here is someone who we had all once loved and respected. She's a tough girl and gets her job done. Well, now we know why she's a tough girl. I present to you, the tranny Cassidy!" People began to gasp and shout to Domino about her being a liar. Jessie was glad that people didn't believe her. However, Domino took out a bottle of pills. "These are her hormones! Take a look!" She threw them down at the people below her.
"This is legit!" Someone gasped and threw the hormones on the floor. They scattered everywhere on the floor. Two people had found Cassidy in the crowd and held her in front of everyone. They dragged her on to the top of the table next to Domino.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" Butch yelled and tried to get to Cassidy but was held back. "Let her go! She's not a man!"
"I swear on my life that she's a man." Domino said. "And I bet Jessie will too."
"Jessie?" James questioned and looked at her. He noticed that she had went pale and looked shocked. However, that moment vanished when she became enraged. Two other men took Jessie and dragged her over to the front of everyone. "Jessie!" James yelled and was also held back.
"Now Jessie, I want you to tell everyone that Cassidy's a man." Domino said. Jessie was silent and didn't know what to say. She just tried to lunge at Domino, but it didn't work. Domino then proceeded to rip off Cassidy's skirt and her underwear. Everyone gasped at the sight of something that shouldn't have been between Cassidy's legs. She had been humiliated again. She was unable to do anything. Her arms were held above her head and she just couldn't move. Cassidy made eye contact with Jessie. It was as if she was screaming at her for help. Butch had relaxed and became repulsed at the fact he had almost fallen in love with the violet eyes girl. Jessie didn't really know what to do. . The other day, Cassidy had made it apparent that she still hated her and didn't want her help. However, Jessie knew that the right thing to do would be to reenact what she had done in third grade and the numerous other times she had beat up bullies for James. She couldn't just stand there and watch Cassidy be treated like this. Somehow, she was able to break free from the man who had held her back. He didn't stand a chance considering she had gotten an adrenaline rush plus she was angry. He had fallen back onto the floor because of the force Jessie had used to kick him in the stomach. She kicked the man in the private areas as hard as she could and he dropped Cassidy. Cassidy fell to the floor and was ashamed at what had just happened. She was unable to move from the spot. Jessie, on the other hand, tackled Domino to the floor and punched her in the face repeatedly. The crowd began to fear what was going on so they dispersed and left the cafeteria.
"Fuck you!" Jessie said as Domino's face became smeared with her own blood. "I hate you, you bitch! Why would you even want to do that you sick fuck!" She then felt strong arms life her off of the crying, bloody Domino. She continued to try and hurt the woman in front of her. She noticed that James was the one to pick her up so she began to relax. "I'll meet you back at the room." Jessie whispered. James nodded and gestured for Meowth to follow. He knew that this wasn't the time to ask Jessie his famous three lettered question. Jessie picked up Cassidy's underwear and skirt and handed them to her. She put them on quickly and could barely get up because of embarrassment and she was crying too hard to do anything. "Come on; let's get you out of here." Jessie said and helped the sobbing girl up. Cassidy didn't even look up at her because she was ashamed.
Jessie led her to one of the private bathrooms in the hallway that led to the cafeteria. She locked it so they wouldn't be disturbed. Cassidy collapsed onto the ground and was hysterical. She shook because she was crying so hard, but she didn't utter a sound. Jessie knelt down next to her and just held her. "You'll be alright." Jessie whispered as she stroked her hair in a motherly fashion. "You'll be alright." Cassidy gripped Jessie's shirt in her hands until her knuckles turned white. She was probably afraid she'd be left alone. She hadn't been too nice to Jessie in the past, so she was afraid that she'd leave her.
One day, Cassidy went to school as usual. She wore her favorite purple dress and her hair was in pigtails. She was excited because it was the first day after the holiday break. She entered her fourth grade classroom and sat down at her desk. However, Jessie wasn't there. Her best friend never missed a day of school and always got there early. Cassidy didn't know why, but she felt as if something was wrong. She went up to her teacher. "Excuse me, but do you know where Jessie is?" The teacher gave her a saddened look and said, "Did you know that she had foster parents?"
"Yeah. I know." Cassidy said. "But where is she?"
"Sometimes foster parents aren't very nice to the children they care for, so she was sent to go live with another family. I'm very sorry you had to find out this way, Cassidy." The teacher answered. This was when Cassidy began to feel completely alone.
Since she didn't have any friends since the incident at recess, she had to spend more time at her house. Her father would always tell her she didn't belong in the family because she dressed like a girl when she was supposed to be his son. Her mother began to stop buying Cassidy the clothes she liked for unknown reasons. Cassidy later found out that her father threatened to leave her mother with absolutely nothing and just take off one night. Her mother was completely in love with him, for some weird reason, and began to obey him.
Cassidy was forced to get her hair cut short, just like a boy's. She had to wear boy clothes and shoes. Her dresses and other various girl clothes were thrown out. Her barbies and dolls were tossed in the garbage and replaced by toy cars and legos. Her father began to call her C.J instead of Cassidy because he felt the name Cassidy would make "his son" feel like a girl again. C.J actually stood for her first name, Cassidy, and her middle name, Jaden. She felt like a whole new person. And she didn't like it one bit.
When Cassidy was about eleven, she was still a boy and attended the same school and lived in the same town that she had lived in her whole life. She had friends now, most of them were boys. She pretended to have the same interests so her parents and friends would accept her. However, they didn't accept who she truly was and it was tearing her up inside.
One day, as she sat around playing with Legos, she heard the teacher announce there was a new student. "Her name is Jessica."
"Call me Jessie please." That voice was familiar to Cassidy, or C.J. She looked familiar too. Could it be Jessie? Her old best friend that had left a year and a half ago? The girl approached C.J. "Cassie? Is that you?" She asked with the biggest smile on her face. "You look like a boy…"
"Don't call me Cassie. That's a girl's name." C.J. found himself say. "I'm a boy. I've always been a boy, and I always will be."
"No, you're a girl." Jessie said.
"I'm a boy."
"You're a girl." Jessie insisted.
"I am a boy!" C.J. yelled. "I'm a boy! Boy! Boy!" He yelled at her but then broke down in tears. "I'm a boy…"
"No you aren't. You're a girl." Jessie said and held her in her arms. Cassidy cried and cried and finally stopped.
"You don't get it, Jessie. I have to be a boy now. It's easier this way."
"Since when is it right to take the easy way out?" Jessie said.
"Since I'm accepted."
"I always accepted you, Cassie. And I always will no matter what." She smiled. "And if you're going to be a boy, I'll respect your decision. But…"
"But what?"
"I'm still gonna call you Cassie."