Portland, Maine 2009

Stacie's POV:

Beca is really nice and I'm glad she was the one chosen to show me around this new school. The principal told me that the top person in my year was going to be my tour guide because they were the one who wouldn't miss much from being distracted in classes. I was rather shocked when she pulled up on a 2009 Titanium Grey Ducati which looked rather new. With my dad Seth being a mechanic I grew up around all types of vehicles and have come to appreciate their beauty. My favorite thing to do is to work in the garage fixing up old cars with dad when I'm not doing something for school or extracurricular activities. I spend a lot of time with dad since mom gets a lot of late nights in the office, but she still makes time for her family so it isn't all bad at least dad and I are together.

Anyways I got a bit off topic there, still the bike is amazing and I really hope she will let me check it out better later. The principal and I are walking towards her as she gets off the bike and I know the principal is talking but I am too distracted as she takes off her helmet and shakes out her hair. She is the sexiest woman I have ever seen and I cannot wait to get to know her. I notice she is checking me out as well and it causes me to blush slightly. I may be very comfortable in my sexuality and I know I'm hot but that doesn't mean this kind of attention isn't flattering. She finally breaks the silence and I have to look up to meet her eyes as her height of 5"11' easily trumps my 5"8'. She holds out her hand saying, "Sup I'm Beca Mitchell. And you are?". I shake her hand saying, "Stacie, Stacie Conrad" "It is nice to meet you Stacie" "It's nice to meet you too Beca".

After our introductions the principal left us to manage ourselves and Beca gave me a tour of the school. I'm not quite sure why I needed to come to get the tour an hour early seeing as we are done in a short few minutes and now have a ton of time to kill before classes start. We decide that we might as well get to know each other and find a place to sit and talk. To say I am shocked to have her call me out for being a werewolf is an understatement. I go to deny this but she shows that she is an alpha so I know I haven't really any reason to lie. When she tells me that she is a true alpha and how she came to be an alpha I feel bad that people have put her in such a shitty situation. She seems a little shocked at these sentiments and then admits that this may just be the beginning of a beautiful friendship and I can't help but agree with that.

She eventually asks why my family moved to Portland Maine of all places and I tell her about my mom's new job at the law firm in town. It turns out that her mom is going to be working with my mom so we may just end up seeing a lot of each other even outside of school. We compare classes and it turns out that we have the exact same schedule so it will be nice to at least know someone in class. She seemed surprised that I had the same classes so I told her about having a photographic memory. For once she didn't seem phased by that while everyone else is shocked at the mere mention of it. She then reveals that she has an eidetic memory which is slightly different from my photographic memory. While I will never forget anything I saw or heard, her memory expands to add that she also never forgets anything she tastes or smells. It is rather nice to know that I won't be alone when it comes to being bored at the slow pace of regular highschool classes.

Eventually more students begin to show up and we decide to get our things situated and meet in our first class. We are about halfway through our calculus class listening to the teacher drone on about the syllabus and stuff when Beca starts shifting awkwardly in her seat. I ask her if everything is alright and she blushes and tells me she is fine, I don't believe her but decide to drop it for now I can always ask again later. She seems a bit jumpy the rest of class and when the bell rings she says she will see me next period and is out of the door before I can respond carrying her books in front of her as she walks. When I see her a few minutes later she looks better and more relaxed so I decide not to say anything but I can't help but be extremely curious.

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Beca's POV:

I really like Stacie she is nice and I finally know someone who understands the struggle of dealing with fellow high schoolers when you have an advanced memory. We are about halfway through Calculus listening to the teacher talk about what to expect this semester when out of nowhere I get a NARB (Non Apparent Reason Boner). No one seems to notice so I start thinking of anything disturbing to get the problem to go away but then I notice Stacie watching me and any hope I had of getting rid of this erection has just gone out the window. When she asks if I am ok and I get a little embarrassed thinking she saw what was happening but when I tell her I am fine she lets it go so the coast must be clear. The second the bell rings I am out of my seat telling her I'll see her next class as I book it to the nearest bathroom. The only possible way this boner is going away is if I help it along so I jerk off as fast as possible and wash up before heading to english. To say I am now extremely relaxed is an understatement. Stacie double checks everything is ok and I tell her I'm good but I can see she is still curious. I know I should tell her about my dick but she is already on her way to being my closest companion in this hell hole and I don't want to scare her away. I guess I'll have to see how things play out but I know if she ever seems like she would want to go out with me I need to be honest before anything happens.

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4 Months Later

Beca's POV:

As I hop out of the shower I think back on these past few months of what has turned out to be the best school year so far. I was very right when I predicted that the first time we met was going to be the start of a beautiful friendship between me and Stacie. She has easily become my best friend and we do almost everything together. Our moms became good friends through work so our families get together often for little things like dinners and game nights. She still doesn't know about my dick but I can tell she knows I'm hiding something so I know I'll have to tell her soon. She is coming over later so I think I may have a plan to explain everything. You see I have had a massive crush on her from the start of our friendship and it has only gotten deeper the closer we have gotten and she is starting to hint that she too would potentially be interested in being more than friends. So I have decided to kill two birds with one stone and tell her about my anatomy before deciding if it is still worth it to ask her out based on her reaction. I am hoping everything goes well considering she is a pretty understanding person, but I know either way she at least needs answers for her growing curiosity considering the first day of school is not the only time I have had to hide a NARB from her.

I am disrupted from my musings when the doorbell rings and I hear my dad answer the door and greet Stacie. I get off my bed, throw on some sweats and a tank top over my sports bra and boxers. As I head down the stairs to greet her I throw my wet hair into a messy bun before we head down to the game room in the basement. There is a pool table, ping pong table, a flat screen tv, several game consoles, a few bean bags, a couch, and tons of games and movies. We decided to play Mario Kart so we settled on the bean bags and started our game. We are about halfway through the third match when she notices I have become distracted and so she pauses the game and says, "Hey is everything ok? You seem distracted. You can talk to me you know? I won't judge". I just sigh and say, "Yeah I know but this is something big and I feel bad that I haven't told you yet and I don't want you to think I'm a freak". She grabs my hand and rubs her thumb on the back of it saying, "I won't think you are a freak just tell me what has you so upset". I squeeze her hand before letting it go as I sigh and sink into the bean bag more. I close my eyes for a second before turning to her and saying, "I won't hate you if you change your mind. It is kind of a big thing". She tries to reassure me but I cut her off by beginning my explanation.

She sits there through my whole story about how my parents were expecting a boy and only after I was born did DNA tests reveal the truth. She seems a little confused as I explain the reasons for the blood tests but once I start explaining the XXY chromosome anomaly she seems to start to get it. When I finally reveal that I have the lower body of a man but still am biologically a woman she just sits there silently for a minute. I am expecting her to lash out and call me a freak like people tend to do but I am completely floored when she tells me that it doesn't change how she feels about me and I am still the same person she knows. Once what she just said sinks in my entire mood shifts drastically. I'm still a bit nervous about the rest of the conversation but I am no longer afraid and am now sort of giddy.

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Stacie's POV:

These past four months have only brought Beca and I closer in our friendship. Since our moms work together they are friends as well and we get together as families a lot. I have a huge crush on Beca and I'm pretty sure she likes me as well so if she doesn't ask me out soon I'll just have to bite the bullet and ask her. I can tell she is still hiding something from me and while the curiosity is killing me I don't want to push her for an answer and have her lash out. Plus it would be pretty hypocritical of me to push her about something she isn't telling me when I am doing the same thing. I really don't know what she would think if I told her the truth about my past. The only thing that made Seth and Isabella start to believe my tales of enchanted forests and curses was the fact that I am usually a pretty realistic person and don't really have a lot of interest in 'childish' things. I just hope that when I finally tell Beca the truth she will be open minded about possibly believing me.

I am going over to hang out with Beca today and maybe I'll finally figure out what is bothering her, she is my best friend and I don't want her to think she has to hide anything from me. I yell bye to my dad as I hop in my 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, Black with Candy Blue racing stripes, that was a birthday present and I head over to Beca's house. I love my car and as I make the drive I remember the day I got it. It was a birthday present my dad had been working on at his shop secretly, he bought it all beat up and stuff and totally rebuilt the engine and redid the interior and paint job. Beca found out about it about two weeks before my birthday and helped him install a brand new sound system and stereo. It is the best car ever and having a modern stereo is nice so I can just use the aux cord and avoid all those annoying radio commercials.

After about 15 minutes of jamming out to my favorite songs I pull up in front of Beca's house and part behind her motorcycle in the driveway. Her dad David answers the door and calls for Beca when he notices it is me. He lets me in and says, "Hey Stacey, she should be down in a moment she just got out of the shower a few minutes ago". Just as he finishes saying that we hear Beca coming down the stairs as she puts her obviously wet hair into a messy bun before greeting me and leading the way down to the gameroom. Honestly this is by far my favorite room in Beca's house and we spend most of our time down here doing various things, when we aren't doing homework. We plop down on the beanbags in front of the tv and decide to play some Mario Kart.

I can tell she has something on her mind as we are playing because she seems distracted, so about halfway through the third race I pause it and ask her what is going on. She sighs and says, "Yeah I know but this is something big and I feel bad that I haven't told you yet and I don't want you to think I'm a freak". I grab her hand and rub my thumb on the back of it saying, "I won't think you are a freak just tell me what has you so upset". She squeezed my hand before letting it go as she sighs and sinks into the bean bag more. She closed her eyes for a second before turning to me and saying, "I won't hate you if you change your mind. It is kind of a big thing". I go to reassure her again but she cuts me off and starts telling me about her past. At first I am rather confused as to why she is telling me that her parents thought she was a boy before she was born, but once she explains the XXY chromosome anomaly I begin to understand a bit. I have heard of this before in some article or something about someone who was born a hermaphrodite, having both male and female reproductive organs. I think that is what she is telling me about herself but she says she is actually intersex which is something I have never heard of. Before I could ask her though she explains that basically she was born with a males lower body, and reproductive system, but was still biologically a woman and thus looks like a woman anatomically.

She seems to be waiting for me to tell her that I hate her once she is done explaining but I cut off that line of thinking immediately. I tell her that nothing changes and I still feel the same about her and suddenly it is like this massive weight has been lifted off her shoulders. Before she seemed depressed and anxious and now she is happy and excited for some reason. I think about leaving things like this and continuing the game but then I realize that this is the perfect opportunity to tell her about my past in the Enchanted Forest. I turn to her and say, "I'm really glad that you told me that. And since you have been so honest and open with me I feel it is only fair to do the same to you". She seems ready to object that it isn't necessary but I cut her off saying, "Please. I need to do this". After she nods saying it is okay I begin to tell her my entire history.

I begin by saying, "So I know that you're aware that the Conrad's adopted me when I was 11, but I haven't ever told you much about the time before that. I have absolutely no clue who my dad is and I have only really met my mother once. I have an older sister Red who was 19 when I was born, and we were both raised by our Granny after our mom left us with her on two separate occasions. Despite the age difference between us my sister and I were really close. While I was younger my advanced memory helped me keep up with the more mature things she was interested in. Where I am from is nowhere like here. It may seem unbelievable but I am from a different realm entirely, one where magic is entirely real and the people are the ones from this realm's fairytales". She seems to want to cut in and ask something so I tell her to let me get everything out before asking questions. Once she agrees I continue, "Now I know this sounds crazy but I promise I wouldn't lie about this. At first I thought these fairytales based on my friends' lives were cool but I have come to realize they got several things wrong".

"For one thing my sister is I guess what you would call Red Riding Hood and they totally got it wrong. There was no wolf hunting my sister, she was the wolf. Now she didn't know this at first because she didn't start shifting until puberty and by then she already feared the wolves that were already terrorizing her town. My granny made a deal with a sorcerer to make a cloak for my sister that would protect her from the effects of the full moon during wolfstime. She wore it all the time, except for during the full moon, from a young age and the name Red seemed all the more appropriate. Because of my advanced memory I was able to figure out that Red was the wolf long before she did. When I was six or something my sister had this boyfriend Peter who she spent all of her time with. Well she and her friend Snow, who stayed with us when we caught her hiding in our shed during wolfstime, thought that Peter was the wolf. They tied him up and Red stayed with him. She gave Snow her cloak to try to trick Granny into thinking she was at home. I figured everything out when I went to say goodnight and Red was no where to be seen. She ended up killing Peter that night before we could get to them with the cloak. We spent the next three years on the run with Snow while keeping her from her step mother The Evil Queen who was trying to kill her".

"Snow met her prince charming, they got married and all that. But at the wedding the Evil Queen magiced her way into the after party and threatened everyone that they would only get their happy ending for so long because in a year she was going to enact a curse to rip everyone from this land. Everyone freaked out and then she was gone. Time moved on and Snow ended up pregnant and everyone was scrambling for a way to save the child from the curse because she was meant to be the savior of us all. They found a way to use a magic wardrobe to send her to this realm before the curse hit so that they could be saved when she was old enough. During all this I got captured by the Evil Queen's huntsmen when I went running during wolfstime. They shot me in the leg and took me before the queen to see what way she wanted them to kill me. She threw them out and actually healed me while what i later found out was her wife calmed me".

"It turns out she only wanted Snow dead because she thought she had gotten her true love killed albeit inadvertently. She later found out that this was not true when she kidnapped Rumplestiltskin's slave Belle in order to get something from him. While she held Belle captive they discovered a connection and when they kissed for the first time there was the tell tale pulse of magic symbolizing true love's kiss. The Evil Queen no longer held any vendetta against Snow and wanted to fix things by stopping the curse. The problem is that it took a year to build up ambient magics for the curse to work, so she had already enacted it but it was building up to its full power. In the months I stayed with them I came to view them as parental figures. They didn't want me to forget them in the curse so with a lot of research they found a ritual to send me here just before the curse hit so that I could keep my memories and be with them. I'm not sure what went wrong but I didn't end up in the same place but rather on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. I was eventually found and taken to an orphanage and was there for a year. There I met a girl named Emma who was 16 when I came to the home. She was my only friend there and she helped me get caught up in school, since I had never been. A year later I was adopted by the Conrad's and have been with them since, although I did lose contact with Emma when she turned 18 and left the foster system".

Once I finish I sit there waiting for her to tell me she thinks I am crazy but she shocks me when she pulls me into her and hugs the hell out of me. She lets me out of the hug and says, "I thought you were crazy until I noticed the longing in your eyes when talking about your loved ones. There was no denying that you were telling the truth once I saw that. Thank you for telling me". Knowing she believes me is a very big relief and I am beginning to understand her sudden mood shift after telling her past as my mood does the same. There is one thing off my back that I had been meaning to tell her, now I just have to figure out how to ask her out.

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One Week Later

Beca's POV:

This past week all I have been able to think about is that I really want to ask Stacie on a date. Ever since we both came clean about our pasts we have become even closer and if I am not mistaking I think she is interested in me the same way I am interested in her. It is Thursday now and we are in the last period of the day, the teacher is absent so we have a study hall. I already finished my homework so I am just doodling in my notebook. I look up at Stacie and just watch her as she does her assignment. She is so beautiful, and the face she makes when she is concentrating on something is just adorable. She notices me staring at her and looks up and asks me what is up. I decide to just go for it. I smile at her and say, "nothing you're just really beautiful". She blushes and tells me to shut up but I cut her off and say, "No I'm serious Stace, you are so beautiful I just can't really describe it fully". She looks shy all of the sudden and says, "Thanks Becs" before going to start working on her assignment again.

Before she can get back to work I stop her and say, "Stacie, would you like to go on a date with me tomorrow night?". She looks at me in surprise and says, "Really?" and when I nod at her she smiles super big and says, "Yeah Becs. I would love to go on a date with you". Just as she says this the bell rings and she stands to start gathering her stuff while I am doing a happy dance in my seat. She giggles at me and then shoves me to snap me out of it so I can pack my stuff. I have work after school so we walk to the parking lot together but when we get to my Bike we part ways. I got a job at her dad's auto shop a few weeks ago and it is a pretty good gig. I have always been pretty good with my hands so the mechanic work has been going pretty well. Once I get to work I flag down Seth and say, "Mr. Conrad, I have already asked her and she said yes but I would like your permission to take your daughter on a date tomorrow night". He looks at me very seriously for a few seconds before laughing and patting me on the back saying, "It's about damn time you asked her out. Of course you have my permission kid" and then he walks away mumbling something about winning five bucks from my mom. It is nice to know our parents have bet on our dating life.

The next day at school passes by far too slowly for my liking. I am really excited and nervous for tonight and I just want the day to pass by quickly so Stacie and I can go on our date. During lunch I tell her to dress casually and to bring a jacket in case it gets cold. When school ends I walk her to her car and tell her that I cannot wait for tonight and that I will pick her up at her house at 7. With that I kiss her cheek and run to my bike so I can get home and get ready. Once I get to my house I go inside and gather all of the things I need to get the date set up before hopping in my Jeep Wrangler and heading to my destination. By 5 oclock I have finished setting everything up and I am ready to go home and get changed for the date. Once home I shower and change into Some ripped black skinny jeans, a white v-neck t-shirt, my black hightop vans, and my signature blue and black flannel. I spritz on some perfume before grabbing my keys and going to say bye to my parents. After much teasing from my mom I make it out of the house by 6:30 which means I still have time to get some roses for Stacie before picking her up at 7.

I make it to Stacie's house by 6:58 and quickly check my hair in the rearview mirror before grabbing the roses and hopping out of the car. At exactly 7 oclock I ring the doorbell and Mr and Mrs Conrad answer the door and invite me in. Isabella says, "you look very beautiful honey. Stacie should be down in a minute she was finishing her makeup". Seth says, "I already trust you kid just don't hurt her. And have her back by 11". I tell him that I would never intentionally hurt her and she will be home on time. Then I hear a throat clear on the stairs and look up and totally lose the ability to speak. Stacie is wearing light wash skinny jeans, a navy blue v-neck, a black sweater, and some black heels. She looks absolutely beautiful. She takes the last few steps towards me and pushes my jaw shut as she giggles at me. That seems to snap me out of things and I say, "Wow. Stacie you look … wow". She says, "Thanks Beca. You look pretty good yourself". I give her the roses which she smiles at as she hands them to Isabella to put in water while we go on our date.

I take her hand as I walk her to my Jeep and open the passenger door for her bowing and saying, "My lady". She giggles and says, "why thank you kind sir" as she gets in. I then run around the car and get in to take us to our destination. She keeps asking where we are going but I won't tell her because it is supposed to be a surprise. She pouts at me and I laugh and say, "As adorable as that is it won't work". She just huffs at me but lets it go for now. When we are almost there I tell her to close her eyes and she whines but does it anyways. I park the car and then go around to her side to let her out as I lead the way to what I set up earlier. I made a picnic in the park for her and set up some pillows and blankets earlier and my mom dropped off the food basket while I was picking up Stacie. I walk her up to the blankets and tell her to open her eyes. She does and gasps in shock before turning to me and hugging me saying this is the best thing ever. We eat and talk for a while and then just cuddle and watch the stars for a while. This has been the best date ever and i really need to ask her something.

I sit up and pull her up with me as I tell her I need to ask something. Once I have her attention I say, "Stacie I have liked you for a while now as more than a friend. And this was an amazing date and I really want to do this again. So I was wondering. Anastasia Elizabeth Conrad, will you be my girlfriend?". She smiles at me and says, "I would love to be your girlfriend Beca". I'm smiling now too and we are leaning closer to each other and I ask, "Can I kiss you?". And she says, "You better". That is all I need to hear as I close the distance between us. Her lips are so soft and the kiss is amazing and as we go to deepen the kiss there is this like pulse of energy that fills us and then seems to push outwards blowing back our hair. We pull apart shocked as the car alarms in the area all go off and the lights around us flicker. When I look at Stacie she has the biggest smile ever and when I ask what just happened she says, "That Beca was True Loves Kiss" before pulling my lips back to hers. We stay in the park kissing for a little bit before we head back to the car so I can get her home in time. She grabs the blanket and food basket while I get the pillows. We hold hands the entire drive to her house. When we get there I open the door for her again and walk her to the front door of her house. We kiss for a few more minutes outside her front door before her parents flicker the porch lights. We pull apart giggling before I peck her lips and say, "goodnight beautiful. I had a nice time". She says the same as she heads inside the house and as I walk back to my car I cannot help the fist pump and exclamation of "YES!".

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Authors Note:

I am so sorry it has been so long since I have updated. Everything has been really crazy lately. First I had writer's block and then it was finals week for school. And now suddenly there is a global pandemic and I have had a lot of time to think while in quarantine. Hopefully I will update more often but life gets in the way sometimes. Stay safe out there you guys and I hope all of us will get through this.