I couldn't believe it. How had A gotten a picture of us? Why would they post it on the bulletin board for everyone to see? What would that accomplish other than to torture us? Also it wasn't even the most damaging relationship that I had been in. Maybe A didn't have evidence of me kissing Ezra. Or maybe it was because things were already over there. It wasn't any more than a fling and that was probably for the best. There wasn't any future there except for the one that involved him going to prison. I was probably happier now anyway. Not to mention my parents already knew about Hanna and I and they would probably be less upset even though Ezra was a guy.
I was still shocked. I felt like I couldn't even move. I wasn't sure why I was so afraid. After a few seconds, a teacher arrived. I shouldn't have been surprised who it was considering that he seemed like he was the only teacher that I ever saw.
"What's going on?" He asked as he noticed the crowd. He then saw the photo and took it down before turning to them. "Everyone get to class."
I was about to leave when he stopped me.
"Miss Montgomery, I think we should talk." He said.
He took me to his classroom and I was nervous. I didn't know what to say. How would he feel knowing that I had moved on?
"Your hair looks nice." He commented.
"Thanks." I replied nervously.
"Are you okay?" He asked. "Do you have any idea who would do this to you?"
"No." I admitted. I had no idea who A was, especially if it wasn't Alison.
"Do you think that Hanna would know anything?" He questioned. I just shook my head.
"How do you feel?" I asked.
"Well to be honest, I want to kick whoever did this's ass." He admitted. That wouldn't be a good idea, especially if A was a girl.
"But how do you feel about the content of the picture?" I clarified.
"I don't really like seeing you kissing someone else but, I recognize that we broke up and you're allowed to kiss whoever you want." He replied. "I'm more concerned about who is bullying you."
I realized that I could tell him about everything but wasn't sure if I should? He was an authority figure but there was so much history that he didn't know about. I definitely didn't want to tell him about Alison being alive. Not to mention, A could go after him and I definitely didn't want that.
"Can we talk about something else? Anything else?" I requested.
"Have you been doing any writing lately?" He asked. That wasn't where I expected the conversation to go.
"Just some Vampire Diaries fanfiction." I answered.
At that point, the door opened. I knew that I needed to see Hanna. Talking to her would instantly make me feel better. She was probably the only one who could make me feel better. Okay, there was one person but I didn't know where she was.
I got to see her after class. The first thing that I did was hug her.
"We need to fill out who A is so I can kill them." Hanna remarked.
"I don't think that we should do that." I remarked. "Murder is kind of illegal."
As we walked by, I couldn't help but hear Noel and Ben making kissing sounds. I wasn't sure why the latter and Emily had broken up. However, Hanna decided to walk over to them and took me with.
"Looks like someone's upset that I stole the girl he likes." She said to Noel. "And Ben how are things with Emily?"
I couldn't help but be grateful to have someone like Hanna in my life. She was the Gryffindor that I needed.
Of course, being without her wasn't the easiest thing. When I was in the locker room for gym, girls were covering up. One even went into the bathroom stalls to change. I needed to be strong. Just because I was a Ravenclaw didn't mean that I couldn't be brave too. I knew that I would have to speak up.
"I have a girlfriend." I stated. "I don't care about seeing any of you naked. You can go back to ignoring me like you did before."
After gym was over, I realized that I needed to talk to my brother. I did so at lunch.
"Hi." I greeted him.
"Hey." He reciprocated.
"So, did you see the photo?" I questioned.
"I didn't see it, but I heard about it." He declared. "So how long has this been going on?"
"Just a few days. I told Mom and Dad yesterday." I explained.
"How did they take it?" He asked.
"I think it well pretty well." I replied.
"It seems like they were acting weird yesterday." He commented. I realized that I should probably tell him. It was probably something that they should tell him, but I didn't want him to not know what was going on.
"Dad had an affair before we left." I explained. "He was sleeping with one of his students."
"Are they going to break up?" He questioned.
"I don't know." I admitted. "They have to do what's best for them."
"Well that might make it harder to tell them if I can't even get them in the same room." He said.
"Tell them what?" I asked before something dawned on me. "Mike, are you gay?"
"No." He replied. "Well, at least not in a traditional sense. Do you remember when we were and we used to play dress-up together."
"I thought you hated that." I remarked.
"I didn't hate it. I was just a bit scared of how it made me feel." He responded. That was when I got what he was saying. No, that was when I got what she was saying. "You always said that you always wanted to have a sister."
"Well I would still love you even if you were my brother." I declared. "But you need to tell Mom and Dad. It's the only way that you can get the help that you need. So, how do you feel about me and Hanna?"
"I think you have great taste in women." She replied. I couldn't help but laugh.
After school, I met up with Hanna. She kissed me immediately.
"Hanna, would it be okay for us not to hang out after school?" I asked.
"I guess we don't have to, but what would you be doing instead?" She replied.
"I want to spend some time with Mike." I answered.
"You want to spend time with your brother?" She retorted. I wasn't going to tell her immediately. Even though she was my girlfriend, that still didn't mean that I wanted her to know before my parents did.
"It's complicated." I said. "I just thought that with what's going on with our parents, we should spend some time together. Maybe you could take the time to come out to your mom?"
I then went home with Mike. I knew part of this transition would be coming up with a new name, but that didn't need to happen immediately.
Mom and Dad weren't home when we got there. It would give us some time to talk.
"So should I call you Michelle?" I questioned.
"It's one of the names that I've been considering, but I haven't decided on any yet." She replied.
"What are the others?" I asked curiously.
"Well there's Cara, Blair, Taylor, and Lucy." She replied. "Which one do you think I should pick?"
I had to say that I liked the name Lucy for some reason. It wasn't from I Love Lucy, or Lucy from the Charlie Brown stuff. (I actually didn't like the character because she was a selfish little bitch.) I wasn't sure why. Maybe it had to do with Lucy from The Chronicles of Narnia. I heard that they weren't going to make any more movies, which I was said about. Still, my favor of the name had nothing to do with this because it wasn't my decision.
"It's not up to me." I stated. "Your name should be your choice and yours alone. So do you think we should try to see if we can convince Mom and Dad to stay together?"
"Yes." She answered.
When the two of them got home, I told them that we needed to talk.
"So, there are a few things that we wanted to talk to you about." I said. "For starters, Mike has something to say."
I nudged my sister to speak.
"I think I want to be a girl." She said. I wished that she had sounded more sure of it, but it was progress.
"Well this is a bit of a shock." Mom admitted. "But we always said that we wanted you two to be yourselves and if this is what you really want, we'll both support it."
"This might interfere with you being able to play Lacrosse though." Dad pointed out. I wasn't sure how the rules went with that. "But I have a psychiatrist friend at Hollis that you can see."
"I don't think I need a therapist." Mike told him.
"You do because a psychiatrist is the only one who can approve you for hormone replacement therapy." Dad told her. "Was there something else as well?"
"Yes." I replied. "We all know what happened now, but I was wondering if we could try to move past it. Maybe we can do something as a family tonight because I think that you two do still love each other."
"I don't know if that's such a good idea." Mom declared.
"Please. We can go to a restaurant in Brookhaven." I suggested. I would want it to be a chance for us to dress up, but I didn't have time to give Mike a makeover. That would require me to get hair extensions and wax her legs and we just didn't have time for that. We could do that soon if that was something that she wanted. I could tell that I was going to love having a sister.
I did think that I needed to put on something nice. I decided to call Hanna while I was getting ready.
"So, I'm not going to be available tonight either." I told her. "My family and I are going to dinner."
"I am too." She said. "My dad is in town."
"Wait, since when?" I asked.
"He called me after school saying that he was on his way over." She remarked. "He says that he has a surprise for me."
"Well are you going to tell him about us?" I questioned. I really hoped that she would.
"Yes." She promised. "I finally got the chance to tell my mom. She seemed surprised by it. So, it seems strange that you're doing something as a family with what your dad did."
"It's because of what he did that he did this." I explained. "I want to help them realize that even though my dad made a mistake, they still love each other. I guess we're kind of playing matchmaker for them."
"Well you do need to know that this still might not work out." She pointed out. "Your dad cheated on her. That's a pretty big mistake to overcome."
"I'll see you tomorrow." I declared because I had to finish getting ready. I put on a belted lace dress that resembled the night sky and a leather jacket with a pair of tights.
We all took Dad's car to a restaurant in Brookhaven. I saw the hostess from behind and couldn't think that she sounded familiar and so did her hair.
"Welcome to Sky Foods my name is…." She said before she looked up at us. "Oh crap."
So this story is back. I actually planned on bringing it back over a month ago, but I hit some writer's block. Anyway a lot has changed since I last updated. Also Mike is transgender and the two of them are going to try to keep their parents together. How will that go? Also Aria found Alison. Please don't forget to review.