"Hi! I'm Bob" said Cynnie. "You new to the neighbourhood?"
"Yeah, we've just moved in to the old Weaver farm."
"Cool! You wanna play?"
"Sure!"
Seven-year-old Cynnie had pretty much run out of friends. Her best friend since Kindergarten - Larry - had abandoned her in 1st Grade after the other boys in his class started pushing him around and asking him "What are you doing playing with that girl?". She couldn't socialise with the girls in her class and the other boys were under the same social pressure as Larry, so she didn't have much opportunity to play with anyone apart from Georgie and his friends. So when a new family moved into the neighbourhood and had two boys around her age, she'd gone over to introduce herself as 'Bob' and tried to pass herself off as a boy. She'd pretty much figured out that this was the only way she could get boys to play with her. No boy wanted to play with a yucky girl. Girls have got cooties!
Cynnie spent a couple of hours playing 'Cowboys & Indians' with her new friends. It was getting late and she needed to head home soon, but she was having so much fun that she stayed out later than she should have.
Winona was getting worried about her daughter, so she sent Georgie out looking for her. Georgie found Cynnie playing with the new kids on the farm behind theirs.
"There you are!" cried Georgie. "Come along, Cynnie - you're supposed to be home already and Mommy's getting worried".
Cynnie's new friends blinked in surprise and looked at each other. They turned to her. "Why did he call you 'Cynnie'?" they asked.
Cynnie blushed furiously and thought "Damn you Georgie! Just when I've made some new friends, you had to go and ruin everything!".
"Uhhh… it's just a nickname." she explained. "He calls me that all the time. Coming, Georgie!" she called, rushing to get away before they could ask any more awkward questions.
Confused and suspicious, one of Cynnie's new friends went up to Georgie to get to the truth of the matter. He pointed at Cynnie and asked whether 'he' would be able to come out again tomorrow.
Georgie looked at him like he'd grown an extra head. "You do realise this is my sister, don't you?" he answered. "Come on Cynnie".
Needless to say, Cynnie lost another two friends that day. Two friends she desperately needed to keep.
A/N: Only a few more short chapters about Jim's childhood to go before we head to Starfleet Academy.