I woke up in the morning to find that Zack was still asleep. I slept in a large men's shirt. I didn't actually own a lot of women's clothing other than my underwear and a few dresses that I probably wouldn't ever get a chance to wear. I was pretty sure that I could pass as a girl, but I'm not sure if anyone would recognize me. I was kind of glad that Zack knew. It at least meant that I could be myself somewhere, even if it was only in the room. I headed to the bathroom and got in the shower. I locked the door because I didn't want Zack to walk on me naked. I didn't even like to see myself naked because it was a reminder of what I didn't have.
Zack was knocking on the door as soon as I out of the shower. I covered myself in a towel and opened it for him.
"Wow." He commented. "You know you really are hot."
He didn't look so bad himself.
"Didn't you have to use the bathroom?" I asked. He blushed and I stepped out while he stepped inside. "So we probably should avoid stuff like what happened yesterday at the pool table because it will make people think something is up."
"Good call." He agreed.
One thing I couldn't help but wonder was maybe I should try to find myself a beard so people wouldn't think that I was gay. I just didn't know where to begin with any of that. It would be especially difficult because of the part of my body that would be difficult to hide. I'd have to find a girl who would be understanding and I didn't even know any of the other girls besides London and I had a feeling that even having London as a fake girlfriend would be a headache.
I began to get dressed while I heard Zack showering. I could tell school was not going to be fun. On the plus side, if I ever wanted to become an actress, I would have great practice.
I decided to go get breakfast. I noticed that Cody was there. I couldn't help but wonder if he and Woody had worked out their issues.
"Hey, Cody." I greeted him.
"Hey, Bailey, so that was a crazy day yesterday." He commented. He had no idea. "So you and Zack aren't really together or anything, are you, not that there's anything wrong if you are?"
"No, Zack and I were just trying to get along and probably got a little too close." I lied. "So how are things going with Woody?"
"Uh…" He replied. I couldn't help but laugh.
"Well you need to tough it out and find some common ground like Zack and I did." I remarked.
"What kind of common ground could you two possibly have?" He questioned.
"We both love baseball." I replied. It was technically true. We were both baseball fans even though we liked different teams. I just liked a team that hadn't been away good in a few decades and hadn't had a star since George Brett. "What do you like to do?"
"Well I like to cook." He declared. "Something tells me that Woody isn't into that."
After breakfast, we headed to class and I found that Zack was late. I couldn't help but wonder why since he didn't wake up much later than I did. I also noticed that his hair was messy. I definitely got the feeling that he seemed to be someone that didn't really care about his appearance, which was a little bit hot actually.
After class was over, I headed back to the room and Zack joined me.
"So, were looking to change your name because it seems like that's something that people do when they get a sex change?" Zack asked.
"I actually really like my name." I declared. "I think it sounds more feminine than masculine anyway. The only thing that I would likely change would be my middle name from Nicholas to Nicole."
"Well I know that I could never do what you are doing." He replied. "It must take a lot of guts."
"You don't want to become Zoey?" I teased.
"No." He responded. "I like girls, but I don't think that I could be one."
"I was only joking." I assured him.
"So I heard that we were going to be arriving in the Domino Republic tonight." He stated.
"It's Dominican." I corrected. "You know a lot of baseball players are from there: Albert Pujols, Sammy Sosa, David Ortiz."
"Ah, good old Big Papi." Zack mused. "You know I met once when he came to the Tipton in Cleveland."
"So you actually lived in a hotel?" I asked. He nodded. "That's like something out of Eloise."
"I don't really know what that is." He told me.
"It's a series of children books about a little girl that lives at a fancy hotel." I declared. "It's been adapted into television specials and movies."
"You know maybe when we get to the island, you could try going out as a girl." He suggested.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea." I declared.
"Why not? It's not like anyone would know that it's you." He challenged. "Didn't you come on this ship so you could be who you really are instead of pretending?"
"Yes…" I admitted.
"Well then you should at least try it to see how it goes." He suggested. "Do you have any girls' clothes that you can wear."
"I have one dress." I declared.
"You should take it out and try it on." He instructed.
"I'd have to wax my legs first." I explained. "I expected to wearing pants most of the time. Would you be willing to help me with that?"
"I don't know what to do, but sure." He agreed.
I reached into my bag and took out some wax and wax paper as well as a bandana.
"What's the bandana for?" He asked as I rolled my pant leg up and opened up the wax.
"You'll see." I declared as I began to apply the wax over my leg and set the paper against it. "Now this might take a while."
After a little while, we were done.
"Is that faster than shaving?" He asked.
"Well it doesn't have the same risks as shaving, as in cutting myself." I explained. "I found it to be generally more effective. I'm still not 100 percent sure that I'm doing it correctly though. I'm following something that I found on the internet."
"Well your legs do look nice and feel smooth." He commented. He then looked around the room. "This is kind of weird."
"I know I'm probably not kind of the roommate that you hoped for." I told him.
"Well you're still better than Cody." He replied. "So let's see what you look like in that dress."
I grabbed it out of my dresser. It was on the bottom underneath all of my pants. I then went into the bathroom and put it on. It was a white sleeveless dress with black flowers on it and a black hem.
"Wow." He commented.
"How do I look?" I asked with a blush.
"You look like a girl." He assured me. "I find it hard to believe that you were born a boy at all. Are you sure that you were?"
"Yes." I replied. "I'm not going to show it to you because that would be weird. You know before you go, can you see if Cody and Woody are still in their room. I don't want them to see me as I'm walking out."
He stepped out of the room and went to check and came back a few seconds later.
"So neither of them is in there and you should probably come out before they come back." He stated.
"I need shoes." I declared. "I only brought two pairs of sneakers and some sandals. I don't have any girl shoes."
"There's probably somewhere on the island that you can buy flip-flops or something." He declared. "Stop trying to talk yourself out of it."
"You know, I don't understand why you're being so nice to me." I said. "Look if you want to get laid, I'm not your girl. That sounded a lot less harsh in my head. I didn't mean it like that."
"I'm not interested in you like that." He stated. "My heart already belongs to one girl."
"So you have a girlfriend then?" I asked.
"Not exactly, but she is my future wife." He declared. "Anyway, if we were to date, I would probably want you to be all-girl first. That sounded a lot better in my head."
"I get what you mean and I understand." I remarked. "I know that there wouldn't be any way that we could realistically be together. I do want to thank you for making me do this. I've never really got a chance to be the person that I want to be."
I walked out of the room with no shoes on. I found that it wasn't exactly comfortable with the hardwood of the boat. I had my passenger card with me in my wallet which I had in a pocket in my dress. A downside to girls' clothes was the lack of pockets. My sister told me it was because of purses, but I didn't have a purse. The she gave me some of her old clothes before she went to college, including this dress. I hoped that I would be able to talk to her soon.
I walked off the ship and onto the dock of the island. My Spanish wasn't great, but I figured most of the vendors probably spoke enough English to deal with tourists. In addition to the shoes, I happened to notice a dress that I really liked. My parents wouldn't know what I was with my credit card and as long as I didn't spend too much. I would tell them eventually, I just didn't know when. I did want to look into other nation's laws when it came to sexual reassignment surgery. I had also thought about forging their signatures but there was the chance the doctor would call them before the operation. I could have applied for emancipation, but I probably didn't have a good enough case for it.
After we were done shopping, I decided to get some authentic Caribbean food. It was a bit hotter than I expected it to be and I had to chug a glass of milk. I just hoped that I wouldn't have any problems with it later on. I noticed Zack was chuckling at me and I smiled at him. He probably thought that I was dork, but he probably also thought that I was a cute dork. I didn't mind being a dork.
The last stop that I made was the pharmacy because I knew that I could get some more estrogen without a prescription. It wasn't illegal to bring it on the boat. It was one of the unfortunate things that the country was known for, but it more had to do with steroids than anything else. My thoughts about steroids were that as long as they weren't hurting anyone. I also thought that as long as the numbers were there, steroid users should be allowed in the hall of fame, but Pete Rose should get in first.
It was a little before curfew when I got back on the boat. Because it was so late, I didn't feel that anyone would notice. I headed to my room, thankful that I didn't have to put on any boys' clothes and that I could straight to bed. I was really glad that Zack had convinced me to go out as a girl because it was a lot of fun and I knew that I would want to do again whenever I got the chance.
So the ship between Zack and Bailey is definitely anchored for now, but who knows what will happen in the future. Will Bailey be able to get her operation in another country? Next chapter someone finds out about it, but it's not Cody. Please don't forget to review.