Authors Note: All individuals depicted are over 18, this is an adults story concerning adults.
"Thomas Edwards?" the teacher droned in that monotone that only teachers seem to be able to produce.
"Here!" Tom replied, somewhat overcompensating with his enthusiasm for the complete lack of attention he'd been paying. Maths was not his forte, and his attention had wondered less than 30 seconds into rollcall, just in anticipation of the boredom that was to come. Bored as he was, Tom almost missed his best friend Josh whispering to him from the next desk over, "Hey dude- someone's looking for you."
Tom pushed his long brown hair off his face and gave Josh a blank look, Josh was always trying to make the most mundane news as dramatic as possible.
"Yeah? And who could that be?" he replied dryly, straightening his glasses."
"Ellie Addison" Josh answered, suddenly grinning from ear to ear.
Tom looked unbelievingly at his friend, everyone knew Ellie Andrews, she was quite possibly the hottest girl in school. Officially, she'd never had a boyfriend, but there were rumours that occasionally she zeroed in on guys and... well the rumours weren't specific, but the guys she picked always seemed on cloud-9 for the few days after Ellie had singled them out. Finally, Tom whispered back to his friend, "You're sure? Where'd you hear this?"
Josh smiled widened, "She asked me where you were and what class you had next. Odds are she'll be waiting for you after class." Josh's smile faltered for a moment before he leaned in closer and whispered, "You did know about... you know she's trans right?"
Tom just nodded, even though she'd moved schools- the news had followed her, everyone knew that Ellie used to be Eddie. "What does that even matter dude, you've seen how hot she is- even if half the rumours are true..." Tom trailed off, if half the rumours were true, he was about to have one of the best afternoon's of his life. Tom just hoped that Josh wasn't messing with him.
The rest of Maths class passed in even more of a blur than usual and Tom jumped up as the bell for the end of class went off, he rushed to be the first person out of the room, pushing past his classmates until he reached the door, but froze about a meter away.
*What am I even doing?... I'm... I'm not even close to being in Ellie's league.* Tom thought to himself.
Slowly the rest of the class filed past Tom, some of his classmates giving him weird looks as they passed him until it was only Josh and Tom left in the room.
"You okay dude? I thought you were excited?" Josh asked, looking concernedly at Tom.
"I- I was, then... I mean... look at me and... she's Ellie bloody Addison." Tom stuttered out.
Josh clapped him on the shoulder and smiled, "Look, you're no jock with bulging oversized muscles, but you're not the worst looking guy, chin up and I'll see you tomorrow." Josh opened the door ahead of him and headed off towards the bus line.
*He's right, besides, Ellie already asked about me... which means she has to be interested... right?*
Confidence bolstered, Tom arranged his features into the most charming smile he could manage and pushed open the door to see-
Nothing.
No one was waiting for him, the corridor was practically deserted already. Face reddening in embarrassment, Tom headed off towards his car.
*Bloody Josh... always messing with me, I'll make sure he pays for this one.*
Tom was in such a mood by the time he got back to his car, that he missed the girl lounging casually on the hood of his car.
"Hey Tommy"
One hand on his car door handle, Tom's head snapped up at the voice and his mouth fell open at the sight of the girl sitting cross-legged on his car. Her long shapely legs led into a perfectly toned, full chested body. Her stunningly beautiful face was framed by her gorgeous long curly blonde hair. Her school uniform, which consisted of pleated skirt and white blouse looked to be stretched to breaking point over her killer figure. Ellie Addison sat with a mildly amused smile resting on her features.
"Picture would last longer you know" she said with a giggle as she slid down off of Tom's car."
"Uh- well- I-um" Tom struggled to form a cohesive thought, let alone a cohesive sentence.
Ellie quickly walked the few steps to stand barely a foot in front of Tom, pinning him with his back to the car. She gently placed a hand over his mouth to silence him. "Now... I know what you're probably thinking... What is happening right now?" she said, favouring him with a smile. "How did I come to have, not just a blonde bombshell, but THE blonde bombshell sitting on the hood of my car after school?"
"The answer is simple- girls like me... well we tend to have trouble meeting people... cause most guys are too scared to approach us and those that do, probably fetishise us." As she spoke, Ellie slowly slid her other hand up until it was resting gently, but firmly on Tom's chest. "So what I do, is I approach guys and I see what happens. Sometimes he's a pig and so I get out of there pretty fast, other times I make a good friend and sometimes... and you've probably heard the rumours, we click on a more physical level..." Ellie trailed off, gauging his reaction. "Obviously, I can't just demand we hang out cause that would be rude, but-" Ellie broke off and slipped a piece of paper into his top pocket "this is my address, I'll be free in an hour, I might see you there."