Chapter 5: New People, New Experiences
Iliki is in her sophomore year at ASU. She still prefers sex with boys to girls about 9:2. Paige moved to New York City to dance in a dance troupe. She does not make enough money to quite survive so her parents send her a few thousand dollars per month on Venmo. The dance troupe is not a full time job, no benefits so she works 20-30 hours per week as a waitress at a coffee shop. She auditions all the time for roles as a chorus dancer on and off Broadway. Her dream is to dance. She would love to find someone to spend time with, to talk with, to love and be loved. She meets people all over the place. Many more men approach her than women. She was lonelier than ever.
She walked out of the coffee shop one day and she saw a tall girl who made her stop and stare. The girl walked into the bar next door so Paige followed. Paige did not want a drink but had a club soda just to be a good citizen. She knows that workers, including waiters and bar tenders, need to eat too. She stopped to sip her drink and caught the attention of the girl. She was alone and sat at the bar. "Excuse me, may I sit?" asked Paige. "Of course." "My name is Paige and I work at the coffee shop next door. I saw you walk by. I don't want to seem creepy but I just had to meet you." She spoke with a rather deep voice for a girl, very sexy.
"I am Lola. I have a client in the office building across the street and I was so thirsty I had to stop." They talked until Lola left for the meeting. They exchanged numbers.
Paige was attracted to Lola and knew she had to call. Lola was about 5'8" or 9". She had to be. Paige was 5' 6" and had to look up a bit. Lola had brown skin, maybe Puerto Rican, maybe of mixed heritage. She phoned Lola that evening and they made a date to grab a bite at the deli around the corner from the bar where they met. Paige learned that Lola was indeed Puerto Rican, was 5' 9" and sold life insurance and other financial and savings vehicles. She did well enough to have a studio apartment in the Bronx. She was in the Navy for four years. She got her honorable discharge three years ago and returned to New York because she had a big family and could rely on them for all kinds of help. Her insurance practice was growing. Her clients were friends and contacts of her large family members and navy people. Lola had had relationships with men and women and was open to either. She wanted someone who would respect her for what she was, a woman inside and out. Of course, Paige thought.
Paige told her about her relationships, good and bad. Mostly bad. Upon reflection, it was the relationship with Iliki that Paige had the fondest memory of. They talked and talked. Lola was extremely turned on by Paige's clean good looks, body to die for, incredible eyes and warm smile.
They had dinner the following Friday night at a quiet intimate place. They went Dutch. The place required them both to take the subway, one to go north, one to go south. They talked often by phone about everything. Finally, Lola revealed that she was trans. "I would love to see you again, even start a relationship with you, Paige, but I am who I am. Everything about me is woman. I dress like a woman. I talk like a woman. I think like a woman. I act like a woman. I feel like a woman. Everyone sees me as a woman. Down there, I am a man. Does that revolt you?" Paige was flabbergasted. In Texas she never heard of trans people. The sorority did not have any trans people. She only heard about it on YouTube and on TV.
Still, Lola was attractive, sweet, kind and open. Very open. Paige really liked the idea that Lola was open. Not sinister and closed off like most people, certainly like most men. Paige said, "Yes, darling, I think I would like to get to know you better. I am not certain how it will work out but I think you are the kind of person I want to know." They hung up. Why did she use the term, 'darling'? Affection, to be nice. Paige did not know for sure but that is what came out.
Wow, a bombshell confession. What really does that mean? Paige was terribly confused. She called Iliki. She reached Iliki in the research library as she was sitting down to catch up on her reading. Iliki went downstairs to take the call. "Iliki, honey, what does this all mean?"
"Do you like her? Is she nice and sweet? Can you see yourself kissing her? Would you suck her cock? You said you would never put one in your mouth again." All of these were important questions. They talked for a long time before Iliki had to go get some dinner and hit the books. Paige certainly had a better understanding of what it means to be trans after their talk.
Later that evening, Paige watched videos for hours on YouTube by girls who were transsexuals. They were all attractive. Some were downright hot. They all were women, outwardly. Paige and Lola talked often for the next month. Paige was attracted to her sweetness, her gentle side, her soft affect. Iliki called Page. "How is it going?"
"Fine, I have more auditions."
"What is new with the girl you told me about?"
"We talk all the time. I really like her. We have another date, at a nice place near her apartment. Iliki, what if she wants to kiss or hook up? I'm scared."
"A little nervousness is good and normal. You really like her. I say to go for it."