Wayne had been away from Croyden Harbour for a little more than two years, when he finally ventured back to the community that knew him as a young boy. Wayne was no longer that boy; he went by the name Annabel now and had the curves of femininity to accompany his feminine name. Wayne had stopped hormone therapy during his two years in the big city and had discovered and embraced his various gender traits, far from this place that had tried to define him in his youth. Annabel felt some apprehension being back home as a different person, as her complete self. How would people react when they saw her now? Although, in truth, how ‘people’ reacted didn’t matter much to Annabel, she was only interested in one person’s reaction. Annabel knew that…show more content… Familiar is comfortable, but that’s not always the best.” Annabel explained.
“There’s a whole world out there for us Wally and I’d really like to discover it with you” Annabel told Wally with a hopeful rise of her eyebrows.
“I’ve learned that home isn’t where you are, it’s who you’re with and I want to be with you Wally, I came back for you. I want to hear you sing on stage, to a cheering crowd in a place we have only ever read about. What I need to know now, is what you want.”
Wally kept her eyes on the table in front of her as she began to confess that, “When you left it made me realize how much I missed seeing you and how different things are without you.”
Wally cautiously looked up to meet Annabel’s gaze, “The truth is Wayne, I’m scared to leave, but I’m also scared that if I stay, I will look back and regret not taking the chance,”
Annabel reached across the table and laid her hand on Wally’s, “Taking chances isn’t always easy; maybe it isn’t always considered smart either, but it does let a person grow. Leaving here gave me the chance to understand who I am and I want that for you too Wally. Now I am Annabel. I am different and I am able to say that because I took a
