What do you do when your boyfriend comes out as transgender? You're left with a lot of mixed emotions. You wonder how you could not know this about this person that you gave your virginity to. You start to question your sexuality as well. Are you gay for liking this girl who you thought was a boy? Maybe that was how Olivia felt in She's The Man when she found out that the Sebastian that she knew was really Viola, even though no one was transgender in that movie. What do you do? You know you have so many questions.
Those aren't rhetorical questions. That's something that happened to me. My name is Beth Corcoran. I just turned 16 years old a few months. I was Danny Schuester, who I thought was a guy, but just a few hours ago, told me that she wanted to be Dani Schuester. Things were already a little weird because she was two years younger than me. I was a little bit confused. Okay, I was very confused. I knew that this was something that I needed to talk to my mom about.
My mom was a bit older than the average mother. The truth was that I was adopted. She adopted me from a teenager when she was in her late 30s. I did want to know who my birth mother was, but that didn't mean that I didn't love her.
"What's got so upset?" She asked me.
"I just got back from talking with Dani." I replied. "I learned something that has made me feel confused about our relationship."
"I'm sure something that you can work out." She told me. She was friends with Dani's parents, so she probably hoped that we could work things out. They had known each other since before I was born.
"Dani's transgender." I stated. I wasn't sure if it was something that I should be telling her, but the only way that I could get some clarity was to let her know everything.
"What?" She questioned in surprise.
"Yeah, Dani wants to be a girl." I added.
"Do her parents know about it?" She questioned. That wasn't important to the conversation, but I supposed that she wanted to know due to her friendship.
"Yeah." I replied. "Mom, I don't know what to do. It's not that I don't want her to be a girl, but it puts me in a bit of an awkward spot."
"Well, do you love her?" She questioned. That was a tough question.
"I don't know." I admitted. "I thought I did, but now I'm not sure anymore. I've never thought of a girl in way other than a friend. I wished that there was some way that I could know. What should I do?"
"I can't tell you that." She answered. That wasn't what she was supposed to say. She was supposed to help me with this. "This is something that the two of you have to work out yourselves. Even though I'd prefer it if the two of you stayed together, that is not up to me."
Well that made things harder. I was no better off than before I told her.
Whenever I was feeling super-emotional, my mom always thought that it was best for me to sing. I didn't have the greatest voice, but it did usually help me think.
How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
I can't win your losing fight all the time
How can I ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride
No not this time
Not this time
How did we get here?
Well, I used to know you so well
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools of ourselves
Do you see what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools of ourselves
How did we get here?
Well, I used to know you so well
How did we get here?
Well I used to know you so well
I think I know
I think I know
Ooh there is something I see in you
It might kill me, I want it to be true
That did help me out. I knew what I needed to do. We would be meeting again for dinner. It was something that our families did.
We went to a restaurant. I saw that Dani was wearing a dress. She had already gotten extensions. She looked really pretty. That was only going to make this harder. We didn't talk much during the dinner.
I waited until we were done and then took her outside. She looked like she didn't know what I was going to say. I wasn't even sure if I should say it.
"You look really pretty." I told her. Those were words that I never would have seen myself saying to her.
"Thank you, so do you." She retorted.
"So, Dani, I've done some thinking about us." I stated. "This isn't easy for me to do. I want you to know that this has nothing to do with you. I also don't want you to think that I don't support what you're doing, because I do. The truth is that I don't think that I can do this anymore. I want you to be a girl, but I don't like girls. I'm really sorry."
"Beth, can we please just try to work this out?" She requested with tears in her eyes.
"I can't." I responded through my tears. "I'd really like to be with you, but I don't think that I can do it."
"I love you." She told me.
"It's not going to change anything." I told her before I walked away. I did know that it was going to be really awkward seeing her at school tomorrow.
Yes, we were starting school. She was going to be a freshman and I was going to be a sophomore because my mom screwed up my kindergarten registration and I didn't get to go until I was 6. It meant that I wouldn't graduate until I was 19. We didn't go to just any school. It was called the Finn Hudson School of the Arts and Dani's dad was the headmaster. My mother was in charge of the Glee club, so she would be giving me a ride.
I tried not to look at her when I got there. Unfortunately I did and it made me feel bad because I knew that I had broken her heart. I felt like I needed to sing again.
However, before I got the chance, I was hit by a sudden nausea. I felt like I was going to throw up. I began to run to the bathroom just made it to the toilet before I started hurling. I knew that I shouldn't have eaten the shrimp last night.
Once I was done throwing up, I knew that I needed to see my mom. If I had food poisoning, I needed to go home.
"Mom, I think I need to go home." I told her. She looked a little shocked.
"Beth, you can't skip the first day just because you broke up with Dani." She told me.
"It's not that, Mom. I just threw up. I think I have food poisoning from dinner last night." I told her. "Can I take the car home?"
"You probably shouldn't be driving if you have food poisoning." She said. "Also, you should go to the doctor to make sure that that's all it is. I'll give you some money for a cab."
So, I took a cab to the doctor's office. I threw up again as soon as I got there. I did think that it worked a little to my advantage because I didn't have to wait as long.
"So, what can I do for you, Beth." The doctor asked me once I got inside.
"I've been throwing up since an hour ago." I explained. "My mom thought that I should come here to see if I have food poisoning."
"Well, if you do, we won't be able to detect it, but I can do a blood test to make sure it's not something else." She offered.
I knew that I had to, but I didn't want to because it would require getting a shot. I closed my eyes as the needle went in.
I then waited for the results to come back. I ended up hurling again while I was waiting. Thankfully, I was done by the time that she got back.
"So, Beth, you don't have food poisoning." She told me. "You actually have something else, well it's more of a someone."
"What?" I questioned.
"You're pregnant." She told me.
So it looks like Beth's life is going to change immediately. How is Dani going to feel when she finds out that's gonna be a mom? The song is "Decode" by Paramore. Beth is played by Billie Eilish and Dani is played by Malina Weissman. And yes, I made Dani older because I wanted them together. Please don't forget to review.
