Rachel and Chris

“How about we continue this back at my place,” I asked.
I didn’t know what to think for a moment because Rachel didn’t respond but seemed lost in thought. I began to think that she was all about “heavy petting” as they use to call it but didn’t go any farther. I was hoping such wasn’t the case but was resigned the possibility. I thought that either way she was great.

“Jack, let’s go,” she said very carefully and thoughtfully as she squeezed my hand. “But let’s go back to my apartment if you don’t mind.”
I didn’t mind. If it was fine with her it was fine with me. Her brother being there was a bit weird for her I thought but it didn’t bother me in the slightest. I assumed that with her dating he had likely seen many of her boyfriends come home with her.
Before I could reply and react, Rachel added: “Don’t worry about my brother. I don’t think he will mind.”
Thinking he wouldn’t mind was not exactly reassuring but it was more a problem for her than for me so off we went.
As we drove back across town to her apartment, Rachel began to tell me about her brother as it seemed she wanted me to be fully briefed before we made it to her place.
“I love Chris with all my heart and I will not let anyone hurt him,” she said as I wondered what this was building toward.

“My Mom and Dad couldn’t go a day without putting him down and treating him like crap. It didn’t matter what he did, he was wrong. His friends were bad, his effort at school was bad, the way he dressed was bad, and on and on,” she said.
“Chris has been different since we were little kids. He always wanted to play with my toys and dolls; wanted to play with my friends and not the other boys, and; got caught over and over dressing up in my clothes.”
“When I was in middle school and started wearing more grown up things, my Dad caught him dressed up as a girl one afternoon and just lost it. He didn’t hit Chris but he called him so many things that Chris wouldn’t even speak for several weeks afterward,” she continued. “They sent him to all kinds of counselors but the fact was very clear that he wanted to be a girl.”