Abrupt Change (Gender Change Syndrome)

The Houston House

The Houstons are a family of four. The parents have two sons. Heather is the mom who works as a lawyer, and her golden blonde hair was a mess as she just woke up around 6:00 am. She needed to wake her sons and make them ready for school. First, she walked to her youngest’s room, 10-year-old Ryan Allen Houston.

While she had no favorites among her children, Ryan was her baby. He was the baby of the family. Not only was Ryan the youngest, but his 15-year-old brother George and his dad treated him as a baby. Ryan knew he was the family’s baby and learned to accept it even though he didn’t like it.

Walking to Ryan’s room, Heather opened the door and stepped in. Heather shook her head, thinking about how cute her baby looked while sleeping. She chuckled at Ryan sleeping with his thumb in his mouth.

After walking over to the bed, Heather kissed his cheek before gently shaking him awake.

“Ryan, wake up, time to get up,” Heather said in a sing-song tone.

Heather looked at her child’s messy hair. She ran her fingers through it, pushing the shoulder-length locks out of his eyes.

At first, she was surprised that Ryan wanted to keep his hair long. However, she was glad because he looked so cute with long hair. She was happy that Ryan had decided to let his hair grow.

Stirring in his sleep, Ryan opened his eyes for a moment before burying his head in the pillow.

“Ten more minutes, please,” Ryan pleaded, his voice muffled by the pillow.

“Oh, but we can’t have that now,” Heather said as she smirked.

Immediately, Heather sat on the bed, flipped Ryan on his back, and tickled him. She knew the best way to wake Ryan was by tickling him. She knew that Ryan was extremely sensitive to tickling and would do anything to stop the torture.

She earned a loud squeal and giggles from Ryan as he struggled to escape. It didn’t take more than a couple of seconds for him to tap out.

“I’m up, I’m up,” he pleaded. “No more tickling, please.” He was out of breath.

“I can see that,” Heather replied with a smile. She couldn’t blame Ryan for not wanting to wake up, though.

Last week, Heather received an urgent call from Ryan’s school. The school nurse asked her to come and pick him up. She said he had a high fever and was sick.

Of course, Heather immediately left her office and headed to the school. The rest of that day, Ryan lay in the bed with his momma by his side.

He was still a bit sleepy, but he had to go to school today. All students between 8 and 14 were taking a blood test for some new genetic disorder, and his school will perform the test today. Heather would have kept Ryan home today if it weren’t for the blood test.

“Go take a quick shower and get dressed,” Heather told Ryan.

Ryan nodded and slipped out of bed before walking to his bathroom. It was good that everyone had their bathroom, which saved a lot of time—especially with her children, seeing that both George and Ryan loved to take their time showering.

Unlike many boys, her boys were relatively clean and neat. After all, it was something she and Jeff drilled into the children’s minds. Cleanliness was not the only thing the children took from their parents.

George is the star of the first-year football team and the captain. He was a great defender, fast, flexible, lightning-quick, and stood at 5’10” with broad shoulders and solid muscle mass. His teammates nicknamed him ‘Rock Solid’ because of how hard it was for anyone to slip past him. He was taking after Jeff with the potential to be even taller than his dad.