Magician's Assistant - Friends & Lovers Part 9

"I'm afraid so, Nicole," Magatrix sympathetically replied. "I'm sorry to say that they more or less go with the territory."

"Shit! I knew there had to be a catch to this girl-shit business!"

"Are you saying that you might want to reconsider?"

"No." Nikki thoughtfully replied. "I don't want to reconsider anything. As much as I might regret saying this, I really want to stay just like I am right now. That's to say that I don't want to go back to being a guy again. I find that I like being a girl, and as crazy as it might sound, when push comes shove, I really want to remain one. It's just." her voice trailed off into silent contemplation.

"It's just what?" Magatrix gently prompted.

"It's just that I'm not looking forward to my first period."

Commiserating, Magatrix had to chuckle. "I would say that's pretty much a given. I mean, take it from me, if there's one thing about being a girl that really sucks, it's periods."

"You mean to tell me that you can't use your magic to do away with them?" John interjected.

"Yes. You're right. I could do that. I could use my magic to just whisk them away. And, just so the two of you know, I actually did do that a couple of times at first. However, every time I did use magic to squelch one of those pesky unwelcome monthly visitors of mine, it somehow put a damper on my magical ability, in that it severely limited the amount of magical potential upon which I could draw. So, since I'm not willing to give up any of my magical ability, I've just had to grin and bear them, much as any other woman who has ever lived has had to do.

"But anyhow, getting back to what I was saying before I got us off on a tangent, in many respects this Third Version of Creation tends to lend credence to why we human beings are as sexually screwed as we are. I mean, think of all the women out there who are bustin' a gut to prove that they are just as business savvy as their male counterparts. Then, on the opposite side of the equation, just think of all the men walking around out there who are either so enamored with women that they fantasize what it would be like to be one themselves, or feel that they are really a woman trapped inside of a man's body.