Carol
I am Carol Peters, Drew's Aunt. I am the cousin of Jenny Bond; Apollinaris Cycling Champion. She wouldn't be the Champion if not for her mate Dave. He worked weird hours so that he could be there for her races. He started his custom back when they were both kids.
Jenny was resting up and trying to repair her bike when Dave rode up on his bike. He stopped and with his magic touch had her bike ready to ride. Ever since then, he has been there for her. Dave's love for Jenny came through his care for her bike and his working weird hours to be at her races. She knew he was the one for her and when he proposed after their graduation, she accepted.
He became a Sales Representative and Jenny became a teacher. Even though it limited her racing to the weekend, Dave was there for her and included touring area castles because Dave loves touring castles.
When Jenny had Jules and Drew, she curtailed her racing in order to raise them. Then when Drew was thirteen years old, she had a chance to race and took it. She got Drew to dress up for a charity race. Jenny went as Xena:Warrior Princess and Drew went as Gabrielle: The Battling Bard. in a tandem bike race.
They won both the race and the costume category as well. Drew thought that was the only time that he would have to dress as Gaby, but he was tricked into being Gaby many times after that.
Dave was quite taken with Jenny dressed as Xena. It was no doubt her wearing a black wig that did it for him. According to Jules and Drew, those two had quite a bit of fun that night and I could tell by the way Jen looked that she was VERY satisfied indeed. She kept the costume too. I might borrow it for myself for when Bob and I want to have our own special time together.
Mister Woods got him to dress as Gaby for a school brochure. Mister Woods is the Dean of the school. For a week, he wore a girl's uniform while as Drew, he stayed home sick. Only the family and Mister Woods knew about it. We were amazed that nobody caught on to the deception.
Drew made such a cute girl that his friend Clive took a fancy to Gaby. Now Drew never encouraged him in any way, but Clive still fancied Gaby something fierce much to Drew's dismay. Drew and Mady came up with a way to stop Clive in his one-sided crush, Gaby would break up with Clive in public.
When Gaby broke up with Clive, he got into trouble because he got drunk. Now Drew didn't mean for that to happen, but Clive did ask for it. I hope that boy has learned his lesson, because Drew fancies snogging with Maddy, not Clive. At least Clive never got the chance to kiss Gaby, THAT would have been a bit TOO much for Drew.
But Mister Woods made out the check to Gaby Bond, not Drew. Drew had to dress as Gaby to deposit the check and opened up an account in Gaby's name. Drew was plenty annoyed later when he found out that he could have endorsed it and then deposit in his account.
Drew's problem with being Gaby is that people keep on mistaking him for a girl. I admit that his mall frame and long hair are quite girlish, but he is a boy. If he was to cut his hair and wear baggy clothes, he might just be seen as a boy. The only difference between Drew and Maddy is that Maddy is a girl.
Drew suffers from the fact that his body does not produce enough testosterone, so he looks more like a girl than a boy. When you add the fact that he has yet to go through puberty and is actually starting to grow breasts, his being seen as a boy becomes difficult indeed.
Jenny and Dave have had Drew given tests to see what was happening too. Now he takes iron pills because he is anemic and has started taking energy bars with him when he races too. He was surprised to learn that Maddy's takes the same iron pill that he does.
Drew has had to start wearing a sports bra and knickers because of his unique frame. His breasts need the support of the sports bra and the knickers fit him better. Until he starts going through a male puberty, he will develop as a girl.
Drew wants to be a boy, but it seems as if his body wants to be a girl. All too often, he has reacted as a girl would. No doubt it is due to the fact that his body produces too many hormones, but he is still trying to find himself.
Drew has also helped out two different young ladies. He has such a generous and giving heart that I at times worry that he is too sweet for his own good. But I wouldn't have Drew change a bit! His sweet nature is what makes him Drew.
One girl he helped out id a wheelchair bound girl named Anniefred. She was thrown from her horse and broke her back when she landed. Ever since then, she has not been comfortable around a horse.
She bemoaned the fact that she can't ride a bike anymore to Drew when they met. Well Drew decided to surprise her by taking her on a ride on the tandem. He got permission from Dave and jenny to modify the tandem himself. Now don't think tat just because he is a kid that he can't do the job.
Dave and Jenny taught him very well about bike care. After getting permission, he worked on it only to have his efforts needing help. When Fred's Dad saw the problem, he took the bike and finished Drew's modifications.
Everybody kept silent about Drew's gift just in case he couldn't come through for Fred. Well, when Fred saw the bike, she grinned from ear to ear and was more than ready to ride. It took a bit of trial and error, but eventually, Drew and Fred went riding.
Another girl that Drew helped out is Catrina. She was visiting her Gran with her parents when Drew saw her on the side of the road needing new tyres for her clunker of a bike. Drew got permission from Jenny and Dave to give her a set of tyres.
Cat came by while Drew was off racing. Only Jules was home and she invited the girl to a party that we were throwing to celebrate Drew's win. Cat accepted, but felt as if she was not really wanted. I know that Drew wanted her there and so did I.
I met her before and told that girl to call me Aunt Carol. I immediately liked her and knew that she would make Drew a good friend. The only thing is that Drew blamed her for Rhod wanting to become a girl. After Drew cooled off, he apologized to her. I am glad they mended the fence, She is a very sweet young girl.
Then there is that new girl from Holland, Helen. She moved into town with her Gran when her parents died. She is a lonely, sweet and shy young lady, nothing at all like my daughter Maddy.
Drew met her one day while she was pushing her bike along. Well Drew befriended her and invited her to a party to meet the gang. She and Maddy don't really get along that well, but she remains civil around Helen because of Drew.
Helen invited Drew to a special party. She is a Girl Guide and the party is used to recruit new members so it was SUPPOSED to be for girls only. the Leader thought that Drew was a girl until she was set straight. Drew was quite chuffed to learn that he was invited because Helen wanted to dance with him.
Jenny left to join the Apollinaris Racing Team when they offered her a position on the team. She joined only after she had her family's blessing. Dave and the kids missed her terribly, but they wanted for Jenny to have a chance to race and fulfill her dream.
Jenny went to Germany to race with the team and soon won the Ladies
Championship. She won a trophy and the right to win a special jersey when
racing. But as much as she loves cycling, she loves Dave and the kids even more.
She took time to be with both Juliet and Drew alone so that they cold spend some time together. They really needed that time with Jenny, but nothing could have prepared them for the battle to come.
Jenny called and broke up with Dave. I couldn't believe it when I heard!! It was so unlike my sister. I just knew that there was something going on that I knew nothing about, but until I knew and could help, Dave and the kids went through Hell!
Dave cried himself to sleep for several nights and drank to forget. Even though his heart was broken he had to be strong for Drew and Jules. Drew pushed himself to extremes while racing and Jules ranted and raved about how much she hated her Mum. But things were soon to change for the better.
Jenny came home a defeated and broken woman to die. She was diagnosed with cancer while in Germany and raced like a demon trying to fight it and win. But the cancer was winning and Jenny returned home in a last ditch effort to fight. That was why she left Drew and the kids.
When she told them the truth, they welcomed her back and forgave her for the deception. She thought that if she was divorced from Dave that the hurt would help them when she died. But she finally came back when her heart broke and needed Dave's tender love to help her fight.
Dew and Jules wanted to be there while she had the surgery, but Dave and Jules both told them to go on the trip to America that had been arranged. There was a special cultural exchange program set up between Warsop College and America. The Americans had visited us, now it was time for Warsop to go to America.
Drew and Jules agreed to go only after they were promised that they would be called back home if the surgery failed. The surgery was a complete success and Jenny recovered and started getting back into shape to defend her title. Drew and Jules were chuffed when they heard the good news, but at the same time, it had a weird effect upon Dave's dreams for awhile.
Dave started dreaming that Drew had become Gaby and was in the process of getting ready to marry. Dave was worried about Drew having to be Gaby all the time while in America and it came out in his dream. Dave worries that being Gaby for so long will have Drew succumb to pressure and become Gaby.
It all began when the American students tricked Drew into being Gaby as a joke. Drew went along with it because he is such a nice young man, but those students hurt Drew too.
When Drew and the gang went to America, the girls "FORGOT" to tell their parents that Drew was a boy!! Because of their lie, Drew had to be Gaby full time in America. Drew went along with it so that nobody else would suffer, but those girls need to be punished, not Drew.
At least Drew had Jules there to console him. If not for her, Drew might not have survived, as it was, he was crying into her shoulders almost every night. But Drew also met some Americans that saw him as Drew.
Erin owns a local bike shop and is part of a local cycling club. They were truly impressed with Drew when he kept on winning their impromptu races. Erin even gave Drew a special bike to ride. jenny and Dave almost refused the gift, but Erin convinced them to let Drew accept the gift. Now Erin is the only American that can safely claim to have a bike ridden by Drew.
My daughter Maddy loves Drew. I have seen her spend hours deciding what to wear to please him. It all began when they were in school. She was in her uniform and Drew was in his. Everybody thought they were twins that did not know them.
Maddy even then had the idea of them dressing alike to fool everybody. She would dress in Drew's clothes and together, they looked like twin boys. She never tried to get Drew to wear any of her clothes [even though they are both the same size] until Jenny had Drew race with her in a charity bike race.
The racers all wore a costume and rode upon a tandem bike. Jenny went as Xena:Warrior Princess and she got Drew to go as Gabrielle,: the Battling Bard. Drew thought that was going to be the ONLY time that he would be Gaby, but Maddy and Drew's sister Jules both found ways to trick him into being Gaby.
I thought that Drew dressing as Gaby was cute. But after he confessed his dismay about being tricked into being Gaby, Mady and Jules stopped their attempts, but I had too turn him into Gaby too.
I needed to get some clothes for Maddy and since Drew and Maddy are the same size, I asked him to be Gaby for me. I promised that if it got to be too much for him, we would quit. But I was deaf to his plea until he finally got mad at me and threatened to take the bus home.
We left, but he has not relaxed around me. How can I blame him? I wanted Gaby, not Drew!! I saw him as the twin sister of Maddy that died at child birth. Drew has always been Maddy's twin in my heart, now because of my blindness to Drew's trauma, I may have alienated him!
I will never have that same relationship with Drew unless he can forgive me. I alas must forgive myself. I will even tell him about Maddy's twin that died at birth. When I do, I will tell Maddy too because those two will be a able to console each other and perhaps help me at the same time.
No, I don't want for Drew to become Gaby for me ever again. I know that the temptation is too strong for me to see my daughter and not Drew. I know that she is in heaven, but at times I wonder if she came back as Drew.
Maddy has gone to a few cons with Drew too. That girl tricked Drew to wear dresses or skirts at all of them too. Drew went along because he loves Maddy and wants to please her, but Drew wants to go as Drew, NOT Gaby.
As much as Maddy has tricked Drew into being Gaby, she has also been there to cheer him on at a few of his races and to give him leg massages too. I have no doubt that those two will wed in time and Maddy and Drew will have my blessings when they wed.
She has also began to race too. In fact, Drew was able to get her Jenny's bike to race on. She has won a few awards in her own right, but she is nowhere near Drew's level. When she isn't racing, she cheers Drew on. What is sweet is seeing those to giving each other leg massages before and after the race.
But what is strange is that in Germany, they think he is a girl. Dave and the kids moved to Germany to be with Jenny after Dave was offered the position of Bike Mechanic for the team. He is a wizard with bikes and can adjust a bike to fit the rider.
Drew won a Beauty Contest there in Germany. The locals were have a Wine Queen celebration and he was selected as a contestant. He never thought that he would win after he went to pains to tell them he was a boy, but he won anyway, much to his chagrin.
What surprised Dave and Jenny is the fact that Drew wanted to work as a waitress. They let him do it even though they are concerned about the idea. At least his uniform is a blouse and trousers and NOT a skirt.
Something really funny that happened while in Germany is that Drew was selected along with a boy and a girl to wear a pregnancy kit for an assignment. HE was the only one to go to school dressed as a pregnant Mum. the others wore the kit OVER their clothes. Well Drew got top marks for himself. I guess he is getting used to being Gaby.
Well, Jules used Drew in an assignment at school. She wrote a very moving obituary on Drew. When we all read it, we cried because even though it was fiction, she touched our hearts. Jules did get a good grade out of it too.
Jules is a bit of a wild child. It all began when she had her tongue pierced. Drew and Maddy agreed to keep her secret as long as possible, but all too soon, they found out. Needless to say, they were furious and really let her have it. That poor kid was crying after that. She was trying to express herself and in doing so, she broke the rules.
Then she dyed her hair black and started wearing all black. Drew and Maddy started calling her Goth Girl and her parents were again mad, but in time, they were able to accept their Goth Girl.
Stan 13.02.08 © 2008
