It's the tale of Kelly, a young man who finds work at a bed and breakfast owned by his friend Cole's grandparents. Kelly and Cole were very close growing up, but even so, Kelly has hidden much from him - his enjoyment of cross-dressing, his fantasies of being a woman - and how both led him to Cole's doorstep. There, in this romantic setting, Kelly and Cole's relationship takes an unexpected turn.
The story came together after a trip to a winery with some friends of mine, when I was struck by how surreal everything looked. So many parts the world are so overdeveloped that when you actually take a trip to a farm or a vineyard, it feels like another world.
In a way, I guess that's what figuring out our gender identity is like. You have places that are developed, places that are sparse, and yet both exist in the same world. It is up to us to choose where we want to live, the place that makes us the most comfortable.
"Becoming Beautiful," then, became a story both of both sexes as two worlds, and what happens when we cross the line from one to the next.
One of the biggest challenges in writing it was deciding how far to go with Kelly's backstory. I wanted to add as much sexual tension as I could, but I didn't want to go overboard. The following deleted scene was originally going to be near the end of the book, when Kelly is remembering his past.
It does not contain "spoilers," but I do advise that you read the book first.
**DELETED SCENE**
I kiss the window.
Mom kissed me during our last movie night. It happened by accident.
I was cuddling on top of her again and my lips grazed her cheek. I pushed myself up from the couch and started to apologize. Mom just shook her head and lifted a finger to my lips. Her finger slid down the front of my dress. She looked like she was going to cry, but she was smiling. I was nervous, but I couldn’t stop staring at her. I didn’t know what was going to happen.
Then she sat up on the couch and kissed me back.
It was a slow, tender kiss. Her tongue slipped inside my mouth. I reached my blue gloved hands behind her head and kissed her back. I lowered her down and pressed my body against hers, our dresses sliding against one another. My dick was so hard in my panties that it was starting to hurt. We kissed each other faster and Mom started to moan. Her hands were grabbing up and down my back. She hiked up the back of my skirt, and she started to squeeze my buttocks.
My hips thrust on their own, lowering me further and further between Mom’s legs. My dick popped out of my panties, and I felt heat near the tip. I couldn’t stop myself from ramming my length into her pussy. Mom gasped and let her legs thump against my back.
I didn’t last very long. I came inside her just a few seconds later.
