Chapter 2 - Her Impossible Dream

Thus, what could she ask for more from God? Nothing... As in none... for she has everything.

She has a face like that of Helen of Troy that launched a thousand ships. She has the courage like that of Athena, the Greek goddess of war. She is a loving person like that of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She has the talent and skill and intelligence that every person longs for.

Nevertheless, there seemed to be still lacking in her life. There was the emptiness that she could feel in her heart.

"What was it?" She would often try to ponder on, but could not feel nor think of an answer. With empty heart or not, she had to go on with her life. "It is the common words of men that" Life must go on, no matter what happens."

As she was in her fourth year in junior high school, it was time for her to web her plan for her future career. Planning it, a light bulb instantly gave her an idea... Of what was lacking in her life? Alas! She knew the answer. She wants to be a boy. "Yes! I want to be a boy."

A teenage boy who wears men clothes. A teenage boy with a very handsome face who would attract many teenage girls. A teenage boy who would soon be a grown up real gentleman. A teenage boy who would become a man in a shining armour saving a very beautiful sexy lady in distress. While she was on this thoughts, she came into reality that she was a teenage girl with complete parts of a female, either physically or biologically.

"Then what shall I do!?" she burst helplessly. But... for all you know she was a human being who refused to give up easily. And so she continued planning.

"If I am dying to be a male, then the college course that I should take up should require me to dress up a boy's apparel." She thought in depth in all seriousness.

Graduation came. She graduated with flying colours and a medal recipient. Her family was very proud of her and expressed their all-out-support for her. Therefore, it was the exact opportunity that she has been waiting for, for quite sometime.

"Richclar," her father called.

"Yes, father dear?" she replied while walking near him.

"What will you take in college?" her father inquired.

"Would my father agree if her youngest daughter take up Criminology? I would like to be a policewoman." She replied hesitantly doubting if her father would agree.

"Why would you take it up of all courses?" her father asked again, confused.

"Father, How can I be a policewoman if I would not take up Criminology?" She replied back.

"Let me ask your mother and your siblings' opinion first. Hey, honey do you and our other children agree that Richclar would be a policewoman four years from now?" He inquisitively asked his wife and her older children.

"What is the problem with it, darling? There is no law enforcer from our family yet. Hence, she should be." Clariss replied in her mighty conviction.

Her father patted her by her shoulder, ruffled her hair affectionately and said: "Since your mother and your siblings agreed, so be it. Your plan would be done. Next week you have to take up the entrance examination. If you'd be qualified, then you'd be a Criminology student from this coming school year and onward till you graduate."

" Yessss! " She closed her right hand into fist and snapped it loudly at the same time. She was overwhelmed with an overflowing joy... Congratulating herself for being tough in telling her family her indirect secret plan to act just like a male creature of God.

Yet, she has to transform not in an abrupt way. She has to do it little by little. Next week, taking up the qualifying exam does need for her to dress up in pants and shirts, yet. She will go to that school in her girl's clothing with a hair untied and a shoulder bag instead of a backpack.

The week of taking up the examination came. She wore a female's attire as she planned. She was so demure or unobtrusive that unknown to her, it made her looks so innocent and naive, that resulted to her very strong sex appeal to her opposite sex. With such physical appearance, no male creature would ever not have a stiff neck to look at her and follow her every movement.

It so happened that one of these males was a very young newly hired instructor in that Criminology school. He was a man of muscles perfectly placed by God in their exact parts of his body matched with his Thor's handsome face.

Being newly hired, this instructor whose name was Mr. Joshua de la Cruz was impressing his employers, that was why he was the examiner. This examination day was their first meeting. Before, Mr de la Cruz was unbeliever of the so called 'Love at First Sight' but now it seemed that he would start believing it.

"Ms Richclar Samson please feel free to ask me if you are confused with something in your test paper. " He told her without turning a blind eye on her.

"Yes, sir and thanks," she politely answered.

But to his dismay, the female examinee finished her exam without any question paused to him. So, he was intrigued. Most of the examinees asked him about something which brought about confusion." This girl examinee was never confused? " he asked himself in his mind. His curiosity moved him to check Richclar's answer sheet immediately. To his surprise, she got an almost perfect score. He was stupefied... and what more... his attraction to her skyrocketed to its superhighest level.

"Gosh! God made me meet my dream wife. She was here. However, she was ten years younger than me. Am I a cradle snatcher? What shall I do?" His words mixed in gratitude to God with his whining about the age gap.

On the other hand, Richclar whose mind was still pure, was unable to gauge the admiration poked to her by the examiner. She did not see those eyes with desire by side staring at her, admiring her edges and perfect curves. In her mind and heart, she was thankful to have a kind and considerate examiner who didn't bother about the time, so she was not conscious of the time constraint. Although, she had almost managed to meet the allocated time to answer the examination, but she had a 15-minute overtime.

She went home unaware of the impression he left from the heart and mind of Mr. Joshua de la Cruz. What expectation could anyone ask from her when she was still inexperienced regarding this matter?

Instead, she was engrossed helping his father and other siblings in their rice field farming and weaving soft brooms. She never cared at all if she would not be able to go with her fellow youth to go hop dancing from one barangay to another barangay in her own hometown.

"Guys, I am sorry that I could not go with you. My father's customer had some orders... Besides it is harvest time in the rice field." She would politely refuse in spite of her mother's encouragement. Summer life of Richclar was indeed spent meaningfully as she knew that college life needs some big amount of money for her boarding house, foods, tuition fees and other school requirements. Although she was pampered and doted, yet, she was not a brat at all.

A month after taking the entrance examination, Richclar and her family were really surprised when Mr. Joshua de la Cruz suddenly arrived at their home. They were surprised that stirred them as though they were chicken that could never stop scratching to look for food. They have to entertain with good foods and beverages for hospitability sake, and it was the greatest honour for them to be visited by an instructor from the Criminology school where she would be training for her collegiate level. It was so good that the sister of Richclar whom she was next to birth with her, was a junior food technology student in college. With the resources they have in their place, she was able to prepare a sumptuous, very palatable lunch with dessert that melted in an eaters' tongue.

"Good morning, sir. Mother and father, he was the examiner when I took up the qualifying examination," she informed them.

"We're pleased to meet you sir. May we be informed what brought you here in our humble abode?" Her father asked courteously.

"Actually, I should have not come, had Ms Richclar Samson gotten the result of her exam. I am quite worried that she might be late to enroll. Late enrollment would have caused her a broken schedule." He explained well not to be detected of his alibi for visiting her, in order to know more about her, including her origin.

So, the family believed his intention of his concern except for Richard who was secretly in his keen observation to the examiner's every move.

After lunch, before the secret admirer of Richclar left, he gave them the result. The lovely witty talented and skillful teenage girl was qualified to enroll in that Criminology school in full scholarship. Everybody cheered for Richclar's ability to pass and be a scholar. The more it motivated her to help her parents earn more money for she knew that only during weekend on school days would she be able to help them.

"Momsy and Popsy" she kidded her parents by addressing them these names and continued, "I have to double my weaving pace so we could have some stocks for future orders. This way, we could not deprive them of their demands to purchase more."

"We love you so much baby. You are really our lucky child. Don't you know that? Her mother spoke as she hugged her tightly.

She was so happy that she almost forgot that she would like to be a young growing teenage boy into a full grown up man. Her conscience pricked her as she was about to deceive them of her furtive plan in life. She did not want them to despise her and be indignant with her plan to become a boy in a girl's body.