C3Verse: Alex's Conventions Number 2, Prelude to Interlude 5

[BIRTHDAY STORY]

{5,700+ Words}

*Disclaimer/Spoiler Alert: Contains Birthday Wishes. This story is Mature (Because it would be dumb to mark this one differently than the rest of my stories)

*From the Author: "Hello, I'm Xarek. 

This story takes place After The Queen's New Year.

You might have noticed how short this story is. That is because this is more of a teaser for the true story coming out on Friday (more on that below). However, the story coming out on Friday is for Watchers Only. It is to thank all those that have stuck with me over the past few weeks while I took a break to go over all the stories I have written and freshly edited them (still working on posting the edits).

I have also taken the time to make a timeline of events/Guidebook that I will now post in the description of every story I write. This C3VERSE GUIDEBOOK will be updated frequently for your pleasure and to help you (and myself) remember when things occurred.

Thank you so much for your patience while I took the time to plan out my next few stories.”

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Friday, February 22nd, 2019, Time: 12:33 

Alexander Murphy's 24th Birthday



Good Oldies 50's Diner in Seattle, Washington 

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Alexander Murphy, formerly Alexander John Johnson, grabbed Breana's hand from across the table to tell her, "Bree, It's okay. You never had to get me anything special for my Birthday. You don't need to apologize for it. I'm fine with just lunch and whatever the gift is that you got me. It's the thought that always counts." 

The gift in question was currently leaning upright on the restaurant table between them at the 50's style diner. Bree had asked him not to open it yet. 

Bree shook her head, clearly upset as her shoulder length black hair with an aqua colored streak flopping around. "It's not enough. You own this restaurant, which is cheating with the discount you got for food for us. Not that this place wasn't a big fancy restaurant anyway." As Alex was about to tell her off for being mean to one of his favorite restaurants, Bree interrupted him and kept going. "Then Last year for my birthday you let me do that 'thing' to you and then you gave me a figgin' Salon! I don't know what else to give you. I can't do what I know you want me to..." 

Alex shook his head incredulously at her. "Bree! Will you stop! I don't want you to do that thing. I don't! I'm fine, okay! Stop!"  

He realized he was shouting at her in a public restaurant and was drawing attention to himself.  

After he calmed down and sighed, he told her more softly, "Your friendship is enough of a gift for me. You have Tilly now and you need to be with her. Our agreement was for when neither of us had anyone else. I'm still happy with that. I don't need or want you to do anything for me. I know you don't enjoy people cheating, and I don't want to put you in that situation."  

With all the people around, Alex and Bree couldn't talk openly about the agreement his female alter ego Jaime had with Bree that if one of them was in a relationship, they couldn't have sex with each other.  

Alex really didn't mind. He was busy with project A.N.N.E.S. which was really going well with new things he was testing like a NeuroNerve skin that could contract around his arm when a current went through it. 

And right now, he had no desire to get in-between a relationship with Bree and Tilly. This had been the longest Bree or Alex had been in a relationship with someone ever since Bree and Amber split over a year and a half ago, and he wanted Bree to be happy more than anything. 

He continued, "And as for the Salon, it's enough knowing how well you are doing with that. I've seen the numbers and people are loving your salon more than they ever loved the old one. You've done a great job with it." 

Bree smiled shyly. "It was only because of you that that happened in the first place." 

Smiling, Alex told her, "I was sick of you complaining about how stupid your boss was and how you could do a better job. I only gave that to you so you would stop complaining my ear off. It was purely for selfish reasons." 

Bree finally burst out a laugh and smiled at him. 

He gave her hand a comforting squeeze. "As long as we are still friends, I don't need anything else." 

Bree shook her head at him and squeezed his hand back. "What did I ever do to deserve you. Of course we are still friends. I hope we remain best friends forever. Who else is going to be my Maid of Honor if I ever get Married?" 

Alex raised an amused eyebrow, "I thought I was going to be your best man?" 

"I changed my mind. I want to put you in a sexy dress and make you all over to look so feminine. You can even keep the goatee. It'll be great." 

Glancing over to see if anyone overheard what she just said Alex bent forward and whispered, "Seriously?" 

She laughed again. "No, but I do want you to be my Best Man. Probably in a purple suit or something else embarrassing but not too feminine. I guess Lexi will be busy that day." 

Alex smiled in relief. "So are you and Tilly getting married then?" 

She froze mid bite of the last bit of her shake, clearly startled. "No, we aren't anywhere near that yet. I was just thinking about the distant future. Tilly hasn't completely come into the image yet. I'm still trying to get closer to her. We haven't even said 'I love you' yet." 

Knowing that Tilly didn't like Alex for some reason, he hesitated to ask, "Are you still happy with her?" 

"Yes. She's great..." 

Alex sensed there was more. "But?" 

Bree shrugged and leaned forward to whisper. "She isn't as open as Lexi is in bed. It took me forever to convince her to sleep with Kat. I was lucky she wanted to have sex with Bunny the Rabbit when you gave her to me for Christmas." 

"You named your rabbit fursuit, Bunny?" 

Bree's cheeks went red. "Yes. Tilly thought it was cute. I thought we were going to have sex in it, but at first she just wanted to put on her fox onesie and cuddle. Then I finally convinced her to have a little fun with me." 

Still upset over it, Alex told Bree angrily, "She never thanked me for that onesie kig. I get the feeling she doesn't like me." 

Bree suddenly got very pale which made Alex's heart sink. 

Not really wanting to talk about it and make himself feel more down than he already was feeling today, he quickly changed the subject. "So how do you like Bunny?" 

Bree smiled sadly at him, knowing exactly what he was doing. "She's amazing. Thank you so much for her. I really appreciate it..." 

Alex knew from experience that Bree was going to say he didn't have to get it for her, when Miyuki came back from the bathroom and said, "What are you two talking about?" 

"Bunny, my rabbit fursuit." Bree replied. 

"I still haven't met her." Mihara Miyuki told them as she rejoined them at their table, sitting across from Alex and next to Bree. "Do you think Tilly wants to do a photoshoot with you two all huddled close together? I'll get you a discount. Or the four of us could do something fun with three hungry foxes and a little rabbit snack." 

Bree glanced at Alex sadly and shrugged. "Possibly. I'll ask, but she's been kind of been a pain lately." Bree checked her phone and sighed sadly. "Speak of the devil. I'm sorry, but it's time for me to go." 

Alex nodded. "That's okay, at least you were available for lunch." 

"A dumb lunch." Bree said with a chuckle. "Why did we have to dress up for this place again?" 

All three of them had dressed up in nicer clothes to go to lunch together at Alex's request, with Bree and Miyuki surprising him with different colors of green dresses and Alex wearing a suit and tie. 

"I felt like dressing up." Alex lied. 

Miyuki stared at him suspiciously before she guessed, "No. You just couldn't pick somewhere nicer to go and you settled for a diner that you love." 

Alex felt his cheeks warm. "Yes." 

Bree smacked him on the arm. "You had all week to decide, and you picked this last minute!" 

"I love this place." He defended with a sheepish grin. "You definitely made my day brighter by coming here and both wearing green for me." 

Bree sighed and smiled. "What do you have planned for the rest of the day?" 

Alex shrugged. He really didn't have anything planned and he already knew Miyuki was busy. 

Bree asked sorrowfully, "Nothing? On your Birthday?" 

"It's okay. You told me Tilly bought those tickets to that musical in San Francisco. You need to catch your flight." 

Bree shook her head. "I'd rather spend the time with you then see a dumb play." 

"I know. But I'll be okay. I'll figure out something fun to do, don't worry about me." 

"What about you? Are you staying with him?" Bree turned to Miyuki. 

What Bree didn't know was that this was the first time Alex and Miyuki had really seen eachother in three weeks after the fight they had that Alex felt really guilty about. 

"No." Miyuki began cautiously.  

Bree had picked Miyuki up on her way back from picking up Alex's Birthday present across town where Miyuki had been staying at her parents place.  

The Asian woman told them, "I've reconnected with my mom and we are trying to talk my dad around to me being pansexual. It's easier now that I am not with Tessa, but things are still a little tense. He and I already have dinner planned and are going to have a talk." 

Bree told Miyuki, "I'm sorry you have to deal with that. My grandma still thinks my 'lesbianism' and 'Gothness' is just a phase and it's been eight years. Good luck. Do you need a ride back to their place?" 

Miyuki turned to Alex and asked, "Can you take me home, Alex?" 

Alex immediately felt slightly awkward by the question, but decided it was time to talk about what they fought about. And also time for him to apologize to her. He smiled kindly and said, "Of course." 

They all stood and Bree hugged Miyuki before turning to Alex, "I'll call you when we land or during intermission. Please find something fun to do." There was a pause and she looked at both of them suspiciously. "You two aren't together, right?" 

Both Alex and Miyuki immediately said, "No!" Simultaneously. 

Bree smirked at them. "Uh-huh. Whatever." She then hugged Alex and suggested, "If you and Miyuki aren't a thing yet, maybe you should go hook up with someone again as Jaime. You said that was fun on Halloween with that one girl." 

Alex was able to hide his smirk in Bree's hug as he and Miyuki shared an amused glance. They both knew that Bree had tried to secretly set him up with her cousin Hanna who had come onto Alex on Halloween. Hanna had admitted the truth to Alex, but Bree still didn't know that he knew who Hanna really was. 

He softened his smile as Bree broke away to say, "Maybe go to a bar and buy every girl a round of drinks until they sleep with you." 

"You know I wouldn't do that." 

"I know. I'm just trying to give you some suggestions. Try and do something fun. For me. So I don't feel too guilty." 

"I'll try." 

They gave each other a last squeeze and he tried to break away, but she pulled in his cheek for a kiss. "Happy Birthday." 

"Thanks. Now go." 

"Alright! Goodbye, Alex. Good to catch up with you, Miyuki." 

She finally grabbed her purse and jacket and left, waving back at them. 

Alex returned the wave, then cleaned up their meal with Miyuki, tossing the trash before collecting Bree's Birthday present. 

"Shall we go?" He asked Miyuki awkwardly, which she returned with an equally awkward nod as she gripped the present she had yet to give him in her hands. 

They went out into the surprisingly snowy day, and to Alex's brand new truck.  

"What's this?" Miyuki asked as he held the door open and she stepped up into the cab. 

He put the box in the back behind the driver's seat and stepped into it to explain, "My car died two weeks ago, before this stupid storm hit." 

"One of your grandparents' cars or..." 

"No. It was mine. A 2013 Cheetah. I bought it back in 2015 before I inherited everything else. It still doesn't feel right driving all my grandparents' cars everywhere because most of them were really nice collectibles and they still didn't feel like they belonged to me, so I decided to get a new truck. Probably spent too much on it." 

Alex started the 2019 Forest Green Harold Scouter V10 Luxury Sport. It was a very luxurious vehicle that was very good off roading and in the snow, while also being a very fast truck. 

"It's nice." Miyuki said quietly as he backed out of the diner his grandparents had also owned. 

"Where are we -" 

Alex stopped when he received a message through his truck from Miyuki. 

She smiled apologetically, "Sorry. I just thought sending you to my parents address would be easiest." 

"Thanks." Alex said with a return smile before putting the directions into the truck. 

Then the awkward silence he knew was coming finally arrived. 

He decided to speak first. 

"Miyuki -" 

"Alex I -" she spoke at the same time as him and they both let out a nervous chuckle. She said, "Can I please go first?" 

Alex nodded as he focused on the road.  

After she took a deep breath, Miyuki said, "I'm sorry for pushing you into that too quickly. I know you didn't want to do something like that, and I shouldn't have come onto you in that way without asking first. I just really wanted to do that with you. It was a stupid mistake and I feel terrible for making you mad at me." 

Alex sighed then decided it was best to pull off the road and into a parking lot so he didn't have to drive upset. 

Three weeks ago, Miyuki had wanted Jaime to come over for a surprise as Miyuki had received the Kigurumi she had ordered. Alex had also wanted to give Miyuki the Li Xia Kigurumi that he had gotten for her. 

Miyuki was rather vague about what she wanted to do, but had asked Jaime to become Sultana for her, as Miyuki secretly put on her own Kigurumi. Then Alex had the shock of his life when a very Muscular Restiban the Pirate Prince came out and tried to come onto Sultana. 

A guy had come on to Alex with the intent to have sex, and Alex couldn't go through with it. Even knowing it was Miyuki under the guy. 

They had removed their masks and had argued for one of the longest hours of Alex's life. Miyuki telling him that it was no different than with Jason, Alex adamant that he didn't want to ride another guys penis and was already frustrated with how Miyuki had made him have sex with the sex doll of himself that was made to hold his skinsuits of Jaime, muscular Jaime, and Zavra the demon queen. 

With Jessica, the woman who had been in the Jason wolf fursuit that never had found out about Alex, Alex had had plenty of time to build up to having sex with the male wolf. Even going as far as to buy the wolf a fake dog dildo. But Miyuki had jumped at him unexpectedly with Restiban, and it had made him feel uncomfortable as they couldn't really talk about it when they both had masks on. 

Alex had really hurt Miyuki that day, and felt really guilty about it himself as she had made all this effort for him and he had shot her down angrily. 

"I'm sorry too." Alex told her. "I shouldn't have shouted. I was overwhelmed and took it out on you when you had gone out of your way to try something fun. I should have apologized sooner, but I didn't know what to say as I wasn't sure how I felt about all of it." 

"I could have reached out too." Miyuki said quietly. "I could have apologized." She sighed. "I should have apologized. You kept telling me how much you didn't want that and I did it anyway. And after you left, my life has felt like it's been raining lemons without you in it. Without knowing how mad you were at me. We had so much fun together for an amazing month. And for it to just end... it felt like we broke up." 

Alex felt the same way, which was really hard as this wasn't supposed to be a real relationship in the first place. Just friends having some fun. 

But he couldn't deny that when it was over, he wished that it had been something more. 

And he still wanted more. "Miyuki..." 

She turned to look at him, her eyes sorrowful. 

"I've thought a lot about what happened. And you were right. I shouldn't have denied you your fun when you had indulged me on my own. And I should have treated you just the same as Jessica." 

Miyuki stared at him confused. "Jessica?"

"The woman behind Jason the wolf."

"Oh... right..."

"She actually asked me if Akane was my girlfriend."

Miyuki stared hard at Alex for several moments before she cautiously asked, "Do you want me to be?"

Alex sighed. "I honestly don't know." 

Miyuki glanced away. "I don't..." she began then cleared her throat. "I don't know... if I want that either." 

She glanced at him hopefully. "But I still want you as my friend. I don't want this to ruin our friendship. I need you as much as you need me. Right?" 

"Yes. Of course I need you." Alex said as tears filled his eyes. "You have been a really good friend to me and have helped me through a really tough time." He smiled before adding, "And Lexi is going to need you as a photographer soon." 

Miyuki laughed as she cleared her own eyes. "Yes. I bet she is. Especially as I'm holding all her costumes hostage.”

That made Alex chuckle with Miyuki just smiling at him.

Then she asked, “How is she coming?" 

Alex had been forced to tell Miyuki about the skinsuit of Lexi that he would one day be getting, though he couldn't explain too much about it yet. 

He grunted. "Slower than I would like. But they promised to have a rendition of what she would look like soon." 

"I'd love to see that... If I can?"  

Alex smiled at her. "You are probably the only one I can show her to. For now at least. But I'd love to have you meet her when she's ready." 

"Let me know then... maybe she can do a regular shoot as herself or something. We don't have to post it yet, but we can figure out how to shoot her to be ready when the time comes." 

Alex smiled. "I'd like that." 

There was an awkward silence for a while until Miyuki reached into her purse and pulled out an opened envelope before trying to hand it to Alex. 

Alex stared at it but didn't touch it, knowing exactly what it was.

“You paid me too much for rent this month.” Miyuki said seriously.

“I… consider it part of my apology.”

“Alex -”

Getting a little frustrated, he interrupted, “I'm not taking it back. I want you to take it and do whatever you want with it. It can help you pay for the remodel you did to house Lexi's stuff or whatever.”

“Alex…” Miyuki started again, but knew better than to argue with Alex about it and put her hand down. Quietly, She said, “Thank you.”

“Of course.”

Miyuki hesitated again before asking, "So are we okay?" 

Alex nodded. "Yes. We're good. Right?”

She immediately smiled and nodded.

Then he told her, “And I still have been trying to get you approved for the Duracone skinsuit... if you are still interested." 

Her smile brightened. "Thank you. I still am." 

It was Alex's turn to hesitate before asking, "Would you want it to be of a guy?" 

Miyuki met his eyes in shock. "What?... Seriously?" 

Alex nodded slowly, unsure of himself. 

She still looked startled by his suggestion. "Are you even okay with that? Would you even want to have -" She stopped and shook her head in frustration. 

Alex knew she was about to ask about sex. 

Sighing deeply, Alex said, "We don't have to keep going with the friends with benefits thing. And if we did, we'd need to take it slow." 

"You still want that?" Miyuki asked as she met his eyes again, looking even more hopeful. "I've missed it with you. I've been... lonely." 

It was then that Alex realized he had gotten into the same pattern with a girl he deeply cared about.  

The girl wanted him as a friend, then they started having sex, then something happened that drove a wedge between them, then they had sex again while the relationship went nowhere. First Bree. And now Miyuki. 

But he knew that he wanted it just as much as Miyuki did, and had really missed it the past few weeks. Just as he missed the same thing with Bree.

"If you want to keep doing that, I'd love to." He told her and saw her brighten up. 

"We'll take it slow." She agreed. "And I'll never try and come on to you as a guy again." 

Gathering his courage, Alex told her, "About that. I talked with Dawn a few days ago after she asked if you were still interested. She actually suggested I ask you if you wanted a guy suit as she wanted to test some ideas she had with that. It's supposed to help my Lexi suit become better or something." 

Miyuki stared wide-eyed at Alex, but didn't say anything. 

Feeling nervous about even suggesting such a thing, he said slowly, "If we build up to it... maybe we can try again."   

Alex bit his lip as he suggested something that he wasn't sure he wanted. 

"Are you sure?" 

Letting out a shaky chuckle, he told her, "No... but you can't go around telling people about Duracone and you need to test it for Dawn. It's actually important to her research, though I can't really explain how." 

The problem was Dawn didn't explain to Alex either, but she really wanted him to test it with Miyuki and was pushing for it to get approved quickly. Alex didn't have the heart to tell Dawn that he wasn't sure Miyuki was still interested after their fight. He wouldn't have to if Miyuki still was interested. 

"If you think you would like to try..." Miyuki began. "I would like to. But we can take it slow. Maybe we can have normal or lesbian sex a few times first or something and do things to build up to it. But I'm still not approved, right?" 

"Unfortunately no. Soon though. I promise I'll make sure it is." 

She smiled then leaned over his center console to kiss Alex on the cheek. "Thank you. I know you aren't comfortable with this, but I appreciate you trying to be for me." 

Alex nodded and smiled. "Of course. And hey, if it's good enough, maybe you can find a girl to be with instead and I can get off the hook." 

Miyuki chuckled. "Well I need a suit first... Also, I need someone to teach me how to act like a guy. Do you know anyone that could help me out with that? Maybe someone that knows how girls and guys act?" 

Alex chuckled as he started the car. "Maybe. But you'll have to buy me dinner first." 

"How about tomorrow night?" Miyuki suggested. "Then I'd love to come back to your place." 

Alex felt his cheeks warm. "I'd love that." 

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After having a less awkward, but still uncomfortable conversation with Miyuki about what her ideal guy would look like, Alex dropped her off at her parents home and went into his apartment with Miyuki's and Bree's presents in his arms. 

He was now alone. On his birthday. All his friends had things to do and he didn't have any plans. 

Sighing deeply, Alex set the gifts on his coffee table and opened Bree's first which was in a large and flat box. To his surprise and joy, Bree had given him a forged metal shield with the O'Murphy Family Crest, a gold lion on a sea of green at the top of a shield with an apple tree. 

As a birthday present to himself, Alex had legally changed his name to Alexander Murphy to honor his grandparents legacy and try to forget about his estranged father. He had told anyone that cared, and Bree seemed to have taken it in stride and given him a really unique and impressive gift that Alex looked forward to mounting next to Excalibur and Sultana's sword and shield. It was definitely an amazing and better gift than she was making it out to be when she wanted to give him more. 

As he was about to open Miyuki's present, his phone notified him that he had a message. Alex sat on his couch and unlocked his phone to see he actually had two missed calls, five unread messages, and three notifications on Jaime's phone. 

Alex had figured out a way to remotely work and get notifications from his second phone that he had bought for Jaime. The app was disguised as a mobile anime game and would send him notifications to play it whenever Jaime received a call or message. One day, he was going to have to set up a similar thing for Lexi as she would probably be a bigger part of Alex's life and need her own phone for contacts. 

He ignored everything else, not really wanting to deal with it today, and opened the fake app so he could check Jaime's three messages.  

Only nine people in the entire world had that phone number besides himself. Bree; Miyuki; Alex's Friend and assistant Misty, who had been begging him to let her take Jaime shopping all month; Dr. Chow, who was leading the A.N.N.E.S. Project and he had sort of become friends with; Dr. Dawn Arias who was another person on the project who was responsible for making Alex's Jaime suit as well as designing the Lexi suit; Dean Rider, the government Liaison that was helping both Jaime and Lexi become a real person in the eyes of the law; Bree's cousin Hanna, who had enticed Jaime into spending a night with her on Halloween knowing full well who Alex was the entire time; Tiffani, who had become Alex's friend, business partner, and Jaime's personal fursuit maker; And Jessica. 

Jessica/Jason had been messaging back and forth with who she believed was a girl named Lexi at least once a month since Alex had one of the best days of his life with her at C3. Jessica had gone to the Cosplay and Comic Convention dressed in a wolf fursuit named Jason. Alex had figured out that Jason was a girl, and had never told Jessica who he really was by her request. Alex had only found out her name was Jessica because Lexi had sent her some money and Jessica didn't have a special account for her alter ego like Alex had for Jaime. 

The mysterious Jessica continued to pretend to be Jason the wolf over messages and they flirted with each other. Sometimes sending pictures of them dressed up in their fursuits in some kind of costume or fancy clothes. Jessica had even sent him one of Jason sitting topless by a pool a few weeks ago and had asked Lexi about Tiffany the furry red fox's relationship with Akane when both foxes had done a photoshoot together. Jessica always managed to cheer Alex up, but with her not knowing who he was and when his birthday was, it was a bit of a stretch to wish she had messaged Lexi.  

And she hadn't. 

He checked the other messages. 

-Bree< Hey girlfriend! Alex never told me when your birthday was so I decided to just wish you a happy birthday too I put your present in with Alex's at the bottom of the box hope you like it. I miss hanging out with you! Can we please just do lunch one day when Tilly's busy? Unless you want her to join up with us as it might be less awkward with you than with Alex as you and I haven't really dated right? (Hard to keep all these relationships straight with you and Lexi) Anyway, maybe you should go cheer Alex up. He seemed a little down at lunch. I know you can figure something out to help him. I hope you both have a great day! [Timestamp: Today 12:39] 

Alex smiled sadly. Maybe Jaime could come over. He hadn't completely been with her since the fight with Miyuki. 

He checked the next message. 

-Miyuki< Hey Jaime. Bree didn't know when your birthday was and she mentioned she was texting you about it so I thought I'd help her out. I can't wait to see you again, but I think I should get together with Alex first. We have dinner plans tomorrow, and I hope he doesn't try to pay for it again like he always does. TELL HIM TO GIVE A GIRL A CHANCE TO PAY FOR A MEAL! I added your present with Alex's after Bree and I made a stop at his Costume Castle shop. Hope to see you soon. [Timestamp: Today 12:40] 

Miyuki's message helped brighten his mood as he had something to look forward to tomorrow when they could meet up for dinner and maybe have sex later.  

Alex checked the last message. 

-Dr. Chow< Check Your Real Phone! [Timestamp: 5 minutes ago] 

Alex hastily went out of the app and saw that the missed calls had been from Dr. Chow. He also saw that she had sent him three of the five messages. 

-Dr. Chow< I'm sorry to have to do this on your Birthday, but I need you to check something with me. Misty told me you had a lunch with a couple of friends, so we need to talk after that. Call me when you are done. [Timestamp: 11:46] 

-Dr. Chow< Stop celebrating and call me. Misty said you planned to just stay in on your birthday. This is important. [Timestamp: 12:58] 

-Dr. Chow< I'm on my way over to come and get you. Be there in 10. [Timestamp: 10 minutes ago] 

Alex's door monitor chime suddenly went off. 

He shouldn't have been surprised to see it was Dr. Elizabeth Chow on the monitor, the half-Asian Blonde woman that would be Alex's ticket to becoming a woman with the most advanced female skinsuit ever created. 

He opened the door and she immediately told him, "Come on, we have to get going. We have a long drive ahead of us." 

"Wait, what's this about?" 

She looked a little rushed as she responded, "There is something we need from Anne and I can't talk about it until we get there and you sign some NDA's. Sorry, but you know how this works. We can't get much farther in the project without this happening. Grab your coat, it just started snowing again." 

Shaking his head in frustration, he grabbed his dress coat, gloves, and a beanie cap to cover his ears in case it got too cold. He already had everything else he would hopefully need so he closed the door and locked it. 

As he caught up with her, he asked hopefully, "Is Lexi ready?" 

"What? No." She said before chuckling. "Do you think that because it's your birthday, you are getting her early?" 

Alex felt slightly dejected by her comment as they hopped in the elevator. 

It would have really been amazing if that was the case, but he knew the NeuroNerve project that would help him become a girl was still a long way from being ready. They still needed to figure out what she looked like and have Alex approve of it.

Though if Dr. Chow was here to get him, maybe there was something really exciting that he would get to test with it. The last time there was something special like this he had got to experience having a vagina and breasts.  

Who knew what he could be testing today. 

Whatever this was, Alex hoped that it would be more exciting than sitting around alone for his birthday. 

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"Dear Reader,

I hope you enjoyed yet another Interlude. I wanted to tease what is to come in my Watchers Only story that comes next.

Until Next time

-XAREK"