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“Momma! Momma!”

The door burst open and two minor hurricanes flung themselves on the bed.

“Girls!” Sean opened her arms and the pair flew into them.

“Sorry, honey, but they wanted to say goodbye before Auntie Ava picks them up,” her wife said from the doorway.

“Aw, I’m sorry you’re going away, sweeties, but you know why, right?”

The older one nodded. “Because Momma’s gonna give us a sister.”

“Can we see? Please?” said the younger.

“Sure, guys.” Sean pulled down the sheet, exposing her belly. Her hugely swollen belly.

“That’s her?”

“Uh-huh. She’s in there, but she’s gotta come out, because she’s overdue. Don’t worry, Momma’s gonna be alright, and in a day or so you’ll meet your sister.”

“Okay!”

Melanie grinned. “Now tell Momma how much you love her.”

“Love you, Momma!”

“Love you! And you too, Mommy. I love all my mommies.”

“And we love you too.” Sean hugged her daughters close.

“C’mon guys, go finish getting ready. Auntie Ava’s gonna be here in 15 minutes,” Melanie said.

“Yay!” And the pair ran out to cram as many toys as they could in their backpacks.

Melanie sat down on the bed and took Sean’s hand. “I can’t believe we’re adding another one to the brood.”

“Hey, I’m not complaining,” grinned Sean.

“Look at you! You’re glowing!”

“I love being a mom. The pregnancy, the babies, everything.”

“And I love you.”

“Oh, sweetie …”

And a door slammed somewhere.

*

Sean lay in the dawn light, Melanie snoring beside him, as he heard someone stomping down the stairs. Probably Bella, he thought. She’d said she was going to be taking over the six o’clock yoga class. Still, what a pleasant dream she’d interrupted.

He’d always known he wanted kids. What he didn’t know was he’d want to be the mother.

He rolled over to look at his sleeping girlfriend. She was smiling in her sleep, and he wondered what dream she was having.

He wanted to be with her forever, to grow old with her, raise a family.

And he also wanted Ava to keep being a part of their lives.

*

Ava rolled back over. What the hell was Bella wearing? Combat boots? Actually, she probably was. The yoga instructor in Doc Martens.

Well, it was obvious she wasn’t getting any more sleep this morning, she thought. She lay in bed for a while, watching the sunlight creep over her bedroom wall, until she heard someone pad down the hall to the bathroom. A moment later the sound of urine hitting water from a height confirmed who it was.

“Sean?” she called softly as he passed.

“Ava.” He pushed the bedroom door open. “Go back to sleep, it’s early.”

“Not gonna happen. When I wake up, I wake up.”

“Me too. Well, Mel’s going to be asleep until she has to get ready for her classes.”

“Sounds right. Want to join me?”

“Sure.” Clad in pyjama pants, Sean slipped in beside her.

“So, what would you like?”

“Why don’t you surprise me.”

A kiss on his lips. A hand brushing over her body.

*

It had been a month since the roommates had fallen into a relationship, and they’d quickly settled into a routine. Two or three times a week, Sean and Melanie would invite Ava into their bed. Occasionally Sean and Ava would get together; if Sean was busy, Ava and Melanie might have a little fun.

Friday nights, though, Friday nights were special.

Friday nights were Venn nights.

*

All they’d told her was to wait for them, and to keep the light low. Ava was lying there, thankful the Venn machine was just a five minute walk away from the apartment.

She heard the front door, and someone say “Ready? Close your eyes.”

A hand on her face. She opened her eyes to see Sean there, once more a female, smiling at her.

A noise from the other side of the bed. And there was Sean again.

Ava swivelled from one to the other. For a second she wondered if Melanie had twinned Sean, but no, the two girls were moving too independently for that - Sean hadn’t quite mastered it yet, although he was coming along.

Two girls? Oh, that’s right …

“One of you is Melanie,” Ava said. “You’ve Venned Melanie into a replica of Sean.”

“I told you she’d get it,” one Sean said.

“What you have to do, though,” said the other, “is pick who is who.”

“We’re not exactly alike. There are little clues …”

“I bet I can do it. I just need to see you naked.”

“I’m sure that could be arranged.”

A minute or so later, Ava pointed to the Sean on her right. “Melanie.”

A lifted eyebrow. “How’d you know?”

“The pubes. You have none, and Sean likes to have a little postage stamp when she’s a girl. She always makes that point to me.”

“I make it to her, too,” the other Sean said. “But she keeps ignoring me.”

“I like it smooth!”

“So,” Ava said, “I guessed correctly. What’s my prize?”

“You can have a lounge suite … or this …”

“Mmm … fuck the lounge suite.”

*

Two weeks later. Another routine: Ava accompanying Sean to the Venn machine in the morning when he wanted to be female at work. That wasn’t every day, but it was most days.

Today, Wednesday, Sean was wearing a skirt, black stockings and a long-sleeved top; after all, now she was the deputy manager. She had a pixie cut today, with her standard blue stripe in it. Ava had been experimenting with Sean’s hair, and some days it was long, some days short.

“I like it short,” said Sean’s co-worker Evie as they ate lunch together near the bookstore they worked.

“Eh, I don’t know,” Sean said, touching her hair. “It’s a little too short for me.”

“Really, it looks cool. I’d like to try it like that.”

“Well, we can stop at the Venn machines on the way back.”

“Really?”

“Sure. Why not?”

“Well, if we’re doing that, there’s something else I’d like to try.”

*

Evie made a handsome man.

“That hair is even shorter than a pixie crop, Evie.”

He stood admiring himself in a shop window.

“I think you’d better call me Evan.”

*

When Imogen, their boss, had seen them walk back into the store, she’d rolled her eyes, but she had a big smile on her face. An hour or so later, an email pinged into Sean’s work computer.

“This Friday, we’re going to raise money for GLBT charities with a Gender Swap Day. Participation is not compulsory, but if you want to join in, bring $5, and please swap before work begins. Imogen (to be known on Friday as Ian).”

Sean could hear the whoops and laughter all over the store.

This was going to be fun.

*

This was not going to be fun.

Given her profession, Bella thought, the cheerful woman with the green hair had relatively few tattoos. What she did have were one inch plugs in her ears, which Anna immediately locked eyes on.

“Hey, guys! I’m Corinne,” she said. “Now, who am I piercing?”

“Uh, actually you’re doing both of us,” Bella said.

“Oh, okay! It’s just I get a lot of people coming in with a friend to keep them from chickening out. You’re both getting a vertical clit hood?”

“Yup,” Bella said.

“Okay, come and choose the jewellery. I’ll let you know my recommendations. And who’s going to go first?”

“I guess that would be me,” Bella said. “My girlfriend, don’t let the septum piercing fool you, she hates needles.”

“I like your ear plugs,” Anna said. “How big are they?”

“Um, one inch now. My goal is one and a half.”

“Cool!”

“Anna, are you thinking of stretching your ears?” Bella said, trying hard not to do an eye roll.

“We could do it together! And just imagine,” Anna lowered the voice, “me wearing you in my ear.”

*

Melanie was about to fall asleep. Man, this lecturer was dull. Never mind, this was their last year. And then …

And then what? Find a job, she supposed. Dad wouldn’t keep bankrolling her forever, although God knows he could afford to. Maybe she should work on her photography. That had kind of dropped away since she and Sean had started dating.

Well, who wouldn’t lose interest with Sean around? Whether he was her boyfriend or girlfriend, they just fit together. Like her parents did.

One day she would have to introduce him to the parents. Oh, that would be a fun time. Hey folks, here’s my boyfriend, he’s just like me except sometimes he’s a woman. Oh, and I also have a roommate with benefits. What would they make of it all?

To Melanie, it was easy. She loved Sean; she loved Ava, although not quite in the same way; she loved making love with Sean and Ava. What could be simpler? Some people were glass-half-full people; others were glass-half-empty. Melanie was, hey, look everyone! I have a glass!

God, this guy was dull. She needed to pay attention …

Maybe she’d drop in on her boyfriend’s store later today. Maybe they could go shopping together - he was talking about needing some new shirts for work, although really, couldn’t he just Venn a T-shirt into a shirt?

Oh, maybe they could squeeze in a quick Venn trip too. She’d been enjoying the “making two Seans, one male, one female” thing a lot. Best of both worlds, baby. They’d done it four times now, and she was amazed how quickly Sean had adapted to being two people at once. The last time they came out, they were acting like individuals from the start.

Or maybe she’d try twinning? Yes! Two Melanies for two Seans, making a threesome a foursome. Or, why stop there? Add two Avas into the mix. Three sweet girls to kiss her, one sweet guy to …

Okay, she had definitely lost all track of whatever the hell this lecture was supposed to be about.

*

It was an intense pain, but quite brief, Bella thought. Somehow, they’d not only come away with their lady bits pierced, but two ear-stretching to 00g kits as well. Bella thanked God she’d remembered to put on her loosest pair of briefs. They left with tons of instructions for aftercare, which involved a trip to the mall.

And while they were at the mall, of course Anna suggested a trip to the Venn machines.

“You want me to Venn your earlobes so they’re stretched already?” Bella said, amused at the request. “That’s your problem, no patience.”

“I just want to see what it looks like,” Anna said. “To make sure I’m going to like it before I start. Please, Belladonna?”

Bella found it hard to say no to Anna when she did the puppy dog eyes. So they got into a Venn machine and Bella changed Anna so she had inch-wide plugs in her lobes.

And Anna, well, she changed Bella into inch-wide ear tunnels.

*

“Sorry I changed you without asking, Bella. But hey, look at you now! You’re so pretty like this. Round, and hollow … and there’s two of you. You’ve been divided up again!”

Anna looked in the mirror as she popped her plugs out, leaving her lobes hanging like rubber bands. She thought she’d be squeamish about it, but no, it seemed quite normal. Attractive, even.

Carefully she put Bella in her ears, then stood back to admire herself. Nice! She had to show Kat.

*

“Before you ask, they’re Venned,” Anna said as she walked through the door to Kat’s cafe.

“I’ve known people who have stretched from nothing to that big, and it took them years,” Kat said, amused. “I knew your ears were Venned as soon as I saw them. How do you like them?”

“Cool! Very cool!” Anna giggled. “Bella and I are going to stretch IRL …”

“IRL?”

“In real life. You know, non-venned. But I’ll probably only go up to 00g.” Anna could see her ears reflected in the shiny coffee machine. Being able to see her hair through the holes in her ears was fascinating.

“Hey, weren’t you going to get something else done today?”

“Already done,” Anna said, indicating her genital area with a flourish.

“Bleeding?”

“Nope.”

“How was the pain?”

“Off the scale,” Anna winced. “But I have a low pain threshold. Bella got hers done and she hardly even grunted. Well, I’ve gotta head home. I thought I’d just drop by to show you.”

“Okay, thanks. Hey, remember you’re working here tomorrow! Seven to nine.”

“Sure, I’ll be here. But I might be moving a bit slowly.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised. Well, that’s what coffee is for.”

*

Sean was delighted when she turned around to see Melanie. “Hey, babe!” She and Melanie kissed before Sean realised she was still a woman. She looked around to see if anyone had taken offence, but the only witness had been a middle-aged woman who smiled at the sight.

“So, when are you off work?” Melanie asked as they wandered over to the back of the store.

“In an hour. Want to meet me back here?”

“Sure. I’ll grab some reading material and go grab a chair.” Then something occurred to Melanie. “Hey, wait, if it’s almost five, shouldn’t you have changed back to male by now?”

Sean smiled. “Well, Ava and I made a little decision before work today …”

“You went for longer than eight hours? How long?”

“Three days.”

“Three days! Go, girl! And I mean that literally.”

“Aw, thank you.”

“But, uh, I was thinking of a little Venn action tonight.”

“What did you have in mind?”

Melanie grinned. “I wondered if the twins might want to come out and play.”

And Sean grinned too.



Usually the three roommates swapped cooking duties on a strict rotation, but Melanie had called Ava to say she and Sean would be home late because they were going shopping. Ava went foraging in the fridge for herself, putting together a salad. As she ate, it occurred to her she hadn’t seen Bella and Anna outside of school for a few days.

Anna opened the door when Ava knocked. Ava was going to give a cheery greeting but that vanished when she saw Anna.

“Good God, Anna, what happened to your ears?”

“They’re Venned,” Anna said, somewhat defensively. She touched her right lobe.

Ava peered at the stretched ears. “They would want to be.”

“You don’t like them?”

“Not particularly, no. They ick me out a bit. But hey, they’re your ears. Do what you want.”

“Sure. Want to come in?”

“Uh, I was just wondering if you and Bella wanted some company.”

Anna giggled. “Bella’s not around.”

“By which I suppose you mean she’s busy being something.”

“Kind of. Did I tell you I got my lady bits pierced?”

Ava just stared. “Well, that’s a change of subject. Really?”

“Uh-huh. Bella too.”

“Not just Venned?”

“Nope. The whole thing. I almost fainted when I saw the needle.”

“Yeah, okay, well, you’re probably not in the mood for a visit after that, so I might just go home. But don’t be a stranger. I see you guys at school but what with different classes, we don’t hang out as much as usual.”

“I know. I miss it too. Let’s make a date, okay? We should all go to the Lounge next Wednesday. All of us, not just me wearing you.”

“Sounds good. So, see you.”

“Good night!” And Anna closed the door.

Ava shook her head. She knew she’d had a part in it - a big part, if she was honest - but sometime she wondered where quiet, mousy Anna had gone.

Oh well, she’d catch up on her reading. Sean and Melanie were trying to get her to read some graphic novels, and there were a few they’d thrown at her that looked interesting …

*

Wow, more than interesting. Saga was really, really good.

Ava heard the front door open, accompanied by much giggling. Then there was a knock on her bedroom door.

“Come in, guys,” she said, propping herself up on her pillows.

Melanie entered, followed by Sean, and then Sean.

Ava grinned. “Well, well, this is deja vu all over again.”

“You don’t mind, do you?” Sean-B asked.

“Mind? Heck no! It’s not like I was washing my hair tonight.”

“So,” Melanie said with a wicked smile, “I thought we could tag team?”

“Sounds good to me. You want the boy first, or the girl?”

“I’ll take the boy.”

“Hey, don’t I get a say?” Sean-G said.

“Eventually.”

“And eventually,” Melanie said, “I want to tell you about my really, really good idea …”