“Not really.” he replied. “If the war does end I’ll have to go back to boy’s school and if it doesn’t I’ll have to go to the girl’s secondary school here.”
“Well wherever you end up, I’m sure you’ll fit in perfectly.” Miss Wainwright assured.
Billy isn’t so sure. He felt like an outsider at his junior school in Denton and he’ll still be an outsider at the secondary school there… more so when they find out that he’s been a girl for so long. Then there’s the girl’s secondary school here… he’ll be in an environment where most people won’t know he’s really a boy but they’ll quickly find out, and that could go either way.