I Am J

J spun. His stomach clenched hard, as though he''d been hit. It was just the neighbour lady, Mercedes. J couldn''t muster a hello back, not now; he didn''t care that she''d tell his mother he''d been rude. She should know better. Nobody calls me Jeni anymore.
J always felt different. He was certain that eventually everyone would understand who he really was: a boy mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up, his body began to betray him; eventually J stopped praying to wake up a ''real boy'' and started covering up his body, keeping himself invisible - from his family, from his friends...from the world. But after being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side, J decides that he''s done hiding - it''s time to be who he really is. And this time he is determined not to give up, no matter the cost.