Since her childhood she always thrived for equality of
rights inside her family. She had a younger sister and four older brothers and always
left all the games and girls’ play for her little sister. What she really liked
was to go along and play with her older brothers. Not that they liked to have
her always around since they thought she was too young to ride along, besides
being a girl. But things were different with Christopher, the one born right
before her. Everybody used to say there were just like flesh and bone.
They
even adopted similar names, since his name was Christopher and her name was Christine,
they used to say he was Chris with a “C” and she was Kris with a “K” but both
answered by the name Chris. Their friends and family found it amusing and
quickly got used to it. It turned into an inside joke, as you can call it. Because
of their nicknames and the fact they looked very much alike, everyone who knew
them for the first time took’ em for twins.
Of
course Kris learned to be feminine in her youth and let her hair grow along the
way but they still looked alike and always kept their complicity. Somewhere in
time, Chris also found his identity as a loving young man defending his planet
and Mother Nature. Thus, they were also together in many ecological ventures
and beliefs. But of course they also had some different goals. They were
different persons.
When
their brothers went to the army, Kris used to play as one of them. Now with her
brother Chris, it was a different story. He used to say that he wouldn’t go to
the army and that he would run away if necessary. He wouldn’t play along with
war games or any of that kind.
On
the other hand, Kris wanted it, in spite of it being a manly thing where girls
weren’t aloud! Well at least not the way she would like. She liked the idea of
the discipline she could have over her body, she loved to run and workout so
that should be great, she thought! But women in the army were just nurses or
played very feminine roles and that wasn’t her idea of it. She wanted to do the
same stuff as men, have the same workout and the same outfit!
Between
them they used to joke about trading places when the time would come. She would
dress and present herself as Christopher Tollman after his admittance!
And
there came the day that Christopher had to enlist himself. Although they
thought it was kind of crazy and that it wouldn’t last long, there she went
playing the role of her brother. She was a very independent girl and prepared
things so that everybody thought she would be out to study in a college for
some time so nobody would be suspicious. That could jeopardize the whole insane
act!
So
she dressed herself as a young man with a piece of cloth keeping her breasts
tight in place so they wouldn’t show and with a short cut hair. Believe it or
not but she got what she wanted and was inside. Nobody suspected on her first
day, or the following days. Of course the physical training was tough, the
instructors were tough but she was thrilled to be doing the same things as the
rest of the guys, even if in disguise. Somehow she managed to fool the others
around in bath time and stuff like that using all the tricks a woman have in
her sleeve.
There
was this first sergeant that was as tough as it could get. She liked the figure
he represented although he could be very harsh on the boys, yelling and
everything. She got the entire package she had seen in the movies… and was
loving it.
Good
thing she liked to workout and was in good physical shape since all of them
were “boys”. She wanted to do the same stuff they did but knew pretty well that
she had different strength, different resistance, and different constitution
from them. That’s why she wanted to get better and better. She used to beat her
brothers lots of times in many games, why wouldn’t she make it there? And so
she did. She trained all day with the others and at night she would go outside
to continue her workout. And the results were showing.
One
night, she was training alone in a far end of the workout field when the first
sergeant appeared. She was doing push ups on the floor and didn’t see him.
Suddenly, she felt a boot on her back pushing her down as he said:
- Working out late, private?
- Yes, sir.
- Can’t hear you.
- Yes, sir!
He took the boot off her.
- Get up! – He said. - What’s
your name, private?
- Private Tollman, sir!
- What do you think you’re doing
out here, Tollman?
- Working out, sir!
- Trying to be better than the others?
- No, sir! Just better, sir!
- Just better. Hmm. Better than
what?
- Better than before, sir!
- Are you a smartass Tollman?
- No, sir!
- Hope not, private! And you do
have to do better than that! Thirty more push-ups in one arm! Now!
- Yes, sir!
- ... and then go to sleep!
And
he got away, looking at his private who was trying to get better. Now that
was interesting, he thought as he smiled.
The
next day, while forming, first sergeant Hugh Kane was checking the privates’
cleanness and presentation when just passed in front of Tollman. He stopped when
thought he recognised that soldier and got back in front of him. He looked
carefully for something to pick on “him”.
- What’s your name private?
- Tollman, sir!
- I see! Have you cleaned your
boots today, private?
- Yes, sir!
- They‘re not clean enough.
You’ll have to do it better!
- Yes, sir!
- Thirty! On the floor, now!
- Yes, sir!
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