Riley was crying again. Every night she dreamt of another catastrophe, vivid nightmares that had her waking up more tired each morning.

"Are you okay, honey?" her mom asked, peering in from the doorway, backlit by the hall light.

"No, you are not," June left the door open a crack before sitting down on her child's bed, resting her hand gently on Riley's side. "What's going on?"

"I'm so tired. I can't sleep. I don't know what's wrong with me."

"Sometimes that happens to us as humans. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with you."

"You don't understand."

"Try me."

"I don't want to be a boy."

"Okay."

Along with her mom's support, Riley begins her journey through transitioning, hormones, the queer community and her new friend Colby. The two develop an overwhelming reciprocal love and quickly start to learn the social structures that surround them.

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