It Started With Some Cookies
by Diana Celeste

It all started with my love of cookies, in particular the kind sold by a certain group of girls during a certain time of the year. This year I found that the cookies were going to be offered over the Internet and, I also found out about another kind of cookies that I took for granted. Take my word for it, watch out for cookies or you'll end up like me. Now, read on.

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I heard the car pull up in the drive and the car door slam. I knew it was Sue returning from her grocery shopping, and I hurried outside to help her with the packages. "Hi, Sue, looks like you've been a busy girl. Why didn't you wait for me and I'd have gone with you?" I asked.

"I knew you were busy, Love, and I really don't mind shopping alone. At least this way I'm not overloaded with cookies," Sue said, as she handed me two bags. I looked crestfallen when she said that, because I thought she'd left out my favorite snack.

"Oh, don't worry, Pete, I didn't forget your passion. I got you three boxes of your favorites. Oh, and guess what? Next week the Girls start selling their cookies, and I already told them to come by for your order." Sue knew I was pleased by the big smile that played across my lips, and I gave her a kiss to thank her. I carried the bags in and helped her put away the groceries.

Later that night, I told Sue I had some work to do and headed into my office, then fired up my laptop. I really wasn't planning on doing any work, but I couldn't tell Sue what I was really up to. After I logged on to the web, I started surfing my favorite sites. I visited Laurie's Secret Pleasures and viewed the long legged, busty models in their skimpy lingerie. I jumped over to Tina's Bikini T-babes and looked at all the tanned beach bunnies in their string and thong bikinis. After that I went to Mach Woman Fiction and downloaded the next few installments of my favorite serials. Lastly, I popped into the most secret of all the sites I visit, the chat room, The Girls T-time. I spent the next two hours talking to my friends, Jenny, Rita, Millicent, Dani, Jo, and Bobbi. Yeah, that's right, I'm a secret crossdresser and Sue doesn't know. I would never want to hurt her, and so I keep this part of my life a secret.

While I talked with my girlfriends, I nibbled on a bag of the cookies that Sue had bought me. I was munching on oatmeal raisin when I asked the girls if they knew that the scouts were starting their cookie drive the following week. Before I go on, let me just say that along with our very obvious interest, we shared a sweet tooth and, in particular a love for cookies. Hence the chat room name, T-Time.

Rita, Millicent and Jo hadn't heard that the new cookie sale was starting, but the others already knew. In fact, Dani told us an absolutely fabulous piece of news. "Girls, did you know that they are going to be taking orders over the web this year? It's a test program to see if sales will increase. I heard that, although everybody loves the cookie, enrollment in the various chapters has fallen and they don't think they'll be able to keep up with demand if they don't try this. They hope it will also get more parents of the girls to encourage their daughters to join."

I quickly typed in, "Wow, I'd hate to see that happen. If I had a daughter I'd get her to join. Do you have the site address where I can order from, Dani?"

"Yes, here you go Hon, it's CookiesCookies.com. I placed my order already, and they told me it'll be delivered tomorrow," she typed back.

"Wow," I typed. "So soon? Even before they officially start taking orders?"

"That's what they said, I can't wait for the peanut mint to get here. They practically melt in your mouth," Dani said.

Now that I knew I could get my supply of these delicious treats sooner than next week, I quickly said goodnight to my girlfriends and headed over to CookiesCookies to place my order. The website was much slicker than I would have thought for this conservative group of girls, but I quickly placed my order of three boxes of each of the various types. After I placed my order I waited for a confirmation of the order, but what I got was a message saying the following:

"Your order is being processed. After your information has been validated, you will receive order confirmation and time of delivery. Confirmation should be sent to your mailbox in three minutes. Thank you for your patience."

This was a bit strange, as whenever I placed an order for anything else on the web, I received instant confirmation, but then I figured that the Scouts just wanted to be sure they weren't burned by taking false orders. I surfed a few more sites to wait for my order confirmation to find out when I'd get my cookies.

It was less than three minutes when I received this strange confirmation message. It read:

"Thank you for your order. Your credit card has been charged in the amount of $75.00. Your order will be delivered tomorrow at precisely 3 P.M., please, be there to accept delivery or have someone there who can accept on your behalf. We hope you enjoy your cookies. We have also selected you to receive a sample box of our new variety. We call it "Ginger Magic" and we expect you'll love them. We hope that you'll consider having your daughter/sister/niece join us in our future plans for expansion, and we look forward to having you with us for a long time. Again, thanks for your order."

Like I said, strange. It was no problem to arrange to be home to accept my cookies, as I worked from home anyway. I logged off and went to bed. Sue was already asleep when I went up, so after I got undressed and took a quick shower, I climbed in beside her and fell asleep.

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The alarm went off at 6 A.M. as it normally does, and almost right on schedule I felt Sue's soft fingers running along my back as I rolled over to shut off the alarm. "Mmmm, morning lover. I waited for you last night, but I fell asleep before you got here. Are you ready for breakfast, or something a little more..."

She didn't have to finish the sentence. I knew what she wanted, and I wanted it, too. It was an hour later before we got around to breakfast.

After I helped clean up the breakfast dishes, I went into my office to get to work and pass the time until my sweets arrived. I'm a website designer, and I make a very good living at it. I found out early that I had a talent for doing it, and I also found that I could work from home with little personal interaction with the people who hired me. I was working on my third job of the day when I heard the doorbell and looked at the clock, 3 P.M. exactly. I yelled, "I got it Sue," and went to answer the door. Two very pretty girls, about sixteen or seventeen, stood there each holding a carton.

"Hi, Mr. Paul, here are your cookies," the taller of the two said.

"Do I know you, young lady?" I asked.

"Oh, no sir. We just know who you are from your order form." I quickly took the cartons from the young ladies and gave them each five dollars for the quick delivery. Before I could close the door, one of the girls said, "Please, sir, don't forget to try the sample pack of our new cookie. I was told to ask you if, after you try it, you will go back to our website and give your opinion of it so we know whether to keep it as a permanent addition."

I told her I would, and also thanked them again, then went inside with my goodies.

"Who was it, Pete? Oh, now how did you get those cookies so fast? I thought they weren't due to even start selling them until next week," Sue asked.

"Well, my sweet, it helps if you know the right people, and it also helps that they're starting earlier by selling over the net," I said with a grin.

Sue just shook her head, and walked back into the living room to finish watching her show. I took the cookies into the kitchen and put them away. I got a big glass of milk and took the box of Ginger Magic cookies back to my office, and started to finish up the job I was working on.

I had been waiting patiently for my daily dose of sweetness, and I quickly opened the box of cookies. The smell of Ginger was heavy but heavenly as it floated from the box. I pulled the first cookie out of the box, and as it touched my tongue, I closed my eyes in pure delight. I had never, ever tasted anything like it. I seemed to be lost in a cloud of pleasure that washed over my entire body. I didn't even have to chew on the cookie, as it seemed to melt in my mouth and flow through my body. I washed it down with a drink of milk and took another. All thoughts of work were gone from my mind as I ate one after another of the delicious, delightful cookies.

When I finished the last one I started to feel very sleepy, so I went and lay on the couch. I figured I'd take a nap before dinner and try and get my appetite back so Sue wouldn't yell at me for spoiling her well thought out and always delicious meal.

While I was sleeping I had strange dreams. There was no real image to grab onto, just swirling colors, the feeling of change, shrinking, shrinking, and shrinking. I woke up hearing a high pitched scream, "Nooooo, NOOOOOOO! What..." I jumped up and fell down as I tripped on my pants. I tripped on my pants? I looked down, and saw that I hadn't been dreaming. I had shrunk. I used to be 6'3" tall. Now, if the size of my clothes were any indication, I'd be lucky to top 5'4". What the hell happened to me?

The screaming was still going on, and I realized that Sue was standing there, pointing at me and screaming, "What...what...what did you do to yourself, Pete? PETE? PETE?"

I hobbled over to her and smacked her and said, "Snap out of it, Sue!" I received another shock as I heard the sweet voice of a young girl issue from my throat. As Sue stopped her screams, I realized it should have been me screaming, and I did something I had never done in my entire life. I fainted.

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I woke up from my faint with Sue holding a wet cloth against my forehead. Sue had calmed considerably, and she was holding me and cooing, "It's all right, it's going to be all right. I don't know what happened, but it's going to be all right."

I don't know how long I'd been out but, I did know I wasn't wearing the clothes I had been. I was wearing one of Sue's silk nightgowns. I sat up and looked down at myself. I had changed dramatically since I last saw my body. As I said, I had shrunk quite a bit. From the sound of my voice, I knew that I was now a girl, and if I needed any more information to confirm this fact, seeing the medium size swellings on my chest told me that I had breasts now and the emptiness I felt in my groin also screamed - GIRL!

Sue asked, "What happened to you, Pete? You were still you the last time I saw you when you got your cookies from the Scouts. Did you do this to yourself? Tell me! I still love you, but I need to know what happened to you."

That was it! It had to be. THE COOKIES! I jumped up and ran to my office. The nightie covered me, but only barely. I realized it was one of Sue's shorties, one I loved to see her wearing. Now I was wearing it, and I knew I wasn't filling it out the way Sue did.

I jumped behind my desk, and my size difference quickly made itself known again, as my chair was much lower. I pulled my laptop closer to the edge of the desk and saw that my mail icon was flashing. I had a feeling that it had something to do with my change, as it was flashing black and white where it had always flashed red before. I pulled the mail up and started to read:

"Welcome, Petra. Yes, we know you have lots and lots of questions and we'll answer them all, just have patience.

By now, you have made your change and you should know it is a permanent one. There will be no going back to the man you once were, but then again, you always wanted to be a girl, didn't you? Or was it only the clothes that you liked? Doesn't matter now, does it? You're a girl and always will be. Just so you know, you are now sixteen. Yes, you've lost eleven years or, have you gained eleven years? Guess it depends on your point of view now, doesn't it.

Wondering how we know about your secret desire? You think cookies are only to eat? And you, a web designer, tsk, tsk. When we were confirming your order, we were actually searching your hard drive for certain "cookies" and we found them. We didn't find all that we would have liked, to but what we found was enough. I imagine that you are a very cautious man, or were.

You must have wiped the cookies from your drive after every visit, but I guess you were in too much of a hurry to order our cookies. That was very fortunate for us, but not for you. The sites you visited before you came to ours justified our actions. You must also have realized that it WAS the Ginger Magic cookies that caused you to change. The more you ate, the faster the change. The milk also helped, although that wasn't magic. A girl needs all the calcium she can get.

If you hadn't ate all of the cookies so fast, you would have changed at a much slower pace, and it wouldn't have been such a shock to you and your ex-wife, Sue. We know it would be hard for both of you to accept these changes, and so we are going to allow one of you to forget all that has gone before, but that one is not you. Sue is a total innocent, and besides, she was already a Scout. Now it's your turn. Starting tomorrow, you will begin your new life as Petra. Sue will have the knowledge of everything that needs to be done and all the clothes you will need.

We want to extend a warm welcome to the Scouts. You and all your friends will enjoy the experience and will help us rebuild our ranks so that we can enjoy the fun times we've always enjoyed. Good luck in adjusting, and we'll be looking for you at the next meeting."

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THE FOLLOWING DAY.

Sue went shopping for her little sister. She didn't know what happened to all her clothes, but she did know that Petra couldn't start her new school without any clothes. When she returned, she brought bags and bags of clothes, shoes, lingerie and makeup up to her sister's room. Petra was laying on her bed, still dressed in the short lacy nightgown. After all, what else did she have to wear? She was working on her laptop, designing another site for a customer. She still had to make a living, and Sue was proud that her little sis was such a smart girl that she had her own business.

Hours and hours were spent trying on all the clothes Sue had brought back. Petra loved trying on everything, and everything fit so well. After trying on the last outfit and applying her makeup, Petra went down to dinner. After dinner, Sue suggested they go out to a movie since tomorrow Petra would be starting her new High School, again! They had a great time at the 'chick flick' and cried a lot. It was a three-hanky movie.

Petra started her school the next day. She wore a pink silk blouse with a red skirt. Her makeup, Sue only allowed her the bare minimum, was flawless. She was introduced by all her new/old teachers to her new classmates and received a lot of interested looks from all the boys. It was a little unnerving at first but during the day, as she realized she was going to be this way for the rest of her life, she began to enjoy the attention. By the end of the week she had a date for Friday night, Saturday and Sunday. And all the guys were "hunks". She smiled at the thought of all the fun she was going to have and best of all, she wasn't going to have to pay a cent. Being a girl had lots of advantages, and she was going to enjoy every single one of them.

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Three weeks later.

Two very attractive girls walked up the path to the door of Mr. Harry Rush. They were carrying boxes of cookies and their beige, short skirts were swinging back and forth. The short blonde girl turned to the slightly taller redheaded girl and said, "It seems like such a short time ago that I remember two girls, just like us, delivering us our cookies, doesn't it, Petra?"

The redhead giggled girlishly and said, "Yes, Dani, it does, but you know, I wouldn't change how things worked out but, I'll never eat another cookie again and I've set my browser to reject all future "cookies". After all, I don't want to change back. I don't think Tommy would like a 'boy' for a girlfriend." She giggled again as she reached out and rang the bell.