"I've had a sex change once." "When I was seven years old." "The pool where I grew up smelled like any other." "That's the thing about pools." "Same smell... doesn't matter where you are." ""You'll have to watch out for that,"" "my mother had stated." "You're gonna have to watch out for that." "Maybe we should get the one-piece." "But all they have left is yellow and orange." "And you don't like yellow either, do you?" "It was that simple." " Mrs. Delaware..." " Yes." "We all loved and feared her." "She was a human bullhorn, bellowing all her instructions to us." "Yesss..." "Hello, my little guppies!" "Nice." "Very nice." "Good hair, good smile." "Nice." "Very nice." "Very..." "You!" "Straighten up!" "Nice." "Very nice." "Alright." "Now remember, only one of you is going to go home with this." "Only one..." "Alright, let's see what you can do..." "Jump in the pool!" "I had become a boy who was not afraid of anything." "Maybe just one thing..." "I wasn't pretending." "I just was." "It was six weeks of boyhood." "Six weeks of bliss." "Go, go, Kelly!" "Go, go, Walter!" "Way to go!" "Stroke, stroke, breath!" "Keep your toes together!" "Come on, move it!" "I said move it!" "Just go drown!" "Six weeks lasts long time when you're seven years old." "I guess I thought it would never really end." "If swimming was to continue far enough into the future, then I didn't need to worry about anything." "The water running over my back felt simple... and natural..." "It was... perfect." "Except for one thing." "Left, right, left, right, left... and stop!" "Left turn!" "On your marks, get set..." "BANG!" "Guys, guys, over here!" "That's the girls' changeroom, guys." ""It has been a pleasure to have Robyn in our program." "Your son has successfully passed his beginner's" "He shows great promise." "We suggest you enroll him in our competitive swim program." "Robyn?" "Have you been parading around half naked for six weeks?" "I can't believe this!" "You can't be trusted with a two-piece." "How could I explain to her that it wasn't what I had done... but what I didn't do?" "I hadn't lied, because no one had asked." "And that I had never, not once... felt naked."