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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Underage
  Category:
      F/M
  Fandom:
      Camp_Camp_(Web_Series)
  Relationship:
      Max/David
  Character:
      Max, David_(Camp_Camp), Nikki, Neil
  Additional Tags:
      Trans_Character, Trans_Female_Character, max_is_trans, Coming_Out,
      Transphobia, Eventual_Romance, Eventual_Smut, Consensual_Underage_Sex,
      I'm_Going_to_Hell
  Stats:
      Published: 2016-11-04 Updated: 2016-11-30 Chapters: 4/? Words: 2790
****** Maxine ******
by My_Secret_Fics
Summary
     Everyone knows Max is a sarcastic, bitter little asshole, but no one
     is quite sure why. His friends think that's just how he is. David
     thinks he just needs someone to care and cheer him up. No one
     suspects that he's just a girl tired of being told she's a boy.
Notes
     I have no reason for this except that I wanted to, fight me.
     Yes, I've already rewritten it. My bf helped me come up with a better
     idea, so I hope you enjoy it more. Feedback is appreciated!
See the end of the work for more notes
***** Chapter 1 *****
Max was feeling pretty proud of herself. Over the course of the day, she had
completely coated Space Kid's helmet with food, tricked Preston into reading 50
Shades of Greyout loud, rigged the camp TV to play a very loud, very vulgar
movie in the mess hall, and talked Nerris into tackling David by telling her he
was interested in that weird "larping" thing she did.
She was still laughing as David started to lecture Nerris, when she heard
something that made her stop dead. "But Max told me you wanted to LARP with
me..." Nerris whined, causing David to look over to the teen.
"Max," David began sternly. "Why did you lie to Nerris?"
She gave a careless shrug. "So she'd attack you, why else?"
"Really Max? This is the fourth time today you've pulled something like this!"
"So what?" she challenged, crossing her arms.
"You know, I am getting really tired of this, young man." Lady,she corrected
mentally. "You're such a bright boy-" Girl."-you could accomplish so much if
you'd stop wasting your energy on causing trouble and put it into something
productive."
"You seem to be laboring under the delusion that I give a shit," she retorted,
already at the end of her patience. I swear, if he calls me young man one more
time-
"Watch your language, young man."
And just like that, she finally snapped. "I'm a fucking girl, you jackass!"
David blinked in shock. "Wh-what?"
Max paused as she realized what she'd said.  " God DAMMIT!You see what you make
me do?! Jesus fucking CHRIST!"
David snapped out of his shock as she started to storm off towards her tent.
"Max, wa-AAAIII!" he cried out as he fell flat on his face. Looking to see what
had tripped him, he found his shoelaces tied together. "How...?"
Before he could even finish, his question was answered by Nikki running past in
a ninja costume. "I AM THE NIGHT!"
***** Chapter 2 *****
Max walked into the mess hall, still half asleep, and snapped out her usual
order of, “Coffee. Black. Now.”
When she was not promptly handed a mug by one of the more timid campers who
wanted to avoid her getting pissed, she opened her eyes to see everyone
gathered around a table, a seat reserved for her, and a banner that read,
Max’s N-terventshin.  She looked blankly at everyone, then the banner, then
back. “No.” With that, she turned to walk out.
Unfortunately, she was immediately pulled back by the Quartermaster’s hook
through her hoodie. “You’re not going anywhere, child.”
“Goddammit!” she swore loudly, causing David to give her a stern look.
“Language, young m- um, la-... See, this is why we need to have a talk. Could
you please sit down?”
Seeing no way out of this, Max reluctantly sat down. “Are you sure we can’t
skip this?”
“No we can’t.” David sighed a little. “Look, Max, we’re just trying to
understand-”
“I distracted you while Nikki tied your shoelaces together,” Max interrupted.
“What is there to understand?”
“I AM THE NIGHT!”
“Not that, what you said before that.”
“What is so hard to understand about the statement, “I’m a fucking girl you
jackass”? It’s a really simple statement.”
David paused a moment, clearly trying to choose his words carefully. “It’s just
that… We’ve all been under the impression that you’re a boy. And that’s what is
says on the paperwork your parents filled out.”
“That’s because until yesterday, I was still in the closet. I’m transgender,
dumbass.”
Gwen and some of the campers let out small “oh”s of understanding, while David
and a few others still looked confused. Space Kid raised his hand. “Uh, yeah, I
still don’t understand.”
“Ya, I am confused as vell,” Dolf agreed. “Please explain yourself, dear Max.”
Max rolled her eyes. “It’s not that complicated. Biologically, I’m male. But
mentally, I’m a girl.” When Space Kid still looked at her blankly, she sighed
heavily and tried to dumb it down more. “I have a boy body and a girl brain. Is
that simple enough for you?”
“Yep!” Space kid replied cheerfully.
Max turned her glare to Dolf and David. “And you two? Do you understand?”
“I think so…” David answered.
Dolf frowned thoughtfully. “Yes, I understand perfectly...”
Max raised an eyebrow. “Is there a problem?”
“None zat you need vorry about yet…” he replied, lightning striking ominously
in the background.
Max stared at him a second longer before shrugging. “Whatever, nerd.”
After a moment, Gwen decided to speak up. “So, you’re kinda like Caitlyn
Jenner?”
Max glared at her. “Except this isn’t a publicity stunt for cash. This is my
identity.”
Gwen frowned back at her. “Hey, I’m just trying to be understanding.”
“Well maybe you should worry less about understanding me and more about
understanding how impossibly fucked you are in today’s job market. Seriously,
what are you doing with your life?”
Before Gwen could retort, or have another breakdown, Nikki raised a hand. “So…
Are we getting breakfast or not?”
David looked a little surprised. “Oh, that’s right, we haven’t had breakfast
yet.”
Everyone turned to look at Quartermaster, who looked around and glared at the
ground. “Damn.”
***** Chapter 3 *****
Max was just finishing up her breakfast when Preston stepped up to the table.
She raised an eyebrow. “What do you want?”
“Are you really going to keep going around dressed like that?”
“Excuse me? What’s wrong with how I’m dressed?”
“I mean, it’s ok… If you’re a blind boy with no taste.”
She narrowed her eyes. “You have three seconds to tell me what you have to say
before I stab you with my fork.”
“Right! Well, since we all know you’re a girl now, you need to look the part!
So I called the Flower Scouts to give you a makeover!”
Max stared at him. “How the hell-”
“I asked David if I could use his phone to call my parents, and called them
instead. Also, I used his credit card to order $260 of junk from infomercials.
And a Shake Weight.”
She thought it over a moment. “Well I was going to tell you to fuck off, but
since you also used the chance to mess with David, I’ll go with it. But if I
don’t like what they do, I’m burning the clothes they put me in. With you in
them.”
“Deal!” Preston immediately grabbed Max’s arm and dragged her away, leading her
to a boat to go to the Flower Scouts’ camp. When they got there, they found
Nikki waiting for them. “Nikki? What are you doing here?”
“I’m coming with you. Gotta make sure they don’t turn my best friend into… One
of them.”
Max rolled her eyes. “I’m not going to become a Flower Scout, Nikki. But still
come just in case I need my attack dog.”
Nikki then assumed the role and dropped to attack position. “Bark! Bark! Bark!”
 
When the three campers arrived at the Flower Scouts’ camp, they were greeted by
Sasha, Erin and Tabii (With two I’s). They immediately curtsied, and Sasha
stepped forward. “Like, welcome to our camp! So, who are we making over?”
“And did Neil come?” Tabii added eagerly.
Max stared at the blonde. “ No . And he will never willingly come within 10
feet of you.”
Preston smiled excitedly, ignoring Tabii. “Max here just came out as
transgender, so she needs a makeover to look like a girl!”
“Ooooh, how exciting!” Tabii squealed. “Do you even have a new name?”
“My name is Maxine, but I will still answer to Max.”
“That’s kinda boring,” Erin complained.
“Yeah, well, I don’t live to entertain you. So let’s get on with this.”
“Good idea,” Sasha agreed. “This way ladies! And Nikki and Preston.”
 
Moments later, the Flower Scouts were setting out some clothes that Sasha no
longer wanted, since she was closest to Max’s size, while Preston was asking
around for makeup from girls with skin tones more similar to hers, and Nikki…
God knows what Nikki was doing.
“We may have to hem these,” Sasha commented, holding up a flowery dress.
“You’re kinda short. But at least that’s easier than taking them in. And we’d
really have to with Tabii’s. I mean, you’re closer to her height, but...”
“Hey!” Tabii cried out angrily.
“I was going to say she doesn’t have your curves.”
“Oh, thanks!”
“So, what kind of style do you like?” Erin asked curiously.
Max shrugged slightly. “I haven’t thought about it much… But I like jeans and
denim skirts; my favorite color is blue, but I also like yellow, green, and
black; I hate pink, white, and tank tops; I need a jacket no matter what I
wear.” She gave Sasha a pointed look. “And I hate flowers.”
Sasha pouted a little as she set the dress aside. “Fine, I didn’t want you to
have it anyway.”
Just then, Preston came back with a triumphant grin. “I found the perfect
makeup for your skin tone! And I’ve seen tutorials on how to use makeup to make
a man look more feminine, so I’ve got you, fam!”
“And I can do your hair!” Erin added happily.
“Alright, let’s get this over with.”
 
A few hours of pulled hair, smeared makeup, insults, and being stabbed with
needles, Max stepped out of the cabin in her Camp Campbell t-shirt, a denim
skirt, and a jacket fitted to show her new feminine figure, created with a
stuffed bra. “Alright, I’ll admit it, I like this look,” Max begrudgingly
confessed.
“Max!” Nikki ran up to her side. “Wow, you really look like a girl!”
“Of course she does, we were the ones who did this,” Sasha scoffed. She smiled
at Max and offered her a cup. “Pumpkin spice, Maxine?”
“NOOOOOOO!” Nikki screamed, right before taking the cup, throwing it on the
ground, and stomping it into the dirt. She then turned to Max and smiled
sweetly. “Saved your life!”
Max gave Nikki a blank look. “Do you seriously think they’re trying to poison
me?”
“Worse! Turn you into… One of them! The pumpkin spice is like their Kool-aid!”
Max rolled her eyes. “I don’t like pumpkin spice anyway.” She glanced at the
Flower Scouts. “Well, thanks for this, we’re just gonna go back now. Oh, and
this doesn’t make us friends. You’re still shallow bitches.” She turned to
Nikki and Preston. “Let’s go guys.”
***** Chapter 4 *****
When Max returned to her tent, she found Neil pacing around the tent in front
of his chalkboard. “Oh boy, I know that look,” Max commented. “What did you
find that your precious science can’t explain this time?”
“Funny you should ask that,” Neil answered, his eye twitching. “It’s actually
you.”
“Saw that coming,” she muttered, going to put away the things the Flower Scouts
sent back with her.
“Can you just explain how this makes ANY scientific sense?!”
She shrugged. “Do I look like I give a fuck? This is my identity.”
“That explains nothing! By the laws of science, an organism’s sex is determined
by their chromosomes from the moment that a full cell is conceived. That is an
undeniable scientific fact. SO would you mind telling me how you can suddenly
just decide to change?!” Max opened her mouth to speak, but couldn’t so much as
get a syllable out before Neil was on again. “Of course there are species of
West African frogs that can spontaneously change their sex when faced with an
overabundance of individuals of one sex. But I find it highly unlikely that you
share any genetic similarities with a frog.” Max waited a moment to see if she
was going to be allowed to speak before attempting again. But Neil apparently
still wasn’t done. “Though there is that kid in China who has eyes similar to
those of a cat. So it wouldn’t be  that  much more of a stretch for you to have
a genetic mutation that gives amphibian like traits. Max, I’m going to need a
blood sample.”
“First of all, there’s no way in hell I’m giving you any of my blood. Second of
all, you’re looking at this all wrong, dipshit. Being transgender isn’t a
matter of biology, it’s  psychology. ”
Neil rolled his eyes and groaned. “Psychology isn’t a  real  science. It’s just
a bunch of theoretical nonsense for college students with no better skills to
eat up.”
“I’ll agree it’s a useless degree, but it’s not entirely baseless. And the fact
is, gender identity is not the same thing as biological sex.”
Based on his facial expression, Neil’s mind clearly could not compute what Max
was saying. “Argh!”
“Why do you care so much anyway? This isn’t even new. I was always a girl. You
just only know about it now. And it’s not that big a change now that you do
know. I’ll just look different and use female pronouns.”
“I care because this goes against the laws of science! And no, your psychology
argument doesn’t count! That’s not real science!” Neil paused, then looked at
her in confusion. “And, uh, are we still gonna be sharing a tent? I mean, if
this is going to be a thing, are you gonna move tents?”
“Me, move tents?” She scoffed. “You’re the one with the issue,  you  move.”
“Well, you’re the one doing the changing…”
“Well this was my tent first, so fuck you.” She stood and turned to leave the
tent. “Look, move or don’t. As long as you’re not gonna start perving on me, I
don’t give a shit. But if you keep trying to scientifically disprove my
identity, I’m gonna beat the everloving shit out of you.”
“Um, I am significantly taller than you…” Neil pointed out.
“Exactly, I’m right at dick punching height. So get over it, nerd.”
Neil stepped out of the tent and glared after Max as she walked off. “This is
such bullshit,” he muttered, just in time for Dolf to walk by.
The German boy looked at Neil in surprise. “Vait,  you  have a problem vith zis
too?!”
“Well yeah! I mean, who does he think he is?!”
“I know!” Dolf agreed. “Zis is unacceptable!”
“I mean, this makes  no  scientific sense!”
“Ya- vait, ZAT is vat you are vorried about?”
“Well yeah.” Neil looked at Dolf in confusion. “What did you mean?”
“Nothing you need concern yourself vith…” Dolf murmured, lightning cracking
ominously.
Neil stared at the other boy. “Dude… You can be really creepy sometimes…”
Dolf looked at him in shock. “Vat? Vat did I do?!”
“I’m so sorry!” the guilty boy quickly apologized. “That kinda just slipped
out…”
“Zat vas really mean! I sought ve vere getting along!”
“It’s just, sometimes you get this diabolical plotting look, it’s really
unnerving…”
“I do zat? Hm… Now zat you mention it…” The shorter boy quickly shook it off.
“But you are still a jerk for saying zat!”
“I said I was sorry!”
 
Max made her way to the mess hall for lunch, and was instantly approached by
David. “Hi there, little lady! Are you new?”
Max stared at him.  He’s gotta be fucking with me. There is no way he doesn’t
recognize me.  Aloud, she snapped, “The fuck is wrong with you? You going blind
or something?”
“Language, young lady,” he chided. “There’s no need to be rude. So, what’s your
name? We didn’t get word about any new campers.” He paused and looked to Gwen.
“Did we?”
Gwen rolled her eyes. “It’s Max, idiot.”
“Max?” David took another look at the girl in front of him and blinked in
shock. “Oh wow, it is you!”
“No shit,” Max scoffed.
“That’s incredible! You really look like a girl!”
“That was kinda the point.” She gave a slightly confused look. “So, you really
didn’t recognize me?”
“Nope, I thought for sure you were a new camper.”
“Huh… That’s… Strangely flattering…” Immediately after the words left her
mouth, Max regretted them.  Shit, I took a compliment well… Gotta do something
bitchy to balance it out…  Max settled for kicking David as hard as she could
in the shin.
“Owie!” David balanced on one foot to rub his shin. “What was that for?!”
“I took a compliment, I had to balance it out,” Max replied, turning to get in
line to get her food.
“Oh Max, you never change,” the counselor chuckled, moving to ruffle her hair.
Max immediately ducked away from his hand. “David, it took three hours with a
straightening iron and two cans of hairspray to get my hair to look like this,
if you fuck it up, I will burn this building down with all of us inside of it.”
There are few things faster in this world than David’s arm in that moment
moving away from Max.
End Notes
     Max's day of causing trouble inspired by this awesome picture: http:/
     /ask-campcounselordavid.tumblr.com/post/150868794785/gwen-this-is-a-
     best-case-scenario-most-days
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