Leigh Anne - Sentenced to Life
By Karen Elizabeth L.
Mom died a couple of years ago, leaving me and dad to fend
for ourselves.
People seemed to think that as I got older I got more and
more out of control but dad never saw it that way. He would
quickly rush to my defense, telling all who dared to judge
his son that I was just being a normal boy rather than the
type of little sissy whose feelings I might have hurt.
Kenny Post was one of those sissies; his dad owned a big
company and they had more money than anyone I ever knew. He
didn't go to my school; he and his dad lived on the other
side of town where I happened to run into him one day. He
was always wearing the best clothes, kept his books in a
backpack that looked like he had a new one every day, and
just annoyed the crap out of me. I made it a point to ride
my bike over to where he lived just to tease and harass
him.
Kenny of course went crying to his daddy who came knocking
on our door, demanding that I leave his little boy alone.
That wasn't a very good idea; it just made dad mad and the
next thing you know, dad encouraged me to keep harassing
Kenny and even joined in.
He and I would drive over to where Kenny and his dad lived,
pound on the door and accuse Kenny of harassing me. Most of
the time Kenny and his dad were out so we settled for
harassing the housekeepers who answered the door. We were
so good at it that three housekeepers quit in just over six
months. Kenny's dad tried reasoning with us and of course,
we agreed to behave but we'd be right back at his house the
next week with some imaginary complaint. A window or two in
the house got broken and a few scratches appeared on the
Mercedes during our visits but we figured that no one had
seen us do it and that it would be our word against the
housekeeper's.
We were taken to court twice and each time we promised the
judge we'd be good, just like we always promised Kenny's
dad. And just like we did with his dad we were right back a
week later.
We played this game for a year until a letter showed up in
the mail advising us that Kenny's dad was pressing charges
against us and that we would have to appear in court to
defend ourselves. Dad and I laughed; another stupid judge
to fool.
This judge wasn't quite as dumb as we figured though and
after Kenny's family attorney finished with us Dad and I
were both in trouble.
"You've had several warnings in the past and you've both
solemnly promised to end this nonsense twice before." The
judge growled at us. "Now it's time to get serious."
He wasn't kidding about getting serious either; dad was
sentenced to two years in jail for harassment,
intimidation, and destruction of property and I was going
to spend the same time at the county youth detention center
for the same offenses. Dad's court appointed lawyer pleaded
with the judge but it was no use. Dad and I had screwed up
once too often and this time the judge was going to make us
pay.
At the youth center I found out pretty quickly that I
wasn't as tough as I thought. The first night there I was
involved in three fights and lost all three. One on one I
could handle myself but it was usually four or five of them
against me and they were mopping the floor with me on a
regular basis; compared to my situation, Kenny and I had
been best friends.
I won a couple of fights at the center but it didn't
matter; there were guys that were several inches taller and
quite a bit heavier than me that decided I was cute enough
to be their girlfriend. One of them singled me out and
forced me to take care of him the way my mom used to take
care of dad and me.
I cleaned his room; put away his clothes when they came
back from the laundry, got him food, and ran errands for
him. He was making plans to move me into his room so that
we could be even closer when they offered dad and me a
chance to get out on some sort of probation.
It felt so good to see dad again, we'd been apart for
several months and I had really missed him. We were taken
into a small office to meet with the judge, the lawyers,
Mr. Post, and a woman we'd never seen before.
"I hope you two have decided that prison life is not for
you," The judge told us. "I didn't want to send you two
there but I decided that you just had to learn a lesson."
Dad turned to me and nodded; I guess his time in jail was
as bad as mine.
"I've got an unusual deal for your two," the judge
continued as he looked at some papers in his hands. "It's
completely up to you but you'll be released from custody
and if you complete the program your records will be
cleaned."
Dad had a sad expression on his face when he looked over at
me. Why did it seem like he was saying "I'm sorry?"
"Mr. Brandt, I assume you've read the terms and discussed
them with your attorney?" Asked the judge. "Do you have any
questions?"
Dad avoided looking directly at the judge and shook his
head. "No, your honor."
"Fine," The judge nodded as he rose and began to walk away.
"I'll give you thirty minutes with your attorney and your
son."
Dad put his arm around me as the judge walked out. "I don't
like this but I'm not sure we have a choice. I never want
to go back to jail again!"
"Me either." I swore as I pulled out a chair close to dad.
"What do we have to do to stay out?"
"You're not going to like this," He warned. "I didn't when
I first read it but it's either this or back to jail."
What could be so terrible that I'd rather go back to the
youth center and be some guy's girlfriend? Anything had to
be better than that!
Dad shook his head and drew a deep breath. "We'll have to
pay Mr. Post back for the damage we've caused."
"How much is that?" I asked, knowing that dad's security
guard job didn't give us much room for luxuries. "Where
would we get any extra cash?"
"It's far more than money Larry," Dad sighed. "We'd have to
work for him for the rest of our sentences."
Work for Mr. Post? What could he possibly need that we
could do for him? "You could guard his house I suppose, but
what could I do?"
"Since we drive off those housekeepers no one wants to work
for him so I'll be doing the cleaning and cooking for him
and Kenny," Dad explained. "He did some checking and
decided that since I kept out place very neat and was a
better than average cook, I could be his housekeeper."
Dad was a good cook and our apartment was always neat but I
couldn't picture dad doing that for the Post's. Something
in the way he looked at me told me that he was really
upset.
"Wait a minute." I suddenly realized what was bothering me.
Dad wouldn't fit in as Mr. Post's housekeeper. "His
housekeepers were all women."
Dad didn't say as word; he seemed completely humiliated and
his face was a bright red.
"That's not going to change Larry." Our attorney said
softly. "That's what makes this deal so bad. I advised your
father to refuse it."
Dad's face got all twisted up; he was furious with the
attorney's advice. "And go back to jail? What do you think
would happen to a guy my size there? And what about Larry?
I doubt it's been a pleasant experience for him!"
I vigorously shook my head remembering my stay at the youth
center.
"What's going on dad?" I finally got enough nerve to ask.
"Are we out or what?"
"That's up to you Larry." Dad sounded very sad and upset.
"I'd do it just to get you out but it's not up to me alone.
You have to decide if it's right."
"You heard my advice." Our lawyer started to say.
"Yes, we did." Dad nearly took the poor man's head off.
"Now please be quiet."
"I don't care what it is dad," I promised. "I'll do
anything to get out. Anything at all."
Dad sighed and looked at the papers he was holding. "You
were right, all of the Post's housekeepers were women. If I
take the job, I'll be expected to look the part."
"You're not serious, you can't be."
"Completely." Dad told me in a voice tinged with defeat.
"The judge recommended us for this program; he said we
could pay back our debt and hopefully it would make us
settle down. It's strange, I know, but at least we're out
in the world again."
"It's not strange, it's totally perverted!" I exclaimed.
"You're not really going to go through with it are you?" I
figured he wanted out of jail but this was crazy.
"It's up to you Larry." Dad looked at me sadly. "If you
agree, I'll do it. Otherwise I'll tell them what they can
do with his plan."
I wanted to help dad. Maybe there was a loophole; I'd read
all about criminals getting out on loopholes, maybe we
could find one too. "I'm probably going to hate myself for
asking but what exactly do you have to do?"
"I'd have to serve out the rest of my sentence as the
Post's housekeeper; do the cooking, the cleaning, and
whatever else was needed."
"But you mentioned something about looking the part, what's
that about?" Maybe the loophole was in that condition.
Dad hesitated; he clearly didn't want to answer.
"Mr. Post does not want a man for a housekeeper; he's
concerned about his reputation, afraid people will think
we're really lovers. If I take the job, I have to pass as a
woman."
The awful picture of dad in a short dress with fishnet
stockings and high heels flashed into my head. I guess the
look on my face said it all.
"It's not like that." Dad quickly added. "I'd have to wear
a dress and all but nothing like you're thinking."
He paused for a couple of seconds before continuing. "I got
you into this mess, I'll get you out. I don't care if I
look like a fool."
"The judge has arranged to make sure that you won't be
recognized," Our lawyer assured him. "No one will ever know
that you're a man."
My dad was willing to dress up as a woman, cook and clean
for the Post's just to get me out of the detention center?
How bizarre could things get? I was terrified to go back to
the center but how could I let dad humiliate himself like
that?
I'd never seen dad cry in my life yet now he was on the
verge of tears; he started to talk but couldn't seem to
form the words. Before I could stop him he reached for a
pen, signed his name, and handed the papers to our lawyer.
Choking, he nodded towards me. "I can't tell him."
The lawyer took the papers from dad and looked at me.
"I'm afraid that you have a part in this too Larry," He
explained. "Your dad made your release a condition of his
agreement but the judge threw us a curve. It seems that
you'll be released but only to your dad's custody to serve
out the rest of your sentence."
I thought I saw a light at the end of the tunnel. With a
bit of luck we'd be out of custody and out of the
agreement! "But what if someone who knows us sees us
together? Everyone knows my mom's dead, they'll start to
wonder and maybe take a close look at dad."
"That's the other part of the agreement Larry." I was told.
"You would have to be willing to be the daughter of the
post's housekeeper for the remainder of your sentence."
"Is that judge out of his mind?" I could barely control my
anger. "I'd never in a million years go along with
something that stupid!"
I no sooner got the words out of my mouth than I realized
that dad had agreed to do exactly the same thing to get me
away from the detention center. God, what a mess!
"I'm sorry dad," I quickly apologized for being so stupid.
"I wasn't thinking."
"That's all right, I said the same thing at first. I knew
you'd never go for it."
Our lawyer nodded and started to pack the papers up. "I
don't blame you Larry." The judge had no right to propose
such a thing, I'll tell him the deals off."
Before he could move I grabbed the papers from him. "If I
don't agree dad goes back to jail and I go back to the
center, right?"
"Yes, but it's better than that." He pointed to the papers
I clutched tightly.
I thought for a little bit. I'm all of five foot six and
weigh about a hundred and fifteen pounds. If I tuned this
offer down, I'd go back to the center where I'd be the
roommate of a guy who was five inches taller and eighty
pounds heavier than me. He'd already told me that he wanted
me for his girlfriend and had promised to find me some
pretty dresses to wear while he screwed the living
daylights out of me. The light at the end of the tunnel
just turned into an oncoming train.
"What do I have to do?" I asked as I signed the papers.
We went back before the judge who explained everything; dad
would be the housekeeper and I would be his daughter. We'd
be able to live in Mr. Post's house and dad would be paid
twice as much to be a housekeeper than he made as a
security guard. I would be enrolled in the eighth grade at
a nearby public school where I would be expected to behave
as a young lady. If Mr. Post had any problems with us, we
would be right back in jail with no second chance.
There was one last condition to our release, one meant to
teach dad a humiliating lesson. The judge had decided that
dad was responsible for my getting into this trouble he
should be responsible for making me into a girl. Dad would
get extensive training on how to dress, talk, and act like
a woman and then he'd have to teach the same things to me.
I moved to the Post's and dad left to learn how to pass as
a woman. He wrote me almost every day to tell me that he
was fine and couldn't wait to see me again. Things would
work out he promised, just trust him.
Mr. Post and Kenny had surprised me by being very friendly
to me while I was waiting for dad to come. I had to wear
girl's jeans and shorts but I was allowed to use the pool
or ride a horse around the property. I didn't want the
gardener see me dressed like a girl though so I just sat in
my room reading and watching TV.
A couple of weeks later Mr. Post asked if I'd like to come
with him to pick up dad. Naturally I jumped at the chance.
We drove to a small home about an hour away. I followed Mr.
Post to the house and waited as he rang the bell.
A pretty lady in a flowered skirt and a pink top opened the
door and smiled at me. She looked so familiar but it just
couldn't be my dad.
"It's nice to see you again Larry," She said in a soft,
sweet, and sort of familiar voice. "Thank you for coming
Mr. Post, won't you please come in?"
She swung the door open wide and gracefully stepped back to
allow us to enter. I was so busy looking at her that I
bumped into Mr. Post.
"Please excuse yourself Larry." She said in that soft,
sweet voice.
"It's okay, he's probably a little confused right now." Mr.
Post said with a smile. "You look very lovely Diana, would
you like me to introduce you to the young man with me?
"That would be very nice, thank you." She answered with a
friendly smile.
"Larry, this lovely lady is your mother Diana." Mr. Post
said as the woman held out her hand.
"Dad?" I couldn't believe it! I stared at the pretty lady
wearing a pink top, a flowered skirt that matched her top,
her hair neatly curled around her shoulders, her pretty,
nylon encased legs ending in a pair of pink heels.
You'd better get used to calling me mom," She laughed as
she pulled me close. "Your dad's gone for a vacation."
"Wow, you look so pretty." I said, my mouth hanging open in
wonder. "How?"
"A lot of hard work." He smoothed out his skirt and sat
down on the couch as gently as any woman I'd ever seen.
"They worked me awfully hard while I was here but if you
think I look pretty, it must have been worth it."
"You don't look anything like you did." It sounded rude but
dad just shrugged.
"You won't either." He promised. "But everything's going to
be okay; we're really going to be able to get away with
this."
I looked at the woman sitting across from me; if I turned
out anything like her, no one would ever know I was a boy.
Somehow that scared me.
I loaded dad's suitcases into the car while Mr. Post held
the door for him. Dad smiled, smoothed his skirt again and
slid ever so gracefully into the seat. There was nothing of
my dad left, just a pretty lady who made me feel funny when
I looked at her.
When we got to the Post's I carried dad's luggage in and
showed him where we would be staying.
"This is better than our apartment." He said as plopped
down on the couch and took of his heels. It made me feel
better to watch as he propped his feet on the coffee table
but it was short-lived relief; his skirt had ridden up and
I could see that he was wearing a slip under it. Dad smiled
and tugged his skirt down to cover the lace trim on the
slip.
"Relax dad." I said, trying to make him feel comfortable.
"It's just us, you don't have to act so swishy."
He ran his hands along his skirt. "I can't relax, I don't
want to slip up and have someone find out that I'm a guy.
If I'm not a convincing woman Mr. Post won't keep us. Do
you want to go back?"
"No but I don't want to end up all swishy either." I
replied angrily. "I could have stayed at the center for
that."
"And a little more too." I could tell by his voice that I
had made a big mistake. "By the way, it's called acting
like a lady, not being swishy. You had better get used to
it if you plan on staying out."
Dad stood up and glared at me. "As a matter of fact, I
think it's time you got started. Mr. Post was nice enough
to order a few things to get you started and you have an
appointment to have your hair done in the morning. Let's go
to your room and start getting you ready."
"I didn't mean to upset you dad," I protested. "I'm just
having a hard time getting used to seeing you like this,
that's all. Give me a chance, will you?"
"I gave you more chances than I should have over the
years," Dad insisted as he took my arm. "Maybe if I had
used my head instead of trying to be all macho, we wouldn't
be in this mess. I'm stuck wearing these clothes and acting
this way but what's really going to kill me is making a
girl out of you."
Dad wasn't about to let a little thing like how bad he felt
stop him though. "Get completely undressed, I'll be back in
a few minutes." He ordered.
A few minutes later I was pulling off my shorts when dad
walked in carrying some packages. "Start with these," He
said, throwing several pairs of girl's underwear on the
bed.
I stood dumbfounded staring at the assortment of lace and
nylon in different colors.
"Isn't there any other way?" I pleaded, panicking at the
impending loss of my masculinity.
Dad shook his head. "This is hard enough Leigh Anne." He
told me. "Please don't make it any worse."
I pulled a pair of white panties up my legs. "Leigh Anne,
is that what I'm going to be called?"
"It's what your birth certificate says." Dad shrugged. "It
was what your mom and I had planned for a girl."
"They even changed that?" I asked in shock. "Whatever
happened to Larry Brandt?"
Dad shook his head despairingly as he fastened a padded bra
around my chest. "As far as anyone will be able to tell,
the Brandt family only has a daughter named Leigh Anne.
Actually, it's just Leigh Anne and her mother Diana, the
father died a few years ago."
I felt sick to my stomach. "Are you sure we'll be able to
go back to being guys again dad?"
"It's going to be okay Leigh," Dad said softly. "I got us
into this and I'll get us out again."
It took a couple of hours but I finally ended up in a pink
denim skirt, white top, white socks with a pink band, and a
pair of white sneakers. I begged and pleaded to be able to
wear a pair of jeans but dad insisted that I wear a skirt.
"You need to learn how to act like a girl and the skirt
will help to keep you focused." He explained while putting
my long hair into a ponytail. "You'll get used to it soon
enough."
Soon enough came after an afternoon of learning to sit,
walk, and stand like a girl. I must have made about fifty
trips across the living room as dad looked on saying things
like "Put your shoulders back, take smaller steps, and hold
your head up." Once he was done drilling me on how to walk,
I had to learn how to sit.
"Good girl!" Dad smiled as I sat properly with my legs
crossed and my hands in my lap. "You got the hang of it in
no time."
"Do you have to call me a girl?" I glared at him. "I feel
dumb enough as is without you adding to it."
"Yes, I do." Dad said in a firm voice. "Until this is all
over you are my daughter Leigh Anne and I will not only
call you a girl, but I will treat you as a girl."
Dad didn't have to say anymore, I nodded and promised to
behave, to be a good girl.
"You're doing very well Leigh." Dad said after a few more
hours had passed. "Let's change into something a little
nicer and meet the Posts."
"I can't dad, there's no way I can let Mr. Post and Kenny
see me like this." I started bawling. "Please don't make me
do that."
"We have to Leigh," He insisted as he led me back to my
room. "Mr. Post has to be sure that we look like women,
otherwise we can't stay. He's an important businessman and
can't afford any kid of scandal."
Dad gave me a white dress and some pantyhose to change into
before choosing a yellow skirt with a white top for
himself. I'd worn long underwear many times but putting on
the pantyhose was much trickier; I had to be careful not to
put a hole or a run in them while gently pulling them up my
legs.
"I wish I didn't have to do this to you Leigh, really I
do." Dad said as he zipped my dress and brushed my hair.
"You should be out running around, playing baseball,
anything but this."
I felt so bad for dad. Sure, he encouraged me to harass the
Post's but did the judge really need to do this to him? I'm
sure it was tough enough for his to have to dress up and
act like a woman but forcing dad to make a girl out of me
was killing him. Why couldn't I just go away like dad did
and come back as a good little girl? Was what we had done
to the Post's this horrible?
I slipped on a pair of white low-heeled shoes dad gave me
and watched as he changed. He seemed so graceful and even
feminine as he took his skirt and carefully hung it up.
When he took off his top I was amazed to see a pair of
breasts pushing out the top of his slip. He noticed my
staring and laughed.
"Glue on's." He said as he stepped out of the lace-trimmed
slip to show me the breasts nestled in a lacey pink bra
that matched the panties he wore. "I can wear them for a
week before I need to take them off. I have a padded bra
for those times."
Dad was actually smiling as he stood there in matching
panties and a bra telling me about his fake boobs and
padded bras. Things were getting very weird.
"You sound like you're really getting into all this girl
stuff dad. Are you sure you're okay?"
"I'm fine, why?" He seemed puzzled that I'd ask even as he
stood there, staring into the mirror while holding dresses
against him.
"It's just so strange seeing you like this, that's all. I
mean you're all dressed up like a woman and it doesn't seem
to bother you at all. You even seem to be enjoying
yourself."
Dad smiled and put down the dress he was holding. Pulling
up a chair he sat across from me, crossing his legs.
"The little time I spent in jail was absolute hell. I was
almost raped several times; I managed to fight my way out
twice but if a guard hadn't have come by the last time, I
would have been the new girlfriend of a guy who had muscles
in places where I don't even have places. Two guys were
holding me down; I couldn't move, they had my pants and
underwear off, and I was just about to be taken when the
guard found me. I'd seen other guys who had become wives in
prison; they'll never be men again. Their husbands break
them; they're forced to do things no self-respecting man
should ever have to even think of doing. When this chance
opened up for us I was determined to jump on it. I didn't
want to take a chance that the things I had witnessed might
happen to you. I don't care how degrading this job might
be; I'll do it to save you."
Listening to dad ripped my heart out. I started to cry and
tell him about how I was about to become a guy just like he
had seen. What would have happened to me if dad hadn't
swallowed his pride? Still, how could he really expect me
to be a girl? I was totally confused; was this too much to
ask for what we'd done?
"I don't think I can do this dad. I can't pretend that I'm
just a sweet girl with her mom. It just doesn't feel right
to me, I don't understand how you can wear those clothes;
don't you just want to rip them up? Come on, forget all
this crap, we'll run away and soon they'll forget all about
us."
Dad jumped out of his chair.
"No, we won't run!" He screamed. "I gave the judge and Mr.
Post my word that I'd do this if they'd let us out. I never
break my word and there's no way on God's earth I'll ever
go back to jail or let you go back! Pay attention because I
don't plan on repeating myself. I am Diana Brandt, a woman
who is the Post family's housekeeper and you are my
daughter Leigh Anne. I will do all that I can to set a good
example for you and I expect you to be a young lady at all
times."
I should have kept my mouth shut but I just couldn't stand
the idea of acting like some prissy little girl.
"No way!" I shouted back. "I don't know what happened to
you but I'm not about to be some little sissy in a pretty
dress with a ribbon in my hair. You can stay and play house
with Mr. Post if you want, who knows, maybe someday he'll
marry you and you two will live happily ever after but I'm
leaving!"
I fumbled around until I was able to reach the zipper on
the dress I was wearing, worked it far enough down so that
I could get out of it, then took off the rest of the sissy
outfit I wore. I had my shorts on and was reaching for my
pants when dad stopped me.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have acted like that." He
apologized. "You're right, give me a few minutes to change
and we'll get out of this mess."
That was the dad I remembered, not some limp-wristed pansy,
but a real man!
He handed me a CD with the best songs from groups I thought
were really kick ass. "Why don't you listen to this while I
change? I bought it just for you."
"Cool, great tunes. Hurry up, okay?"
I slipped the CD into a player that Mr. Post had let me use
and sat back to wait for dad to get out of his sissy
clothes. I guess I was worn out because I closed my eyes
and fell asleep. When I woke up, dad, wearing a light green
slip, was sitting in front of the vanity in the room,
curlers in his hair, putting on makeup.
"Hey, I thought you were changing?"
Dad smiled and shook his head. "Not me, you're the one
that's changing Leigh Anne."
"What's with the Leigh Anne crap? Why are you still dressed
like that?"
He mumbled something that I didn't quite catch.
"Isn't your name Leigh Anne?" He asked with a smile. "And
why are you dressed like a boy?"
"No, my name's Lar... Leigh Anne," The words tumbled out of
my mouth before I could stop them. I looked down at my
pants and shorts and felt silly. "Eeeww, yuck, why am I
wearing these things?"
"You were saying something about wanting to look like a boy
again."
"I was?" Why did everything seem so confusing? Why wouldn't
I want to look like a boy? "What's happening?"
Dad walked over and took the CD player and headphones away.
"You wanted to run, to break the agreement. They would have
thrown you back into the youth center and I couldn't let
that happen. From now on, you'll do what ever I ask,
including wearing girl's clothes and being a proper young
lady."
"Never! You'll never..."
"Let me show you a trick Leigh honey." I heard dad say.
"Put it on backwards, fasten it, and then turn it around
and put your arms through the straps."
I felt something in my hands and was horrified to see that
I was holding a bra. I wanted to throw it across the room
but instead I smiled and did just what dad had said.
"Thanks mom, that's much easier!" I said happily.
"Shit, what happened?" I asked suddenly.
"I told you that I wouldn't let you break our agreement and
I meant it." Dad grinned. He picked up a small brush from
the vanity and started to outline his lips with it. "I
guess you could say that you've been brainwashed. That CD
fixed it so that you'll do anything I tell you to do. All I
have to do is use a trigger phrase and the defiant boy is
gone, replaced by a sweet girl who will do anything to
please her mother. You'll still know that you're a boy, and
that I'm your dad, but you'd much rather be a pretty girl."
"Yeah." I tried to fight the thoughts coming to my mind but
I couldn't seem to resist dad's suggestion. "You're right,
it's fun getting dressed up and stuff."
"What would you rather wear, shorts or panties?" Dad
quizzed.
"Panties." I giggled. "Pretty ones; with flowers or lace
please."
"I thought so." Dad smiled. "Now, let's get those boy's
clothes off and make a young lady out of you, okay?"
I was unbuttoning my pants and pulling off my shorts before
I came to my senses.
"Stop it!" I yelled, even as I was stepping out of my
shorts. "Could I wear a dress?"
"Wait a minute, that's not what I meant! I don't want to
wear a dress, I want to wear a dress!"
"Make up your mind, Leigh." Dad laughed. "A dress or a
dress?"
"Please dad, don't!" I begged. "Don't do this to me!"
"I'm sorry Leigh, you would have put yourself in serious
danger. I couldn't let you do that." Dad handed me a pair
of pink nylon panties with lace inserts above leg holes.
"How about these?"
I couldn't resist, the panties just looked so damned pretty
and I wanted to feel them on me so badly!
"Thanks mom, they're so pretty and they match my bra too!"
I wished I could shut up but I was feeling so good! It was
so cool to have matching underwear.
"Would you like to wear your white dress?" Dad asked. "I
know it's a little short but I think you look so pretty in
it."
"That would be so nice!" I gushed. I was making myself ill
but I just couldn't stop. "After all, we want to show Mr.
Post and Kenny how pretty we are."
Dad handed me the dress and underwear and with a big smile
I reached out and took them. Minutes later I was wearing
pantyhose, a slip, my panties and bra, and the cutest white
dress with matching shoes. Dad kept telling me that any
girl would have been thrilled with the outfit; I was simply
disgusted!
"Could I wear a little makeup mom, please?" Disgusted
though I felt, I had this overwhelming urge to let dad put
makeup on me. I wanted to rip my tongue out of my mouth!
"Cut it out, please?" I sobbed. "I don't want to do this,
please don't make me into a girl."
"Quit crying Leigh." Dad ordered. "I'm not exactly thrilled
about this whole thing either, you know. I explained
everything to you before you agreed; if you would have said
no, I would have understood. Since you agreed to go through
with this I expect you to keep your word just as I will. As
stupid as it sounds, for the next two years I will do
everything possible to be a good housekeeper for the
Post's; I will look and act like a woman and I expect to
treated as a woman by everyone I meet, you included. You
don't have any choice, if you can't behave yourself and act
like a young lady I'll have you running around in frilly,
little girl dresses."
"I'm your son and you're my dad. I'm not about to call you
mom and pretend that you're a lady."
I had a lot more to say to him but then I got busy learning
the right way to put on lipstick.
"This color looks so pretty mom." I puckered my lips and
blew kisses to the girl in the mirror. "It would be so cool
to wear with a pink dress, don't ya think?"
"We can shop for one after you get your hair done tomorrow
if you like."
"Can I get my hair done any way I want, huh mom? Please?"
"We'll get there a little early to look over the style
books, I think we can find something we both like."
"You are such a cool mom, do you know that?" I asked as I
threw my arms around dad's waist and hugged him.
When reality returned I quickly let go and pushed away. "I
hate when you do that!" I screamed.
"Then don't make me do it." He calmly replied. "You gave
your word."
"You can't hold me to that, it's not fair!"
"Last chance."
"Please dad, I don't want to be a girl."
Dad held out a necklace. "This was your mother's, she was
saving it for when we had a daughter."
I was sure that I could get dad to snap out of it but I
needed time.
"Could you help me with this, please?" I asked as I took
the necklace.
Dad smiled, took the necklace and gently fastened it around
my neck.
"I'm not that dumb." He laughed.
"You look very nice Diana." I heard Mr. Post say.
"You're pretty Leigh Anne." Kenny told me.
I saw the grin on dad's face and my hopes that this was all
a bad dream were gone. Still I couldn't seem to be mad.
"Thank you Kenny." I said in a sweet voice. Why did it make
me feel good to have him think I was pretty?
"That's a pretty dress Leigh." Mr. Post complimented me.
"You look quite pretty in it."
I couldn't believe it; I felt giddy and started to blush.
It was just so sweet of Mr. Post to tell me how pretty my
dress was and that he thought I looked pretty too! I leaned
over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Thank you, my mom picked it out for me." I twirled to show
him the back of my dress too. "She got me these pretty
shoes too."
Mr. Post had us sit down so that he could explain what we
could expect over the next two years. We would have use of
the pool, a car, and live in the servant's quarters, which
was actually a guesthouse on his property. We would have
use of a car which dad would need for shopping and running
errands, and even be allowed to use the pool. Dad would
keep the house clean, run errands, shop, and fix meals for
Mr. Post and Kenny.
During work hours, dad would wear a uniform; a light or
dark blue dress, stockings, and low-heeled shoes. He would
be allowed to wear subdued makeup if he liked but it wasn't
necessary. If dad needed to help with a party in the
evening, he would change to a more traditional maid's
uniform of a black dress and white apron.
"I'll never ask you to wear one of those French Maid
outfits, or do anything that might embarrass you Diana." He
told dad. "After hours you're free to dress as you like,
but of course you'll have to present yourself as a woman at
all times."
Turning to me he explained that I would be going to a local
public school in the fall where I would be just another
girl in the junior high. I would have to wear a uniform,
which was either a blue jumper with a white blouse or a
blue pleated skirt with a white blouse.
"You look very nice in that dress and stockings Leigh, but
they don't allow girls to wear stockings at your new
school. You'll be excused from gym class for obvious
reasons but other than that you'll be expected to do
everything any other girl would do. At home, you can wear
slacks, shorts, skirts, or whatever you like. Just like
your mom though, you have to be convincing as a girl."
Dad smiled and said that he understood, and then he turned
and asked if I had any questions.
I had a big question but I didn't think dad would let me
ask.
"Yeah, why are you doing this to us?" I blurted out to my
surprise. "This is so weird."
Mr. Post shook his head. "I'm not. This wasn't my idea and
frankly, I told the judge and the lawyers that it was the
nuttiest thing I'd ever heard of. Hell, I didn't even want
to see you two go to jail."
Mr. Post explained that he was shocked when the judge
handed down the sentence and hated to see us have to go to
jail.
"It bothered me to think of you two in jail. I wanted to
give you a second chance; maybe if we got to know each
other, we could get along. It took several months to
convince the judge of that, it seems that you two left him
with a very bad taste in his mouth. He got back to my
lawyer with this idea and I turned him down. I don't want a
man pretending to be my maid, and I sure as hell didn't
want to put your dad through the torment of turning his son
into a girl."
"You must have agreed or we wouldn't be here." So far so
good, dad was letting me think and talk normally.
"I wasn't given any other option to get you two free. I had
several meetings with the people who handled your dad's
training before I was convinced that it was really
possible. Only then was I willing to go along with it."
I felt like a complete moron. Mr. Post wasn't some sort of
pervert who wanted to see guys dressed like girls; he
really wanted to help us.
"I goofed."
"I tried to tell you but you wouldn't listen." Dad nodded.
I crossed my legs and folded my hands in my lap. "I'll be a
good girl, mom." I said softly.
Later, in our rooms, dad asked me to choose what I wanted
to wear to bed; a blue nightgown with teddy bears on it or
a pair of blue PJ's with clouds on them. Either choice was
too girly for me but it had to be one or the other.
"I don't think I'm ready for a nightgown yet mom." I said
shyly as he unzipped my dress. "Do you mind?"
"I understand." He chuckled. "It took a week before I wore
my first nightgown."
I stepped out of my dress and slip, carefully removed my
stockings, and then undid my bra reversing the trick dad
had shown me for putting it on.
"Here goes nothing." I gulped as I slid the top over my
head.
After I got the PJ's on dad helped me take off the little
bit of makeup he had put on me. He undid my ponytail and
brushed out my hair.
"Any thoughts on how you'd like to have your hair done?" He
asked as he hung up the outfit he had worn. I watched as he
took off his slip, bra, and stockings. His gestures were
very smooth, as if he'd been dressing that way all of his
life.
I just shook my head, still in shock over having to pose as
a girl. I tried to picture myself in a jumper, my books
held to my chest the way girl's held them, terrified as I
walked through a school for of kids. What if one of them
saw something suspicious? What if I gave myself away?
"Mom, I'm so scared."
"I was scared at first too Leigh," Dad slipped a short pink
nightgown on then sat on my bed. "It just takes time to get
used to it, that's all. Trust me, it's not so bad. No one
knows who we are, we're safe."
Dad held me and rocked me until I fell asleep.
Dad was already up and making breakfast when I woke up the
next morning. He seemed so comfortable and at ease in the
robe and nightgown he wore that it bothered me. Dad had
never seemed like a sissy to me but now everything about
him practically screamed "Woman". It was spooky watching
him flit around so gracefully, his nightgown swaying around
his body; a smile a mile wide on his face.
"Morning sleepyhead." He called out in a woman's voice.
"Ready for a little breakfast before your hair
appointment?"
"Is that really you dad?" I asked, rubbing my eyes. "Why
does your voice sound funny?"
"Of course it's me silly," Dad giggled. "And what's wrong
with my voice?"
"You sound like a lady, that's what." I slipped my feet
into a pair of blue bunny slippers dad had set out for me
and followed him to the kitchen.
Dad smiled at me and nodded. "Thank you, I've been
practicing and I'm glad you noticed."
In just over two weeks dad had learned how to dress, walk,
and even talk like a woman. What exactly happened at that
place he went to, I wondered? The woman who had answered
the door wasn't dad in a dress; she was way too well
dressed and ladylike to have been my dad. She looked about
the same height, the same weight, and even had the same
hair color, but she couldn't have been dad, even if she did
seem to know all about me. Did someone kidnap dad and put
this lady in his place?
"What happened while you were away dad? What did the do to
you?"
"What are you talking about?" He laughed and brushed his
robe and nightgown under him as he sat.
"How did you get to be such a lady in such a short time?"
"I practiced - very hard. I told you that I wasn't going to
let them send us back to jail and I meant it. I'll be the
perfect lady if that's what it takes to stay out."
Dad's voice signaled that he didn't want any more
questions. Okay, I could understand not wanting to go back,
I didn't either. I just couldn't imagine that I could ever
be as good a girl as he was a lady. At least I knew he
could help if I needed it.
After breakfast Dad and I got ready for my hair
appointment. I thought I'd have to wear another dress and
was surprised when dad said I could wear shorts. I should
have known that there would be a catch; the shorts were
pink satin with a matching top. I looked up and saw dad
with a big smile on his face.
"I thought you'd look pretty in them; I'll be wearing a
similar set in peach."
I never thought dad and I would wear matching clothes, and
especially not satin short sets but a deal was a deal so I
put on a bra and my new clothes.
"That will never do." Dad said as he looked at the obvious
bulge in my shorts. "Don't worry, I've got just what you
need though."
Dad scampered, (Yeah, scampered would be the best way to
describe the way he moved; almost like a little girl
would.), out of the room and was back in a minute with his
outfit and what seemed to be two jock straps.
"Now that's really weird; I mean dressing like a girl is
strange enough but girls don't wear those." I laughed and
pointed to the two straps.
"No, girls don't." Dad giggled again. "Unless they're girls
like us!"
"Uh dad, do you have to giggle like that? It drives me
nuts. Now, what are you talking about?"
Dad handed me one of the straps and I found that it wasn't
a jock strap at all, more of a wide belt made out of some
elastic material. He took of his nightgown and panties and
showed me what the belt was really for; to keep my genitals
tucked up inside of my groin so that they wouldn't show.
"See, perfectly flat. Just like a woman!" He announced
proudly as he adjusted his panties. "Now, put yours on."
I followed his directions and was soon wondering how I'd
ever be able to move with that thing on. I never wore
anything remotely like it and it felt as though an
invisible hand was pushing my genitals towards my throat.
"It takes a bit of getting used to." He laughed as he
looked at the expression on my face. "You probably won't
need it for dresses or skirts but it's required under tight
fitting pants or shorts of course."
"Of course." I barely croaked.
Dad effortlessly slipped on his bra and shorts set then
plugged a set of heated curlers in.
"Want me to curl your hair a little?" He offered as he
brushed on his makeup.
"Nah, I'm going to have it done anyhow, right?" Why add to
my misery?
"Count on it! We're going to find a style that makes you
look absolutely adorable but will be easy to take care of."
Another thing to look forward to, being adorable. Will the
treats ever end?
I ended up with a hairstyle that looked really cute, down
to my shoulders and curled, with bangs that really did make
me look adorable. Oh well, I'm stuck in this pretty prison
for two years, might as well make it look nice.
Getting my hair done was a major thing for me; not because
I had to sit like a good little girl while it got
shampooed, cut, and curled, that wasn't so hard. What was
hard was me, literally! Good old Mr. Happy was thrilled
with all of the pretty girls in the salon and he wanted to
say hi! Between his insistence to come out and play and the
belt's insistence that he stay put, I was a very unhappy,
extremely uncomfortable camper.
I mentioned it to dad who seemed to be lost in thought for
a few moments.
"There is something you can take to calm Mister Happy
down." He mentioned as we drove to the mall.
"You mean that he wouldn't get big anymore?
"Uh huh, he'd still work when you had to go to the
bathroom, but girls wouldn't get him all worked up
anymore."
"But it feels good when he gets all worked up."
"I know, believe me I know." Dad grinned. "But not when
you're wearing one of these belts."
Dad hit that one for a home run. With my belt on if Mr.
Happy got happy, I got very sad. Still, it didn't seem
right to stop him from getting that way and he only did it
around pretty girls.
"I've been taking it." Dad said, ending my doubt. If it was
good enough for him, it was good enough for me. Dad gave me
a few pills that he had and promised to get me more.
Dad knew right where to go to get me new clothes. He showed
me all kinds of different clothes; satin short sets like
the kind I was wearing, jeans with flowers on the pockets,
tops that had sparkles all over them, and even some skirts
and dresses.
"I don't expect you to wear these often." He told me as he
held some dresses against me to see how they'd look. "But
once in a while we might go out somewhere special or maybe
there will be a dance at school and you'll want to look
nice."
A dance? I wasn't about to go anywhere near dances,
especially not in a dress!
"I don't think I'll be going to many dances." I muttered.
"Not like this."
"I thought you liked the dances at your old school?" Dad
asked as he picked out a few dresses in my size.
"I was a boy then."
"So, one little thing changes and you don't want to dance?"
"It's kind of a big thing, don't you think? I don't want to
dance with boys, I don't want anything to do with boys!"
"You could dance with the other girls." Dad suggested.
"Girls dance together all the time, it's okay for us to
do."
"But dad, I'm not..."
"It's mom now and yes you are."
End of that discussion, his look told me. He gave me
several dresses and pointed to the dressing room.
"What if someone sees me?" I asked terrified of being
discovered.
"There are separate rooms, just like in the boys section.
Now hurry so I can decide what you look best in."
With that I was given a shove while dad went back to
shopping.
I passed a couple of girls, found an empty dressing room,
and dashed into it. I quickly closed the curtain and then
started to breathe again. Luckily the girls I passed hadn't
paid any attention to me. Well, one of them looked at my
outfit and smiled, she seemed more interested in my outfit
than in trying to decide if I really was a girl so I
figured I was safe.
I took off my shorts and top and pulled one of the dresses
over my head. After I tugged it down I held my breath and
looked in the mirror.
I guess I should have been happy; after all, no one was
going to mistake the girl in the mirror for a boy. She
looked so cute with her hair fixed and the little makeup
dad put on me, even Mr. Happy was starting to get
interested! I hurried out to model the dress before things
got embarrassing for me.
"You look so pretty Leigh." Dad smiled as he zipped me up.
"We may need to shorten that hem just a little though, most
girls wear their dresses shorter than that."
Dad took care of a lot of problems with our clothes over
the years but it was really weird listening to him talk
about hemming a dress for me as if it were nothing unusual.
By the end of the day I had three new dresses, five skirts,
eight tops, (I had to call them tops, boys wore jerseys and
shirts but girls wore tops.), and four pairs of jeans. I
was also the less than proud owner of twelve pairs of
panties, six bras, three slips, and four pairs of
pantyhose.
It was the underwear that caused me to have a big fight
with dad when we got home that day. He made me buy things
like hip hugger panties with lace waistbands and even some
that were nothing but stretchy lace. When I wanted to buy
some plain white cotton panties, he wouldn't let me,
insisting that it was important that I felt pretty all the
time.
"I don't see why I need such frilly stuff dad!" I threw the
panties into my drawer and slammed it shut. "No one's ever
going to see it and if they do they'll know right away that
I'm a boy!"
"Quit calling me dad, I'm your mother now and you better
remember it! As for your underwear, I told you that you
have to wear frilly things to remind you to act like a
girl. The court said that I have a daughter and she's going
to act like a proper young lady. If I let you wear cotton
underwear you just might forget to act like a young lady
and then we'd both be in trouble."
Dad took me over to his room, opened a drawer and showed me
his slips, bras, and panties. There was more lace in that
one drawer than in several racks of panties I had seen at
the store!
"I wear the prettiest, most feminine lingerie I can buy."
He said proudly. "Since I have to be a woman, I'm going to
be a complete woman. No coming home from work and changing
into guys clothes, no men's underwear under my outfits,
nothing but lace for me!"
Dad glared at me and practically dared me to say something
about his choice of underwear.
I'd seen that look on his face before and wasn't stupid
enough to push him.
"I'm sorry mom." I finally said.
Mom leaned over and kissed me on the cheek, something he, I
mean she, hadn't done since I was six years old.
"It's not that bad Leigh, you may even like the way they
feel. They're a good deal more comfortable than men's
underwear."
"Uh, yeah, sure mom." I smiled and left wondering what
she'd been drinking. It was going to be tough enough
getting used to calling him mom and thinking of him as a
her but preferring panties to my shorts was a whole other
thing!
I went to my room to finish putting away the rest of my
clothes and to keep from hearing any more about how nice it
felt to wear a dress. I hung up my dresses, skirts, and
tops and was just about to put my panties away when the
first pair I picked up was pink, with a lace waistband.
I looked it over carefully, wondering what made mom think
they were so nice. They felt light, much lighter than my
shorts, but then again, there wasn't much to them. You
could almost see right through them if you held them up to
a light.
They felt very smooth; I guess cause the fabric wasn't
cotton. The tag said they were made of satin but I didn't
have anything made of that before so I had to take it for
granted that was what made them so smooth.
Dad, there I go again, I mean mom, also thought that they
were pretty. That was hard for me though since I never
really thought of anything as being pretty. Was it the
fabric, the fact that they were almost see through, the
lace waist band that she said wouldn't give me panty lines
under my slacks, or all of those things that made the
panties pretty? I stared at them a little while longer
before figuring that I'd have to wear them sooner or later.
I took off my shorts and panties then pulled on the new
ones.
As soon as I got them over my hips I realized that mom was
right! They felt so light and cool; it was hard to believe
that I was wearing any underwear at all! I quickly pulled
my shorts back on so that mom wouldn't see what I was
wearing. I just knew she'd be thrilled; she'd probably
embarrass me by going on and on about how pretty they
looked and how nice they felt until I wanted to puke. I was
just fooling around, trying something different; it wasn't
like I wanted to look pretty the way it seemed like mom
did.
Mom walked in just as I finished hanging up my new dresses.
"Are you okay Leigh, you seemed a little upset?"
How could she stand there all dolled up like a woman and
ask such a question? Of course I'm upset! I wanted to
scream. My dad's turning into a walking talking Barbie Doll
and I'm next! What happened to that tough father I had? He
went somewhere for a few weeks and came back as a pretty
lady, all sweet and nice. I didn't think that I was going
to be able to deal with the change.
"Talk to me honey." Mom said as she pulled me net to her on
the bed.
I tried to resist but she held me close and stroked my head
until I relaxed.
"I want my father back." I cried. "I want to go to baseball
games and get hot dogs. I want to watch a football game and
cheer when the quarterback gets sacked. I don't want to
wear these sissy clothes and pretend I'm a prissy little
girl. My dad would never do this to me!"
"You're right Leigh. Your dad would never make you dress
like this or expect you to be a sissy. Your dad though was
the one who got you thrown into the youth center; he failed
his responsibility as a father and put you in jeopardy. If
anything had happened to you, I could never have lived with
my self. This job was like a lifeline; it offered me a
chance to save you. I don't expect you to understand the
changes, just understand that they are absolutely
necessary."
I fought back my fears. I just had to know where my dad
went. "What happened to you? Why did you let them turn you
into a lady?"
"I.I didn't have a choice," she started to say.
"Come on, don't give me that 'I did it for you' crap.
You're way different than my dad was, you didn't have to go
so far."
"Please let me finish." Mom said curtly. "I can't help the
way I act, they did something that makes me act this way."
Mom poured out all the details of what had taken place
while she was gone. She was taken to a women's hair styling
shop where she was immediately ordered to change into a
pair of panties and a short nightgown. After changing two
women took her into another room to do her hair.
"While they did my hair they gave me headphones and told me
to relax and listen to the music. It took several hours to
get my hair, nails, and makeup done but the music sounded
so nice and I felt so relaxed that I didn't even mind when
they put stuff on my legs and chest to get rid of the hair.
When they were finished I looked in the mirror and at first
I was mad. My hair was blonde instead of brown; my nails
were painted a frosty pink, and with all the makeup I wore,
I actually looked pretty. I was furious at first but when
they asked how I liked it, I couldn't seem to stay mad. I
kept staring into the mirror and telling them how happy I
was! They took me into another room and showed me different
dresses and skirts. So help me, I couldn't wait to try them
on! By the end of the afternoon I was wearing a dress that
I had chosen and all of the appropriate things that a woman
would wear under it."
Mom went on to tell me that day after day she was trained
in how to dress, wear makeup, hold her hands, and do
everything she had normally done in a feminine manner. Each
night she listened to music piped into her room and every
morning she woke up anxious to be more of a woman.
"It wasn't until the end of my training that they told me
what they had done." She said sadly. "The music had
brainwashed me into thinking of myself as a woman. I love
wearing pretty clothes and makeup, I just can't imagine
wearing plain men's clothes when I can wear pretty dresses
and lingerie instead!"
I felt so bad for mom; how could anyone have been so cruel
as to take a guy and make him want to look and act like a
woman? Worse yet, what would happen when this stupid idea
was done? Would my dad come back or would my new mom stay
forever?
"They tell me it's reversible." She said, reading my
thoughts again. "When my time is up, they'll put everything
back the way it was."
"I goofed again, didn't I? I keep thinking the worst when I
don't know what's really going on. I was really worried
that you liked being a lady!"
Mom smiled and ran her fingers through my hair. "Let's put
on our nightgowns, watch a movie and have some popcorn."
She suggested.
I was so happy to know that it wasn't mom's idea to be a
lady that I started taking off my shorts without realizing
that I was wearing my new panties underneath. Mom saw them
and smiled.
"Feel nice, don't they?"
I nodded sheepishly.
"You don't have to feel ashamed Leigh, you're a girl now.
Relax and enjoy the feeling of silky underwear as it rubs
against your skin. Look at your panties, aren't they pretty
with the lace trim and the cute little bow at the
waistband? When you wore the dress yesterday, didn't it
feel nice to have stockings on? Didn't they make you feel
sort of grown up, like a big girl?"
As mom talked I realized that she was right, my underwear
did feel so nice and they were kind of pretty, and come to
think of it, I did feel more grown up when I wore
stockings, just like a big girl. Maybe being a girl wasn't
going to be so bad after all?
"I hope no one ever finds out about this." I giggled as I
took off my top and bra. "They'd never let me live it
down."
"Unless they found out for themselves how much fun being a
girl can be." Mom suggested with a grin.
"I'd love to see someone like Tommy Patchett in a dress, I
bet he'd look so cute."
"And my boss from the security company, the one that was
always chewing me out, He'd be simply adorable in a bra,
panties, and nylons!"
We laughed and had a great time thinking of different
people we'd like to put into our shoes. How would they like
having to wear dresses and stockings? Once they got used to
it like I did, I thought they'd be thrilled!
The next day I woke up feeling odd. Was it a bad dream or
had mom really seen me in my new panties? I had to have
been dreaming to think that I enjoyed fantasizing about
other boys wearing dresses and girl's underwear; I'd never
really think such a thing, right? I stepped out of bed and
instantly realized that my worst fears had come true; I was
wearing a pink silky nightgown with 'Princess' written
across the front in glitter, just like the one I was
wearing in what I thought had been a bad dream.
"Good morning sweetie," Mom called from the doorway. "I
have breakfast waiting, why don't you throw on a robe and
hurry into the kitchen?"
I was going to ask if she had used that brainwashing stuff
on me but thinking of that mad me feel very sad so I
stepped into my fuzzy pink slippers, put on my pretty robe
and hurried to breakfast.
"Mr. Post told me about services at a local church," Mom
said as she placed a small plate of pancakes in front of
me. "I thought you might like to wear that pretty blue
skirt of yours with a white blouse. Since you've been good,
you can wear a pair of stockings with it."
Of all my new clothes, the blue skirt had to be the
simplest, least feminine, outfit of all. I was glad that
mom chose that instead of something like that sleeveless
yellow dress that made me look more like a girl.
"That sounds good mom, thanks. Should I wear my blue
skimmers with it?"
"Good girl, Leigh." Mom smiled and clapped. "That would be
an excellent choice, pretty, yet conservative."
After eating I took off my nightgown and began to dress for
church. First came a white bra with a pink flower where the
cups came together. I sat down and carefully rolled a pair
of pantyhose up one then the other leg before tugging them
over my hips. They felt so good against my legs, how could
anything this fun be wrong?
I put on the silky white blouse mom had mentioned, stepped
into a cute slip with lace around the bottom then pulled
the blue skirt up and fastened it. I slid by blue skimmers
on my feet and checked myself out in the mirror.
"Not bad for a boy." I laughed as I carefully checked to
make sure my slip didn't show. Mom had said that a proper
young lady always does a careful check in the mirror to
make sure her slip isn't showing or her skirt isn't tucked
into the back of her pantyhose. I didn't want to call
attention to us at church so I took extra long making sure
everything was right.
Mom looked up from her makeup table. "You did very well
Leigh Anne." She told me as she smeared makeup around her
face with a small sponge. "I'll be done in a minute."
I couldn't believe how good she looked! What had once been
my father had curlers in her hair and was now wearing a
pink dress with a pleated skirt, a white belt, and a white
lace jacket. Her breasts formed very interesting mounds in
the front of her dress and her legs looked so pretty in a
pair of very light pink stockings.
She finished with the makeup, removed the curlers, and took
a rounded brush to her curls. For never having to do it
before, mom was a whiz with a brush. In a couple of minutes
she had the curls all loosened and her hair looked great. I
hoped she'd teach me how to do that; if I looked like her
no one would ever think I was really a boy.
"We've got a few minutes, want me to put a little curl in
your hair?" She asked, probably noticing the way I was
staring at her.
I thought about saying no for an instant but something
inside of me wanted to let mom make me look pretty.
"I guess so." I stammered. "Will I look as pretty as you
do?"
"If that 's what you want, I'd love to show you how pretty
you can be."
I stared and shook my head, unable to understand just why
it seemed so important to me to look pretty.
Mom sprayed a little water on my head then rolled my hair
onto the curlers.
"They're hot." I complained as she clipped them into place.
"When you get older you'll appreciate a pretty girl much
more when you remember what you went through to look
pretty."
Mom combed and rolled then let me sit while she inserted
earrings that matched her dress.
"You have pierced ears!"
"Of course I do," She laughed, acting as though it were
perfectly normal. "Most women my age do, it's very
difficult to find pretty earrings in a clip on style."
"Where did you get all the money mom?"
"Money for what sweetie?" She asked as she sprayed perfume
on her neck.
"The money for all the clothes and jewelry. It must have
cost a lot of money."
"You bet it did." She laughed. "This dress cost me a
hundred twenty five dollars on sale."
She ran her hands along the dress. "It's one hundred per
cent silk and it's so comfortable so it was worth it."
"You paid all that for a dress?"
"I've been saving some money for a vacation and Mr. Post
was sweet enough to give me an advance on my pay so that I
could buy some pretty outfits for us."
I would have preferred a vacation but I knew that mom and I
would need clothes since we didn't have anything pretty to
bring with us. I would also have preferred that mom not use
words like 'sweet' but then again, that was how women
talked. I wondered if I'd soon be talking the same way.
"That is a very pretty dress." I forced myself to say. Even
though I had to force myself, I couldn't seem to keep from
noticing that the dress was pretty and that mom looked very
good in it. It was amazing what a pretty lady she made.
"That's so sweet of you Leigh," She said with a smile.
"Wait until you see how pretty you're going to look, I'll
bet you'll be thrilled to death."
I didn't think so but kept my mouth shut. Mom seemed so
happy that I didn't want to upset her.
Mom finally took out my rollers and brushed my hair until
it looked just as pretty as hers. I don't know what
happened to that boy and his dad, they couldn't be found
anywhere in our little house, the only people here were a
pretty girl and her pretty mom.
"You are a very lovely young lady Leigh." Mom pronounced as
she pinned a gold comb in my hair. "They taught me a lot
about being a woman while I was gone, if you'd like, I can
teach you."
I was really torn. I was sure that I didn't want anything
to do with being a girl yet I didn't want to stay cooped up
all summer. Worse yet, in the fall I was going to have to
go back to school as a girl and wear a uniform skirt every
day. Maybe it would be a good idea for me to know a little
more about being a girl.
"I uh, guess that's a good idea. I don't know anything
about being a girl."
"You will when we're done," M