A Mother's Lottery Win
By Julia Thomas
Chapter 1
My mother and father had got divorced and we were living in
a small village just south of Birmingham in the UK. I am 10
years old and my name is Andrew Carter. Since the divorce I
had not seen my father because he had run off with another
woman and had taken everything and left my mother totally
penniless. My mother had continually tried to get a job to
no avail.
We both have lived in the house for some twelve months. I
came home from school one day, my mother was in tears. The
bailiffs had been to see her and given her a month to pay
the electricity bill otherwise they would start removing
contents from the house. In her other hand was a letter
from my school saying that I was being suspended until I
had my haircut and began wearing the correct school
uniform.
On the side of her was a bottle of medication. While she
cried told me that I would be going to live somewhere else
that could feed me properly and look after me. It would be
a place where I could be brought up properly without all of
this upset and get the best education. She explained that
she was going to see Jesus.
I sobbed saying, "Please mommy, please, don't do that."
I guessed what she wanted to do with the tablets.
"We can work it out I will get a newspaper round." I cried
as we hugged and cried all the more. All through her sobs
she claimed she could not go on.
"Please mommy, don't do anything until I get back, please.
I'll be right back." I said as I ran out of the door.
I ran as fast as I could to the only neighbour that I knew
that had a telephone that worked. I pleaded with them to
allow me to use it. When they gave their permission I rang
my mom's sister, Aunt Jane and told her what mother had
said.
"I'm on my way! Go back immediately and stay with her
Andrew." She said with a panicked voice as the telephone
cut off.
***
I immediately rushed back to the house where I found mother
lying face down on the sofa sobbing profusely. However, the
good news was that the tablets were still in the bottle.
Suddenly there was a screeching of brakes outside with Aunt
Jane running into the house and picking up mother's head
saying, "Mary, Mary, whatever is the matter!"
Mommy sobbed and explained all.
"You are both coming back with me to stay while we get you
soughed out."
Mother took what clothes she had from her wardrobe while my
aunt helped with mine. "Goodness me!" she said as she
rummaged through my wardrobe further saying, "None of these
clothes are any good, they all have holes in them. Just
come as you are and we will have to see what we can find
you."
Mother and Aunt Jane had not spoken for a few years because
of a family argument and my aunt was certainly disturbed at
what she had found with us. Aunt Jane was also divorced and
had a daughter Louise. Louise was the same age as I, but
had not had things as rough as mother and I. However you
could tell in this case that blood is thicker than water,
and Aunt Jane hated seeing my mother like this.
Mom carried her small carryall to the car as Aunt Jane
locked the door on the house and drove us to her medium
sized house. As we drove up the drive, Louise and her
friend Amy came running out to meet us, while Amy's mother
stood at the door watching.
***
As we got out of the car Jane said to Amy's mother, "Thanks
for rushing round to look after Louise, Julie."
"No problem, Jane it was a pleasure, I'll go and make
everyone a coffee." She said.
Aunt Jane's house had three bedrooms, I was to sleep in
Louise's room temporarily and mother would have the spare
room. We went back downstairs and sat in the dining room
having our coffee while mother explained what had been
going on in her life to the other two ladies. They both
kept passing her tissues to wipe her eyes. Mother settled
down and dosed off to sleep on the sofa after going to the
sitting room.
By now it was getting late as Amy and her mother Julie
left. Aunt told me to go and have a bath and get ready for
bed.
"A bath!" I exclaimed.
"Certainly before you go to bed you can have a bath while
you mother sleeps." She said.
"I have not had a bath for at least twelve months because
we have had no hot water." I said happily.
"Well that's all the more reason to have one now. Besides,
it will also help you sleep." said my aunt.
"Go up and fill the bath, I'll help you." She said while I
went upstairs and did what I was told to do.
Chapter 2
As the bath filled Aunt Jane came upstairs, entering the
bathroom I noticed her drop two little pink round balls in
the water called bath pearls.
"There you are sweetheart, if you have not had a bath for
twelve months I think we'll have to get you nice and
squeaky clean, those little bath pearls will make you smell
wonderful. When your mommy wakes up she will see a new son
and that should make her feel that life is so precious to
have you."
I smiled, saying, "Oh yes anything to make her not try that
again."
"Now you hop in there, I'll go and find you something to
put on after your bath. I will come back in and help you
wash down in a few minutes."
I hopped into the bath and just lie back. The scented water
smelled as if I was in a dream. This was my first bath for
such a long time.
Suddenly the door opened, I was startled to see Aunt Jane
enter as if I wasn't there, picking up my clothes off the
floor and putting them into a bin bag.
She looked across, smiled and said, "Are you okay in there
sweetheart? I will be with you in a couple of minutes."
When she left the room I noticed she had left a pink and
white garment on the toilet seat. Perhaps she had forgotten
to take it out I thought as I lay back and relaxed.
Aunt re-entered the bathroom wearing a pink plastic, full
frontal apron, smiling as she said, "Are you ready
sweetheart, let's get you cleaned up and ready for bed."
She took a sponge off the side of the bath and smothered it
in Oil of Olay bath wash saying, "Stand up sweetheart." I
felt so embarrassed, but did as she said. Before long my
body was a mass of soapsuds as she washed every part.
As she washed my privates she hummed to herself constantly.
She scrubbed my back and between my cheeks. She washed my
face and ears too.
"Okay sweetheart, sit back down and I will give your hair a
good wash and condition." my aunt said.
I sat in the water while she held the hand water sprayer
and soaked my hair. A cold blob dropped on my head and she
rubbed and rubbed with her fingertips.
"Goodness me, your hair is long, isn't it now that it's out
of that horrible little greasy ponytail, its down past your
collar." She said.
"Yes Auntie, mommy could not afford to get it cut, that is
one of the reasons I was about to be thrown out of school."
"Well I will see if your mommy wants my hairdresser to do
anything with it over the next few days."
"Oh, yes please Auntie, anything to be like my friends and
have a proper boy's haircut."
She rinsed and repeated washing my hair as I sat there. I
felt a third blob on my hair and questioned why a third
wash.
"It's a deep conditioner." my aunt said.
She stood up and rubbed her hands in the towel saying, "Now
sweetheart I will be back in a few minutes. We will just
leave that on you hair while I go and get some things
together. Then I will come and give you a final rinse."
A few minutes later she returned, smiling and said, "You
should be ready now." She began to rinse by hair with her
hand holding my chin up in the air.
"There, that's it all finished." She said as she squeezed
the excess moisture from my hair motioning me to stand up.
When I stood she turned and picked up a pink towel and
draped it over my head. She then wrapped it around my head
and pushed the end up the rear making a turban type
headpiece as I saw in the mirror.
Picking another white towel she helped me out of the bath
and began to dry me. When I was dry she picked a tub of
Johnson's Baby Powder and powdered my whole body paying
particular attention to my genitals.
Next she held out a pair of white briefs, which had a
slight frill around the edges.
"Step in these." She said with her fingers stretching them
out.
"But Auntie, those are a girl's knickers?"
"Oh don't worry, you don't have any of your own. These are
a pair of Louise's and it will be our little secret." she
said in a comforting manner.
Before they were pulled completely up she sprinkled some
more baby powder on the gusset. Pulling them all the way up
she patted my front and rear, which made clouds of the
powder puff out from the knickers.
She then reached to the garment she had left on the toilet
seat. Turning me to face the wall I could feel her
stretching it over my turban and then my arms. Suddenly the
garment dropped over my body hanging to my knees. She tuned
me back to face her as she fastened a pink ribbon in a bow
at the neck.
When I saw myself in the mirror I nearly fainted, I was
wearing a dress with a pink and white elasticised chest
part, white puff sleeves trimmed with lace and a white
loose fitting dress part that reached to just below my
knees. The neck had a pink and white Peter Pan collar
fastened at the front with the pink ribbon.
With a horrified stutter I yelled, "Auntie this is a
dress!"
"Don't be silly it's a nightie and you need something to
sleep in. You do not have anything else so this will have
to do. Just think of it as a towel wrapped around you
because there are only us in the house. I am sure you do
not want to roam about the house with no clothes on do
you?"
I shook my head as she picked a bottle of moisturiser and
rubbed it into my face saying, "I noticed you had a little
dry skin, it's probably a reaction to not having a bath
after so long."
She smiled as she rubbed my face and said, "I too do not
have much money but tomorrow we will go and get you a few
things to wear. Okay all finished, clean your teeth and
come into my bedroom and we can finish your hair ready.
When your mommy wakes up she'll see her spotlessly clean
son."
I did as she said. As I left the bathroom going to my
aunt's room, Louise was passing and looked at me. She put
her fingers to her mouth and giggled. I felt totally
demoralised and entering her room.
A chair was positioned at her vanity and I could see a pair
of scissors, a round brush, curling tongs, which were
plugged in and a hairdryer all lying on the top in front of
the mirror.
My aunt stood behind the chair and said, "Sit here
sweetheart, years ago I trained as a hairdresser. I am not
very good but until we can get you to a hairdresser I will
just trim the ends up and dry it."
I did as she said and she placed a white towel around my
shoulders and unwrapped my turbaned hair, letting my hair
fall. She combed it front to back and continually mumbled
finally saying, "Do you know you have beautiful hair? If
you were a little girl it would look gorgeous all curly.
However you're not so I must not get carried away."
I felt myself cringe and said, "Auntie do you think you
could give me a short back and sides."
"Oh sweetheart, I am not that good. Firstly a proper
hairdresser could only do that and I could not even attempt
it without your mother's permission. She is still asleep.
Therefore I am just going to trim the ends a little to make
it neater. After all we want you to look your best as you
are. When your mommy wakes up she's going to see her
beautiful little boy all clean and presentable. Instead of
being suicidal because she has let you down, she can feel
proud which will make everything worth living for."
She combed my hair to the top of my head and fixed it with
a butterfly clip. Next she released a ring of hair down
around the back of my head from ear to ear, bending my head
forward. Then she trimmed the ends of my hair continually
letting more hair down so that the ends matched.
My head was pushed from side to side as she stooped down
studying her work, making sure it was perfect. The cutting
took about twenty minutes and just as she was finished in
walked Louise to see how things were going.
"Hi darling, remember what I said Andrew, about being a
girl." Auntie said continuing by saying, "Well just look
how beautifully curly Louise's hair is and hers is
naturally straight."
She did a twirl and went back out of the room, I felt very
embarrassed.
Next my aunt went to work with her hairdryer and brush
outstretching my hair rolling it around the brush and
blowing it with the dryer. When she finished drying it I
had a centre parting with hair coming to my collar and
slightly turned under. She then picked up the hot curling
iron and wrapped it in the ends turning it even further
under.
When she had finished giving my hair a final comb I could
not believe the sight in the mirror. I resembled a girl!
Aunt Jane standing behind me telling me that it looks
wonderful. I just nodded, as I was speechless. There I was
as she unwrapped the towel from my shoulders hoping for a
short back and sides and I looked completely the opposite.
"Oh I forgot, just a touch of hairspray to keep it in
place." She said as she held her hand over my eyes and blew
a fine mist around my head.
As my aunt and I went down stairs we heard mommy talking to
Louise. Auntie entered the room first and held her hand out
pointing towards me saying, "Ta da," as I entered the room.
Mommy took one look at me saying, "Oh darling let me take a
look at you." As she held her arms open for me to come to
her. She gave me the biggest cuddle imaginable and then
held me away from her looking at each other face to face.
"You look wonderful." She said pulling me back towards her
giving me another hug.
Aunt Jane looked at me and winked her one eye and mouthed,
"I told you so."
"You smell absolutely wonderful too." Mother said. She
certainly was obsessed by the way I looked.
Aunt Jane said, "Tomorrow Mary, I am going to do your hair
after you have bathed. I bet Andrew will help won't you
darling?"
I nodded and the Louise piped in by saying, "Me too!"
"Yes, you too honey." said Aunt Jane as she went to make
our Horlicks.
We finally finished our drinks and mommy took me to bed.
She tucked me in and went downstairs.
As I lay awake I could partly hear Aunt and mommy talking.
From what I could hear Auntie was telling mommy about a
competition she was entering. She needed five ten-year-old
girls and she only had 4. There was something said about
the winnings being $100,000. At that point I must have
dozed off.
Chapter 3
The next morning I awoke to find mommy standing over my bed
with a drink and a wonderful smile on her face. Her smile
was something that I had not seen for a long time.
"Good morning darling." She said as she passed me my tea
and gave me a hug.
She sat on my bed and started to rub my brow saying, "Your
hair still looks nice this morning. I bet it's lovely to
feel all clean after what we have been through?"
"Yes mommy." I said.
"Sweetheart we cannot go and live in that house. We do not
have the money to buy anywhere else but Aunt Jane was
telling me of a little thing she has going. Well, a
competition really, that we could get involved with and
possibly earn enough money to go live where we want."
"Oh that sounds brilliant mom. What do we have to do?"
"Well, it will involve some temporary commitment from you."
"Anything mommy."
"Do you promise anything?"
"Oh yes, mommy."
"Well, there is a television audition for a group of five
ten year old models at the hotel down the road next week.
Aunt Jane needs one more model so that she can enter her
team."
"Sounds good mommy, so I am going to be a male model."
"Err, well it's not that simple darling. You see, the group
has to be five nine to eleven year old girls for an
advertisement. It's for a soap company; each girl has to
have their mother with them to compare skins. The mothers
all have to be friends of long standing so that each mother
can compare their daughters against their skins to prove
that the soap from the company works. We use it and so does
Aunt Jane and Louise and three of her friends."
"So how do I fit in? Do I have to help find a girl that
uses the same soap as I do?"
"Err, no sweetheart I was hoping... err... that as we want
to get back to our normal lives and have our own house and
our own money... err, you may want to act at being my
daughter."
"Mom, I can't do that I am a boy."
"But darling it will only be for a couple of weeks. You can
go back to being a boy and we can live happily ever after,
oh please darling."
"Well if we can get back to normal and it is only for two
weeks I suppose so."
"Oh wonderful, your Aunt Jane thought you would be a good
model when she cleaned you up last night. Come on let's get
you up and ready. Aunt Jane is going to do my hair after I
have showered so you go down stairs and have breakfast."
Mom followed me downstairs and with a big smile on her face
announced to Aunt Jane and Louise that I had agreed and
they all hugged.
"Oh Mary, it's lovely to see a smile back on your face, and
that look of hope. Now do you want me to dress Andrew this
morning or do you? He can wear Louise's clothes until we
can get him some of his own."
"If you wouldn't mind." My mother said.
"But, but, I thought I only had to dress for the
auditions!" I cried.
"No sweetheart." Mother said
"You need to be confident in your role. We must make sure
no one guesses that we are bending the rules. So you need
to have plenty of practice in your new acting part. For the
next couple of weeks you must dress and act like a girl.
That should ensure we have a chance at getting the
position. Aunt Jane has said we can use $200 on her credit
card to get you some new clothes. It's not a lot of money
but we also must keep enough money to get a best dress for
that day for you."
'What a nightmare!' I thought.
"Come with me and have a wash and we will get you dressed
just for quickness." Mother said as I followed her back
upstairs.
"Mary, wash your hair and I can sort it out for you when
you come down." Aunt Jane said.
"Okay Jane." said my mother.
We entered the bathroom and I couldn't believe my eyes,
mommy stripped her clothes off in front of me. She stooped
over the toilet and pulled a piece of string that was
hanging between her legs. I saw a bloody blob drop into the
toilet. As she wiped around her genitals with some tissue
she said, "Oh sorry if that's shocked you darling, it's not
dangerous and mommy is not poorly. It's what all girls end
up doing once a month when they enter maturity."
She finished her explanation and hoped in the shower
saying, "Why are you looking amazed? You must remember that
this is how your body one day will look like. Well that's
what you must keep in mind over the next couple of weeks
anyway." As mother turned on the water Aunt Jane entered
the bathroom saying to me, "Okay sweetheart, let's get you
ready." as she pulled the nightdress off over my head and
my knickers down. She filled the sink with water and took a
sponge. She sponged beneath my arms then from the front to
my backside. As she took the sponge away she flicked my
penis with her forefinger saying, "Now don't forget, you
must remember that you have not got one of these for the
next couple of weeks." She took a towel and dried me. All
of the time I could see mommy behind the glass of the
shower.
Aunt Jane rolled an antiperspirant roller beneath my arms;
she then powdered around my genitals.
I saw mommy get out of the shower and wrapped a towel
around her, covering herself from her breasts down while
Aunt Jane wiped my face with some cream on cotton balls.
"Okay all finished, just clean your teeth now darling and
come into the bedroom to me." Aunt Jane said.
I started to clean my teeth and saw mommy in the mirror
fetch a paper tube from the cabinet, rip the outer cover
off, stoop over the toilet and push it in between her legs.
She looked up and said, "Another one back in, a girl's
period lasts about four to five days and we have to soak
the mess up, its called feminine hygiene sweetheart."
I carried on cleaning my teeth as I watched her wrap a
towel in a turban style around her head as my aunt had done
to me the previous night. We both left the bathroom and
headed for my aunt's bedroom.
"Sit here sweetheart." Aunt Jane said as I sat in front of
her vanity and mommy sat on the edge of the bed.
"I will just put your hair in a ponytail for now because
later on this morning the other girls are coming around for
a dress rehearsal and I want to do something special with
all of your hair styles today."
She brushed my hair for what seemed liked an age until she
had it all scrapped high at the back of my head and snapped
a pink scrunchie around it. I could see mommy in the mirror
filling her nails.
Next Aunt Jane slid a pink slide in both side of my ears
and put a fine mist of hairspray. I felt so embarrassed; I
hoped one else would see me like this.
"Okay, all finished for now darling I just want to slip
these clothes on you and then do your mommy's hair." Aunt
Jane said.
To my horror she slipped some white girl's knickers up my
legs, a white girls blouse with a rounded peter pan frilly
collar, a denim pinafore dress, white ankle socks and a
pair of pink fluffy house slippers.
"There that's the best we have for you at the moment. Those
are Louise's things, it will get you used to wearing a
dress." Aunt Jane said.
Mommy sat and smiled, as I looked at her face to face with
what must have been the biggest longing look I could have
given anyone. My embarrassment was evident to all in that
room if they looked at me.
"Let's go down stairs with your mommy and get her hair all
beautiful. Mary do you think we should give Andrew a
suitable new name to get used to for the big day?" Aunt
Jane said.
"Yes I believe so. How about Andrea, that's not too far
from his name. Do you agree Andrew?"
I stared at her blindly. This again was not what I
expected.
"Come on darling, its only for two weeks." Mother smiled
and winked at me. As we all proceeded downstairs.
Chapter 4
As we entered the kitchen Louise had been busy setting up
two hairdryers on stands at the one end and put boxes and
boxes of multi-coloured hair rollers on the table. Louise
looked at me and again put her fingers to her lips and
giggled
"Less of that Louise, you know Andrea here is only doing
this to help us out. Sit down Mary and we'll get you
underway. When the other girls come around with Lynne later
on, perhaps you could help us while your hair is drying."
"Sure Jane." Mother said as she sat on a chair and crossed
her legs under the pink towel she was wearing.
Aunt Jane placed another towel around mother's shoulders
and took off her turban as her hair fell to her shoulders
and mommy shook her head from side to side. Aunt Jane
combed mother's hair through and trimmed it as she had done
to mine the previous evening.
"I wish I was confident enough to restyle your hair Mary."
Aunt Jane said.
"Don't worry Jane, perhaps when we win some money I can go
to the hairdressers and have it done."
Aunt finished trimming as both Louise and I looked on with
Aunt Jane asking, "Andrea could you pass me a roller and a
pin out of that box please?" I did as she asked and
continued passing her the rollers until mommy's head was
completely covered in the plastic cylinders.
"Do you want to do your face Mary? Because you can use my
makeup until you can get some of your own."
"Oh that would be fantastic Jane thanks."
Mother looked at me saying, "Isn't this nice of Aunt Jane?"
and smiled as she fetched my aunt's makeup case from her
bag. I watched from a distance as my mother's features
changed as she stood in front of the mirror and coloured
her face. As she unscrewed the lipstick from its case and
rubbed it on her lips she saw me in the mirror watching.
Her lips became a deep red as she applied the lipstick, she
turned to me, held the lipstick up in the air and said,
"Want some?"
I stepped back flat against the wall, palms flat against it
and shook my head.
"Oh don't be silly. All girls try out makeup." as she
motioned towards me and stooped down holding my chin she
rubbed the creamy colour over my lips and said, "You will
have to be made up for the competition anyway. So just try
a bit to see how you get on."
Aunt Jane turned from sink and gave a big smile. Louise
again put her fingers to her lips and giggled.
Is that the only thing that stupid girl can do? I thought.
"You two go and play in the garden until Lynne and the
other girls come, and don't get dirty." Aunt Jane said.
We went out side and played on her swing and then to my
amazement she fetched a pram and dolls out of it and passed
me one to me to hold.
"That one suckles." Louise said, as I looked mystified.
"Have you ever seen your mommy's chest?" she asked as I
nodded yes.
"Well one day we will have chests like our mommy's. We'll
have breasts that feed babies, here let me show you what
happens. Sit down cross-legged on the floor. Pull your
dress shoulder straps to your waist and undo your blouse."
Louise said as she helped me.
"Now when I saw my aunt feed my cousin first of all she
tilted her nipple and it grew, go on tilt your nipple."
I did as she said and suddenly she put the doll across my
lap and hooked its mouth on my nipple and released her
squeeze on it, which made it suck fast to my chest.
"There gently squeeze that bit in and out, rock backwards
and forwards, and you will feel it suck as if it was
feeding."
I did as she said and must admit I did feel rather
comfortable. Suddenly the piece was shattered as Aunt Jane
came out with three girls all shouting, "Hi Louise we are
here."
"Hi Alison, Emma, and Jessica." said Louise.
Mother followed with another lady, which I guess must have
been Lynne. Mother was wearing a bold floral print dress,
which must have been one of Aunt Jane's. I also noticed she
must have been wearing hose as her legs looked tanned,
something I had not seen since she lived with my father. I
also saw that her rollers were still in, but there was no
net surrounding them.
"Girls this is Andrea, she is our fifth member of our
little team. She unrepentantly turned up here, which has
saved us going to look for another, which means we can get
on with the auditions quicker than we thought." said Aunt
Jane seeing me undressed.
By then the doll was on the floor and my aunt was helping
me up by my arm and began fastening me up. She looked at my
nipple, seeing it was reddened, touched it and smiled. This
was so humiliating as all of the girls shouted and danced
around because they were ready for the auditions but I was
being dressed.
"Oh dear, look at the back of your legs were you have sat
on the floor. Oh, and your knickers, we are going to try
your dresses on today so I think it's a good idea if you
had a quick wash down while I start on the other girls,
perhaps your mommy can help you." Aunt Jane said.
We all went back into the house while mother and I went
upstairs. She stripped my clothes off and sponged me down.
Finally finished I was re-dressed in a pink robe type
outfit that was all in one down to my knees, had baggy
sleeves and was tied at the back of my neck
Chapter 5
We went downstairs into the kitchen where my breath was
taken at the site of what met my eyes. All of the four
girls were wearing the same gown as me. Jessica was
standing on a chair with a towel around her shoulders, head
bent over the sink with Lynne covered with a pink flowered
plastic apron washing her hair. Emma was sitting on a chair
with a towel around her shoulders and Aunt Jane was putting
rollers in her hair the same as mother. Alison was sitting
at the table dressed the same with a turban wrapped around
her hair waiting for Aunt Jane to finish Emma so that she
could have her rollers in.
Louise was sitting in a reclining chair with a turban
around her hair and said, "I am ready for my makeup Aunt
Mary."
"Okay Louise, I am coming." Mother said as she walked over
to her.
"Sit down next to Alison. Andrea and I will wash your hair
next." said Lynne.
I did as I was told and sat at the table watching in
amazement at the goings on. I wondered what I was doing
there. But I convinced myself that it was the way mother
and I could get back to our normal lives.
I watched as Emma's hair was finished having the rollers
put in, a pink net tied around it and she was moved to one
of the dryers. The dryer was lowered down probably halfway
down the stand from what mother had set it earlier.
Alison called to Aunt Jane's chair while I was called to
the kitchen sink chair. Jessica was seated to wait for her
makeup or rollers by whoever was finished first.
As I stood by the sink Lynne unclipped my slides and took
out my scrunchie, brushed my hair and put a white towel
around my shoulders.
Lynne patted the top of the chair saying, "Hop on here
Andrea."
A surge of panic raced through me as I screamed, "Mommy I
don't want to do this." and ran outside
I saw her stand up in startled amazement as she was putting
Louise's very light pink lipstick on. She ran outside to
me, grabbed my arm and bent down face to face with me. I
noticed she still had the tube of lipstick screwed out in
her hand.
"Now look." she said in a quiet but stern voice. "All the
other girls in there are having a good time. I'm sure they
don't want you spoiling their day. Andrea, you agreed to do
this so just get back in there and stop this nonsense."
"But, but mommy." I sobbed saying, "That's all girl's stuff
in there."
"Oh don't be silly, at least you are all nice and clean.
Only Louise who knows our little secret. Look at me, we are
very close she isn't going to tell anyone."
"But, I have makeup on!"
"Your makeup will hardly be noticeable because light pinks
will be used. Only little girls use those colours."
"Wh... Wh... what do you mean." I stammered.
"Well all of your lips will have a slight colour to them.
You will have a very light foundation that will just make
your skin shimmer a little. Your eyes will be highlighted
by a very light pink with just a little mascara to darken
your lashes. Anyway the photographer is coming soon for the
photographs to present to the TV Company. We cannot use
much make up on those for obvious reasons." Mother said as
she fetched a tissue out of her pocket and wiped my eyes
"Now come back inside and lets get you ready. Just think of
it as our livelihood or job." Mother said as she held my
hand while we walked back inside much to the delight of
everyone.
As I stepped onto the chair I looked at Louise. Mother was
right, other than bringing a nice sheen to her face she did
look pretty normal.
Lynne bent my head into the sink and soaked it with the
hand shower. I felt a cold blob and she massaged it for
what seemed an age, rinsing and repeated. After the final
rinse she squeezed out the excess moisture and stood me up.
She then massaged in some conditioner, sat me down and used
a wide toothed comb to comb all of my hair backwards.
"Just leave that in for a minute or two and we can rinse it
out." She said as she wiped her hands on a towel.
I looked around and noticed Louise was now having her
rollers in, Emma still had her rollers in but was out from
the dryer and having her make up done. Alison was sitting
under the dryer and Jessica was sitting under the second
dryer. Everyone's hair was also rollered in the same
pattern; all the rollers around the side were all vertical
and followed right over their head
"Stand up," said Lynne as I was suddenly bought to my
senses. "Head down." She said as she rinsed my hair for
what seemed an age. Again squeezing out the excess moisture
she wrapped a turban around my head. I stood back up and
got off the chair.
"Okay, that's everyone washed and conditioned." She said as
she wiped her hands and applied some hand cream.
I sat back down at the table to wait for Louise who was
nearly finished. I watched as Jessica was fetched from the
dryer, her net taken off and for mother to do her makeup.
Something struck me at this stage that we were all nearly
the same height and I saw some very frilly pink dresses
hanging in the corner that were all the same. Louise was
placed under the dryer and I was called to Aunt Jane's
chair while Lynne called Emma to a seat opposite me to have
her rollers taken out.
Mother was now waiting for me and Louise to be finished as
she had done everyone else's make up so she elected to make
the ladies a cup of coffee and us younger ones a glass of
soda.
"Girls who have had their faces done, drink with a straw
only so as not to disturb your lipstick." she said as all
the girls giggled with excitement.
Aunt Jane started to comb some cold solution through my
hair as I watched face to face with Emma having her rollers
taken out and curls falling all around her head. I felt the
top section of hair at the front of my head being pulled
vertically upwards and a roller being wound down to my
scalp and secured with a clip that slid against my scalp.
Aunt Jane continued working from front to back pushing my
head forward so that I looked at the floor to roll the
back. All of the time the grownups were chatting to each
other as if we weren't there.
As my head was pushed to the side and my eyes rose from the
floor I could see that all of Emma's rollers were out and
Lynne was using her forefinger and thumb as though she was
preening the curls and making them bigger.
Aunt Jane was now working on my opposite side when Lynne
announced to Emma that she was finished and sprayed a light
coat of lacquer over her mass of curls and lightly patted
them. Another thing that struck me at that point was that
we all had blond hair.
Next I felt a net draped over my head and saw a frilly pink
edge to out of the top of my eyes. I felt it being pulled
quite tight around my head and tied in what felt like a
massive bow at the nape of my neck. As she was tying the
net Lynne sat Jessica down in her seat and there we both
sat looking at each other in our rollers before Auntie told
me to stand and go sit at the dryer next to Louise.
As I turned I saw Louise sitting there under the dryer
watching everything going on wide-eyed. I sat next to her
and the dryer was lowered over my head. We both now sat
there unable to move watching the other girls get finished
off although none were allowed to have their dresses on.
While everyone was waiting for Louise and I, the mothers
sat around the table chatting and drinking their coffee
while the girls played with their dolls on the floor.
Aunt Jane went out of the kitchen door and walked back in
with a lady and a man carrying some big cases and what
looked like photography equipment, Louise and I obviously
did not hear the door. Totally horrified at a man seeing me
like this I bent my head beneath the dryer and ran outside.
Mother followed me as I screamed, "I don't want him to see
me like this, he will laugh."
"Oh don't be silly, he is seeing me in my rollers isn't
he?" she said. "If you don't act silly he will not know the
truth, now get back under that dryer. This is the man that
will hopefully give us the passport to the money from the
photographs."
She led me back in and replaced me under the dryer
apologising to the man and lady for my behaviour. I watched
as mother sat at Aunt Jane's chair while Auntie fetched out
her rollers and did her hair in a flowing wavy style. I
must admit with mother's auburn hair and her red lips she
looked every bit a model, something that I had not seen for
years.
Louise was then fetched from the dryer and taken to mother
for her make up to be done while I carried on seated
beneath my dryer watching the activities as Lynne began to
put the girls dresses on.
The whole scene was excitement except for me, and I felt
totally humiliated and just hoped none of my friends did
not find out where we were living and come to collect me
for a game of soccer.
Louise finished, mother came over to my dryer and lifted it
up saying, "Come on precious, let's get your makeup done
while your hair cools."
She bent me forward and undid my net. Undoing the bow the
net was released and took the pressure of the rollers off,
it felt wonderful to have that off. I sat in mother's chair
and noticed two more ladies come who were dressed in white
very smart full dresses with a wide white patent belt
around their waists and white patent shoes.
The dresses were V-necked and had long sleeves made from
lace. The skirt part was pleated and knee length the
dresses were finished with pearls around their necks and
wrists. They all looked very virginal
Their makeup seemed to be finished pretty well the same as
mother's, red lipstick and all. They were also carrying
three more dresses on hangars and covered with plastic that
looked exactly the same as theirs.
"Good morning all." They said as everyone replied.
"Oh my Jessie, don't you look a picture." one of the ladies
said.
Obviously her mother, I thought as mother bent down in
front of me and blocked my view.
Looking at me face to face mother said, "Just a little
moisturiser so that it makes your make up come off easier
later." As she rubbed the cream around my face. I also
noticed that she had painted her nails to match her
lipstick at some time.
"Mother I don't like this. Do I have to go on, what if
anyone finds out."
"Well if you back out, or rebel now they will all guess,
and it will ruin it for all of these ladies and girls, they
could not have done it without us. So just sit still and
try to make out your enjoying it."
While she waited for my face to dry she went and greeted
the other ladies, they passed her one of the dresses and a
pair of shoes. Mother was obviously going to dress the same
as them. Looking around at the hive of activity I could see
Louise now with her rollers out, being preened to look like
the other girls. The other girls were now ready dressed in
their pink dresses.
The chest area was a mass of pink frills patterned in a
square that went to their shoulders. Long lacy sleeves
finished at the end with frilly pink cuffs were finished
with a white bead bracelet. Just below the chest was a
narrow pink patent belt and from there the dress was
pleated and hung freely to the top of their knees. The
dresses were a very similar style to the mothers dresses
except the mothers dresses did not have so much frill on
and were, obviously white.
Finishing the dresses off was white ankle socks with a pink
satin bow on the side and pink patent Mary Jane shoes. Also
white beads were placed around their necks and small gold
hoops were in their ears.
Mother returned and suddenly looked at me and said, "Oh
no!" as she looked at the other women.
"What's the matter Mary?" Aunt Jane asked as the whole
kitchen and living room went into silence.
"Andrea's ears, I forgot, they are not pierced." as she
held her hand to her forehead.
"I have an idea." Said Lynne who was now dressed in her
white clothes.
"While you go and get dressed, Mary I will run Andrea up
the road to the Upper Cut salon. They do ear piercing and
it won't take but a second."
I looked at mother ran over to her with tears and screamed,
"I don't want to go, I don't want to go. Please mommy I
don't want to go out like these and have holes in my ears,
please mommy."
"Andrea, your embarrassing me." she said as she eased me
away from me.
She bent down saying softly, "You WILL go with Lynne and
you WILL have your ears pierced, now shut up. All of these
other girls have been big and brave and had theirs done,
now stop this ridiculous crying immediately, we will put a
headscarf around your rollers so no one will see them."
"But mommy it's a ladies salon where she is taking me."
"Well one day you may have to get used to going to a ladies
salon now STOP your whining."
Suddenly Aunt Jane came out with pink and white, flowered
silk headscarf. She draped it over my rollers. Pulling it
from the sides she tied it at the back and left a loose
flap hanging from the crown of my rollers down to the bow,
which covered them.
"Put these slippers on." Aunt Jane handed me a pair of pink
slippers.
"You can leave your robe on as we are only going to get in
the car and out again." said Lynne.
"I don't have any money to pay for them." said mother
"Oh don't worry about that Mary, you and Andrea have made
it possible for us to do this so the least I can do is pay
for Andrea's ears." She smiled as she grabbed my hand and
we walked to the front door.
Chapter 6
The car stood in the drive as we walked to it. I was
continually looking around, scanning with my eyes to make
sure no one was around that I knew. Walking to the car
seemed to take an eternity and the drive to the salon even
longer.
Parking outside Lynne came round and opened the car door. I
quickly scurried into the salon and to my horror as we
entered the first person I set my eyes on was Sally Thomas
a friend from school.
She looked at me face to face. It must have been her mother
sitting beneath the dryer because after she looked at me in
astonishment she tapped the glass part of the hood. Her
mother opened it and she said something in her ear. Her
mother looked across and shook her head from side to side.
She continued to stare while her mother went back under the
dryer. I guessed she knew who I was.
Lynne had spoken to the receptionist and she took me by the
hand and led me to a higher chair at the rear of the salon
and to my horror next but one to Sally's mother who smiled
at me. Lynne removed my headscarf and went back to the
reception.
As I gazed around the salon, which seemed pretty quiet,
with only two women under the dryers, one woman being
washed and one being styled.
Suddenly, to my horror Sally came up to me and said, "You
look like someone I know, are you being a bridesmaid
today?"
"N... No." I said
"Are you having your ears pierced?"
"Y... Yes."
"I had mine pierced two weeks ago, look." She said as she
pulled her hair off her ears. "Are you frightened?" She
said as she dropped a coin on the floor."
"Y... Yes."
As she rose I saw her staring at my knees. She leaned to my
ear and whispered, "I know who you are, you're Andrew
Carter."
"N... No I am not, m... m... m... My name is Andrea." I
stammered.
"Andrea's don't have a little willies between their legs. I
have just seen it because your legs are not crossed."
I immediately crossed my legs
"Too late, your secret is out." she grinned. "Wait till I
tell everyone!"
"N... No please it's not like that at all, please let me
explain."
Suddenly Lynne came back with another woman holding what
looked like a staple gun. Sally started to walk back to her
mother with a big smile on her face saying, "Oh wait until
everyone knows. I am going to have so much fun telling all
of the girls and especially your soccer chums."
I went into a total state of depression as I saw her tap
her mother's dryer and tell her. Her mother looked at me
and smiled as she re-closed the cover.
The lady swabbed my ear with something cold and explained
that I would feel a short nick as she pressed my head to
the side. I watched Sally looking at me as the lady held
the machine to the base of my ear. She was holding her hand
to her face and pointing at me laughing. CLICK! Went the
machine and in made me jump and give out a small yell.
"That's one done." explained the lady as she moved to the
opposite side.
As she leaned my head over I got my first view in a mirror
of what had been done to me. My hair was rollered in
exactly the same pattern as the other girls using the same
pink and blue rollers. I could also see the gold hoop of an
earring hanging from my one ear.
I felt the machine being placed on my other ear and again,
CLICK! My other ear was done
I was stunned as Lynne said, "Thank the lady, Andrea."
"Thank you." I muttered.
"Would you like us to comb her out, we are quiet at the
moment and it would be a pleasure to finish such a
beautiful little girls hair off for such a special
occasion." said the lady.
"Thank you but no, she has to have her makeup done when she
gets back, and the rollers keep the hair off her face."
"We can do her makeup too." said the lady.
"Could I just make a telephone call please? I will see what
the other mothers say."
Lynne called the house and returned from the telephone and
said, "The others think that's a great idea, they can
finish getting dressed, but can you use a light foundation
and lipstick."
"We know how to make up a pretty little girls face." said
the lady.
Lynne smiled saying, "Well she's all yours then."
I was devastated and the fact that Sally was going to
watch. It made me feel suicidal. I was taken to a seat and
a satin type frilly lacy bib was tied around my neck and
the chair reclined. I had not seen Sally disappear out of
the salon as the lady started to wipe a pad around my face
and applied a very light foundation she explained.
She then used what appeared to be a very soft paintbrush
and brushed a very light translucent powder to stop my face
shining too much she commented. Next she moved to the rear
of the chair and a small brush that looked as though it had
a pink colour on my eyelids. She kept rubbing it on a pad
that was pink and rubbing it onto my lids. She next used a
pencil, sharpened to a point and I felt her make a pencil
line around the edge of my eyes stopping at the centre of
my bottom lid. She then produced a tube that read, mascara
and told me to hold my eyes still. I was looking at her
upside down and she started brushing it onto my eyelashes.
"That's it! The eyes are finished, just a little blusher
and lippy and we can sought out your hair."
Lynne was standing at the side watching closely when I saw
her look to the window. I saw her point and flick her
finger, 'Go away.' she mouthed.
I turned and looked at what she was talking about and to my
horror there was Sally Thomas with four other girls from my
class and two of my soccer friends. I jumped up in the
chair and ran to the toilet and locked the door.
"Come on out! Open this door immediately." Lynne said.
I slowly opened the door and she grabbed my arm, pulling me
vigorously back to the chair.
Pushing me on she said, "Stay on there and do not move
those are only your classmates."
Lynne was obviously unaware of my gender as they were all
laughing looking in the window.
The lady went back to work then brushed some very light
pink powder on my cheeks to highlight my jawbone. When she
had finished I saw her pick up a tube of lipstick and
unwind it. I screwed my mouth up and turned my head.
"Put your face straight Andrea." said Lynne
The lady asked, "Have you ever worn lipstick before? Look."
as she coated her lips with the light pink stick.
"You see, you can only just see I have some on, it's just
to highlight your lips and make them kissable, as we ladies
say."
"Sit still, please." She said as I felt her rub the creamy
stick from the centre of my top lip to both outsides and
across my bottom lip.
"There we are all finished and beautiful." as she sat me
up.
They were all still looking and laughing at the window when
Lynne said, "Don't worry about them sweetheart they are all
jealous."
At that Sally's mother was fetched from the dryer to sort
them out. I saw her go outside in her rollers and cape and
tell them off, before returning and saying. "They're gone
now Andrew, the ladies can get on with soughing you out."
Andrew! She called me; if the ground could have opened and
swallowed me I would have hoped it would be then.
Both the Lady and Lynne looked at each other. "Andrew?"
said Lynne.
"N... No honest they are wrong."
Lynne lifted my gown. "Oh dear, I would never have
guessed." She said as she looked at Lynne.
Suddenly the lady took over and appeared to come to my
rescue saying, "Okay let's get this hair done so you can go
for your auditions."
I could see a big grin on Lynne's face as they sat me in a
chair in front of a mirror. My eyes must have stared in
amazement, it was not me looking at myself, I was looking
at a little girl with a head full of curlers and a sense of
make up leaving me looking like something of a Pears' soap
advertisement.
The lady wrapped a white and pink shoulder cape around me
and tied it beneath my chin
Looking at me with eye contact she said, "Don't worry I
have done little boy's hair before, although never made a
little boy beautiful. But there is always a first time for
everything. I think its wonderful that you like being like
this and hopefully you wont grow out of it, because its
only showing your gentler side."
Lynne stood at the side of me shielding me from the window,
thank goodness because every so often one of my ex school
friends would purposely walk past the window with their
hands up in front of their face and blowing a kiss onto
their hand.
I was ready to burst into tears but Lynne said, "Don't cry
sweetheart because it will ruin your make up."
Both ladies were both now very soothing to me as the
hairdresser eased my head forward and began taking my
rollers out of the back.
"Oh, I have just thought I had better fetch a box to put
your rollers in so that you can take them home and I don't
get them mixed up with the salon's." the lady said.
I sat and waited while she fetched the box with a few
rollers out of the back I could feel the curls tickle my
neck. She returned with a box that read L'Oreal permanent
wave solution.
"Here we are, I'll put them in here, you never know Andrew
if you like the style you are always welcome back to have
your hair permed with what's written on the box. At least
keeping your rollers in there will remind you."
"P... Please don't call me Andrew while I am dressed like
this, I am only doing it so that mommy can win some money
so that we can live a normal life in our own house."
"Sorry sweetheart, I think you are very brave, now let's
finish that hair off."
Lynne suddenly held my hand in moral support, squeezing it
and smiled saying, "I think you are very brave too," as she
continued to hold my hand.
The hairdresser finished taking my rollers out and I stared
in amazement as a young girl with a mass of blonde curls
appeared.
"Are you all right sweetheart?" said Lynne bending down to
my ear.
I nodded as the hairdresser said, "Could I do something
nicer with these curls rather than leave them all masses of
curls."
Lynne looked with trepidation saying, "Well what do you
suggest?"
"How about turning them into tubular curls that hang
downwards and the front clipped flat to the one side with
one of these," as the hairdresser showed a pink flowered
slide in her hand.
"Yes, okay, if that does not win the audition nothing will,
mind you, I don't want to do the other girls out of any
chances."
"I am sure it won't." the lady said as she began to comb my
hair around her fingers producing long tubes around my
head.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Sally and the others keep
walking past the window and I tried to ignore them as best
as I could. Finally finished the lady stood behind me. Both
she and Lynne were looking in the mirror saying, "There we
are, a beautiful little Shirley Temple." as they both
smiled at me in the mirror.
The hairdresser turned to Lynne and said, "Is that all
right for you?"
"Yes that's beautiful thank you." Lynne said.
No one seamed to care about my feelings in this.
"Okay we will set it with some lacquer."
As the lady held her hand over my eyes and started spraying
my hair, all the time tweaking my curls with her other hand
as she walked around me spraying profusely. My cape was
undone and we went to the reception to pay.
As we walked all I could feel was these goddam curls
flopping around. Lynne paid the hairdresser saying, "Do I
owe anything for the make up and hair?"
"No don't be silly I have enjoyed doing it, perhaps Andrea
would like to come back again when she is going anywhere
special, here you are for being a good girl." She said as
she passed me a lollypop.
"Perhaps we should give it to Lynne for after you auditions
because we don't want to ruin your lippy do we?" She said.
I cringed at the thought.
Chapter 7
We left the salon and as we got out of the door all of the
other kids were there.
"Big sissy! Oh don't we look beautiful. Wait till your back
at school. You puff, naaa naaa." The kids yelled out along
with all sorts of other comments came.
"Ignore them sweetheart." as Lynne closed the car door on
me.
My humiliation grew all the more.
We finally arrived back to my aunt's and there was mother
looking absolutely beautiful in her white dress standing at
the door waiting to greet us.
"Oh sweetheart, you look wonderful." She said as she gave
me a big hug further saying, "Let's go in and get your
dress on and we can get started on the pictures."
We went inside and the most amazing sight greeted my eyes.
Everyone was in the same clothes and looked identical to
each other. The older ladies were dressed the same as
mother in their white dresses and the children were all in
their pink dresses.
Mother took me in a room and took off my robe. I was naked
as she pulled a pair of white frilly knickers up my legs.
Next came a white vest edged with lace and a pair of white
ankle socks topped with lace and edged with a pink bow.
The dress was fetched off a hangar and unzipped with her
saying, "Step into this sweetheart." As she stooped and
held the top of the garment open.
I did as she said and she pulled it up and over my
shoulders and zipped the back up. It was exactly the same
as the other girls, pink with loads of pink frills. She
then helped me on with my pink Mary Jane shoes and fastened
the straps.
"Just a couple of finishing touches." She said as she hung
some white beads around my neck and wrists. Finally ready
we went to join the others.
The only thing different with me and all of them was my
hair.
Suddenly the lady who was accompanying the cameraman
shrieked.
"Oh my god, a little Shirley Temple! We can sure make use
of you in some modelling assignments, let me look at you."
She said as she held my arm. "Perfect!" she cried in
excitement saying further, "Away from this we have a shoot
for a women's magazine." Further saying, "And would you
join us for a mother and daughter shoot to show the model
of tomorrow with her mother."
"Oh yes, we certainly will." cried mother in excitement
forgetting I was only to do this for two weeks.
"Okay let's get on with today's shoot and we will discuss
when and were later."
Firstly we were positioned in front of a blue screen with
our mother's at the back, hands on top of their daughter's
shoulders. The next photo was in a line of mother,
daughter, mother, daughter.
"Smile please," was all you could hear from the cameraman
while the lady assistant would keep faffing about with our
dresses.
Finally the group pictures were finished then it was time
for the individual Mother and Daughter Pictures, they
called it. I watched as the other girls had approximately
six photographs taken each and when it comes to my mother
and myself, we must have had twelve taken.
Firstly mother on the chair facing sideward while I stood
in front, that batty lady keep coming up to us making sure
mother's white dress was hanging in a perfect half moon
from her knees while pulling little tugs at the hem of my
pink dress. Next was our standing together in continuous
poses until the penultimate where we had to lean our heads
to the side so that they were touching and give the biggest
smile ever for a close up.
"This one will be definitely going to the magazine, so big
smiles please." she said.
Chapter 8
After about two hours of continuous pictures the
photographer and the lady were packing their equipment
away. They told mother that they thought they have enough
material for the magazine from us two. We would be hearing
from them soon, as they left. They also wished everyone
good luck with the auditions as we were all standing
outside the front door waving good-bye.
Going back inside Aunt Jane announced that as everyone
looked so wonderful how about we go to the park, as it was
such a nice day.
I looked at mother with a pleading face saying, "Please
mother I have had enough, can I please get out of these
ridiculous clothes?"
"Nonsense Andrea, surely you do not want to put a plain
skirt on. Don't forget you must live as Andrea until the
auditions are over. Remember, you will be less conspicuous
dressed the same as the other girls."
"I suppose so, but will I be able to wear any boys clothes
at all."
"No sweetheart, we must get you used to your role so that
you do not forget on that day."
Off we went to the park, where we had a picnic where I had
to play girl's games. After nearly two hours Aunt Jane said
to mother, "Here Mary, here is some money go and get
yourself and Andrea some clothes, it isn't a lot but it
will do to tie you over."
"Oh thank you Jane, life is so wonderful."
Aunt Jane looked at me and winked with mother saying, "Come
on Andrea let's go into the town."
Arriving in town the first place was the girl's department
at Sears.
"Can I help?" said a lady assistant whose black hair was
tie in a French roll dressed in a white blouse and black
pencil skirt and black patent court shoes. .
"I am just looking for some underwear for my daughter
here." said mother.
"Oh my, isn't that a pretty dress and those gorgeous curls,
and that beautifully finished makeup only the best
underwear will do for her."
"What size is she?"
"I don't really know." said mother.
"Okay, let's measure her." She said as she bent down with
her tape measure.
"You look old enough to have your first training bra, would
you like a training bra?" She asked.
I looked at mother with pleading eye contact.
"I am sure she would." agreed mother.
I could have fainted on the spot the embarrassment rose in
me.
"Come around the other side of this screen darling and we
can get you measured."
Around the private side the lady said, "Turn around
darling, let's just unzip the back of your dress so we can
measure your chest."
"Can't you do it from the outside." I asked.
"No dear, I have to see if you have any development there."
She said as she unzipped my dress and dropped it to the
floor. Standing in just my frilly vest and knickers she
asked me to lift my vest and hold it up to my neck as she
wrapped the measure around me.
"Mmm... Twenty-six inches with not much development. I
think we will go for a bra with a little padding. What size
waist? Mmm... Twenty-two inches." She said as she looked
further down she said, "Oh dear I think we have found one
little girls secret candy hiding place." as she touched the
small bulge in my knickers. "Goodness me." she said in
shock and snatched her hand away.
Mother smiled and said, "Hermaphrodite."
"Oh you poor thing, Is anything happening with it?"
"Not yet." said mother.
I hadn't a clue what they were talking about other than she
had an understandable shock when she touched my willie.
"Well I think that's all the more reason to get this little
lady into the best underwear, and the correct clothes until
she has it sorted out. Now here we have a matching girl's
bra and brief set that has just a little padding to give
her some shape up top." She said holding the white cotton
bra in front of mother rubbing the cups in between her
thumb and forefinger.
"Let mommy take your vest and knickers off, sweetheart. We
can try these on for size." She said as mommy stripped me
naked being careful not to disturb my hair.
"My word, she is very developed down there. I bet you and
your little daughter here will be pleased when she looses
it, won't you?" She said while looking at mother. Mother
just smiled and nodded.
The lady drew the bra straps up my arms as the back hooks
fastened. She slid the matching knickers up my legs.
"Yes I definitely think that's her size, does that feel
comfortable," said the lady.
I nodded.
"I bet you're proud to finally dress like mommy aren't you
dear?" The lady said as she tweaked the straps on the bra.
Looking at mother she said, "I think at her age its time to
start her with hose rather than white socks, it makes them
feel more grown up. We have these which are a new line,"
she said as she fetched out a pair of tan coloured hose
from a packet that read 20 denier hose, run resistant,
ideal for a girl's first hose.
She sat me down, screwed them up on her hand and slid them
up my legs and over my backside virtually lifting me up in
the air as she pulled them up my waist.
"I do think at her age its worth using over knickers as you
never know when they start their first periods and it also
holds the hose up." as she pulled a set of frilly white
knickers up my legs.
"I bet mommy wears over knickers, don't you mommy?"
Mother smiled and nodded.
"Now because of her problem you obviously don't put her in
slacks so I have this range of nice easy to wash everyday
dresses." She said as she showed mommy one of them.
"Oh yes," cooed mother. "those are beautiful."
The lady slid the pale lemon dress over my head and set it
into place. It had puff short sleeves trimmed with white
lace, a round neck that seated just below my white beads,
and elasticised bodice that finished just below the bra and
from there the dress hung naturally to my knees where it
was again trimmed with lace.
As the lady zipped the back up and tied the large bow at
the rear she said, "This style can be worn either casually
or for best. It looks great with either trainers or best
shoes and while we are on the subject of shoes, I really
think she should have the next step up from Mary Jane's,
how about these." She held out a pair of low healed yellow
patent court shoes
"Slip your feet in these here." She said as she put them in
front of me.
"There that makes you like a proper young lady don't you
think mommy?"
"Oh yes definitely!" My mother said as my embarrassment
must have reached boiling point.
"We have the dresses and shoes in four colours, lemon,
pink, powder blue and white so that whatever happens she
has always got a wash and wear."
"Yes I think we will take one of each set and three pairs
of hose and four sets of the bra and panty sets." mother
said.
"Do you want to stay in those?" The lady said to me.
I nodded, as there was no way I was going to strip again.
As the lady went to fetch the bill, mother opened her
handbag, fetching out her makeup case she unscrewed her
lipstick, bent down and re-coated my lips.
The lady returned saying seeing mother re-coating my lips,
"Oh yes dressed like that you must look your best." she
said as mother replaced her makeup into bag.
Mother paid the bill and off we went to the Ladies
department where she must have tried on every dress and
shoes in the shop. While she shopped I sat on a chair
outside of the changing rooms swinging my legs and just
agreeing with the lady when she told mother how beautiful
one of the items was while mother a