His Mother's Hair, Part II E
By Melissa Anne Curling
Author's note: In the following few paragraphs, the stage is set for
the next installment of Wendy's story. After that, there is a vivid
description of a lovemaking session between Madge and Nancy. If you
aren't inclined to enjoy a scene like that, go to 'Edit' in your
browser menu and do a 'Find' for the word kitchen (just the word, no
underline or punctuation). That should take you to where the story
picks up after their love making scene.
His Mother's Hair, Part II E
At 4:45 A.M. in the Bryson's living room, Wendy, Janine and Shelly were
all soundly asleep from their late night activities.
Shelly was exhausted from a very satisfying evening in which she got
her nuisance hair boyishly cut very short and rid herself of even her
plain cotton panties trading them for a pair of boy's Jockey shorts.
She went home to enjoy seeing her favorite major league team win a long
yet exciting baseball game in extra innings. As she started to doze
after the game in her dad's old reclining chair, she had also taken
great satisfaction in the fact that she had been left out of the
silliness of the slumber party going on next door without discussion or
argument. She now slept soundly even though it was only a couple of
hours ago that her mother had led her from the comfort of her own
family room to the floor of the living room in the Bryson house making
a bed for her there.
Her brother, Janine, and Wendy had a very different satisfying evening
that consisted of dressing up, having a photo shoot, getting their hair
set in curlers (Janine for the first time), watching a Shirley Temple
movie, having their faces done with garish make up, and even talking a
little bit about boys. In other words, it was a truly fun night for
both of them.
Upstairs, Wendy's grandma, Wilma, was also sleeping soundly. However,
down the hall, the boys' two mothers were silent but awake.
"Madge, are you asleep," Nancy whispered as softly as she possibly
could close to Madge's ear.
"Of course not. You've had your hand on my right breast for most of the
night and I'm about to lose my mind it feels so good. How do you think
that I could possibly be sleep?" Madge answered prompting Nancy to give
her breast a gentle squeeze.
Because of Madge's tone, Nancy then thought she might have over stepped
her bounds so released the supple flesh in her hand slowly pulling it
away.
"Oh no you don't," Madge said firmly grabbing Nancy's forearm in order
to replace her hand back on her breast for the second time that night.
Nancy took this sign as an invitation to try a bold next move. After
locating Madge's right nipple through the silky nylon nightie she was
wearing, Nancy started to encircle it with the tip of her finger
occasionally pinching and pulling at it slightly. When she heard Madge
yield a low moan, Nancy snuggled up closer to her feeling the heat
emanating from her voluptuous body. After getting settled in this new
position, she continued toying with Madge's breast.
Madge eventually pushed Nancy's body away because she had to retreat as
Madge rolled her torso toward her in order to lie on her back. In the
dim light from the street lamp outside, Nancy could see enough of a
lustful look in Madge's eyes that she could tell Madge was primed for
lovemaking. Taking advantage of that, Nancy continued to massage
Madge's breast then leaned to kiss her. It was a tender womanly kiss
allowing them to both enjoy the softness of each other's feminine lips.
"Oh, Nancy," Madge cried pulling her close. "We shouldn't do this,"
Madge moaned.
"There's no harm, Sweetness," Nancy whispered back.
"But we are starting something that we may not want to finish," Madge
said.
"And why do you think I wouldn't I want to finish this?" Nancy said
moving her hand from Madge's breast down to the nightie covered crevice
at the top of Madge's legs cupping her vulva with her palm.
"Nancy, please stop ... " Madge said without conviction.
"Do you really want me to stop touching you there?" Nancy said as she
started to rub Madge's womanhood up and down gently with her fingers.
"Yes, please stop, ... no don't ... oh, God, you must stop now ... no
... don't ... stop ... please don't stop ... " Madge murmured then
pulled her nightie up almost violently as she spread her legs a little
to allow Nancy direct access to her most special place.
"Oh Madge, your bush is so full. I just love a lot of hair down there
on a woman. It's so natural, so sexy. I've always wondered with that
incredible head of hair you have what yours was like," Nancy said.
Wanting to continue Madge's pleasuring she started to make her way
through her thick pubic hair by combing through it with her fingers.
"Tell me, my sexy woman, what color is it? No, don't tell me. I want to
find out for myself." Nancy then moved her body so she was half laying
on Madge and half on the bed next to her.
"Nancy, we have to ... oh, that feels so, so good!" Madge exclaimed in
a low voice as Nancy's fingers finally touched the center of her
sensitivity.
"We have to do what, gorgeous, what do you want me to do?" Nancy said
still stoking Madge with her finger. She could tell that Madge was
under her control so moved up to kiss her deeply on the lips once
again. After doing so she teased, "You keep telling me to stop. Yes, I
think that's best, I think I'll stop touching you there ... " pulling
her finger out of Madge's womanhood.
"Please don't stop, please keep touching me there, please," Madge
begged.
With her face still close to Madge's, Nancy moved her fingers back into
Madge's moistness and said, "All right, I'll keep doing this but you
have to promise me that you will be a good girl for me. Do you
understand?" Nancy asked.
"Oh, yes, just don't stop touching me. That feels so good," Madge
agreed. "Oh, oh, ... I'll be a good girl," Madge agreed willing to say
anything.
"That's just what I wanted to hear," Nancy said starting now to rub her
right hand over Madge's curlers. "You know I love the way you look with
your hair up in rollers. It's just so feminine and it reminds me of
when I was a little girl," she said as she continued stroking Madge's
clit with the fingers of one hand while stroking Madge's roller set
hair with the palm of the other.
"Mmmm, I love my hair in up in rollers," Madge managed to say in an
almost childlike fashion.
"Yes, I'm sure you love having your hair in curlers. It's very sexy and
very feminine. Very soon, I want you to have that girlie boy of yours
set your hair in smaller rollers because I want to see your hair extra
curly. Do you understand?" Nancy asked.
"Yes, oh yes," Madge moaned as she thought about having her hair in
tight curls with Wendy having set it for her.
At this moment Madge started thinking of only her own pleasure. Being
finally touched by something other than her vibrator made her lose all
sense of time, space and propriety. A physical relationship with Nancy
had crossed her mind but the fantasy turned reality of it along with
her own needs made her susceptible to whatever Nancy wanted her to do
or say.
"Look Madge, the sun is starting to come up, so now I have enough light
to see what color all of that hair down there is. I'll bet it is
breathtaking beautiful. So, you'll have to excuse me for a minute
because I'm sure you like having your rollers caressed while you are
being made love to but I have something much more important to take
care of. So, you just reach up there with your hands and enjoy how good
those rollers feel in your hair," Nancy said watching Madge move her
hands up to her head as she was told. "Good girl, that's it. You just
be thinking of a nice, tight small roller set that will give you all of
those curls that I want to see. Maybe I'll tie you into a chair and set
your hair that way myself. Oh yes, I like that idea! You know, I like
it when my lovers do as they are told," Nancy said as she slipped down
under the covers after sucking on Madge's now sensitive right nipple
for what was to Madge much too short a time.
Over the next wonderfully satisfying moments, Madge was electrified by
the sensation of Nancy's lovemaking, not only because it had been so
long since her last non-self induced orgasm but; because her libido was
at it's peak by having her and Nancy's hair set. While her husband
would 'allow' her curlers in bed, he only once ever touched her
intimately when she did so. She once admitted to herself that her
orgasm that one time with her hair set was the most intense one she
ever had with her husband.
In her spite of Madge's heightened excitement by fondling the rollers
in her own hair, she thought that it would feel even better to her if
she were to hold Nancy's curlers. Giving in to her fetish she reached
down encasing Nancy's roller set with her hands while Nancy continued
to orally pleasure her. She actually started to control Nancy's rhythm
with her grip.
"Mmmm, I was hoping you would do that," Nancy said stopping her
lovemaking only long enough to get those words out. Madge looked down
from her pillow to enjoy the sight of the top of Nancy's netted rollers
in the early morning light - rollers that she had put there. "God, I
love that old fashioned way of wrapping a scarf around curlers!" she
thought as her pleasure climbed to its peak. She then orgasmed pulling
Nancy's head and roller set hair into her throbbing mound. Thankfully
Madge had the presence of mind to release Nancy's head long enough to
grab and scream into a pillow rather than wake the whole house. When
Madge was finished, Nancy said good bye with gentle kisses to her inner
thighs.
"There, that's what you get for being such a good girl," Nancy said
kissing Madge's forehead and cheeks. As she did, Madge pulled her close
holding her lover's head against the side of her breast. In this
comfortable position, at least for Madge, she started to fall asleep.
"Oh, Madge honey, I think we're forgetting something," Nancy said in an
almost melodic voice.
"Too tired ... feel so good ... need to sleep ... " Madge uttered.
Nancy reached down and grabbed a handful of Madge's abundant female
hair holding it tight. "You don't want to disappoint Miss Nancy, do
you," she said pulling it a little harder as each second passed
"Oh ... oh ... ouch ... " Madge said waking up as Nancy pulled hard
enough that her hips started to rise off of the bed.
"It's your turn to do me, my girl. It's time for you to make me cum so
hard that I can drift off to sleep with you," Nancy insisted. "But you
need to get out of bed to please me. Go on, get out of bed, hurry,"
Nancy ordered.
A sloth-like Madge threw the covers back only enough to allow her to
stand up. Waiting there, she was wondering what Nancy wanted her to do
specifically.
Nancy reclined momentarily on the bed enjoying the vision of the
shapely Madge silhouetted by the early morning light. There was one
magic instant when Madge's hands came up to free the nightie that was
twisted up around her chest and Nancy was treated to a view of Madge's
profile. The odd shape of her roller covered head, large breasts, flat
tummy, perfect derri?re and abundant pubic hair growing out and down as
if it were a waterfall frozen in time were a picture that Nancy would
keep with her forever. "Those are the longest and surely the thickest
pubes I've ever seen!" Nancy thought as Madge's nightie finally tumbled
down concealing her treasures.
Nancy removed the top of her baby doll nightie set then swung her legs
and body almost acrobatically to the edge of the bed letting her legs
dangle. "Your place is here on the floor, Honey. Come on now and kneel
down here in front of me. This is the way I like it," Nancy said
pointing.
Madge knelt before this insistent woman doing as she was told. "Very
good girl," Nancy said patting the curlers on top of her head. "Lean
over here so I can give those curlers of yours a nice kiss," she said
kissing Madge of the top of her rollers three times. "I don't know why
that turns me on so much! I'm so weird!" she said wrapping her hands
around the back of Madge's set hair. "Let's have a little bit of
nursing time," Nancy said guiding Madge's head toward her breasts. "I
wish we had all day for you to continue doing that but you had better
get my panties off and get busy down there," she soon said releasing
Madge then laying all of the way back raising her hips. Madge complied
slipping Nancy's laced thong down over her hips then off of her feet.
Now it was time for Madge to examine Nancy's ever moist triangle.
Taking in the sight of Nancy's vagina brought Madge back to her college
days and her brief affair with her roommate, Donna. Her triangle was
also closely trimmed, of fine light brown hair, and covering an area
that was begging to be satisfied.
"Put your feet on my shoulders," Madge said lifting Nancy's knees. This
was a little awkward for Nancy but once she tried it she realized it
gave Madge full access to her womanhood. Madge gently spread Nancy's
lower lips slightly with her fingers in order to blow her hot breath
across them.
"Oh my, I've never had that done before," Nancy cooed as Madge
displayed her own magic talent for satisfying a woman's needs. She
became overwhelmed with the sight of this naturally pretty woman
kneeling in front of her with her hair so nicely set in rollers. She
was also pleased that Madge was taking so much time to satisfy her. She
was the picture of femininity and Nancy loved it. Before long Nancy was
writhing from her own pleasure. As Madge had done to her at that
special moment of completion, Nancy pulled Madge's head full of curlers
firmly into her as she climaxed.
It was now almost six o'clock and Madge knew that at least her mother
would be up soon. The sated ladies were physically and emotionally
exhausted so climbed back into bed to cuddle falling asleep for as long
as they were able. At about eight o'clock a car horn outside awakened
them.
Madge shot out of bed when she noticed the time and ran immediately to
the bathroom shower turning it on. As she stood waiting for the water
to warm she was aware of the scent of sex about her. Nancy came to the
door saying, "Do you mind if I ... " pointing to the commode in its own
little room with the privacy door.
"Not at all. Why don't you jump in the shower first? I need to get my
thoughts together before I go downstairs," Madge said.
"Are you upset?" Nancy asked fearfully.
"No, my mind is just in a state of total overload. I have a son that
wants to live as a girl and I don't know to what extent," she said
alluding to medical procedures she knew nothing about. "I think your
son is at least a gay crossdresser or maybe a transsexual, I'm not sure
which. Your daughter clearly would rather live as a boy, and I've just
had lesbian sex with my next door neighbor. Isn't that enough? And, oh,
by the way, I just found out that my sister who was married for many
years is in now in a gay relationship with a woman that made her buzz
her hair down to a crew cut! Emotionally, life is like a walk in the
park right now. Don't worry about me, I'm fine," Madge added
sarcastically but smiled at Nancy to calm her worries.
"Maybe it is something in the water as Brenda said," Nancy thought
closing the door to the toilet.
"It smells so good in here!" Nancy said as she walked into the kitchen
now dressed in a shorts and top out fit. "Good morning Wilma, good
morning girls, good morning Shelly," Nancy said not thinking that
Shelly was technically taken into account when she said 'girls'.
About fifteen minutes later Madge came down after freshening up and
basically said the exact same thing but she asked her mother, "Mom, did
you sleep well?"
""I was so tired when I went to bed last night that I didn't think I
would ever wake up," she said. "What's wrong with your face?" she asked
her daughter.
"What do mean? I know I'm not the prettiest girl in town but ... "
Madge said back to her.
"No, what's all of that redness around your mouth. What on earth caused
that?" Wilma asked making Madge blush red.
"Did you just have a hot flash? You're a little young for that aren't
you?" Wilma remarked.
"I ... ah ... I tried a new cream that's supposed to remove that little
bit of peach fuzz we all get as we get older. It must have irritated my
skin a little. My, it's warm in here!" Madge proclaimed. She secretly
thanked the heavens when her cell phone started to ring taking her out
of the room.
"Hello, this is Madge," she answered.
"Well that's just great! When did she call in?" everyone heard Madge
ask.
"That's O.K> if that's the reason ... I'll be there but I won't make it
before 10:00 tomorrow. Just be sure everyone is busy working on
something productive until I get there."
"Thanks for calling to let me know ... How are the kids doing? ...
That's nice ... See you tomorrow," Madge said finishing her call.
"Bad news?" Nancy asked.
"Oh, the instructor for tomorrow's lessons at the college called in.
There are only a limited number of students enrolled now because it's
the summer session and every other Monday the students can work ahead
or do repeat work they may have failed or missed. I had my best
instructor, Suzanne, scheduled because she can instruct at every skill
level of hairdressing. She had to go out of town suddenly for a family
emergency and I am the only other one that can fill in for her. So, I
have to teach tomorrow. Owning your own business is not all it is
cracked up to be," Madge complained.
"Don't you worry about a thing, Wendy and I will be fine," Wilma said.
"I'd like to take her to do a little more clothes shopping and I want
to go to the fabric store to get some apron material. After last night
the house needs to be cleaned from top to bottom and we can do that
tomorrow. Well, at least the downstairs needs a good going over so we
have some housework to do," Wilma clarified.
"Aprons!" then "Housework!" Wendy and Janine said simultaneously.
Looking at each other as if it was rehearsed, they then said in unison,
"We get to wear our aprons and do housework!"
This was too much for Shelly so she stood up from her cereal at the end
of the table and said, "That did it, I'm going home. Mom, are they for
real?" she asked shaking her head while pointing at the two girlish
boys with her finger.
"Shelly, you be nice. Remember how you got into trouble in the first
place. There are lots of different punishments besides the one I agreed
I would never use again. How would you like to have me take away your
baseball glove for a month?" Nancy asked.
"Wendy, Janine, I am so, so sorry. Maybe you could clean my new room
for me sometime? And I mean really clean it. You will have to pick up
all of my dirty, sweaty clothes, wash, dry and fold them for me,
vacuum, dust the furniture- I'd even have you change the sheets on my
bed. How would you like that?" Shelly asked.
The boys shook their heads up and down with approval gladly willing to
clean Shelly's room. Then, Shelly went home.
"New room? You guys aren't moving are you?" Madge asked fearfully.
Realizing that Shelly was not part of the slumber party she also asked,
"Did Shelly sleep here last night?"
"To answer the second question first, after you went up to bed last
night I fell asleep. I woke up about an hour later and was worried
about Shelly being alone in our house so I went over and got her. She
was still half asleep when I got her into some blankets on the front
room floor so I don't think she even knew I brought her over here. I
was worried that she might wake up as I got her settled in the middle
of 'Curler Central' in there. I could imagine her thinking she was
having a nightmare but thankfully that didn't happen. And, no, we are
not moving but Shelly and Janine are going to trade bedrooms. You know
the old 'pink is for girls, blue is for boys' adage. Let's just say
that we agreed yesterday that Janine and Shelly will each be more
comfortable if they switch rooms. Shelly's room is perfect for Janine
with its soft pink walls, lace curtains and pink carpet," Nancy
explained.
"Oh, that's nice," Madge commented. Madge had an anxious feeling when
she thought again about everything there was to accomplish before
Wendy's room would be appropriate for his new life. Glancing at the
clock she felt rushed.
"Do you want to go to church with us?" Madge offered looking toward
Nancy.
"I don't think so. Shelly has nothing to wear that's very nice that
would be acceptable to her," Nancy answered.
"There are quite a few nice things in Wendy's closet that she can have
if you want to look. I guess I should ask Wendy before I offer," Madge
said looking at him.
"Why would I need any of those old things?" Wendy asked in wonderment
that the question would even come up. Then he added, "She is welcome to
any of Wendell's things that he left in my closet."
"Thank you very much, that will be a big help to us. But, I'm really
exhausted. I would sure like it if Janine was able to go with you
though," Nancy said.
"I'm sure we would all like that. Let's get the boys cleaned up and fix
their hair. They can wear their fancy dresses to church even though
they will be a little over dressed. But that's all right," Madge said.
Wendy and Janine looked across the table at each other and squealed
happily in unison, "Party dresses!" The words 'sissy stereo' came into
Nancy's mind as she smiled but she said nothing.
Breakfast was quickly over and the dining room again became a makeshift
beauty shop. The roller headed boys were made busy by each taking their
mother's hair down from their perspective sets. Madge and Nancy were
seated side by side at the table as Wendy demonstrated to Janine how he
needed to go about this task. He found that he enjoyed the role of
instructor stepping back and forth between his mother and Miss Nancy as
he taught his younger friend how to remove the rollers from his
mother's hair.
"Janine, we're going to take our mothers' rollers out. First we have to
take off their scarves. I'll show you, look here. That's right, the
ends are tucked in so reach in carefully and pull them out. Good, now
undo the knot there on top," Wendy said.
"Under your mom's bottom roller in the back there should be a little
bundle of hair net stuck with a Bobbie pin. Feel it? Just push the
prong things you feel, yes, those are the ends of the Bobbie pin. Don't
be a baby it can't hurt that much!" Wendy admonished. "Here, let me do
it," Wendy said leaving his mother with her hair net loose in the back
but still draped over her head.
"You must learn to do this Janine. How are you going to be able to do
your mother's hair if you are so ... so ... delicate! Here!" Madge and
Nancy giggled at this and Wendy handed Janine the hair pin that had
been holding the back of his mother's hair net.
After their nets were removed, Wendy showed Janine how to take his
mother's rollers out starting at the bottom then work his way up as he
continued on. The table in front of each of the ladies started to fill
with the variety of different color hair rollers.
"What are we going to do with all of those?" Janine asked pointing to
the growing pile on the table.
"After everyone's hair is fixed, it is our job to organize all of the
rollers for next time! Won't that be fun!" Wendy said with excitement.
As the boys continued with their pleasant work, Janine realized that
although he was much more interested in clothing styles and make up
rather than hair, he knew that he would also adore working with his
mother's hair in this feminine way. He started to dream of learning to
set hair by doing Wendy's for him.
Even though Madge had much more hair requiring several more rollers
than Nancy, Wendy worked more quickly so the removal of the two ladies'
sets of curlers was finished at about the same time.
"Now my favorite part!" Wendy said. "Come here, Janine."
Wendy stood directly behind his mother holding her curls in his hands.
After he buried his nose in her hair and inhaled he said, "You have to
try this!"
Wendy then made the special offering of the scent of his mother's hair
to Janine. When he put his nose into Madge's hair Wendy said, "Now
breathe in through your nose." When Janine stood up smiling Wendy said,
"Isn't that the best perfume in the whole world!"
Janine returned to his mother wanting to experience the same thing but
Nancy's hair was much shorter making that difficult. "Your mom's hair
isn't long enough," Wendy noted.
"Mommie, will you grow your hair long for me?" Janine asked sweetly.
"Will you do my hair for me like Wendy is going to be doing for Miss
Madge?" Nancy asked back.
"Oh yes Mommie! That's an easy promise because I want to!" Janine
answered.
"Well, all right then, I will start to grow it out for you at least to
my shoulders," his mother answered.
"Oh, thank you Mommie!" Janine cheered giving his mother a girlish hug.
Madge took her hair brush to style her own hair in the interest of time
while Janine played delicately with his mother's curls. With her hair
in defined curls from the rollers but far from styled, Nancy stood up
and asked, "What can I do to help?"
"I'm going to take Wendy's hair down so you can do the same for Janine.
Just start at the bottom and try to leave the formed curls in tact.
After I get Wendy styled, you can help get him dressed for church while
I put the finishing touches on Janine," Madge explained.
Madge took off Wendy's scarf, then his hair net, and started to remove
his rollers. While she did so Wendy spent the time on and off looking
at his polished nails, touching the studs in his ears to make sure they
were still there, and looking forward to putting his yellow dress on
again. Of course, the thoughts of sitting quietly having his hair
worked on by his mother while wearing his baby doll nightie while were
paramount.
When she was finished arranging his hair, Madge left for a moment
returning with the DVD case from the movie that they watched the last
evening and her hand mirror. "Notice anything, Wendy?" she asked
handing him the movie cover and the mirror.
"My curls look just like Shirley Temple's, Mommie! My hair! I love it!"
he shouted.
"Yes they do, my baby. There's just one thing missing and we'll take
care of that before we go to church," Madge assured. It was then that
he took note of the bow in Shirley Temple's hair. "I'll bet mine will
be yellow instead of blue, won't it Mommie?" he asked. His mother
answered him by patting him on the shoulder.
"You run upstairs with Miss Nancy and get all dressed up nice and
pretty for church," Madge told him. "I'm going to do Janine's hair."
Madge was amazed at the similarity of the two boys regarding how they
seemed to relish in the complete femininity they had been exposed to.
But, she also noted they were very different in personality. Where
Wendy was usually more quiet and thoughtful, Janine was more bubbly,
especially when excited.
Starting to style Janine's hair like the little girl in the hairdo
magazine, Madge removed the setting tape that held his short bangs.
Doing so, she remembered that she would need her half inch curling iron
so went to the stairway calling up to Nancy and Wendy to bring it down
when he was finished dressing. As she arranged his curls with her
styling comb and a little hair spray on each to keep them in place
Janine chattered- the words coming out so quickly it seemed to be one
long sentence.
"Miss Madge, it's so nice of you to help me with my hair ... I'm sure I
will love it ... I'm going to get my ears pierced just like Wendy did
... Did I tell you that already? ... Mom said I could ... We're going
to go to somebody at the mall named 'Meg' something or other ... She's
even going to take me to The Limited! ... Wendy says they have the
cutest clothes! ... I want to look my best for school if Mark is in my
class again ... He's such a dream! ... I wonder what it would be like
to kiss him! ... I do hope Mrs. Parsons will make me an apron too! ...
There's so much housework to do at home ... Mommie says she's going to
teach me to do the laundry and vacuum and sew ... I can't wait!"
Madge just nodded and smiled as she had done with many lady customers
that were marathon talkers.
Meanwhile, Nancy and Wendy were upstairs in Madge's bedroom suite.
"Wow, what happened? I've never seen Mommie's bed so messy!" Wendy
remarked.
"The couch was bothering my back so I asked your mom if I could sleep
with her last night. It's a big bed so there was plenty of room," Nancy
explained and Wendy thought nothing more of it.
"How about a quick rinse in the shower Wendy?" she asked.
"I'd like that, Miss Nancy," he replied.
Nancy turned on the shower adjusting the water, made sure Wendy had a
shower cap on to protect his curls, then left Wendy to rinse off. "Just
be quick. Wash under your arms, then your privates, then we'll get you
dressed," she said closing the door.
Wendy stepped out from the bathroom a few minutes later all dried,
powdered, and with a towel wrapped around him starting just above his
chest, as would any girl. He found his yellow panties making sure to
put a panty liner in place. "Miss Nancy, will you help me into my
panties and tights, please?" he asked shyly. She took the panty from
him kneeling down on the carpet. He still had the towel around him but
dropped it to the floor as soon as she held the panty open for him to
step into.
"Wendy, that's pretty bold," she said.
"It's just us girls," he said casually.
As Nancy pulled the pretty yellow panty up his legs she viewed his
little member. "That may be the smallest one I've ever seen," she
thought. She had to stifle a giggle by putting her hand over her mouth
when she thought "I know he didn't get that from his mother's side of
the family. Her clit is much, much bigger than that cute little
peanut!" When his panty was in place he reached down inside to adjust
himself against his panty liner. Nancy now understood why he was able
to achieve such a smooth girlish front.
Nancy then helped him on with his tights, his rumba panty, his
camisole, his petticoat, his dress and finally his white Mary Jane
shoes as she had done for her own children so many times. Except for
the needed addition of a bow in his hair, Wendy was ready for church.
As he walked down the hallway toward the stairs, they met Wilma coming
out of her room. Nancy, following behind him, walked past them on her
way downstairs to bring Madge her curling iron. As she moved past,
Nancy noticed that Wilma was nicely dressed in a pair of cream linen
pants, red shell top and a light weight sweater. Around her head she
had a fashionable red silk turban with a jewel broach pinned a little
off of front center.
"Your hair, Grammy! I forgot! I'm so selfish. I was supposed to set it
for you this morning. I'm sorry," Wendy said sadly.
"Don't you worry about your Grammy Wendy. You can do it for me tonight.
How's that?" Wilma asked.
"I promise I won't forget, Grammy. Grammy your perfume smells
wonderful," he said with a dreamy look in his eye.
"It's called Tresor. It's made by a company called Lancome and it's my
signature scent. Would you like to try some?" the kindly grandmother
asked.
"Signature what, Grammy" Wendy asked.
"I wear this perfume so often that people identify it with me. Tresor
and I are like old friends," she answered. "Well, do you?" she asked
again.
"Could I Grammy? For real?" he asked.
Wilma reached into her purse for the slender vial atomizer then sprayed
his wrist with the smallest amount telling him quickly to rub it with
his other one. Then she sprayed a little at his neck making him rub
himself there.
"Goodness, I almost forgot! My locket!" and he dashed off toward his
mother's room. After Wilma helped him put it on, she turned him around
and said, "You are the prettiest granddaughter I could have ever
dreamed of having. You look just like a fairy tale princess," she said.
He gave his grandma a kiss on the cheek then walked ahead of her down
the stairs.
In the dining room Madge was putting the finishing touches on Janine's
hairstyle by clipping a white bow from her hair supply box high above
his right ear. His hair had already been styled and his bangs had been
curled up tightly creating a very little girlish look.
"Janine, dahling, I simply love your hair," Wendy said with a giggle
trying to mimic the way his friend had spoken the day before.
"Oh, thank you my dear. You know it's the latest creation from the
continent. All of Paris is getting their hair done by Miss Madge. It
takes months to get an appointment don't you know!" Wendy laughed at
his friend's acting. Madge and Wilma looked at each other in amazement
wondering what old movie those lines could have come from!
"Where's Miss Nancy?" Wendy asked.
"She went home to get Janine's dress and the rest of his clothes,"
Madge answered. Not a minute went by until Nancy came in with her arms
full.
"I'm going to go change. We have just enough time to make church.
Nancy, please have Janine ready to go when I come down. Darn, Wendy, we
need to put this bow in your hair!" Madge said. Then, "Mom, could you
put this in Wendy's hair. You remember how."
"Yes ma'am," Nancy responded regarding the dressing of Janine. She was
sure not to miss the lovely sight of the sway of Madge's rounded hips
as she left the room.
While Janine was being dressed, Wilma struggled a little with the
yellow ribbon and bow Madge had given her for Wendy but managed to
finally get it just right. She then found Wendy's new make up and
quickly brushed his cheeks with a little powder. As a last measure, she
glossed his lips.
"That's enough make up for that outfit," Wilma said considering his
juvenile dress.
Soon they were all headed out the door, Madge saying, "I hate to leave
the house like this. Thank goodness no one will see it before we get
home."
It wasn't that much farther to drive, so Madge decided to attend a
church of the same denomination that she and Wendy had always attended
but in the opposite direction from their house. One of the many things
she had worried about in these last days was Wendy being recognized and
publicly embarrassed. If that were to happen she was sure he would be
proud of his feminine dress and hair style, but no good would result
from a nasty scene. In this other church, another of God's own houses,
no one would see anything but an a mother, a grandmother and two
darling girls going to worship on this beautiful Sunday.
Madge was surprised as they walked passed the sign out in front church
to find that the pastor's name was 'Rebecca A. Howell'. She had always
attended services where the pastor spoke, the congregation listened,
and the pastor's wife passed out cookies on Sunday after the service
was over. Having a woman give a sermon was something Madge had never
experienced but looked forward to.
As they entered the church, the boys, being so prettily attired from
head to toe and in unfamiliar territory, held onto the nearest adult
hand tightly. Janine ended up holding Madge's hand and Wendy his
grandma's. After all, our 'girls' were far from being used to going out
in public dressed in such finery. As the service was about to begin,
they knew they had to find their seats quickly. Madge noticed the
similarity to her 'usual' church in that people didn't like to sit in
the front row under the watchful eye of the pastor, so the back of the
church was filled before the front. Our four lovelies ended up sitting
in the second row.
As they walked in and sat down, Wendy and Janine had been made even
more self conscious by the whispers they heard. Barely audible voices
said, "Aren't they just darling," and "Oh my, so pretty," "Will you
look at those dresses," and even an obviously little girls voice right
behind them that said, "Mom, don't you ever think about dressing me
that way!" The last comment being out of comprehension for both of our
'girls' because they didn't understand why anyone would not want to be
dressed as they were. When they heard the little girl's words, they
looked at each other in wonderment then shrugged their shoulders.
The service got underway as Pastor Howell made her entrance stopping at
the center of the altar. She raised her hands high in offering then
said, "Welcome! Glorious is the day that God has made! Rejoice and be
glad!" Opening hymns were then sung, passages from scripture were read,
it was time for the pastor to give her sermon. The pastor stood
silently at the pulpit for the longest time seeming to struggle with
her ability to speak then turned away with her back to her congregation
holding her face in her hands for the longest time.
A man on the altar wearing a suit went to her apparently trying to give
comfort by patting the back of her pastoral vestments. After a short
while this seemed to have an effect because she turned to the waiting
assembly and said, "I must apologize. My mother passed away early in
the week. She was the best mother a woman could ever have and other
than my husband, my best friend. I thought that I could preach today
... on this beautiful day that she would have loved so much ... but I
... " was all she was able to say.
Pastor Howell then held her hands over her face, took a deep breath,
paused for a long moment, wiped her tears with her fingers and then,
seeming to have gotten hold of some inner strength from above, gathered
the courage to say, "Let me tell you about my mom ... "
The silence in the church at that moment was the kind of quiet you hear
in the middle of the night on a far away mountain.
After another long pause, the pastor was able to say, "I wouldn't be
here with you today if it wasn't for my mother. While I was growing up,
my family and I went to church every Sunday. Our pastor, may he rest in
peace, was a great man. I idolized him. I told my mother when I was a
teenager that I wanted to tell people about God. I told her that I
wanted to be the pastor of a church. My father told me that I would
never be able to follow that dream because I was a girl. But my mother
told me ... " was all she was able to say before having to compose
herself once more.
"My mother told me that if being a pastor was what I wanted to do, then
I should follow that dream. She told me that if you are not happy in
life, then you are nothing. She told me that I would be only a shell of
a human being for the rest of my days if I was not honest with myself
and be what I was destined to be! She told me to follow my dreams and
be the kind of person that would make her proud of me but more
importantly to make me proud of myself! It was not easy for me, a
woman, to graduate from the theological college but my mother
encouraged me every day, every step of the way."
Those last words seemed to have taken so much out of her that again she
was silent.
"This may be the shortest sermon I have ever given." She paused again,
this time with her fist under her chin thinking as intently as was
possible. Then she said, "I beg you to reach out to your mothers, and
your grandmothers! Take them by the hand and take advantage of their
life experience! Let them show you the way, especially you young girls
out there, let them show you the way to become the woman you were meant
to be!"
There was not another word spoken by Pastor Howell that day from her
pulpit. From the back of the church you could see movement everywhere
as hands here and there were reaching for each other- including
Wendy's, Madge's, Wilma's and Janine's.
Two more hymns were sang, the man in the suit on the altar extended an
invitation for coffee and donuts in the church hall, the service was
pronounced over and the congregation started to leave the church as the
organ played loudly.
Waiting outside to greet her exiting flock, was Pastor Howell. It was
an uncomfortable time for her feeling embarrassed with her emotional
display.
"Thank you so much for sharing. I'm going straight home to call my
mother!"
"May God bless you and your family."
"We are so lucky to have you with us!" and
"We are so sorry for your loss", were only a few of the comments heard
as everyone was leaving the church. Every one of the ladies and most of
the gentleman passing by reached out to extend heartfelt condolences,
some with words but most with an embrace.
Madge looked around to find that they were last to leave the church. It
had taken more than a few moments to dry everyone's eyes and take care
of the resulting sniffles they each had. Especially for Madge and
Wendy, the pastor's words had very deep meaning.
As they left the church, the pastor greeted Wendy and Janine by saying,
"My, you two girls have on the prettiest dresses that were in the
church! And look at your hair! Young girls just don't take the time
anymore to get so nicely dressed for Sunday services. You know, people
just don't get dressed up for church like we did when we were young,"
she said addressing her last comment to Madge and Wilma. "And you,
young lady, have curls just like Shirley Temple. Do you know who she
is?" the pastor asked.
"Yes Pastor, we watched one of her movies last night. My mom put my
hair up for me while we watched it," Wendy volunteered now holding his
mother's hand.
"You mean you slept with your hair up in curlers all night? What a good
girl you must be to make such an effort to look nice when you come to
visit God at his house," Pastor said.
"Yes, Pastor and Janine did too!" Wendy offered making sure Janine
wouldn't feel left out.
Wendy and Janine were reveling in the pastor's kind attention when
Wilma offered her condolence. Pastor Howell responded with, "My mother
was a great woman and we were very close. I will miss her every day for
the rest of my life. I will try my best to honor her memory by being
the best pastor I can possibly be. That's all I can do, " she shared.
"I'm sure your mother was very proud of you," Wilma said.
"I don't remember having you ever join us in prayer before?" she asked.
"Are you new to the area or ... " the pastor said not wanting to make
anyone uncomfortable.
"We have lived here for a long time but we have always attended the
church over on Lincoln Street. We thought that we might give your
church a try today. I'm so glad we did," Madge said offering her hand.
"Where are my manners? My name is Madge Bryson, this is my mother,
Wilma Parsons, my daughter Wendy and our neighbor's daughter, Janine,"
Madge said as the boys curtseyed in turn and Wilma extended her hand.
"How do you do, Mrs. Parsons. You look very familiar. Have we ever
met?" she asked.
"I don't believe so Pastor. But you will be seeing me again. I assure
you," Wilma said pleasantly.
"Janine, where is your mother today?" Pastor Howell asked.
"She's not feeling well today but I'll bring her next week!" Janine
said wanting the pastor to meet his mother.
"It's interesting, this is the second time this recently that I've
heard those two names at the same time," the pastor recalled. "When my
mother was slipping in and out of consciousness toward the end, she
asked 'Wendy, where are you?' several times. During all of those many
times, there were three or four I think, when she would also say the
name 'Wilma' and something about a 'bag'. It made no sense to me at
all. She was delirious but isn't it curious that I'm hearing those two
names together again?"
Wilma was startled to the depth of her being hearing her words. Then
Pastor Rebecca said, "All I could remember as I sat by her bedside is
that long ago my mother told me about a childhood friend she had and
her name was Wilma. After all, it's not the most common name. When my
mother's family moved far away they lost track of each other. My mother
always spoke of it with great sadness."
Wilma, now visibly shaken, said, "Your name is Rebecca and your middle
initial is 'A'; I saw it in today's program. I'll bet your middle name
is 'Anne' and was your mother's maiden name 'Davis'?"
Madge, feeling that there was magic in this moment, moved Wendy in
front of her resting her hands on his shoulders.
"Why yes, my mother's name was Rebecca Anne Davis?" Pastor Howell
asked. "How do you know?"
"Your grandfather was in the jewelry business, wasn't he?" Wilma
continued.
"I've heard of people that are psychic but I've never believed in it.
How do you know these things about my family?" she asked. Then, she
said, "Oh my goodness, you must be the 'Wilma' that mother spoke of so
lovingly."
"Wendy, come here child," Wilma motioned. "My very best friend gave me
this locket on my thirteenth birthday," Wilma said holding Wendy's new
locket in her palm so Pastor Rebecca could examine it.
Now beside herself with the revelation unfolding the pastor said, "Let
me show you something," and the pastor reached inside the neck of her
robes pulling out an identical but even more worn locket. "My mother
wore this almost every day of her life right up until the end. She was
holding it in her hand when she passed away. Look, it has a picture of
her in it."
She took the locket from around her neck opening it. Showing the
picture of two young girls to Wilma she said, "The girl on the left is
my mother, the other girl in the picture ... My heavens and Glory be to
God! That is you! My Mother would stare at this picture for hours on
end wondering where you were!" she said holding the picture up
comparing it to Wilma's face. "I've found you for my mother this
beautiful day! She told me several times that she would have given up
all of her earthly belongings to know where you were. She told me you
were like sisters and then her family moved away. This day is a day of
great blessing."
"There were several similar pictures taken that day. I have one in my
treasures at home," Wilma said. "I will tell you that I loved your
mother very much. She was truly like an older sister to me."
"Perhaps you could clear up a question. Who is Wendy? Another girl in
the neighborhood?" she asked.
Wendy thought, "I'm Wendy! I'm right here!" But wisely he said nothing.
"Oh, 'Wendy' was my nick name. Your mother gave that name to me. She
said 'Wilma' didn't fit me. She told me that I was too pretty for a
name like that and that my parents must have pulled my name out of ...
"
" ... a burlap bag," the pastor said with Wilma simultaneously. "I have
to give you a big hug. It's from my mother," Pastor Rebecca said
hugging Wilma lovingly.
"You must have coffee and donuts with us. Please join me, we have a lot
of catching up to do. Girls, the chocolate covered ones are my
favorite! But you have to be careful, we wouldn't want anything to
happen to those pretty dresses," the pastor said taking Wilma by the
hand heading in the direction of the church hall.
They stayed for a long while allowing Wilma time to talk to Pastor
Howell about her mother and days long ago. Wendy and Janine sat down to
enjoy their chocolate donuts being careful not to mess their lovely
dresses. The boys of the congregation certainly kept their distance
from the two feminine 'girlie girls' as they sat quietly enjoying their
treat. Noting their isolation, one of the mothers insisted that her
daughter be sociable and introduce herself to Wendy and Janine.
"Hi, my name is Patricia. What's your name?" the pretty blonde girl
asked.
"My name is Wendy and this is my friend, Janine," Wendy said politely.
Then added to be friendly, "I love your braid. I wish my hair was long
enough to have it like that."
"Yeah, I wear my hair in a French braid most of the time. Those dresses
are kind of pretty but I sure wouldn't want to wear one. They are just
too, too, ... girlie," Patricia said.
"We love our dresses. Don't we, Janine?" Wendy defended, Janine nodding
his head with a mouthful of donut.
"Girls, it's time to go, but we'll come back next Sunday. Would you
like that?" Madge asked with Wilma and the pastor standing near.
"Oh, yes, Mommie. It was nice to meet you Patricia," Wendy said.
Turning to the adults he said, "It was nice to meet you too, Pastor
Howell," offering his hand and another curtsey. Wilma and Madge said
their goodbyes with an offer to their new pastor of a home cooked meal
before the week was finished.
Driving away from the church, Madge was very pleased that her mother
finally had closure regarding her childhood friend, Becky. "What an
incredible coincidence it is that Mom found that locket and the
whereabouts of her long time friend and it all had to do with Wendy."
The other thought occupying her mind as she considered the miracle she
had just witnessed was the wanton sex she had with Nancy earlier that
morning. She decided to chase that thought from her mind by driving to
a large furniture store she knew to be owned by the mother of two of
her past students.
"Good afternoon, ladies. What darling dresses you have on. And what
pretty hair! Did you just come from the beauty shop!" the matronly,
well coifed woman greeted.
"We just came from church!" Wendy offered.
"That's so nice. May I help you ladies find anything special today,"
the lady asked.
"As a matter of fact you can. I'm looking for a bedroom set for my
daughter. Probably something along the lines of French Provincial in
style but I think we are open to other ideas. Of course, we're looking
for something feminine for her," Madge answered. Then she asked, "You
are Mrs. Montrose, aren't you?"
"Why, yes, I am. I'm sorry but I own this store and wearing one of
those name badges is not my style," she said.
"My name is Madge Bryson. I operate the 'A Woman's Touch College of
Beauty'. I believe your twin sons are two of my former students," Madge
said.
"I'm so glad you are here! I've been meaning to get in touch with you
for the longest time to thank you for your wonderful program," Mrs.
Montrose complimented.
"How are Percy and Devin?" Madge asked.
"The boys have done very well for themselves since graduating from your
beauty college. They recently opened their own salon and told me they
owe it all to you. Actually, they owe it all to me because I
financially backed them in the endeavor!" Mrs. Montrose explained.
"I knew they had opened their own salon. They sent me an invitation but
I was out of town and sadly couldn't make it," Madge said. "Tell me,
are they still wearing their hair as long as they used to," Madge
asked.
"Oh Yes. I don't think they could cut their hair any more than I could
when they were growing up. Such wavy naturally streaked blonde hair
needed to be cared for, not chopped off!" Mrs. Montrose answered
emphatically.
"They sure did have pretty hair. All of the students were jealous but
every one of them asked to be their partners when it came time to
practice techniques!" Madge chatted.
"I loved those days when they had to have one of the other girls do
their hair! I remember that one time when they were going through their
final exams and they each came home with those contrived bouffant up-
dos! They each looked like they were getting ready to dress in formal
gowns for a homecoming prom! Then at dinner I noticed that their
eyebrows had been waxed and their ears were pierced. Oh, the argument
we had when after several days I made them wash their hair and ruin
those perfectly darling hairdos. That wasn't wrong of me, was it?" Mrs.
Montrose asked seriously.
"Those hair styles do take a lot of time. Wendy, Janine, Mrs.
Montrose's sons have some of the prettiest hair I've ever seen on a
male. I know you each want to grow your hair long but it will take a
while to catch up to these two! The last time I saw them their hair was
down to here," Madge said reaching behind her and holding her hand in
back next to her tail bone. "And the color! They have this sandy blonde
hair that has light blonde streaks in it. Women pay hundreds of dollars
to get the color that they have growing naturally. You should see it!"
Madge said excitedly.
"I'm sorry to say that only Percy's hair is still natural. Devin dyed
his hair this horrid copper red color about a month ago. I was so angry
I could have spanked him! In fact, to tell you the truth, I did!" Mrs.
Montrose admitted. "Enough about all of that. Let me show you some
furniture."
They walked the bedroom section of the store with Mrs. Montrose as she
commented on the different styles that she had available. Madge was
interested in several of the sets but was discouraged looking at the
price tags. Wendy had little to say until he reached the end of one
aisle and turned to the far right corner of the store. It was there
that he saw just what he was looking for. He didn't care that the style
name was 'Cassidy' and the maker was 'Home Elegance'. In fact, he
didn't even see those signs. He also didn't pay any attention to the
$1900 price tag.
All Wendy saw was the feminine antique creme color set that was
gracefully hand-painted with a decoration of flowers adorning each
piece of furniture. The flower spray was prominent in the middle of the
head board and the foot board of the bed, as well as on the face of the
drawers of the chest, dresser and night stand.
"That's it, Mommie! That's my bedroom set! Look at the vanity, Mommie!
It's perfect!" Wendy almost giggled as he rushed over to sit on the
padded chair in front of it. Before he sat down he noticed the
needlepoint flowers on the fabric of the chair and he stopped himself.
"Go ahead, Honey, sit down. It's all right," Mrs. Montrose encouraged.
"This is a very popular set. Usually, only very feminine young girls
like it. Although ... " Mrs. Montrose stopped herself in mid thought.
"Is there something wrong with this set?" the always direct Wilma
asked.
"No, nothing like that. It holds up very well as it is made from solid
wood instead of those inexpensive man made materials. I can attest to
how well made it is because I bought Devin and Percy each a set for
their separate bedrooms at home. They've used this exact same set for
years. In fact, Percy still does because he's still living at home with
me. I almost forgot to mention that the set is one hundred percent
produced in America. That accounts for the price being so ... " Mrs.
Montrose said again not finishing her sentence.
"Expensive!" Madge said helping her with the reality if the high cost.
"You don't worry about that. Let me go to my office and see what I can
do for you. You may not remember that when I brought my boys in to
enroll them at your beauty school I couldn't afford to enroll them
both. You helped me with their tuition and I never forget an
accommodation," the kindly store owner said walking away.
While she was gone, Madge was looking at the price tags on each piece
trying to figure out what Wendy could do without. Wendy certainly
needed the bed frame, night stand and vanity. Madge was considering not
getting both the chest and the dresser because she could always get one
or the other later. But, the dresser had a mirror and that would be a
necessity.
Mrs. Montrose returned with a piece of paper in hand making Madge brace
herself for the bad news. "This price is a little above my cost; just
enough to take care of the delivery charges," she explained showing the
hand written number to Madge.
"Thank you for your generous consideration but I was wondering if we
didn't get the tall chest what the ... " Madge said as Wilma snatched
the paper from her hand.
"This is a great deal. Madge, I'll split this with you. I'm going to
put this on my charge and you can send me a check for your half when
the beauty college classes start up again in September. Here's my
credit card, Mrs. Montrose. When can the set be delivered?"
"Mom, you've already done too much," Madge said.
"Nonsense! Haven't you and I already had this conversation?" Wilma
said. "Mrs. Montrose, if you please, I'm sure there is paperwork to
sign. I'm here all week so when may we take delivery?"
Returning with the signed sales receipt, Mrs. Montrose said, "Thank you
so much ladies! Girls, oh girls, I have a present for you and you get
to pick it out. In the back of the store over there around the other
side of that wall are shelves filled with stuffed animals. I give one
to every young girl whose parents buy her a bedroom set. Since your
mother is like an old friend, I want you each to have one. Go along
now, quick like bunnies!" she directed.
"I'll tell my sweet ones that you were here, Mrs. Bryson. They always
have such nice things to say about you," Mrs. Montrose said.
"I would love to see them. So their salon is doing well?" Madge asked.
"Yes, very well considering that it is new and they are still building
their clientele. I'm sure they would love to see you, too. They were so
disappointed you couldn't go to their opening party! You know,
enrolling them in your beauty college was the best thing I ever did for
them," the twins' mother continued. She further said, "I tried to think
of something that would help them sustain themselves after I was gone.
They always stayed to themselves so much growing up save a couple of
neighbor girls that came over to play once in a while. They never were
very good at anything outside of the domestic duties that I taught them
while they were growing up. When I taught them to set and style my hair
and do that for each other, it seemed like a natural thing to enroll
them at your beauty college. You made them feel so welcome when they
started their classes. I will always be grateful."
"I had heard that Percy was in transition," Madge asked as her mother
thought 'trans what'?
"Yes, that's true. We are going through the paperwork to legally change
her name to Priscilla. You probably wouldn't recognize her if you saw
her. She's had some surgery done on her facial features along with
electrolysis. Her lips are quite full from collagen injections, as are
her breasts. She fills out a 'C' cup bra quite nicely. That girl can
really turn heads walking down the street in a tight skirt," she said
proudly.
"And Devin?" Madge asked.
"He's fine. He thought that Priscilla might need some extra quiet while
she is going through her change so he moved in with his boyfriend.
Those two drive me to distraction! Devin's boyfriend, Blair, what a
hunk he is, is a hairdresser too and I finally had to warn them to be
sure and call me if any major hair style changes had taken place since
I last saw them. When Devin walked in with that disgusting color ...
well ... I told you what happened. Those two can't seem to resist
trying every new hair color that comes on the market."
Janine and Wendy returned with their carefully chosen stuffed animals.
Wendy had chosen a soft pink kitten that was a little bigger than life
size and Janine chose a pale violet bunny rabbit with floppy ears. Each
of the stuffed animals had a black ribbon around the neck embroidered
with the name of the store, "Elegant Furniture Creations'.
"Those are just fine, girls. That kitten will look cute on your new
bed," Mrs. Montrose said to Wendy. Addressing Janine she asked, "And,
you, my pretty little one, do you need any bedroom furniture."
"No Ma'am, I'm going to use my sister's furniture. She doesn't like it
any more," Janine answered.
"We had better be leaving but I'd like to call you in the next day or
so, I have some questions regarding Priscilla's procedures. You see,
... " Madge said looking down at Wendy from behind him not wanting to
give her interest in the subject away.
"That's amazing. I never would have guessed ... " Mrs. Montrose said
continuing to speak her mind without using too many words. "Please call
me anytime," she offered.
On the way home they passed a large fabric store and Wilma reminded
Madge of her need to visit one. So, rather than wait for the following
day, Madge turned the car around to make that their next stop. Entering
the store, Wilma instinctively sought out the long tables where the
pattern books were kept. "Let's see, I think this Butterick book will
have the patterns we need," Wilma said. After flipping back to the
index, she found the page she was looking for.
"Here they are Wendy. Do these look familiar to you?" she asked.
"Look, Grammy isn't that the first apron you made for me! And, that's
the second one right there, isn't it?" Wendy said pointing to another
style apron on the page. While Wendy was initially focused on the
aprons, it didn't escape him that the first ruffled bib apron was
displayed as being worn by a young woman wearing a classic black dress
with contrasting white collar and cuffed sleeves. She had a lace
adornment across the top front of her hair and had a feather duster in
her hand.
"Grammy, isn't that a maid wearing my apron?" he asked.
"Yes, Wendy, I believe it is. She looks like she is ready to clean
house, doesn't she?" Wilma asked.
"I want to wear a maid's dress when I do housework. Please, Grammy,
could you make me a dress like that?" he asked hopefully as Janine
stood looking on.
"I'm sure I could, child, but I'm not sure your mother would like you
running around wearing a maid's outfit," Wilma asked. Before another
word could be said, Wendy was off to find Madge who was looking at
drapery material on the other side of the store. Momentarily, Wendy
showed up at the pattern book table with his mother.
"See, Mommie, that's the dress I want to wear with my apron. It's
perfect! See that lady, she's a maid and she's doing housework too!"
Wendy excitedly said.
"Wendy, I don't think ... " Madge started to say.
Wilma offered, "Maybe in another color, Madge. What if I made it in a
pastel shade?"
"But with the head piece it looks so ... I don't know ... like a maid.
I'm not sure I want Wendy to dress up like a maid," she further
explained.
Doing the thing that children always try before defeat, Wendy decided
to negotiate. "Mother, please, please say it's all right. I won't wear
the hair thing because I want to do my housework with my hair up in
rollers wearing a pretty scarf like you told me I should!"
Madge couldn't find any more reason to argue. She had already told
Wendy that he would wear an apron when he did her hair. She also told
him of the benefits of wearing a scarf the old fashioned way over your
rollers when you do housework. "What do you think, Mom?" Madge asked
her mother.
"If he's determined to do the housework, then he should be properly
attired for it. There is no sense in wearing nice clothes to work in.
If you think about it, Wendy has so little in the way of clothing
anyway. Making a few of these simple dresses along with a few more
aprons would be practical, as well as inexpensive. I don't see the
harm," Wilma responded.
"Well, all right. Let's see what they have available in some fabric,"
Madge said.
"Did you hear, Janine? Grammy is going to make me a maid's dress to
wear for doing housework. Isn't that simply the best!" Wendy cheered.
Janine was so jealous of Wendy at that minute he was about ready to
burst. It was his dream that he and Wendy wear identical dresses while
doing housework but he was afraid to ask.
Wilma picked the two correct size patterns out of the drawer then
studied them. "Let me find a piece of paper so I can do a little
arithmetic," she said. About three minutes later, "I think I have it,"
showing Madge the piece of paper in her hand.
"Mom, you are the master of sewing here but this seems like a lot of
material to me. How many dresses were you planning to make?" Madge
asked.
"Wendy and Janine can't wear the same thing day after day," Wilma said
never liking to be questioned.
"Janine, Mom?" Madge asked as Janine stood almost holding his breath.
"Of course, Janine. I wouldn't leave him out of this fun. Once he sees
Wendy doing your housework in a nice dress and apron, he's going to
want to do the same thing for his mother, I'm sure. So, I think two
dresses in four different fabrics will be enough for them to start.
Besides, I 'm not doing all of that sewing by myself. Those two boys
are old enough to start learning to sew. Especially Wendy because he's
thirteen. He learned a couple of basic things when he stayed with me
but he's never run a sewing machine as far as I know," Wilma said.
She then added, "I know children. What one wants the other is going to
want. I watched these two l