Trish.
by Kyorii Pilau.
This story is a prequel to the story The Model maker and tells the tale
of Trish up until the time that Chris moves in with her, I hope it fills
some gaps in her life only hinted at in my story. (If however, you
haven't read The Model maker yet, read this first).
Chapter 1 An evening working.
It's a pleasant late spring evening and I'm standing on the pavement
with one of the older girls on the north side of the railway tracks just
behind Middlesbrough train station on a quiet section of road only
usually frequented by hookers, punters and on occasions the British
Railway Police, it's been rather quiet this evening I've only had one
customer so far and all he wanted was a blow job but I was relying on
the fact that it usually gets busy once the pubs turn out a little
later. It was now starting to get dark as the sun had now vanished
behind the large corrugated steel buildings of the trading estate by the
river, my ankles were now starting to ache from standing here on the
pavement in my ludicrous heels.
Tonight is a relatively rare event for me nowadays as I now have a
daytime job and no longer have a drug habit to support but an unexpected
bill has left me a little short of money on the run up to the end of the
month, so here I am selling my body on the street once more in order to
pay them and get a little spending money for myself before the weekend.
I was just about to reward myself with a quick Cigarette break and
possibly a cup of tea when I noticed coming out from under one of the
road bridges that ran under the railway line heading back into town a
young lad, he was carrying a backpack and he looked lost, he also did
not look like one of the streetwise local lads.
As I watched the teenager I was almost transfixed by him.
"What you looking at Trish?" asked Jan.
"It's that lad over there, I don't know why but I can't keep my eyes off
him, do you think he's lost?"
"Must be, the way he's walking he'll be mugged or worse before the end
of the night."
It was then I realised why I was so fascinated by him, he was reminding
me of my old self, the old me just after I had run away from home or to
be more precise after I had been thrown out onto the street by my
father.
As I watched the lad wandering aimlessly I started to think about my own
life and how I had ended up becoming the person I'd slowly evolved into,
the young lad down the road in front of me was just starting on his
journey and I found myself hoping that he wouldn't make the mistakes
that I had along the way.
After a few seconds heading down towards the new police station on
Bridge street the Teen turned and then started to walk back towards us,
he seemed a little bemused as to why we were all standing on the
pavement as if waiting for a bus.
"Hello love," said Jan.
"Want to spend a little time with me tonight?"
the poor teen looked mortified and just said, "I, I, no I'm just." I
didn't think that Jan was very funny at all and interrupted.
"Leave him alone Jan, can't you see that he's terrified."
I then addressed him.
"Hello I'm called Trish, are you lost?"
"I, er I'm trying to find somewhere to stay." I smiled at the young lad
and asked him, "You're not from around here are you?"
"No I've just.." He became rather tongue tied, I was really feeling
sympathy for his plight as he was almost certainly a runaway so I
reached into my purse, I then rummaged around for a few seconds and
finally from under my stock of condoms and lube I produced a card and
said, "Here take this, they tried to help me when I first came here." he
took the card from me and looked at it, he seemed to be wondering what
to do next, so I suggested.
"Why don't you use that phone over there and give them a ring, don't
worry they won't ask too many questions." The lad looked up at me and
said, "Thank you er Trish." he then quickly went over to the rather
grubby phone box across the road and I watched as he dialled the number
on the card, he then seemed to freeze.
"I think that lad is about to start bubbling Trish, oh yes there he
goes," said Jan as we both watched him standing with the phone receiver
in his hand as he started to cry.
I quickly crossed the road and took the receiver from the poor lads
shaking hand and said, "Hello, young man needs somewhere to stay, he's
behind the train station." I hung up the receiver and stood by the
beautiful innocent looking young lad whilst I waited for the inevitable
minibus to arrive, no one was going to harm him tonight, I was going to
make sure of that.
Less than ten minutes later a familiar minibus pulled up by the phone
box and one of the charities helpers got out, she smiled at me but I
could tell that she was saddened to see me here tonight.
"Hello Trish, back to your old tricks I see."
"I'm sorry Tanya, I needed the extra money but at least I'm still clean
now."
"I'm really glad to hear it, now who is your friend?"
"Dunno, think he's a runaway, a pretty boy like him wouldn't have
survived the night out here.," Tanya turned to the young lad.
"What's your name son?" she asked him kindly.
"It's T.. Chris, miss." I think that both Tanya and I knew that he was
lying but she smiled at him and said, "Come on, let's get you onto the
bus, we'll get you fed and find somewhere for you to stay, shall we?,"
The young lad called Chris meekly followed Tanya onto the bus and sat
down.
I just stood and watched as Tanya helped him onto the bus, just before
she got onto the bus however Tanya turned and mouthed "Thank you" to me.
The door on the bus then closed and I watched as Tanya sat behind the
driver.
As the bus pulled away I just stood and looked as the obviously
terrified lad who was now sitting clutching his bag passed me by, I
smiled at him and in my head, I wished him well, I then crossed back
over the road and went back to work.
Later that evening I was dropped off by my last customer on the slip
road to the Newport bridge and started the short walk back to my new
flat, I was walking rather tentatively as my final customer had been
rather large and had stretched me a little further than I was used to,
he had taken me from behind as I had told him that I was on my period,
he didn't seem the least bit bothered as long as he got to screw
something this evening and he was good enough as to drop me off close to
home in his nice new Jag.
By the time I had teetered several streets in my silly heels I reached
my front door my ankles were killing me, I took out my keys and started
to unlock the three security locks, once unlocked I opened the door and
the alarm system started to beep, Quickly I entered the four digit code
and disarmed the alarm, I then closed and locked the front door behind
me before entering the night code on the alarm, I then started upstairs
whilst undoing the zips on my boots, I abandoned my boots on the landing
and padded through to the kitchen and turned on the kettle.
Several minutes later I was sinking into my large comfortable leather
chair with a cup of cocoa in my hand and started to relax for a few
minutes whilst watching the TV before I went for my bath before bed.
I turned the TV off several minutes later as I was getting a little
irate at a rather portly local politician who was being interviewed on
the local news, he was talking about how he worried about the increasing
levels of social deprivation in the area and he managed to say this on
the same week as the councillors has awarded themselves an above the
rate of inflation pay rise.
"Hypocrite," I heard myself saying as I reached over to my handbag and
started to take tonight's earnings from its hidden pouch.
"Two hundred and twenty pounds, not bad," I said to myself as I got up
from my comfy leather chair and took my mug back into the kitchen and
washed it.
I went through into the bathroom and turned on the shower and whilst it
warmed I took a cotton pad and with a generous dollop of makeup remover
I proceeded to clean my heavily painted face of its makeup. I then
pulled my tight top over my head and removed my b cup bra with its
silicone inserts and dropped them onto the small wooden chair near the
bath, I slipped my tiny miniskirt down over my hips and removed my
panties noting the small blood stain at the rear as I did.
Just before I got into the shower I looked myself over in the mirror.
my body now curved in all of the correct places, my breasts although
still a little on the small size were now almost a b cup I looked down
past my slimming waist and my gently curving hips to almost the last
remnant of who I had once been, my now small almost childlike penis I
looked sadly at the completely out of place appendage and then stepped
into the shower.
My shower refreshed me in more ways than one as it had cleaned away the
filth of the day and also helped wash away the filth of what I had been
doing this evening, I quickly ran a towel through my hair before bending
over and wrapping my head in another towel like a turban, I then wrapped
my body in a large fluffy cotton bath sheet and went through to my large
and spacious bedroom at the front of my flat.
Once dried moisturised and prepared for bed I lay back on my large
comfortable Queen sized bed and listened to the early morning police
sirens in the distance, I was wearing a plain cotton nightshirt and
panties, nothing elaborate, as I was dressed for comfort.
I turned off my bedside light and as I was readying myself for sleep I
wondered to myself if the young lad I'd helped this evening was now safe
and comfortable in the charities house on the outskirts of town, I hoped
he was now safe and being helped by Tanya and the other staff I then
actually smiled at myself for actually caring about someone other than
myself finally.
As I started to doze in the warm comfort of my bed my mind started to
drift back in time to what now seemed to me to be another lifetime, a
time when I lived in Yorkshire with my parents and my two sisters, to
the day that ripped our family apart permanently and separated us by
over 200 miles and a Border.
Chapter 2 The breakup.
I was born in North Yorkshire and lived a very normal almost privileged
childhood on the outskirts of a small town called Harrogate well into my
teen years, my parents were not what would be classed as wealthy but
they both worked hard for a living and we even had two cars.
I remember that my life started to change for the worse just before we
were due to return to school after our summer holidays, it was the year
that my youngest sister was going to join me and my older sister in
secondary school. I'd just come back from my mates' house and got off my
bike when I as I approached our front door I heard an almighty row in
the house. As I was about to enter my father left the house and stormed
past me, ignoring me completely and went straight over to his car on the
other side of the street then got in, a few seconds later he screeched
his wheels as he sped away.
I went into our house and found my mum who was in the living room she
was crying, I asked her what had happened and where my dad had gone but
she just shouted at me, "What happened? Your father happened Joseph,
he's just told me he doesn't love me anymore and he is moving back up to
Scotland to live near his parents."
"What, Why?"
"Don't ask me, ask him." My mum then started to cry again, what I should
have done was to comfort her like my sisters were doing but instead I
went upstairs into my room and tried to ring him using my phone, he
obviously didn't answer but by the time I went back down stairs my mum
had composed herself and was making our evening meal.
Over the next few days' visitors came and went, they usually left with
items belonging to my dad, my mum was civil towards me but it was almost
as if I were now a guest in the house instead of her son. My sisters
also now seemed to relish every opportunity to put me down however, this
really upset me as I had always got on very well with both of them, I
put this down to their anger at dad for leaving us, (I was also male so
it was also all my fault).
Things calmed down after a while and life started to return almost to
normal, that is until the day I got into a fight at school.
One of the lads in the year above me made an unpleasant comment about my
mum and it almost ended in a fight, I stood up to him and he quickly
backed down as he also knew that I attended a local judo class but as I
turned and walked away from him he pushed me in the back at the same
time as one of his friends tripped me, I fell forward and face planted
the wall, as I got up of the ground they could see the extent of the
damage to my mouth and my teeth the two lads stepped away but it was too
late.
I savagely attacked the lad who had pushed me and as I was about to put
down his accomplice when I was grabbed by the music teacher.
"What the hell do you think you were... Oh Christ get yourself to the
nurses' room straight away Connelly." I didn't realise it until after I
was taken to hospital but I had lost five of my top front teeth and six
of my lower front teeth, my mum was not happy about my fight and my loss
of permanent teeth and perversely blamed the whole incident on me, two
weeks later after several heated arguments on the phone I was packed off
to live in Scotland with my dad, that was the last time I saw my mother
or either of my sisters.
Chapter 3 My new teeth.
I Awoke the next morning and thumped my alarm clock, I stretched and
then slipped my feet over to the edge of the bed today was a big day for
me, not because it was a work day but because I was going to visit my
dental surgeon and hopefully have the rest of my top teeth restored to
normal, until very recently I had been wearing partial dentures as a
result of an accident at school but now I only wore dentures on my top
as my bottom ones had recently been replaced with dental implants. A few
months ago my dental surgeon had implanted titanium pegs into my upper
jaw and hopefully later on today hopefully my upper dentures would be a
thing of the past also and I would once again have a full set of teeth,
I retrieved my dentures from the bedside table and slipped them into my
mouth.
I dressed for work in my uniform it was pretty utilitarian and not very
flattering. I currently worked at a local parcel firm as a receptionist
and general helper, this mostly involved finding parcels and returning
them to people who had missed them due to them not being in.
I tied my hair back and put on very minimal makeup as I wanted my skin
to breath today and I also did not want to be recognised by anyone at
work as one of the hookers that work down by the station.
My day at work went as all days went and at just after four in the
afternoon I was on the bus heading towards my dentists' surgery.
I was greeted by the receptionist and told that Mr Kumar was running a
little behind and that he shouldn't be too long, I was now getting a
little nervous. About ten minutes later Mr Kumar came out and greeted me
personally.
"Good afternoon Ms Connelly are you ready to get a new and permanent
smile?" I just nodded.
"Don't worry soon you will soon be the most beautiful girl in Teeside."
Not only was Mr Kumar a very good dentist he really knew how to make me
smile. When I had approached him several months ago about my teeth he
had suggested several options and told me all the prices up front for
his services he even apologised that implants were not available on the
NHS, I really liked his honesty and gave him the job there and then, he
even allowed me to pay in instalments for the work.
Nearly two hours later I paid the receptionist the final instalment of
two hundred and ten pounds and left Mr Kumar's surgery with my new teeth
fitted and a very numb mouth, as it was still relatively early and I
wouldn't be able to eat for a couple of hours I decided to go shopping,
not for clothes or shoes but shopping for a little treat for me.
As I got off the bus in the local retail park I immediately headed over
to the hobby shop and went to my favourite section and started to
browse, I initially got a couple of strange looks from members of staff
but was soon ignored, I placed several small tins of paint into my
basket followed by two fine paintbrushes a tube of plastic filler, a set
of scalpel blades and a 1:48 scale model kit of an English Electric
Canberra aircraft.
As I left the hobby shop I noticed over the other side of the large car
park was an electronics hobby store, I headed over there as I had
recently had an idea and wanted to try it out on one of my models.
As I entered the store I was approached by a sales assistant.
"Can I help you Miss?" he asked pleasantly.
"Oh yes I'm looking for some little bulbs, so that I can light up some
of my models."
"What voltage?"
"Er, Battery voltage I think." The man then pointed over to the back of
the store.
"Lamps are at the back on the right-hand side." I got the distinct
impression that I was being fobbed off but I headed to the rear of the
store to have a look but when I got there I had absolutely no idea what
I was looking for as there were many types of bulbs with different names
and fixings and I didn't really understand what any of them meant, I was
not however going to let my ignorance get in the way of what I wanted to
do so I took out my little note book from my handbag and started to note
down some of the names of the lights like LES, ES, BC, LED, I thought to
myself that I would look these up on the internet when I got home
tonight. As I headed back towards the bus stop the lure of clothes
shopping became too great for me to resist so I reluctantly called in to
M&S and treated myself to two new B cup Bra's and a pair or three of
tights and a new skirt, I left before I got carried away however.
I picked up a takeaway on the way home and was soon back in my little
flat by myself once more. I did not enjoy my takeaway as much as I
usually did as I usually did however as the anaesthetic had now worn off
and my gums were now aching somewhat so I went into my room and got
changed into a pair of joggers and a tee shirt, I made myself a drink in
my small kitchen and sat on my comfy leather chair tucked my legs under
me and started to watch a documentary show on the TV.
One of the portions of the show was about teenage runaways and after
watching for a few minutes I found myself becoming quite upset and had
to retrieve a tissue from the box on the coffee table.
I started to wonder if the charity had managed to convince the young lad
I'd encountered last night to go home yet, I then smiled at myself and
said, "Young lad, listen to me I'll only be nineteen myself next week,"
this started me thinking once again about my past and how it had started
to shape me.
Chapter 4 Alexandria.
The bus journey up to Scotland took several long hours, at one point as
we crossed the border just north of Carlisle I even wondered if I would
be needing my passport!
I changed bus in Glasgow and I was soon heading north once more.
As I looked out of the window Glasgow appeared to be a massive busy and
exciting place, soon though as the bus sped north the streets were
replaced by first fields then gently rolling hills and then in the
distance I could see actual mountains and a very large lake, or as the
Scottish call them a Loch. The bus left the main road and headed for a
town called Alexandria this was where my dad came from and was where he
was now living, as we got closer I was not impressed by what I could
see, the town seemed grey, bland and very run down it was nothing like
the beautiful countryside that surrounded it.
As I stepped of the bus I noticed that my dad was waiting for me, he did
not seem particularly happy to see me, I smiled at him and he almost
backed away as he noticed my array of missing teeth.
"I see she couldn't even be arsed to get your teeth fixed Joseph," he
sighed.
"Oh well I should be used to getting your mum's rejects."
The happy tearful reunion with my father wasn't going exactly to plan my
dad just seemed more resigned to see me than happy, he took one of my
bags off me and we put them in the boot of his small Renault.
My new home was a large grey rendered ex council house, it had a large
front garden and a small back garden, my room was the smallest upstairs
it was the one that until recently had only been used for storage, it
contained a bed.
That evening I lay on my bed and looked at the bare walls and ceiling
and resolved to try and make the best of my new situation.
My father was no longer the fun loving great dad I had remembered but
had become rather a cold individual, he did however look after me and
within a week he'd booked me into a local dentist and paid for me to
have a set of dentures made, unfortunately before they were ready I had
to start at my new school and, surprise surprise, I was picked on almost
from the first millisecond I opened my mouth.
I retaliated from my bullying of course but this just lowered me further
in my father's estimation of me.
I did however slowly integrate into my new life in Scotland and almost
started to enjoy myself, my father however remained distant from me and
only really talked during meals or when he was going away on business,
at those times it was only to warn me that my grandfather would be
looking after me.
My grandfather was very old fashioned, the only similarity between us
was that we both wore dentures, even though mine were only partial.
Every time my grandfather looked after me he felt it somehow his duty to
take me to his local barbers and have my hair cut, although cut would
really be me being polite as scalped I feel was a more appropriate word
for what happened.
I had found it really difficult to make friends whilst I lived in
Scotland so all of my exploration of the local area was usually solitary
my only real happiness was found making small plastic models and I
usually spent my pocket money and my paper round money on them, both my
father and grandfather however greatly disapproved of me wasting my
money in this way.
It was about three weeks after my seventeenth birthday that I did
something really incredibly stupid and my life started to change.
Back in the present however I used the remote and turned the TV off, got
up and took my mug into the kitchen and washed up the few dishes from my
evening meal and decided to have a bath before I went to bed.
As I reached the landing before entering my bedroom I instead went into
the empty room at the back of my flat.
On opening the door, I noticed the bare floorboards and peeling paper on
the walls, I smiled at myself as I started to formulate a plan.
I was lonely, very lonely indeed I didn't really associate with my work
colleagues and the only real friends that I had ever had were either now
dead or prostitutes.
I had some very good friends that walked the streets but as with all of
the other girls that were not hooked on drugs I liked to keep my working
life and my private life as separate as possible.
What I should do, I thought to myself as I stood looking at the empty
room was that I should decorate it and get a lodger in, I resolved to do
this in the coming weeks.
I undressed in my bedroom and walked through to the bathroom naked I
really liked to feel the now familiar jiggle of my small breasts as I
walked braless into the bathroom, I started to run my bath and then
opened the bathroom cabinet and took out my medication my hormones,
testosterone blockers and vitamins, I briefly thought back to a time not
so long ago when I was almost eating hormone pills like sweets and had
ended up in the local casualty department, I shuddered at my stupidity
and took my pills at the prescribed dose and then thought to myself that
I should contact my friend Peggy and have a cup of tea with her soon.
I then slipped into my bath and relaxed away the day.
Chapter 5 Redcar.
On Saturday morning my 'Work' phone went off, I was sitting on my stool
in the front box room dressed in a very comfy teddy bear onesie gently
teasing the fuselage of an English Electric Lightning from its plastic
sprue, I put down the small pieces of plastic and took my phone off the
worktop.
"Hello?"
"Little Mouse?" I smiled as I knew exactly who it was it was my friend
Peggy.
"Peggy, how are you? I haven't heard from you in ages."
"You've been working again." I could tell from the tone of her voice
that she disapproved a little.
"It's not what you think Peggy I just needed some extra money to pay the
last instalment on my teeth." I also knew that even though I was telling
the truth she wouldn't believe me, as an ex drug addict I accepted
peoples mistrust of me.
"In that case my Mouse you won't mind meeting me for a cup of tea later
on then, will you?"
"Er."
"The usual place at lunchtime I'm buying."
"Okay then." Peggy hung up, Jan must have snitched on me I thought, in
reality I was actually touched that Peggy cared enough about me to check
that I hadn't relapsed, so it wasn't really a chore at all to go and see
her, in fact I was now actually looking forward to it.
I finished off what I was doing and went through to my bedroom and
brushed my hair, I then plaited it and finished it off with a little
pink ribbon I applied a little mascara and lined my eyes and then
applied a little powder just to take the shine of my face I finished
with a discrete lipstick, I stepped out of my onesie and selected one of
my new pairs of tights I took them out of the packet and gently eased
each leg up my own smooth legs, I then decided that it would be a good
time to break in one of my new bra's so I removed it from its packaging
and quickly put my arms through the shoulder straps and deftly fastened
the two little hooks to the rear, adjusted the straps for comfort and
support and then selected a light and floaty pleated black and red skirt
and a fitted white women's tee shirt and pulled it over my head, I
finished off my dressing with a recently purchased pair of black
plimsolls before I left for the bus however I placed a single cigarette
and a lighter in my shoulder bag.
I had debated whether to get the train to Redcar but had unwisely
decided to get the bus as it was a little cheaper, I had to text Peggy
to apologise as I was running nearly half an hour late when the bus
finally pulled into Redcar, I quickly made my way down to the high
street and into a small and very run down looking Caf?, Peggy was
sitting at the rear and smiled at me as I entered and got up to greet me
she kissed me on the lips and as we sat down opposite each other she
asked, "So how are you then?" I smiled and said honestly.
"Really good Peggy I think that my life is finally coming together," she
was staring intently at me as I answered.
"Well your breath is fresh and your eyes seem to be alert, you have to
forgive me little mouse but I've worked with addicts before I worry
about you." I don't know if it was Peggy's manner or the hormones but I
was really touched by her concern for me and the tear I shed didn't go
unnoticed by Peggy, she quickly changed the subject and suggested.
"Shall we be really naughty today and have a proper dinner?"
"Yes please Peggy but I'll have to go for a long walk afterwards."
a couple of minutes later an old man came over to us and said, "I've
brought you a cup of tea each have you decided what you would like from
our menu yet?"
"Yes please Barney could you do us both mince pie and chips please with
peas and lots of gravy."
"Coming right up, shouldn't be too long."
As we waited I chatted to Peggy it had been a while since I'd last seen
her and it was nice to catch up, she told me that her son was now
starting secondary school and that she also now had a part time job, I
was glad for her as I could tell that her lifestyle was starting to
prematurely age her, after a few minutes an old lady came over with our
meals as she placed them on the table Peggy held her hand and asked,
"Are you feeling okay Mrs Johnstone you seem a little breathless today."
"Oh I'm fine love just a touch of indigestion that's all."
"Thank you for our food it looks lovely."
The old lady slowly moved away I could see in Peggy's face that she was
concerned but she didn't say anything she just started eating, I joined
her and the food was excellent I hadn't realised it but the pie was
home-made and tasted lovely.
I really enjoyed our dinner together and was looking forward to an after
lunch walk when the old man came over to us.
"Everything okay?"
"It was exactly what I would expect from you and your wife Barney it was
lovely." he blushed a little.
"Now tell me how are you both at the moment?"
"Aches and pains the usual stuff peg, getting old is no fun at all."
"And your wife?" asked Peggy.
"She's slowing up a lot now but hopefully we'll be able to retire soon."
"Barney when you've finished up for the day, take your wife to the
casualty department at the General and tell them that she's been
suffering chest pains and don't leave there until she's been thoroughly
checked out I think that her Angina is getting worse."
from the look on the old man's face I think that he already knew his
wife was poorly but he promised that he would do what Peggy said, he
also only charged for one meal.
As we left the caf? I asked Peggy.
"Do you have medical training because you seemed to know what you were
talking about back there?"
"I've already told you once Trish but I suppose you weren't in any
condition to listen at the time, I used to do a little nursing when I
was younger, of course that was before cowardly Ken left me and cleaned
out our bank accounts."
I had a vague recollection of her telling me something.
"But I don't want to talk about me today Trish I want to hear all about
your good Samaritan act the other night, Jan was quite surprised at
you."
I knew it Jan had snitched on me, I felt a little insulted but I did
know what she meant.
As we walked down to the beach I answered.
"I don't know why Peggy but when I saw him looking all lost and scared I
just wanted him to be somewhere safe, you know what it's like down there
at night, I had to do something so I gave him a card for the Stevenson
Charity." Peggy then gently held my hand as we continued to the beach.
"That's not all you did my Little Mouse you then went over the road and
helped him and then you stayed with him until he was picked up, I'm so
proud of you."
I smiled and I actually think that I felt my chest swell a little having
Peggy tell me that she was proud of me actually gave me goosebumps.
A little later as Peggy and I sat on the promenade watching the sea she
said, "You are now almost a completely different person from the messed
up young girl I first met over a year ago, were you always like that or
has your real personality just returned to how it used to be?" I thought
about her question for a second or two and then said, "I'd like to think
that I have learned from my mistakes Peggy but I think that I had always
been a little selfish and self-centred, I realise that now."
Peggy stood up and held out her hand.
"Come on let's go for a walk along the beach and you can tell me all
about it." So, as we walked down the concrete steps to the beach I
started to tell Peggy a little of my tale of woe.
Chapter 6 The end of the beginning for Joseph.
Shortly after my seventeenth birthday on a bright and breezy Sunday
afternoon I was out on my bike exploring the countryside around
Alexandria and the banks of Loch Lomond when I got a puncture. It took
me a long time to push my bike back in towards town and it was also
starting to get late, about half a mile from my home I turned down what
I thought to be a quick short cut but was just a lane into trouble, for
at the end of the lane I bumped into several students from my school I
recognised them as I'd seen at least a couple of them in the sixth from
block they were also older than me and they were sharing an odd-looking
cigarette.
"Hello Connelly, you are in the wrong place you shouldn't be here" said
one of the lads.
"Er I was looking for a short cut home, I've got a puncture."
"So who's this then?" asked another of the lads.
"Oh he's just a nobody from fifth form 'Gummy Connelly' aren't you?"
"Oh, Err yes" one of the older looking lads who seemed to be eyeing me
up asked, "Would you like to try my cigarette Connelly."
"Err no thanks, I don't smoke," he smiled and said, "Just one puff and
we'll let you go." I felt really intimidated by these lads but asked,
"Just one and I can go?"
"Yes just one, take this and put it to your lips yes just like that,
okay now suck but don't breathe in" I sucked at the strange cigarette
and my taste buds detected a bitter taste, it wasn't pleasant.
"Now breath in deeply really fast." I breathed in quickly, nothing
happened for nearly a second and then I started to cough and cough and
cough it was horrible my eyes started to water and my nose started to
run my throat felt like it had been sandpapered.
All of the others standing around me however thought it was hilarious.
"That was horrible" I said just before I was almost overcome by a wave
of weird calmness.
"oooohhhh, that wasn't just a cigarette, was it?"
"No Gummy it was Pot, did you enjoy it?," I couldn't answer as I was
feeling a little wobbly and was now holding onto the handlebars of my
bike in order to keep the world stable.
The gang of lads then decided to wander off and leave me but before they
left me however one of the lads who I later found out was called Brandon
said, "Here you can have what's left of the joint, keep it for later and
if you want any more come and see me." he dropped the now extinguished
part smoked joint onto the pavement next to me.
It was nearly dark when I finally reached home, my father was not amused
as I hadn't set the table or done any of my chores. I however didn't
really care as I was still feeling the effects of that one lungful of
smoke.
It took a lot of concentration to try and act normal that evening but
eventually my mind became less muddy and my senses fully returned to me.
It was nearly a week later that I had my second experience with pot, it
was just after my grandfather had been having a go at me about mowing
the lawn and I was feeling a little down, I sneaked into the shed and
lit the remnant of the joint that I'd been given, this time I inhaled
three times before the small joint had burned away and afterwards I was
completely stoned it was awesome. The effect lasted nearly two hours two
hours of escape from my grandfather's constant moaning, it was well
worth it.
As you can imagine that was not the last time I smoked pot and soon I
approached Brandon at school for another joint, then another and
another, soon I was spending all of my pocket money on joints, the
problem was that their effects seemed to be getting less and less and of
a shorter duration. I initially tried to cut down but I liked the
feeling of well-being that the pot gave me.
One Saturday afternoon whilst aimlessly wandering around town I was
looking in the window of a DIY store when I heard a voice.
"Hello Joseph," I turned around only to find Brandon standing there, he
looked as though he had been clothes shopping.
"Oh hello Brandon," I replied as I looked at him.
"You look a little different out of uniform." he did he looked very
smart and seemed to me to actually look a lot taller.
"Fancy a burger or something?"
"I can't really afford it Brandon." I admitted.
"My treat come on." I followed him along the high street until we
reached a famous burger restaurant with a Scottish name that was not
popular with the Campbell clan.
"Sit over there and I'll get our food" said Brandon.
I found a seat by the window and after a few minutes Brandon appeared
with a plastic tray containing two medium meals he separated the meals
and placed a drink fries and a cheese burger in front of me.
"Tuck in" Brandon said with an endearing smile.
"Thank you but you didn't have to," I said but he just waved at my food
after a few minutes he said, "I was hoping to bump into you at some
point without the gang present."
"Oh?"
"I'd like to get to know you a little better you remind me a lot of my
best friend from when I was growing up in Kent, that was before my
parents took me out of boarding school and moved up to this backward
hellhole of course."
"It's not that bad Brandon."
"If it wasn't for my stash I think I'd probably go mad." I smiled.
"You should let your hair grow the skinhead look is not a good one on
you, your face is far too delicate for the thug look."
"I would like to Brendan but my Grandfather has made it his personal
mission to be in charge of my hair."
Brandon sat quietly thinking for a while before saying.
"Are you Busy?"
"What now?"
"Yes."
"Wot really why?"
"Want to come back to my place, I've got a ps3 and my parents are away
for the weekend, they go away a lot since I turned 18."
"Okay then, lead the way" I said happily, so once our food had been
consumed we left the restaurant, I helped Brandon with his bags and he
took me in a taxi back to his house.
Brandon's family must have been wealthy as his house had a double garage
and they had a games room I played on his ps3 with him for nearly an
hour before he asked, "Want to share a Joint?"
"Oh yes please," I said as he produced a ready rolled one and proceeded
to light it, within minutes I was lying back against a giant beanbag and
Brandon was lying next to me we were both giggling at something trivial,
this then turned into him tickling me and then us play wrestling until
he straddled me and had my arms pinned back with his much stronger arms.
"I've got you now you're powerless to resist me." he said playfully he
then did something totally unexpected he leant down and kissed me on the
lips.
I don't know if it was the chemicals flooding my brain or the fact that
I'd actually been having a good time but I didn't immediately.
break Brandon's kiss but actually kissed him back. Our kiss lasted
several seconds but to me it was wonderful, it was the first time in
quite a while that I had actually felt wanted almost loved, I broke the
kiss however when I felt an erection developing in my pants, we both lay
on our backs once more panting breathlessly, I however was now starting
to panic a little and told Brandon that I had to go home now, he just
nodded sadly and said, "See you at school next week maybe?"
"Maybe" I replied as I hastily left his house and headed towards the bus
stop.
I stayed away from Brandon for nearly three whole days before finally
agreeing to go to his house again the next Saturday.
Chapter 7 Tanya's visit.
It was getting a little chilly now on Redcar beach so I suggested to
Peggy that we go into the amusements for a while to warm up.
"Oh go on I haven't been in there since I was a teenager," said Peggy
with a smile on her face.
"My treat then," I said as we walked back along the beach with our arms
linked, as we walked Peggy started to talk.
"I actually feel honoured that you've opened up to me Trish but why now?
you've always been so secretive about your past and what happened to
you."
"I really don't know why Peggy I think it may be because you're the
closest thing I have to an actual friend at the moment," I heard Peggy
sniff as we walked.
"That's three times in a week you've done something completely
uncharacteristic." she stopped and turned to me then with a big smile on
her face said, "Okay who are you and what have you done to my little
mouse?"
I burst out laughing and then kissed Peggy on the cheek, she then
wrapped her arms around me hugged me then whispered: "I really like the
new improved you."
After an hour in the arcades and losing all ten pounds worth of two
pence pieces, Peggy and I left the arcade and sat on the promenade once
more.
"You are looking prettier and more natural looking every day Trish I
hope you retire yourself soon or you'll end up like me."
"I can think of worse people to be Peggy."
"That's kind of you dear but I can't keep this up forever and I can
never go back to nursing either I was thinking of doing a secretarial
course and trying my hand at temping."
"I'll tell you what Peggy if you do that I'll enrol in night classes
later this year and try to re-take my GCSE's."
"Do you promise Trish?"
"Yes I actually think I do" Peggy reached over and held my hand for a
second or two.
We both watched the sea in silence for a minute or two then Peggy said,
"That lad the one you helped the other night?"
"Yes what about him."
"Aren't you even just the slightest bit curious about what happened to
him?"
"Well yes I am but the charity doesn't really talk about its guests and
I doubt they'll talk to me especially Carl, Tanya might however."
"Well it wouldn't hurt to give them a ring, would it?" I thought about
it for a second and then replied: "You know I think I'll give her a ring
tonight and ask." I looked at my watch and noticed the time.
"Peggy I'm sorry but I'm going to have to go now I want to decorate my
back bedroom and was going to look for wallpaper today."
"Really?"
"Yes I was thinking that I could advertise for a flatmate to help with
the mortgage and that may mean that I wouldn't have to do my evening job
as much."
"Oh well in that case Trish lead the way I'll help you choose your
colours I just happen to know where there is an excellent DIY store just
off the high St."
"Really?"
"Oh yes I'm a bit of a dab hand at decorating as I've had to do it all
since shithead ran off with his floozy."
Peggy was amazing she advised me on wallpaper, lining paper and types of
paints and colours she even offered to come over to my flat the next
weekend and help me to decorate, I pondered this for a while as I liked
to keep my work colleagues and my private life separate but in the end,
I agreed.
"Great I'll bring the paints and wallpaper in the car with me next
weekend. You can text me with your address." I waved goodbye to Peggy
from the bus as I headed back home to my little flat.
Once home I sorted my washing and started the washing machine going, I
then made myself a plate of soup with a couple of slices of toast and a
small glass of white wine, at around Nine I decided to give Tanya a
ring.
As expected she said that she couldn't discuss him with me but did say
that he was now settling in at the charity, Tanya did however ask if she
could meet with me one night, I suggested Thursday evening after work at
my flat, Tanya even suggested that she bring a takeaway meal with her.
Over the next few days I ordered a small wardrobe a bed a carpet and I
even ordered a wall mounted flat screen TV for the back room of my flat
from a lovely old gentleman called Alan who ran the local TV repair
shop, he said that he would even install it for me once I'd decorated
the room.
On Thursday evening once I had got home from work I undressed and had a
nice long bath, shaved my legs and armpits and washed my hair, once dry
I stood in front of my growing wardrobe just dressed in a bra, panties
and tights I didn't want to dress how Tanya was used to seeing me so I
found a light flower print summer dress and stepped into it, I zipped it
up with ease and looked at myself in the mirror the skirt stopped just
above my knees and the bodice didn't show too much flesh, just the look
I was going for.
I smiled at myself and spun around, watching the skirt lift slightly as
it moved, I sat on my little stool in front of my dressing mirror and
started to remove my curlers and brush my hair out.
I was just finishing off when I heard the doorbell.
I slipped on a pair of 3" heels and headed towards the landing, I don't
know why but I actually had butterflies in my stomach as I headed
downstairs to answer the door.
At the bottom of the stairs I paused, took a deep breath and opened the
door.
"Tanya, I'm really glad you came." I then leant over and kissed her on
the cheek.
"Trish... You look."
"Nice?"
"No Trish, you look really beautiful tonight," I started to blush.
"Err come in please" I said as I turned and headed upstairs, I heard
Tanya close the front door and follow me.
"I brought a set meal for two from the local Chinese takeaway I hope
that's okay."
as she entered my living room I replied, "That's fine, I've already laid
out the plates and I have wine or if you would prefer I also have soft
drinks."
"Lemonade please Trish," said Tanya as she sat down on my leather settee
and started to unpack the foil containers from the carrier bag she'd
brought with her. I returned from the kitchen with two glasses of
lemonade and placed them on the table as Tanya was dishing up the food.
As we ate Tanya started with polite conversation.
"Your flat is lovely Trish; I hope that the rent isn't too high" I
smiled at her.
"No Tanya, I started off renting but oh it must have been a month or so
ago a man called Mr Jenkins called on me and said that I'd been awarded
some kind of grant and that my flat had been purchased on my behalf from
the landlord and my deposit had been paid for me All I have to do now is
to keep up the mortgage payments and in fifteen years or less I will own
it."
"Really? That is unusual, do you have any paperwork to back that up?"
she said sceptically, I frowned.
"I'm not paying for the house by selling myself Tanya I promise, I'm
semi-retired now, it was a complete fluke that you saw me out the other
night."
"Sorry Trish but once a busybody always a busybody I suppose."
I got up and recovered my mortgage documents from the drawers and showed
her.
"Oh yes, it was all handled by a local firm of solicitors, somebody
somewhere must have put your name forward to receive that award though,
I wonder who it was," I shrugged my shoulders and restarted eating.
"There can't be that many people that would want to help me Tanya as I
seem to have spent most of my recent life upsetting, hurting or
generally pissing people off." Tanya smiled at me over the table.
"But I've been hearing over the grapevine recently Trish that a lot of
people have noticed a change in you, a change for the better, why do you
think that is?"
"I don't know Tanya but I think it may have actually started when the
charity took an interest in me."
"Really? because whenever your name crops up in conversation Carl still
shudders, he was actually very pleasantly surprised when I told him that
it was you that had helped our runaway the other night."
"I'm sorry about what happened to him, I really should go and apologise
to him one day."
"I think that he would appreciate the gesture Trish but I don't actually
think it's necessary."
After clearing the plates away after our meal, I stood in the doorway to
the living room and asked Tanya if she would like a cup of tea.
"Yes please, thank you Trish."
As we sat with our teas Tanya just kept smiling and looking at me it was
quite unnerving, she then said "I just can't get over how you look
tonight compared to how you used to be, you look almost innocent."
"I think we both know that I'll never be innocent ever again Tanya," I
replied with some sadness.
"Yes but the Trish I'm looking at now is nothing like the Trish I met
nearly a year ago, even an old sceptic like me can see that you've moved
on now." Tanya then changed the subject.
"Do you still do those little plastic models, or have you given them up
too?," I smiled as she had remembered.
"Yes I do Tanya it's the last vestige of my old life that I'm still
clinging onto, would you like to see them?"
"Please, I would yes," I got up from my chair.
"In that case if you would like to follow me into my little workshop,"
Tanya got up and followed me through into the little front room.
"I have a couple on the go on the worktop and on the shelves over there
are some of my completed models.
"May I?" Tanya asked as she picked up a scale model of a Vulcan bomber.
"Yes that's a model of XM607 the bomber that bombed Port Stanley
airfield on the Falkland Islands during the Falklands conflict in the
1980's at the time it was the longest bombing mission ever undertaken,
it was powered by four Rolls Royce Olympus jet engines similar to the
ones used on Concorde" I noticed Tanya looking at me she was smiling at
me as I was boring her with facts and figures.
"And those two on the ceiling the ones held in place by threads?"
"Oh yes the Messerschmitt Me 109 dogfighting a Spitfire Mk 1."
"What are those threads between them Trish?"
"Oh, this is really cool, close the door and turn off the light Tanya."
Tanya closed the door and when she turned off the light, in the dimness
it looked like the spitfire was shooting the Me 109.
"How did you do that Trish it looks really good." I smiled at myself and
explained.
"I painted little dots of luminous paint onto the threads between the
planes so it looks like tracer bullets coming from the Spitfire's
cannons."
Tanya turned the light back on and said, "You are really skilled Trish I
hope you keep doing models you obviously enjoy doing it."
"It fills my evenings in Tanya I get a little lonely sometimes, Actually
I'm thinking of advertising for a lodger, more to keep me company than
anything else."
"Oh, will you tell them about your err your old gender as well."
"I don't know Tanya I will probably have to as I will probably be
getting my final surgery later this year."
"Really? so soon I thought that you had to wait a while before surgery."
"Dr newton has told me that the time before I became his patient still
counts and as long as I stay drug and disease free he's told me that I
should be a real girl before this Christmas." I could see Tanya's
usually emotionless face change and she came forward then hugged me.
"I always knew that there was hope for you, I always knew it." I gently
held Tanya and stroked her back as she hugged me.
"Sorry about that Trish please forgive an old woman, it's just I'm so
pleased that your life is back on track again, just wait until I tell
Carl what a beautiful well-mannered young woman you are now becoming."
it was now my turn to tear up.
"I was a bit of a bitch, wasn't I?," I finally admitted to her.
Tanya and I went back into my living room and she chatted to me like an
old friend for nearly an hour before apologising and saying.
"I have really enjoyed our night tonight Trish and I hope we can do it
again." I had to admit it was nice just to talk to someone for once.
"I'll look forward to next time Tanya." as I was showing Tanya out of
the door she turned to me and said, "I'm really glad that you didn't try
and ask me about that young lad tonight Trish."
"I understand that you can't discuss him with me Tanya I just wanted to
know if he was okay that's all."
"Hmm do you remember the park that you used to go to when you wanted to
be alone?"
"Yes, Why?"
"You should go there some lunchtime when you have a little time off it
may help you relax." I kissed Tanya on the cheek and watched as she
walked down my street towards the bus stop."
That evening as I lay on my bed I started to wonder if I had done the
right thing, if my life as a girl was right for me. I had changed a lot
and I was now changing at an accelerated rate due to my recent change in
hormone prescription, my hand slowly moved up my body feeling the
sensitivity and softness of my new curves as it did, until it reached my
small breast, I gently cupped my breast in my hand and touched my now
erect nipple with my thumb. I almost gasped at the feelings that the
little nub of erect tissue was now sending to my brain, my other hand
however was heading slowly to my panties, my fingers slipped under the
waistband and down until they touched my small penis, I gently stroked
it but despite my best efforts it barely responded, tonight however I
was determined to wake my little man up so I turned and opened my
bedside drawer removed a small blue pill, I then quickly got out of bed
and went through to the bathroom, poured myself a glass of water and
took the pill, I returned to my room took out a small vibrating dildo
and lubricant from my drawer then as I was waiting for the pill to work
I lit a cigarette and smoked quietly whilst gently stroking my breast
with my free hand after a while my poor little female hormone ravaged
penis started to respond and I started to stroke and caress it like I
had done when I was still fully a male. After a while I applied a little
lubricant to both my bottom and the dildo and whilst still playing with
my penis I inserted the dildo slowly into my waiting bottom, I
manoeuvred the dildo until I located my prostate and then turned it on,
the low hum of the dildo as it gently massaged my prostate was almost
too much for me and I moaned loudly this was quickly followed by my
whole lower body tensing up as my orgasm started to build pace.
Finally I orgasmed and spent several seconds shaking as a small amount
of clear fluid dribbled out of my disappointingly small but very hard
penis.
I lay for several minutes with the dildo still within me gently
vibrating and quietly smoked another cigarette before I finally
succumbed to sleep.
The next morning I awoke to the realisation that the Dildo from last
evening was still inside of me and had been keeping my bottom open for
several hours now, I sighed as it meant that I would now probably need
to wear a tampon and a pantie liner as from previous experience I knew
that I would leak a little from my bottom for a while whilst it
recovered from being stretched open, I grabbed a couple of tissues and a
wrapped tampon from my drawer, I removed the dildo and wrapped it in a
tissue, I then got out of bed and whilst squatting a little I quickly
slid the tampon into my stretched little anus, leaving the small string
hanging, I then went for a shower.
Chapter 8 Decorating and a little more from Trish.
The very next Saturday Peggy true to her word turned up outside my
little flat in her old Volvo estate with all of the decorating supplies
we had bought the previous weekend and was also in possession of a
pasting table and many other decorating tools, I dressed in dungarees
and a tee shirt and had tied my hair back into a ponytail.
By lunchtime I had filled in all of the cracks in the plaster with
filler and had sanded the walls smooth as per Peggy's expert tuition. We
stopped for lunch when the pizza man appeared with my order and we both
retired for a while into the living room.
As we ate our unhealthy lunch Peggy asked me.
"You were telling me last week about your friendship with a lad called
Brandon."
"Oh Brandon yes I was wasn't I," my mind drifted back to my second visit
to his home, I had agreed to go and visit him the next Saturday I told
my father where I was going but he wasn't really interested.
"Just make sure that you get your chores done before I get back from the
club tonight."
I got off the bus and walked the short distance to Brandon's house and
just as I rang his doorbell he opened the door.
"Come in, come in want a drink?," he seemed really pleased to see me.
"Okay then do you have cola?"
"Yes, I'll just get you one, go through into the games room, I'll bring
it through to you."
Brandon returned a few minutes later with two glasses of cola.
"Let's play on the ps3 anything you fancy?"
"Any shoot-em-up would be great Brandon," I said as I took a mouthful of
cola, although the cola was sweet it left a bitter after taste in my
mouth but I continued to drink anyway, we played games for a while but I
was having a little trouble concentrating and was starting to feel
rather mellow.
"Fancy a joint?" asked Brandon as he produced an already rolled one from
a tin.
"I'd love one." I answered, he passed it to me and I lit it and inhaled
deeply, I tried to pass it back to him but he just pushed my hand away
and said, "Not at the moment maybe a little later."
I took another two drags and then nipped the end to save it for later, I
then lay back on one of the large beanbags dotted around his games room
and sighed.
"You enjoyed that, didn't you?"
I heard Brandon saying, I giggled a little and replied: "yes I did."
Brandon started going through his wardrobe.
"Want to see something cool Connelly."
"Can't you call me Patrick; I know my first name is Joseph but I prefer
my middle name Patrick or Pat."
"Okay then Pat, look what I have here." he pulled out a small stash of
vintage porn magazines from the 1970's and for the next hour we lay on
our stomachs and looked at the pictures of naked women in tasteful
poses.
"I don't know about you Pat but I've got a massive hard on" said
Brandon, I bashfully admitted that I did too.
"Do you ever play with yourself Pat?" he asked but instead of becoming
really embarrassed I just replied: "Doesn't everyone." I think that the
pot had made me feel rather uninhibited.
"I suppose they do, would you mind if I kissed you again Pat?"
"Err, I don't think."
"Just a little kiss, if you don't like it I'll stop," he moved alongside
me and kissed me on the lips, just like last week, this time however he
gently cradled my head as our lips touched, I knew that what we were
doing must be wrong but it felt so good and after a few seconds I opened
my lips slightly and allowed his tongue into my mouth I was becoming
increasingly aroused by the second and could actually feel my heart
beating in my chest as I returned his kisses and actually started to
caress his tongue with my own, eventually after a while of frantic
kissing I spoilt the moment as my lower teeth became dislodged.
"I'm so sorry Brandon I thought you knew that I wore dentures" I said
breathlessly.
He lay on his back panting and said, "I did but still it was a bit of a
shock to have your mouth disassemble itself whilst we kissed I chuckled
at his comment but knew that our moment had been ruined, at least for a
while.
Brandon made us a snack and we returned to playing games for a while,
then just before we started another round he asked, "Can I see them?"
"See what Brandon?"
"Your Teeth can I see them?"
"Why on earth would you want to see my false teeth?"
"Curiosity that's all."
"No I would rather not, I look silly without them in."
"I promise I won't laugh."
"Okay you asked for it If I gross you out you've only got yourself to
blame, I reached in and removed my bottom set first and then with a
little more difficulty removed my upper set.
"There, I look terrible, don't I?," Brandon just stared open mouthed at
the large gap where my front teeth used to be, I was just about to slip
my teeth back in when he asked, "Can I kiss you again, without your
teeth in that is?"
"Really?" I asked in my rather gummy voice.
"Really, I'd at least like to try."
"Okay your funeral." Brandon leant over and kissed me once more and soon
we were lying on our sides with our lips locked together and I was
becoming very aroused once more, this time however Brandon was gently
rubbing the crotch of my jeans and I was responding to his rubbing,
suddenly and almost without warning I came in my underpants I sighed as
we continued our kissing marathon.
Several minutes later I was once again lying on my back thinking to
myself 'oh god, oh god oh god oh god' what on earth had I done.
I'd allowed Brandon to seduce me and I had really enjoyed it, my main
worry now however was the sticky cold uncomfortable mess in my pants,
Brandon looked at me and said, "You've messed yourself, haven't you?"
"I'm sorry I just couldn't help myself it took me by surprise."
"I know I only just managed to stop myself from doing the same thing
too, come into my bedroom upstairs and I'll let you have a pair of my
briefs." I got up and whilst walking like a saddle-sore cowboy followed
Brandon up to his very spacious bedroom he rummaged through a set of
drawers and pulled out a pair of underpants and threw them over to me.
"Here try these on, you can go into my bathroom if you are feeling shy"
I took the underpants and went into Brandon's bathroom and quickly
stripped off my jeans and then virtually peeled off my underpants, I
then washed my nether regions until I was no longer a sticky mess. I
also rinsed my underpants and rung them out and placed them on the
heated towel rail to dry I then slipped Brandon's briefs on, they
promptly fell off as they were far too large, I shouted through into his
room.
"Don't you have any smaller ones Brandon these just keep falling down."
"Just a minute." I heard Brandon leave his room, he then returned a
couple of minutes later.
"Here you go these are smaller but you are not going to like them." he
was right, as it was a pair of dark blue lace trimmed ladies' panties.
"Very funny Brandon."
"It's either that or go commando Patrick." so I reluctantly pulled the
soft panties up my waist and quickly put my jeans back on over them.
The rest of our day together was relatively uneventful but for some
reason whenever Brandon kissed me he liked me to do it semi toothless,
he was turning out to be one weird cookie. I still had his mother's
panties on when I went home later that day I also had a damp pair of
underpants in my coat pocket.
As Peggy and I finished our pizza's she said, "Wow Trish didn't you
realise at the time that he was manipulating you."
"No not really Peggy to me he was just a source of cheap/ free pot and
for once someone was actually being kind to me, you have to remember
that my mum sent me to stay with a dad who didn't want me there and a
Granddad who I constantly disappointed."
"Hmm yes, will you tell me a bit more of your story later please?"
"Yes I'd love too, if you still want me too?"
"Okay back to work we'll sand the skirting and architrave before we
prime it so put a dust mask on."
I really enjoyed working with Peggy on my spare room and by late
afternoon the walls had been prepared for papering and the door and
window frames had been painted with primer as had the skirting board.
"Just a quick coat of emulsion on the ceiling now Trish and the room
will be just about be ready for papering," I stood there with a roller
in hand and said, "Okay I'm raring to go."
She smiled at me and said, "You look really cute today Trish and without
makeup too, I'm so jealous you have such good skin."
"Oh don't put yourself down Peggy you have a wonderful figure I hardly
even have one yet."
"Compliments won't get the ceiling painted Trish come on let's get
started."
It only took half an hour to emulsion the ceiling so I phoned out for a
Chinese meal whilst Peggy cleaned the brushes and rollers under the tap.
Chapter 9 Deeper and deeper.
As we ate our evening meal Peggy asked me to tell her a little more
about my history and it quickly started to flood back to me.
After spending most of Saturday with Brandon I returned home and did my
chores and disposed of my underpants in the washing machine with the
rest of the washing, I then went up to my room locked the door and
smoked a joint. I must have nodded off as I woke to my father returning
from the pub blind drunk, he appeared to be bouncing around the house
before he finally made it up into his room and started to snore.
Sunday morning, I woke to my father banging on the bedroom door.
"Get up you lazy git it's time for church." Church was a very new thing
for me as when we lived in Yorkshire I only ever visited churches on
school trips or the occasional wedding but up in Scotland my father
attended church every Sunday and he expected me to attend with him and
my grandfather. As I wearily hauled myself out of bed I noticed that I
was still wearing Brandon's Mum's panties I smiled at myself and decided
to leave them on, I quickly dressed and went down to breakfast.
As I sat in church I smiled inwardly at my act of defiance, it probably
seems like a tiny thing but I was sitting in church wearing a pair of
woman's knickers and as my father sat with my grandfather I smiled
almost as if I were sticking two fingers up at them.
At school the next week I thought th