Like Smoke in the Wind
By Cheryl Lynn
Trying something a bit different with this story delving more into the
heroine's mental state. All standard disclaimers apply and may be
downloaded for personal use only. Any other use strictly forbidden
unless author's approval obtained. Comments and suggestions for the plot
are welcome at
[email protected].
"Like Smoke in the Wind" by A.A. Davis. I sat back from my computer and
contemplated for a moment. "Yes, an apt title for my biography. It
perfectly describes what happened to all my hopes and aspirations. All
blown away in the wind like smoke. Don't know how I feel about getting
some publisher to buy it but the money would come in handy. In any case,
my psychologist said it would be cathartic and help me cope with all
that's happened. Might as well get to it before I decide not to do
this," I thought then began typing.
Chapter 1
Ashley Adrian Davis. Now that's normally considered a girl's name but
also could be a boy. Unfortunately, that's me. It's bad enough having
one girlish name but two? According to my mother I was named after two
of my great grandfathers. They were both very successful businessmen and
my parents hoped I would follow in their path. Plus I'm small for my age
and called "cute" by my mother and her friends. As you can imagine I was
the brunt of a lot of teasing in elementary school. I was teased not
only because of my name but mom insisted I not cut my shoulder length
hair. By the time I entered high school, I managed to go by my initials,
A.A. I was still small and puberty slow to make its presents known. My
hair remained long but I kept it in a low ponytail. Yes, I was still
picked on by the school bullies.
Physical Education my most hated subject in high school. I could always
count on being picked last for any team sports and the primary target in
dodge ball. Hitting the showers after class was embarrassing. Even as a
freshman most of the guys had some hair on their chests, a few even
shaved. Me, some fuzz under my arms and between my legs but nothing much
else. I was scrawny, and my little man, well let's leave it at that. No
wonder they made fun of me.
Being older I didn't like being called "cute" or "darling" either. My
Aunt Betsy, the biggest instigator in referring to me in that manner.
What was more embarrassing was her telling my mother I should have been
born a girl.
"With those big doe like eyes and petite frame, Ashley should have been a
girl. Mother Nature made a mistake adding those bits and pieces," I
heard her say more than once.
Damn it, I'm not some little kid anymore. I'm sixteen going on seventeen
and I don't want to be "cute," "darling" much less a girl. Her
insistence in saying I should have been a girl certainly didn't help my
ego either.
Don't get me wrong. Despite my name I was pretty happy. I didn't have a
lot of friends but the ones I had were good ones. We'd hang, play video
games, go to the mall to watch the girls. You know typical boy things.
My grades were good and I did want to go to college. I was even
entertaining the thought of joining the army when I graduated. Think I
would love to drive one of those Abrams tanks. Even thought about
driving one of those over my Aunt Betsy's Buick. I wish.
Chapter 2
So much for the good news. My freshman year was coming to a close when
my dad passed from a massive heart attack. The school advanced me to be
a Sophomore though I hadn't completed all my finals. We weren't that
close as he traveled a lot but I dearly missed him. With his passing mom
kinda went into a funk. She began having wild mood swings. One moment
she was raging the next crying. Weird stuff like that, go figure. Aunt
Betsey came to support my mom in her grief. That was when my life began
its descent into hell.
Before I get into that I guess I should tell you something about my Aunt
Betsey. She's a full-figured woman, about mid-forties and not my
biological relative. Just a long-time friend of mom's who grew up
together. She would come over at least once a week. Sometimes spending
the weekend when dad was away. Aunt Betsy would give me really stupid
gifts on my birthday or Christmas. Like stuffed animals or as I got
older a pink diary with a poodle decoration of all things. She's married
to my Uncle Jake and lives about seventy-five miles away. I've only met
Jake a few times but he's a real jerk. One of those ex-jocks who always
brags about how great he would have been if he hadn't blown out a knee.
I don't think he even made it to collage as he works as a mechanic in
some used car lot. One other thing, she's a neat freak.
Aunt Betsy stayed until a week after the funeral. During that time she
had me doing all the household chores. I'm not talking about taking out
the trash, cutting the lawn stuff but real housework. Like I said she's
a neat freak and from the get go, had me in a ruffled white pinafore
apron and a silly mop cap. For the first week she was constantly on my
ass supervising every chore until she was satisfied. She didn't think
twice about grabbing my earlobe and pinching it between thumb and finger
nail to get my attention. I couldn't wait for her to get her fat ass out
of our house.
Don't get me wrong. I realized my mom wasn't able to do those things and
Aunt Betsy had to tend to her. Still having to wear that stupid apron
and mop cap was a real ball buster. I didn't mind mopping and vacuuming
but cleaning bathrooms and learning to iron were a real pain. I couldn't
wait for her to leave. I was more than ready to get out of the house and
meet up with my friends. It was summer after all.
Those hopes were soon dashed. Mom and Aunt Betsy had me join them in the
living room. "Ashley darling," Aunt Betsy began, "we've decided that
your mom needs to get away. Too many memories for her to handle right
now. So, I've volunteered to take you home with me until she feels
better. Now doesn't that sound delightful. We'll have a great time
together cutie while she gets some much-needed relief."
I looked at my mom in shock. She had that glazed look from whatever
drugs she was on. I didn't know if she would listen but I had to
protest.
"What! No way! I've got friends here and I don't want to go. I'm old
enough to take care of myself. Mom, please, don't make me do this," I
stated loudly. Well maybe, shouted.
For a big woman Aunt Betsy can move awfully fast. Before I could react,
her hand lashed out making me stagger. "Listen here Ashley, that's no
way to talk to your mother! Now apologize before I turn you over my
knee," she demanded.
With the side of my face stinging like the blazes, I mumbled that I was
sorry. "Damn, she would do that too," I thought and my fate was sealed.
The next morning two women showed up wearing pink scrubs and escorted my
mom out of the house.
"Where is she going? Who are those women?" I asked.
"Nothing to worry about darling. They are taking her to a really nice
place where she can get the care she needs. It's sort of like a spa.
Your father's passing has devastated her emotionally. Now go pack a bag
and we'll be leaving shortly," Aunt Betsy replied.
"Nut house," I thought but went to pack. Again, don't get me wrong. I
loved my mom and it hurt to see her so incapacitated.
I packed two suitcases and one duffle bag with what I considered
necessities like my X-box. Aunt Betsy said I have to stay with her for
the duration. What a bummer but I lost my argument about not going. At
least I made sure I had my favorite games and CD's. When she came to
check on me, despite my protests emptied everything out and repacked some
clothing into one bag. Shit! What was I going to do for the summer? At
least she let me bring my laptop. I have some pretty good porn sites so
I can have some fun. Nothing like a good jerk to ease the tension.
The trip to her house took about an hour and Aunt Betsy did most of the
talking. I just sat bemoaning over my fate and hearing what she was
telling me. It didn't sound good, not good at all.
"Ashley darling we're going to have a delightful time together. I have
so much to teach you. I don't have many rules but you will behave and do
as I say. I expect you to be willing and able to help me around the
house. You know how much I hate filth and sloppiness. So as long as you
cooperate, I won't have to punish you. I don't like having to do that
and it hurts me more than you but yadda, yadda," she droned on and on.
This was going to be the worst summer in my life.
Chapter 3
Aunt Betsy's house was out in the country off Rural Route 1225. It was a
ranch style built in I guess the early 70's in of all things a pink
brick. Three-bedroom, two baths with three old cars parked off to the
side. A refrigerator sat just inside the car port. The house was
surrounded by pine trees and most of what we passed on the way were empty
fields with a few cows and horses. The nearest neighbor was at least a
mile away.
"Gawd, could this get any worse," I thought at the time.
That thought was a bit premature. It got much worse as soon as she
showed me to my room. The walls were covered in a pastel floral-
patterned wallpaper and the floor in a beige pile carpet. The furniture,
a delicate white enamel with gold pen stripping. The twin bed had a
bright pink satin quilted comforter, sheets and pillow cases were white
with small floral decoration. The room had a distinct smell of flowers
coming from those scented plug-ins. It might be her guest room but
definitely one for girls. The bathroom was right across the hall and it
too had a distinct feminine look. White and pink ceramic tile seemed to
be everywhere and those plug-ins were in several sockets. Worse, there
was no shower to speak of. Just one of those metallic hose things you
hooked up to the tub's faucet.
What she did next was a big surprise. Aunt Betsy walked over to the
linen closet and donned a white plastic bib apron. Then she removed
several bottles and placed them on the pinkish white Formica counter top.
"Ashley darling, you will be taking a bath from now on so I'm going to
show you how it's properly performed. When done correctly, it can be
very soothing and relaxing. Go ahead and strip while I get the water
ready," she said to my astonishment.
"Strip! Naked?" I gasped mortified at the idea.
"Of course cutie. How else do you expect to take a bath?" she replied.
"I can't do that with you in here. Tha....that's indecent," I said
almost in tears at the very idea.
"Ashley, I don't have all day and this is something you need to know.
Now strip! You don't have anything I haven't seen before. I've even
changed your diapers," she barked.
"Bull shit!" I thought as I turned, planning to run as fast and far as I
could.
Damn, that woman is fast. She had me by the back of my shirt collar
before I had taken two steps. She jerked hard, I fell back into her and
she wrapped a beefy arm around my waist. Before I knew it, I was
sprawling across her lap and my poor bum was being pounded with a wooden
scrub brush. It hurt like the dickens and my tears were flowing. I had
only been spanked once before when my dad caught me in a lie but nothing
like this.
"Ashley, I told you I don't like doing this but you have to learn to do
what I say when I say it. Now tell me you're sorry and take off those
clothes," she said dumping me to the floor.
She let me stay there sniveling on the cold tile for a few minutes. Aunt
Betsy gave me a nudge with her foot.
"Get up, get those clothes off," she demanded.
I was embarrassed having to shower with the guys after PE but this was
mortifying. Having a woman giving your naked body a good hard look made
me flush red from head to toe.
"Too hairy for a delicate cutie like you. Stand with your legs spread,
arms up," she ordered.
I couldn't do that! I'd be fully exposed. When I clasped my hands to
cover my groin instead, she slapped my face. Not hard but hard enough to
do as she said. As I stood trembling, she began coating my body in a
pinkish goo that soon began to stink and burn. Standing, hopping from
one foot to the other, Aunt Betsy filled the tub. Not with just water
but added what she called bath beads that gave off a strong floral scent.
When there was a nice froth of bubbles covering the surface, she told me
to get in. I gladly did so for no other reason than to get this burning
goo off my body.
I watched fearfully as she picked up the scrub brush, foamed it up with a
pink soap and began scrubbing me like a baby. I couldn't stop the tears
and she ran that brush all over me. When she had finished, hooked up the
hose and began washing my shoulder length hair. Aunt Betsy was a bit
gentler when she did this but my tears still fell. After shampooing and
conditioning it twice had me stand and rinsed me off. Through my tears I
saw that I had no hair on my body. Even my groin was bare.
"Ashley, you look adorable without all that ugly body hair. I expect you
to stay this way from now on. Don't you agree?" she said as she patted
me dry with a fluffy towel.
"I asked you a question darling. Be polite and answer me," she said when
I didn't respond.
What could I do. I nodded my head and whispered, "Yes, Aunt Betsy."
"I'm happy to hear that. Now one final thing before we are finished,"
she said smiling.
She took a large powder puff from a jar and began dusting me in a floral
talc. It made me sneeze. "This is all I need. I'm going to smell like
a friggin florist shop," I thought.
With my body powdered, she wrapped the large towel around my chest and a
smaller one, turban style on my head. Taking my hand led me to her
bedroom and had me sit on her vanity bench. There she combed out my damp
hair, trimmed what she called split ends off. Not stopping there, she
parted it across my forehead and trimmed straight across. Crap! She
gave me bangs. At least she stopped there and using a blow dryer
finished up.
"Yo....you gav...gave me a...a girls haircut. Why are you doing this to
me?" I stammered seeing the results.
"Don't be silly Ashley. That's a Prince Valent style of haircut. He was
a knight of the Round Table you know. I use to admire it when I read the
Sunday comics years ago. Doing to you? Oh no darling, I'm not really
doing anything. Nature pretty much did everything but for some minor
oversights. You're just too cute to go around smelling like a wet puppy.
That's all. Now go to your room and get dressed then meet me in the
kitchen. Your Uncle Jake is do home soon," she replied smiling broadly.
Chapter 4
"I can't believe I have to stay in this room. It's a friggin girls'
room," I thought as I morosely entered. "Hell! I even smell like one
after what she made me do."
I took as much time getting dressed as I thought I could get away with.
Boxers, "Grateful Dead" tee, jeans socks and shoes. Maybe five minutes
to put on but I stretched it out to twenty before she yelled for me to
get my ass in the kitchen.
"Darling that tee has to go. It's inappropriate. Take it off while I
find one more becoming," she said when I got there.
"What the?" I thought but seeing the look in her eyes decided to comply.
"I don't want to wear this," I thought when she handed me a pink tee with
a "V" neck.
"Put it on darling. Oh, that's so much nicer. Let me get you an apron
and then we can start dinner," she said.
"Apron, again?" I thought. I had been wearing one plus a stupid mop cap
for the past several weeks but still hated it. My ego wasn't that great
to begin with and wearing a frilly, girly apron and cap didn't help. I
hoped Uncle Jake wouldn't see me in it.
The one she tied around my waist was a floral printed bib apron with
ruffled hemming. She didn't give me a mop cap but something much worse.
A bright pink hairnet. I felt like a total fool but better than getting
my earlobe pinched or hairbrush.
I was busy setting the table when Uncle Jake came in. He gave me a hard
look, went to the fridge and grabbed a beer. "What a pansy," he said
heading into the den.
"Don't let it bother you darling. Jake just doesn't have an appreciation
for boys like you. Unless you're an athlete or all macho doesn't relate.
Now, the roast is almost done. Put butter on the mashed potatoes and get
everything out on the table. Jake will be in a better mood once he has
his dinner," she said.
Dinner was anything but joyful. It was downright embarrassing. Uncle
Jake was making all sorts of snide comments about me. Guess I couldn't
really blame him as I was still wearing that stupid apron and hairnet.
In fact, I was thinking pretty much the same thing, pansy, flake and
such. The meal itself wasn't helping either. Uncle Jake carved the
roast, something I always liked especially the rare part. When he
started to carve me a slice Aunt Betsy chimed in.
"Jake, Ashley will have a small slice. Just give he...him the butt end.
Ashley only a small scoop of the potatoes but you can have all the
veggies you want," she stated.
I wanted to say something but the look she gave me stopped that idea.
"The butt end, that's always well done and I hate that. Small scoop,
hell, I'm starving and I hate vegetables," I thought but dare not argue.
"Eats like a priss as well," Uncle Jake commented putting a thin slice on
my plate.
"Jake! That's enough with your teasing. Ashley can't help it. Nature
just didn't put him in your mold. Now be nice or you can forget getting
any pleasure later," she stated.
I was surprised hearing that; yet, at the same time embarrassed. Uncle
Jake was a man's man and here I was wearing a frilly apron and hairnet.
Of course I looked prissy and unmanly. It wasn't by choice but Aunt
Betsy's. When I tried to resist, I got punished. If I had Uncle Jake's
muscles I could have fought but like she said, nature left me small and
delicate. I guess it was at this point where I first blamed my dad for
dying. If he hadn't I wouldn't be in this mess.
Thankfully dinner was over and Uncle Jake grabbed another beer and went
into the den. I cleared the dishes off the table and helped clean up the
kitchen. I wasn't happy and tears threatened to overflow. Aunt Betsy
gave me a look, then wrapped me up in her arms pulling my face into her
ample breasts.
"Don't let your Uncle Jake bother you none darling. It's just his way
but he'll come along once he sees how cute and helpful you really are,"
she said patting my back.
Normally having my face between two pillows of soft flesh has popped up
in my fantasies but not now. Hearing what she said didn't help either as
my tears began to flow. I didn't want to be thought of as cute nor being
helpful as she meant it. Why oh why did dad have to die and leave me
like this?
After the kitchen was cleaned to the satisfaction of my aunt, she removed
that hated apron but left the hairnet. When I started to pull it off she
stopped me. Slapping my hand away.
"Leave it. You'll need it to sleep in otherwise your hair will be a
disaster in the morning. Come along, it's been a long tiring, stressful
day for you. I'll help you get ready for bed," she told me.
"Ready for bed? It's only seven thirty," I said. It was early and I was
tired but no way I could fall asleep this soon.
"Yes, but I have to teach you what you need to know. There's more to
going to bed than popping into pajamas and flopping down under the
covers. Besides, you live in the country now and it's early to bed and
early to rise," she said taking my hand.
"I don't wear pajamas. I just sleep in my boxers and tee," I replied.
"Not in this house! You will wear appropriate night wear while you stay
here. We have a lot yet to do before you can hit the sheets," she
stated.
"Crap!" I thought; then, said, "I don't have any pajamas and what else do
I have to do?"
"I'll find something. You need to learn how to take care of your skin to
prevent ugly pimples and brush your hair for starters. If you hadn't
taken a bath so late today, you'd be doing that too," she replied giving
my hand a tug.
It was almost nine by the time I hit the sheets totally exhausted. She
made me brush my hair one hundred strokes with a bristle brush. With
that done and my arms aching, she put the hairnet back on. Then I spent
an hour learning how to do a nightly facial. First a cleansing, followed
by moisturizer then a night time mask. I had to grease my elbows, legs
and feet with this floral scented lotion before she gave me pajamas.
Pajamas hell, it was a damn lime green nylon ankle length nightie with a
ruffled hem and lace frilled bodice. Instead of my boxers, a pair of
matching full cut nylon panties with white ruffled lace on the bottom.
Oh yeah, I screamed no way but after ten smacks to by bottom with the
hairbrush relented. Before I fell into a troubled sleep my prayer was
for this not to get any worse.
Chapter 5
So much for prayers. I was rudely awakened before the sun came up by
someone tugging on my shoulder and saying get up. It was Aunt Betsy and
she didn't look all that happy.
"Get up you lazy girl," is what I thought her say. Had to be my sleep
induced haze. I have never gotten up before the sun and never truly
awake until I've had at least one cup of coffee. A slap on the side of
my head made some of the Sandman's dust leave my brain.
"Wha....what time is it?" I mumbled.
"Past five and you slept through the alarm. Get your lazy ass up and
into the bathroom. We have a lot to do today," she said pulling my arm.
I stumbled along still somewhat dazed behind her into the bath. There
she told me to do my business while she prepared the tub. I stood frozen
just realizing what I had on and blushed.
"I said do your business!" she spat going to the linen closet.
Trying to get my jumbled thoughts together, I lifted the hem of the
nightie and pulled down the panties blushing harder. I had to pee but
strained to get it to flow. I shouldn't be doing this with her in the
room. Despite yesterday, it was still embarrassing. I hadn't even
started when she smacked me on the side of the head.
"Damn it! Sit while you pee," she snapped.
Apparently she woke in a foul mood like I normally do. Needless to say,
I turned and sat. The only compensation was that the nightie covered up
my privates. When I finished and started to get up, she asked me if I
pooed. I normally didn't have to do that until after breakfast but the
question made me blush. Just imagining doing that with her watching sent
a shiver up my spine.
"I...I usually do....do it after breakfast," I stuttered.
"You won't have time after that. Get it done," she stated pouring bath
beads and oil into the rising water.
"Again with the flowers," I thought as the smell hit my nose.
I tried to do it but grunting and pushing didn't do any good. When I
said I couldn't, Aunt Betsy scowled.
"Guess you need help then," she said digging back into the linen closet.
She came out of the closet holding a pink bag with a white ridged nozzle
attached. "This is my old douche kit but it will do. Consider it yours
now," she smirked sticking the nozzle into the bath water.
I won't go into the gory details of what happened next but mortifying
enough to make me burst into tears. Back in the bed room she showed me
how to remove the white clay night mask, cleanse and moisturize. Then I
had to brush my hair one hundred times. Damn this was getting old. With
me smelling like a bouquet I got dressed. I looked and smelled more like
a girl than I ever wanted. Wearing jeans, a yellow cap sleeved girlish
tee that she gave me, my socks and shoes didn't help that image. The
damn tee didn't even cover up my belly button. Putting on that apron and
hairnet only added to my humiliation.
When Uncle Jake came in to have breakfast guffawed loudly when he saw me.
Aunt Betsy immediately told him to be nice or else. Not positive what
she meant by the "Or else" but hoped she meant using that hairbrush on
him. Breakfast, if you could call what I got nourishment, half a
grapefruit, dry toast, black coffee and glass of OJ. I wanted to
complain but Aunt Betsy gave me that look. They had a full breakfast of
eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns and toast with jam. Once the kitchen
was cleaned and everything put away, she told me we were going to town
for some much-needed shopping.
Hearing that I got my hopes up. It would be my chance to run the hell
away from here. All I needed was to hitch a ride back home and hope one
of my friends could put me up for a while. If I got caught would plead
child abuse to the authorities. I wasn't sure that would hold up but
figured it was worth a try.
Aunt Betsy is either a mind reader or guessed what I had planned from the
look on my face. In any case, my hopes were quickly dashed. She took me
back to her bedroom, had me sit at her vanity and soon had me in tears.
"Ashley your nails look horrible. You must stop biting them. Before I
take you anywhere I'm going to have to neaten them up," she said
producing an emery board.
It didn't take her long to round them off and the cuticles pushed back.
That didn't bother me but when she pulled out a yellow gel polish, I had
to draw back. That resulted in a tongue lashing about doing as I was
told and some pain as a finger was bent back.
"I've warned you before about not doing what I demand! Thought I was
going to put that nail polish on you, did you? Well, I was just getting
that out of the way for some clear polish but now I'll just use this.
Serve you right for not behaving like the darling I know you are," she
told me.
She didn't stop with polishing my nails in that bright yellow polish. Oh
no, she had to add some gooey, sticky lip gloss as well. For my chapped
lips she said. Shit! I don't have chapped lips. Like how could I run
away looking like this? I looked more like a flat chested girl than a
boy. As we got in the car I could only hope grocery shopping would be
quick and I could keep my hands in my pockets.
Boy was I in for a surprise. Whenever I went shopping with my mom it was
always to the grocery. So that was my expectation. Only Aunt Betsey
pulled into a mall.
"You don't have enough clothing to last the summer darling. We'll take
care of that and a few other things as well. Now, behave and put a smile
on your face. Otherwise I will not hesitate to put you over my knee and
give you a sound thrashing, understood," she said somewhat harshly.
Then kindlier added, "This is a small conservative town. Spanking is
tolerated here to make kids behave. Not like that big city where you
grew up. With that nail polish and cute face, you look like a young
girl. I highly recommend, unless you want to wind up in our jail, you
act like one. People here don't take kindly to strangers, so don't draw
undo attention, understand. What I'm suggesting is for your own good. I
don't want to see you hurt darling."
"Don't want me to be hurt? What do you call your punishments? Now she
wants me to act girly. What do I know about acting girly?" I glumly
thought any hope of running forgotten.
Spring Dale Shopping Mall wasn't like the big malls I was used to seeing
back home. It was more like a strip mall but had two anchor stores, J.C.
Penny and Sears. Getting out of the car I quickly thrust my hands into
my pockets. The mall was just opening and not that many people around
but my yellow nails would pop out like traffic lights. As I started my
shuffling downcast walk, Aunt Betsy slapped the back of my head, hard.
"Ashley! Get those hands out of your pockets, straighten up and smile.
Pick up your feet and take small steps from your hips. You're already
embarrassing me. You don't want to embarrass me do you?" she harshly
said.
"Eeerrr, n..no Aunt Betsy," I whispered seeing the threating look in her
eyes.
I could picture her in my mind bending me over and spanking me right here
in the parking lot. Now that would draw a lot more attention than my
yellow nails, so I tried my best. I don't know what was harder. Taking
small steps or keeping a phony smile on my face. Don't know why she
parked so far from the entrance but she constantly barked orders as we
went.
"Keep those elbows close to your body and stop swinging those arms. Back
straight, head up and smile. Walk from the hips, one foot in front of
the other," she instructed as we made our way. Emphasizing each
instruction with a slap to the back of my head. This was not only
embarrassing but walking this way so unnatural. It took a lot of
concentration to walk but I did my best. The last thing I wanted now was
to be noticed.
Like most malls there were several kiosks in the main hall. You know the
type selling sunglasses, jewelry and pierced earrings. I was surprised
when she grasped my arm and pulled me toward the one selling pierced
earrings.
"For someone as cute as you, I can't believe you haven't pierced your
ears yet. We'll get that done since we're here. This is my treat, so
don't give me any static or grief. Understand!"
"But Aunt Betsy, I...I don't want that. Please, I...errr...I appreciate
the offer but no, don't make me do this," I replied hoping she would
relent.
"Those earlobes are just begging to be adorned with some pretty earrings
darling. It doesn't hurt and we are going to do this, understand!" she
hissed.
There she goes with that "understand" demand again. It wasn't like she
was asking. It meant that I had better agree or else. From the way she
was squeezing my upper arm and the threat in her voice, I knew I had no
choice.
"Ye....yes Aunty Betsy. I....I understand," I answered.
"That's a much better attitude darling. You know as long as we're here,
why don't you ask the sales girl if she could also pierce your cute belly
button," she responded.
A belly ring? No boy in his right mind would ever get a navel piercing.
It was unheard of but I realized it was a punishment for not going along
with her. The pain from her grip on my upper arm also reminded me that
refusal would bring on more painful punishment.
The Piercing Palace kiosk. I will never forget that place. It was the
place where I lost most of my masculinity. We left there with both my
lobes pierced twice and a large pink pearl dangling inside my innie belly
button. Seeing the shit eating grin on Aunt Betsy's face didn't improve
my self-image. No guy would ever do this. I was consoled by the fact I
could remove all this girlish stuff and the holes would heal.
"It's only temporary. It's only temporary," I kept thinking as we
entered Sears.
I kept thinking that until I recognized where we were going. She had
hold of my hand and leading me into the lingerie department. I dug in my
heels. No way I was going into that forbidden area. She must have seen
the fright in my eyes and moved up beside me.
"Ashley darling, stop being a hinderance and cooperate with me. Your
boxers are all worn and unsightly. The same for your undershirts and you
need your own bed clothing. Looking like you do now, we can't possibly
shop in the men's department. What do you think they are going to say or
do seeing you in nail polish with that precious belly ring? Come along,
smile or do I have to get out my hairbrush right here," she bluntly said
then whispered as she jerked my hand, "Smile! Look like you're having
fun and no one will question that you belong."
"Smile, look like I'm having fun? How the hell am I supposed to do that
walking into no man's land. Could I get arrested? She did have a point
about going into the men's department though. Like I have a choice now,"
I thought stepping into this woman's sanctuary.
The first stop was at the panty/bra counter. I recognized some of the
items on display, like thongs and strapless bras. I'm not totally na?ve.
I have my porn sites. I just wasn't aware of all the different styles
and color variations. My deer in the headlights look disappeared when
Aunt Betsy thrust two packages of day of the week nylon panties into my
hands.
"These should be your size, a four," she said tearing open one package
and removing a black pair with Saturday in pink script on it. "Take
these into the changing room, put them on so I can check the fit."
"Wha....what? Here, now?" I gasped.
"Of course darling. I'll show you the way. I'll make sure no one
bothers you," she answered with that same grin I came to hate.
"Don't they have some plain white cotton ones?" I asked daring to hope.
"Yes, but it would look strange for a girl your age not to be buying
pretty nylon ones," she replied tugging my hand.
"But I'm not," I started to say.
"No, but we have to keep up appearances. You certainly don't want anyone
to start screaming, do you?" she interrupted.
Reluctantly I followed her to the changing rooms and slipped into one.
There I looked at what I held in my hand. They were as light as a
feather, sleek to the feel, shimmering black with eyelet lace on waist
and leg openings. Then there was that feminine pink script "Saturday"
and pert little pink bow on the waist band. Nothing at all like my
heavier bulky boxers. I certainly wasn't used to the snug fit or the
silky feel when I put them on. I know I was blushing when I told Aunt
Betsy I had them on. She stuck her head in, chuckled then entered the
cubical.
"They look precious on you Ashley. There's just a small problem though.
Here let me take care of it," she said.
To my chagrin and mortification, she stuck her hand into my underwear.
Then pushed my testicles up into my body and my penis down. Stepping
back she was all smiles. I had tears brimming from the pain when she did
that. Not all of it was physical but mentally. There was only a slight
ridge showing through the panties. More of my masculinity fled as I
viewed my reflection.
"Now that looks so much better darling. Stay here while I continue
shopping. You're going to have to try on some other items for the proper
fit. I'll only be gone for a few moments," she stated leaving me alone
wearing just my tee and underwear. No way I was going to call them
panties.
Aunt Betsy returned after what seemed like hours. What I saw in her
hands made my eyes bug out. She was carrying multiple hangers of bras
and camisoles.
"She can't be serious!" my mind shouted. "Nooo, no, please don't make me
wear that," I gasped in fright.
"Look Ashley darling, people are beginning to notice. Girls your age
have breasts you know. That flat chest is going to give you away as a
boy if we don't do something. I got these to help you, not to be mean.
Besides these are so pretty. Take off that tee and let's see which is a
better fit," she said stepping behind me.
If I had been wearing my jeans I might have bolted but shaking, stood
silent as she slid the straps up my arms. The bra was a bright white
satin with light pink floral lace overlay on the cups. I felt her
connect the three hook and eye closure as tears began running down my
face. Stepping in front, she adjusted the thin slides on the straps with
an ear to ear grin.
"Here cutie, dry those tears and look in the mirror. Isn't that the most
darling bra ever. You're a thirty-four and with the gel padding a full A
cup. I know it must be a shock to suddenly have breasts but those are
small. This padding will do for now. Come on give me a smile darling.
No one is going to question whether or not you're a boy now," she said
which wasn't any comfort as what was left of my male ego fled down the
proverbial toilet.
Nothing shouts female louder than a pair of breasts. Breasts I now
appeared to have and needed a bra for support. What I didn't catch at
the time was her mentioning padded bras, "would do for now."
After being put into a bra, the sunflower yellow nylon with lace trimming
camisole wasn't much worse. The one inch of floral lace on the hem
didn't quite reach my belly button. When I reached for the tee, Aunt
Betsy grabbed it.
"That cami is just too precious to hide under this tee darling. Young
girls today often wear them as outer wear with jeans and you do look
fabulous. Get your jeans on. We still have shopping to finish," she
said stuffing the tee into her large purse.
I don't think I could have turned a brighter pink than when I stepped out
of that changing booth. Here I was out in public, wearing a padded bra
and shimmering cami. The thin satin straps on the cami didn't come close
to covering up those bra straps. Everyone would know that I was wearing
a friggin bra. I was never a macho hunk but I was still all boy hoping
to grow up as a man. With this page boy haircut, what I was wearing plus
the navel piercing made me shrivel up on the inside. Aunt Betsy always
said I should have been a girl and it seems like that's what she's hell
bent on doing. Hopefully it's only for today while we're shopping but I
have my doubts. What kind of manly clothing can she get me looking like
this? Unfortunately I soon found out nothing close to manly.
From the changing rooms she led me directly to foundations. "Darling you
look precious in panties but just tucking still leaves an unsightly
bulge. I think some small panty girdles will do the trick. Girls today
don't use them like we did when I was a teenager. Back then they were a
necessary part of fashion," she informed me.
"But Aunt Betsy, this is just for today, isn't it? I won't be needing
all of this," I whispered nervously.
"Well I did get you two sets of day of the week panties darling. So of
course you're going to need some girdles. You also need other things
like slips and nighties. The cashier might become suspicious if we don't
include those. Any young girl buying this much usually adds slips and a
nightie or two. Do you want the clerk calling you out as a boy? Now no
more questions and smile," she hissed glaring at me.
For a moment I thought about running. What she was suggesting I didn't
want any part of. I may be a "cute" guy but I was a guy after all.
Running dressed and looking like I did really wasn't a logical choice
now. I decided once back at the house, I could change, cut my hair then
run. What she did next made sure I wouldn't run from the mall. Aunt
Betsy removed a gold cylinder from her purse, grabbed me by the chin and
painted my lips with lipstick.
"Darling your lips need a touch up. I think this rum raisin lip balm
will do the trick. Now pucker up or do I need to get something else out
of my purse," she said.
The last thing I wanted was to attract more attention or worse getting
outted by the sales clerk. Getting a paddling in the lingerie department
like some little kid, no way. Trying not to cry I did as she demanded.
Walking away from lingerie, I carried four pair of high waisted girdles.
I was wearing the black one. Two packages of panties, five camisoles
with five matching half-slips and four bras. That was bad enough but the
so-called pajamas were anything but. Shimmering ice lilac nylon with
white floral lace on the bodice and hem cami-tap panty styled pajamas. A
mid-thigh translucent lavender nylon robe with wide three-quarter sleeves
hemmed in three inches of white floral lace came with them. They were
the most feminine in the entire department and Aunt Betsy insisted I get
them.
If I thought exposed bra straps embarrassing what I had in my arms worse.
I was relieved when we deposited those at the checkout. When I saw how
much the cashier rang up, over $350, I knew Aunt Betsy wasn't going to
just pack it away. My hope that she would return all or at least most of
it in the next day or two was all I had. I figured my excursion into
humiliation was over but I was wrong again. It was off to women's wear
and more embarrassment.
I thought she only said I needed new underwear and getting me lingerie
just a means to humiliate me. Guys didn't wear all those unmentionables.
Entering the Junior's section was a surprise.
"If Aunt Betsy wanted to humiliate me, she's done a fantastic job of it
already. So why here? I don't know if I can take much more," I thought.
The Junior's department was over two hours of pure hell. Aunt Betsy had
me trying on what seemed like a thousand different dresses, skirts,
shorts and blouses. The only redeeming factor was that there were only a
few customers to see my humiliation.
"Here darling, go put this on again. I'm undecided on which outfit looks
best. Go on scoot, then we can check out," she said handing me a black
skater skirt and yellow semi-sheer poly cap sleeved blouse with a pleated
front.
"Finally," I thought. I was more than ready to get out of this hell
hole.
The skirt flared out from my hips reaching to mid-thigh and revealed way
too much leg. The blouse just as bad as you could easily see the cami-
top and bra straps through it. At least it concealed that horrible belly
ring. Seeing my reflection though didn't help. Other than my trainers,
I looked like most teenaged girls.
"I shouldn't look this good," I thought as a shiver ran up my spine
seeing that reflection. "Looking like this Aunt Betsy is going to have a
field day kidding me about being a girl."
My fears were justified as I stepped out of the changing cubicle. "Oh
Ashley darling, you look divine in that. I just knew you would," she
said then stepping into the cubicle removed my jeans.
"I...I need those..to.. change," I stuttered.
"Nonsense darling. You look marvelous in that cute outfit. Come along
and we'll check out but let me make a little change," she replied again
with that shit eating grin of hers.
To my horror, she untucked the blouse and tied it into a loose bow just
above my navel. Now that piercing would be visible again. With my hair,
rum raisin lipstick, skirt and blouse I looked like a girl but that navel
ring shouted femme. The only thing marring that image were my trainers.
At the check out were three dresses, three skirts, five frilly blouses, a
pair of bone colored denim short-shorts and pair of pale pink skinny
jeans with rainbow embroidered rear pockets. The clothing cost more than
$400. Again I hoped she would be returning all this stuff.
With more bags than I cared to count, we headed back to the car. I can't
begin to tell you how happy I was to see that car. I had a real smile on
my face as we dumped the bags into the trunk. That smile vanished as she
said we had some more shopping and taking my hand headed back.
Thankfully we stopped at the food court. It was well past noon and I was
starving. Like this entire damn day the burger and fries I wanted turned
out to be a tuna salad and bottled water. What made me more
uncomfortable was during the entire meal she was constantly pointing out
the "cute" boys sitting or walking in the area. Aunt Betsy called them
"cute" but they were all ruggedly handsome unlike me. Don't know why she
kept doing that. I'm most definitely not into other boys like she was
insinuating.
As we dumped our left overs, she embarrassed me again. "Darling, we need
to stop in the powder room. Don't be nervous. No one will guess your
little secret unless you do something stupid like standing to pee. Come
along and don't forget to smile and fix your lipstick when you're
finished," she said handing me the golden tube.
I really had to go and finishing off that bottle of water in no place to
argue which bathroom to use. Like I could go in the boy's dressed and
looking like I did. Still I was frightened by the prospect. Fortunately
we were the only ones in there. I almost sprained a thumb trying to get
that very tight girdle down. Beside my Aunt at the sinks, she showed me
how to apply the lipstick then blot on a paper towel. As I was blotting,
two women came in. They paid us no attention for which I let out a sigh.
I couldn't get out of there fast enough.
I won't bore you with the details but when we left the mall laden with
packages I was relieved but worried. I possessed seven pairs of women's
shoes, three pair of strappy sandals, two open toed pumps, a pair of
flats, and ankle boots with two gold chains across the vamp. The flats
had one-inch kitten heels which I was now wearing. The others, from one
and a half to three-inch spikes. There were two purses. The one I was
using, a black hobo the other a black shoulder bag. Two dozen packets of
pantyhose and some knee-highs. The largest bags contained personal items
from the drug store. Most hygiene and beauty products along with a
fingernail kit and several nail polishes, bobbie pins, cotton balls and
pads. You get the idea. As we got in the car, I had hopes that she
didn't really intend for me to actually use any of that stuff we bought
today.
It took three trips to get all the stuff she purchased into my room.
With the bags scatter around our feet as we sat on the bed, Aunt Betsy
handed me a pair of pinking shears. That's what she called them anyway.
To me they were just small pointed scissors.
"Okay darling, let's start removing all those tags and labels," she said
reaching into a bag. Like I said I wasn't na?ve. I had returned items
to the store and knew you had to keep the price tag and you didn't remove
labels to get a refund.
"Bu...but if we do that....they won't give you a refund," I blurted.
"No, but I we don't intend to take anything back. You tried on most and
the fit was perfect. Here, start on these bras darling," she said
handing them to me.
So much for my hopes that trip was just to humiliate me. As what she
said hit home, I began crying in earnest. "Bu...but I....I don...don't
want to...to wear any of this," I sobbed.
"Like I've said darling, you're just too delicate and cute to be a boy.
You saw all those young men I pointed out in the food court. Now can you
honestly say that you are anything like them. Nature just made a minor
mistake and gave you those little extra bits. So for now, we're going to
experiment developing your feminine side. I think you will come to love
the pampering and clothing choices all young girls love," she stated
patting my thigh.
"No! I won't! I'm not a girl!" I shouted.
The stinging slap to my face was hard enough to send me reeling. "Ashley
Adrian, you will obey me! I've always said you should have been a girl
and I'm going to prove it even if I have to punish you every day," she
shouted back.
The anger in her voice was furious and I was scared shitless. I managed
to control my tears when she said I even cried like a girl. It took me
several minutes before I regained full control but I was now very
frightened. I had absolutely no desire to either look or act like a
girl. I was also convinced Aunt Betsy was crazy as a loon. Maybe crazy
enough to really hurt me. Hell, she should have been the one those women
in pink scrubs had taken away.
Later, still dressed like I had been when we left the mall but wearing an
apron and pink hairnet, I helped prepare supper. I was trembling at the
thought of what Uncle Jake would say when he came home. It was bad
enough at breakfast but now? At least the apron hid most of what I was
wearing especially the top. I was petrified at what he might do seeing
me wearing a bra and short skirt.
Aunt Betsy must have seen how scared I was. "Darling, don't worry about
your Uncle Jake. I've talked to him and explained that you needed to
express your feminine side. Your Uncle can be very understanding at
times, so relax," she said.
Express my feminine side? That was absolutely the last thing I ever
wanted to do but her reassurance helped. When he entered the kitchen, I
blanched almost fainting I was so scared. He stopped in his tracks, gave
me a hard look, shook his head, grabbed a beer then headed to the den.
In a way I had hoped he would have said something to make Aunt Betsy stop
all this. Like all my other hopes, it was just a pipe dream. Hope after
hope evaporating like smoke in the wind.
While I was cleaning up the kitchen, she grabbed some trash bags and
left. Later Uncle Jake came in carrying several bulging bags and went
out the door. When he came back, gave me a hard look, nodded his head
and left. I was a bit puzzled but didn't give it much thought. It
wasn't until I went to get ready for bed that I understood. All my boy's
clothing was gone. If I were going to escape this madness, I now had to
do it dressed like a girl.
Chapter 6
I had thought the trip to the mall was humiliating. What Aunt Betsy had
me doing now was worse. My morning toilet was no less embarrassing as
she supervised my every movement. Back in the bedroom, she handed me a
scarlet gel padded bra.
"This morning I'm going to teach you how to properly put on your bra,"
she told me.
"Auntie please. Despite the way I look, I'm a guy. I don't have
breasts, so why the bra? I don't want to be a silly girl or wear any of
this. Haven't you humiliated me enough already?" I complained.
"Ashley, it isn't my intension to humiliate you. It is my intent to
prove to you that you should have been a girl all along. Now stop
resisting me and do what you're told," she admonished.
I spent the next forty-five minutes practicing putting on a bra behind my
back. My arms and fingers were aching by the time she was satisfied.
Next, she gave me a pair of hip-hugger matching panties and showed me how
to tuck my privates. Once I figured out the right place to push my
testicles up, it didn't hurt much. With the panty hose and matching
girdle, I was as flat as any girl. The tightness and heat from wearing
all that was disconcerting. More so when I realized what a pain in the
ass it would be to use the bathroom.
"Whenever you get dressed, it is important that all your lingerie is
coordinated darling. It's the proper thing to do. Get a camisole and
half-slip while I find a nice skirt and blouse," she said.
The skirt she selected was the one I liked the least. It was a below the
knee, red wool blend straight skirt. Aunt Betsy called it a hobble skirt
and it certainly restrained my stride when I tried it on. The
translucent black chiffon blouse had a chin high ruffled neck with wide
frilly lace cravat tie and billowing long sleeves with lacy cuffs. I
would have liked seeing that on a girl but not me.
To finish my dressing gave me several rings, the black patent leather
shoulder bag and one-and-a-half-inch spike heeled pumps. The shoes were
a tight fit and pinched my toes. The heel wasn't that high she told me
but my ankles wobbled unsteadily. Just standing took all my
concentration as I felt like I was leaning forward and going to do a face
plant.
"One more thing and we'll be ready to start your training in earnest,"
she said applying that rum raisin lipstick then dropping it into the
purse.
I just couldn't bring myself to call all this stuff "my" or "mine." My
mind wasn't ready to accept that. I guess it was a defense mechanism
against what she was doing. I wasn't physically able to resist but I was
determined not to let her get into my head. I still harbored hopes.
Hopes to find a way to escape. If that didn't pan out; then, hoped it
would all end once summer was over. Better yet Mom comes and saves me
sooner.
Aunt Betsy held my arm as we walked around getting me used to the heels.
The tight skirt limited my normal stride into short mincing steps. With
each step I thought I was going to twist an ankle. Walking felt so
unnatural and made these zipping sounds as my thighs rubbed against the
panty hose.
As we walked she kept barking orders at me. "Back straight, chin up,
chest out, place the foot toe first then the heel. Keep those elbows by
your side, wrists loose. Hold your purse to your side with your elbow."
Once she was confidant I wouldn't fall on my face, taught me how to sit,
stoop and stand like a girl. Having to keep my knees pressed together
whenever I sat. She used a quarter. If it fell because my knees parted,
I got a swat of her hairbrush. Everything she was teaching was so
foreign, so different from normal, my mind was exhausted. It took all my
concentration.
That night after I was ready for bed Aunt Betsy surprised the hell out of
me. She brought this weird looking machine into the room. Placing it on
the bedside table plugged it in.
"Tonight we're going to see if we can solve the problem of you not having
breasts. This is a milking machine mothers use to collect breast milk.
Normally it pulses but I modified it. I think over time with nightly use
and this special cream, your body will respond," she told me.
She coated my chest with what looked like cold cream then placed the two
plastic cups over my nipples. Turning on the machine what chest flesh I
had was sucked up into the cups. I could feel the suction pulling my
skin to almost fill those round plastic molds. It didn't hurt, just felt
strange. When she secured me to the bed so I had to sleep on my back, I
wasn't happy. I liked sleeping on my stomach. I had enough biology to
know the machine really couldn't do anything permanent. What I didn't
know was that cream contained a very high dose of hormones.
After a week of lessons, moving like a girl became more natural but
walking in higher heels still difficult. I never used to think about
walking on any surface but now paid attention. Walking from a hard
surface to carpeted required a different step. Later, forget about
walking in grass or gravel. Concrete and asphalt had its own set of
problems. The lessons never stopped, day in, day out she was constantly
instructing me. After two weeks it became much easier and began teaching
me new things.
New things from talking softly using a higher pitch to how I used my
hands. A lot of my time was spent watching You Tube of girls
interacting. She especially wanted me to pick up on their vocabulary and
body language. Later, makeup application, hairstyles and fashion.
Besides watching You Tube, I was given magazines suitable for a teenage
girl to study. She would test me and administer punishment with the
hairbrush if I didn't do well. By the end of June what had been alien to
me, now normal. My mannerisms and speech patterns girlish enough to
please Aunt Betsy.
The lessons were a real pain but what was happening to my chest a mental
anguish. When she removed those cups in the morning my chest did have
small mounds with reddened enlarged nipples but gradually shrank back. I
didn't expect them to last anyway, well not at first. As the days passed
into weeks, those mounds didn't go away. Seeing my chest actually
filling those A-cups was mind blowing.
As far as using my laptop for personal entertainment, forget it. The
first day I arrived, she took it. I didn't get it back until Aunt Betsy
decided I needed to watch You Tube. In the meantime, she had it
modified. All my porn sites, e-mail and social media accounts deleted.
In their place were sites suitable for teenaged girls, new Facebook
account and strict parental controls. Facebook had me as Ashley A.
female and the groups I was following typical girl's stuff. Worse, the
picture was of me in full female mode. Aunt Betsy made sure I entered
new pictures and comments on a frequent basis.
Chapter 7
Aunt Betsey was standing behind me with her hands on my shoulders as we
gazed into the full length mirror. I was wearing a blue satin bra, blue
nylon high cut panties and matte blue girdle with bright satin center
panel for lingerie. It was going to be a hot day and happy she didn't
make me wear pantyhose. Over that I had on a baby blue sundress with
small floral print and white strappy sandals with two-inch spike heels.
I was standing straight backed, chin up and chest out with my legs
together. The image was of a pretty but not beautiful, young girl.
"Ashley you look fabulous. No one is going to believe that you're not a
pretty young girl. Keep that mind set as we go to the salon and take
advantage of the Fourth of July sales. I expect your full cooperation
today and a happy smile on your face, understand?" she said.
"Yes, Auntie," I answered.
I had been out in public dressed many times over the past two months.
Mostly running minor errands like the grocery, cleaners and such. Those
outings were nerve wracking at first but gave me confidence. However
this one bothered me. Auntie as I was now to call her, insisted I go to
the salon for a makeover then shopping at the mall. Two things that
would force me to actively participate and doing it happily. I was
anything but happy about doing any of this. I was dreading it;
especially, going to the beauty salon.
I was petrified over what they would do. Auntie told me she had
everything arranged. All I had to do was smile my happy smile and act
excited. Getting to look more girlie than I already was, had absolutely
no appeal. Adding to my worry she said it was time to update my Facebook
profile picture. Exposing me in drag in this small town was one thing
but Facebook went all over the place.
Before my trip to The Cut and Curl Beauty Salon I would have given myself
maybe a 4 on the guy's beauty scale. When I left a 5. When Auntie said
a makeover she wasn't kidding. My brown hair was given a soft perm which
left it in flowing waves, my brows waxed into high feminine arches and
acrylic half inch extensions. In the mall our first stop was the makeup
counter. There I was treated to a glamour look and lengthy instruction.
I don't even want to think about how much Auntie spent buying all that
gunk. Gunk she would have me wearing from now on. Seeing my made up
face that rating went up to a solid 6. The only thing preventing a
higher rating was my lack of a bigger bust.
The rest of the trip was anticlimactic except she made me get a bikini.
At least it wasn't one of those tiny string ones. The one she decided
upon was black with neon pink stripes at the hips. The spandex bottoms
were a high thigh brief style and halter bra cups full coverage with foam
padding. It came with a translucent black nylon cover-up with pink
piping. Having to wear that outfit in public wasn't something I wanted
to do. When we left I had one new dress, two skirts, four frilly blouses
and a pair of four-inch pencil heeled peep toed red pumps.
My fears about wearing that bikini came true July fourth when it was
decided we were going to the lake. It was considered THE place to go
during the summer by the locals. Uncle Jake pulled into the parking lot
at the boat landing. A restaurant/bar with a large deck and porch along
the water front was nearby. We were early yet that place was packed.
Seeing all the people I was glad Auntie decided to spend time on the
brown sand beach.
The beach wasn't crowded like the bar but enough to bother me. Wearing
that bikini made me feel naked in front of a bunch of strangers. Auntie
chose a spot near some boys and girls playing volleyball adding to my
unease. As much as I love to swim I wasn't about to go near the water.
No, not like this. I was miserable and wanted to be left alone but that
didn't happen. Auntie, like in the food court, kept an ongoing
commentary about the young men on the beach. I heard more than enough
about six pack abs and tight round butts. I tried my best to ignore her
but to no avail. She insisted I look at the boy she picked and tell her
what I liked about him.
"Ashley, darling, just look at that hunk. Why he has muscles on his
muscles. I bet you would love to be held in those strong arms. I know I
would if I were thirty years younger. Well, just don't sit there, tell
me what you think," she said poking my arm.
"Auntie, I'm not into other boys like you're suggesting," I replied
blushing at the idea.
"Ashley, get your mind out of the gutter. Now, look at him and tell me
what you think makes him so appealing. And....I'm not talking about that
bulge in his trunks like you're thinking," she snapped.
I wasn't thinking anything like that but I did look. It was only for an
instant and she noticed.
"Made you look," she said with that shit eating grin of hers.
"Crap!" I thought.
That was typical for my day at the beach. Like I needed any more
reminders of how pathetic a man I was. Then it happened. The volleyball
rolled up near me and a young man coming to retrieve it.
"Be polite and toss it back," Auntie demanded.
I picked it up and did as instructed. Not much of a toss but he caught
it on the bounce.
"Sorry bout that," he said coming up to us. "Hey, we could use another
girl on my team. Would you like to join us? My name is Thad by the
way."
"Thad, what a nice gesture. Ashley would just love to. Go along Ashley
darling and have some fun," she blurted before I could respond.
I must have turned white as a sheet when she said that but Thad grabbed
my hand leading me away. The next two hours seemed like forever and
traumatic. Thankfully no one caught on to my masquerade. From my
readings and You Tube, I was convincing to the other girls. However,
dealing with boys nerve wracking. Like I said earlier, I was never good
at team sports but as a girl okay. I even scored a point much to my
surprise. A point I came to regret as Thad came over and kissed me on
the lips. It wasn't a lingering kiss, just a peck but it made my stomach
churn.
"Great shot Ashley," he said stepping back with a big grin.
Needless to say, I made damn sure I didn't score another point. I was
greatly relieved when Auntie came over to tell me it was time to leave.
That is until she gave Thad our phone number. She also gave it to Nancy
who came over to say goodbye. Auntie also told them I was visiting and
had no friends in the area. Her hint was anything but subtle, a chill of
foreboding ran up my spine.
"Ashley you've come a long way in finding your true self. Still, you
need to be with others your age. That's why I gave them our number.
Going out with boys and being with girls your age is very important for
your growth. I'm pretty sure that handsome young man or nice girl will
call. When they do, you will be nice and if asked out, will do it,
understand!" she said when I complained.
SIBC
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2017 and my illustrated stories on Lulu.