An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Thu Sep 06, 2012 1:46 am

“All right, class, you may begin. Make sure you take thin slices, and draw as accurate a picture as possible of the structure of the organ.”

I stared down at the lamb’s liver in front of me, and picked up the scalpel in my hand. As I held it, looking down at the thin silver blade, for a moment my mind went back to the night at Aunt Cassie’s house, and that horrible woman pressing the flat of the blade against my throat, the sound of Cassie crying and Mum screaming in my ears.

“Jenny? Jenny, do you want me to do the slicing and you do the sketching?”

I turned and saw Alicia sitting next to me, a look of concern on her face. “No - no it’s all right,” I finally said, “I was just remembering.” Taking the liver in my gloved hand, I started to slice through the raw muscle and lay the slices out on the glass surface.

Three weeks had passed since that night - and I’m not going to pretend they were the most fantastic three weeks I have ever spent in my life. For the first week we had stayed at Holderness Manor, and with the help of Alicia, Suzie and Cassie we had all talked about exactly how we felt about our ordeal. Cassie could not have been sorrier, but eventually she accepted everything Aunt Cassie, Mum and Alicia’s gran had told her - that despite the fact she had not done what they had wanted, she was still a hero in their eyes.

I told her that as well - although she may not have understood me at the time, given we were employing the first lesson of Heidi Strong - when you fall off the bike, you have to get back on again. In this case, bless her heart, Cassie had asked if we could all be tied the same way as we had tied that woman. Well, I had never been so glad I still do some form of gymnastics, as the four of us lay on the floor. Our hands were taped together and bound behind us, as were our arms, and there were bands of rope around our waist and tummies, as well as our shoulders. Our ankles and legs were bound, our ankles then pulled right back against the chest rope, and then more rope around our calves and thighs. Our mouths were truly stuffed, taped and covered in cloth, as we just lay there and tried to talk to each other.

After that week, we had all gone home and back to school. From what Alicia had said to me, her grandparents had hinted to her mother and Suzie’s father what had really happened, so that they were not going to ask them for all the details. I’m glad she did that - especially for Suzie’s sake. She is so look Cassie in many ways - one of which is her lovely habit of opening her mouth before engaging her brain.

Obviously, we did have a new form tutor and some different teachers - in the case of our English and PE classes, actually the old teachers coming back. Turned out they had been lured away for a month or two with some very well paid private tutoring work, but it suddenly ended. Strange, that.

Anyway, the first day back Mary had cornered both of us to ask if we were all right. The food poisoning actually had a hint of truth about it by then - I found it very difficult to eat anything for half the week, but life slowly started to return to normal.

As it was, I had something else on my mind that day as well - something I wanted to talk to Alicia and Mary about. Something far more important than understanding the structure of a liver. The morning seemed to drag on for ages and ages until the lunch hour came, and we were able to find a quite table in the corner of the dining room.

As we sat down, Mary pre-empted my opening statement, as they say on those US shows Mum and Dad like to watch.

“So, Jennifer Alison Craig, how are you going to celebrate your coming of teenage?”

“Oh, that’s right,” Alicia said with a smile, “somebody has a birthday coming up this weekend, don’t they? So, what have you got planned Jenny?”

“Nothing really,” I said as I took a mouthful of stew and slipped it into my mouth. “I’m just going to have a quiet, little party with my family, and leave it at that. I don’t want a big party - somehow it feels like that is a bit kiddish, you know?”

Looking down on my tray, I realised I had forgotten to pick up a drink. “I’ll be back in a minute,” I said as I headed back to the counter, and bought a carton of apple juice. As I walked back, I saw that Alicia and Mary were deep in conversation.

“Gotcha,” I heard Mary say as I sat back down again. “What were you two talking about,” I said as I stuck the straw into the carton.

“The book we’ve been given for English - have you ever read To Kill A Mockingbird?”

“Can’t say I have - I know we have it in the bookcase at home, but I’ve never looked at it. Hope it’s good.”

As we sat talking, we were joined by another of what used to be Alicia’s clique. Cathy Harmer was smaller than me, with jet black hair that she invariable had platted into a pigtail that hug down her back, and large gold framed spectacles that seemed to highlight her blue eyes.

“Hi, everyone,” she said as she looked at us, “I just wanted to know if we were still on for...”

I saw Alicia give her a look that I had not seen in a long time, and Cathy hesitated before saying “... for that trip to the cinema next week - you know, to see the new film?”

“Yeah - yeah we are - I’ll give you a call about it,” Alicia said as we got back to eating. I got the distinct feeling I was not been told 100% of the truth, but even so I wasn’t about to ask what was going on.

As we walked to our class, I was a few steps about Mary and Cathy, and I was sure I heard Mary whisper “Nearly gave it away” to Cathy. I said, sure, but I had been so nervous recently that I just put it out of my mind for the moment, as we returned to the joy of surds.




When I woke up on the Saturday morning, it took me a few minutes to realise that it was my birthday - I was now officially thirteen years old, with all the rights and responsibilities - ah, who was I kidding. IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY!!!

I jumped out of bed and ran down the stairs, to find Mum, Dad and Cassie sitting round the breakfast table. “Well, good morning,” Dad said as he looked up from the paper. “Want some orange juice?”

“Yeah, thanks,” I said as I sat down, and he poured me a glass from the jug on the table. Cassie finished spreading the butter on her toast and looked at me, before taking a bite and saying “swhhtruddnngtde?”

“Assuming you said what I am doing,” I said as I drank the juice, “I want to see if there is anything for me today.”

“Oh,” Mum said as she looked over from the cooker, “Expecting something?” As she said this, she picked up the frying pan and slipped something from inside onto a plate.

“I might be,” I said as I looked at her putting something else on the plate. “Why, has the postman been?”

“He has,” Mum said as she picked up the plate and turned round, “but you should eat this first.” She put the plate down in front of me and watched as I looked at it. There were two small fried eggs, with rashers of bacon below them arranged in a smile, and a small half tomato as a nose.

There was also a message, spelt out in individual letters of Alphabet Spaghetti.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNY”

“Do you know how long it took Mum and me to find those letters,” Cassie said as she swallowed her toast. “I hope you like eating that stuff for tea for the next three days - we have most of three tins in a box in the fridge.”

I looked up at the three of them, as they smiled back at me. “Happy birthday, Angel,” Dad said as he reached under the table and pulled out a number of cards and wrapped boxes. “Finish your breakfast, and then you can open these up.”

Well, I had never eaten bacon and eggs so quickly, and then I got to work on the cards and presents. As well as the cards from Mum and Dad, Aunts Connie and Cassie and Granny Craig, there was also one postmarked Adelaide and one with a US stamp that seemed to have come from New England. I picked up the Australian one first and opened it, to reveal a card with a picture of a young kangaroo on it saying “Happy 13th Birthday!”

“It’s from Granny and Granddad Carter,” I said as I looked up. Granny and Granddad Carter were Mum’s parents, who had emigrated just after my fifth birthday to the south - the way south. We got birthday cards and presents from them, so I wondered if they had sent a present as well.

Instead, when I opened the card a small white envelope fell out. Inside was a voucher for Amazon, to the tune of £100.

“Well now,” Dad said as I showed him it, “You make good use of that later on. For now, here’s our present.”

I opened the box to see a brand new iPad, which Dad promised he would help me set up later, while Cassie had bought me (Well, Mum and Dad had) a new set of Nancy Drew books. There were lots of other silly presents as well, the funniest of which was a t-shirt with a picture of me as a new born baby on the front, and the message “Look what happened!” on the back.

“Can I wear this to go shopping this morning,” I said as I looked at Mum and Dad. Mum had offered to take me into town to buy a new outfit, and we were due to meet Granny there as well.

“All right,” Mum said with a smile, “Dad needs to take Cassie to her gym class this morning anyway. Finish off your breakfast - we need to leave in half an hour.”

"All right, Mum," I said as I opened the card from the US. It showed an american eagle carrying a Happy Birthday message, and openign it I read the following.

"Happy birthday to a very special friend - Hope you find a use for this soon. Heidi."

Inside the card was a thin length of white cord, which I held up as Cassie looked at it. "Who sent you that," she said as I looked again at the card.

"It's from Heidi - Alicia's friend. Wonder what she sent me this for?" I put it down and shrugged my shoudlers, before taking another drink from my glass of juice.



Twenty five minutes later, I came down the stairs, proudly wearing my t-shirt with a pair of blue cycling shorts, white ankle socks and sneakers. Cassie and Dad were heading out of the front door, Cassie in her green leotard with the black body stocking underneath and gym shoes.

“We’ll see you later for lunch,” Dad said as he waved from the door. “Have fun driving your mother mad.”

“I don’t do that, do I?” I said as Mum pulled her brown leather jacket on and picked up the car keys. “We’ll see,” she said as she walked to the door, her boots clicking on the gravel outside as I jumped into the back seat of the car and Mum got behind the wheel.

The drive to the shopping centre was fairly uneventful, and by the time I looked at my watch to see it was ten thirty Mum had pulled into the car park and was looking for a parking space. It seemed to be busy, so she headed for the covered part of the centre and pulled into a parking space at the far corner.

I reached for the buckle of the belt, only to hear the other doors of the car opening. Looking up, I was surprised to see Alicia sitting next to me, smiling as she said “Surprise, Jenny - your plans for today are about to get changed rather drastically.”

She held something up as she said this, something I recognised - the pair of handcuffs she had been given the summer day. “I would do as she says, Dear,” I heard Granny say from the front passenger seat; “we are going to take you for a little drive.”

“Just sit yourself forward,” Alicia said as she unbuckled the seat belt. As I did so, she pulled my hands behind my back and fastened the metal bracelets around them, then took the seat belt and buckled me back in. I saw Granny hand Alicia a black sleep mask and a strip of Elastoplast - a strip which she quickly pressed over my lips, before putting the sleep mask over my eyes.

“Just sit back and relax, dear,” Granny said as I heard the car engine start again, “we have something very special planned for you.”
Last edited by KP Presents on Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:13 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Chase Ricks » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:04 am

Most impressive KP. I'll check in from time to time but will not make any predictions until at least Chapter 4.
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:29 am

Great start!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:05 am

Let me add to the chorus here!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JENNY!

She’s growing up. It has been a very eventful year for her, one of discovery, and adventure. She had lots of fun during the year, although there were times where she was in real danger. From robbers, to making her enemy Alicia her friend, she had new challenges, and each time, emerged unscathed, and more often than not, triumphant. At age twelve, she already had more unusual experiences and adventures than most people would have their entire lives.

She’s thirteen, and officially a teenager! Hope she doesn’t grow up too fast—she should think that she can only be young once, and she should fully enjoy it and not wish to be an adult all at once. Once she’s an adult, she would look back fondly upon these years when everything is so innocent, so simple.

She’s still affected by that event in Aunt Cassie’s house, I see. Well, I hope her birthday surprise will help her deal with, and make it forget about it.

This birthday’s gonna be fun. One thing bothers me. Jenny, and the other three girls would be tied up and gagged for long stretches of her party, I would assume. But it is very obvious that Mary Holmes and Cathy Harmer have something to do with this party, and would attend. Hm, do they know about their games? Or would they see Jenny being tied up as a birthday prank? They would probably think it’s a prank, but then, they’ll notice Cassie, Suzie, and even Alicia (would Alicia let herself be seen tied up by her friends in school?) would want to join in the fun!

Anyway, I hope that if that happens, we get to see those girls tied up. First of course, we’ll have to find out if they were tied up before for fun. If yes, then they can be tied up and gagged as thoroughly as our heroes. If not, then they better take it easy at first, tying her lightly, so that she won’t freak out. Even Cassie was tied up lightly when its her first time (before the first robbers).

Anyway, I hope Cassie’s gymnastics class won’t prevent her from attending that party. Perhaps a “important family event” excuse could be made so she could absent herself. Hm, I assume that gym class was Saturday morning, right? Counting the adventures in the past few weeks, I guess she already had a couple of absences for the past few weeks.

I hope that not only Cassie, Suzie, Alicia, could attend. But also Angela, Bobby, April, the two aunts, Granny Craig, and of course Lady Holderness!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby William F Somebody » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:52 am

Well, I wish Jenny a very happy birthday! It would be a nice time to reminisce about the past year. Oh boy, to call it memorable and eventful would be seriously underestimating it. She clearly deserves all those presents! Nice to see her maternal grandparents mentioned!

Since this is a party, a birthday party, I hope that they, especially Jenny (who was rather casual), could have a change of clothes to something more formal, into party dresses! Perhaps the same one that they wore during that last day of summer when they picked one adult to tie up, and they in turn were tied up with their partners and fell asleep under the afternoon sun? Anyway, is Alicia and Granny already dressed for the party?

Aside from clothes, I am also very interested in Mary and Cathy Harmer. As given in the hints contained for this story, there are two new players introduced! I wonder, how will they break the game to them? And how will those two girls react? I have a feeling they would end up tied up before the day is over.

I wonder, when will that phone call happen? I’d assume that kidnapping by Granny and Alicia is their invitation to Jenny. And Mom knows, as she knew Granny and Alicia would be waiting to “kidnap” her from the park.


There would be lots of tie up games in the birthday party. Would they redo some of their earlier games? Maybe they could—especially those where they would tie up some adults! And I hope some new games too!!

Well, a lot would depend where they would hold that birthday. A birthday in Jenny’s house with lots of neighbors would make it impossible to do certain activities. But places like Holderness Manor, Lord Holdernesses retreat where they did that retreat, and Aunt Cassie’s house are isolated enough places to do things with some kind of privacy, and to have enough space to do some other things they would have liked to do.

Anyway, nice start! I’m sure Jenny and her gang would have lots of fun!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:06 am

Thanks for the start of another wonderful story!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:11 am

Great update too!!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:25 am

Tom Ford wrote:She’s still affected by that event in Aunt Cassie’s house, I see. Well, I hope her birthday surprise will help her deal with, and make it forget about it.


A little, but a remedy is in hand.

Tom Ford wrote:This birthday’s gonna be fun. One thing bothers me. Jenny, and the other three girls would be tied up and gagged for long stretches of her party, I would assume. But it is very obvious that Mary Holmes and Cathy Harmer have something to do with this party, and would attend. Hm, do they know about their games? Or would they see Jenny being tied up as a birthday prank? They would probably think it’s a prank, but then, they’ll notice Cassie, Suzie, and even Alicia (would Alicia let herself be seen tied up by her friends in school?) would want to join in the fun!

Anyway, I hope that if that happens, we get to see those girls tied up. First of course, we’ll have to find out if they were tied up before for fun. If yes, then they can be tied up and gagged as thoroughly as our heroes. If not, then they better take it easy at first, tying her lightly, so that she won’t freak out. Even Cassie was tied up lightly when its her first time (before the first robbers).


I have a plan in hand as to how this is going to be handled - and it involves a certain brother...

Tom Ford wrote:Anyway, I hope Cassie’s gymnastics class won’t prevent her from attending that party. Perhaps a “important family event” excuse could be made so she could absent herself. Hm, I assume that gym class was Saturday morning, right? Counting the adventures in the past few weeks, I guess she already had a couple of absences for the past few weeks.

I hope that not only Cassie, Suzie, Alicia, could attend. But also Angela, Bobby, April, the two aunts, Granny Craig, and of course Lady Holderness!!


Well, she MAY have gone to a gymnastics class :big:
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:28 am

William F Somebody wrote:Well, I wish Jenny a very happy birthday! It would be a nice time to reminisce about the past year. Oh boy, to call it memorable and eventful would be seriously underestimating it. She clearly deserves all those presents! Nice to see her maternal grandparents mentioned!


As many of you know, I'm a great prponent of Chekov's Gun in writing - if you're going to shoot a gun in the last scene, show it in an early scene, and if it's in an early scene use it later.

All of which is a roundabout way of saying they may reappear at a later date...

William F Somebody wrote:Since this is a party, a birthday party, I hope that they, especially Jenny (who was rather casual), could have a change of clothes to something more formal, into party dresses! Perhaps the same one that they wore during that last day of summer when they picked one adult to tie up, and they in turn were tied up with their partners and fell asleep under the afternoon sun? Anyway, is Alicia and Granny already dressed for the party?


Not yet - but wait and see...

William F Somebody wrote:There would be lots of tie up games in the birthday party. Would they redo some of their earlier games? Maybe they could—especially those where they would tie up some adults! And I hope some new games too!!

Well, a lot would depend where they would hold that birthday. A birthday in Jenny’s house with lots of neighbors would make it impossible to do certain activities. But places like Holderness Manor, Lord Holdernesses retreat where they did that retreat, and Aunt Cassie’s house are isolated enough places to do things with some kind of privacy, and to have enough space to do some other things they would have liked to do.

Anyway, nice start! I’m sure Jenny and her gang would have lots of fun!!


As you will see tomorrow, they have the perfect location for the party...
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:31 am

KP Presents wrote:I have a plan in hand as to how this is going to be handled - and it involves a certain brother...


I'm so glad he's getting involved in more than just mere attending! I wonder what he'll do? We'll just to find out.

And congratulations to starting the 10th An Education story! Hard to believe it just started a little over three months ago, and looked how it grew! :big: :big:

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:20 am

Oh and update soon!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Fri Sep 07, 2012 2:54 am

Well, what choice did I have in the matter? I sat back in the chair, making myself as comfortable as I could, and thought about what was happening. Alicia was sitting next to me, the creak of her obviously new cream leather jacket quite audible as she moved about, and I pictured her in my mind’s eye - black leggings, flat black loafers, and the white t-shirt under her jacket.

Then there was Granny, a grey pashmina shawl wrapped around her neck and shoulders as she sat in the front of the car. I hadn’t seen what else she was wearing, but that was not a real problem. Whatever was happening, it had been planned with the usual Craig duplicity - it even made me wonder if Cassie was going to a gymnastics class that day or not.

I tried to count time, but come on - when you’re blindfolded, and you can’t speak that easily, what chance have you got of working out where or how long you have been travelling? I just let it wash over me until the car finally came to a stop, and I felt cool air on my face as the door was opened.

“Watch your head,” Granny said as she helped me to get out of the car, and guided me to the next destination, my feet crunching on something as we walked. As I felt the ground change to some sort of stone, and then heard the click of heels on a wooden floor, I realised that I had been brought into a building - but where? I could hear movement, but no voices except Granny as she said “We’re going up some stairs now,” and I raised my feet, one at a time.

Eventually, I was stopped as Granny said “Just stay there for a few minutes.” I heard a door closing behind me, and tried to twist my head round, in a vain effort to get the sleep mask off my eyes, but it was no use. Then I heard the door open and close again.

“Hsssthhr,” I mumbled as I turned my head in the direction I thought I could hear footsteps from. At first there was no reply, and then I heard a giggle - a very familiar giggle.

“I don’t believe it - you actually did manage to kidnap her. And aw, doesn’t she look cute in that photograph.”

“MRREEEE!!!!!”

The sleep mask was pulled off, and as I blinked I saw I was right - there, standing in front of me with the biggest grin I had ever seen on her face, was Mary Holmes. She stood there, her arms folded as she laughed, in her striped vest top and cut off shorts, her legs safely covered in a pair of sheer leggings.

“Yeah - and look at what she did grow up into.”

I groaned inwardly as I turned round and saw Cathy standing there as well, her eyes wide under her glasses. She was wearing a sleeveless light green blouse and a knee length denim skirt, with short black felt boots on her feet with those buttons on the side.

“Lsshmgnnkllu,” I mumbled as I looked round to see Alicia standing by the door, her arms folded and a big, evil smile on her face. “Hey, don’t blame me totally,” she said eventually as she walked towards the three of us, “I just went along with the plan.”

“Ndwhhttprrtell is the plan?” I said as she gently peeled the tape away from my mouth. “Kidnap Jenny and make fun of her day.”

“Half right,” Alicia said as she unlocked the handcuffs. “Kidnap Jenny and give her the greatest birthday ever is the general idea. Mary and Cathy and I have had the devil of a job keeping this from you - especially, you young Catherine.”

“Hey,” Cathy said as she took off her glasses and wiped them, “Just one little mistake, and I covered my back, didn’t I?”

“Barely,” Mary said as she hugged me. “So, Jenny, how does it feel to be one of the old ones?”

“Hey, you’re only a couple of weeks older than me,” I finally said with a laugh. “So, what’s the plan for today?”

“For now, it’s just the four of us,” Alicia said, “and we have the whole of the Manor Day Room to ourselves.” It had taken me a few minutes to get my bearings, but I had eventually realised where they had brought me - Holderness Manor. After all, if Alicia had a hand in this, where else would she come?

“Where are Mum and Granny?”

“Talking to Grandma and Mrs Bridges - we’ll see them again at lunchtime. The others will join us later.”

“Others?”

“Oh yes, Jennifer Alison - today is your birthday party, and have I got things planned for you. In fact, I thought we would start off with a karaoke contest - I just need my able assistants to bring the equipment in.”

“We’ll go and find them,” Mary and Cathy said, and I watched as they left the room. This was good - I had a few questions for Alicia. Questions such as “what the hell are they going to say when they see the games we play,” as soon as the door was closed.

“Hmmm - oh don’t be such a worrywart, Jenny. I’ve been preparing those two for the last few weeks for this day.”

Well, I knew Alicia well enough to believe that, but that did raise another interesting question, which I did not hesitate to ask.

“Why?”

“Mary was asking me about what happened over the summer, because she had seen the report of a robbery at the Manor House. I didn’t say much, but she seemed very interested in the idea that Grandma was tied up. Something tells me she might enjoy playing some very simple games with us - at first anyway.”

“And Cathy?”

“Ah - now that’s a bit more of a wild guess. You’ll have to trust me on that one - I’ll explain later.”

“Can you trust them not to tell the others?”

“Let’s find out,” Alicia said as the door opened, Mary and Cathy walking in with two other people I recognised instantly. Angela, Alicia’s older sister, was carrying a speaker in her hands, which she set down on the ground before saying “Happy Birthday Jenny” to me.

The other person was Bobby, Suzie’s older brother. He was carrying a CD player and a microphone, as well as a small duffle bag which he put on the floor. “Hi Bobby,” I said as he plugged in the player to the speaker.

“Hey Jenny,” he said as he looked up, “Where’s that pesky sister of yours?”

“Supposedly at a Gymnastics class,” I said as I looked at Alicia. “She is - she’s coming later with Suzie. You can have your fun with her when they get here.”

“Fun?” Mary said as she looked at us, but I just shook my head. “I’ll be back in a minute,” Bobby said as he stood up, “I just need to ring Colin and find out when he’s arriving.”

“Colin?”

“Colin Hampton - a friend from school. We have a project to work on for school, and the only time we can get is today, so he’s coming over later.” Bobby walked out of the room as Angela handed a file to Alicia.

“Right then,” Alicia said as she looked at us, “we’ve got an hour or so to kill until lunch, so I thought we could have a Karaoke session - with a difference.”

“Oh - What’s the difference,” Cathy said as Angela walked out of the room, passing Bobby as he came back in. “Make sure they have fun,” she said with a wink as Bobby closed the door behind her.

“The twist,” he said as he opened the duffle bag, “is that we’re going to ask you if you want to try singing while something tries to stop you.”

“Hang on,” Mary said as she sat down, “You mean we’ll need to put something in our mouths.”

“That’s right,” Bobby said with a smile. “Unless, of course, you’re chicken.”

“What is it about boys that make them think they can call us Chicken,” Alicia said, but she gave me a wink as she said this, as I began to see what her plan may be. “Well, I’ll prove him wrong. Unless one of you want to go first?”

“So what’s the idea - I sing with something in my mouth and you try to guess what it is?”

“Got it in one,” Bobby said as he rummaged around inside the sack. “So, who’s the least chicken amongst you?”

Well, I can take a hint, so I said “I’ll do it.” Bobby smiled as he pulled out a large handkerchief, and handed it to me. Folding it neatly, I pushed it into my mouth, turned to the others and put a set of headphones over my ears. As Bobby pressed the play button, I took the microphone and started to sing along.

Urinscrrr, dntknwwhtfrr,
Urtrnghdswhnualkthrtdr
Dntndmkp Tcvrp,
Bntwattursnff

frenlsntrmmcnst,
frenlsbtu,

The other started singing along as I continued my mumbled attempt

Baby you light up my world like nobody else,
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed,
But when you smile at the ground it ain't hard to tell,
You don't know,
Oh oh,
You don't know you're beautiful,

“All right, I get it now,” Cathy said with a smile as I stopped signing, bowed and pulled the now quite wet cloth out of my mouth. “But how did you cope keeping that in your mouth?”

I was so tempted to say “Usually I have at least three other layers as well,” but decided that would not be a good move at this time. Instead I watched as Mary stood up, took the mike and said “All right, Robert, what have you got that I can use to muffle me.”

He gave Mary a look that could have caused trouble, but instead he just smiled sweetly and pulled out a small cloth bean bag, no bigger than the palm of his hand. “Try this,” he said as he smiled his sweetest smile - a sign that mean it was worried for Mary if things progressed.

She didn’t see this, as she opened her mouth, put the bean bag in and started.

Icmhm Lkstn
NdIfhfenturms
Thssdsfdstwshwvknwn
LLblweewftsnsn

Ndllknlldwn, wtfrnw
Ndllknlldwn, wtfrnw

“I didn’t know Mary was into Mumford and Sons,” I whispered to Alicia as we sat there.

“Yeah - she’s kinda into that sort of thing,” she answered as Mary finished and Cathy stood up. She rather nervously took a sponge ball from Bobby and popped it into her mouth before she started singing.

I recognised the words to the Franz Ferdinand song, and started to sing along as Cathy smiled and sang her mumbled version. As she finished, Alicia stood up and said “My turn now,” looking at Bobby and saying “What have you got for me?”

Now I knew I could see the look in his eye as he brought out one of Suzie’s old small headscarves. Alicia said nothing, but folded and pushed the cloth into her mouth. Before she had a chance to take the microphone, however, Bobby quickly pulled her hands behind her back, and I heard the sound of tape been pulled off a roll as he secured her hands together.

I wasn’t sure if Alicia knew this was going to happen, as I looked at her staring back at me. She gave nothing away, as Mary stood up and walked round her. “Wow - you really can’t move your hands apart, can you,” she said with a low whistle as she stood in front of Alicia.

I knew for a fact she could if she wanted to, but instead she just slowly shook her head from side to side. Cathy stood up and looked a swell, so I decided to play along and did the same thing.

“Have you done this to her before, Bobby,” Cathy said quietly. Bobby put on his ‘sweet and innocent’ face, and said “I just wanted to see if I could do it now.”

I looked at the other two - I could see where this was going, but didn’t want to say anything. Finally it was Cathy who broke the ice, and said “Do you think you could do that to me as well.”

I saw the smile on Alicia’s face when she heard that - one that said just one word.

“Gotcha.”
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:38 am

What a fun bday!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:58 am

Gotcha indeed!

It’s nice to see Bobby in the thick of this! And the mention of his friend Colin Hampton—Hampton—that’s very familiar, and I remembered it, but I won’t tell where, but you and I know where it is! Seems to me that Jenny would remember this birthday for a very different reason than what initially is the case.

All I’m saying is I’m glad Bobby has got a male friend, and I hope he can plunge into this games as much as the future Lord Holderness did, or if not, he can guide him into plunging into it! They are going to have a project that afternoon? Oh boy, I hope the girls won’t disturb them. Well, I can think of a definite way to make sure they won’t bother them! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: And perhaps Bobby could be a teacher to Colin as well!!


I see the party has yet to start, but the fun has already began! Nice nice way to start things off! At least Mary and Cathy won’t be scared by the four girls tied up stringently—hope by starting simple, it won’t be as much of a shock. Although I doubt Suzie and Cassie could stand being tied up that lightly—it’s either they be tied up so they can’t escape, talk intelligibly, remove their gags, or untie each other—or not at all. But I guess making Cathy and Mary think they cannot escape is half the fun! They would probably laugh in their heads as they see that Mary and Cathy would not be able to escape with such simple ties.

“I can’t escape!” she would say but they know the four of them could easily escape it.

By making it part of a game, a part of their party, they made it look like its all part of the game, and that being tied up is fun! (Well it is, but Mary and Cathy don’t know that yet. I wonder, what kind “preparing” did Alicia do to Mary and Cathy?) We’ll see, I guess.


And how Alicia and Bobby worked together to entrap Jenny and the new girls was chilling! Maybe the two Holderness cousins could work together in the future, especially to trick and tie up the Craigs!! I can see the wheels of Alicia’s head turning as her plan unfolded, and the way it came off smoothly, wow! She’s nicely showing her talents for manipulation, and with more characters, the more she can weave her web around! Which of course would probably end with her being caught in her own web, but its okay being tied up as long as she thinks herself as a master manipulator!!

First, she and Cathy and Mary engineered this whole surprise and kidnapping Jenny. But at the very same time, Alicia was working with Bobby to trap Cathy and Mary into being tied up. So Mary and Cathy thought they were conspirators, but little did they know that they were also conspired against! And I won’t be surprised if Bobby or the others were also plotting against the lot of them too!

And of course, Cassie and Suzie too! Bobby is here, so is his sister Suzie somewhere in the house? Maybe Bobby’s hiding her, and he’s waiting for the moment to reveal her! Of course, Suzie would cooperate if it would mean tie up time for her!!!

Anyway, how is Jenny handling her new popularity? Both Mary and Cathy are Alicia’s friends, and its obvious that they became friends with Jenny because they were friends with Alicia! (Well, not so much Mary, but Cathy most definitely). I wonder, just how many new friends do Jenny have? Both genuine friends, and hangers on who wanted to become close to Lord Holdernesses granddaughter's new friend?

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:19 am

Tom Ford wrote:It’s nice to see Bobby in the thick of this! And the mention of his friend Colin Hampton—Hampton—that’s very familiar, and I remembered it, but I won’t tell where, but you and I know where it is! Seems to me that Jenny would remember this birthday for a very different reason than what initially is the case.

All I’m saying is I’m glad Bobby has got a male friend, and I hope he can plunge into this games as much as the future Lord Holderness did, or if not, he can guide him into plunging into it! They are going to have a project that afternoon? Oh boy, I hope the girls won’t disturb them. Well, I can think of a definite way to make sure they won’t bother them! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: And perhaps Bobby could be a teacher to Colin as well!!


Hampton? Now why would that be familiar to you, I wonder? :D


Tom Ford wrote:By making it part of a game, a part of their party, they made it look like its all part of the game, and that being tied up is fun! (Well it is, but Mary and Cathy don’t know that yet. I wonder, what kind “preparing” did Alicia do to Mary and Cathy?) We’ll see, I guess.


Softly Softly Catchy Monkey is my response to this - and do no tthink for one minute Bobby is done yet. Speaking of which...


Tom Ford wrote:And how Alicia and Bobby worked together to entrap Jenny and the new girls was chilling! Maybe the two Holderness cousins could work together in the future, especially to trick and tie up the Craigs!! I can see the wheels of Alicia’s head turning as her plan unfolded, and the way it came off smoothly, wow! She’s nicely showing her talents for manipulation, and with more characters, the more she can weave her web around! Which of course would probably end with her being caught in her own web, but its okay being tied up as long as she thinks herself as a master manipulator!!


Bobby and Alicia - a dream team if ever there was one. She may be a lot nicer now, but she still has some of the old skills...

Tom Ford wrote:And of course, Cassie and Suzie too! Bobby is here, so is his sister Suzie somewhere in the house? Maybe Bobby’s hiding her, and he’s waiting for the moment to reveal her! Of course, Suzie would cooperate if it would mean tie up time for her!!!


Yeah, where is Suzie.... :?:
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:47 am

KP Presents wrote:
Bobby and Alicia - a dream team if ever there was one. She may be a lot nicer now, but she still has some of the old skills...


I agree. With them working together, none of the other girls are safe!!! I would guess that future kidnappings would involve those two doing the plotting.

Anyway, I meant to ask you this in my previous post, but I forgot.

Hm, will the next update be tomorrow, or would be posted on Monday?

Thanks.

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:50 am

Tom Ford wrote:
KP Presents wrote:
Bobby and Alicia - a dream team if ever there was one. She may be a lot nicer now, but she still has some of the old skills...


I agree. With them working together, none of the other girls are safe!!! I would guess that future kidnappings would involve those two doing the plotting.

Anyway, I meant to ask you this in my previous post, but I forgot.

Hm, will the next update be tomorrow, or would be posted on Monday?

Thanks.


Later tomorrow - it's my wedding anniversary, and we're taking a family trip to a certain well known theme park in the south of London...
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:58 am

KP Presents wrote:
Later tomorrow - it's my wedding anniversary, and we're taking a family trip to a certain well known theme park in the south of London...


Thanks you. Congratulations, and have fun!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:13 am

Great update!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:14 am

Looks like Jenny's in for a long, but fun, day!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby William F Somebody » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:16 am

And the plot thickens! This would indeed be a birthday to remember! With friends like this, how can Jenny think that she could have only a quiet little get together to her 13th birthday?

I thought that there’s a party once she got to the Manor, but they’re still preparing for the party. I guess that party will happen after lunch—it can’t happen too late because of their two young visitors. Will they change for the party before lunch?

Hm, does the plan of Alicia, Mary and Cathy extend to the party in the afternoon itself, or does in only include kidnapping Jenny? Its very obvious that Mary and Cathy hasn’t got any idea of that karaoke, but is their part just limited to getting to the Manor after Jenny’s kidnapping?

And who else was involved? I guess Mom and Granny knew about it. And Lady Holderness too of course. Alicia probably broached the plan to her grandmother, who then called her friend Miranda to see if she would agree, and then they made the plans! Were there others involved, or are they just invitees to the party?

How old is Cathy? I’m guessing that she’s twelve, about the same age as Alicia and Jenny before her birthday because she’s part of Alicia’s clique, but she seems much younger. And the fact that she was referred to as ‘Young Catherine’ by Alicia. Perhaps she’s just advanced, or maybe a year younger than Alicia and Mary. If I would hazard a guess, she’s probably 11, younger than Alicia, Jenny, and Mary but older than Cassie and Suzie.

Poor Cathy and Mary. They’re being reeled in, hook, line and sinker, and they don’t even know it. Bobby and Alicia probably planned this thing together—they made Cathy very very curious that she wanted to try it out, and then, she’d probably spend a lot of her time with Alicia and Jenny tied up after this!

Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing Cassie and Suzie. I hope Bobby will tie up those two little brats!! And we’ll see Colin Hampton! Hm, there is an earlier Miss Hampton, one of the earlier new teachers. Is the new English teacher somehow related to Colin Hampton, or is it just a coincidence?

Hope they can work with all the noise of that party. But if they’re too noisy, they can of course, make sure they stay very quiet!! :gag:

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:19 am

Oh and update soon!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:35 am

Sorry folks - I was exhausted Saturday and yesterday

Bobby tried hard not to smile as he said “Stand with your back for me.” Cathy turned and put her hands together, pressing her fingers against each other as she listened to Bobby peeling the black tape away from the roll and using it to bind her wrists together.

“Oh,” she said as he tore the tape off and smoothed it down, “that’s not at all how I expected it to feel.”

“How did you expect it to feel,” I said as I glanced at Alicia. I could see her smiling, even as she watched the way Mary was looking at Cathy.

“I don’t know,” she eventually said. “When I saw that film the other night - the one where that man holds a mum and daughter hostage and makes the father clear out the safe - I wondered how the daughter must have felt. She looked scared, as if it was hurting, but this actually feels nice.”

As she said this, I realised what Alicia had meant by a ‘wild guess’. Cathy was actually in the year below us at school, but she was more at home with us than with the rest of her classmates. She must have told Alicia about this at some point - a fact I wanted to keep in mind for later.

“Wllmrreee,” Alicia said as she looked at Mary. “All right,” she finally said, “but only if all four of us go through with this.”

Time to do my thing, I thought. “Well, I could,” I stammered, “but I don’t like the idea of Bobby been in charge.”

“Oh don’t worry,” he said as he guided Mary’s wrists behind her back and started to tape them together as well, “I have to go somewhere, so I’ll leave you to it. Grandma will come up later and free you.” As he said this, he tore the tape off and smoothed it down on Mary’s wrists, then came behind me and did the same. He didn’t tape my fingers or anything - Alicia must have said to keep it simple.

“Ptthrstffbkn,” Alicia said as she looked at us. “In a minute,” Bobby said quietly, “That film you saw Cathy - were their legs tied as well?”

Cathy nodded slowly. “The girl was sitting in a chair, and the mum lying down on the couch.”

“All right then - all four of you sit against the wall.”

“What are you going to do,” Mary said as we all walked over and sat down. Bobby said nothing, instead using the tape to secure our ankles together, out legs stretched out in front of us. He then went and got the bean bag, cloth and sponge ball, and pushed them back into our mouths. He didn’t try to tape them in, but instead said “Don’t move” as he left and closed the door behind himself.

“sddfrrnt,” Cathy said as she looked down her legs, twisting her legs round as she looked at the black band around her ankles. Mary nodded, but said nothing, almost as if she was unsure what she should do. Alicia looked at me, I looked at her, and then said “Wnnngtttftsss?”

Cathy looked at me for a moment, as did Mary, as I spat the cloth out of my mouth, watching it drop to the floor. “I said, do you want to get out of this?” The look on their faces was priceless, as Alicia finally forced the cloth out of her mouth. “fun as this is,” she said as she started to twist herself round, “It’s almost lunchtime. Jenny, move so your back is next to mine, and I’ll get that stuff off your wrists.”

As Alicia started to peel the tape away from my wrists, I said to Mary, “See if you can do the same thing to Cathy.” She nodded and motioned to Cathy, as the two of them got back to back and she probed around Cathy’s wrists with her fingers.

As Alicia peeled the tape away, I looked over my shoulder and whispered “You might be right about these two - but what about the others? What are they going to say when they tell them what they did today?”

“I’m not sure they will,” Alicia whispered back as my wrists parted, “This is just the appetiser. Wait until you see what I’ve lined up for after lunch, when Suzie and Cassie get here.”

“Fnks,” Cathy said as Mary managed to get her wrists free as well. “You do know you can just spit that out,” I said as I freed my legs, then returned the favour to Alicia.

“Ikknnn - sorry, I know,” Cathy said as she turned and started to free Mary, “but it actually felt kinda nice. I was a little disappointed, though?”

“At what,” Mary said as she spat her gag out.

“I thought I would be completely like the girl, and Bobby would tape over my mouth.” We all looked at her, before there was a knock on the door and Mrs Bridges came in.

“Ah, there you are, she said as she smiled at me. “Happy birthday, Jennifer. If you will come with me, Lunch will be served in the kitchen.”

“Thanks, Mrs Bridges,” Alicia said as we stood up and followed her down the corridor into the large room. As we came in, we saw Mum and Granny sitting there, beside Robert, Lady Holderness and a boy I had never seen before.

He was a little taller than Bobby, with short cut brown hair, and smiled as he saw us come in. While Bobby was in a pair of khaki shorts and a t-shirt, this boy was wearing a short sleeved shirt and blue jeans. “Hey,” he said when we walked in, “I’m Colin - and which of you three is the birthday girl?”

“She is,” Alicia said as she pushed me forward. “Colin Hampton, Jenny Craig. What’s for lunch Mrs Bridges?”

“Sandwiches and soup for now,” was the reply as we all sat at the table. “Happy birthday, Jennifer,” Lady Holderness said to me as she put a spoonful of the scotch broth to her mouth and swallowed, “thanks for coming over today.”

“I had a choice,” I said, but as the warm soup went down my throat I started laughing. “Just when did you plan all this anyway?”

“A week or so back,” Granny said as she looked at me. Her pashmina was covering a grey jumper and matching trousers. “I know you didn’t want a big party, but we had to celebrate, didn’t we? Your aunts will be coming over later, and we’ll be having a more formal dinner with some games then.”

“Huh - but I don’t... OH.” I looked over to Mum. “You brought a change of clothes, didn’t you?”

“No - Dad is bringing them,” Mum said with a smile. “He’ll be here in a few minutes.”

“So what’s this project you and Bobby have got to work on, Colin,” Alicia said as she grabbed a ham sandwich. Colin swallowed his soup before saying “It’s for Physics - we need to write up some experiments on light waves.”

“Sounds exciting stuff,” I yawned as I also picked up a sandwich. Colin looked at me, his head cocked to one side, before returning to the bowl. “this is very good soup, Mrs Bridges,” he said as he swallowed another spoonful.

Mrs Bridges was about to say something when we all heard footsteps running down the corridor. “Is there any lunch left,” we all heard Suzie say, as she ran into the kitchen and hugged her grandmother.

“Ah, that smells good,” Alexander Holderness said as he came in. “Sorry we’re late - I needed to collect something that Robert here had forgotten.” He handed Bobby a sports holdall, which he took as he said “Thanks Dad. Come on, Colin, let’s get this homework done and dusted.”

“Are you sticking around for the party?” Alicia said as the two boys left the room. “Yeah - if the birthday girl is happy for me to be there,” he said a she looked at me and smiled - a nice smile as well.

“Sure,” I said, “if my hostess will allow it.”

“Of course you can stay Colin,” she said as she collected up the soup plates, and Mrs Bridges put two down for Suzie and her father. “Can you stick around Alexander?”

“Sadly no,” he said a she picked up the soup spoon, “but I’ll be back later for the finale.”

“The finale? Just what sort of party are you having, Jenny?”

“Don’t ask me - I have no idea. I wouldn’t be surprised if Cassie knew more than me.”

“Knew more than you about what?”

We all turned to see Cassie standing there, dressed in her Gymnastics outfit as Dad followed her in. “Hello, John,” Granny said as he walked over and kissed her, then Mum.

“I see you got her here safely then,” Dad said as he smiled at me, “We’ll have to do the shopping trip another day, Jenny. I have a feeling you’re going to be busy all day today anyway.”

I looked at the three of them as he said this, before Alicia said “Right - can we have a drink please, Mrs Bridges?”

As she brought over four glasses, Granny said “We’re not going to start the party until four o’clock, so you need to find a way to amuse yourself until it’s time to get changed. What do you plan to do until then, Alicia?”

“Oh, we might go down to the lake for an hour or two.”

“Come on Suzie,” Cassie said as she grabbed her friend’s hand, “Let’s go and see what Bobby’s up to.”

The two youngsters ran off, as Cathy said “That’s your sister? She looks like she could be trouble.”

“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you,” I smiled as I finished my drink. “So do you want to head down to the lake?”

“You have a lake?” Mary looked at Alicia, then at Lady Holderness. “I knew you were in a titled family, but...”

“SUZIE! CASSIE! STOP DOING THAT!!!”

We all looked up as we heard Bobby shouting. “On the other hand,” Alicia said as she pushed her chair back, “If those two are teasing Bobby again, we may have something else to occupy our minds for the next couple of hours.”

“I’M WARNING YOU...”

“what on earth are they doing,” Cathy said as we heard giggles from down the corridor.

“I suggest you go and look,” Lady Holderness said, “before young Robert does something they will regret.”

The four of us got up and walked down the corridor, in time to see Bobby forcing Cassie to climb the staircase, his hand clamped over her mouth “HLPMMMM” she called out as she was made to walk up, her eyes wide as we watched her.

“What is he doing to her,” Mary said as they disappeared at the top of the stairs. I looked down at the floor and saw a piece of paper lying there. Opening it, I showed it to the other three.

“We have the little princesses - come and find them if you dare!”
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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:53 am

Little Princesses indeed!

I wonder, do those two just like to tease Bobby? Or do they like to tease him because they know they would end up tied up and gagged? Or both? With Cassie having a little crush on the heir to the estate, and Suzie being his bratty little sister, well, good thing Bobby knows that they like being tied up! He can at least control their brattiness. Not that those two won’t mind at all!

Hm, now I’m really wondering. Did Alicia put Suzie and Cassie to tease Bobby so all of them can be tied up? With Alicia saying “look up what I’ve lined for them after lunch” then I think Bobby, Alicia, and Cassie and Suzie all were in to this to get Mary and Cathy (and of course, Jenny). I wonder, will Bobby tie up Cassie and Suzie as tightly as he would, knowing that Mary and Cathy would see them? Is Alicia prepared for those two new girls to see how they really tie each other up, are they going to do it step by step, but all the same, with it ending with all of them tied up and gagged as stringently as possible. But Cassie and Suzie might not like being tied up lightly at first—but I think those two little brats will get the plan and pretend to be unable to escape.

But of course, the four older girls might join them anyway—the warning “if you dare” sounds like they would be tied up if they would attempt a rescue—not that they would mind of course. Hm, would they split up, or would they go together. Or would they wait for a while to give Bobby and Colin time to tie up the two little girls and hide them before they would start their search? And would Bobby and Colin tie up Mary and Cathy very tightly too?

Perhaps they could tie up the original four tightly, but not Cathy and Mary. That way, their appetites would be whetted sufficiently! Then with all six of them not going anywhere, they might start on that Physics project? Hm, how about a scene in a room where all of them were tied up and gagged in the same room and at the same time that two are doing their physics project? The worst thing about it is that they are being ignored, yet they can’t openly work to escape as they are in the same room!

“So according to this, light particles…hey, stop that!”

They at first won’t be tied up that tight, but they would try to escape, then the boys would then tie them up tighter and tighter after each escape attempt. And then gagged progressively tighter.

Seeing Colin meet Jenny for the first time, well, having read Memories on your ebook makes this scene feel very different—same with Bobby seeing Cassie tied up on The New Teacher. I would recommend purchasing KP’s ebook An Education.

However, for the present, the most significant thing about Colin’s arrival was that Bobby has a male friend with whom he could kidnap the girls! I wonder, how would react to him seeing tying up the girls? Probably see it as no more than what is due to bratty girls who would bother them in their physics project.

Hm, maybe in the future, the two of them could kidnap all the girls without their prior knowledge (expect perhaps one, who would arrange it)?

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:23 am

Tom Ford wrote:Hm, now I’m really wondering. Did Alicia put Suzie and Cassie to tease Bobby so all of them can be tied up?


I'm not telling - yet...

Tom Ford wrote:But of course, the four older girls might join them anyway—the warning “if you dare” sounds like they would be tied up if they would attempt a rescue—not that they would mind of course. Hm, would they split up, or would they go together. Or would they wait for a while to give Bobby and Colin time to tie up the two little girls and hide them before they would start their search?


Whistling...

Tom Ford wrote:Seeing Colin meet Jenny for the first time, well, having read Memories on your ebook makes this scene feel very different—same with Bobby seeing Cassie tied up on The New Teacher. I would recommend purchasing KP’s ebook An Education.


Other books dealing with - ah, who am I kidding. Seriously, there is stuff in the book that puts a very different light on some recent events. Plus you get all the stories in one place.

Tom Ford wrote:Hm, maybe in the future, the two of them could kidnap all the girls without their prior knowledge (expect perhaps one, who would arrange it)?


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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby William F Somebody » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:16 am

So Cathy is a year younger than them. And just a year older than Cassie and Suzie. So with Cassie and Suzie being 10 (soon to be 11), Jenny just turning 13, and Alicia probably just twelve, and Mary about twelve or thirteen, Cathy is placed midway age wise—she could easily, I suspect be close friends with Cathy and Suzie because she can relate to them a lot, especially, as she was always with Alicia’s friends, she would always feel young and small! And Cassie and Suzie in turn won’t have much trouble being close to her—she’s just a year older! I wouldn’t be surprised if Cathy would be someone who can move in comfortably in both groups—she can be have fun and mischief with Suzie and Cassie, and be more serious and more “mature” with the older girls Mary, Jenny, and Alicia!

That was I was wondering before—what if they had a girl who was eleven as a friend? Who would she be closer to, the girls a year older (Jenny and Alicia), or a year younger (Cassie and Suzie)? Guess circumstances made her a close friend of Mary and Jenny and Alicia, but other circumstances could easily have made her closer to Cassie and Suzie. I suspect her maturity level is less than Jenny and Alicia, but more than Cassie and Suzie.

And of course Colin. He won’t have much trouble being integrated, because being a boy, I suspect, he would easily find the charms of tying up girls! Especially with Cassie and Suzie interrupting their work, he would easily agree that tying them up would be a good way to shut them. And then the four other girls would naturally follow. Hm, would he hesitate to tie up the girls, especially as he doesn’t know them before this day? He’d probably for Bobby to say that it is okay. And does he know how to tie up properly if he decided he wanted a piece of the action?

Mary and Cathy obviously haven’t been tied up before! It was funny when they didn’t just spit the stuffing out! I was surprised they didn’t just continue with the karaoke, but with lunch approaching, I bet they are all hungry.

Hm, maybe they could go to the lake before the party—but of course, tied up and gagged after they find out where Suzie and Cassie are—courtesy of the boys! Won’t it be a sight to walk in the English country side in the Fall, with leaves on trees turning red, and scattered leaves all over the grounds?

Bobby could show off his future mansion and its surrounding grounds to his friends! Bobby has every right to be proud of Holderness Manor—it would be his one day! With the four girls in two as well—Mary and Cathy might as well get a tour from the heir of Holderness Manor himself! (They don’t know they have a lake, so it was the first time they came here).

But if that happened, I would guess Alicia herself would arrange it. Maybe it’s one of her surprises for the two new initiates!

Hm, does Bobby know about the family ghost? I imagine he already knows. Perhaps he could tell it to the new kids around?


Anyway, glad we could have three new characters. I hope those three--Mary, Cathy, and Colin--plus Bobby--could be a part of the gang--and would be part of the adventures--if not all the tales, at least most--in the future!!! (I imagine Bobby and Colin's participation would necessarily be not as much as the others, but Mary and Cathy could be fully fledged parts of the gang).

Anyway, I wonder, after this, have they thought of a name of their new gang?

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:21 am

Great new characters!!

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby Tom Ford » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:24 am

KP Presents wrote:Who knows what the future will bring - The Shadow knows...


So the Holderness Shadow would be back soon?

Speaking of which, if it isn't too soon for me to ask, do you already have a title for your next tale? If so, could I ask what it is?

Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:33 am

Tom Ford wrote:
KP Presents wrote:Who knows what the future will bring - The Shadow knows...


So the Holderness Shadow would be back soon?

Speaking of which, if it isn't too soon for me to ask, do you already have a title for your next tale? If so, could I ask what it is?


Not too soon - and it may act as a minor spoiler, but what the hey.

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Re: An Education - The Birthday Party

Postby KP Presents » Mon Sep 10, 2012 5:53 am

William F Somebody wrote:So Cathy is a year younger than them. And just a year older than Cassie and Suzie. So with Cassie and Suzie being 10 (soon to be 11), Jenny just turning 13, and Alicia probably just twelve, and Mary about twelve or thirteen, Cathy is placed midway age wise—she could easily, I suspect be close friends with Cathy and Suzie because she can relate to them a lot, especially, as she was always with Alicia’s friends, she would always feel young and small! And Cassie and Suzie in turn won’t have much trouble being close to her—she’s just a year older! I wouldn’t be surprised if Cathy would be someone who can move in comfortably in both groups—she can be have fun and mischief with Suzie and Cassie, and be more serious and more “mature” with the older girls Mary, Jenny, and Alicia!

That was I was wondering before—what if they had a girl who was eleven as a friend? Who would she be closer to, the girls a year older (Jenny and Alicia), or a year younger (Cassie and Suzie)? Guess circumstances made her a close friend of Mary and Jenny and Alicia, but other circumstances could easily have made her closer to Cassie and Suzie. I suspect her maturity level is less than Jenny and Alicia, but more than Cassie and Suzie.


Fair assessment - and Alicia's Birthday is just before Christmas...

William F Somebody wrote:And of course Colin.


We will learn more about Colin as the story progresses - for now, you need to know he is in Bobby's Scout Troop...

William F Somebody wrote:Hm, maybe they could go to the lake before the party—but of course, tied up and gagged after they find out where Suzie and Cassie are—courtesy of the boys! Won’t it be a sight to walk in the English country side in the Fall, with leaves on trees turning red, and scattered leaves all over the grounds?


Wouldn't it just, especially on a day with an Indian Summer....

William F Somebody wrote:Anyway, I wonder, after this, have they thought of a name of their new gang?


Probably not - so let's throw it out to you. Can you come up with a good name for this bunch of kids? Inquiring minds would like to know...
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