## An Education - Patty's Friend

Post by KP Presents » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:17 am

Here’s the thing - I barely knew my cousins when I lived up in Scotland, but over the last few months I’ve got to know them a lot better - and yet I’m still both overjoyed and completely surprised at what they are like.
Perhaps I need to back up a bit - my names Patty - Patricia Pickering, and I’m very pleased to meet you. I’m nine years old, and I moved down here last spring after Mummy had decided she wanted to live nearer Aunt Jennifer and Uncle John. I grew up in Scotland, in a town called Linlithgow, where I went to the Low Port Primary School. Daddy worked for a company in Edinburgh, and Mummy worked in the library.
Daddy... I really miss Daddy sometimes, he always smiled and liked to play with me, but there was a bad accident one day, and Mummy told me he wasn’t going to be coming back. I cried a lot, and felt really bad for a long time - so did Mummy, which is why I guess she decided to come this far south.
So one day, we packed up, drove for an eternity, and I found myself in Holderness, leaving all my friends behind. I wasn’t worried though - if it made Mummy happy, it made me happy, and I was excited to meet Jenny and Cassie for the first time in years.
When I saw them, I was surprised at how big they were - Cassie was a good two inches taller than me, and Jenny taller still, but they made me feel really at home, and introduced me to all their friends - and all their games.
It was the games that really surprised me. Mummy had told me about some of the things that had happened to them, and especially how Cassie had done something incredibly brave. I was curious about all of their adventures, so the first day I met them again I asked them.
I don’t think I expected what they told me - but then everything changed, as Aunt Jennifer gave birth to the cutest twins - David and June. Suddenly, I had gone from fearing I was going to be the youngest to becoming a big cousin - and with Danny, that made three!
Oh yeah - there’s Danny, who’s the boy of Aunt Connie and Uncle Dave. There’s also Aunt Cassie, but she doesn’t have any kids. She lives with someone called Jo, and she seems to be very happy.
Anyway - we then spent the weekend with Cassie’s friend Suzie and her family. We went to her grandparent’s place - a real live Manor House! Where I grew up, we had a Royal Palace, but it’s a ruin - I used to play in the Peel which surrounds it. But this was a real big house, with a real Lord and Lady - and lots of rooms where we could play hide and seek, dress up - and tie up games.
This was their big secret, the way they said they stayed calm when all the scary things happened to them - and there must be something in our blood, because I found I loved them as well!
I met the rest of her friend Suzie’s family as well - including Angela, who taught us to walk round in dresses while tied up, and her friends from school. That was nice of her - one of the things I was not really looking forward to was trying to make new friends, but they said they would look after me.
I also met Suzie’s brother Bobby - and I soon found out that he liked Cousin Cassie a lot. An awful lot - so I decided there and then I needed to tease her about it as often as possible. Which I love doing, and keep doing.
Then came school - and it took me a little while, but I eventually made a few friends in my class. One in particular became a very good friend. Her name’s Rachel, and she moved to the area a few weeks before I did. I didn’t tell her our family secrets, but we sat together in the class and got to know each other very well.
I also liked my teachers - they made me feel right at home, and the teaching was fun. So was spending time with Cassie and Suzie - even if I could not tell Mummy at first about the games we played. I was too scared to, you see - even though both Cassie and Suzie said it would be better to.
Then there was that very strange night. It started normally enough - Jenny and Cassie were coming to stay with me at my house, while Aunt Jennifer went off somewhere. We had tea, and - well, let’s just say that I found out Mummy had a few secrets if her own. After that, she let us play if we wanted - which made the next few weeks after that, when Aunt Jennifer, Aunt Cassie and Aunt Connie all seemed to be very upset over something. Mummy would not tell me what - only that they needed time to get over things.
I’m glad they did, in time for this huge party at Suzie’s Grandparents place that Mummy and I were invited to, with all the others. I had never worn such a beautiful dress, or seen so many people in so much finery. That would have been enough to scare me - but then I found out that Bobby had ‘arranged’ for his little cousin Tommy to dance with me.
He looked almost as scared as I was- and even more so when Bobby very casually mentioned there was a private party in the manor house at the same time, and we’d be tied up and gagged by them while we danced!
I don’t know what was more terrifying - wondering if Tommy would do a good tight job, or the dance. You see, I now knew I liked to be tied up nice and tightly - I loved the way it made me feel helpless, like a princess in some of my books - but I also loved the idea of being helped to move as well.
I needn’t have worried - Bobby and the others made sure he did a great job, and it was a magical, wonderful - almost Disney like experience, as if I was Belle and Tommy - well, he wasn’t a beast, but he did nearly stand on my feet...
Anyway, then it was the summer holidays, and Mummy said we were going to spend a week with Cassie and the others on a trip. She hadn’t been able to get more than a week off, so I wondered what we were going to do.
Where on earth do I start? How about the bet we made, that we would spend as much of the trip tied up and gagged as possible? Or meeting their other granny at the farm she grew up on, and finding out she had donated to the three of us all the clothes she used to wear when she was our age?
Or how we went to that country fair, tied up and aged in the old clothes, but wearing capes so that nobody could tell? Well, nobody except Bobby and Suzie, as we met them at the same fair - turned out Cousin Cassie had done something like this with him before, and she hadn’t told me!
Or the caravan ride, with the three of us trussed up and gagged in the caravan itself? That was something I’d never done before, but I loved every single rocking, bumping, slightly hurting minute of it!
Or the Lake District, with the mountains bigger than the hills round Linlithgow? The boat trip with their American friends and their mothers? The fantastic game we played the next day in the old clothes, where I played the bratty sister who got kidnapped first....
Actually, that reminds me - I suppose I can be a little bit bratty, but it’s just I have so much fun playing these games, that I never want them to stop! I know, I know - we can’t play them in public too much, but I just want to do it as often as possible - and I want to have someone to play with!
Still, the holidays had to end sometime, and right now I’m walking to the school gates, in my uniform with my rucksack on, as the new year starts. When I go in, the first person I see is Rachel, her brown hair in pigtails, as she waves to me and says “Hey Patty - I saw your picture in the paper!!”
Oh yeah - that big party had a photographer at it, and we had seen pictures of all three of us everywhere we went. So I walked up, hugged her and said “Yeah - but I wasn’t the real star.”
I looked over to see Cassie with her friends, and as we waved to each other I said “Still, it was a great summer. What did you get up to?”
“Not a lot - Mum and Dad had to work most of it. Of course, there was the thief who robbed Mum and me...”
“what did you say,” I exclaimed as I took her off into a corner.
“Yeah - it was a really weird afternoon. Dad was away for a few days, so Mum took me to the cinema to see Despicable Me 2. We had just got back in when she appeared with this man behind her, and said we were going to play a game. She hadn’t even taken off her grey fabric boots, but I looked at her and said ‘What sort of game?’
“Well, he made us sit next to each other on the couch, and said we were going to play a game of robbers and escape. He was going to stop us from being able to move for a little while, and then when he left we had to try to escape and raise the alarm. I had on my pick cardigan over the blue denim dress - the one with the faded heart on it - my jeans and black furry boots.
“I asked Mum if this was all right, and she just nodded and smiled, saying she would go first. He took her hands behind her back, did something with some rope he took from a rucksack he had on his back, then walked to me and knelt down. He then did the same to me - took my hands behind my back and tied my wrists together with some soft cord.”
“Oh my,” I said as we sat on a bench, “Were you scared?”
“Not really no - Mum was smiling, so I let him tie my arms to my tummy, and then her did the same to Mum, making sure her grey top and t-shirt stayed on. Then he tied her ankles together, and her legs below her knees, before he slipped my boots off my feet and did the same to me.
“Well, he left us alone for a while, while Mummy said he was going to pretend to take some of her jewellery and some money. When he came back, he had two of Mum’s scarves in his hands - one of which he pulled into my mouth and tied round my head, the other of which he tied a knot in and then tied round Mum’s head. It tasted funny, but then he left us and said ‘Now you can try to escape’.”
“So what happened then?”
“Well, we tried wriggling round for a while, but I could not get free, and neither could Mum. That was when a policeman came in, looked at us and freed us, and Mum told him it wasn’t a game - someone had really forced her to let him tie us up and steal her earrings and things! Can you believe it?”
“You’d be surprised,” I said quietly as the bell rang.
So we had a new teacher - Mrs Williams - and two new assistants. One of them was a man, who we called Mister James, but he said to call him Billy if the teacher wasn’t watching. I liked Billy, and he helped me a lot with art and science.
When it came to the lunch break, I said to Rachel “Hey - would you like to come round on Saturday? We can play a few games, watch a DVD or something...”
“Hey - I’d love to if Mum and Dad let me. She’s still a little upset.”
“I understand - but tell her we’ll pick you up and bring you back, all right?”
“Well, I’ll ask her,” Rachel said, as we went back in.
I then proceeded to forget about it - until at tea that night, when I said “Mummy - can Rachel come round on Saturday?”
Mummy looked at me across the table, and said “This Saturday? Well, I suppose so, but...”
“But?”
She put her knife and fork down, and said “your Uncle John has asked if I will help with something. In fact, I was going to tell you that Jenny and Cassie, as well as Suzie and Alicia, are going to spend the day here with Angela watching you. Now, I know what you lot are like when you get together - what will Rachel think?”
“We’ll be good, I promise,” I said as I looked at her, so Mum laughed and said “all right - I can go and get her with you, then leave you here when your Uncle brings the others.”
“Great,” I said as I took a bite of my fish fingers, “I’m sure we’ll have a great time!”
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Post by William F Somebody » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:41 am

This looks great! I'll post my longer review later.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:56 am

Nice!!!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:06 am

What a huge coincidence that Rachel and her Mum had a run in with a nice robber!!

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Post by KP Presents » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:11 am

> Imp Caesar Augustus wrote:What a huge coincidence that Rachel and her Mum had a run in with a nice robber!!

Not just any nice robber - but one havign another Mother and Daughter moment...
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Post by Tom Ford » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:30 am

And so Patty’s Friend begins! Thank you for writing this tsory.
And our cute bespectacled dark haired little Patty has her own story! And let me tell you, the way she tells the story is so cute and adorable! So much innocence, seeing it through her little eyes! You wouldn’t know that it’s the same girl who wanted to be tied up as tight as possible, and who wanted to get others in trouble too!! And I loved looking at the past events through her eyes. It’s always nice to see characters narrate the previous stories through their perspective!
And so summer ends. And it looks like she has a new best friend! Oh my, I would say that it was fortunate that Rachel had that experience! Perhaps Rachel could tell the others her tale, and then they would make a game out of it! Hope she has an open mind about it—I’m sure she has! I wonder, Cassie and Patty really really like to be tied up really good—the “full job” so to speak, but we all agree that it might scare Rachel. But she seems to have enjoyed the “game” with the thief, and was tied up before, so I think they should just take a plunge and tie her up fully—I’m sure Patty could persuade her.
Wonder what the older girls will think of her? (It still funny to me to refer to Cassie as older). I’m sure they will all like her. Of course, they might be constrained from playing tie up games with her, so the first thing Patty should do is tell them of her “game” with the thief. That will break the ice and tell the others how they should proceed.
Hope Patty acts like herself even if her friend is around. Hope Rachel doesn’t get too shy—it would be inevitable with so many new faces, but I hope she overcomes it!
Oh and I wonder how Cassie fared at school. I mean the entire school knows that Cassie and Bobby are, well… How much is she being teased at school (especially with the addition of the pictures at the fair?)? How many new “friends” she would get because she is so close to the second in line to the richest and most powerful man in the town? How many girls are jealous because someone like Cassie, and not them bagged the most eligible (if extremely young) bachelor in town?
I wonder if Rachel will get to sleep over? And where does she live? Hope she lives close enough so she can walk to Patty’s house, and they could walk together to Cassie’s house. That way, Rachel could have more appearances in future stories than Pippa, Hazel, and Claire could.
I am so looking forward to the next chapter!

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Post by Tom Ford » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:34 am

> KP Presents wrote:Perhaps I need to back up a bit - my name’s Patty - Patricia Pickering, and I’m very pleased to meet you. I’m eight years old, and I moved down here last spring after Mummy had decided she wanted to live nearer Aunt Jennifer and Uncle John.

Just one minor quibble.
I think Patty forgot her own age. She's nine, two years younger than 11 year old Cassie.

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Post by KP Presents » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:37 am

> Tom Ford wrote:

> > KP Presents wrote:Perhaps I need to back up a bit - my name’s Patty - Patricia Pickering, and I’m very pleased to meet you. I’m eight years old, and I moved down here last spring after Mummy had decided she wanted to live nearer Aunt Jennifer and Uncle John.

> Just one minor quibble.
> I think Patty forgot her own age. She's nine, two years younger than 11 year old Cassie.

Fixed
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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:18 am

I like her new friend!

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Post by William F Somebody » Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:20 am

So we have another new story, KP!! Excellent start!
So I was right! Patty’s new friend was a girl her age!! Sweet! I am already looking forward to how she is introduced to TUGs—it won’t be too hard because of what Rachel experienced with her Mom during summer. And Angela is there to teach her more!
Hope they all go to the house with their knees tied. Patty too should greet her friend with her knees tied. And Jenny and Cassie too. With those two weeks, they should get used to this, I’m sure. (I wonder if Alicia and Suzie would be on to the attempt? I’m guessing they would. Alicia could say that this is just practice for walking like ladies). Rachel would notice how ladylike they walked, and won’t notice anything. Until they try to climb the stairs and they walked in that awkward way where the foot is lifted sideways! Patty should advise her to bring skirts or dresses that cover the knees for that very reason!
So summer’s over, and it’s time for school again. And Jenny’s birthday is in October! Do you have plans for her birthday, or would it be less extraordinary than last year (it’s hard to top Jenny’s last birthday, that’s for sure. And becoming 14 is less of a milestone than becoming 13). (By the way, when is Patty’s birthday?)
I second Tom’s suggestion. Hope April lives close enough to Patty and Cassie! Preferably within walking distance so that she could always come with Patty to Jenny and Cassie’s house! Hope Rachel could be good friends with Cassie and Jenny to so they all would have a grand time “bonding” together! Of course, they should do other things, like dress up or something!
Anyway, I’m looking forward to part 2!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:54 am

Great chapter!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:33 pm

Great update!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:21 pm

Please please update this really really soon!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:44 am

Hope you update soon!!!

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Post by KP Presents » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:46 am

When I went to school the next day, I told Rachel mum had agreed, but that my cousins were going to be there as well. She looked across the playground at Cassie, who was talking to her friends, and said “I feel a bit funny if she‘s there - after all, those pictures in the paper made her look so posh.”
“She’s not really,” I said with a laugh, “trust me, she and Jenny are as normal as you and me. So, did you read the book for today?”
Rachel nodded as we joined the rest of our class to go in, talking about what had happened in the story. It was lunchtime before I got a chance to find Cassie and talk to her.
“Hey,” she said as I came over, “how does it feel to be back at school?”
“Not bad,” I said as we sat down, “So Mummy says you’re all coming round Saturday?”
“Yeah - don’t know what’s going on, but I thought we might dress up and have a game...”
“Sounds fun,” I said with a smile, “but one problem - I’ve asked Rachel to come round as well.”
Cassie looked over at her, and said “Hmm - perhaps the dress up may have to wait for another time. What about games?”
“I’m not sure - apparently she and her mum were robbed over the holidays?”
“Really - who by?”
“Remember the man who came to my house the night you and Jenny stopped over?”
Cassie nodded - that was the night I told Mummy about the games we played, after - well, I’ll tell that story another time.
“So he went there as well,” Cassie said as she looked at me. “Do you think she might like our games?”
“We’ll have to find out - eventually. Any idea why your dad needs Mummy’s help?”
“None - but still, I’m sure we’ll have fun anyway.”
“Come on Patty - we need to be in the car now if we’re going to pick up Rachel in time.”
“Coming Mummy,” I said as I ran down the stairs. I had put on a pair of green leggings with a nice floral print, my blue smock top and a pair of flat shoes, as I grabbed my fleece and ran out, jumping into the back of our small car. Mummy and I needed to do a little food shopping, and we were going to pick Rachel up on the way back. She only lives ten minutes walk away, but it’s on the way to and from the supermarket.
Mummy had on a grey jogging suit and trainers - but I knew she was going to change when we got back, so I helped her pick the food, put the bags in the back of the car, and then we drove round to Rachel’s house.
I watched from the window as Mummy walked up to the front door, and then Rachel ran down the path, waving at me. She was wearing a pair of black jeans, with her feet in those black furry boots she had told me about, and a blue jumper.
“Hey Patty,” she said as she jumped into the car next to me, and put on her seatbelt, “Ready to have some fun?”
“I hope so,” I said as Mummy got behind the wheel of the car. “When we get to our house, Rachel,” she said over her shoulder, “I need Patty’s help to put things away, and then you can watch a DVD before the others get there while I get changed. All right?”
“Yes, Mrs Pickering,” Rachel said, in a way that made me poke her in the ribs as we set off. It only took us a few minutes to get home, and we both helped Mummy to put the shopping away before she gave us both a drink of squash and a muffin.
“So what are we going to watch,” Rachel said as I showed her into the front room.
“How about this,” I said as I showed her a DVD I had borrowed from Cassie - a Disney film called That Darn Cat.
“That looks fun,” she said, so I put it on and we started to watch as Mummy went upstairs. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the film - it involves a young girl who ends up stumbling into some sort of crime ring while trying to find her cat - but there’s one scene I wanted to get Rachel’s reaction to.
It happens near the end, when the main character is tied to a chair and gagged with a scarf, while the criminals try to do something else. As it came on, I watched Rachel, who fidgeted a little in the chair before saying “she has her hands behind the chair - I wonder if she thinks it is a game as well?”
“I don’t think so, but she is acting, “I said with a smile. “Rachel - when the man left you, and you thought you were playing with your mummy, were you scared?”
“Not really no,” Rachel said quietly. “I mean, I know now he was a bad man, but at the time I actually enjoyed it. Why - has something similar happened to you?”
I was going to answer when I heard Mummy coming down the stairs, and saying “Hey John - you two go into the living room.” I looked up to see Cassie and Suzie walk in, with big beaming smiles on their faces.
“Hey trouble,” Cassie said as she came in. “Rachel, this is my friend Suzie. Suzie, this is Rachel.”
Suzie was wearing a pair of green bib shorts, with a white t-shirt underneath, short socks and trainers, while cousin Cassie was wearing a knee length denim skirt, a black top with sleeves that came to just above her elbows, and a pair of flat shoes with ankle socks.
“Nice to meet you, Suzie,” Rachel said as the door opened and the older generation came in - Jenny and Suzie’s cousin Alicia. Jenny was wearing a pair of white trousers, and a UCLA sweatshirt with trainers, while Alicia had on a white blouse, knee length black skirt and short leather boots.
Mummy came in after them, dressed in a light blue blouse and black trousers. “I need to go with your Uncle John,” she said as she looked at me. “Angela will be here in a little while - can I leave you alone for the time being?”
“Don’t worry, Aunt Jessie,” Jenny said as she looked at us, “I don’t think they’ll give us any trouble.”
Mummy looked at us, and then said “all right then - oh, here’s Angela now.”
“Sorry I’m late,” I heard Alicia’s older sister say, “Dad had to pick up a few things before he headed there. Are they all in the front room?”
“They are - see you later girls,” I heard Mummy call out, and then the door shut. I looked out of the window to see her walking down the path with Uncle John, before turning to look at Angela.
Angela’s a few years older than even Jenny - Mummy says she goes to the local sixth form college - and was wearing a black waistcoat over a white collarless blouse, brown leggings and knee length leather boots.
“Right,” she said as she looked at us, “I think I need to sort some lunch out. I take it you two have some homework to get on with after that?”
“That’s the problem with big sisters,” Alicia said as she ran her head through her dark hair, “They’ve done what we’re doing now. Our bags are outside, O lady and mistress.”
“Good,” Angela said with a warm smile, “then I’ll get some sandwiches and drinks sorted out. Is that That Darn Cat?”
“It is,” I said with a smile, “Can we finish watching it?”
“Sure,” Angela said as she turned and walked to the kitchen, “I’ll call you when the food is ready.”
“She looks nice,” Rachel whispered to me as Cassie and Suzie sat next to her, “if a little posh.”
“What, like Cassie is?”
“I’m not posh,” Cassie said to me, “you know that’s true?”
“Of course, Your Ladyship,” I said, “Of course you are not posh, even if the heir to Holderness Manor is your special friend...”
“Ooooo,” Rachel said as she looked at Cassie, “so you are going out with Bobby Holderness?”
“That’s my brother, the beau of the ball,” Suzie said with a laugh, encouraging Cassie to jump on her and start to tickle her ribs.
“HEeeyyyynoooffaiiirirrr,” Suzie squealed out as Alicia and Jenny looked at each other. “Enough, you two,” Jenny finally said, “or...”
“Or what,” Cassie said as she winked at me, but I shook my head slightly - I still wasn’t sure about Rachel, or how she would cope.
So we went back to watching the film, and then a couple of cartoons before Angela called us all into the kitchen, and we sat down to eat the sandwiches and other food she had prepared for us. It was a big lunch, but we were all hungry, so we soon made short work of it.
As I wolfed down the last biscuit, Alicia said “right - we’ll clear the table off, and you three can clear off and let us get on with our homework. If we get it done quickly, then we can come back in and join you.”
“They speak sense,” Angela said as she stood up. “I need to sort a few things out for my course while I’m here, so do you think you can keep quiet in the front room?”
“You may have to make us,” Suzie said, but I gave her a swift kick on the chin and she said “What?” I looked over at Rachel, who was looking at her, and then she said “Oh - sorry.”
“Get going,” Angela said, so the four of us made our way out of the room and into the front room as Jenny followed us, grabbed their bags and said “Play nice now,” before she went back to the kitchen.
“Patty,” Rachel said as she looked at us, “have you lot been robbed by a man who tied you up as well.”
I looked at Cassie and Suzie, who looked at Rachel in turn and said “Well.... Yeah, we’ve been tied up and gagged by robbers.”
“Wow,” Rachel said as she looked at me, and I nodded to show I had been as well. “What was it like?”
“Which time,” Suzie said as she sat down, “The first time, with the very polite man, the time with the gang, the time when we visited the states, the time...”
I watched as Rachel sat down, her mouth wide open. “What the... Patty, have you...”
“Truthfully - only once by a robber,” I said as I sat next to her. “In fact, I think it was the same man who robbed you and your mum - it certainly sounded like him.”
“Oh my,” Rachel said as she looked at us. “Patty...”
“Yes Rach?”
“Were you excited as well when he tied you up?”
“Not just her,” Cassie said as she sat forward, “me and Jenny as well. But yeah - she was excited. She always gets excited when someone ties her up, isn’t that right Cuz?”
I was going to say something at that point, about how much she enjoyed it when she was tied up, when the door to the room opened, and a man came in. He was wearing a black jumper, trousers and shoes, and had a pair of black leather gloves on his hands as well as a stocking pulled over his head.
He looked at the four of us, and said “What the...” before Rachel let out the biggest scream I had ever heard.
“What’s going on,” I heard Angela say and as the man stood to one side as she, Alicia and Jenny came running in. “What’s the matter,” Angela said before they turned and saw the man looking at them - only now he had a gun in his hand, and was pointing it at us.
“None of you make a move,” he said as he pointed the gun at all of us, his hand shaking slightly, but I was shaking inside as well - shaking with excitement.
It had to be a game Uncle John had set up - after all, I recognised the man as soon as he spoke!
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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:55 am

Well done!!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:43 am

Oh my! What an unexpected twist!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:59 am

Patty recognizes the man?

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Post by Tom Ford » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:23 am

A couple of things.
It was nice using That Darned Cat to get a reaction out of Rachel. That was one of my favorite movies, better so because of that scene!
So many cues for TUGs, but because Rachel is there, nothing is started. It was unusual to see Patty actually refusing to play, but I understand that she wanted to not freak out her friend. But it’s funny to see all those cues getting over Rachel! The surprising thing about this is that this is the second time of Patty! I thought it the first, but that was definitely surprising that the man in the Mother and Daughter Moments was the one who robbed Patty first. I wonder if Patty was satisfied with the way she was bound? If the thief bound and especially gagged her the way she bound the other girls in other stories, she would be disappointed and probably could escape easily after the thief was gone.
I can’t say I’m surprise at the thief, but I’m definitely looking forward to how the others will react with what Patty would do. Hope Rachel wouldn’t get too scared—hope the other girls will encourage the illusion that it would be a game. Her scream told me that she’s scared, hopefully, Patty could “convince” her that this is just a game.
Cassie is seen as posh? With someone like Rachel thinking that, imagine Cassie’s classmates!! Too bad we didn’t have that many interactions of her and the other girls, but it will come in time, I would assume.
Would the other girls betray that they know the that he is a real robber? I mean, not verbally, but by their actions, their eyes? Patty would probably would think that they are pretending to be scared, or that Uncle John has fooled them, but unlike them, she knows better!
How about Cassie and Suzie? I’m sure that even if mature than Patty, they would also feel excitement as well as fear. They have been here before, so there is an element of “been there, done that” and “Again?” feeling—they know that they won’t get hurt. Only Angela and perhaps Alicia would be “mature” enough to be really scared. Jenny would be scared too, but I bet deep down, memories of previous events would happen and she wouldn’t be that scared.
Still, this is Angela’s first time to be held by a masked intruder with kids present in an actual story (I know it happened in Learning the Ropes and The Widow’s Shadow), it would be interesting as she would be involved with robbers both with the younger kids, and with the adults too.
I'm looking forward to how Patty handles this, but I'm also interested in how Patty and Cassie handles Rachel, as that is something I genuinely don't know.

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Post by Tom Ford » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:30 am

> KP Presents wrote:“HEeeyyyynoooffaiiirirrr,” Cassie squealed out as Alicia and Jenny looked at each other.

Just a minor thing, but I think that should be Suzie, since she was tickled by Cassie!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:31 am

Great chatper!!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:37 am

Aw, no dress up game? Well reading the story, I really didn’t expect that visit by the robber, so it won’t make sense to have a dress up game. But I’m still hoping that Rachel would someday borrow Patty’s dress and they would all play. But perhaps when she is fully integrated into their world of games and such. After the event, hope Rachel would plunge into like the others did. And all signs so far tell that she would!
I don’t believe Rachel buys that Suzie has been tied up by robbers so many times. Rachel probably thinks she’s just joking or pretending. But when she’ll see how the others act, how they seem to know what to do, what’s the drill, well, she’ll realize that they are not joking.
But Patty thinks she knows that guy with the stocking mask! Does she really know him, or did he look just like someone she knew? Hopefully she’ll tell us what she knows next update. But perhaps this was all a game arranged by Uncle John? Unlikely, give that he won’t try a stunt with Rachel there. If Rachel isn’t there it’s possible, but with her?
It’s nice to see Angela in a significant role after so long. How would she handle the situation? The best thing about this is that all of them, including Patty and Rachel, had previous experience.
Anyway, it’s nice to see a perilous story. It’s been so long, I think the last was Cassie the Heroine about six stories ago. How will the girls react? Patty is obviously excited, but Cassie and Suzie, despite knowing better, would be too. Remember that in Cassie the Heroine, Suzie was one of the reasons the robbers tied them up. And Cassie? Need I mention her? I know she's more mature than before, but I really miss her also former role of provoking the robbers with her mouth. Perhaps she should simply encourage Patty's belief that it is really a game, both to reassure her cousin and Rachel, but also deep down, even if she knows it would be irresponsible, she knows she really wants to be bound and gagged, tightly and inescapably, by the robber.
Hm, could Rachel be in the DVD they'll send to the US?

### Re: An Education - Patty's Friend

Post by KP Presents » Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:04 pm

> Tom Ford wrote:It was nice using That Darned Cat to get a reaction out of Rachel. That was one of my favorite movies, better so because of that scene!

Much as I love the Hayley Mills version, the remake does have that scene...

> Tom Ford wrote:So many cues for TUGs, but because Rachel is there, nothing is started. It was unusual to see Patty actually refusing to play, but I understand that she wanted to not freak out her friend. But it’s funny to see all those cues getting over Rachel! The surprising thing about this is that this is the second time of Patty! I thought it the first, but that was definitely surprising that the man in the Mother and Daughter Moments was the one who robbed Patty first. I wonder if Patty was satisfied with the way she was bound? If the thief bound and especially gagged her the way she bound the other girls in other stories, she would be disappointed and probably could escape easily after the thief was gone.

As she says that tale will be told - elsewhere...

> Tom Ford wrote:Cassie is seen as posh? With someone like Rachel thinking that, imagine Cassie’s classmates!! Too bad we didn’t have that many interactions of her and the other girls, but it will come in time, I would assume.

Yes, it would, wouldn't it...

> Tom Ford wrote:Still, this is Angela’s first time to be held by a masked intruder with kids present in an actual story (I know it happened in Learning the Ropes and The Widow’s Shadow), it would be interesting as she would be involved with robbers both with the younger kids, and with the adults too.
> I'm looking forward to how Patty handles this, but I'm also interested in how Patty and Cassie handles Rachel, as that is something I genuinely don't know.

All will be revealed...
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### Re: An Education - Patty's Friend

Post by KP Presents » Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:05 pm

> William F Somebody wrote:Aw, no dress up game? Well reading the story, I really didn’t expect that visit by the robber, so it won’t make sense to have a dress up game. But I’m still hoping that Rachel would someday borrow Patty’s dress and they would all play. But perhaps when she is fully integrated into their world of games and such. After the event, hope Rachel would plunge into like the others did. And all signs so far tell that she would!

I'm holding that for the story after this one
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### Re: An Education - Patty's Friend

Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 11, 2013 2:55 pm

Great update!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:29 pm

Please please update really really soon!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:48 pm

Hope you update soon!!!!

### Re: An Education - Patty's Friend

Post by KP Presents » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:37 am

“I mean it,” he said as he grabbed me and turned me round, holding me against him with his gloved hand over my mouth - nobody moves, or this little one gets hurt.” He pulled me back out of the door, and closed the door to the sound of Cassie saying to Rachel “It’s all right - I want you to take deep breaths, I’m sure Patty isn’t going to be hurt...”
Well, when he took me out into the corridor he turned me round, squatted in front of me and said “Patty? Don’t tell me you live here?”
“Of course I do, Bil... Mister James. What are you doing here?”
I could see him staring at me, with a funny look that reminded me a bit of when mummy told me about daddy, and then he said “your mum asked me to come and surprise you today - play a game with you. She told me you like to play girl detectives - is that right?”
I nodded and said “I love to - are you going to play that game with all of us?”
“A game like that.” Billy said quietly, “but you have to play along, and you have to pretend that you don’t know me. Can you do that?”
“You know I can - I always like it when you help me.”
“That’s good Patty,” he said as he stroked my hair back, “so you don’t know me, and you mustn’t mention my name, all right?”
I nodded as he hand gagged me again, opened the door and carried me back in. I could see Patty and Suzie were sitting wither side of Rachel, who was looking at us, while Alicia and Jenny were standing by the fireplace. IT was Angela, eyes blazing as she looked at Billy, who said “What the hell do you think you’re playing at, bursting in and threatening us with a gun?”
“Are you in charge here,” he said as he pushed me over to the other three, and I knelt in front of Rachel. “It’s all right,” I said to her with a smile on my face, “We’re just going to play a game, that’s all?”
Cassie looked at me, then at Billy, and I could see that look in her eyes I see sometimes in Mummy when I ask her for something she doesn’t think I need. She then looked at Suzie, who nodded and said “all right - as this is a game, let’s all play along. We can play this together, Rachel, all right?”
“All.... All right,” she said as she tried to smile. I looked at Angela, who was still looking at Billy with thunder in her eyes.
That’s a phrase Mummy used to say of Daddy when he was upset - he had thunder in his eyes.
“Look,” Billy finally said, “all I want to do is take the money and valuables in this house. I want you all to sit here and keep quiet - give me your mobile phones.”
“Why,” Alicia said as she looked at him, “are you afraid we might be texting?”
“No, I don’t want you calling the police,” Billy said as he waved the gun at them, “now just give me your phones - all of you!”
Angela stared at him, then took her phone out of her pocket and threw it on the chair. “Just do as he says, girls,” she said as she looked at us, “then he can get out of here quicker.” I watched as Jenny, Alicia and Suzie tossed their phones over as well, before Billy picked them up and put them in his pocket.
“Right,” he said as he pointed the gun at all of us, “You lot just sit in here, nice and quiet, and don’t move while I search the house.”
“Don’t worry,” Jenny said as she looked at us, “We’ll do what you say, right?”
“Yes, I will,” Rachel said quietly, and Suzie gave her a big hug. She was playing along so well - it seemed as if she was getting into the spirit of it already!
“Good, good,” Billy said as he looked at me. “Now, remember, don’t move...”
“We won’t be able to move if you tie us up - after all....”
“PATTY!!!” I had expected it to be Alicia or Angela that said something, but it was Suzie and Cassie as they looked at me.
“What - if we’re girl detectives, like when we were on holiday, don’t the bad guys have to tie us up to stop us raising the alarm?”
“I’m not going to do that,” Billy stammered, “I’ll take you upstairs and lock you in a room instead. That way you can’t raise the alarm, and I can be out of here quickly. Come on - you first little one.”
He took my arm and made me stand up, walking me to the door, but as I got there I hissed “Do you want me to tell them why you’re doing this, sir?”
“I don’t...”
“If we’re playing girl detectives you have to do what the bad guys do - unless you want me to call you by your name...”
He looked at me, and his eyes were wide open, as if he was scared I was going to tell them he was a demon.
“We can call from the window if you lock us in a room - you did that, didn’t you Cassie?”
Cassie was sitting with Rachel, holding her hand as she looked at me. “Patty, just let him lock us in a room, this one time. Please?”
“If you won’t I will, so I think you need to tie us all up - there’s rope in the hall cupboard.”
I looked at the others, a big smile on my face, but I could see they were all playing along, Suzie whispering to Rachel as Alicia and Jenny stood with Angela. Billy looked at them and said “All right - you,” he said pointing at Jenny, “go and find this rope, and the rest of you - sit down and put your hands on your head.”
“I hope you know what you’re doing,” Jenny mumbled to me as she walked past, and returned a few minutes later with some lengths of skipping rope, putting them on the table before she sat between Cassie and Alicia.
I heard her say “I don’t think she really knows,” as Billy put the gun down on the table, picked up one length of rope, then looked at Angela before saying “Oldest first - put your hands out in front of you.”
I watched with eager eyes, but as he tied Angela’s wrists together in front of her, I could see he was doing a really, really bad job of it! He only wrapped the rope around them and tied it off where she could reach it with her fingers, never mind her teeth, then did the same to her ankles. She wriggled them round a little, then nodded to Alicia as he started to do the same to her.
Jenny looked at me as he tied her up, as if daring me to say something, but I kept quiet as he made his way down. Rachel was still sobbing a little as he pulled her hands together, so he said “Look, this is a game, it’ll be over soon.”
It may be a game, but as he tied my wrists and ankles I lifted my hands up and looked at them. “There,” he finally said as he stood up and looked at us, “now stay there.”
“Don’t worry,” Angela said, “We’re not going anywhere, are we?” She looked at us, and we all shook our heads, but I was still disappointed.
“You know we can get out of this in two seconds,” I said to Cassie as we wriggled round.
“I know,” Cassie said as she looked at me, wriggling her wrists as well, “but this is a game, Patty, so play along.”
“Yeah - but the man tied us up tighter that night, and he tied you up tighter as well, didn’t he Rachel?”
Rachel nodded as she looked down, before saying “But there are more of us here, I don’t want to get us in trouble...”
Billy had gone to another room, but when I saw him coming back I called out “Hey Mister!”
“What is it now,” he said as he came back into the front room.
“This is rubbish,” I said as I pulled my wrist apart, and the rope fell off. “My cousin Cassie can tie better than you - she should teach you what to do to keep us really quiet and out of the way.”
“I just want you to stay there, lass - please don’t...”
“Hey, you’re the one robbing us,” I said as I untied Cassie, who was staring at me open mouthed, “you should at least do a good job of keeping us out of the way.”
“Tell me I’m not seeing or hearing this,” Alicia said to Jenny as I untied my ankles, then freed Cassie before saying “Get the box - let’s teach the robber how to do it properly.”
“This - sounds sickeningly familiar,” Jenny said as Cassie looked at me, then said “I promise I won’t call for help - I just need to get some more rope and things.”
“I’ll take you - the rest of you stay here,” Billy said as he took Cassie by the arm, leading her out of the room. As they went up the stairs, Angela looked at me and said “Patty, I think the game may be going a little too far. Let’s just let him play and then go...”
“Oh come on - don’t you want the game to be played properly? Rachel - would you like to play?”
Rachel looked at Suzie, who said “I tell you what - if we’re going to do this, you take care of Rachel, and Cassie can take care of me. You’re not going to hurt her, are you?”
I shook my head and beamed as Cassie brought the box down, Billy following her wide eyed as she opened it and took out silver tape and two pairs of socks.
“All right,” Suzie said, “Cassie, you untie me and Patty will untie Rachel - then we do the works.”
“The works? What’s that?”
She looked at Billy, shaking her head as if to say “Why am I doing this,” before actually saying “We’re going to show you how other robbers have made sure we can’t move or speak. Rachel, Patty will take care of you - be brave now.”
“I’ll be brave if the rest of you are,” she said as she looked at me and Cassie. “All right then,” Cassie said, “I want you two to make fists in front of you.”
As Suzie did so, Cassie took the silver tape and wrapped it round her hands, then handed it to me as she picked up a pair of socks. “We first need to make sure we can’t use our hands,” she said in a loud teacher voice, so as I taped Rachel’s hands into silver balls, she looked wide eyed at Cassie, who was pulling a pair of socks over Suzie’s hands.
“Can you give me the tape back for a moment, Patty,” Cassie said as she looked at me. I handed her the tape, and pulled a pair of socks over Rachel’s hands as she taped the top of the socks to Suzie’s arms. I did the same for Rachel, and then said “There - think you can use your hands for anything now?”
“I don’t think she can,” Angela said as she watched us at work. I thought there was a little bit of approval in her voice, but it was difficult to tell as we helped the other two to shuffle forward.
“Now,” Cassie said to my friend as he watched, we can secure their wrists behind their back, so that they cannot move them.” She gently pulled Suzie’s wrists behind her, crossing them before taking a length of rope and tying them tightly together.
I did the same, and as I cinched the rope between Rachel’s arms I said “This is exciting isn’t it?”
“I’m scared as well as excited,” Rachel whispered as I passed some rope around her waist, and tied it between her body and arms to lock her wrists in place. “Doing this stops us moving our wrists,” Cassie said out loud.
“You sound like your Aunt Cassie,” Suzie giggled as she tried to move her arms. “How does it feel to you, Rachel,” she then said as she looked at my friend.
“Like when the man tied up my mum and me,” she said as she tried to move them. “Is this all they do?”
“Nope,” I said as I took more rope, “Let’s do this right.”
Rachel stared ahead, wide eyed as Cassie and I tied her and Suzie’s arms to their bodies, with bands of rope around their tummies and their shoulders. “I really can’t move now,” she said eventually, “and you’re really good at this.”
“Must be all the practice,” Cassie mumbled as she tied off the last knot, and Billy stared at both of them.
“Yeah - that’s really tight. No way you’re using a phone now. So can I get on with robbing the place?”
“Oh dear me no,” I said with a smile, “First you have to tie the legs, but before you do that I think we need to stop them calling out for help.”
“Patty,” Suzie said as she looked at me, “I don’t think Rachel will...”
“No, it’s all right,” Rachel said with a little smile, “if the robber has to do it, he has to do it right. I’ll be good, I promise.”
“See,” I beamed at everyone, “Rachel wants it, so let’s do it - do it all.”
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### Re: An Education - Patty's Friend

Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:26 am

Nice!!!!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:25 am

That robber hasn't really robbed that many houses, has he? Or expected to find no one.