## An Education - Girls Night In

Post by KP Presents » Mon Jan 04, 2016 4:14 am

Saturday 19th December
Cassie
“Cassandra Craig, what are you organising here – a sleepover or a feast?”
“Is there much of a difference,” I said as I stuck my tongue out at Jenny, and then checked I had enough snacks and drinks set up for the girls when they came over. It was the first chance we’d had to get together for a month or so – especially since the night when Bobby and the others had shown us... Well, that’s a story for another day.
Mum had gone off for a night out with my aunts and some of the other mothers, while Jenny and Colin were nominally going to be the “responsible adults” for the evening. What that really meant in practice was they were going to stay upstairs while we stayed downstairs – an arrangement which was to liking of both of us.
I mean, now that Jenny’s in year 11, I knew better than to disturb her and Colin when they want some “personal time” as she calls it.
So tonight, I was having Suzie over, as well as Pippa, Hazel, Clare and Lisa. The long holidays loomed – and unlike last year, nothing had been planned which would mean I was unable to join them apart for a short time – so I had only one thing in mind for the six of us. Namely talk and snacks and drinks.
And maybe one or two other things, depending on what they wanted to do.
“All right, I get the message – Dad left some money for you guys to order pizza when you’re ready. And we’ll be upstairs if there’s any trouble.”
“What trouble could we get up to – Patty’s not coming tonight, after all.”
Jenny just shook her head as we carried the bowls into the front room. David and June were already in their cots, sleeping – after we had both bathed them and tucked them in. They were getting so big now – but then so were Danny and the others.
It’s hard to remember sometimes we were all like that – especially when you compare the Jenny and me of a few years ago to now. Jenny was wearing a v-necked sweater and jeans, while I had on a blue smock top and black leggings, my feet toasty warm in white socks that covered the bottom of the leggings.
The ring on the doorbell caught us both by surprise, as Jenny went to answer it, and Lisa came on, taking off her coat to reveal a black sweater and chinos, her feet in a pair of short black boots. She took them off as well to reveal her black socks, as she said “So I’m first am I?”
“Well, you have less distance to come,” I said as Jenny went off again, and Colin put his head round the door.
“Hey girls,” he said with a smile, “ready for a fun night?”
“They are,” Jenny said as he disappeared, and we both heard footsteps on the stairs.
“They’re going to leave us alone, right?”
“Right,” I said as the doorbell went again. I walked quickly to answer it, smiling as Suzie Holderness came in.
“Hey – thanks for allowing her to come, Mrs Holderness,” I said to her mother.
“Remember to call when you’re coming back,” she said as Suzie took her coat off, and then her trainers. She was wearing a pair of white jeans and a checked blouse, and nodded as she said “I will Mum – see you later.”
“Hey Suz,” Lisa said as she came in, “how’s the preparations going at the Hall?”
“Well, we put the last of the decorations up today,” Suzie said as she sat down, “and we finish the present buying Monday. I left Bobby holding Luci as she tried to touch the hanging decorations.”
“Must be exciting for her – first Christmas and all that. So, Miss Holderness – what plans for your birthday?”
“Well, it involves this,” she said as she handed me and Lisa a white envelope. We opened them up and smiled as we looked at them.
“So we’re all invited to the Manor house again as before?”
“That’s right – but we’ll go there from the show rather than a party,” Suzie said as the doorbell went again. I went to the door and smiled as I saw Pippa there. She had her newly dyed blonde hair short, and was wearing a pair of grey suede boots over some joggers, her black leather jacket open to show her Pineapple Dance sweatshirt.
“See you later Mum,” she shouted as she waved to the car at the roadside, and then came in, taking her jacket off as she hung it up and then came into the front room.
“Hey Pips,” Lisa said with a smile, “how’s the first day of the holiday been?”
“Busy – present shopping and all that,” Pippa said as she sat down, and accepted the invite from Suzie. “Hey – this looks fantastic,” she said with a smile, “I accept.”
“Before I forget,” Suzie said, “The Yanks are coming over to stay at the Manor House for the holidays?”
“All of them?”
“Well, I know Sarah and Brian are coming with the twins,” Suzie said, “I’m not sure about Heidi and the others.”
“Guess we’ll find out eventually,” I said as the doorbell went again. I went and let Hazel and Clare come in, both of them waving to their mum and dad before I closed the door.
Over the last term, the twins had started to try and assert their independence a bit – in the sense of while Hazel had long brown hair, Clare had hers dyed a redder colour and cut in a page boy bob.
They still liked to dress the same, however – both of them were wearing floral print dresses with leggings and mid-length black leather boots.
“Thanks,” they said as Suzie handed them their invites, and then sat down. “So what’s on the agenda for tonight?”
“Absolutely nothing,” I said as I heard the doorbell ring, and Jenny called out “that’s for us.”
“Adult supervision?”
“Possibly,” I said as I heard Jenny thank someone, and then head back upstairs,” we’ve got money for pizza later, but who wants a drink now?”
“Sounds good,” Hazel said as she nodded, and put her invite to one side. And so it was I poured the drinks, and we started to discuss the most important matter of the moment.
“No I am not going to tell you what happened on the date,” Pippa said as she looked at us, “let’s just say we had a good time.”
“Oh yeah,” Lisa said, “you know we have ways of making you talk?”
Hazel and Clare looked at each other, before they said “is that a challenge?”
I looked at Suzie and Lisa, before I said “Okay – here’s the challenge. We tie you three up, and if you can get free in the time it takes me to order pizzas and for them to arrive, we will stop pestering the three of you to talk about your boyfriends.
“And if we don’t?”
“You get to eat the pizza – and then we really get you tied up.”
The other three looked at each other, and then nodded as I went to get my supplies. When I came back, I handed Lisa and Suzie a length of rope, and then I stood behind Pippa, Lisa behind Hazel and Suzie behind Clare.
“You’re not going to cover our hands?”
“Nope,” I said as I crossed Pippa’s wrists behind her back and then started to tie them together, “not this time. Let’s see if you want to get free.”
“What does she mean by that,” Hazel said as she looked at Clare.
“OH you’ll see,” Suzie said as she secured Clare’s wrists, and then we used a second length of rope to tie them to their backs, taking it around their waists as well. I then handed Suzie and Lisa a longer length of rope, as we started to pull their arms into their sides, taking the rope above and below their chests.
“Okay – this is different,” Hazel said as the bands pressed on her body, “but you’ve done this before. I like the way it feels.”
“I agree – it’s a pity we can’t persuade the boys to do it to us,” Clare said.
“Boys? What boys?”
“Pete and Doug – they’re cute, but not interested in this,” Hazel said as Lisa tied off the rope behind her back. The three of us then looked at each other, as a silent conversation took place.
“Would you three be interested in trying something – different,” Suzie said as we walked round and looked at them.
“How different?”
“Not that way,” I said with a smile.
“All right – go on then.”
We each took another length of rope, and started to tie it between our volunteer’s left arms and body, tightening the two bands on them. We could see the expression I their eyes as we pulled it up a little, and then took it over and around the back of their necks, and tied it between their arms and body on the other side.
“Ah,” Pippa gasped as I tied the rope off, and she tried to move. “that’s...”
“Yes it is,” I said as I held up a folded cloth, “open wide now.”
As I pushed the cloth in, and then pressed a length of the special white tape over her lips, I could see the twins looking at each other while they were both gagged as well. The three of them then sat very slowly on the couch, watching as we secured their ankles and legs, and then looked at them.
“I’ll order the pizzas now,” I said, “feel free to try and break free.”
I went and fetched the phone, coming back to see them trying to move, and then stopping as the ropes rubbed on them, and they looked at each other.
“Think they’ll try to escape,” Suzie whispered to me as we heard their muffled gasps.
“I’m not sure, but we haven’t done everything the boys did to us.”
“I’ll be back in a minute,” Lisa said as she headed up to the toilet, and I placed the order. The two of us then sat down and watched, wondering how the girls felt as they looked at each other...
Last edited by KP Presents on Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by spetsnaz08 » Mon Jan 04, 2016 5:14 am

Welcome back Kp, I hope that you all had a good holiday. So we have a sleepover at Craig house and a anticipation of the holidays party. I'm really curious to see what will happen. I hope also to see soon the other story with Bobby and thye boys although I have an idea of what happened.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:15 am

Nice!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jan 04, 2016 8:31 am

Great start!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:38 am

Love the extra ropes!!

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Post by The Wrapster » Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:23 pm

Hope you had a great new year!! One Quibble though; "Cassie handed them their invites" should be Suzie as Cassie is our storyteller. Great to have our friends back!!

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Post by Tom Ford » Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:20 am

Welcome back, KP! And happy new year too!
And a new story begins. It looks like it will cover several events, as expected. First, we have the sleepover that this chapter focuses on, then there is the invite to the Hall after a certain event. And of course, I assume the birthdays, Christmas, and New Year would be mentioned as well.
It’s so nice to see Pippa, Claire and Hazel. It has been such a long time since they were last heard of. And what an introduction! They quickly were given the new rope, which would make them much more still and less prone to escape. And if they do try to escape, they will, I presume lose it and collapse before they could do any progress at all.
I wonder if you could write a story of Bobby and the others introducing the new ropes to Cassie and company? Whereas Tommy, Frank, etc did not know the effect of the ropes, Bobby and Eric certainly knew how it will affect them. And being older, I assume that it had greater effects of Cassie and her age group than with Patty and Louise, which considering Patty and Louise’s reaction, would annoy them very very much.
And how about the older girls? I mean Jenny, Alicia, Mary and Cathy? Had the boys introduced such a rope? And if it were introduced, what if they also wore a crotch rope at the same time? How would it affect them?

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:56 am

Great chapter!!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Wed Jan 06, 2016 1:57 am

Now this is a very nice story! Perhaps we could have either Pippa, Hazel, or Claire as the next narrator since it seems that the narrator will be rotating?

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:06 am

Great update!!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:09 am

Love it, love it, love it! It looks like we would have a multiple narrator story once again, and the Christmas story begins with one sleepover.
The story where Bobby and the others introduced the new ropes to the girls is very interesting. I hope you would write it some day. But seeing it done for the first time to Pippa, Claire and Hazel, whom we haven't seen for a long time, is fun too.
Let's see what will happen next, and whether the girls would even try to escape. My bet is even if they do, doing so would cause them so much distraction that they won't be able to escape before the time alloted expires.

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:32 am

Please please update really really soon!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:33 am

Hope you update soon!!

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:48 am

Any updates, KP? Thanks.

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Post by KP Presents » Fri Jan 08, 2016 3:38 am

As Lisa and Suzie walked over, I went and collected the pizzas, but as I closed the door I heard some quiet moans from upstairs. I figured Jenny and Colin were having fun, and carried the boxes in to see Pippa rubbing her wrists.
“Holy... Have you any idea how tight that felt?”
“Yes, I do,” I said as I put the boxes on the coffee table, “and just how it made me feel as well.”
“I dared not move,” Hazel said as she took a slice of pepperoni, “the way it felt...”
“So putting that to one side for the moment,” I said, “where are you guys spending Christmas?”
“My grandparents are coming,” Pippa said, “so we’ll be at home.”
“So are we, then we’re going to my dad’s parents for Boxing Day,” Hazel said as she grabbed a slice, “but we’ll be back for your party Suzie.”
“So what about you Cas – any relatives coming over?”
I nodded as I said “My other grandparents are coming over – they should be here Christmas Eve. I think Dad has something very special planned for that night. And we’re going Carol Singing with Alicia and Martin the night before.”
“No sleepovers, no spending days bound and gagged?”
“Not this year, no,” I said with a laugh, “I’ve had enough of that for this year, thank you very much.”
“I can imagine,” Lisa said with a smile.
“So are you going to wear your dresses for that?”
“That’s the idea,” Suzie said as she sipped her drink.
“I may have to come and see that,” Pippa said as she took another bite. “Hey – you girls want to come round my place Boxing Day?”
“I’ll ask Mum and Dad,” I said as we heard giggling and a thump from upstairs.
“They must be having fun up there,” Hazel said, “what do you think they’re doing?”
“Playing Twister,” I said with a smile.
Sunday 20th December
Jenny
“You’re kidding,” Alicia said to me as we sat in the coffee shop.
“Oh no,” I said with a smile, “he had me tightly bound, full gag, those new ropes they sprung on us, and the special one – I think Mum would have had a fit if she and Dad had found us, but fortunately by the time they got back I was free, and Cassie was safely in bed.”
Alicia shook her head, her dark hair cut short for the holidays. She had a pale blue tartan shawl wrapped round her neck, covering the top of the mustard coloured jumper she had on. Her blue jeans were tucked into short brown boots. I had on a grey sweatshirt, jeans and trainers, both of us with several bags by our feet.
We’d spent most of the day buying the last of our Christmas presents – it had taken me most of the time to find my present for Gran, but then it had been the same story for Alicia. Eventually, we both went for the same thing – a boxed set of Cliff Richard movies.
“The twins must be getting excited about Christmas,” Alicia said as she sipped her coffee, and then let out a little sigh.
“Don’t tell me you...”
“What do you think – you’re the same aren’t you?”
I nodded as I sipped my coffee as well. “I hear Cathy had fun at Wissenden last week?”
“Oh yeah – the last night of Chanukah. Mister and Mrs Boyle invited her to come and accompany Samuel.”
“They’re getting really close as well, aren’t they?”
“Oh yes,” Alicia said with a smile, “you could say that...”
“Say what?”
“We were just talking about you,” Alicia said as Cathy Harmer joined us. She was wearing her usual long gypsy skirt and a blue blouse over a black jumper.
“You mean when I attended the Zot Hannukah meal at Wissenden? Your aunt and uncle were there as well, you know?”
“I know,” Alicia said with a smile, “so this is getting serous between you and Sam, isn’t it?”
“I guess it is,” Cathy said as she took her glasses off and wiped them, then put them back on with a smile. “Mu mums are happy about it though.”
“Right – I gotta get going,” I said as I stood up, “Dad wants us all back early tonight for some reason.”
“Have fun, and I’ll see you Tuesday,” Alicia said as I picked up my bags and headed out of the door.
When I got back to the house and went in, Dad looked out from the kitchen.
“Hey there – can you come and give me a hand in here a minute Jenny? Your mum’s talking to your gran and aunts in the front room, and I’m giving the twins their tea.”
I could hear some noise from the front room, so I went in to find not just David and June in their high chairs, but Janey was in a high chair as well, and Danny was sitting at the table.
“Hello Jenny,” he said, as the twins looked at me and said “Hello Jenny.”
“You’ve got your hands full here,” I said as I looked at dad, who was putting some chips out on plates that had fish fingers on them.
“Tell me about it – can you sort out their drinks?”
I nodded as I put some squash into four cups, putting lids on three of them before I handed them out, and then giving Danny the fourth one. “Where’s Uncle Dave?”
“Finishing putting up the decorations at their house – I said I’d make sure the family stayed out of the way,” he said with a smile. “Want some coffee?”
“Not right now thanks,” I said as I sat down. “I presume Cassie’s across the road?”
“You presume wrong – Bobby came round to take her to the pictures, to see that new Peanuts movie,” Dad said as he sat down.
“So who’s in the front room?”
“Your Mum, your gran, Aunts Connie and Cassie. Aunt Jo wanted to finish her shopping.”
I could hear the sound increasing and wondered what was going on. “Go on – have a look,” Dad said, so I made my way into the front room – and then burst out laughing.
“Hllljnee,” Mum said from her seat. She was on one of the dining table chairs, wearing her black jersey dress and knee length leather boots. I could see the bands of rope around her ankles and knees, holding them to the front legs of the chairs, as well as the bands of rope around her waist and her arms. A wide strip of the white tape covered her lips, but I knew something else was underneath.
Gran was sat in one of the armchairs, wearing a grey cardigan over a floral print dress, just as tightly tied and gagged as the rope rubbed on her brown straight boots. As for Aunt Cassie, she was on the floor, wearing a purple tunic and pants, but as tightly tied as I knew she liked to be, and the tape wrapped round her head, holding her long brown hair against her neck.
It was Aunt Connie who surprised me the most. I knew she liked to be tightly tied as well, but instead she was lying on the couch, looking at me as her lips smiled under the white tape. She had on a black smock and leggings, with over the knee boots, and her ankles and legs were just as tightly tied as the others. But she had her wrists tied together in front of her, a rope running from them to the one round her knees, and her arms tied to her side in the way we tie the girls around their stomachs.
Going back into the kitchen, I looked at Dad and said “I see what you mean – but why is Aunt Connie not tied the same way as the others.”
“Well – why do you think that might be the case?”
I looked at him, and then went “Ah – does...”
Dad shook his head as he offered me a glass of coke. “Wait until later – right now, let’s make sure these four get what they need.”
“Oh my goodness,” Cassie said as we sat round the dinner table, “how long?”
“Well, it’s probably going to be July next year, but who can tell? After that, though that’s it, right Dave?”
“Oh yeah – three is enough,” Uncle Dave said with a smile.
“Well, congratulations to both of you,” Aunt Jo said as Cassie and I looked at each other. Another member of the Craig family to look forward to.
“By the way,” Connie said, “How’s Kerry?”
“Blooming according to Jess,” Mum said. “She’s due early February.”
For some reason, there had been a rash of pregnancies just after Easter. I knew Rachel’s mother had been expecting, but the real surprise was that she was not the only one.
Freddie and Louise, for example - sometime early next year they were also going to be expecting a new arrival. They only got told a few months ago, after the afternoon party at the Manor House, but they were looking forward to that as well.
“So we’ve got another reason to celebrate,” Gran said as we all ate our meal. The younger generation were in the front room with Lisa’s mum – she’s come over to help out, after Mum had called her.
Once she was released of course.
As I put some pork into my mouth, I wriggled slightly on the chair, and then saw Aunt Cassie looking at me out of the corner of her eye.
“So how did the shopping go today,” she eventually said.
“I got everything I needed,” I said with a smile, “I just need to get the presents wrapped – is it all right if I do that after dinner Dad?”
“Of course it is – it’s Cassie’s turn to do the dishes.”
I watched her as she groaned, before Uncle Dave said “I’ll give you a hand, little one.”
“And fold, and tape – there, another one done,” I said to myself as I finished taping up my present for Cassie, and then put it with the others as there was a light tap on my door.
“Can I come in,” Aunt Cassie said as she opened the door and looked round.
“sure – I got the present for you and Aunt Jo wrapped up anyway,” I said as she came in and sat on my bed.
“You know, it doesn’t seem that long since you and Cassie were in pigtails and I came back from my work,” she said, “and here we are now – you’re turning into a young woman, and your sister isn’t that far behind you.”
“Aunt Cassie,” I said as I looked at her, “this isn’t The Talk, is it?”
“Well, not that one anyway,” she said with a smile. “This is the one where I ask just how far is Colin taking things with you.”
“What do you... OH,” I said as I sat down. “Let me put it this way – I keep my clothes on, and we don’t go beyond that, but...”
“But you have tried ropes elsewhere – like earlier tonight?”
I nodded and said “please don’t tell mum and dad...”
“Oh don’t worry – so long as that’s as far as it goes. You’re still young after all.” As she stood up, she said “just rope, right?”
“Right – we don’t do what Angela does with...”
I than looked at Aunt Cassie, who smiled and said “air conditioning, right?”
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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:16 am

What fun!!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:16 am

He he, "air conditioning!!"

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Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:21 am

Thanks, KP, for this wonderful update!! So it's time for an awkward talk for Jenny!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:40 am

Great chapter!!!

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Post by Tom Ford » Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:17 am

This second chapter revealed much. We know now that the older girls (Jenny etc) also had the new ropes introduced to them, and wore it both with the crotch rope too. That is what they did upstairs when she was “babysitting” Cassie.
And it looks like there is another baby of Connie and Dave along the way. It’s their third baby, and to think, we once read a story of the wedding of Connie and David, the fourth tale, Family Time. Then we should add that baby to the crop of babies to be born 2016, from the sibling of Louise and Freddie, to Rachel’s little sibling.
Jenny is now the narrator now that it was the 20th. I wonder who it will be next? And they are going to go caroling with Alicia and Martin? They are wearing their Victorian dresses for the caroling. I wonder if only they will go caroling, or will the other girls carol too, but using different groups?
And the adults have once more decided on some tie up fun!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Fri Jan 08, 2016 6:11 am

Great update!!!

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Post by William F Somebody » Sun Jan 10, 2016 10:39 am

A nice nice update, KP! We get to know much about the girls since the last tale, mostly about being introduced to the new ropes! And of course, of events to come, mainly that of Christmas, but a new surprise in the third child in as many years to Dave and Connie.
And now Jenny is the new narrator, and who will be next?
And I really am excited with the caroling! They wore Victorian dresses the past year, in Christmas Belle, but this time, they will wear authentic clothes!! With the correct undergarments! Please make some complete dressing sequence with whoever is narrator!
Looking forward to the next tale, KP!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:03 am

Please please update really really soon!!!

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Post by John Kennon Smith » Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:04 am

Hope you update soon!!!!

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Post by KP Presents » Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:16 am

“You knew?”
“Well,” Aunt Cassie said with a smile, “she is a young woman now after all. Remember that weekend we all spent after those men attacked us at Holderness Manor?”
“How could I forget that – has anyone ever told Cassie?”
Aunt Cassie shook her head. “Not to the best of my knowledge – and it was a special weekend for me as well, as you well know. All that talk of crickets then...”
“Seems funny now, doesn’t it – but no, we’ve never done that. I don’t think I’m ready for that – the rest of the stuff is new enough...”
“Yeah – I can understand that,” she said as I sat next to her. “You’re both growing up so fast; it can be scary at times. But I trust Colin not take things too far until he is ready – do you?”
I nodded as Aunt Cassie smiled. “Good – you don’t have to answer this, but...”
“No – not beyond the ropes.”
“Okay then,” she said as she stood up, “I’ll let you get back to the wrapping up then.”
“Aunt Cassie?”
“Yes,” she said as she stood in the doorway.
“Have you and Aunt Jo ever thought about having children?”
“We’ve talked about it – maybe adopting one day,” she said with a smile, “but not yet. Hurry up – I think your gran is making hot chocolate.”
Monday 21st December
Mary
“Hey – have you got a couple of minutes?”
I looked up from the chair to see Angela standing there, wearing a pair of faded blue jeans and a white jumper over a checked shirt.
“Sure,” I said as I put my book down, “what’s up?”
“Well,” Angela said as she came in, and then started giggling as her cell phone went off.
“EDDIE!!!”
“Sorry,” my darling elder brother called back as Angela sighed.
“I should take more care shouldn’t I?”
“Not my place to ask,” I said with a smile, “so what can I do for you?”
“I need some help from you and the other girls,” Angela said, “with my idea for Cassie and Suzie’s birthday presents. Could you do something for me?”
“Sure – what is it?”
I listened as Angela outlined her plan, and then nodded as the smile grew on my face.
“I think that can be arranged,” I said with a smile, “leave it with me. I’ll talk to Cathy and sort it out without clueing in the others.”
“Good,” Angela said as she stood up, “now I need to get going – we’re heading to the Manor house tonight to see Grandma and Grandpa. Sarah and Brian are arriving today.”
Alicia
“So when are you meeting for the Carol singing tomorrow,” Mum asked as we drove up the path to the Manor house.
“At about seven thirty, at the church hall,” I said as we looked out to the front door. Dad stopped the car and we got out, me and Angela taking Andrew by the hand as we went in.
Going into the library, we smiled as we saw Sarah and Brian sitting there, Sarah watching Bart and little Sarah as they played on the floor.
“Hey you two,” Sarah said as she looked up, wearing a dusky pink dress, “you’re both looking well.”
“Thanks – the twins are getting much bigger,” I said as Andrew toddled over and sat next to them, talking to Bart as Sarah crawled across the floor.
“Yeah,” Brian said as Grandma came in with Grandpa. They also had two very unexpected guests with them – Alice’s parents from the US.
“Hi there,” Mrs Hawkins said, “it’s good to see you both again.”
“And you,” Angela said as they hugged both of us. “Is Alice with you?”
“Yes, she is,” Mr Hawkins said as he looked at Brian.
“Listen,” he said in his Australian accent, “can I borrow both of you for a couple of minutes? Something I want to show you.”
“Is it all right is we go for a few minutes, Mum,” I said, and when they both nodded we followed Brian out of the library, and up the stairs.
“Where are we going,” Angela asked as we approached the playroom.
“Well, first I need the promise from both of you that you won’t shout when we go in here,” Brian said quietly, “I need you to meet someone, and they need to say something to you.”
“Why do I get the feeling I’m not going to like this,” Angela said as she looked at me.
“Experience?”
We both looked at Brian, as he opened the door and we walked in.
“Hey – thanks for coming up.”
“Alice?” I looked at the young blonde as we walked in, wondering why she was waiting there. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a white cowl necked jumper, smiling as she leaned against the wall. “Are you the only one here?”
“This time yes,” she said as Brian closed the door, “although I can tell you Chloe and her partner will visit after Christmas. I wanted you two to meet someone, before she comes downstairs – she has something she wants to say to both of you.”
“Oh? Who is it,” Angela says as she looked at Alice.
“Hi – I wanted to say sorry.”
Now that was a voice I recognised, as both Angela and I looked at each other, and then turned round to see a young brunette girl, about my age, who looked at us with a worried expression on her face. She was wearing a white blouse and jeans, and had a watch on her right wrists that had a green glowing dial.
“You?” Angela looked at the young girl, and said “what are you doing here?”
“Alicia, Angela,” Alice said – and yeah, the alliteration was not lost on me, “this is Tamara, although she prefers Tammy.”
“The last time we saw you, you managed to break into Sarah and Brian’s house, and held us both hostage,” I said as I looked at her. “You were arrested – Brian?”
“It’s a long story,” Brian said as he folded his arms and leaned against the wall, “but the short version is this. Tammy here has a special gift, like Sarah, Chloe and I do – and when we discovered that, she joined the team.”
“She.... Alice, you know this?”
“Yeah – Dad and Brian told me and Mom, and Tammy now lives with us as my cousin. The other girls know as well, but when we knew we were coming over, we knew we’d bum into you two – so you needed to meet first.”
“So why did you break into Brian’s house?”
“I needed some food and a change of clothes – I was on the run,” Tammy said as she sat on a box. “I’m really sorry I did what I did, but I was desperate.”
“And it’s the wrong question,” Brian said, “the more interesting question was, HOW did she manage to break in?”
Angela and I looked at each other, and then at her watch again. “So,” Angela eventually said, “we know what the gifts of the other three are. What is yours?”
“Well, as Brian likes to put it,” Tammy said with a little smile, “I can see the way electrical currents flow, and as a result I can knock out any electronic lock, any alarm, and any recording device – if I’m not wearing this.” She held up her wrist as she said “this regulates something in me that causes that effect, so I can at least use a recorder or any other device like a normal girl.”
“Okay – and you stay with Alice because?”
“She needed a place to stay and become a normal girl,” Alice said. “After all, who knows more about dealing with weird things than us lot?”
We looked at each other, and then walked over to hug Tammy.
“Does this mean I can relax for the rest of the holiday?”
“I think so,” I said, “you need to meet the others later – we all know about Brian, Sarah and Chloe, so you don’t need to feel you have to hide anything.”
“There is one thing though,” Alice said. “We have introduced Tammy to our games, but you tow may wish to have a little bit of revenge. Especially as we’ll be here on New Year’s Eve – though not quite as vigorous as usual.”
“It’ll also be a training exercise for Tammy,” Brian said as the dinner gong sounded, “but afterwards, all right?”
“Okay then,” Alice said “come on I’m starving.”
“Ah good – there you are,” Grandma said as we came into the dining room, as the youngsters were put into the high chairs. “Anne, Simon, I would like you to meet Tamara, Alice’s cousin. She recently moved to live with Alice’s family, and naturally came on the trip with them.”
“It’s a pleasure to meet you,” Mum and Dad said as they shook her hand, “so why did you come to live with Alice.”
“My parents passed away,” Tammy said, “and I needed a place to stay to finish my High School Diploma.”
“Well, I hope you’ve settled in,” Grandpa said as we sat down.
“Thank you, yes – I really feel at home with Uncle Jack and Aunt Margaret.”
We both smiled as we looked at her and Alice, before Mum said “so tell us something about yourself, Tammy.”
“Let the poor girl eat,” Grandma said as Mrs Bridges started to serve the first course, “we can talk later. I want to hear about how much Andrew is looking forward to Christmas.”
As the conversation turned to other matters, Tammy looked over at Andrew.
“How old is your little brother?”
“Coming up on three next year,” I said.
“He’s cute – and gets on with the twins well enough.”
“Well, as you’re going to be here over the holidays, you’ll meet the rest of the kids then as well,” Angela said with a smile. “I hope you get on well with them as well.”
“Heidi and Cindy have told me about all of you,” Tammy said as she sipped some soup, and then wiped her chin. “Is it true Heidi is distantly related to you?”
“A few generations down the line,” I said with a smile. “So you’re Alice’s cousin now? If I asked for the real story...”
“Later,” Angela whispered, “let’s enjoy the meal for now.”
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### Re: An Education - Girls Night In

Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:20 am

Nice!!!!

### Re: An Education - Girls Night In

Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:56 am

So Tammy is back?

### Re: An Education - Girls Night In

Post by John Kennon Smith » Mon Jan 11, 2016 8:31 pm

Great chapter!!!

### Re: An Education - Girls Night In

Post by Tom Ford » Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:14 pm

What a nice, nice update, KP! A couple of points!
So we get to see Tammy, the same girl who invaded the home of Sarah and Brian and tied up Alicia and Angela. It was a treat to see the Bowden girls see her as a good girl, as they had not, before this day, been informed of her being reformed. The good thing about introducing them to the two Bowden girls first is that they need not tell the rest of the gang and family what her past really is, since they have no reason to doubt any word that Brian and Sarah tells them. And of course, she need not tell anyone of her special abilities.
And I think the Girls’ Night In would refer to Angela’s mysterious birthday present for Cassie and Suzie. Whatever it is, I am looking forward to it, especially if, as I suspect, it would leave both girls, bound and gagged.
And Eddie really is naughty!!

### Re: An Education - Girls Night In

Post by Imp Caesar Augustus » Mon Jan 11, 2016 10:42 pm

Nice to see someone from the past making an appearance.