An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:13 am

Let me put it to you this way - if you found yourself the only boy in an extended family of girls, you’re going to find yourself from time to time doing things you don’t want to do. Right?

So last summer, when the chance came up to spend the summer working at a local Scout campsite as a junior leader for Cub Scout holidays, I jumped at it. Especially as it meant I would not be there when my lovely, gentle, not at all stuck up cousin Alicia was entertaining her American pen pal over the six weeks of the summer holiday.

So I was completely out of the crazy stuff that happened when those two polite men broke into the manor house, at the same time as the Craig girls were making their first visit. Suzie told me all about it the day after - how she had found out the girls liked to play tie-up games, and then this masked man came in with Alicia, took one look at them and then tied them all up as if they were sausages, then silenced them.

And then she told me she had enjoyed it?

I probably need to explain something here - my dad’s sister is Alicia’s mum, so we’re all Holderness by family if not by name. Mum and Dad have always tried to treat me and Suzie as if we were not the members of a very old, very rich and very titled family, but normal kids. Dad says that way we don’t take anything for granted - and I suppose he’s right with that. Alicia, on the other hand, took all that stuff seriously, and used it to make herself - well, a clique leader is one way of saying it.

Anyway - a couple of weeks later Suzie invited them to a sleepover at the manor house, and... Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever got the full story of what happened, but Alicia was a very different person after that - more open, and she even laughed once or twice. She even allowed her natural hair colour to grow back out - something I did not think she would ever do. Whatever happened, it must have been some outletting.

Then I heard that Mum and Dad were going to join them for a special day at Granddad’s corporate retreat, out in the Cotswolds. I had to be at the campsite that day, but when I came home the next day something had definitely changed.

Exactly what I found out a week or so later, when through no fault of my own I found myself having to go with Suzie to the Craig house on Saturday. Now, I love my little sister to bits, and I would never let any harm come to her, but she can be a right royal pest at times. Had I known then how easy it could be to keep her out of my hair...?

Anyway, Dad took me to Uncle Simon’s and then he took me with Suzie to meet the two Craig girls. I’d heard that the older one, Jenny, had become close friends with Alicia after she had been tormented by her for a couple of years, but I had no idea at that point how that had come about.

Before we went, Suzie made me tie her wrists together with a belt. The Scout master had told us never to think of doing that during rope practice - apparently a few years before it had gone a little too far and one of the leaders had found herself tightly tied and gagged. But she kept going on and on at me so I did so - only for her to get free instantly.

So we arrived at the house, met Mr and Mrs Craig, and Suzie ran off upstairs. A few minutes later Angela and Alicia, who were stopping there as well, took me upstairs and knocked on the door. A girl of about my age opened it, introduced herself to me as Jenny, and then let us in - and let me in on some life changing things.

The first of which was my pest of a kid sister, lying on the floor with her hands in a pair of socks, tightly tied up with ropes and tape over her mouth.

The second was lying on the bed - a girl a little older than Suzie, wearing a blue pinafore dress with white socks and black shoes, bound up like a sausage with tape covering her mouth as well. This was my first sight of Cassandra Paulette Craig - Cassie - and one thing was instantly clear.

She was almost as mad as Suzie - in fact, more so.

I was taken into Jenny’s room, and my eyes were opened to everything - the fact that not only the Craig girls, not only my sister, but my cousins played these games as well, and they taught me something of how it worked.

Of course, it turned out to be a bit of a trap - as I discovered when they all got loose and ended up tickling me as I was bound and gagged on the bed. Cassie called me cute when she first got a chance to say hello to me - and somehow it felt right for her to say that.

What can I say? The floodgates were opened, and instead of spending a day feeling out of place I became one of the gang, joining in the games. I really enjoyed my time there - especially teasing Suzie and Cassie.

Did I know what was going to happen over the next year? Nope - not even when I got roped in. Oh god, roped in.... Anyway, Alicia engaged me to help with a surprise birthday party for Jenny, and she picked the weekend I had to do something with Colin for school.

I’ve known Colin Hampton for years - we’ve come up through the Cubs and Scouts together, and we’re in the same class at school. His dad is a high ranking detective at the local police station, and knows Granddad and Grandma very well. Anyway, as I say I’d agreed to help for a while, and I also got a chance to meet some more of their friends, specifically Mary and Cathy. Nice enough girls, but not really my type - although I did get to know them a bit better a few weeks later.

Anyway - party girl, silly karaoke, lunch, and then Colin and I got down to work. I’d seen Colin look at Jenny when he was introduced to her, and I thought he smiled, but I wasn’t sure. As it was other things took my attention - namely two little sprites called Suzie and Cassie. Sprites I felt I had to deal with with Colin’s help.

Now, as Alicia explained it to me, a side part of the day was getting Mary and Cathy to take part in their games, so I played along with it - as well as Colin. He had a few qualms, but when he saw how much they enjoyed it, Jenny in particular, he soon joined in. Even when we blindfolded them and used a proper gag on Alicia, Jenny, Suzie and Cassie. I passed some remark at how amazed I was at Cassie not asking before - but then it hit me.

I had expected her to, and was disappointed when she did not.

Well, by the end of the day they were all very willing participants - even Mary and Cathy. Mind you, then the quartet went off to America for a week, and - well, I found myself missing them.

Especially Cassie.

Anyway, Angela had been left in charge at the manor house. Angela Bowden - I tell you, catch her in the right light, and you see my grandmother in her stance and eyes. Then she turns round, laughs and suddenly she’s a seventeen year old girl again.

Mary and Cathy came to help as well, and for the second half of the week we had great fun, learning new tricks from Angela and trying them out on each other. I also found this DVD of the summer thing they had all gone to, and for the first time I saw not just the mysterious Heidi, but all the things they got up to.

As I watched Cassie and Suzie hopping over the lawn, I could not take my eyes off the young girl, her eyes smiling at the camera, and I realised that I was getting rather fond of her.

Even if she could be a very annoying person.

There was just something about the way she treated everything as a game, and she made us all laugh - even when what she was saying made absolutely no sense. Yeah, she was a few years younger than me, but I found to my surprise I was getting as protective of her as I am of Suzie.

That feeling just grew stronger after they came back, so when it was her birthday after Christmas I bought her a little present. Just to show how much I had enjoyed her company. You know, as a friend?

Only I was beginning to realise it was a bit more than that - she gave me a peck on the cheek, and I blushed. For some reason, Cassie Craig was really beginning to get under my skin.

And what’s more, I liked it.


Even more, when I heard about the way she had looked after her friends as well as Suzie when they had a sleepover, and another home invasion - I tell you, it’s almost as if Cassie Craig is a magnet for men in masks to come and hold her hostage, tie her up and gag her, make her jump about and lead them the merriest of dances...


Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah - when I heard how she had handled that night, kept the girls calm and safe, as well as Suzie, I was so proud of her I just wanted to hug her the next time I saw her. I was so proud of her when she went up onto that stage with Granddad and Colin’s dad to get her medal...

By this time, I had become aware of how Colin felt about her big sister - he would not stop talking about her, so I got out of him just what he was thinking, to the extent he had asked her to our school disco the night of that home invasion. He’d asked me what I should do, and I told him - ask her.

But Colin is the same age as Jenny, and I was wondering if I could ask Cassie to come on a fate as well. That was an altogether different prospect - after all, as I said earlier, she is younger than me.

So I did the honourable thing, I asked Mr Craig first. I also said Jenny and Colin would come along as well - just to make it easier. Mind you, I also laid a very specific plan with Colin - one that would give both girls a day to remember.

SO we picked them up, blindfolded them, and took them to a part of the grounds they had never gone to before, a place in a local wood that Colin knew about that had a locked driveway, which his parents owned the keys to. We handcuffed them for that, before tying them to the picnic chairs as we ate.

That was nothing, however, to what we did next. I had talked to Heidi, and she told me of a day she and her friends went to the pictures tied up and gagged. So Colin and I decided to do the same thing. He paid for the picnics, and I bought two ponchos to cover their tied arms. As we pulled up to the cinema, I then kissed Cassie, taking her completely by surprise to put a cloth in her mouth and then cover it with clear tape.

And you know what? I loved kissing her. Despite myself, I was beginning to care a hell of a lot more than I expected to for Cassie Craig, and I liked the idea.

The rest of that day passed in something of a haze for me, and I suspect Colin as well, because the only other thing I remember with any clarity was hearing Angela saying they had found the first people to lead off for the Summer Ball.

I need to explain that - the Summer Ball is an event, like the New Year’s Party, that my grandparents hold for the local community each year. I missed it last year, as did the Craigs, but the day after the date I heard the plans starting.

There was going to be marquees on the lawn, a big band, and everyone was going to dress up to the nines. We even had some very special guests coming - my newest cousin Andrew, as well as Cassie’s new twin brother and sister and her new cousin.

It was sounding wonderful, but then something happened that meant the whole thing might get called off. Mum had gone with Aunt Anne, my oldest cousin Angela and Grandma to London to meet the Craigs for a show, and then dinner back at the manor house, the Saturday after the double date. Dad was watching Suzie and me, but at about six in the morning on the Sunday I felt his hand on my shoulder. He said he had to go out for a while, and I needed to get up in case Suzie woke up before he got back.

I got up and watched some DVDs, alongside Suzie when she got up, but it was lunchtime before Dad came back with Mum - and one look at her told me something very bad had happened. She was red eyed, and was crying as Dad took her up to bed. When he came down, I asked him what had happened, but all he said was she needed to rest.

A few days later we all went to the manor house, and we met a girl Alicia and Jenny knew called Chloe. There were also three other people, who were introduced as Sarah, Brian and Anne. Chloe and Sarah came to see all of us a few days after that, and told us some stories about her life - stories that made it very clear that for some reason, her family and ours kept running into each other, and Sarah’s family saved ours.

I knew the legend of the Holderness Shadow, of course, but that day was the first time I had seen him, when - well, it sounds ridiculous, but this guy tried to rob Patty’s house...

OH yeah - I forgot about young Patricia Pickering, Cassie and Jenny’s cousin. In the year I’ve known her, Cassie has shown a remarkable maturity for her age sometimes, and a ridiculous lack of sense at others. So take that lack of sense and remove the maturity, and you get nine year old Patty. All her drive and enthusiasm, none of the tact and small discretion. A firebrand in every way.

Where was I? Oh yeah - this guy tried to rob the house, except somehow Sara scared him off, and this ghost appeared, and - well, all of us were bound and gagged, so all I could do was watch.

The decision was made that, whatever had happened that Saturday, the July Ball would go ahead on the 27th of July - my fourteenth birthday.

But I did find out what happened - three weeks after that visit, Dad drove me and mum to the retreat they had had that summer event in, and we met up with Alicia, Angela and her parents, as well as the Craigs, Granny and Granddad and Mr and Mrs Bridges.

There were four other people there - Anne and Chloe we had met before, but there was also Heidi’s mother and aunt, Veronica and Amy. I had met them at Cassie’s birthday party. Colin had been invited with his father - and it was Detective Superintendant Hampton who, after lunch, took the four of us - me, Colin, Alicia and Jenny to one side and explained what had happened to our mothers, our aunts, our grandmothers.

I’m not going to go into what happened then, or after that - but Mum was a lot happier and talking more when we left on the Sunday.

And now here we are, Friday 26th July - the day before the ball, and Colin has just arrived to discuss - matters.
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:30 am

Nice!!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Tom Ford » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:23 am

So we get the perspective of Bobby on past events. Him being a boy, as opposed to all the others, would make his perspective, a little different.

It’s interesting to see how he viewed Alicia before. In a lot of ways, it’s a lot like how Jenny viewed her before, but of course, being her cousin, he knew her better, and would probably see her better than Jenny did. Still, he did describe her as “stuck up”. If you loving cousin describes you as such, most probably, you are!

“Almost as mad as Suzie—in fact, more so—” Poor Bobby, having to spend his childhood with “mad” Suzie and the rest of his life with “mad” Ca…. Nevermind. Still, he would have those two girls hovering around him growing up, pestering him, making him mad, but I don’t think Bobby would have it any other way.

It was interesting to see how his views on Cassie evolved. Despite only being about 2-3 years older, for a 13 year old, an 11 year old could be as well 10 years younger, so I understood that, comparing Colin and Jenny, both the same age, asking Cassie out was a bit different. Jenny is becoming a full fledged teen-ager, probably Colin’s equal in maturity as in age, but Cassie was not only younger, but also much less mature than Bobby (see Cassie not being ready to be part of the therapy). But I would guess Bobby would never like her if she acted all mature like Alicia was. (I imagine that Alicia was a pain growing up with, especially before, she acted all high and mighty) and that Cassie was just opposite of who Alicia was before, and so like his loving sister, that he was drawn to her as a result.

Going back to the event that gave this story it’s title. So the July Ball is for the community? How many people would be invited? And how would TUGs be integrated with it? I don’t think they’d let other people who are not close friends see them tied up, but perhaps only those who knew about it would be invited?

And would Brian Hampton be there? Him being mentioned in Whitsuntied augurs that he will have an important part to play. And how about Martin? Will he have the courage to ask Alicia? But with Alicia so shy, he won’t probably notice that she likes him very much, and with Alicia’s former attitude, she might have inadvertently made him think she’s out of his league.

Of course, would Colin and Bobby introduce Brian first to the world of TUGs so he understand Suzie better and make sure she had fun?

Anyway, I wonder what presents the other characters would have given Bobby for her birthday? Maybe Cassie and Suzie all wrapped up and nowhere to go?

Who will dance? The married ones of course would have no problem. Alicia would almost certainly go with Martin, Suzie with Brian. Angela too, though who is her dance partner? Would that be her future husband, or someone else?

And of course, what about Patty? I don’t think she’d like it if she was left out, but she’s too young. Heck, I would say Cassie and Suzie would be too young too, but they already, probably, have got their dance partners. Would there be a children’s ball a separate event?

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Tom Ford » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:24 am

OH and I notices these things.

KP Presents wrote:So we picked them up, blindfolded them, and took them to a part of the grounds they had never gone to before, on the far side of the estate for a picnic.


I thought it was Colin’s parent’s lands?


KP Presents wrote: “This,” Colin said as Mr Bridges laid a red and white checked cloth on the picnic table, and started to unpack the food and drink, “is a place I come to all the time with Mum and Dad in the summer. We found it one day when we were walking in the hills - you need to access it by a private road, and only a few get the key to open the gate.”


And

KP Presents wrote: So take that lack of sense and remove the maturity, and you get ten year old Patty


Wasn’t Patty nine?

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:30 am

Bobby really likes Cassie!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:32 am

Tom Ford wrote:OH and I notices these things.

KP Presents wrote:So we picked them up, blindfolded them, and took them to a part of the grounds they had never gone to before, on the far side of the estate for a picnic.


I thought it was Colin’s parent’s lands?


KP Presents wrote: “This,” Colin said as Mr Bridges laid a red and white checked cloth on the picnic table, and started to unpack the food and drink, “is a place I come to all the time with Mum and Dad in the summer. We found it one day when we were walking in the hills - you need to access it by a private road, and only a few get the key to open the gate.”


And

KP Presents wrote: So take that lack of sense and remove the maturity, and you get ten year old Patty


Wasn’t Patty nine?


All fixed
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Wed Jun 12, 2013 5:34 am

Tom Ford wrote:Going back to the event that gave this story it’s title. So the July Ball is for the community? How many people would be invited? And how would TUGs be integrated with it? I don’t think they’d let other people who are not close friends see them tied up, but perhaps only those who knew about it would be invited?


Note I said marquees on the lawn - I haven;t sai danythign about inside the house.

Yet.

Tom Ford wrote:And would Brian Hampton be there? Him being mentioned in Whitsuntied augurs that he will have an important part to play. And how about Martin? Will he have the courage to ask Alicia? But with Alicia so shy, he won’t probably notice that she likes him very much, and with Alicia’s former attitude, she might have inadvertently made him think she’s out of his league.


Funny how you should metnion Brian and Martin...
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby William F Somebody » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:05 am

So starts the July Ball! I wonder how they’ll do it? Remembering the dance they did at Double Date, with the girls all tied up, I think Bobby and Colin might want to repeat that. But of course, Suzie and Alicia would want to do it too so Cassie and Jenny won’t have all the fun. Of course, that’ll require partners. Brian for Suzie won’t be much of a problem, as Bobby could tell Colin to hint to his cousin to ask Suzie, and of course, Bobby already saw Suzie tied up and gagged in Whitsuntied, so all he needs to do is to learn how to tie so he can tie up Suzie properly—I don’t think Suzie would like it if her dance partner can’t tie her up like Bobby can tie up Cassie.

Still, by this time, the day before the July Ball, Friday, I would assume that with Brian and Martin, things have already been taken cared of. Still, I hope that Bobby or Colin could tell us how and when they asked Alicia and Suzie. And of course, I’m interested in Angela, and who would be her date.

I wonder when we’ll see Cassie and the others? Is Bobby meeting with Colin at the Manor, or at his house? Odds are, Suzie is there too. I would not be surprised if Bobby had “taken care” that Suzie won’t interrupt his meeting with Colin. (It would be sweeter if Cassie was also there, spending the day with her best friend [and also to pester and annoy Bobby too] so there would be two captives!)

And of course, like what was mentioned above, Patty. How does she fit in all of this?

A ball, the most formal event that could happen. And since it would be a ball, they would wear evening attire—them most formal clothes. Men would of course wore tuxedos, and females, ball gowns—it’s a ball after all! Ball gowns of course would be full skirted (probably would have hoops), to the floor, have high heels, would have jewelry, opera gloves, and of course, the married females would wear a tiara (only if it’s not in a hotel). A white tie event in every sense! All women would wear clothes like that, or variations thereof. (Cassie and the kids would not find them too stiff or formal—they have been tied up so many times wearing long dresses and high heels, and have hopped around tied up like that). I couldn’t wait to see them tied up like that.

As Bobby said, they would be dressed up to nines! I wonder how good Bobby is describing clothes? He is a boy after all, and I don’t think he’s much interested in details of clothes of women. But of course, I would imagine that growing up with females, he would have picked up the difference between a gown and a evening dress for a example, or such things.

The meeting with Bobby and Colin is on July 27, Friday, 2013, right?

KP Presents wrote:And now here we are, Friday 27th July - the day before the ball, and Colin has just arrived to discuss - matters.


Looking at the July 2013 calendar, I think that should be Friday, 26th July, as the 27th is Saturday.

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:08 am

Yes, Williams, yes it should - amended
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:26 am

Great Beginning!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:51 am

Thanks for this story. I'm sure it would be a wonderful event.

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:52 am

Great chapter also!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:36 am

Great update too!!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:51 am

Please please update really really soon!!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Tom Ford » Wed Jun 12, 2013 11:00 am

I was rereading this and noticed the following things.

KP Presents wrote:It was sounding wonderful, but then something happened that meant the whole thing might get called off. Mum had gone with Aunt Anne, my oldest cousin Alicia and Grandma to London to meet the Craigs for[i] a show, and then dinner back at the manor house, the Saturday after the double date.


That should be Angela, as she is the oldest cousin, and the one who was part of the tragic incident.

And this one too.

KP Presents wrote:The decision was made that, whatever had happened that Saturday, the July Ball would go ahead on the 28th of July - my fourteenth birthday.


But according to below, it's the 26th, the day before, so it meant that the 27th of July was the date of the ball, and of Bobby's birthday. Or did that mean that the ball was on Sunday, 28th, and on Friday, was actually two days before the ball?

KP Presents wrote:

And now here we are, Friday 26th July - the day before the ball, and Colin has just arrived to discuss - matters.
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:32 pm

Tom Ford wrote:I was rereading this and noticed the following things.

KP Presents wrote:It was sounding wonderful, but then something happened that meant the whole thing might get called off. Mum had gone with Aunt Anne, my oldest cousin Alicia and Grandma to London to meet the Craigs for[i] a show, and then dinner back at the manor house, the Saturday after the double date.


That should be Angela, as she is the oldest cousin, and the one who was part of the tragic incident.

And this one too.

KP Presents wrote:The decision was made that, whatever had happened that Saturday, the July Ball would go ahead on the 28th of July - my fourteenth birthday.


But according to below, it's the 26th, the day before, so it meant that the 27th of July was the date of the ball, and of Bobby's birthday. Or did that mean that the ball was on Sunday, 28th, and on Friday, was actually two days before the ball?

KP Presents wrote:

And now here we are, Friday 26th July - the day before the ball, and Colin has just arrived to discuss - matters.


On the first, I corrected it. On the second - I changed the date
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:21 pm

Hope you update soon!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Tom Ford » Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:33 pm

I’d like to add this. Having Bobby as narrator will change how some of the characters are called, from the stories narrated by Cassie and Jenny, sisters.

So I’ll post again something that I put on Surprise Visitor in anticipation of Suzie narrating Last Day of Summer, since Suzie and Bobby are siblings.

“Dad would be Mr. Craig
Mom would be Mrs. Craig
Granny would be Granny Craig or Granny Miranda (I thought of Mrs Craig but it would be too confusing with Mom as Mrs Craig)
Lady Holderness would simply be Granny or Grandma
Sir Desmond would be Grandpa or Granddad
Aunt Cassie as Miss Craig
Aunt Connie as Mrs Brown
Uncle Dave as Mr Brown”

To add to what I wrote then:

Grandma Jacobs would be Grandma Jacobs, of course
Mr Holderness would be Dad
Mrs Holderness would be Mom
Mr Bowden would be Uncle Simon
Mrs Bowden would be Aunt Anne

The other change I think would be if he as a boy has an eye for women's clothes that the other female narrators has, as William said earlier. (For example, like most boys, he probably loathes accompanying his Mum or aunt or sister shop for clothes). He won't find the topic much interesting, so he might not be as descriptive as Cassie or Jenny is, but I think that problem could be remedied by him simply stating that growing up with a sister who never stops talking (unless gagged), and as he said, being the only boy in an extended family of girls, he might simply have picked up things from his Mum, his sister, and two cousins the various intricacies of female clothing.

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Fri Jun 14, 2013 1:35 am

I heard him saying “Good morning, Mrs Holderness - is Bobby in” from my bedroom, so I called down “Let him come on up Mum.”

“He’s got Brian with him,” I heard in reply, so I came out of my room and down the stairs. Sure enough, standing next to Colin was his cousin, Brian Hampton. He was a couple of years younger than us, and was wearing, like Colin, a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.

“Hey Brian,” I said as I came down, “You staying for the summer holidays.”

“Just for a couple of weeks,” he said quietly, “Mum and Dad have to go on a trip. Thanks for letting me come over as well, Mrs Holderness - and for letting me borrow the suit.”

Mum smiled and said “It’s a pleasure Brian - why don’t you boys go into the front room?” I was glad she was smiling again - for a while there I was beginning to think it was never going to happen, but she was getting better now.

Colin had noticed as well, because he whispered to me “How’s she doing?”

“Good,” was all I said as I closed the front door, “but why is Mum letting you borrow a suit?”

“I’m coming tomorrow,” Brian said, “and I don’t have a suit - at least, not one for a grand ball - so your mum’s letting me borrow your old one.”

That seemed fair enough to me, so we sat down and I said “right - I’m actually glad you’re here as well Brian. The two of us need to ask a small favour of you.”

“Oh,” Brian said as he looked up excitedly, “What’s that?”

“Dance with Suzie.”

To see the look of horror pass over Colin’s cousin’s face was a joy to behold. It was as if I’d asked him to lead the signing in a school choir. “Oh no,” he said eventually, “Please, don’t ask me to do that. I’m no dancer... I mean... Please...”

“It’s not that bad,” Colin said as he sat back. “Bobby and I will be dancing with Cassie and Jenny Craig for the first dance, and we need a partner for Bobby’s sister. You just need to hold her, twirl her a little round the floor, and then bow. Nice, simple, easy - unless you’re chicken.”

He looked between the two of us, with a different look, one of a rabbit caught in the headlights and knowing their fate was sealed. “All right,” he said eventually, “one dance, but I want something in return.”

“Sure, name it,” I said as I stood up and went to the door.

“Tell me who else is going to be there that is my age.”

“Well, Suzie’s friends Pippa, Hazel and Claire are going to be there with their families - and there’s Patty of course.”

“How could we forget Patty,” Colin said with a laugh.

“Patty?”

“Patricia Pickering, Cassie’s cousin - a little fireball. You’ll like her,” I said as the door opened and, as if on cue, Suzie came in. She was wearing a white pinafore dress over a blue t-shirt, socks up to her knees so that only her knees showed under the skirt, and a pair of trainers.

“Have you seen my sunhat anywhere, Bobby,” she said without looking round, and then caught sight of Colin and Brian. “Oh hi you two,” she said with a smile, “You coming to big bro’s party tomorrow?”

“Am I invited,” Brian said, earning a kick in the shins from Colin as he said “Of course you’re invited - I am, so you are, right Bobby?”

The ball was due to start at about eight, but I was having a birthday party at the manor house for a few friends - Colin of course, the family, Cassie and Jenny, and Mary and Cathy as well. “You’ve got your dress picked out already, haven’t you trouble,” I said as I poked Suzie in the ribs.

“For both events, yes,” Suzie said as she started to giggle, “and you’re seeing neither of them before then. Not even if you were to kidnap me would I tell you.”

Now there was a cue if ever I heard one, so I stood up and grabbed Suzie, hand gagging her as I said to Colin “Look behind the couch - there’s a box there.”

“Give me a hand, will you Brian,” Colin said as he did as I asked and picked up a white box, opening it to reveal some supplies. Brian was standing there, looking shocked as he said “Hhhhh Help you?”

“Sure,” I said with a smile, “Grab some rope and Colin will tell you what to do.”

“Here - double this over, and then wrap it round her legs below her knees. Just copy what I do.” As he said this, Colin took some rope, and started to tie Suzie’s ankles together, Brian copying what he did to her legs below her knees.

“Ullnvergtwfthhssufnd,” Suzie mumbled under my hand, but I could tell she was enjoying eveyr single second of it. “Give me a scarf and handkerchief,” I said as Colin stood up. With implements in hand, I allowed Suzie to say “I’ll...” before pushing the cloth into her mouth and then tying the scarf between her lips to keep that in place.

“Face down on the couch,” I said as I wrapped her in my arms and picked her up, laying her down with Colin’s help and then taking her wrists behind her back, crossing them and tying them tightly together, then with rope around her waist to hold them in place. As I did this, Brian was watching as Suzie shook her head from side to side, her red curls going all over the place and making it difficult for me to wrap the white tape around her head.

“she really likes this, doesn’t she,” was all he said as Colin and I sat her up and tied her arms to her side with rope, then hogtied her with her ankles attached to that band of rope.

“she likes it even more if you tickle her,” I said as I looked at Brian. “Want to have a go?”

Brian really did look pale for a moment, and then he stepped forward and tickled Suzie’s ribs, making her giggle and squirm as she turned and looked at him. For just a short moment, I could see him smiling as he tickled her, but then the door opened and Dad came in.

“Robert, can I - oh I’m sorry. I did not know you had some friends here.”

“It’s all right Dad - you know Colin and Brian, don’t you?”

“I do indeed,” Dad said as he looked at them. “Suzie needs to go with her mother to collect the dresses in a little while, so please do not get her too excited. Can I have a quick word with you please?”

“Sure dad,” I said, leaving the two of them to their teasing of my loving sister as I went out of the room. We walked into the kitchen, where Dad sat on the table and looked at me.

“Bobby,” he said, “What do you know about a boy called Martin Davies?”

It took me a moment to realise that Dad was serious in asking - the way he talks sometimes, it can be a little difficult to tell. “Martin? One of her classmates, isn’t he? Why are you asking about him?”

“You Uncle Simon asked if I knew who he was - apparently he called the house yesterday asking to speak to Alicia, and she refused to talk to him. Naturally, your uncle is worried that something is going on.”

He managed to raise an eyebrow as I started laughing, and then sat down. “Well,” I eventually said, “I think something is going on, but not in that way. I think Alicia has a bit of a soft spot for him, and she’s not sure what to do about it.”

“Oh,” Dad said as he sat down, “Is that what’s going on? I mean, your cousin is not the most outgoing of girls if she doesn’t really know someone, but this is a new one for me. I thought it would be some time before I had to tell him how to deal with this one.”

“How did Aunt Anne meet up with Uncle Simon anyway?”

“Oh, that was an adventure and a half - but that’s not the relevant thing right now. I get the feeling that we might have to take a hand in pushing this forward.” He handed me a white envelope. “I need you to deliver this for me - you’re heading into town with Colin, right?”

“Yeah - we can pass the music store on the way and give this to his parents. But I thought they were coming tomorrow anyway?”

“They are,” Dad said with a smile, “This is an invite to join us in the house later. Just family and friends - it will give the two of them an opportunity to talk, if they don’t before.”

“I’m sure that can be arranged as well - but this is Alicia we’re talking about here. She doesn’t like been helped in that way.”

“Who’s helping her? We’re inviting him to Joni us for some drinks and a private dance - nothing more.” Dad winked at me as Mum came in, putting a coat on over her dress.

“Where’s Suzie?”

“In the front room - but you’ll need to release her.”

She rolled her eyes and shouted “Suzanne - get whoever’s in there to untie you now!” A few minutes later, Colin and Brian came in, grinning as I heard the front door shut.

“Come on you two,” I said as I picked up my coat, “We need to go into town - I’ve a couple of errands to run.”




The little bell rang on the door as we walked into the music shop. As Colin and Brian went to look at the instruments that were lined up against the wall, I walked over to the counter, where a lad of about my age was sitting reading a magazine. He had short brown hair, and as he looked up at me I could see the freckles on his cheeks.

“Hi,” he said as he stood up, “It’s Bobby Holderness isn’t it? I saw you a couple of months back at a recital I sang in.”

“That’s right Martin,” I said quietly, “I saw you there as well. You know my cousin - Alicia Bowden?”

I watched as he looked over his shoulder, and then whispered “Is she always that quiet?”

“Only with those she likes,“ I lied. “Anyway, my dad asked me to drop this in to you - we’d love it if you and your parents would come to the house during the ball tomorrow night for a private part of the event.”

“I’d be honoured,” Martin said as I glanced down at what I had taken to be a magazine, but it was actually a graphic novel. I could see the title - Empowered.

“Light reading?”

“Err...” Martin stammered as he closed the book tight, only to show the front cover - of a blonde haired girl in a spandex outfit and mask, tightly bound and gagged. He slipped it under the counter, and said “Well, I’ll see you tomorrow night then?”

“I look forward to it,” I said as the curtain behind him opened and a tall, thin woman with long grey hair came out. “Customer, Martin,” she said as she put her hand on his shoulder.

“No mum - this is Bobby Holderness, his grandfather is...”

“Lord Holderness. We’re looking forward very much to the ball tomorrow.”

“And we look forward to seeing you there as well,” I said with a smile and a small bow. “Forgive us - we need to press on.” I walked to the door, Colin and Brian following, and then down the street a little before I stopped and started laughing.

“What’s wrong,” Colin said as he looked at me.

“Nothing - I just think Alicia and Martin may be more perfectly matched than they realise. Come on - I need to get to the dry cleaners.”

Before we got much further into the high street, however, I heard a call of “Bobby!” and I looked over to see Mary Holmes coming over, dressed in a black t-shirt and blue shorts over black leggings. With her was an older boy, who looked to be about Angela’s age, who smiled as he came over.

“I’m glad I bumped into you,” Mary said with a smile, “I need to ask a favour. This is my older brother, Eddie - he’s just finished his first year at Newcastle Uni.”

“Pleasure to meet you,” Eddie said as he took my hand and shook it, almost crushing it in his grip.

“Anyway, Eddie came back unexpectedly for a week, and I was hoping we could squeeze him into the invite tomorrow night.”

“Sure,” I said as I looked at him, “The dress code is formal, is that a problem?”

“Not at all - I speak at the Debating society, so I have a jacket and bow tie. I’ll come with our parents to the main event if that’s all right - I understand you have a private party tomorrow afternoon.

“Sounds good, I’ll let Granddad know,” I said as the two of them walked off.

“Seems a nice enough guy - so what now.”

“Now, Colin,” I said with a smile, “we pick up the dry cleaning, and then the three of us hit McDonalds - we have plans to lay...”
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Jun 14, 2013 2:50 am

Wow!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Tom Ford » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:26 am

This was indeed a change of sorts, as it was the first chapter where male characters dominated the scene. We have, Bobby, Colin, Brian, and Martin Davies, as opposed to Mary and Suzie on the female side. And I’m surprised Brian was that young! I thought he was a bit the same age as Colin, but he was obviously about Suzie’s age. I wonder, did Suzie secretly or hint to Bobby to get Colin to ask his cousin to come that day?

And of course, there is Eddie. He’s going to dance with Angela, that’s for sure.

And Martin reading the Empowered graphic novel with a picture of a woman tied up and gagged? It looks to me like as Bobby put it, Alicia and him have a lot more in common than both of them realize. He’ll flip when he see the family hobby. He wouldn’t be able to keep his eyes off them, as it would fulfil his every fantasy. I hope he wouldn’t tremble, sweat, or stammer when he’s asked to tie up Alicia.

I can imagine Bobby would intentionally tease him by asking him about that particular topic. Oh it would be hilarious. Bobby had been living the life for about a year now that I imagine, Martin only dreamed about, and now, Martin may become part of it! Especially when he finds out about Alicia’s new habit.

Still, the meeting would be so awkward, especially for a shy girl like Alicia. Who knew Alicia was the shy one?

Seeing how Bobby tied up Suzie, the way it started, seemed to me that it was probably an everyday occurrence, done on the flimsiest excuses, if an excuse was needed at all. Suzie’s certainly willing, as Bobby doesn’t have Colin to help him all the time. I wonder if Bobby and Colin will teach Brian how to tie up Suzie? Suzie will certainly expect it, and she’d be disappointed if he doesn’t know how to tie her up.

So there would be essentially two events during the evening, a public one at the lawn, and a private one inside. And also there would be a birthday party in the afternoon before the ball that would even be more private, consisting of the family, Jenny and Cassie, and Mary and Cathy. (After all, Suzie as two dresses for the events).

It would probably be a given that there would be TUGs in the birthday party, and in the private dance, will the parents of Martin (and probably Pippa, Hazel, and Claire too) be ready to see the family hobby? Or will the parents be sent off to another part of the house to give the kids the privacy to be tied up? I’d imagine the kids all being tied up while Mr and Mrs Davies and Brooks and Irvine would probably be in another room. (The excuse would be to leave the kids to “play” but some of the adults won’t know what exactly “play” means).

Still, there’s more plans to be had! I wonder what Bobby and Colin have? (and will Brian be on it? Probably, Brian would probably stick with his cousin like glue during his entire vacation in Holderness, so the duo of Colin and Bobby might as well be the trio of Colin, Bobby and Brian, for this story at least). Whatever it is, I’m sure it will end up with our favourite girls being tied up and gagged.

And last, but not least, what will Patty be doing at the ball?

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:48 am

I like those plans!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:52 am

Tom Ford wrote:This was indeed a change of sorts, as it was the first chapter where male characters dominated the scene. We have, Bobby, Colin, Brian, and Martin Davies, as opposed to Mary and Suzie on the female side. And I’m surprised Brian was that young! I thought he was a bit the same age as Colin, but he was obviously about Suzie’s age. I wonder, did Suzie secretly or hint to Bobby to get Colin to ask his cousin to come that day?


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Tom Ford wrote:And Martin reading the Empowered graphic novel with a picture of a woman tied up and gagged? It looks to me like as Bobby put it, Alicia and him have a lot more in common than both of them realize. He’ll flip when he see the family hobby. He wouldn’t be able to keep his eyes off them, as it would fulfil his every fantasy. I hope he wouldn’t tremble, sweat, or stammer when he’s asked to tie up Alicia.


I can't put an absolute gaurantee on that not happening...

Tom Ford wrote:Seeing how Bobby tied up Suzie, the way it started, seemed to me that it was probably an everyday occurrence, done on the flimsiest excuses, if an excuse was needed at all. Suzie’s certainly willing, as Bobby doesn’t have Colin to help him all the time. I wonder if Bobby and Colin will teach Brian how to tie up Suzie? Suzie will certainly expect it, and she’d be disappointed if he doesn’t know how to tie her up.


It's also a hint that things are returning to Normal - that the healign process has begun.

Tom Ford wrote:Still, there’s more plans to be had! I wonder what Bobby and Colin have? (and will Brian be on it? Probably, Brian would probably stick with his cousin like glue during his entire vacation in Holderness, so the duo of Colin and Bobby might as well be the trio of Colin, Bobby and Brian, for this story at least). Whatever it is, I’m sure it will end up with our favourite girls being tied up and gagged.

And last, but not least, what will Patty be doing at the ball?


Yeah - you'd think they wanted to consult on those matters...
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Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby Imp Caesar Augustus » Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:28 am

So all the girls are getting dance partners!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby William F Somebody » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:41 am

Ah, Brian. I wonder how Bobby learned that Suzie found him cute? I think Suzie in Whitsuntied told Cassie that Brian is cute and she likes his red hair—both of them redheads—and that Cassie someone told it to Bobby, or hinted to it as the July Ball approached, and of course, Bobby told Colin and so they got him to dance with Suzie. Now the only thing remaining, I think, is to teach him to tie up a girl so he can play with her like Bobby and Colin plays with Cassie and Jenny. I wonder who they can use as a model? Maybe Cassie or Patty? Perhaps Patty would be the best as long as she could keep it a secret so Suzie could be surprised by that.

And of course to teach him how to dance.

I wonder what kind of birthday party Bobby would have? It would, I assume, be a relatively simple affair like Suzie’s birthday party. And wouldn’t you know it, like Suzie’s party, it was right before a major party. Suzie’s birthday was just before New Year’s Party, while Bobby’s just before the July Ball.


Colin, Brian, and Bobby tying trouble, I mean Suzie was really fun! It’s so obvious that this was a routine they’ve done lots of times before, and I would imagine Suzie would loved “struggling” and pretending to resist Bobby tying her up, but really, only really struggled when she’s all tied up already. And she probably enjoyed the part where Brian tied her knees. Hm, was part of the plan for Colin to tie her ankles while Brian tie her knees? Probably not, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was so.

Now I couldn’t wait to see Brian tie Suzie for the very first time, and of course, to dance with her tied up like what Bobby and Colin did in Double Date. Wouldn’t that be grand, a dance where Bobby, Colin, Brian, Martin, and Eddie dance with Cassie, Jenny, Suzie, Alicia, and Angela all tied up! Hope Patty doesn’t get jealous. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Eddie. Eddie Holmes. Is that Angela’s future husband? Must be the start of a long courtship (9 years) I think to Passing of the Flag, set 10 years in the future, where Angela was already married for a year. So she’d be Mrs Holmes, and sister in law of Mary.

And Martin. Wow. That Davies boy sure has a lot of secrets under that sweet shy façade. But it’s the kind of secret that would delight Alicia. Bobby and Colin should start a game—maybe when the adults are in another room—could that be arranged? Where the girls would be tied up by the boys. They should let Martin tie her up. Oh boy, that would be heaven for him. I’d imagine he researched in the internet how to tie up girls already, but of course doing it for real for the very first time would be another thing. He’d probably be trembling, sweating and he’d do it all clumsy at first. I won’t be surprised if the first time he did it he would do it sloppy and Alicia would easily escape—except that she would be too shy and too nervous to actually try to escape in front of him for that very first time.

I wonder what Cassie’s present is for Bobby? I wouldn’t be surprised if Bobby walked into a room with Cassie all wrapped up—literally.

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:56 am

Great chapter!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:05 pm

Great update!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Fri Jun 14, 2013 9:02 pm

And please please update really really soon!!!!!!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby John Kennon Smith » Sun Jun 16, 2013 1:52 am

Hope you update soon!!!!

Re: An Education - The July Ball

Postby KP Presents » Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:42 am

One of the nice things about being friends with Colin is the fact most of the local police know him - or rather, know who his dad is, so they smiled at him as we made our way to McDonalds and bought our lunch, me laying the suit bags carefully to one side as we sat at a corner table.

“So,” Brian said through a mouthful of New York Special, “What are we going to do this afternoon?”

Colin and I looked at each other, and then I smiled and said “you know how we played with Suzie this morning?”

“Hmmm bstwhstthgtdwf...”

“Try not to talk with your mouth full,” Colin said quietly, “At any rate, if you are coming to my party tomorrow, and if you are going to dance with Suzie, then you need to be aware of one little detail?”

“Oh - what’s that?”

Colin leaned over and said “You may need to dance with her while she’s tied up and gagged - so you need to learn how to do it yourself without our help.”

Brian looked between the two of us, blushing slightly as he said “You’re joking right?”

“Nope,” Colin said, and we proceeded to tell him all about our double date. When we finished, he stared at us, open mouthed for a few moments, and then said “You’re not joking - god gravy, Colin, just what sort of lad do you think I am?”

“An accommodating one,” Colin said with a smile. “Look, trust us - Suzie will love it if you do this for us, and it will mean she feels part of this as well.”

I nodded in agreement as I pushed a chicken nugget into the pit of tomato sauce, and put it into my mouth - only to stop for a moment as a familiar voice said “Well Robert - is this how you make sure you keep your suit for tomorrow night clean?”

I turned to see a tall, thin, and very familiar grey haired woman standing by the table, smiling as she stood with her arms folded in front of her. She was dressed the same way I always tend to see her on normal days - a jumper and cardigan, knee length skirt and sensible shoes. The only incongruous thing was seeing her in McDonalds - it was not exactly the place she usually chose to enter, much less eat.

“Err - hi Grandma, I didn’t see you come in,” I said as she looked at me.

“No - most people don’t,” she said with a smile. “I presume those are your suits for tomorrow night?”

I nodded as she waited for me to hand them to her.

“Perhaps it would be better if I take them, and spare you the burden of taking them around with you for the entire afternoon,” my grandmother said as she relieved me of my burden. “Given you will be at the manor house for your party tomorrow, it would be sensible to have then there, no? You can bring the rest of your outfits at the time.”

“Thank you, Grandma,” I said politely as she smiled at us, and left the building. Through the window I could see Mr Bridges holding the car door open for her as she stepped in, and then the car drove off.

“Does she do that often,” Brian said as he looked at me.

“More often than you may realize,” I said with a smile. “On the other hand, it frees us up to move on. Eat up - we’re heading over to the other side of town.”

Our path took us to the bus station, then a short bus ride to Grosvenor Park. As we walked through it, Brian said “So if you are going to teach me how to tie Suzie up, who is going to volunteer?”

“Luckily for you,” I said as we left the park and turned down the street, “We have a willing volunteer.” Opening a familiar garden gate, we walked down the path and waited as I rang the door bell.

“Oh hello Bobby,” Cassie’s mum said as she opened the door, “Are they expecting you to come round today?”

“I fixed it with them yesterday,” I said as she let us into the hallway, “Are they upstairs?”

“They are,” she said as we went up the staircase and I knocked on Jenny’s door. She opened the door, smiled at Colin and said “There you are - what happened, run into someone you know?”

“You said it,” Colin said as he hugged Jenny before she let us into the room. She was wearing a pair of blue jeans, with white socks over her feet, and a green sweatshirt.

Cassie was sitting on Jenny’s bed, dressed in a white t-shirt and short with a pair of ankle socks and slippers over her feet. She jumped up and hugged me, saying “I’m glad you’re here.”

“Oh young love - isn’t it lovely,” a sing song voice responded, and we turned to see Patty sitting in a chair at Jenny’s work table, swinging her legs to and fro. She was wearing a knee length floral print skirt and a white blouse, her legs in knee length white socks as she swung her legs to and fro.

“Oh I am so looking forward to this,” Cassie said as she looked at Patty, and I picked up the double meaning in what she was saying. “So how are we going to do this?”

“Well, we need to give Brian here a chance to see how we tie you lot up for special occasions, so if her wants to take care of Patty while we secure you two, that would be good.”

“Suits me,” Patty said as she jumped out of the chair. “I don’t want to come between the lovers anyway. Do we need to cover our hands?”

“I thought of that,” Jenny said as she went to a drawer. “Given we will be in ball gowns, that means gloves, so I thought we could use these for today to give Brian an idea of how it can feel.” She took out three old pairs of short gloves and handed one each to Cassie and Patty. “I borrowed these from Mum for today,” she said as they put them on, “so it will provide something like the feeling of satin elbow length gloves.”

She had a point - when they put them on, they did not quite reach their elbows, but they certainly extended well above their wrists. “Supplies in the usual place,” Colin said as he reached under the bed, Jenny nodding as he pulled out a suitcase and opened it. Removing three lengths of rope, he handed one to me and one to Brian as I said “So, hands behind your back, wrists crossed, if you please.”

“As you wish, sir,” Cassie said as she stuck her tongue out at me, but she turned and did as I had asked, the others following suit.

“Now Brian,” Colin said, “double the rope over, wrap it round Patty’s wrists and pull them together by taking the ends through the loop, then pull the ends the other way and follow my lead.” Brian nodded and followed what Colin was doing, making Patty smile as she and the others had their arms tied together. I snuck a hug of Cassie after I tied the ends out of the way of her fingers, making her giggle as I did so.

“Stop it,” Colin said in a mock tone of admonishment, but he had a big grin on his face as well as he tickled Jenny’s sides. “Hey - later,” she said as she looked over her shoulder, as we each took a longer length of rope and made sure their wrists were well secured to their backs.

“All right, so far so good,” Brian said as he stood back, and Patty tried to move her arms. “So what do we do now?”

“Arms to their sides?”

Colin nodded at my suggestion, so we took yet another length of rope and wound it round their arms and stomachs, Brian following our lead again as we made sure the ropes held their arms tightly against their sides. “We need to do something else first,” Colin said as he handed Brian another, even longer length of rope. His cousin watched as he tied it around Jenny’s shoulders and upper arms, holding them in place as well, and then followed suit with Patty as I did with Cassie.

“Oh my,” Patty said when he had finished, “This is different - and a lot tighter than usual. What happens if the dress we have has bare shoulders?”

“Don’t worry,” I said, “Granddad has arranged for some sort of special rope to be brought in for the evening. He says it won’t leave a mark.”

“How do you feel like that,” Brain said as he watched the three girls walking round the room.

“It actually feels very snug,” Jenny said with a smile as she accidentally managed to miss avoiding Colin, making him grab her with his arms. “But I think we need to sit down now.”

“Gotcha,” Patty said as they sat in a row on Jenny’s bed, and more rope was produced. We each knelt in front of our chosen damsel, put their ankles together side by side, and started to wind the rope around them.

“Make sure you pass the rope between their legs to tighten it,” Colin said as he watched Brian, but it was obvious he was a quick study, as Patty found out as she squealed at the way her legs were secured. We then moved up, binding the legs of each of them together below their knees.

“IF they’re wearing ball gowns tomorrow,” Brian said, “then how do we get to tie their legs together? Or do we do it over the skirts of their dresses?”

“You dare,” Jenny said in a mock tone of anger as she looked at Colin, “and you can pay for a replacement dress!”

“Don’t worry - for one thing, there will be supervision at the time,” I said to Brian, “and for another we can fold their skirts back. There now - comfy?”

“I guess so,” Cassie said as she looked at me, “but I can’t wait to seeeeeeeeaahahhahhhhhhaaahhhhhh”

Her sudden outburst of laughter was easy to explain - I had just started to tickle the back of her knees, where I knew she was especially ticklish. Jenny took one look at me, then at Colin as he smiled. She barely had time to say “N...” before he started to tickle her as well.

“Oh no you don’t” Patty said as she jumped off the bed and hopped past Brian, taking him completely by surprise as she tried to get over to the door. He soon recovered, however, and before she had a chance to get there he had picked her up and was carrying her back to the bed.


“Maybe I need to do to her what I did to your sister earlier today,” he panted as he put her down and looked at me.

“Good idea - but first we need to keep them quiet,” I said in reply. “Take this piece of cloth, fold it up and put it in Patty’s mouth.”

That was the cue for Patty to clamp her lips together and refuse to open them, despite Bran’s best efforts. “Pinch her nose closed,” Colin said as he held a cloth in front of Jenny’s mouth, “that usually does the trick.”

“Dntudr,” Patty said, but she was in no position to argue, not lying on her stomach as Brian sat over her waist. Eventually she relented and opened her mouth, allowing Brian to push the cloth in as both Colin and I used a rolled up red square between our captive’s lips to keep their stuffing in place.

We also stole a kiss from each of them, which they enjoyed before we took a roll of white tape each and wrapped it around their heads. Colin tore the tape free, smoothed it down at the back of Jenny’s head, then tossed the roll to Brian and said “Do the same to Patty - the tape does not hurt or trap hair, so she should be fine.”

“Fnsks bnsh,” Patty said as Brian reinforced her gag, while we took a large headsquare each, folded it into a wide band and tied it over our captive’s mouths. “All done,” Colin said as he tied the ends over Jenny’s hair, “How does it feel?”

“Flssgd,” Jenny said as I helped Cassie to lie on her stomach on the floor. “All right, Patty - come and join your cousins on the floor please and we’ll finish off the lesson for Brian.”

Patty slid off the bed with Jenny and lay next to Cassie, as we pulled their ankles back and hog tied the three of them, Patty’s skirt falling down as Brian secured her.

“Well, I guess they’re not going anywhere,” Brian said as he stood up, tickling Patty’s sides as he did so, “but we’re not going to do this to them in their ball gowns tomorrow, are we?”

“Not in their ball gowns, no,” I said with a smile, leaving Brian to wonder what I meant.

Any further discussion was tabled when the door opened and Mrs Craig, their grandmother looked in. “I was wondering if... Ah, perhaps they are not ready for a drink yet,” she said as she looked at us.

“Well, I guess it’s escape challenge time,” I said as I left two pairs of scissors where they could see them. “We’re going to go downstairs for a drink - Joni us when you’re free to.”

“Uggttt,” Cassie said as she winked at me, and the three of us left them in the bedroom. “Practising,” Mrs Craig said as she closed the door.

“Brian has kindly agreed to be Suzie’s dance partner tomorrow night,” I said as we walked down the stairs, “so we felt he should be taught to tie her up really well.”

“Makes sense,” she said with a smile, “You know that I and your other grandmother will be the chaperones for all the girls tomorrow?”

“Yeah I know,” I said as we walked into the kitchen, and we each accepted a glass of soft drink. “Will you be coming for the afternoon as well?”

“I’m afraid I can’t Bobby - I have to pick some things up with Mrs. Bridges. Don’t worry though - we’ll be there in plenty of time.”

We sat there for about fifteen minutes, asking some questions of how the others were feeling while Cassie’s mum brought the twins in for their bottles, until we heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs.

“And the winner is...”
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