Saturday, 13 July 2019

Pride Before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives : Part 4 – Andy 10:15 Sunday morning

Part 4 of "Pride before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives".   Part 1 can be found at https://amandablogtest.blogspot.com/2019/06/pride-before-fall-entanglement_25.html .   Andy's inspirational original artwork can be found at http://smoothslicknshiny.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-art-pride-before-fall.html .   Please leave comments.


Part 4       – Andy     10:15 Sunday morning


Andy looked at the glistening surface of the kitchen floor.  The kitchen had traditional white tiles.  Andy often moaned to Jane that it felt cold if he was in bare feet.   Jane had always responded that he ought to wear shoes and that heels sounded sexy clicking on a tiled floor.  Andy couldn’t help but agree.  He loved seeing his Auntie preparing food in the kitchen.  She was always the embodiment of elegance and chose to wear heels in the most unlikely of settings.  Sometimes he was allowed to help and the two of them would click around together: Jane usually in a designer dress and Andy in his French maid’s outfit with white collar and headband, stockings and suspenders.   A latex maid, naturally.   Jane had originally had to insist, but Andy found he preferred ruched latex to flouncy taffeta.  It hugged his figure so much more.  He loved the moments when Jane would siddle-up behind him, hold him by his smooth, slender waist and press her body against his back while she kissed his neck and nuzzled his hair.   

Andy was always concerned that a visitor might call and see him in his maid’s dress.  The dress might   be explainable as some amateur dramatic costume or fancy dress, but heels, latex and full make-up were more difficult.Nevertheless, he loved those times together and if a visitor did come, he just had to be a girl.  Jane enjoyed explaining to a visitor that she preferred her maid in latex since it could be wiped clean and was so much more hygienic, while Andy busied himself with household chores knowing full well that the visitor’s eyes would be transfixed and it was mostly his own wispy white residues that needed regularly wiping clean from his black rubber panties.

The kitchen floor shouldn’t be glistening.  It looked like there was a pool of water on the floor. Andy couldn’t hear a tap running: there must be a leak, he thought.   Yellowish golden water.   As he inched closer, he spotted a plastic container on the floor.   They hadn’t left that there either: Jane always required tidiness.  It was an empty catering size bottle of maple syrup.  Even weirder.  Jane would never need a five litre pack of syrup.

Andy stopped, fearful of who or what he might find. Although there was silence, Andy was sure that there was someone or something behind the door. There was a slight buzzing.  A watch?  A timer?  Or just that fly?   He wondered about calling the police but he expected they’d think he was the intruder if they found him standing in another person’s dining room or, with him dressed in latex, involved in some weird game that had gone wrong.  

Andy hefted the riding crop in his hand.  It was now or never.   “C..c..come out.  Come out with your hands up,” he stuttered, trying to summon up as much authority as possible.   “I know you’re in there he,” he shouted.    Nothing.  Silence.  And then there was a light pattering sound.  The puddle on the floor started to grow.    Andy’s heart was in his mouth as he gingerly pushed open the door.


End of Part 4 - Please leave comments

Sunday, 7 July 2019

Pride Before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives : Part 3 Angela 17:30 Saturday evening

Part 3 of "Pride before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives".   Part 1 can be found at https://amandablogtest.blogspot.com/2019/06/pride-before-fall-entanglement_25.html .   Andy's inspirational original artwork can be found at http://smoothslicknshiny.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-art-pride-before-fall.html .   Please leave comments.

Part 3       – Angela 17:30 Saturday evening


It was a shame The Sisterhood had to hold these events on Saturdays, Angela grumbled to herself but as one of the organisers she could hardly complain. It would be impossible for members from across the country to get to London if they held it mid-week.    And since they now had a reliable, understanding venue, it would be difficult to change.     The hotel also had some very nice waiters and its convenience for the airport meant that it was used by many cabin crews; it had proved a fruitful recruiting ground.   It would be impossible to persuade many of the ladies to change either the date or the location.  

“James,” she shouted up the stairs, “we need to go?  The taxi’s waiting.”

“Almost ready, honey.   I’ll be down shortly.”

Angela wondered why it was always women who were meant to take longest to get ready.  She stared at the portrait of her late husband hanging in the hall.  Oscar looked every inch the company chairman in his double-breasted suit sat at his rosewood desk.   Angela wept a dry tear: it had been twelve years since he’d departed but he’d gone the way he would have wanted.  Such a shame about his weak heart.  But James had been such a consolation since her tragic loss, and he owed her so much.   

James descended the staircase.   “Good.   Are you shaved and locked again?”

“Yes, honey,” James replied.  Angela admired what she considered to be her creation descending the stairs.  He was about six foot two and dressed in a smart dinner jacket, white short and black bowtie: the standard penguin suit for an evening function.   He had glossy thick brown hair with a parting that flopped slightly forward.  Under Oscar, James had been an upcoming junior manager at the bank.  Angela liked to see her husband happy and Oscar liked to keep James under him.  Many was the night Oscar brought James home after work for extra study and training.    

“Let me check,” said Angela as he reached the bottom.  Her right hand groped into his crotch and felt something hard.  “Good.”

“Yes, honey.   It was getting the ring through that took so long.  It was quite hard.”

“Well you shouldn’t have been thinking of me, should you?” she teased.

“That wasn’t what I meant.  Awkward was what I meant.”

“Well let me have the key, please.”   He held out the tiny key by a little ring threaded through its eye .  She reached down and unclipped a thin chain around her ankle.   She took the key from him  and slipped the chain through the  little ring.   The key dangled on the chain beside alongside at least six others.  “Fasten, it for me darling, please.”   James knelt down.  “No, James!  You know how to do this.   We’ve done this lots of times.  Like a doggy.”   James went on all fours and fastened the hasp around her right ankle.

“How do you know which is which?” he asked.

“Does it matter?” she smiled.

“Well it might to me.”

“Trust me, babe.   I know what I need to know.   Now let me just check.  Turn around.”   He padded round and she could see a clear line against his tight trousers.   Not a line from his underpants - she’d made him dispense with those long ago.    She reached down and felt a metal bar and another little padlock further inside.  “Good boy. Double secure.   Now give me the other key.”   Reluctantly he felt in a pocket of his dinner jacket.  “Round my left ankle, please,” she commanded handing him another little gold chain on which he threaded the key.  This key stood alone on its chain.

“Why is this necessary?”

“Really James.  We go through this each year.   We have a hotel that allows us back every year.  We don’t want to spoil our reputation.   We don’t want any silliness occurring like it did a few years ago.   What went on in those toilets was unacceptable.  No wonder we got banned.  And it wasn’t just the Men’s.  Some of the Ladies were no better.  They paid their penalty, of course.  This way there’ll be no problems.”

“Yes, honey, but it’s going to be uncomfortable sitting down on this thing all night.”

“Don’t worry.  I’ve asked the hotel to provide cushions for some of the male guests.   They’ve stopped asking ‘Why?’  And we’ll have less of the ‘Honey’: from now on it’s ‘Lady Angela’ or ‘Mistress Plug’.  OK?   We have to maintain appearances.”

“Yes, Mistress Plug,” he said and received another pat on the base of his anal pear. 

“And hold this for me.  Keep it safe in inside pocket of your jacket.”   She handed James a fat roll of fifty pound notes.

“All this?”

“Yes.  I want it to be a night to remember.  And I haven’t taken you to a club for a while, have I?”  

“No, Mistress.” James looked slightly downcast.

 “Let’s go.”
 
A few minutes later, a black limousine pulled out of the drive carrying a pretty middle-aged blonde lady and a rather handsome man in evening dress.

end of Part 3

Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Pride Before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives : Part 2 Mr V 19:35 Saturday evening

Part 2 of "Pride before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives".   Part 1 can be found at https://amandablogtest.blogspot.com/2019/06/pride-before-fall-entanglement_25.html .   Andy's inspirational original artwork can be found at http://smoothslicknshiny.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-art-pride-before-fall.html .

Part 2       - Mr V       19:35 Saturday evening

It already felt like it was going to be another long evening.   He settled in the recliner armchair and touched the light control on his iPhone.  The room dimmed and the soft amber reading light illuminated his book.  It had been another week with no phone call.   He’d had so many phone calls but not that phone call.  Not that one call.  The one he really wanted.    He wondered how long he could wait.   Rebecca kept on trying to persuade him to come out but he didn’t want to mix business with pleasure.   He knew where that had led the last time.   And Bex did keep trying to foist that daughter of hers on to him.  Freddie might be pretty but she was a total airhead.   She was bubbly and enthusiastic, in some areas especially so, but she had no conversation of interest.  She was so unlike what he was looking for.

He sniffed his Isle of Jura.  The peaty aroma filled his nostrils.  Perfect.  He sipped it, settled back and opened his book.   He was struggling with some of the concepts but he was fascinated by the sheer weirdness of what he was reading.   How was quantum entanglement possible?  It was Beyond Weird. He wished he could discuss the ideas with someone.   He went back to musing about that special person.  Why hadn’t they called?

He sipped the Jura and tried to immerse himself in the properties of spin.   The heaviness of the subject made him drowsy and he drifted off, dreaming of a love lost.   He awoke with a start at the vibration of his iPhone, its screen shining in the gathering darkness.  Instinctively he put it to his ear without bothering to read the number.  “Verity,” he almost barked.

“So formal, Harry?”   It was a familiar slightly husky, female voice.

“Hi Bex, I thought you were out at a function tonight?”

“I am, and it’s just starting.   But I thought you might like to know that there’s someone here that you might like to meet.”

“For heaven’s sake Bex, can’t I have one night off?  It’s the weekend.  I know you and your agency are trying hard but there are times to give it a rest.”

“This isn’t business, Harry.   Now, say sorry,” the voice chided.

He was unused to being talked to like that but Rebecca was one of the few who could stand up to him.  The fact that she did it tongue in cheek also made it more acceptable.  “OK.  Sorry.”

“This is someone you really must see.”

“Now look, I know Freddie is a nice girl but I’m really not interested.  She’s pretty …”

“I know, she’s not your type.  You’ve made that clear.  No, this is different.”

“Who then?”

“Someone you’ve met before.  Only once I think?  A redhead.” the voice teased.

“I don’t know any redheads.”

“You do now.”

“Come on Bex, who?”

“Someone who shouldn’t be here tonight.”

“Well that doesn’t help much.

“Someone you seem to be moping over like a lovelorn schoolboy.”

“No!”  He couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

“Yes!  They’re here.”

“Really.   Who’s he with?  Sorry who’s she with?  What’s she wearing?”

“A long red latex dress with a split to thigh.  I can’t tell if she’s wearing panties but there’s no bulge, but no visible panty line either.   I expect Jane must have her tucked and tethered.   And it looks like she’s wearing red Louboutins.   She looks wonderful.”

“Gosh!”

“And she’s got a sweet little red clutch bag.   It’s so tiny it can only hold a lipstick and a compact and her phone, I expect.  Oh, and maybe her condoms.”

“Really Bex, it’s not all about sex.”

“Oh, Harry.  Sometimes you’re so innocent.   This girl just exudes sexiness.  She would tempt any red-blooded male.   And she’s a redhead now.  Wonderful flaming locks.  If it were between Demelza and Andy, Andy would win hands down.”

“I know she’s pretty but that’s not why I’m interested.”

“I know, I know, Harry,” the voice riposted.  “Blah-de-blah.   She’s got a brain.   I know she has Harry. “

“She’s clever and intelligent.”

“Yes, I know Harry.  But you can’t fuck a brain.”

“Who said I wanted to fuck her?”

“Let’s just say, a girl can tell.”

“Has she got an escort for the evening?”

“Yes.”

“Then why are you telling me all this? 

“Faint heart ne’er won fair lady, Harry.  Yes, she has an escort.  Her Mistress.”

“Oh!  I didn’t realise she was a lesbian.”

“Don’t be silly.  Of course she is. She’s rather confused. You know how eagerly she gave me a licking?   But she’s so much more. You know how well she sucked you.  I’m sure her Mistress wants her to learn to like men.” 

“Learn?”

“Yes, Harry. Learn.”

“But she seemed quite happy with me.”

“She was nervous as hell, Harry.   Couldn’t you feel her shaking?   I expect you’re probably the first man she’d ever been with.”

“But she was wearing a butt plug.  And a cock cage.”

“Well the cock cage was to stop any embarrassing silliness.  And I expect the butt plug is all part of her training.”

“Training?”

“Yes, training.  Haven’t you worked that out yet?"

“But I thought she wanted to be a pretty girl.”

“Well in her heart she probably does.  But her head probably tells her something different.  And that silly thing between her legs probably just confuses things.  Some girls need a little help along the way.”

“You don’t mean surgery?”

“No.  Though sometimes it can happen  … if the girl wants it to help feel, how shall we say, complete.” 

“I’d have thought the opposite of complete.”

“Really Harry.  What a silly thing to say!   How like a man.   Complete as a girl.”

“Sorry.  Of course.  Yes, that was stupid.”

“Ok.  You’re forgiven.  Anyway as you’ve already found, a little appendage can  be perfectly charming on a girl.   Some even continue to use it in the normal way, although others find their preferences change.”

“You mean if they take hormones.”

“Well some do go down that route but many don’t.   They can enjoy the best of both worlds.”  

“Really.   They’re hardly going to pull the girls.”

“Really Harry, you’re so naïve.  A feminised young man makes the perfect companion.    Happy to do all the things that men can’t or won’t do.  They love shopping, make-up, socialising and chatting   Great feminine company.  And, at the end of day, they can be active or passive as their Mistress’s mood requires.  The best of all worlds.”

“Yes, I see: the best of all worlds.”

“That’s why they’re so highly prized.  Ladies adore them and many men understand their virtues.  After all, a pretty boy never gets that time of the month problem.”

“I suppose not.  But why would a boy want to become a girl like that.”

“Don’t you see they get the best of both worlds too. In fact they get the very best.  They never have all the pressure and tension of the chase.   They’re sought after and treasured.”    

“It still doesn’t seem right.  What if they don’t want to be feminised?”

“Many boys have a feminine side.  Some just need a little ‘Encouragement’.”
 
“Encouragement?  What if they don’t want encouragement?”

“But they do.”

“You mean they resist.”

“Sometimes they just need that little push to get them started.  We would call it ‘Training’.”

“We?”

“Yes, ‘We’.  The Sisterhood.”

“The Sisterhood?”

“Harry, have you become a parrot?  Stop repeating everything I say.  I’m a member of The Sisterhood.   It’s an organisation of dominant females.   We like to help girls and boys find their true path in life. “

“Is that legal?”

“Yes, of course.   They’re all well above the age of consent.  In fact we often wait until they’re in their early twenties just to ensure they’re clear.”

“But why do they need training?”

“Let’s just say some are a little unsure of themselves.  Sometimes they need a little help.  Your young friend has been receiving some guidance from one of our newer members.”

“His Mistress, you mean?”

“Well I think your young man looks on her as being more of an Auntie, but his Mistress, if you like.”

“He’s not my young man.  I mean she’s not.  I mean …   now I’m confused.”

“Oh, really.”

“You’re not trying to turn me, are you?” he asked with genuine concern.

“No, of course not.  You’re clearly an alpha male.”

“Are you sure?    You’re making me think I’m gay,” he protested. 

“No, you’re not.  Or, at least, I know you think you’re not.  But we all are to some degree.  You look at her and you just see a very bright, attractive girl.”

He felt reassured.    “Yes.  A pretty girl.  A very pretty girl,” he repeated calming himself.

“And that’s what the Sisterhood’s helping her become.  Andy still likes girls but she’s learning to live like a girl and love the things that girls love.  She already likes dressing up and being made-up.   And she’s finding that she likes other things too.”

“So can I see him?  I mean her.  And will her Mistress let me?”  

““You’ve become eager all of a sudden.”

“Can I come to the function?  I know it’s a bit late, but I could get there.”

“No way, Harry.  Sorry.  It’s a closed function.  It’s a special GALA.  In fact the girl shouldn’t even be here.”

“Then why are you telling me all this?”

“Let’s just say you could get an opportunity.   It’s a charity event and you might want to have your chequebook ready, or at least your debit card.   I’ll leave it at that for the time being.   Must go now.  I’ve been on this call too long.   Stay near your phone.  Bye!”

“Goodnight Bex,” he said but she’d already hung up.  He put down the mobile totally intrigued but excited too.  It was going to be hard concentrating on quantum physics when all he could think about was a maid at a party who’d metamorphosed into a flame haired, elegant beauty in red latex.

end of Part 2

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Pride Before a Fall - Entanglement Perspectives : Prologue, DP and Part 1

This is story based around and inspired by a piece of artwork by SweetAndyLatex, 'Pride Before a Fall' ( https://smoothslicknshiny.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-art-pride-before-fall.html ) .  As I've explained to SweetAndyLatex, what started as a short story has become more of a novella, although at times it resembles in style a play or film script.   It's quite a complex read for reasons that will become apparent.   There are quite of a lot of parts to the story so it's going to require stamina if you're going to get all the way through.

Since you may find the structure confusing with all the time shifts and different persepctives, the events take place over a Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday evening a GALA is being held by The Sisterhood.

I hope you enjoy,  I would welcome comments.


Pride Before a Fall – Entanglement Perspectives
(Entangled Version)

Prologue

‘In 1935 and 1936, Schrödinger published a two-part article in the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in which he discussed and extended an argument by Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) argument was, in many ways, the culmination of Einstein’s critique of the orthodox Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics and was designed to show that the theory is incomplete.’
  From ‘Quantum Entanglement and Information’, Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy’ 2011

‘Though it has been confirmed numerous times since 1935, entanglement is as spooky as ever.
1935: Physicists Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky and Nathan Rosen publish a paper in Physical Review asking “Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?” Their answer: no.
The same year, in the journal Naturwissenschaften, Erwin Schrödinger coins the term Verschränkung, meaning “entanglement,” and develops his famous thought experiment of a cat that exists simultaneously in a state of being alive and dead.
1952: Building on earlier work by French physicist Louis de Broglie, theoretical physicist David Bohm suggests a deterministic interpretation of quantum theory that incorporates “hidden variables.” He claims that the initial state of a system, like a particle’s position, can determine its future evolution.’
  From‘75 years of entanglement’ by Alexandra Weitz, 5-Nov-10

‘Quantum entanglement is a physical phenomenon that occurs when pairs or groups of particles are generated, interact, or share spatial proximity in ways such that the quantum state of each particle cannot be described independently of the state of the others, even when the particles are separated by a large distance.’
  From Wikipedia, 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement)

DP : Dramatis Personae


Andy                                    -     the devoted ‘nephew’ of Jane Fullerton-Jones who has been trained and progressively feminised by her for several years.

Andy’s mother                   -     a sensible lady still very youthful in appearance and outlook.  Very understanding of her younger son and his interests.

Lady Angela                       -     a widowed, top ranking member of The Sisterhood also known as Mistress Plug

Lady (‘Aly’) Dixon               -     a high-ranking member of The Sisterhood

Ashton                                -     a sub and gimp to Lady Dixon

Lady Barbara                      -     member of The Sisterhood and dog training expert

Candy                                  -     a sissy maid

Celeste                               -     the owner of an upmarket hair salon and beauty parlour in Brighton.  Knows Jane as a long-standing customer.

Colin                                    -     sissy maid providing security and support staff at the GALA

Davina                                -     owner and sole employee of Personal Maid Cleaning Services

Edward                                -     a shy, well-mannered young man and novice sub to Lady Dixon.   Known to Lady Dixon as ‘Boy’.   Just learning to accept that his days as an alpha-male are over.

Freddie                               -     Rebecca’s ‘daughter’.  No better than she should be. Rather immature and cheeky.

Imogen                               -     a young, pretty junior officer of The Sisterhood

James                                  -     a handsome, investment banker in his early thirties: one of Angela’s subs but her personal favourite.
Jim                                       -     the new Minister at Jane’s church.  To Andy’s dismay, someone to whom Jane has taken quite a shine. 

Lady Jane Fullerton-Jones    -        a wealthy friend of Andy’s mother.  An attractive mature lady in her late 40s who has become a novice member of The Sisterhood.  Works as a freelance executive for Rebecca’s marketing agency.

Leroy                                    -     a handsomely endowed sub to Lady Dixon

Madison                             -     a young trainee at Maison Celeste

Nicola                                 -     a friend of Andy who’s known him since they were together in College.

Rebecca                              -     owner of a marketing agency based in central London.  Lady Jane’s boss at work.  A junior member of the Sisterhood.

Roger                                   -      husband of Lady Dixon

Sid                                       -     a porter at the hotel

Simon                                  -     sissy maid providing security and support staff at the GALA

Sugar                                   -     a sissy maid

Lady Susan                         -     the auctioneer for the GALA and a senior member of The Sisterhood.  Also known as Mistress Cage

William                              -     a friend of Andy since his childhood, who could be so much more
  

Part 1       – Andy     10:00 Sunday morning


Andy closed the door behind him.  He leaned back against the panelled wood and exhaled slowly.  It had been a long night and he needed sleep but he badly wanted to see Aunt Jane.   When settled and calm, he bent forward and slipped out of his Louboutins.   Even though he loved being in heels and his Loubous were incredibly comfortable, his toes and ankles were screaming after hours of wear. 

Aunt Jane’s house was a necessary refuge.   He needed to wash, get his things and change back into his jeans, t-shirt and trainers that he’d left home in yesterday afternoon.   After all, he could hardly go back to his parents’ home in a revealing red latex dress, flaming red hair extensions and heels.  They might be used to his little ways, but they still didn’t quite know all that his mother’s friend Jane had been doing with him over the last few months.   They just knew that he was very attached to his ‘Auntie’ as he’d called Jane ever since he was a toddler.  

“Ow!” Andy yelled out in pain.   His bare left foot had stood on a set of keys.   Aunt Jane’s keys.    Jane hadn’t answered when he rang the bell and he’d needed to use his key to her house.   Aunt Jane’s white dress was cast down on the floor as if she’d stripped as soon as she’d got inside. Further up the hall, Andy could see an array of shopping bags no doubt containing some of the things Jane had bid for and purchased last night.   He spied his bag of clothes mingled with them. But where was his Aunt?  Her house seemed incredibly quiet. Maybe she’d gone upstairs to her bed to wait for him and had dozed off?

“Aunt Jane,” Andy called out.   There was no reply.   “Aunt Jane!”   Louder this time and his voice echoed in the airy hallway and reverberated up the stairs.  Andy was intrigued.   The burglar alarm was not set but the front door had been locked.   Andy was intrigued and a little scared.   Had the house been burgled?  Was there an intruder in the house?   What if Aunt Jane had been hurt?   He knew he had to search the house.   He went to the elephant’s foot to pick out a walking stick in case he needed to defend himself.   He found his hand was drawn to a leather handled riding crop.  He had a certain affinity for it.  He knew how painful it could be since it had been very effective in teaching him to comply with his Auntie’s wishes when his training was first began.   Now she only used it occasionally to tenderise him before some of their evening trysts.  She said she found the dark streaks of his mascara stained tears made him he look even more appealing

Andy softly padded across the hallway and slowly climbed the stairs in his bare feet.  He deliberately missed the creaking step.   He realised that he must look ridiculous.    He had a riding crop in one hand but still held the ankle straps of his red Loubous in the other.   He was hardly going to look threatening to any burglar.   He put down one shoe and held the other by the sole.  Andy looked at the shoe. He knew its dagger heel could be nasty since he’d trodden on toes at dances past but the violent shaking of the metal spike made him realise his own nervousness.

Andy crossed the thickly carpeted landing.  Still no sound.   He was about to open the first bedroom door when he had an idea.  Softly he tiptoed downstairs again.   He tucked himself beneath the sensor in the hall and set the burglar alarm.   There were sensors in every room so if there was movement, they should pick up signs of any intruder.

Andy waited.  He couldn’t believe that a burglar wouldn’t hear the loud pounding of his heart.  A bit of rational reflection made him realise that a burglar would have heard him enter the house.   He felt cold droplets fall on his toes.  He shivered.  His latex was no longer warm but seemed cold and clammy with the sweat liquefying and running down his body. Five nerve wracking minutes went by.  Silence.

Andy reset the alarm and again tiptoed upstairs, riding crop in one hand and raised dagger heel in the other.  Gently he pushed open each bedroom door.   No sign of movement or intruder.  Bravely he went round each room entering and checking that there was no-one there.  No Aunt Jane.  Upstairs was deserted.  Andy’s heart pounded again even harder: they must be downstairs.

After inching down the stairs with rising trepidation, Andy again pushed open each door in turn.  No-one.   Finally he opened the door to the dining room.  It was empty.   He walked round the polished rosewood table where, only a few weekends ago, he had been the table decoration.  He shivered not with fear this time but with fond memories of the cherries, chocolate sauce and ice-cream.   Just the kitchen left.  The kitchen door was slightly ajar.  A fly buzzed past Andy’s head.  It seemed that there was nothing to worry about there but then he glimpsed something on the floor.



Sunday, 2 June 2019

Coming soon: "Pride Before a Fall"

Over the last few months I have been working on a story based on SweetAndyLatex's art work "Pride Before a Fall" ( http://smoothslicknshiny.blogspot.com/2018/04/new-art-pride-before-fall.html ).    What started as a short story has become more like a cross between a novella and a film script.  It's long and quite complex, and I doubt whether many will stay the course.  However, I am pleased that Andy has read the finished work and encouraged me to publish.  So, over the next few days I will be posting chapters.

I hope you enjoy.

S

Saturday, 26 January 2019

Seeing William (3)

Newer readers can find the first part of Seeing William at https://amandablogtest.blogspot.com/2018/12/seeing-william-1.html .

Emily watched the vision of loveliness get out of the car and bend to speak into the driver's window.  The pretty girl said a few words then lent forward to kiss the driver.   The blonde female driver.  A mature but extremely attractive blonde, female driver.  It wasn't a kiss on the cheek either: their lips lingered together.   Emily was liking this girl more and more.  


































Emily looked across at William who was standing open mouthed.  "Is that who I think it is?"

"Yes," he gasped.   "I think so."

"And the driver?"

"That's his Auntie.  That's how I know.  He visits and stays with her a lot."

"He's changed, hasn't he?"

"He's g.g.g.gorgeous," stuttered William. 

"Yes.  He is.  Or should I say, she is?   His Aunt has certainly had quite an influence."

"I'll say."

"Did you know?"

"No."

"Really.  We always thought that he had a soft spot for you."

"We were just friends."

"William.  Don't be silly.  We could see the way he looked at you."

"No.  He liked girls.  In fact, he always talked about you.   He wanted so much to go out with you."

"I'm sure that was just a front.  We girls can tell.  We knew where his real interests lay.  He knew as much about fashions and make-up as any of us.  Didn't it strike you as odd that his locker had pin-up pictures of David Beckham and Ronaldo."

"They're good footballers."

"And?   He didn't have a picture of Wayne Rooney, did he?"

"Well, no.  I suppose not."   

"So what does that say about him?"

"He used to like football.   He wanted to play for the team.   ButI guess you may be right."

"I'm sure I am."

Andy spotted William and started to walk towards him and Emily.  The crowd parted to allow him through.   There were more admiring glances.   Some of the guys tried to make a move but their partners held them back.    No way were they allowing their guys close to that beauty.   Andy was embarrassed by all the boys and girls looking at him.  He played nervously with his hair. 
The girls saw where the girl in pink was heading.   If she wanted to go and speak to that Emily, that was OK.   Amongst the boys, only William had ever gone out with her and they never seemed to get anywhere.   They doubted whether he even got to first base let alone past it.   They knew where Emily's real interests lay.  

"Look, he's coming over," said Emily.  "He looks rather timid."

"I'm not surprised.   It's probably the first time he's been out like this."

"Oh, I doubt that.  Have you seen how he walks in those heels.  He's had practice.  Lots of practice."

"Maybe when he's with his Auntie.   I bet he's  never been out in public before.   Not like this. Not by himself."

As Andy walked, some of the girls had flashes of recognition.  There were murmurs in the crowd.
  "I know that face."  
  "Isn't that Andy?"
  "It can't be?"
  "Is that really him?"
  "I told you he was a sissy when he was in the team."
  "But he fancied girls."
  "He might have done."
  "But she's so beautiful."
  "But he's so beautiful."
  "So you fancy him do you?"
  "Where does he get his hair done?"
  "And that outfit?"
  "But he's so sexy."
  "I didn't know you were gay."
  "I'm not but he's so pretty."

Andy heard the voices and tried to walk faster.  He was worried by what people might say or think. And then he remembered what Aunt Jane had said just before he'd got out of the car.   "Be what you want be to be.   Be what you've always wanted to be."   

Andy looked up and faced the crowd.  He halted  It was time to take the initiative.   "Hello girls," he said to those nearby.  "Hello boys.   It's lovely to see you all.  Now where's William."   The crowd parted as he stepped forward again. 

"I think we should make him feel at home," Emily said.   "I think you should kiss him William."

"What?" exclaimed William.

"Say hello, and kiss him.   Isn't it what you want to do?   Isn't it what your heart says? "

"You won't mind."

Andy was only yards away.   "Of course not.  He's made a beeline for you.   What do you think he wants?  Kiss him."

"But everyone's watching."

"Kiss him.   The boys will only envy you.  Most of the girls too.."

"Yes Emily," muttered William as Andy approached.   He stepped forward from Emily's side and took Andy's hand.  "Hello, Andy.  You look wonderful.  He gave a Andy a little hug and they exchanged cheek kisses."

"I said kiss him," said Emily.

Andy and William parted slightly.  Andy looked into William's eyes.  "Please," he whispered.   William bent slightly and kissed Andy's lips.  He watched as Andy's eyes widened and then rolled.    They separated.  "Thank you," gasped Andy.  And then they kissed again. 

There were mutters of approval from the crowd and then applause.

"Can I say hello too?" enquired Emily.  William and Andy parted and Emily took Will's place.  "Hello, Andy.   It's been a while.   William says you'd wanted to go out me when we were at school.  You should have said.  You only needed to ask."   And she too kissed Andy.  On the lips. A kiss that was soft and tender.    Andy felt himself melting.   Emily was kissing him.  He'd always wanted to go out with Emily.   But this was better.  Much better.   And William too. Aunt Jane had been right.  This is what he wanted to be.  "Time we all went in and had a dance," said Emily.  "We have an evening to enjoy.  All three of us."

The End or rather A New Beginning