Heidi and
the Sweet Sixteen
“Where does the
time go,” Heidi said as she sat with Cindy, Alice, Jannifer and Natalie around
a table in the high school refectory.
“It seems like only yesterday we were in Holderness, and it’s Spring
Break already next week.”
“Tell me about
it,” Cindy said, “so, what plans do you guys have for next week?”
“Nothing in
particular,” Jannifer said, “just some family time together I think. What about you two?”
“Mum’s up to
her neck in the tax returns,” Cindy said, “so I guess we’ll be amusing ourselves.”
“The joy of
being an accountant – Late March and April get knocked out of the window,”
Alice said with a laugh as Tammy came over and joined them.
“Hey,” she
said, “got your plans for the break sorted out?”
“Not really –
what about you?”
“Mom and Dad
want to talk to me about something tonight,” Natalie said as she swung her legs
under the table, her bare feet brushing along Alice’s legs as she smiled.
“Hey – later
tiger,” Alice said with a smile, “we’ve got classes this afternoon, remember?”
“Honestly – you
two need to get a room. Ever since you
went public...”
“I’m glad you
did,” Cindy said with a smile, “After all, we’d figured it out months ago.”
“Well, you’re
all close friends,” Nats said as she leaned back. “So when are you two seeing the boys again?”
“They’re taking
us out on a double date tonight,” Heidi said, “which should be fun.”
Veronica Cabot
took a sip from her coffee, and looked along the pavement. Wearing her grey trouser suit with a light
blue blouse underneath, she had slipped out of the offices of Cabot Property to
have lunch with one or two friends.
“Hey.”
“How on earth
do you do that,” Veronica said as she stood and turned round, embracing Anne
Duncombe. The blonde FBI agent was
wearing her usual work outfit – a black trouser suit and white blouse.
“Practice,”
Anne said with a smile, “so how are you?”
“I’m fine – the
counselling helped, but I’ll never be able to repay you or the others...”
“Look – it’s
our job, I’m just glad we were able to get you out safely, even if – well, you
know what Sarah is capable of.”
Veronica nodded
slowly as she stirred her coffee, and the waitress took Anne’s order. “So who are we waiting on,” she said as she
sat and crossed her legs.
“Katherine –
but she shouldn’t be too long. Have you
spoken to Sue?”
“Yeah – she’s
settling in, although it’s still come as a bit of a surprise to her. After the furore at the Buffalo office, it
was completely out of the blue when she was promoted and moved up there. She still runs Project Red Widow however.”
“Well, it’s not
that much of a drive,” Veronica said with a smile. “You and Kayla?”
“We’re doing
well – the stay in Holderness did us both the world of good.”
“Hey – sorry
I’m late,” Katherine Jenkins said as she took a seat, having a word with the
waitress. She was wearing a short
sleeved white blouse, and a pair of tan slacks, smiling as she said “so, what
are we here to discuss?”
“Well, I
thought we could discuss the weather, chew the fat over a few things,” Veronica
said, then burst out laughing as she looked at them. “Joking, joking – you want to talk about
Natalie, right?”
“Yeah,”
Veronica said, “so what arrangements have you made?”
“We have a hall
booked, but we need to make sure it stays a total surprise from her and the
girls – none of them has to find out what is planned.
“Bit difficult
to keep that sort of thing quiet from all her friends,” Anne said with a smile.
“Well, not all
her friends – just the inner circle,” Katherine said as her sandwich was
brought over. “Her wider circle will be
told where and when to come – after we make sure they stay out of the way.”
“Ah,” Anne
said, “now I think we are coming to the reason the two of us are sitting
here. I suspect this is going to involve
keeping some of them out of the way for the day, true?”
“True,”
Katherine said, “can we count on any of the older girls?”
“Joanne and Karla
are going to be away that weekend,” Veronica said, “but I think we can call on
help from Chloe and Andrea.”
“Well, at least
she has some time off now,” Anne said, “after their wedding, it seemed to be
one job after another!”
“Okay then,”
Katherine said, “let’s talk over the planned timetable...”
“Did you enjoy
the meal,” Dave said as he walked hand in hand with Heidi, Karl behind them
with Cindy.
“Very much so,”
Heidi said with a smile, “so have you thought about what we can get Natalie for
her birthday?”
“I’ve had one
or two ideas,” Dave said, “but they’re for later. Want to have some fun now?”
“Sounds as if you
have a plan,” Heidi said as she put her hand in Dave’s. “Let’s go back to our place – our moms are
not going to be back until later.”
The two girls
smiled as they came back to their house, Cindy unlocking the door as they came
in. She was wearing a long gypsy style
skirt with a white jumper, and short black boots, while Heidi was wearing a red
jumper, jeans and mid-calf brown suede boots.
“Let’s grab
some drinks,” she said as she went to the kitchen, “and then we can go into the
front room.”
She picked up
some bottles of coke and went back in, as Cindy said “so what do you have in
mind?”
“Oh, making
sure you two girls don’t go anywhere – so have a drink, while we take care of
your legs.”
“Nice – do you
know where the supplies box is,” Heidi asked, Dave nodding as he went out and
came back in with a bag of ropes. As
Cindy and Heidi toasted each other, Dave knelt down with Karl, each of them
taking a length of rope and doubling it over before they started to bind their
ankles together.
“So,” Cindy
said, “presents for Nats?”
“Well,” Dave
said as he passed the rope around and between her ankles, “how would you feel
about the two of us getting her some ankle bracelets?”
“Rope ones?”
“Actually,” Dave
said as he pulled the ropes tight, and tied the ends off, “I was thinking of
some metal ones.”
“Nice – what
about you and me Karl,” Cindy said as she watched him take a second length of
rope, fold her skirt back and start to tie her legs together below her knees.
“I was
wondering about getting her some DVDs – some foreign films, help her with her
Spanish.”
“OH yeah,”
Cindy said as Dave started to bind Heidi’s legs, “and what did you have in
mind?”
“Pedro
Almodovar?”
“Very
interestink,” Heidi said as Cindy smiled and nodded, the two boys getting up
and looking at each other as they finished their drinks. “So what else are you naughty boys going to
do now?”
“Lean forward,
and put your hands behind your backs...”
A few minutes
later, both Heidi and Cindy wriggled round as the ropes pressed on their
chests, going above and below as the boys tied them off behind their backs, and
then securing their bound wrists to the chest ropes as well.
“Well, I guess
we are at their mercy now,” Cindy grinned as Karl sat next to her, “so what are
you going to do now – gag us?”
“Oh tempting,” Karl
said, “but if I did that, I could not do this.”
And with that, he leaned over and kissed Cindy, putting his arm round
her shoulders. She kissed him back as
well, leaning over as she did so.
“That is
definitely a good idea,” Heidi said as she moved round, Dave putting his arms
round her as they kissed as well. They
moved against each other, a warm feeling growing in her as he stroked his hands
down her back, his tongue working with hers as they did so.
Heidi could
hear Cindy and Karl moaning softly as well, as she pressed her body against Dave’s,
wondering how far he would go...
“Err... Hello girls.”
Dave and Karl
both looked up as Dorothy and Amy stood in the doorway, Amy wearing a black
jumper and skirt, Dorothy in a grey woollen dress.
“Ah – hello Mrs
Strong, Mrs Elsworth. We were just...”
“Saying good
night and leaving?” Karl looked at
Dorothy, nodded and said “quite right – I’ll see you tomorrow Cindy.”
“See you,”
Cindy said as Karl and Dave stood up, and left the room, Amy showing them out
as Dorothy raised an eyebrow.
“Mom, nothing
really happened...”
“I know – but
you did take us a little by surprise,” Dorothy said as she sat down. “We need to have a little chat – all four of
us.”
“The type of
talk where you talk and we listen,” Cindy said.
“No – the type
of talk where we talk,” Amy said as she closed the door and sat down. “You know, Dorothy and I sometimes forget
just how much you are both turning into young women – I sometimes still see the
young girl in pigtails and denim dungarees when I look at you, Heidi.”
“Well, we are
getting older,” Heidi said with a shrug.
“I know – which
is why we need to talk about how it feels when the boys tie you up,” Dorothy
said, “is this as tight as it gets?”
The two girls
looked at each other, before Heidi said “Well, no – Dave has tied me much
tighter.”
“And how does
it make you feel,” Amy said quietly.
“Nice, tingly –
MOM!”
“Now you see
what we’re getting at?”
“We’ve kissed,
and he may have played with me – but that’s all.”
“Okay – but if
he did want to take it further, you’d tell me, right?”
“Of course
Mom,” Heidi said as she blushed.
“Good – right,
I’ll make some cocoa while Dorothy unties you.”
Saturday
7.30 am
“Well, good
morning,” Tammy said as she looked up from the breakfast table, and saw Alice
come in, “where did you and Nats get to last night?”
“None of your
beeswax,” Alice said with a smile as she sat down. She was wearing a pair of knee length blue
Lycra shorts, and a matching vest top.
“Anyway, where are Mom and Dad?”
“Oh they went
to the stores early – something about wanting to stock up before the mayhem
began,” Tammy said as she put some cereal in her mouth, the watch face glowing
green as she did so. “So any plans
before the party tonight?”
“Not really,”
Alice said as she poured herself some orange juice, “just chill out I
imagine. I was going to call Nats, see
if she wanted to hang out, but she told me yesterday her mom had said she would
be busy all day.”
As she took a
sip of her juice, she looked at the clock, and then put the glass down.
“What’s up?”
“You said Mom
and Dad has gone shopping?”
“Yeah,” Tammy
said with a smile, “why?”
“But it’s not
even eight o’clock yet – what stores are open this early?”
“That is a
very, very good question, mon ami...”
“Chloe? Oy vey – what’s going on Tammy?”
“Well,” the
older girl said as Chloe Bandelaine walked round to join her, wearing her usual
V-necked sweater, denim shorts, tights and Doc Marten boots, “Chloe and I have
been given very specific instructions as to what you are going to be doing
today haven’t we Chloe?”
“Indeed we
have,” Chloe replied in her soft French accent, “so I advise you to eat a
muffin, and finish your drink – we have to get you ready.”
“Ready for
what?”
“Eat,” Tammy
said, “while you still can. I’ll be down
in a few minutes.”
“Of course,”
Chloe said as Tammy left the room, Alice shaking her head as she finished her
drink, and started to eat a muffin.
“I’m not going
to see where I am going, am I?”
“I regret to
say you are not,” Chloe said with a smile, “so, are you ready?”
“As ready as I
am going to be,” Alice said as she stood up, looking at Chloe as she opened a
bag, and took out a long length of rope.
Doubling it over, she made a small loop in the middle, and then draped
the ends over Alice’s shoulders, before she pulled her blonde hair back and
used an elastic band to make a pigtail.
“Chinese tie?”
“Chinese tie,”
Chloe replied as she wound the rope in two spirals down Alice’s arms, pulling
them behind her back as she did so, and then securing her wrists together
before she fed the ropes through the loop, and pulled them up her back. Ten minutes later, her arms were welded to
her sides as the ropes formed a chest harness.
“Sarah’s been
teaching you some new tricks, hasn’t she,” Alice said as she wriggled round.
“Perhaps,”
Chloe said with a smile as she knelt down, and tied a length of rope between
Alice’s legs above her knees, hobbling them as Tammy came back in.
“Right – we
need to keep you quiet and then blindfolded,” she said as she held up a folded
cloth, “open wide.”
“So what
happens after that?”
“Classified,”
Tammy said as she pushed the cloth into Alice’s mouth, and then wound the white
tape around her head, covering her mouth as she lifted the hair out of the way.
“I will see you
later, Alice,” Chloe said as she then pulled the leather hood over Alice’s
head, making sure her eyesight was cut off before she was led out of the house
by Chloe and Tammy. She was helped to
sit in the back of Chloe’s car as it stood in the driveway, and then Tammy
waved them off as Chloe drove away – just before Jack and Margaret Hawkins
drove onto the parking area.
“Was that Alice
on her way,” Margaret said as she got out.
“Yeah – Chloe
has her clothes with her. So, what
exactly is going on?”
“We’ll tell you
inside,” Jack said as he opened the trunk, and they started to collect the
grocery sacks.
“Good morning
Mom,” Heidi said as she came into the kitchen, rubbing her hand through her
blonde hair. She had just got out of
bed, and was wearing a pink vest top and shorts. “Any sign of Cindy yet?”
“No – Dorothy
just went up to see if she was awake yet,” Amy said as she poured her daughter
some orange juice. “So, what are your
plans before tonight?”
“I don’t
exactly have any,” Heidi said as she sat down and took a sip, “Cindy and me
figured we would just hang around and then get ready before we go to the
party.”
“Nah – I don’t
think you’re going to be able to do that,” Amy said with a smile. “I think you and Cindy are going to have to
spend the day out of the way, just in case you get wind of what is planned and
alert Natalie.”
“As if we would
do that,” Heidi said as she took the plate of pancakes, poured maple syrup over
them and started to eat.
“Oh I know you
would – that’s why Dorothy took Cindy up her breakfast, so that we can make
sure neither of you can spill the beans.”
Heidi looked at
her mother, before she said slowly “and just how are you going to arrange
that?”
“Eat up,” Amy
said as she picked up a roll of white plastic tape, “and then I’ll show you
how.”
“Well,” Heidi
said a short while later, “I guess I asked for this one.”
“Why yes, yes
you did,” Amy said as she tore the end from the tape and patted it down, while
Heidi tried to move. Given the fact she
was now mummified from her ankles to her neck in the white tape that was proving
to be a little difficult, the only effect the crinkle of the tape as it moved
with her.
“So I presume
this has also happened to Cindy?”
“In a way,” Amy
said with a smile as she folded a cloth and stood in front of her daughter, “so
open wide now. Time for you to be blind
and dumb.”
“So what is
going to happen?”
“You’ll see –
eventually,” Amy said as she gently pushed the cloth into Heidi’s mouth, and
then tied a blue bandana over her hair, before she wrapped the white tape
around, covering her mouth and then her eyes after she had closed them.
Looking to the
door, she saw Veronica standing there, and smiled as her half-sister walked
in. “I’ve got the van parked up by the
garage door,” she said, “so we can carry them out.”
“Ntevereenke? Whstgnnnhmgdddd!”
Heidi was taken
by surprise as she was pulled back, and then carried by her shoulders and legs
out through the house, and then into the back of the waiting van. Laying her on the floor of the van, Amy and
Veronica stepped out, before Veronica went back in, returning as she and
Dorothy carried a black wrapped Cindy into the back of the van.
“Heedde? Uhtrrr?”
“Yessmhhrrr?”
“Hedeee? Cndeee?”
As Heidi
wondered who was in there with them.
They could hear the doors closing, and then the van moving off. Heidi was also aware of something else.
There were two
more muffled voices in the van with her and Cindy...
“Well, we’d
better make sure their clothes get to the dressing place,” Amy said as she and
Dorothy walked back into the house.
“True, but
there is no hurry – so long as we get them there by the early afternoon. I’m sure they will be kept occupied until
then.”
“Hey.”
Katherine looked
over as Natalie came in, wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of electric blue
leggings, and sat at the breakfast bar.
“Well if it isn’t the birthday girl,” her mother said as she walked
over, “and how does it feel to be sixteen?”
“No different
from yesterday, and yet it is different isn’t it,” Natalie said as she played
with her rope bracelets. “How did it
feel when you turned sixteen?”
“That was a
long time ago,” Katherine said as she passed a mug of coffee over, and then sat
down. “Honestly, though – how are you
feeling?”
“I’m not sure,”
Natalie said, “I guess it won’t sink in until the party tonight.”
“Well, I
imagine that is true,” Katherine said with a smile, “but listen – your dad had
to go off to work, but he and I wanted you to see our present to you.”
“Oh – and what
is it?”
“Come onto the
driveway and have a look.”
Natalie
followed her mother, and then gasped as she saw the VW Beetle on the driveway.
“Wow – is that
mine?”
“When you get
your licence yes – anyway, come back in while you have your breakfast.”
“I thought I
might find out what Alice is doing afterwards,” Nats said as she sat back down
again.
“Well, that
might be an idea,” Katherine said with a smile, “but later. What do you want for breakfast?”
“Bacon and
eggs?”
“Coming right
up...”
“That was
amazing Mom,” Nats finally said as she pushed the plate away, “I’ll be back in
a few minutes.”
Katherine
watched as her daughter walked to the bathroom, and then opened the door to the
garage...
A few minutes
later, Natalie came out of the room – only to stop as she saw Anne Duncombe
standing there.
“Oh boy – hello
Anne. So, what are you doing here
today?”
“Collecting
you,” Anne said with a smile as she held up a white linen jacket, “and given
you are sixteen, we can do something a little different now. Do you know what this is?”
“Yeah,” Natalie
said quietly, “a straitjacket.”
“That’s right –
so put your arms in the sleeves please.”
As Natalie
slipped her arms into the stiff linen, Anne walked behind her and fastened the leather
straps down her back. She then crossed
Natalie’s arms and took the sleeves around her body, strapping them together
before she used a length of rope to hobble her legs above her knees.
“Now then –
open wide please.”
Natalie looked
at Anne, and then allowed her to put the sponge ball into her mouth, before she
wrapped the white tape round her head.
“Don’t worry –
it’ll be fun,” Anne said as the cloth hood went over Nat’s head, and she was
walked down the stairs, through the kitchen as her mother waved at her, and
into the back of the car outside. The
tinted windows hid her from anyone on the street as Anne drove off, smiling to
herself.
Heidi felt the
van come to a stop, and then someone – no, two people, lift her out of the van
and carry her somewhere. She felt the
cool air on her face, and then she was sat down on a carpet. As she sat there, she could hear others as
they were carried in, and then someone cutting through the tape blindfold and
peeling it away.
As she blinked
and allowed her eyes to focus, she could see her Aunt Veronica cutting the
black tape away from Cindy’s eyes – and she could also see two other
people. One was covered from head to toe
in pink tape, and the fourth, slightly younger girl in white tape.
As they were
both allowed to see, they looked at Cindy and Heidi, before Jannifer said
“Hgrrrt – mrnnnfee.”
“Heeethr,” Fi
said as she wriggled round, and then they all looked at Veronica.
“We’ll let you
out in a few moments for some coffee,” she said with a smile, “but know this –
none of you are going anywhere until the party tonight, and we’ve got your
phones, so you can’t contact two other friends.”
As Cindy looked
round, she said “whrhrrhe?”
“Together.”
As the hood was
pulled off Natalie’s head, she saw she was in an attic room – and she was not
alone.
“Fnssmmntuhrr,”
Alice said as she sat on the bed, her arms lashed to her sides with ropes, and
her ankles secured together. Anne walked
the young blonde over and helped her to sit on the bed, next to her girlfriend,
before securing her ankles in the same way.
“Now – don’t do
anything I would not do,” she said with a smile, the two girls looking at each
other as the door was closed...
“Wlllesspppswshldgtfrr,
rht?”
Cindy looked
over as the other girls nodded, and then she started to shuffle her way over to
Heidi as Jannifer and Fi looked at each other.
“Mnttslplnnhwwecngtfff?”
“Wllntfrr –
jsttlkkk” she said as she started to rub her taped mouth on Heidi’s body,
eventually managing to pull the tape away from her mouth. As it lay in a band round her neck, the door
opened and Maria, Veronica’s housekeeper, came in with a large bag.
“Allow me,” she
said as she started to unwrap Cindy, putting the tape into the bag, and then as
Cindy started to release Heidi she took care of Jannifer and Fi.
“Where are the
twins,” Cindy said once her friend was able to talk.
“Britney and
Margo? Off for the day with the rest of
the family,” Jannifer said as they left the room and walked into the large
front room.
“Good,”
Veronica said as they sat round, and Maria left, returning with a try of drinks
and snacks “as you have probably gathered by now, I’ve got the job of keeping
you four out of the way – along with a few others – until the party later
tonight. With any luck, I think I can
keep you amused until then.”
“Others? Who else is coming?”
“All in good
time – have a drink first, and something to eat.”
As they grabbed
a drink, Fi said “what about our party clothes?”
“They are here,
or will be delivered here later,” Veronica said. “At any rate, the one thing you need to be
certain of is that Nats and Alice are together, and I am sure they are amusing
themselves.”
“I’m sure they
are as well,” Cindy said with a smile as she sipped her drink. “Where are they anyway?”
“Out of the
way…”
“Well, they at
least are keeping each other company,” Anne said as she watched the monitor
that had been set up on the kitchen table.
“Good,” Heather
said as she poured some fresh coffee into two mugs, “we’ll take them some food
and drink up in a little while, and let them have a break before we secure them
in a different way.” Handing Anne a mug,
she sat down and said “I’m glad they admitted how they felt about each other.”
“Yeah – makes
things easier,” Anne said with a smile.
“Where’s
Kayla?”
“She went with
Chloe to see Sarah and the twins. Time
for their check-ups.”
“I can’t
believe how big they are getting,” Heather said. “They came to visit last week – and they had
great fun toddling over the grass.”
“They’re going
to come here before they go to the party, right?”
“Correct,”
Heather said as she stood up. “Right – I
need to get their lunch ready for them.”
“Hmmsnsss,”
Alice said as she nuzzled against Nats.
“Swhnnrwgnnett?”
“Rhtnnwefnk,”
Natalie said as the door opened, and she recognised the blonde haired woman who
came in, wearing a pair of denim bib shorts with one strap undone, and bare
footed.
“Mhthfggssddd
Hey Aunt Heather,” Natalie said as her gag was removed, “so who else is here?”
“Not saying,”
Heather said as she released the two girls, “you can have something to eat and
drink now, but you don’t leave this room.”
“Why would I
want to,” Natalie said before she kissed Alice, Heather smiling as she left and
locked the door behind herself.
“So what are we
going to do now,” Heidi said as she finished her drink.
“Well, Maria
and I’ need some down time before we get ready for the party tonight,” Veronica
said, “and we have a bet to sort out, that we need your help on. Maria?”
“Yes Miss
Veronica,” Maria said as she came in, still in her grey dress coat.
“Challenge time
– would you fetch the supply box while I sort things out in here?”
“Of course Miss
Veronica,” Maria said as Veronica stood up, brushed some crumbs from her
trousers, and then pulled two chairs from the dining table into the centre of
the room. Maria then walked in, and
placed a plastic box with ropes and other items on the coffee table. Heidi walked over and took out several
lengths of rope, as Maria and Veronica sat on the high backed chairs, and put
their arms around the chair back.
“Take care of
their wrists, will you,” Cindy said as she handed Jannifer and Fi two lengths
of cord, the two girls kneeling behind the chairs as they bound Maria and
Veronica’s wrists together. Securing
them to the chair back, they then started to wrap rope around their upper
bodies and the chair back, weaving it in and out as Heidi and Cindy knelt in
front of them, securing their ankles together before tying them to the front
leg of the chair.
As the secured
their legs below their knees, the other two girls tied off the ropes, and then
walked over to the box, taking two sponges out and compressing them in their
hands before saying to both Veronica and Maria “open wide.”
“Talk to you
later, Miss Veronica,” Maria said as Fi pushed the sponge past her teeth, the
material expanding and compressing her tongue to the floor of her mouth as she
closed her lips over it. Veronica nodded
as she was silenced in the same way, before the two girls wrapped white
micropore tape around their heads.
“Now then –
let’s go to the kitchen and wash things up,” Heidi said as they left the two
women to try and escape, Fi carrying the tray as they opened the doors and
walked in.
“Took you long
enough – I was going to come in and find out what was going on!”
“Ali? What the heck are you doing here?”
“I heard there
was a party,” Alicia Bowden said as she sat at the breakfast bar, “so I came
over to attend. I arrived yesterday and
stopped here over night. The girls asked
me to say Hi.”
“Well it’s a
surprise – and it’s great to see you as well,” Heidi said as she hugged her pen
pal, “how are the exams looking?”
“I start in a
couple of weeks – so, want to tell me something of what is going to happen?”
“Well, at least
they gave us a change of clothing,” Alice said as she looked at Natalie.
“Yeah – but did
it have to be our swimming costumes,” Nats said as she looked at Alice, wearing
a black one piece swimsuit as opposed to her own blue one.
“Ah good,
you’re both ready,” Anne said as she came in, “Time to get you both secured
again.”
“And how are
you going to do that,” Alice said as she saw the two skeins of rope in Anne’s
hand.
“Kun Bang.”
“Kun what?”
“You’ll see,”
Anne said as she shook one of the lengths of rope out, doubled it over and made
a small loop in the middle. Preparing
the second rope in the same way, she took them and draped them over the
shoulders of both girls, positioning them so that the loop of rope sat at the
nape of their necks.
“What are you…? Oh now I get it,” Alice said as Anne wound
the two lengths of rope down her arms, making two spirals while at the same
time pulling her arms behind her back.
Positioning them so that her forearms were parallel to each other, she used
the rope to secure her wrists and arms together, then fed the rope through the
loop and pulled up before she used the remaining free rope to secure her arms
to her sides, framing her chest as she did so.
“How does it
feel,” Nats said as Anne then repeated the process on her.
“Snug – and no
way I can get free,” Alice said as she watched her girlfriend having her own
chest ropes tied.
“Now – open
wide,” Anne said, the two girls nodding as a folded cloth was pushed into their
mouths, and those lips then covered in a strip of white tape. A second strip was used to cover their eyes,
as they were led out of the room.
“Whhrwwgnng?”
“You’ll see,”
Heather said as Natalie felt the cool grass under her feet…
After a while,
the two girls stopped as the tape was removed from their eyes, and they
realised they were at the watering hole, and that Chloe was waiting for them.
“Ah – welcome
Alice, and welcome to the birthday girl Natalie,” she said with a smile, “we
have decided you should enjoy some time in the sun this afternoon – suitable
restrained of course. Please, kneel and
then lie on the blankets.”
The two girls
looked at each other and then did as their coach had asked, smiling under the
tape as Chloe and Anne took more ropes, crossed their ankles and lashed them tightly
together, and then tied their legs together below their knees, before they
pulled their ankles back and secured them to the chest ropes so that their
heels rested on their bottoms.
“Now then,”
Chloe said as she looked at them, “this is peaceful, restful, yes?”
“Ysstsss,”
Alice said as she looked at Natalie.
“Well, we can
soon find a way to keep you both excited,” the young French woman said, as they
both heard a buzzing sound, and then squirmed as something started to be rubbed
on their feet, vibrating all the time…
“Well, sounds
as if you are going to have a great time – and all Nat’s classmates will be
there?”
“That’s right,”
Heidi said in answer to Alicia’s question, “so no games as such at the party
itself. Which is why the two of them are
– somewhere else right now.”
“Hey – is it
all right if I join you?”
“Of course it
is Tammy,” Cindy said as the teenager came in, “you know Alicia, right?”
“Oh yes, I know
Alicia,” Tammy said with a grin. “Just
promise me neither of them are here with you.”
“It’s just me,
so you’re safe,” Alicia said with a smile.
“How are you Tammy?”
“Doing good –
Aunt Katherine asked me to come and collect something from here for tonight?”
“Oh yes – she
wanted to borrow one of Aunt Veronica’s scarves,” Cindy said. “Wait there, I’ll go and fetch it for
you.” As she left the room, Alicia
whispered to Tammy “had any adventures recently?”
“None I can
talk about – but I have been kept busy,” Tammy whispered back. “How are they anyway?”
“Well, given
they recently managed to find and rescue a young star of film and television
who had been kidnapped, and their families got a substantial reward – I think
they’re happy,” Alicia said with a smile.
“And the
boyfriend?”
Alicia just
smiled as the doorbell rang, and Heidi said “I’ll go – I know who that will
be.” The others listened as they heard
her say “hey – glad you could make it.
Come in – you can leave your bags in the hallway” before she came back
in with two new arrivals. One had curly
brown hair and wore large glasses, the other a redhead.
“Hey Jo, Kathy,”
Fi said as she sipped her drink. “Come
for the party?”
“Nats invited
us specially – where is she anyway?”
“Right
now? Enjoying some sun and fun I would
imagine…”
“HMMGDDMKKTSTPPPP!”
“Well, if you
insist,” Anne said, “but I thought you wanted to know how it felt there.”
Both girls
nodded as they shook once more, before Chloe said “perhaps we should allow them
a chance to cool off, Anne?”
“Oh very well
then,” Anne said as she removed the devices, and then helped to untie the two
girls, their bodies glistening with sweat.
As soon as they were free, they pulled the tape from their mouths, spat
out the soaking wet cloths, and ran along the jetty, diving into the water and
swimming for a few minutes while the other two cleared things away.
“That – was
intense,” Alice said as they floated on their backs. “How are you feeling?”
“Very very
relaxed,” Natalie said with a smile, “but we need to head back and start
getting ready soon, don’t we?”
“I’m afraid so
– last one back to the shore has to ask a boy for the first dance.”
“DAMN,” Natalie
said with a laugh as they started to swim for the shore.
“There you
are.”
The girls
suddenly looked up as Veronica and Maria came in.
“How did…”
“They won’t
tell us Fi,” Heidi said as she shook her head.
“Aunt Veronica, this is Kathy and Jo, the girls from Boston we met on
the Washington trip.”
“Oh yes – I’m
Veronica Cabot, Heidi’s aunt,” she said as she looked at them. “We’re glad you could both make it. Maria, would you show the girls to the room
they will be staying in tonight?”
“This way
please,” Maria said as she held the door open, the two girls following her and
picking up their bags as Veronica looked at the others.
“We’re in
trouble aren’t we?”
“Oh you did a
good job – but we’re better. So any
trouble can wait for later – right now, you girls need to start to think about
getting ready for the party. I know full
well just how long you are going to take over this…”
“Who, us?”
“Yes, you,”
Veronica said with a smile, “on you go…”
“Ah there you
are,” Heather said as Natalie and Alice came in, “Feeling refreshed?”
“Very much so –
is that for us?”
“It is,”
Heather said as the two girls sat at the wooden table, and started to eat the salad
as she gave them both cold drinks.
“Once you have eaten that,” she said as she sat down with a mug of
coffee, “up and shower. Chloe and Anne
are going to help you both get ready for the party.”
“This is going
to be a strictly vanilla affair, right?”
“Only the
plainest of ice creams,” Heather said with a smile.
“I suppose
we’ll just have to endure for a little while,” Alice said for a smile as she
reached out with her foot under the table, Nats giggling as she did so.
“Hey – no more
games,” Heather said with a smile. “This
is a very serious occasion – which reminds me.
I have a gift for you.”
She stood up
and walked over to the side, returning with a box that she placed in front of
Natalie. “What’s this,” she said as she
put her fork down, and opened the package.
“I made these
for you to wear tonight – if you want to,” Heather said with a smile as the
young girl took out the two silver wrist gauntlets.
“They’re
beautiful – thank you Aunt Heather.”
“Right – eat up
and get ready.”
“You ready,”
Cindy said as she knocked on Heidi’s door.
“Just about –
come on in.”
Cindy smiled as
she saw Heidi sitting on the bed, pulling on a pair of black ankle boots and
fastening them up the side. She was
wearing a pair of tight black satin pants, and a matching blouse which was
still open at the top two buttons.
“I see you’re
ready for the party,” Cindy said as Heidi stood up.
“And you’re
not? All the years I’ve known you Cindy,
I have never, never seen you dressed like that.”
“I know- but
this I think is the night to try it,” Cindy said as she leaned against the
wall. Instead of her usual jumpers and
jeans, or baggy pants, Cindy was wearing a brown leather skirt that came half
way down to her knees, and a tight matching jumper with short sleeves. The outfit was completed by a pair of over
the knee brown fabric boots. “Do you
think Karl will like it?”
“Oh I think he
might just.”
“Looking good
yourself Alicia,” Heidi said as her penfriend came in. The young English girl was wearing a short
yellow sundress, with thin spaghetti straps over the shoulders and a pleated
skirt, and yellow shoes with three inch heels.
“Martin seen you in that?”
“No comment,”
Alicia said with a smile, “so shall we head down and see how the others are
doing?”
“Sounds like a
plan to me,” Heidi said as the three friends walked down the stairs, Veronica
looking at them as they came down.
“Hang on –
where did the two young girls in dungarees and sneakers go to?”
“We grew up,
Aunt Veronica – I guess it happens to all of us in the end,” Heidi said with a
smile.
“What does,” Fi
said as she came out, wearing a blue party dress and a pair of kitten heels.
“Growing up –
and your time will come,” Jannifer said as she came down after the others. She was also wearing silk and leather – in
her case, tight black leather trousers and a white short sleeved blouse.
Veronica stood
and looked at the group as they talked.
She could still remember when they were little girls, or the first time
she had met Alicia when she had gone to help with the weekend in the UK, the
one where the truth about Sarah had come out…
“It does come
as a surprise, does it not Miss Veronica?”
“Yes it does,”
Veronica said with a smile as she saw Maria beside her. “They’re not little girls anymore.”
“Nice outfits,
you two?”
“Thanks,” Kathy
and Jo said as they came down the stairs as well. Both girls were wearing strapless cocktail
dresses –a black one for Kathy and a red one for Jo – and matching high heels.
“Well now, I
figure you are all about ready,” Veronica said, “so purses at the ready, make
up all done, no last minute hair adjustments?”
“Who, us?”
“You know, the
way you say that just makes me even more nervous,” Veronica said as she shook
her head. “Anyway, come on – the car is waiting
outside.”
As the girls
went out, the driver opened the back of the limousine, smiling as they got in.
“I wonder what
Nats and Alice have got as their transport?”
“If they are
where I think they are,” Heidi said as the door was closed, “it might just be a
pick-up truck.”
“That is
definitely a different look for you Chloe?”
“It is, Heather
– but for a party such as this, it is necessary, no?” Chloe gave a twirl as the skirt of her red
dress rose up, her heels adding extra height.
“I will even deal with the discomfort of the shoes for this one
occasion.”
“Not
surprised,” Anne said as he came in. She
was also wearing a black party dress, her one with a split in the side from hip
to hem. The biggest surprise, however,
was Heather – for once, wearing a formal dress, made from blue silk, and a pair
of blue suede kitten heels in her hand.
“So we shall
share the discomfort, Madame Heather?”
“For once – I
haven’t worn this since the… Oh my.”
Natalie smiled
as she came in, her blonde hair falling in soft waves on her bare
shoulders. She had on a cream coloured
strapless dress, with a fold at the top, and a knee length skirt, as well as
white stilettos – and on her wrists she was wearing the new gauntlets.
“It would
appear we are all having to endure,” Chloe said with a smile as Alice came
in. She also had on a strapless dress,
her one gold coloured, with gold Greek sandals which were secured with things
that came up to her knees in a criss-cross fashion.
“Well, I think
you are truly the belle of the party,” Heather said as she looked at her
niece. “Now all we need is your ride.”
“And I think
that is it arriving now,” Anne said as a large white limousine pulled up in the
front yard. The chauffer got out, his
blonde hair neatly cut and under the cap, his tall, well-built body
appropriately clad as he walked to the front door.
“So where is
the party?”
“Ah yes – one
thing we need to do first,” Anne said, as she slipped a black sleep mask over
the eyes of the two young girls.
“Hey – I thought
this was a vanilla affair.”
“It is,
Mademoiselle – but that does not mean we do not have some mystery,” she heard
Chloe say as they were led by the arm, and she heard a familiar voice say “so
the party girls are ready?”
“Brian? You are driving us?”
“It is my
pleasure,” he said as they walked out across the yard, and then were helped to
sit in the back of the limousine, the three adults climbing as well as they
felt the car move off…
“Any sign of
them yet?”
Veronica looked
at her cell phone, and then said to Heidi “they’re on their way, so it
shouldn’t be too much longer.”
Katherine
nodded as she said “my sis will get them here on time, never fear.” Both women were wearing blouses and jeans, as
Amy and Dorothy came in.
“Five minute
warning girls – let’s go out to greet them!”
“Come on Aunt
Heather,” Nats said as she sat in the back of the limousine, “where are we?”
“Right where we
need to be,” Heather said with a smile as Brian brought the long car to a stop,
and they heard the doors open – and a chorus of cheers and screams.
“Remove the
sleep masks,” Chloe said, “and come to your party.”
Nats and Alice
removed the blindfolds, and stepped out onto the driveway outside the community
centre, the gathered girls clapping and cheering as they were escorted into the
large hall. As they came in, a band
started playing the Stevie Wonder song, as Natalie looked at the large banner
hanging behind them.
“Happy
Sixteenth Natalie – nice, subtle.”
“Just like
you,” Jannifer said as she came over and hugged her friend. “Happy birthday Nats – I take it you’ve both
had a fun day?”
“A good one,
anyway,” Alice said as Heidi and Cindy hugged both of them. “I see the gang’s all here?”
“We are
indeed,” Fi said with a smile, “and you know what we need to do now?”
“No,” Alice
said, “what?”
“DANCE!”
For Natalie, it
was an amazing time, as all her friends and classmates came over and
congratulated her. They were all dressed
in their finest outfits – but one of the biggest surprises was when she said
“KATHY!!! JO!!! YOU MADE IT!!!”
“Of course we
did,” her friends from Boston said as they embraced each other, “thanks for
inviting us. Where have you been all
day?”
“My aunt’s
place – they kept us both out of the way while the arrangements were made for
this.”
“Good idea – so
these are all your classmates and friends?”
“Oh yes,” Nats
said as she waved to a few of the others.
“And no special
games tonight?”
“Not tonight,”
she said quietly, “but who knows about later…”
“So what did
you get for your sixteenth from your parents?”
“I have no idea
yet – they haven’t…”
“Can I have
your attention for a moment, everyone?”
“Oh lord – it’s
embarrassment time isn’t it,” Natalie said as she looked to see Heather,
Katherine and her grandmother Roberta on the stage.
“I wanted to
thank you all for coming to help celebrate my wonderful daughter’s Sweet
Sixteen.” Katherine said with a smile as Tammy joined the group. “Natalie is a true wonder to us, and we all
felt it was appropriate that we get her something special for her birthday.”
“As well as
these,” she called out as she held up her arms, showing her bracelets.
“They were from
Aunt Heather – this is from all of us. Come
over here please darling.”
“What are you
going to do Mom,” Natalie said as she walked onto the stage.
“Not much –
look at the screen please.”
As they did so,
she saw her father outside – with a new Jeep.
“Is that….”
“Happy birthday
darling,” Roberta said as her family embraced and kissed her, the room cheering
as Alice smiled.
“Guess you two
now have a way of getting away, just the two of you,” Tammy whispered to her.
Alice nodded as
Natalie said “thank you… thank you all…”
She then came down and embraced Alice, kissing her as everyone clapped.
“I… I don’t know what to say…”
“Well, perhaps
you can hold off until you hear of my gift,” Veronica said as she came
over. “I contributed to the jeep, but I
also have something else. I’ve put some
money into an investment account for you, to sit there until you are twenty
one. Think of it as me contributing to
the college fund.”
“That’s
wonderful,” Natalie said, “how much?”
Veronica handed
her an envelope, Natalie opening and looking at it, before she said “how much?”
“Like I said –
your college fund,” Veronica said with a smile.
“Hang on Mom,”
Natalie said as Katherine came over, “you said the VW was my present…”
“Ah yes,”
Katherine said with a smile, “light subterfuge I’m afraid. That’s not your
car.”
“Then whose…”
“It’s Sue’s
car,” Anne said, “I borrowed it to drive to your house this morning, so that
you did not recognise my car. Sorry –
but Katherine did take advantage of the moment I thought.”
“Ain’t I a
stinker,” Katherine said with a smile.
“Why yes, yes
you are,” Heather said as she joined them.
“Come and have a look at the rest of your presents Natalie.”
“Oh yeah –
yeah,” Natalie said quietly, shaking her head as she walked off.
“Come on,”
Kathy and Jo said as they took her by the arms, “let’s have a dance before you
look at the stash.”
“All right,”
Heidi said as she and Cindy stood with Alice, “where did you two spend the
day?”
“At her Aunt’s
farm – and I’m saying no more than that,” Alice grinned.
“That looks a
happy grin.”
“It is – but
I’m saying no more than that at the moment,” Alice said as Natalie danced with
the two Boston friends.
“She looks so
happy, does she not,” Chloe said as she stood to the side with Roberta.
“Yeah she does
– and thank you for looking after her and Alice today as well.”
“It was my
pleasure – although I cannot help feeling they would have been happy just to
spend the day together.”
Roberta nodded
as the music stopped, and Natalie went with her friends to a table of presents
that had been set up at the side of the room.
“Wow – these
are amazing,” she said as she looked at the gifts, “who got me these?”
She looked at a
small box, taking out a pair of gold earrings with two linked circles, and
grinned as she said “thanks Jannifer.”
“Hey – I
thought they would be exactly what you wanted,” Jannifer said as she hugged
Natalie.
“Now, what else
do we have here – oh good grief! How on
earth did you get this Gran?”
“What?”
“The signed
poster and message from Simone Biles!”
“Oh that – I
called in a few favours,” Roberta said with a smile.
“Well it’s
amazing – thank you,” Natalie said as she embraced her grandmother, and kissed
her on the cheek. She then opened an
envelope, and smiled as she said “a weekend for two at a spa – I wonder who I
can take?”
“We thought we
might make a girls weekend of it – if you’re interested,” Heidi said as she
stood with Cindy.
“I really don’t
deserve girls like you lot,” Natalie said with a smile as the DJ said “All
right, we need the birthday girl front and centre please.”
“OH great – now
what,” Natalie said as she walked out.
“And after
three – one, two… THREE!”
The party goers
started to sing Happy Birthday as Natalie blushed, before the DJ said “and now
it’s CONGA TIME – with a difference.”
“What
difference – hey what’s going on,” Natalie said as a folded scarf was tied over
her eyes, and her hands were put on somebody else’s hips as a third pair of
hands were placed on hers. She had no
choice but to follow the line round as Alice led the party in a conga line, all
of them laughing and cheering…
“Well, they
certainly seem to be enjoying themselves,” Heather said to Roberta as the Congo
line broke off for the fifth time, Alice and Natalie laughing as they watched
from the sides.
“Indeed,”
Veronica said as she joined them, “but I think it is way past time we arranged
for the girl of the moment to…”
“I agree,” Roberta
said, “if you can get the other girls to start running interference, we’ll take
care of the guests of honour.”
“Understood,”
Veronica said as she went and spoke to Tammy.
“I’ll be back
in a minute,” Natalie said as she went to the toilet, Alice nodding as Heidi
came over. “So just where did you two
end up,” she said as she handed her friend a drink.
“Her aunt’s
place…”
As Natalie
stepped out of the stall, she walked over to the washstand and ran some water,
splashing it over her face and then looking in the mirror.
“Surprise!”
“Whatthhmmgddd”
was the only thing she got to say before the ball was pushed into her mouth,
the straps secured round her head, and then the hood pulled over her head,
lightly secured round her neck. She
could feel the two capturers as they secured her wrists behind her back, and
then pulled her legs up so they were secured to her chest.
As she was
lifted up, she wondered where she was going to end up this time, only to be
laid on her side as she heard a door close…
“Hey – where
did Nats go?”
“The birthday
girl?” Cindy looked round as she said “I
think she’s over there talking to some of the other girls. Don’t worry – she’s around somewhere.”
Jannifer smiled
and shook her head as she was dragged onto the dance floor, as Tammy walked
over and whispered into Alice’s ear, the teenager nodding as she walked to the
rest rooms.
“Okay, what was
so important you had to drag me into here to tell me, Tammy,” Alice said as
Tammy closed the door to the rest room.
“Oh, I’ve got a
surprise for you,” she said with a grin as Alice looked at her – then yelped as
a blindfold was placed over her eyes.
“Hey,
whhhttgffss,” she called out as a sponge ball was pushed into her mouth, and
then her lips taped over, before her arms were taken behind her back and her
wrists secured together with a zip tie.
“Have fun,”
Tammy whispered as Alice was taken out of the room…
“Hstthrrr,”
Natalie grunted as she heard the door open, and then felt someone been placed
next to her. As the doors closed, she
grunted – and then heard a second grunt as they were driven off…
As the girls
started to leave, thanking Natalie’s parents as they went out, Heidi, Cindy,
Tammy and Jannifer made their way round, apologising that Nats was seeing and talking
to other people as the hall slowly emptied.
“Well, that was
some party,” Heidi finally said as the last of the girls left.
“Indeed,”
Dorothy said as she and Amy came over, “but now it’s time to head home. You all need your beds.”
“So where have
they gone?”
“Somewhere very
quiet,” Anne said as she joined them.
“Right – then
we need to head off. The private party
is tomorrow…”
Somewhere
Natalie slowly
opened her eyes, wondering why it was still dark as she tried to move her arms
and legs – only to find they could not move, as the memory of how the night had
ended came back to her.
“Hgrrtttt,” she
mumbled to herself as she heard a door opening and closing, and then someone
removing the hood from over her head.
She blinked as the bright sunshine hit her, and then she slowly turned
her head to see Alice looking at her.
The two girls
were lying on a king sized bed, their arms stretched above them and tied to the
large headboard, their legs spread and their ankles tied to the foot of the bed
as well. Natalie could remember being
untied and then changed, and as she looked down she saw she was wearing a blue
swimsuit and a pair of denim cut-offs.
Alice was wearing a white t-shirt and shorts.
“Well now,
looks like the sweet sixteen is fully awake.”
“Hgrrttt,” she
said as she saw Andrea and Alexa standing there. Alexa was in her usual black t-shirt and
jeans, while Andrea was wearing a short sleeved blue blouse and a knee length
dark skirt.
“Sleep well,”
she said as she checked the ropes. “It’s
still early, so I don’t think we’re quite ready for you to get up yet.”
“But they’re
awake,” Andrea said quietly, “so what shall we do to pass the time?”
Alice and
Natalie looked at each other, then at their bare feet as they said “uwlddnntt?”
“Oh yes we
would,” Alexa said as the older girls started to tickle the soles of their feet
with feathers, laughing as they wriggled round.
“Good morning –
I see they are early in awakening as well,” Chloe said as she came into the
room and watched them.
“HMMGDDMKKTSSTPPPPP!”
“Oh not a
chance, mes amis,” Chloe said as she handed Alexa and Andrea two electric
toothbrushes, “enjoy…”
The Strong/Elsworth House
“Okay, little
one – hands behind your back.”
“Why did we
agree to this?” Heidi said as she looked at her friend and sister.
“Don’t ask me,”
Cindy said as she looked at Heidi, while Amy was securing her wrists together
behind her back. Both girls were wearing
swimsuits, a red one for Cindy and a black one for Heidi, and denim cut-offs
with deck shoes on their feet. Heidi
already had her wrists secured behind her back, as Dorothy wound the rope
around her upper body, above and below her chest.
“Well, you said
you would, and you also agreed to this,” Amy said as she passed the rope around
Cindy’s upper body, while Dorothy pushed a folded cloth into Heidi’s mouth, and
then pressed a length of clear tape over her lips.
“Less talking,
more moving,” she said as Cindy was gagged in the same way, and then folded
scarves were tied over their eyes, the two girls led out to a waiting car. As they were sat in the back, Amy and Dorothy
got into the front, looking at each other before they drove off.
“Chnnwhfshmmmhsscc,”
Heidi asked as she wriggled round. Amy
turned on the radio, saying “let’s all relax…”
The Dale household
“Thanks for
letting me sleep over tonight,” Fi said as she sat at the breakfast table with
Jannifer, Britney and Margo. “It means I
can come with Jannifer today as well.”
“Why can’t we
come,” Margo said as she drank some orange juice.
“Older girls
only,” Blossom said with a smile, “but we can go shopping instead. If you two have had enough, Anne will be here
to pick you up in half an hour.”
“We’d better
get ready then,” Fi said as she left the table, Jannifer following her as
Blossom went to answer the phone.
“Dale
residence?
“Well, if you
don’t mind babysitting Bobbi – I promised the twins they could go shopping
today, and someone needs to keep an eye on Timmy.
“Great – I’ll
be ready with them.”
As she put the
phone down, she picked up the roll of red tape, and walked up the stairs.
“Hey – where
are they?”
“Up there,”
Blossom said as she pointed up, Anne nodding as Bobbi came in after her. “The others in there,” she said as she looked
to the front room, Blossom nodding as she followed Anne up the staircase.
Jannifer and Fi
were lying on the beds, red tape wrapped round their arms and chests, their
wrists and waist, their legs and ankles, and strips covering their mouths and
eyes. As Blossom picked Fi up, Anne
lifted Jannifer and they carried them out to the waiting SUV…
Elsewhere
“All right,”
Alexa said as they finally released their two captives. “I think you can get washed up now.”
“Gee thanks,”
Alice said as the tape and sponge ball were removed, and gave Nats a kiss on
the cheek while she was untied.
“We’ll leave
you to free her,” Andrea said, both of the older girls smiling as they left the
bedroom.
“So where the
hell are we,” Nats asked as she and Alice walked down the staircase.
“I have no
idea, never seen this house before,” Alice said as they walked into a large
hallway, and then into a large front room.
“Kitchen must
be this way,” Nats said, but as Alice looked in another door she said “Natalie
– look here…”
As they looked
in, they saw Heather and Roberta sitting on two sun loungers – but their wrists
and arms were tied down to the armrests, and their waists tied to the chairs
themselves. Both were wearing t-shirts
and Daisy Dukes, their legs bound at the ankles and knees, their bare feet
there with their toes wriggling, tape over their mouths and eyes.
And on the
table was a note, some feathers, and two electric toothbrushes, Natalie reading
the note and then letting Alice read.
“Breakfast can
wait – I want revenge,” she said quietly as the two bound women heard the
toothbrushes start up…
“I wonder if
they are up yet,” Amy said as she drove to the front of the large farmhouse,
Dorothy looking out from the passenger side.
“Who knows – we had better take these two inside,” Dorothy said as she got out,
both women wearing short sleeved blouses and shorts – and then both smiling as
they saw Chloe coming out of the house, Alexa and Andrea following her.
“Ah good,” Chloe said with a smile, “the first of the guests.”
“Sthhtthclhheee,” Cindy mumbled as she heard the car door open, and then was
helped to stand on the ground outside. There was no reply, as they were walked
in, Katherine shaking her head as they went past.
“So where are they going,” Amy said as they walked over to join their friend.
“Oh I’m sure you will find out in due course – we’re having coffee and Danishes
out back.”
“Not inside?”
“Oh no – there’s a couple of girls in there having some fun, and they’ll join
us later…”
“NNHMHHRRRRR!”
Alice and Natalie looked at each other as Roberta squirmed round, her head back
as she could not stop laughing at the sensations running up from her feet.
“Oh I don’t know gran,” Natalie said, an evil grin on her face, “given the way
we spent the night, this just seems like sweet, sweet revenge…”
“Hknhnhhknhhh,” Heather said through the tape, “bhtthruhngreee…”
“Well, I see you read our note.”
Both girls turned round to see Tammy standing there, her arms folded and a
smile on her face.
“And give me one good reason why we should not grab you and give you the same
treatment,” Alice said, “especially after the way we were both grabbed last
night.”
“None at all really – except we may have another fun activity planned for you,
if you are interested. But first, how about you let them go – breakfast is
served outside.”
The two girls looked at each other, and then nodded as they switched off the
toothbrushes, and looked at the other girl, following her as she beckoned with
her finger.
“There you are,” Katherine said as she looked over from the table, “and where
are your aunt and gran?”
“Recovering from our tender mercies,” Natalie said as she sat down, taking the
glass of orange juice from her mother, “and where, pray tell, are the others?”
“Not quite sure,” Amy said with a smile, “any other questions?”
“Can I be awful Mom – have I got a car?”
“Yes – yes you have, and may the lord have mercy on us all,” Roberta said with
a smile as she and Heather came out. “We’ll show you it later. There you two
are.”
“Sorry we’re late,” Anne said as she and Bobbi joined the group, “had to take
care of something first.”
“Whrruhhhrrwh?”
Jannifer tried to wriggle round, but the bands of red tape were still holding
her tightly bound. The car had stopped, and someone had carried her out and put
her on a floor, but since then the only sound she had heard was muffled
talking. She had a suspicion Fi had been put down next to her, but beyond
that...
“Hkhhhh – hssthrrr?”
“Shcnnddee – thtuhhh?”
“Yhhh – whswhffuhhhjhnnehfrr?”
“Fiihhhpop. Whrrthpfhhhp – uh?”
“Nup – gffhsshmhnnht.”
Jannifer lay still, closing her eyes as she wondered what was going to happen
now…
Cindy moved slowly from side to side – she had been left in a seated position,
but she had no idea how close or not she was to Heidi. Not close enough to bump
into her, but her legs were not secured in any other way than to each other –
and from the feel of the floor under her bare feet, she was on a wooden floor.
Bare feet on a wooden floor – well, at least she had a good idea where they had
been taken, but if she was going to get free, she was going to need some help,
so she started to push herself across the floor – then stopped as she felt her
back against a wall.
“Hkkhhnhththwhhh” she said as she shuffled herself round, and then started to
push herself back, her arm rubbing on the wall – until she bumped into someone.
“Chnuhhhlpmhhh?”
There was no reply, but she felt whoever it was turning herself round, and then
fingers working on the rope around her wrists. Cindy relaxed – she had found
Heidi, and she was going to be free in a few minutes. She could feel the
fingers moving round her wrists, and then the tension shifting on her wrists as
the ropes were tugged and pulled – followed by the relief as the ropes slackened
and then fell away from her wrists.
“Fhnkuhh – uhrthnhnamhnnht” Cindy mumbled as she brought her arms round, and
then lowered her head down as she reached her hands up, pulling the scarf that
was acting as a blindfold down onto her chest and then pulling the clear tape
away from her mouth. As she did so, she pushed the grey and soaking cloth out
of her mouth and said “that’s better – but I really need a drink. Your turn now
Heidi.”
“Mhthrrnfhrwht?”
Cindy looked slowly to her side, and saw Heidi lying on her stomach on the
floor, her ankles pulled back and tied to her chest ropes. She could now also
see Fi and Jannifer lying on the floor, wriggling in the red bands.
“Errr – tell you in a minute,” Cindy said as she turned herself round, to see
Alicia sitting there, white tape wrapped round her head and covering her eyes
and mouth. The bands of rope were holding her arms tightly against her body,
over the blue swimsuit, while she wriggled her fingers in an attempt to get her
attention.
“I did wonder where you got to,” Cindy said with a smile as she started to
untie the ropes around Heidi’s Penfriend’s upper body, hearing her sigh of
relief as the ropes slackened and then came away, before Cindy released her
wrists, then started to unwind the tape from around her head. As she did so,
Alicia pushed the red sponge out of her own mouth, then turned and said “took
you long enough. Want some help to get those ropes off your body?”
“Yeah – then we can take care of the others, and see about getting some breakfast…”
“Ah good – I
was about to make some fresh coffee,” Heather said as she saw the five girls
coming into the kitchen. “Natalie and Alice are outside with Tammy – go out and
get some fruit juice and pastries.”
“Thanks – we’re starving,” Heidi said as she led the group out, Alice smiling
as she said “so where on earth have you lot been?”
“Trying to get free – you two?”
“Don’t ask,” Roberta said as she looked over, “let’s just say they gave me and
my daughter a good workout.”
“Only because you had the older girls do the same to us – talk about a wakeup
call,” Natalie said with a grin.
“Hang on,” Fi said as she put her glass down, “Older girls? Who…”
“Hey Chloe,” Alicia said as she saw the three older girls walk out, “thanks for
bringing me over first thing.”
“My pleasure, mon ami,” Chloe said with a smile. “After all, this is a special
day for Natalie, to be spent with friends, non?”
“Can I ask a question,” Heidi said, “where are we? It’s not your farmhouse,
Heather.”
“No – no it’s not,” Heather said with a smile as she looked at Katherine and
Roberta.
“So where are we?”
“About halfway between Brian and Sarah’s place and mine,” Heather said with a
smile. “Other side of the waterhole, if you want the honest truth.”
“So who owns it?”
“At the moment, I’m looking for a buyer,” Veronica said as she sat at the
table, “so I was happy for it to be used today.”
Natalie nodded as she looked round. There was a large green that the table was
situated on, with what looked like a Volleyball net set up on the other side –
but she also noticed the croquet hoops in the ground, as well as other things.
“True – so who’s up for a trip to the waterhole later?”
“Oh we’re definitely going there,” Heather said, “but you’re not going alone.”
“We’re not?”
“Oh no,” Amy said with a smile, “We think it’s time we women had a taste of
what it is you girls find so fascinating about that waterhole, while Chloe and
the others take care of things here.”
“And, in addition,” Heather said, “you need me to show you the way from here.”
“Really? Now why should we show them the way, Aunt Heather?”
“You’re not – going to show them the way, that is,” Heather said with a grin.
“You’re going Indian File.”
The girls looked at each other and grinned, as the mothers and aunts looked nervously
at the smiling Chloe, Andrea and Alexa…
“When did we
sign up for this,” Katherine asked as Natalie secured her wrists behind her
back with the white tape, and then walked in front of her.
“We forgot to read the small print, obviously,” Roberta said with a smile as
she watched her granddaughter smooth the tape over her mother’s mouth, and then
over her eyes, and then handed the tape to Heather, who took her arms behind
her back and taped her wrists together.
As she smoothed the tape over Natalie’s eyes and mouth, she looked down the
line. Veronica, Amy and Dorothy were with Heidi and Cindy; Alicia, Fi and
Jannifer was with Alice, while the other mothers stood between the girls, a
loose rope linking all of them round their waists as they looked round.
“You ladies are all right for preparing dinner?”
“Of course,” Chloe said with a smile as Heather went to the front of the line
and took Dorothy by the arm. All the girls and women were now wearing shorts
over bathing suits, as she said “shall we” and started to lead the line down
towards a path. All of them walked carefully, slowly, the girls with more
confidence – they had walked from Aunt Heather’s farm to the water hole before,
so they had a fair idea of what was likely to happen, but still this was a new
way.
Roberta turned her head from side to side as she felt the cool ground under her
feet. She had perfect confidence in her daughter, but there was still something
liberating about having to cede control to someone else. She could feel the tug
on her waist from in front and from behind, and the muffled voices of the
others, but her hearing seemed to be more attuned to the sounds of the forest.
The birdsong and the beat of wings in the air. The scurry of creatures passing
in the undergrowth. The sounds of crickets coming from somewhere.
The walk seemed to last for an eternity, but she felt grass under her feet
rather than dirt, and then the ropes as they were removed from her waist. She
wondered what was happening as someone unfastened and removed her shorts, and
then she was helped to walk along the grass, before she felt wood under her
bare feet.
“All right ladies,” she heard Heather say, “keep those eyes closed until I say
you can open them.” Roberta nodded as she felt the tape been removed from her
eyes, and then her mouth, as she also heard Katherine say “All right, so what
happens next?”
“Open your eyes.”
Roberta slowly opened her eyes and turned her head, seeing the lien of women
either side of her in their swimsuits as they looked round, their wrists still
taped together behind their backs.
“On three girls. One… Two…”
“What the…” Roberta turned her head as she realised she was standing on a pier,
looking out onto the water hole – and then felt the pressure on her back as the
line of women, as one, were pushed forward, jumping off the pier as they were
forced into the cold water.
Amy broke the surface, lying on her back as she said “Heidi Strong, when I get
out of here…”
“Go ahead,” Heidi laughed as she and the other girls laughed, “make your way
back over – we’ll be waiting.”
Heidi looked over to her partner and sister, Dorothy and Veronica now lying on
their backs as Dorothy said “you know what – I’m quite happy in here like
this.”
“But our wrists…”
“Give it a few minutes,” Veronica said as she looked to where Anne, Katherine,
Roberta and Bobbi were floating on their backs. “The tape will loosen, and when
it does we can make our way back over.”
“And take revenge on the girls?”
“We may not be the only ones,” Veronica said as they watched Alice, Natalie,
Heidi and Cindy tackle Heather, lifting her up and carrying her to the pier,
and then throwing her into the water as well.
As she came up, Heather looked over and said “you could have taken my shorts
off!”
“Nah,” Natalie said as she stuck her tongue out, and the girls lay down on the
grass.
Dorothy shook her head and then allowed her freed arms to come up, as she said
“you know, of course, this means war…”
The first the girls knew of what was happening was when the wet hands grabbed
each of them by the wrists and ankles, Natalie opening her eyes to see her
mother and Veronica carrying her, Heidi carried by Dorothy and Amy, and Cindy
by Heather and Roberta.
“Oh come on, it was just a joke,” Natalie laughed as Alice, Fi and Jannifer
watched with Alicia.
“So is this,” Amy said with a smile as the three girls found themselves in the
river, spluttering as they rose to the surface – to see the other four girls
been carried over, and following them into the water.
“Well, we deserved that,” Alicia said quietly as their mothers and aunts lay on
the grass.
“You know, there is something satisfying about allowing the sun to dry you
out,” Roberta said with a smile. “And what’s really good is that there is no
way they have brought water pistols with them or towels.”
“Neither did we,” Amy said as she lay with her eyes closed.
“How true – and we’re so much the better for it,” Dorothy said with a smile.
“I have an idea for when we get back – did you see the volleyball net in the
back yard?”
Katherine nodded as she said “what about it?”
“We could do some two on two – winner stays on, loser…”
“Loser?”
“Pay the price,” Heather said as she looked at the girls splashing around in
the water.
“Well that was fun,” Alicia said as they made their way back to the house, “so
what do we do now?”
“I’m going to get some drinks,” Heather said as she walked into the kitchen
while Amy picked up a ball and threw it at Heidi. “Want to do some net practice
– two on two?”
“Sure – who are we going to play?”
“Veronica, Natalie – want to play some volleyball?”
“Are you in practice,” Veronica said as she looked at her sister.
“Find out – come and play.”
“Challenge accepted,” Natalie said as they walked over to the court, while
Cindy sat with Dorothy.
“Why would Veronica ask that?”
“Funny thing,” Dorothy said with a smile, “Amy played Varsity at high school.”
“She did – Heidi never said. But then, we tend not to play volleyball…”
“Exactly – let’s watch.”
As Amy played the ball up and Heidi smashed it down, Natalie and Veronica
looked at each other.
“Twenty one to ten – you are in practice,” Veronica said quietly, “so what’s
the penance?”
“Take a guess,” Amy said as she and her mother picked up some ropes, “hands in
front of you please.”
“Well, at least we can get our breath back,” Natalie said with a smile as she
watched Amy binding her wrists together, Heidi taking care of her aunt before
they were walked out onto the grass, where they saw some croquet hoops knocked
into the ground.
“Lie down.”
“Lovely,” Nats said quietly as she lay on the ground, watching as Amy took her
wrists above her head and tied them to one hoop, Heidi doing the same to
Veronica, before ropes were tied round their ankles and their legs were
stretched out, their ankles secured to hoops.
“Could be worse,” Veronica said as she looked at Natalie, while Amy said “who’s
next?”
“Oh yes, it will be.”
Natalie looked up to see Alice and Alicia, the electric toothbrushes in their
hands switched on as they knelt by their feet….
“OHMYGODNODONT!!!!!”
“So,” Amy said
as she spun the volleyball in her hand, “who’s next?”
“Oh no – not a
chance,” Cindy said as she sat with her mother.
“We’ll take you
both on.”
Heidi smiled as
she looked at Jannifer and Fi, before she said “you sure you want to do this?”
“Oh – are you
chicken now,” Fi said with a smile.
“Nope – come up
and take your beating,” Amy said as the younger girls came over.
“Do you think
they want to be like those two,” Roberta said as she looked at Katherine.
“Actually, I
think they’re in for a shock,” Heather said quietly as she stood up. “Come on – I want to see how Chloe and the
girls are doing with dinner.”
The three women
walked into the house, Chloe turning and looking at them as she said “Ah – may
I help you?”
“We just wanted
to see if there was anything we could do,” Heather said as she looked round.
“No, all is
under control,” Chloe said with a smile as Tammy came into the kitchen. “Hey – where’s Alice?”
“Busy outside,”
Chloe said with a smile, “Tammy, would you take the ladies into the front room,
and make sure they understand that everything is under control?”
“What does she
mean by that,” Roberta said as she looked at her daughters.
“Please, come
with me,” Tammy said with a smile as she indicated the door to the hallway…”
“And that’s
game!”
Jannifer and Fi
high fived each other as Amy and Heidi looked at each other.
“Did you know?”
“Nope – but
that explains what she has been doing after school,” Heidi said with a shrug of
her shoulders, while Nats and Veronica looked over.
“Guesshttsuhgthrrnnhfhnks,”
Natalie said as Alice pressed the white tape over her mouth, and then walked
over to Heidi, grabbing two lengths of rope as she did so.
“Your turn,”
she said with a grin as she handed the ropes to Jannifer and Fi, Heidi and Amy
looking at each other as they held their wrists out.
“Whlllshhlhfshnnthsshmhnnn…”
Roberta nodded
as she turned her head and looked at her daughters. All three had their arms folded behind their
backs, their wrists tied to their elbows and their forearms secured together,
while further bands of rope held their upper arms tightly to the sides of their
bodies, and those were further cinched between the arms and their bodies with
shorter lengths.
Their legs were
also firmly held together, with rope around their ankles, above and below their
knees, and around their thighs, each band cinched between their legs, and their
ankles pulled back and secured to their arms.
The sponges
filling their mouths were held firmly inside with Elastoplast that stretched
over their mouths and jaws, meaning they were unable to do more than moan
softly as Alexa and Andrea stroked the toys over their bare soles, and they
wriggled round.
The vibrations
ran through their bodies as they looked at each other, knowing there was
nothing they could do about it, except enjoy the experiences.
“And another
couple bites the dust,” Fi said as they secured Dorothy’s ankles to the hoops,
and then looked at the line of couples, their wrists bound and secured above
their heads, their ankles spread apart and secured to the hoops.
Jannifer nodded
as she smoothed the tape over Amy’s mouth, as Nats, Veronica and Heidi looked
over. She then picked up the electric
toothbrush as Dorothy and Cindy looked at each other – before they started to
shriek with laughter thanks to the victors, while Alice and Alicia went and sat
at the table, having a cold drink each.
“So you and
Natalie – getting really serious is it,” Alicia said as she looked over.
“Yeah – Mom and
Dad don’t have a problem with it at any rate.”
“And Tammy?”
“Of course she
doesn’t have a problem,” Alice said with a smile, “given her – view on other
things.”
“Has she…”
“Even if I knew
for certain, I could not tell you,” Alice said for a smile as Tammy came out,
wiping her hands on a cloth.
“I see the
volleyball challenge is coming to an end,” she said as she sat down. “Not tempted?”
“Not a chance –
I’ll stick to what I like, thank you,” Alicia said with a smile.
“Well, dinner
will be ready in a little while, and then we can all watch a film before we
head home.”
“What sort of
film?”
“A musical.”
Alice and
Alicia looked at each other, before they said in unison “oh boy…”
“That was an
amazing meal,” Alicia said as she pushed the pudding plate away, “Thank you
Chloe.”
“You are most
welcome,” Chloe said with a smile, “but it is time to prepare you all for the
film. Alicia, would you, Fi and Jannifer
come with me please?”
“Why we three,”
Fi said as she stood up.
“The ones
without a parent here?”
“Point,”
Jannifer said as they left the room with Chloe, Andrea and Alexa.
“And those of
who have mothers?”
“Will be
prepared by their mothers,” Roberta said with a smile as she stood up.
“So for me,”
Nats said quietly.
“I’ll be taking
care of you,” Veronica said as Heather and Katherine looked at each other. One thought was on their minds, two words
escaped their lips.
“Uh oh…”
“So,
daughters,” Roberta said with a smile, “go if you need to go, and then come
back in here.”
“Well, not too
bad so far,” Cindy said as she looked at Heidi.
“True – if you
don’t want to get free,” Heidi said as Amy bound her wrists tightly together
behind her back, the rope witting over the silver tape that covered her wrists
and hands. She dug her fingers into the
two sponges as the rope went around and between them, before it was tied off,
and her mother passed the longer length of rope round her arms and body.
“Hey – my mom’s
not here, so why am I with Nats,” Alice said quietly as she wriggled round.
“And would you
want to be different from Natalie,” Katherine said as she felt the rope pulling
her arms against her sides, Alice shaking her head as Roberta completed
securing her daughter.
“Now then,” she
said as she looked at the other mothers, “we want them to be able to sing
along, so are we all prepared?”
“I guess so,”
Dorothy said as she picked up the black bandana, already rolled into a band
with a large knot tied in the middle.
She held it in front of Cindy’s mouth, the girl nodding as she opened
her mouth and allowed her mother to ease the knot into her mouth, pressing her
tongue down as she closed her teeth and lips, then felt the band pressing on
her cheeks as it was tied round her head.
“Whhllhhsnnhtshbhd,”
she mumbled as one by one the girls were gagged in the same way, Katherine and
Heather getting the same treatment before they were marched into the television
room. As they walked in, Jannifer looked
up and said “whtkhpttuh?”
“Mhffhrrsss,”
Amy said as she looked at the other three sat on the floor, their legs crossed
and their ankles secured to their thighs as they sat in the lotus
position. They had also been bound and
gagged in the same way as the other girls, who were helped to sit down while
their mothers secured their legs in the same way.
As they did
this, Roberta helped her daughters to sit in two armchairs, securing their
ankles and legs before she looked to the doorway.
“Chloe – are
you girls ready to make the rest of the mothers comfortable?”
“Naturellement,”
Chloe said as she and the others started to secure the arms of the older women,
while Roberta walked over to the entertainment centre and switched on the
television, the girls giggling as their mothers were slowly secured and gagged
in the same way, and then helped to sit on the couches and armchairs.
“So, I have the
choice of film,” Roberta said with a smile, and I choose…”
“Actually,
Madame Roberta, you have no choice at all.”
Roberta looked
at Chloe, who was smiling as Alexa and Andrea moved behind the older woman, and
took her arms behind her back…
“So, I have selected
the musical,” Chloe said as Roberta twisted in the seat, “and I hope you
enjoy. Please, sing along.”
The others
looked round as they watched the film start, and then heard Brandon Victor
Dixon start to sing, joining in as the bandanas soaked up the saliva in their
mouths.
“Mhmhhnndhschlrrrhrnnnhhh,
Htlshhtthlthwhll,
hchhnshhwhrrwhhllshnwhllbh…”
As the show
ended, the captives looked at each other as Chloe said “so, a second film will
follow – but first, a little fun.”
“WhtduuhmhnnhhnnnnnnNNNNNNNNNNNN”
Amy said as the three older girls produced electric toothbrushes, and started to
run them over the bare feet of the older women as the girls watched, laughing
into their gags as their mothers tried – and failed – to get their legs free.
Eventually,
however, the buzzing sound stopped as the mothers relaxed, and they settled
down to watch Bridesmaids, the girls watching before their eyes slowly started
to close as the film went on…
As Heidi slowly
opened her eyes, she wondered what had happened. For one thing, she was no longer at the house
with the others.
In fact, she
wasn’t even with the others – she was lying on the floor in the front room of
their house, her head resting on a pillow, but she was still bound, still
gagged – her mouth dry as she felt the wet know resting on her tongue.
Her legs had
obviously been re-tied, so that her ankles and legs were secured together, and
then her ankles pulled back and secured to her chest ropes.
And she wasn’t
the only one – she could see Cindy and Alicia on the floor as well, bound now
in the same way as her as they slept.
“Hffdhnnthhssthhfthn,”
she said quietly to herself as the door opened, and she rolled over to see her
mother standing there.
“Good morning,”
she whispered as she knelt down and removed the gag.
“What time is
it,” Heidi asked quietly.
“Eleven – I’ll
untie you and let you go and change, then I’ll sort some brunch out – hopefully
the others will have woken by then.”
“Thanks,” Heidi
said quietly, “did we all get taken home?”
“Yeah – had a
good time.”
“I have – but
it raises a question.”
“And that is?”
“What do the
heck do I do for my birthday…”