Chapter 224.
Friday morning, eight-forty-five. Bobby in a nervous state, Timothy, as a consequence, also a little anxious.
âSo you really canât guess who it might be?â
âI told you. I donât know. Ellie wonât say. Could be Magda and Zeta â that would be great. Worst case â itâs Diana Murchison and Eleanor Bowditch. If it is them â it may not be â just make sure you do everything they say. Donât hold back.â
âWhy are theyâŠ?â
âDonât ask. Theyâd just love to get the pair of us at their mercy. God knows⊠Shh! Someoneâs coming in. Let me peek⊠What? What theâŠ? Ellieâs locked the door! ThatâŠ. Wait. Listen. I can hear voicesâŠâ
Ellieâs voice was muffled, but she could be heard saying, âLadies⊠Welcome. Let me show you into the waiting-room. The boys will be out directly⊠Yes, it is, isnât it⊠I know⊠So well designedâŠâ Her voice faded away as they passed out of the corridor.
âWell?â
âCouldnât hear⊠Shit! Anyway, weâll soon find out.â
Ellie unlocked the door. âTheyâre waiting. Get moving.â
âSo who is it?â
âGo and find out, stupid!â
âThanks for nothing. Lucky for you I didnât smell any roses as I got dressed this morning. Yes, weâve sussed you out.â
Bobby took the lead. Could it be Magda and Zeta? That would be a treat. He took a deep breath, and pushed open the door. At once his heart sank. His two least favourite women, sitting side by side, looking at them with ill-disguised voracious delight.
âGood morning Bobby,â simpered Diana. âAnd this must be Timmy?â
âGood morning madam,â replied Timothy, dutifully.
Bobby had no choice. He had to pretend to be pleased to see them, in the hope they wouldnât take too many liberties, or give Miss Poole a bad report. He bowed slightly. âTim, this is Miss Murchison and Miss Bowditch. Ladies, yes this is Tim â Timmy, I mean. Weâre at your service, ladies.â
âHow delightful!â simpered Eleanor. âWhat lovely uniforms! Donât you think so, Diana?â
âVery suitable.â She regarded them for a moment with a predator-like gaze. âCome closer, boys. Let us get a better look at Cynthiaâs wonderful tailoring.â
The ladies couldnât have been more pleased with the boysâ appearance. Bobby had muscled up since their last meeting, and his friend was at least a match for him. They kept them standing there in front of them for a minute or two, eating them alive with their eyes, while the boys fidgeted awkwardly, cheeks reddening. They might as well have been young colts at an auction. Their visit wasnât merely a whim, or a pleasant distraction. It was the first move in a long-term strategy. The were part of a small circle of friends, those same friends that attended Dianaâs party in the Pittâs Wood committee room â Tracey, Cheryl, Danielle, and Polly â with a particular hobby. They held occasional wild parties, a sort of rebellion against their maturity, at which some sort of libidinousness was de rigueur. They had been wanting for some time to involve Barbara, Kaiya and Chantal â but Polly was resisting sacrificing her daughter to her friendsâ lustfulness. When the boot boy idea was first mooted, they saw the possibilities at once. And now Bobby and Timothy had been pencilled in for their December bash.
âOh, Miss Murchison⊠Do you know Cynthia, then?â asked Bobby, to break the apparent impasse.
âYes. We just met. Talented woman. Wonderful imagination. Bobby, come to me⊠YesâŠ.â
He moved forward a few inches.
âCloser.â
She extended a hand and stroked the side of his pants. Bobby suppressed a shiver.
âSuch quality. Feel that latex, Eleanor.â
But Eleanor was already leaning forward, running her fingers down Timothyâs flank.
âExquisiteâŠâ
Diana gave Bobby her idea of a playful pinch on his bare thigh, making him flinch.
âShall we have a few snaps â while theyâre still fresh?â
That didnât sound very promising.
âGood idea, Diana.â
âRight. Go stand in the middle of the room boys. Side by side.â Out came the phones. âSmileâŠâ
It was just like the day before, with Bethany and Natasha. It was clear to the boys that they were going to have to put up with a lot of this. Still, it was easier than cleaning bootsâŠ
They were photographed separately and together, in every humiliating pose they could imagine. But then things got a bit more intimate.
âHold hands, boys⊠Smile⊠You two have known each other a long time, havenât you? No, stay holding hands please. Havenât you?â
âSome years, yes, Miss Murchison,â ventured Tim.
âYou must be very good friendsâŠâ
âErâŠyesâŠâ
âVery closeâŠâ
They nodded.
âPut your arms around each other.â
âSorry?â
âYour arms, boyâŠâ
âOhâŠyesâŠâ
âNowâŠcuddle a little. Go on â donât be so shyâŠâ
They cuddled. Timothy, the more intimidated and awkward of the two, cuddled Bobby rather more energetically, pulling Bobby against him until their torsos were pressed together and their heads side by side.
âYou trying to suffocate me?â hissed Bobby in his friendâs ear.
âYou told me not to hold back,â whispered Timothy.
âAnd donât blow in my earâŠâ
âThatâs lovely, boys! No, stay like that⊠Eleanor, could you show them what we want?â
âOf course.â
Eleanor rose and approached the affecting tableau. She began adjusting their poses.
âTimmyâŠput your hands lower on Bobbyâs backâŠright downâŠyes, on his bottomâŠgood. Hold him tight. Bobby, you do the same⊠No, there, silly⊠Thatâs better. Now, heads back a littleâŠlook into each otherâs eyesâŠrub noses⊠Thatâs a kiss in Eskimo, you know.â
For a moment Bobby thought of protesting. But he quickly rejected the idea. They couldnât afford to antagonise these two; the consequences would catastrophic. He had been over this in his mind enough times. On the one hand, punishment, worse humiliation, possibly public; on the other all that - plus losing their jobs and the money that both wanted so much, and which they could never obtain elsewhere.
âGood, thatâs better,â said Diana, switching to video. âThank you Eleanor. Now, without moving your feet from the spot, pretend to be dancing. Go on. Bend your upper bodies, sway your hipsâŠand whisper sweet nothings, if you wish. Excellent.â
The boys reluctantly followed their instructions. Timmy, who wasnât endowed with a lot of natural grace, moved awkwardly, and held onto Bobby a little too tightly. Diana knew very well, given the unavoidable friction, a degree of arousal was inevitable. She quietly hummed Dancing Cheek to Cheek to herself.
âExcellent! You move so well together. You clearly have great mutual empathy. Keep going, donât slow down⊠Good⊠Relax a little, Bobby⊠Timmy, you too. Youâre a tad too stiff⊠Thatâs better⊠Yes, youâre getting into a nice rhythm now⊠Thatâs great! Iâm going to give Miss Poole a fantastic report today. And youâre going to get a fat tip, too!â
âWe canât keep this up much longer,â whispered Bobby, his cheeks on fire.
âI know⊠I can feel yourâŠâ
âI can feel yours! If this goes on much longer youâllâŠâ
âMe? I can take it. Youâre the oneâŠâ!
Just when Bobby had made up his mind to pull away from his friend, Diana intervened.
âAll right. Thatâs enough! Excellent, boys. Turn and face us, please⊠Oh, super! No. stay like that for a moment. Goodness, youâre both so red. Sorry, that must have been quite exhausting. But you certainly proved you can dance!â And something else, she thought, noting their firm erections with satisfaction.
âWell, Diana, I think itâs time to get our boots polished. Thereâs twenty minutes left. Will that be enough, boys?â
âYes, madam,â said Bobby, relieved. âIf you care to take your seats in the parlourâŠ.â
They wasted no time in attaching their knee-pads, kneeling and getting to work. Bobby serviced Diana, Tim Eleanor. They worked quickly and efficiently, grateful for the chance to do what they did best, and earn a good report. They finished with a minute to spare. The ladies stood up and admired each otherâs boots.
âYouâve done a great job, boys,â smile Diana. âDonât you think, Eleanor?â
âMy boots have never been so shiny! Positively gleaming! Well done! Weâll definitely come again.â And she embraced Tim and gave him a little pat on the bottom, as if he were a six-year-old. The worst thing was, Bobby noticed, that he actually looked pleased!
But the fact was, he was pleased â proud that Eleanor had praised his work. This was his first job â he had nothing to compare it with â and he had already accepted the whole weird premise that he was employed by a strict mistress to clean ladiesâ boots, and a generous salary, and that to do it well constituted the sum total of and reason for his existence. âSee?â he was thinking, âthat proves it. Iâm just as good as Bobby. I should ask for that âassistantâ title to be removedâŠâ
Diana had opened her purse. She slipped out two fifty-pound notes and placed them on the side shelf.
âWow! Fank you missâŠer, madam!â cried Timothy.
Even Bobby was gobsmacked. âYes,â he gasped. âThank you so much.â
âYou earned it boys,â smiled Diana. And she turned and followed her friend out.
The boys stared at each other. The memory of the humiliation they had just endured had been suddenly effaced by the two small pieces of crisp pink paper lying in front of them.
âIf theyâre gonna leave up tips like this,â said Tim, picking one up, âthey can do whatever they like⊠They didnât seem as bad as what you saidâŠâ
Even Bobbyâs resolve was weakened.
âWell⊠I guess⊠That was nice of them⊠Donât suppose anyone else would give us a tip like that⊠And weâll get a good reportâŠâ
âMy phone is red hot,â laughed Diana, as they walked back up to the car park.
âIâm not surprised. We got what we wanted, didnât we?â
âClear as day. But whether they realise it themselves, Iâm not sureâŠâ
âNo! Thatâs the funny thing. But next timeâŠâ
âNext time weâll bring it home to them. Itâll be easier, with them in their pageboy outfits...â
âAnd with all those accessoriesâŠâ
âYes, with those.â She laughed. âYou drive, Eleanor. I want to review this videoâŠâ