Episode 3
“You two have lazed around her for the last week! It’s about time you helped out a bit around the house”, Zelda admonished Sabrina and Eric who were lounging in the sitting room. They threw their eyes up and went “yeah, yeah” dismissively.
“Hilda and I are spending the day in town and we expect to see the place spick and span when we get back!” The two teenagers surveyed the room with its empty pizza boxes, drinks cans and scraps of food spilled on the carpet. “What a drag”, Sabrina sighed. For once Eric agreed with her and they found something in common at last. “Yeah, what ya gonna do?”
Zelda and Hilda arrived back around 5pm which was much earlier than Sabrina had expected. They usually had dinner out when they went into town. Sabrina had her feet up on the coffee table and lay back on the sofa. She sat up suddenly when they came in.
Zelda was about to admonish her for lazing around. But then she noticed that the place HAD been cleaned. She looked at the ornaments on the mantelpiece. She couldn’t remember the last time they had been dusted but they were perfectly shiny now.
But Sabrina had a very guilty look on her face. Zelda and Hilda were puzzled. Why did she look so guilty when it appeared that they had done what they were told to do?
The door from the kitchen opened. Eric walked in and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his aunts. He was wearing a black maid’s uniform with white lace collar and trimmings and layers of petticoats. A frilly apron was tied around his waist. He wore black stockings – Zelda could see lace stocking tops peeking under his short petticoats. He tottered in four-inch heels and had a lace headband pinned in his hair. His face was fully made-up with bright lipstick, eye-shadow, blush and false eyelashes. He held a tray with an already opened bottle of Prosecco. She could see that his nails were painted red.
“Sabrina!” Zelda scolded her. Sabrina put her empty Prosecco glass down on the table rather sheepishly. Eric didn’t know what to do, he just stood there holding the tray, fluttering his false eyelashes. It was clear to Zelda and Hilda that he was under a spell to obey Sabrina’s orders and didn’t know what to do in this situation.
Sabrina spoke up. “That’s OK … eh, Fifi … you can leave the bottle back.” Her fun was clearly at an end. Eric curtsied and said “Oui Mademoiselle” in an absurd French accent and turned to go but Hilda interjected. “Hold on a moment!” Eric froze again unsure what to do. “Is that Prosecco?” Hilda asked. “Oui Madame”, Eric/Fifi answered. Hilda pointedly looked around the sparklingly clean room – it was much cleaner than they had ever had it. “Well, fetch two more glasses then … Fifi.” “Oui Madame” Eric curtsied and turned and flounced into the kitchen.
He returned momentarily with two glasses on the tray. He tottered over to the coffee table in his heels and placed the tray down. When he leaned over and poured the Prosecco into the glasses his aunts saw his lacey black panties with several rows of frilly white lace. They glared at Sabrina. “Just having a little fun with it”, she replied sheepishly.
“Fifi, please take our coats”, Hilda ordered. His hands were now free of the tray so he took his petticoats in his fingertips and executed a much deeper curtsey and bowed his head. “Oui Madame.” Zelda and Hilda handed their coats to the maid. “Merci Mesdames!” he squeaked and curtsied yet again, obviously programmed by Sabrina to curtsey whenever he spoke. He flounced over to the cloakroom. His aunts noticed the ruler-straight seams on his stockings right down to the Cuban heel. They appreciated Sabrina’s attention to detail.
Eric closed the cloakroom door and stood with his hands clasped on top of his petticoats awaiting further instruction. Zelda could see the mortification in his eyes. Sabrina had clearly left him conscious of the fact that he was a boy dressed up as a French Maid but under a spell to follow instructions without hesitation.
“Did Fifi do all of this?” Zelda asked, looking around the room, clearly impressed. Sabrina nodded. “She’s very good once given precise instructions.” She put down her glass. “Fifi, have you finished cleaning upstairs?” “Non Mademoiselle” Eric curtsied holding his petticoats out daintily. “Well you’d better get back to it then” she ordered quite sternly. She looked at her aunts to see if they were going to object. They both sat back on the sofa and sipped their Prosecco. “Oui Mademoiselle” Eric curtsied rather hurriedly and scampered off in response to the assertive command.
He picked up a feather duster from a shelf. He trotted up the stairs quickly, his petticoats flouncing and revealing more and more of his frilly panties as he ascended. His feather duster was clutched in his right hand and his left arm was held out to the side with his hand dangling limp-wristedly. Zelda sipped her Prosecco. “We might let you away with it this time Sabrina.” They all chuckled.
They sipped their sparkling wine and watched a movie, listening to the scampering of high heels in the rooms above. When they finished their drinks Sabrina leaned forward lazily and picked up a little bell. She gave it a little tinkle.
They heard Fifi’s heels coming along the corridor upstairs. Eric descended the stairs in a flurry of frilly petticoats. He scampered over in front of Sabrina and gave a full curtsey with petticoats held out “Oui Mademoiselle?” “More Prosecco!” “Oui Mademoiselle.” Eric trotted off to the kitchen. Hilda noticed that his stocking seams had strayed a little off straight. He returned with the bottle of Prosecco and poured three glasses, emptying the bottle.
“Make sure there is another bottle in the fridge Fifi.” Zelda thought she detected a little wince in Eric’s eyes at the realization that he was going to have to continue serving them Prosecco into the evening. But it was just for a moment. He curtsied “Oui Mademoiselle.” He returned to the kitchen and they heard the empty bottle being dropped into the recycling.
He returned, stood in front of Sabrina and gave another deep curtsey “Mademoiselle”. “Fifi?” Hilda addressed him. “Oui Madame”. Eric gave her a deep curtsey with his petticoats held out as always. “I think the seams of your stockings are a little crooked.” “Ooh la la! Excusez moi!” He flounced over to the hall mirror, turned his back to it and twisted to examine his seams. He reached up under his petticoats and tugged at the lace tops of his black stockings. The left one was simple enough to straighten but with the right stocking he needed to reattach the suspender strap a little to one side.
Sabrina and his aunts giggled quietly as he struggled with his stockings. Eventually he smoothed down his petticoats and scampered back in front of Hilda. “Merci Madame”, he curtsied. “Turn around, let me see.” Eric tottered around on his heels and stood with his stocking seams facing Hilda. He held his arms out at the sides with his hands bent outwards daintily.
“I can’t see your seams right to the top”, she told him and tried not to giggle too much. Eric reached behind and pulled up his petticoats revealing the tops of his stockings, his suspenders and his black and white frilly panties. “Hmmm”, Hilda delayed keeping the boy standing there exposing his lingerie to them.
“I suppose it will do.” Eric lowered his petticoats briefly, turned, then took the ends again in his fingers and gave a deep curtsey. “Merci Madame.” “Back to work. Vite!” Eric gave a little jump and quickly flounced back up the stairs. They all laughed when he was safely out of hearing.
A little while later he flounced down the stairs again. They watched lazily as he went to the utility room. He emerged carrying a heavy vacuum cleaner in one hand and the hose attachment in the other. They watched with amusement as Eric struggled up the stairs in his heels carrying the heavy implement.
Shortly afterwards they heard the noise of the vacuum cleaner and heard it being pushed back and forth over a carpet upstairs. Zelda raised her eyebrows to Sabrina, clearly impressed. But she had to see this. “Excuse me.” She tiptoed up the stairs.
Eric was vacuuming her room with his back to the door. He held the vacuum cleaner hose in his right hand while his left arm dangled limp-wristedly on the other side. She was pleased to see that he kept mincing around even when there was no one looking. Due to his high heels he had to lean forward a little to vacuum and she could see the white frills on his panties flutter as he moved it back and forth.
The vacuuming must have continued for another hour. Sabrina tinkled the bell for more drink on one occasion when Eric turned it off to move rooms. He came scampering down the stairs and there was lots more curtseying as he was ordered to bring more drink. He was half way back up the stairs when Hilda said “some nuts would be nice”. There appeared to be an irritated pause by Fifi on the stairs. But Eric flounced back down, curtsied, “Oui Madame” and went into the kitchen to fetch them.
Eventually he tottered unsteadily down the stairs carrying the vacuum cleaner and returned it to the utility room. He flounced over to Sabrina, curtsied. “Ze doosting et vakooming est fini Mademoiselle.” It took her a little time to disentangle his Franglais. “Very good. There are just the four bathrooms to clean now.” They could see the crestfallen look in his eyes but he curtsied “Oui Mademoiselle.”
“But first I think we could do with pizza!” “Yes!” Zelda confirmed, “there’s a large one in the freezer.” Eric curtsied. “Oui Mademoiselle” and flounced off to the kitchen and turned on the oven. He emerged carrying bathroom sprays and cloths and a pair of rubber gloves. He scampered up the stairs.
About ten minutes later he reappeared and went into the kitchen, presumably to put the pizza in the heated oven. He flounced upstairs again. About 15 minutes later there was a ping from the kitchen. They could hear his rubber gloves being pulled off and he minced down the stairs again. A few minutes later he emerged with a tray of 3 plates each with a quarter of the pizza. He placed one in front of each of them daintily and then stood back and curtsied. “Mesdames!”
“Please top up our glasses.” “Oui Mademoiselle” he curtsied and scampered off to the kitchen. He returned with the bottle and topped them up. “Mesdames!” he curtsied holding his petticoats with only one hand as he still held the bottle. “Black pepper please” Hilda requested. Eric turned to face her, curtsied. “Oui Madame.” He flounced off again and returned with the pepper grinder. He leaned over Hilda’s pizza and turned the grinder. “Thank you.” Eric just curtsied, clearly not knowing the French for ‘you’re welcome’.
He held the pepper grinder over Zelda’s pizza. “Madame?” “Yes thank you.” He ground the pepper and then curtsied. He minced over to Sabrina’s pizza. “Go ahead.” He peppered her pizza and curtsied.
“You may eat your portion in the kitchen”, she told him. “Merci Mademoiselle”. He curtsied but hesitated. “Puis-je”, he hesitated, “demander une question?” Sabrina looked up, a little irritated at being kept from her pizza. “Oui?” “May I”, he asked nervously, “av a leetle vin?” “Good heavens no! You still have lots of work to do.” Eric jumped back a little in fright. “Oui Mademoiselle” he curtsied. “Merci Mademosielle”, he curtsied again as he backed away. “ Je m’excuse Mademoiselle”, he gave a particularly deep curtsey and bowed before scampering off to the kitchen, much chastened. The women all giggled.
Fifi ate her pizza from the kitchen counter, perched on a stool. Eric tried to tug his petticoats down sufficiently to cover his stocking tops and suspender straps but failed. He hooked his high heels on a lower rung and wiggled his toes and ankles trying to seek relief from the agonizing heels during this brief respite from his housework.
As soon as he was finished his pizza he flounced out of the kitchen and over in front of Sabrina “Mademoiselle”, he curtsied awaiting an order. “Take away these plates and wash up!” she ordered. “Oui Mademoiselle” he curtsied and gathered up the plates. They heard the taps going in the kitchen and the clinking of plates.
Soon he returned and once again curtsied in front of Sabrina “Mademoiselle”. “You’d better get back to your bathrooms!” “Oui Mademoiselle” he curtsied and scurried off without complaint.
“I suppose I’d better change him back once he’s done the bathrooms” Sabrina said and sighed. Zelda looked around the pristine room. “Do we have to? This is working out rather well.” She sipped her Prosecco. Sabrina was shocked. Her aunts had repeatedly told her not to take advantage of her powers over her cousin.
“His mother is coming to visit on Saturday”, Hilda reminded them. They nodded. “We don’t really have to change him back until then.” They all looked at each other. This was very naughty. “Cheers!” Zelda raised her glass. Sabrina and Hilda smiled and raised their glasses. Hilda said “Santé!” They all laughed.
(to be continued)