Chapter 141. The Tomboy.
They were with Sally for the whole afternoon. The first two hours were dedicated to the boysâ bodies, and inevitably Matthew received the bulk of the attention.
âIâm gonna 'ave to use a mixture of therapies,â she said, âwax, creams, âlectrical and IPL. Your âair is quite dark and I bin told to remove it all â âcept yer thatch, in course. Now youâll need to take off everythingâŠand I mean, everythingâŠâ
With the assistance of Betty Beatson and a girl called Annie, apparently highly experienced and quite lacking inhibitions, Miss Buttons succeeded in depriving him of pretty much every hair on his body and face. It was when she was working on his eyebrows that he asked, nervously,
âThis isnât permanent, is it?â
âNot yet. Youâll need to come back for two or free more sessions. Donât worry, theyâre all booked in, and youâll be told when in plenty of time.â
âButâŠâ
âKeep still, Matilda. Iâm nearly finished. After this I'll do yer 'air."
Philip was an easier proposition. His body and facial hair, which was fair anyway, had barely reappeared. His wig was removed, his head re-shaved, and a new one, fairer than the last, the hair straighter and thicker and pageboy style. As for Matthew, Sally had had an idea for she called a âway cool lookâ. His hair was washed in cool water, given a few splashes of red colour, moisturised, and then, bit by bit, twisted around a very slim curling iron until his head was covered with tight little black and red curls. Philip watched with amusement as his friend was transformed. Matthew himself watched himself in the mirror with a mixture of fascination and anxiety.
It was half-past four when they were at last ready to be dressed. The boys, both quite naked, were looking rather self-conscious, so Sally handed out two pairs of nice silky panties to spare their blushes. Philipâs were yellow, Matthewâs scarlet. Then came the selection of outfits. Philip was no problem. There were so many things he would have been happy to wear. So when Sally selected a pair of soft, opaque yellow tights, a pale yellow bra and blouse, and a short flared skirt of crisp black satin, he grabbed them eagerly and went to change.
âYou can pick yer own shoes, Philip, anâ any jewellery yer wants. Then Iâll do yer makeup.â She turned to Matthew, looking him up and down till he began to fidget with embarrassment. âMaffew...MatildaâŠI wonderâŠyouâre gonna be a sort of boyish girl, ainât yer? I meanâŠâ She glanced down at his well-filled panties, making him blush to the roots of his hair. âYeah⊠so I fink weâll go for the tomboy look. Sort of âad it in mind when I did yer âair.â She riffled through the clothes piled on the counter. âWhat about this? NoâŠeven thatâs too girlie, I fink⊠Ah, this is better! Simple butâŠcute. A bit gofic, like.â She had extracted a couple of fairly skimpy looking articles, and now held them up against the nervous Matthewâs semi-naked body. There was a cropped black knitted cotton top with three-quarter length sleeves and a high round neck, a pair of bright red metallic spandex shorts, and a pair of black fishnet tights.
She thrust the tights at him. ââEre. Get these on.â
Matthew stammered a few weak words of protest, which Sally purported not to hear.
âUrry up, then⊠I donât know, you boys. Youâll âave to get used to girlsâ stuff soon enough.â
She helped him pull up the tights, and picked at them till they were straight. They had a low waistband. âWe donât want âem peeping out over your shorts, do we? Not cool. Okay, now these.â
Trembling slightly, Matthew stepped into the shorts and pulled them up. They fitted snugly, the waistband a couple of inches below his navel, the legs cutely short, with thicker leg bands which gripped the tops of his thighs. He caught a glimpse of himself in one of the wall mirrors. The metallic spandex gleamed and sparkled in the bright dressing-room lights. They really left nothing to the imagination. There was a single seam running from the front of the waist to the back, separating both his buttocks and his balls. This seam, and the tightness at the thigh, coaxed his pen-is into a roughly forty-five degree position, where it lay confined, like a plump, straight sausage under the taut, shiny material.
âPerfect!â cried Sally. âNow the top.â
The top, when pulled down as far as it would go, fell short of his navel from above by a good four inches. Sally clapped her hands, and, waving aside his anxiety, proceeded to buckle on a studded black leather choker, a matching two-buckle wrist strap, after which she gave him a pair of black fingerless kid leather gloves to put on.
ââEre Maffew, sit down âere, anâ Iâll get yer boots.â
Matthew sat, wriggling his fingers into his new gloves. Sally fetched a pair of black lace-up chunky ankle boots from the boot and shoe cupboard, and, kneeling before him, placed them on his feet with the expert manipulation of a shoe store assistant, and laced them up tightly. The poor bewildered boy was finally presented with a short leather jacket without a zip, so that it couldnât be done up. Philip looked at him, both amused and impressed.
âWow, Matty. You look pretty cool, mate. Youâre gonna cause a bit of a stir around here I reckon. âSpecially in those cute little hot pants!â
Matthew was starting to say something but Sally interrupted.
ââAve a walk about, darlinâ.â
Obedient to her instructions, Matthew walked gingerly up and down the room, getting used to his new boots, which had added a couple of inches to his height. He was disturbed to discover that the combined effect of the slippery panties and the taut spandex made his member slip up and down through a narrow arc with every step. He bit his lip and contrived to take shorter steps, which earned him a reprimand from Sally. But eventually she was satisfied with his appearance and deportment. There was a gleam in her eye as she remarked, almost to herself, âGood, Matilda, very good. I think Miss Greystoneâs going to be very happy.â Miss Beatson smiled and nodded slowly, whilst Annie expressed her approbation with a malicious grin.
Sally had spent longer than she anticipated on the boysâ transformation, and so the final makeover was rather hurried. Philip got some yellow eyeshadow and peach lip gloss, Matthew red with black lipstick, followed by a touch of mascara.
âAnnie? Can you do their nails, love? I gotta get goinâ. Yellow for Philippa, for MatildaâŠoh, red will be fine. Right, boys. Annie âere will do yer nails and sort out the rest of yer wardrobes anâ stash 'em in yer room later on. These are yer outfits for tomorrer and until Miss Greystone decides uvverwise, okay? I gotta rush. See yer in a few days!â
And she was gone.
âRight you two, out please,â piped up Miss Beatson, who had preserved a silent deference throughout the whole process. You can have a late dinner and then off to your room. C3, all right? Got that?â
Dinner was officially over, so fortunately Matthew didnât have to put in a public appearance that day. They ate together in the empty canteen. They said little, both absorbing the events of the day. Afterwards they hurried up to C3. They were pleasantly surprised. It was a very large room, well-decorated with pale green walls, a wood floor, and a big rug in the centre. There were two big windows on the far wall looking out over the lawns at the back of the house. Their beds were also on the window wall, one at each end, each just beyond the adjoining window, each equipped with a bedside cabinet and light. On the left wall were two chests of drawers, and on the right a folding table with three chairs, and a door marked "Bathroom". The corridor wall was mainly occupied by wardrobes with mirror doors, but at the farthest end from the door was another bed.
âI guess the extra bedâs for our roommate,â remarked Philip. Even so, the place is big enough, isnât it?â
âYeahâŠitâs great, actually,â said Matthew, checking out the bathroom. âThere's a shower an everything in here, and lovely pink tiles. I didnât imagine it would be this niceâŠâ
âSo you like it?â
âYeahâŠI could live in a place like thisâŠâ
âWhat, as a girl?â Philip laughed.
âNo, thatâs the snag.â He caught sight of himself in one of the mirrors. âNot that I look much like a girl at the moment.â
âDo you mind that?â
âNoâŠnot when Iâm with youâŠâ
Now Philip was back as a girl, Matthew was beginning to feel romantic again. He took Philipâs hand and put his arm round him and gave him a hug. Philip gasped as he felt the entire length of his friendâs member press against his belly. He wasnât sure he was ready for another round of lovemaking so soon, but he didnât want to hurt Matthew, so he decided to give him a quick peck on the cheek and release himself from his embrace. But Matthew took the peck as encouragement, and pressed himself more firmly against his friend. Now Philip could actually feel it swelling and hardening against him, and to his consternation he felt his own body spontaneously responding. He glanced sideways at their reflection in the mirror. A few months ago he could not have conceived of such a situation, but now⊠And Matthew did look incredibly hot in that little outfit. He allowed his right hand to slide down until it rested on Matthewâs left buttock. He didnât know quite where this was going... But at that moment a soft knock at the door broke the spell. They jumped apart, flustered.
Philip glanced at Matthewâs bulging shorts. âIâll get it.â He went to the door. âWho is it?â
âItâs meâŠDavid. I mean, Daphne. Can I come in?â
âJust a sec.â
Matthew seated himself on the bed, where his predicament would be less obvious. Philip opened the door.
âCome in.â
âThanks.â He took a pace forward and stopped dead. He was still wearing the red dress and all the trimmings, though he looked a little more dishevelled than before; his makeup was smeared, his tights had a rip in them, and there were multiple sticky stains on the front of his dress. He stared at Philip. âWow! You look beautiful!â And then, flustered, he added, âI meanâŠyou know, theyâve done quite a good job, havenât they.â Still slightly embarrassed, he held out his hand. âPleased to meet you.â Philip shook it.
âAnd you. Oh, and this is my friend, MatthewâŠer, Matilda in here. And Iâm Philippa, of course.â
âHello, Matthew.â
Matthew had no alternative but to stand up and join them. David stared at the gleaming shorts. Matthewâs arousal had hardly subsided.
âOh, goodnessâŠ.er, I meanâŠthatâs anâŠoriginal outfit, MatthewâŠI, erâŠ.â He trailed off.
âYeah, well, Iâm supposed to be a tomboy, see?â
âWell, thereâs no doubt heâs a boy, at least,â grinned Philip. Matthew glared at him. âSo David, tell us more. What was that about âtart of the weekâ? Sounds like something we should know about.â
So David told them all about it. Of course it had been Miss Greystoneâs idea, but it had been enthusiastically embraced by the whole staff. From the beginning the institute had been a front for the staffâs prurient obsession with the students. Miss Greystone and a couple of her friends had been the founders, but they had sought out like-minded women to help run the place. The general belief amongst the students, reinforced by certain remarks overheard during punishment sessions, was that Miss Greystone had a mission. It seemed that, in her youth, she had been betrayed and jilted not once, but two or three times, and now she was intent on sabotaging what she saw as the misogyny of any lecherous young men she could get her hands on - by the simple expedient of turning them gay!
âYou know, like the opposite of what those religious nuts do,â explained David.
And what better way than by confining them with their own sex, denying them the availability of any eligible female partners, and dressing them as girls! As this explanation was unfolding, poor Matthew was becoming redder and redder in the face, thinking how, if the principal knew his feelings, he would probably be elected student of the month!
The âtart of the weekâ designation had been Miss Greystoneâs latest idea in pursuance of her end. The unlucky student would be offered this honour instead of a caning, as punishment for some minor breach of the rules. Standing in front of Miss Greystoneâs desk, looking at the stand full of vicious implements, it was difficult to choose the latter. However, once elected to the position, the student would have reason to regret his choice. He would be dressed appropriately, fitted with the badge of his office â a gold choker â and for the next week he was fair game for the whole institution. He could be used in any way by one or more of his fellows with absolute impunity.
âYou can imagine what they get up to,â sobbed David. âOr maybe you canât. Just nowâŠâ
But he didnât get to finish what he was about to say. There was a loud knock on the door, and a male voice called âDaphne? You in there? Weâre waitinâ.â
âSorry, Iâve got to go. Catch up tomorrow?â
âSureâŠâ
âComing, Dominique!â
And with a whimper, he let himself out. As he closed the door the boys heard a chorus of ironic cheers and raucous laughter from the corridor. They looked at each other uneasily. Matthew felt suddenly vulnerable.
âThis isnât good Philip. It really isnât.â
âDonât worry Matty. Weâll look out for each other. No-oneâs gonna mess with us.â
âRight. No-one. Apart from Miss GreystoneâŠâ