Chapter 104.
The inaugural meeting of the new, enlarged, Ladies in Boots took place while Bobby was in the middle of his exams. One Friday morning, Nicole, Lavinia, Sarah, Clarissa, Magda, Zeta, Kaiya and Barbara gathered at Nicole’s house for an open discussion of strategies and goals. Nicole had brought more chairs into the lounge and they sat in a circle, sipping coffees and soft drinks, with Lavinia with her pen poised over a pad ready to make notes.
“Thank you all so much for coming,” smiled Nicole, looking around.
“Thank you for inviting us, too, Nicole,” piped up Kaiya.
“No need for thanks, darling. You two are just what we need. Fresh blood and fresh ideas. Now I know it seems a big meeting for one little boy…”
“Maybe we can recruit another one some time,” murmured Clarissa, hopefully.
“Not so little any more,” grinned Sarah. “He’ll be seventeen in a few weeks.”
“But he still behaves like a little boy…” remarked Lavinia. “That’s what makes him so cute…”
“That and his pretty looks,” laughed Magda.
“Yes!” cried Barbara, enthusiastically. “He’s so pretty! He has a face like a girl!”
“It’s true,” nodded Zeta.
“He could be a girl,” put in Kaiya, thoughtfully.
“Apart from…”
“Yes, of course, Babs, apart from…that. But I’ve been thinking. You really don’t exploit his good looks, Nicole. When he was all made up and in that amazing outfit at Miss Murchison’s party he could easily have been mistaken for a female. He’d look so cute in a pretty dress, don’t you think?”
“She’s right – we should pursue that idea,” said Lavinia. “I’ll jot it down. Mind you, we’d have to suppress his natural…er, talents…”
“That’s easily dealt with, Lavvy,” said Nicole. “I’ve got a whole range of devices available, as you know. It’s a good idea. He needs to get used to exercising a bit of self-control. And I do wonder sometimes…would he be happier in a more female persona?”
“When’s his dressage performance?” asked Sarah.
“Middle of October,” said Nicole. “After he comes back from his hols he can hang out with his mates for a couple of weeks before he goes back into training. So if it suits you, Clarissa, he’ll move to yours around, say, the middle of August?”
“Yes. Mélisande’s expecting him. She’s very excited. She’s been cleaning out his little stable. We’ve ordered lots of nice fresh hay, and I’ve fixed a new tethering ring low down on the wall. I keep reminding her it’s supposed to be a secret but she’s itching to tell her friends.”
“Oh dear. Never mind. We’ll worry about that later. So, after the dressage show he’ll be at our disposal. Well, technically of course Mélisande will still be in charge, but I presume she won’t be countermanding our plans, Clarissa?”
“I think my daughter will be happy for us to take charge,” laughed Clarissa. “Though she may start to assert her rights in a few years. I imagine the idea of having a good strong man at her beck and call when she sixteen or seventeen may be appealing.”
“She’s growing fast, isn’t she?” said Magda. “By next year I think she may be too big for him.…”
“I’m on that already,” grinned Nicole. “My friends at Fantastex are working on adjustable leg extensions that can be used increase his height gradually by anything up to nearly a foot. So once we get those fitted he’ll be able to accommodate pretty much any height of rider. Of course, he’s going to have to get used to them, but it’ll mean he’ll be able to move faster, and pretty much any of the girls at Pitt’s Wood will be able to ride him.”
“Oh my god, Niccy, you’re priceless!” cried Lavinia. “So it looks like Mélisande can never outgrow him. She’ll be happy. But I’m not so sure about Bobby… You haven’t told him?”
“No. It’ll be a special surprise. Maybe his Christmas present…” She sniggered. “Now, any other ideas? What about his boot boy services? I’ve discussed this with Miss Poole and she wants to provide him with a private room at the Centre and offer bookings to private clients only.”
“Okay… So what would he be doing, exactly…?” asked Sarah.
“At the moment his duties would be cleaning boots, period. No hanky-panky. I’d have him firmly locked up, as well. That would be a necessity – you know how he reacts to boots. As to how we dressed him… Well, we could be as creative as we wanted. I’m sure Barbara and Kaiya have some ideas. His customers would pay a small fee, and he’d get, I don’t know, maybe ten or twenty percent. The rest would go to the Centre. All very respectable, but excellent obedience training. That must be our strategy, I think. By the time he’s eighteen I want him responding to instructions without thinking. Then we can start experimenting.”
“Good thinking, Nicole,” said Magda. “He’s a natural submissive. All we’re doing is giving him what his heart desires, showing him the ways in which he can express his personality. Right?”
“It’s true,” said Sarah. “He respects girls and women, but he admires them so much he never wants to take the initiative. His idea of a relationship is serving them in any way he can, responding to their needs and whims. That’s when he seems most fulfilled.”
“Yes, and it’s the same with sex,” added Nicole. “He has no desire to make love to a girl. He at his happiest when they use him as their sex toy. Remember Phoebe? When I caught her pounding him with a strap-on in his stable, he was in heaven! He’s very confident in other ways – intellectually in particular – but in this area he’s definitely, I don’t quite know how to put it…actively passive!”
“Yes!” cried Clarissa. “The other day…” He voice trailed off and she turned bright red. Everyone looked at her.
“Yes? Go on,” smiled Lavinia.
“Er…no, nothing…”
“Come on, spill it, Clarissa…”
“It was nothing…er…it was just, you know, one day when he was cleaning by boots…”
“Yes?”
“Well, I just happened to put my foot in the wrong place, and…”
“You naughty girl!” laughed Nicole. “You made my nephew…c-um?”
“I hardly did anything! Honestly! All of a sudden he just went off like a firework!”
“Well, you’d better get used to it, sweetie.”
“What? What do you mean?”
“Let’s talk about it later, okay?”
“Okay…if you say so…”