Hannah showed me the rules and legal disclaimers for the contest and told me to sign it. She instructed me to be sure that Mom was one hundred percent convinced that I signed on my own free will and that I was willing to participate in the contest and would do anything possible to win. I signed the agreement with some hesitation but I knew it was best for me to do so. Hannah kissed me on the forehead and said, "You just wait and see, this is going to be so much fun!, and by the way, Hailey will be here about 8 in the morning tomorrow, she wants to take you window shopping to get an idea of what your taste are."

I told my sister okay knowing any more complaints from me today would mean more problems for me in the future.

I went to sleep about 10:30 and was awaken by Audrey at 7:00. "Come on sleeping beauty, it's time to get up. We've got a lot of things we need to get done today."

… to be continued

Nick starts his training for the contest. His sisters and Hailey devote extra efforts to get him in the correct mindset for training. This chapter pretty much has the foundation in place for the storyline. Look for some exciting and usual twists in future chapters.

 

Mystique Boutique's Contest

Kristen Marie

 

Part 3

SATURDAY AM

"Okay already I whined back. "I'm up, I'm up."

"Cute nightie" she said with a wink.

I got up, got dressed and ate. The house was buzzing. My sisters were all awake but still groggy; a very unusual spectacle for all of them to be up at such an early hour.

My mother had to work today. Seldom did she have to work on Saturdays.

My mother was very attractive. She was exceedingly strict and allowed no misbehaving. When she told us something, she told us once or else. Hannah had the exact same type of personality as my mother.

Hailey arrived about fifteen minutes after breakfast and we talked about all the things that happened yesterday. It was somewhat awkward to discuss the topic freely but everyone in the house was very much aware of my situation and what I had now been coerced into doing.

Hailey was so cute. She was small and very pretty. She had short brown hair with blonde highlights. Her eyes were the most hypnotizing hazel. Looking into her eyes would sometimes make me lose my train of thought. Hailey was smart, well liked in school and enjoyed many friendships. Hailey was the type of person that kept you thinking of her until the next time we'd meet. I would get butterflies any time I saw her heading towards me.

Hailey was very thankful and appreciated my enthusiasm. Furthermore, she thought we could get to be close friends over the next sixty days.

I think at that point I was starting to break down a little. With my sister's insistence about our family photo album, the fact that everyone I cared about was aware of the contest, along with the only girl that I had ever had a crush on coming to visit me, all made me feel more open to the idea. Hailey's ability to sweet-talk me was also a strong point.

Hailey and me walked to the bus and headed to town to window shop. She held my hand the entire time we were on the bus. When we got to town, we continued to hold hands as we walked past the windows. Hailey asked me what seemed like a thousand questions regarding how I felt about certain clothing or styles that were on display. I asked her twice as many because I really had little idea of what she was asking. She giggled when I asked questions. It became a fun experience as she smirked with my lack of knowledge of feminine clothing. Her laughter, smiles and teasing me were such a turn on.

Hailey and I had a long conversation about the contest. During an unusual serious moment, she told me how fun this would be and that she thought she knew how uncomfortable I was feeling. We talked for a long time as I explained to her all of my concerns. We also discussed how my sisters were going to play an important role. She told me that many of the guys at school were planning on wearing girl's clothes in the near future so they could get used to how to walk, sit and other girl things before contest time.

Hailey reached over and kissed my on the cheek. I think my heart must have skipped a beat. I never expected the kiss and I was elated that a girl was interested in me and I could say what I felt without fear or shame or rejection. This was really going well and I felt, as did Hailey, that she and I might develop a great friendship over the next few months.

"Gosh, we have so much to do, we need to get you back home" Hailey told me.

We walked to the bus stop hand in hand again and then headed back to my house.

Hannah was the sister that always liked to be in control. Her hair was seldom down. Hannah preferred it up and away from her face. She was beautiful enough to be a model. The perfect skin, a robust chest and she always wore clothes that made her look astounding. She was very popular with her friends and the boys. Hannah also had connections for just about anything you'd ask of her; concert tickets, software before it was available in the stores, and so much more.

Hannah, Becca and Audrey were in the kitchen when we arrived. Hailey told my sisters what we looked at and how I reacted to some of the fashions and all of the questions I had. Hailey also mentioned that she felt that I had better adapted to what was asked of me for the contest. My sisters were very intently listening to what happened in town and offered tremendously sincere support in helping me anyway they could to help us attain the number one spot in the contest.

Hannah told me that they all had worked out a plan to help me adapt to my new role. She said they felt that if we took small steps for the first week, the remaining weeks would come easier. They had all agreed that placing me in a girl's environment would help me adjust smoother, rather than dive right into the contest regulations and dress code. Hannah told me that they had unanimously agreed that from now on Audrey and me would be switching bedrooms and as before, I was to make Mom feel that I was very content with that arrangement as well.

Even though my eyes opened wide with her comment, in actuality, I was not real surprised. Hannah went on to explained that I could wear whatever I pleased until next Saturday morning as long as it was from my new bedroom (Audrey's room). Underwear was to include top and bottom and the rest I had to locate myself by exploring the closets and dresser. Hannah's paused and just looked at me. I guess she expected me to run out of the house in a tantrum and never return.

I entered my sister's room, my new room. The room had snow-white ceiling with a ceiling border of pink roses with green leaves that layered the light pink walls. The carpeting was a blends of pink and gray in a medium pile weave. The bed had a canopy that had the posts curtained in a pink checked fabric. At the end of her bed was a white chest with teddy bear decals. The chest was sitting on an oval shaped rug that was also pink with purple. The ruffles on her curtains, bed skirt, comforter and throughout her room said, girl, girl, girl.

The dresser was white with a fancy lace cover. There were teddy bears and dolls wherever your eyes wandered. A rocking chair with a pink hand sewn pad was nearly invisible because the Raggedy Ann dolls that covered it. Posters of Nick and Jessica covered the walls in between the framed pictures of antique dolls.

I saw, jewelry, rings, necklaces, makeup and endless bottles of who knows what. Audrey really lived so different. The scent of girl was permeating my nostril membranes. Her bookshelves were full of "American Girl", "Nancy Drew" and "Babysitters Club". My old room was so simple, a hamper, computer games, an X-box system and a few memorabilia from my little league days. Adjusting would take some effort.

I didn't know that my sisters had scoured the room and removed any cotton panties and left behind plenty of pink, pastels and lacy panties from storage. Also, they went through my sister's drawers and closet and took anything that I might feel less girlie in.

I was recalling seeing plenty of clothes that Audrey had worn that looked very similar to what I wore so the first week of girls clothes didn't seem all that dramatic in my mind. I knew in the near future though my clothes selection would be more difficult. My sister dressed like a Barbie doll. Many of her clothes were similar to what I had seen in the teen movies she watched too often. "Ewww", I thought. The future weeks would be more uncomfortable I had guessed.

"Well then, shall we?" Hannah asked. "Why don't you go to your new room, hand me all your clothes you're wearing out the door, then get dressed. We can go over some things that we all need to do next week to prepare. "Is that okay?" she asked me.

"Sure, I guess that's okay" I replied.

I took off my clothes and handed them to my sister in the hall she then shut my door.

I had a lump in my throat seeing all of the clothes in the closet but I knew that wasn't for a while so I opened the dresser drawers to see what I could find. I opened the top drawer and found a rainbow of pink, purple, white, peach underpants. Some had lace or ruffles, some were plain, all seemed to be silky. I dug through the drawers looking for the most basic bra she had. As I hoped, she had some nearly training bra small, bras. A few in white, which is what I put on. Even though I had played dress up with the girls, actually wearing panties and a bra as my only option felt odd and awkward.

In the closet I found plenty of t-shirts to choose from. After further examination, some had odd sleeves at the shoulder, some were nearly see through and would not hide the fact that I was wearing a bra and others were so short, they rode above my belly button. I did find a few that were close to what I wear and put an powder blue one on that had a local radio station logo on it.

I search the closet for her jeans. I only found two jeans that I could wear; the others were very low cut stretch, white, pink or dressy pants. Yikes they were tight! As I pulled them up, they slid up easy even though they hugged my skin. The waist was well below my belly button on the ones that I knew were the highest, "These must have really shrunk" I said to myself.

I opened the door and called for Hailey, Hannah came and said, "What's up?"

"These jeans have shrunk, they don't for me," I complained.

"I don't think they have shrunk, runt, finish getting dressed first and we can explain fashion to you then, okay?" she said.

"Okay I guess" I replied, "but these have really shrunk, believe me."

Next I searched for some shoes. I found an abundance of unusable shoes with colors, too girly, fancy or opened toed. I did find a pair of Nike that looked just like mine except for a small pink band near the bottom of the shoe and pink laces. I searched and found white laces in her (err my) sock drawer as well as well as only two pairs of white ankle socks. Again, not as I had remembered but definitely passable as 'boy clothes' for the next few weeks. The laces would make the shoes good enough. The pink border was so small, no one would notice. I looked at myself in the mirror and felt very confident that I looked almost exactly the same as I did this morning.

Audrey was my favorite sister. Her room, although very girlish, was not to the extreme of my sister Madeline's. Audrey was somewhat a cute tomboy. She looked as great in jeans and a t-shirt as she did in a mini skirt. Audrey and I had developed a strong bond early on, in our childhood. Her blonde hair, blue eyes and petite stature were features that would cause most anyone to take a second look at her. She was the cute, the 'girl-next-door' type, soft spoken and innocent in disposition. A better friend would be hard to find.

I opened my door all dressed and yelled, "I'm ready."

"Come into the kitchen and let's get to work on next weeks plans," Hannah said.

Heading towards the kitchen I noticed my old room had been gone through. My clothes, shoes and all of my personal belongings had been removed. My computer and X-box system had signs, 'password protected' on them.

"You will have to entertain yourself with whatever you can find in Audrey's bedroom or watch TV in the den. Most of the channels are locked out; you'll have to watch what we watch. The only magazines left to read are girl's fashion magazines. All of your game magazines and comics are removed. The house is boy-proofed" Hannah advised me.

As I entered the kitchen nothing really was said other than Hailey telling me I looked nice. I expected finger pointing and laughing. Hannah slid her hands down my back checking for bra straps, then across my fanny checking for my underpants. It was a nice surprise to see that my sisters didn't tease me. I told to them my concerns, while the girls explained all about girl fashions. It seemed that tight and short were the fashions I'd be getting used to.

Hailey and my sisters kept me occupied with planning. I kept on trying to pull my jeans up. They were so low on my waist; it felt like they were slipping off. The back strap of the bra also frequently annoyed me. "You will get used to it" Madeline told me viewing my fidgeting out of the corner of her eye.

That day really dragged on. I was searching my new room for something that I could find that was interesting with no luck. "I will redo your nails for every book you read" Becca teased me. Finally, It was time for dinner. I said goodbye to Hailey for the day. My mother asked if I would help set the table. The conversations during dinner were observations about today, some teasing about my questions and some joking about me fidgeting in my clothes.

After dinner the girls controlled the TV. They insisted on watching romance movies. I was so bored; I just sat there and watched with them. I got up to get some ice cream. Becca told me "It is time you start watching your figure, isn't it?"

My entire family laughed at her comment. After I had ice cream, I decided to go to my room. Boredom made me look over the book titles. I was going to lay in bed and read so it was time to find some pajamas. The only things I could find were nightgowns. I yelled to Audrey, "Where are your PJ's?"

She told me everything that she didn't take was in the bottom drawer. Since that's where I was looking, I guessed that pajamas pants were not accessible to me. I did search each drawer to be sure though.

Hannah came into my room and handed me a few types of lotion. "This one, in the morning and at night, your entire body. This one is for your face, before and after makeup and before bed" she told me.

"Okay" I said as I took the lotions and looked at them. "What does age defying mean? I asked her.

"It will make you look 12 again," she laughed.

She handed me a pink nightie.

"This is a silk jersey", she told me. "Deliciously soft, you're gunna get spoiled" she whispered in my ear.

"What is the color?" she asked.

"Pink", I guessed.

"Not even, It's Rose" was her answer. Pretty lace on the bodice and cuffs, scalloped edge on the neckline with a darling bow in the middle" she said as she pointed.

"Oh yea, very pretty" I mockingly returned with.

She turned me around and slapped my butt with the backside of her hand. "Go read" she said to me.

"A curse has closed Captain's Cove Amusement Park! Someone has stolen one of the carved wooden horses from the park carousel, despite old tales that say bad luck will befall the park if the horses are ever separated. At first Nancy Drew believes the disappearance is tied to an unsolved jewel theft..."

I was actually reading Nancy Drew" The Haunted Carousel". I lay in bed, reading, and must have fallen asleep.

To be continued …

  

  

  

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