ted’s mortification (part 1)
by Boudicca
Tammi and her friends teach big bro who’s really the boss

Edward Jacobs, better known to his friends as Ted, or Teddy to those who 
liked him less, wandered home a little more excited than usual. His 
Badminton practice had gone, as it usually had, deplorably. Ted didn’t 
like sport, but when he’d been cajoled for long enough, he decided, if 
he really had to play sport, Badminton might be the right game for him. 
Unfortunately, the others who played it, played it rather more seriously 
than Ted did and he quickly got left behind. 

But, this evening, he didn’t care. He knew he’d finished early and his 
little sister would be at gymnastics’ training so, until she arrived 
home with their mother an hour or two later, he’d have the place to 
himself. It was a rare opportunity to do as he pleased and he was 
rather looking forward to it. When he arrived at the apartment door and 
fiddled with his keys, he was considering what he might do first. There 
were a number of possibilities and he wasn’t certain which ones to take 
advantage of. As he swung the door open and his mind began to focus, 
firstly on the stereo, he suddenly stopped and listened. His mood 
abruptly changed from good to bad. 

The moment he entered the apartment, he heard wild giggles and apparent 
gaiety emanating from the living room. He knew, immediately, that it 
must have been his little sister. And, he realised, she obviously had 
company. Ted eased his back-pack off his shoulders as he made his way 
angrily toward the living room. “ Bloody little bitch “ he murmured 
under his breath, for he knew she should have been at her gymnastics’ 
training. The moment he reached the doorway to the living room, he 
stopped and took stock of proceedings. He quickly spotted his 13 year 
old sister piggy-backing someone around the coffee table. He didn’t 
immediately recognise who the rider was for they had their backs to him. 
But, before his little sister had circled around the coffee table, to 
waltz back around the room toward him, he recognised the rider’s bobbing 
pony-tail. It was Josie Palmer, his sister’s best friend. They were 
both in their gymnastics’ costumes. 

It always caused Ted to feel humbled when he saw his sister and her 
friends like that. Tammi, although only 13 years old, was a pocket 
titan who always excelled at everything physical. Unlike himself, Tammi 
seemed able to turn her hand to anything and do it with both finesse and 
motivation. It always irked Ted to see her in her gym clothes because 
her years of physical training, especially her gymnastics, had caused 
her to become powerfully built and extremely strong for her size and 
age. Ted had very purposefully avoided doing anything physical with her 
because he wasn’t entirely certain whether she may, indeed, have been 
stronger than him, despite his 5 year age advantage over her. That was 
more than his ego, vulnerable as it was, could stand. Ted had become 
more of a computer nerd 
 as the years went by. Even he accepted that it was something of a 
defence. 

Even so, Tammi was just as academically efficient as she was physically 
efficient. Nevertheless, her devotion to sport had left her with little 
opportunity to become interested or proficient with computers. For Ted, 
it was a rare case of one-ups-manship. “ Ted “ he heard his sister say 
in greeting, as the girls’ noise suddenly abated. Ted had been dreaming 
mindlessly and was still standing in the doorway where he’d come to a 
halt when he was first confronted by them. “ Hi Teddy !” Josie called. 
Ted glared at Josie the moment she called out ‘Teddy’. She knew, damn 
well, he hated to be called Teddy. The moment he looked at her, as she 
sat on his sister’s back with her arms tightly draped around Tammi’s 
shoulders, his anger mellowed. He thought she was absolutely gorgeous. 
He often wished some of Tammi’s friends were a little old er. Not that 
he’d have had a chance of impressing them anyway. They were all so 
damned physical, they’d have hardly regarded Ted’s long, gangly frame as 
desirable in a male companion. 

As Ted thought so, he suddenly realised his mind had drifted off again 
when he’d been confronted by young Josie. He knew she’d only just 
turned 13. Once he’d snapped out of his awkward glare, Ted thought to 
ask “ how come you’re home ?” He looked carefully at his sister, who, 
as he asked, crouched down a little and then bounced Josie’s weight a 
little higher up her back as she gripped her friend’s legs more tightly. 
She looked to him, after that, and explained “ Mrs Chin got caught up 
or something, I don’t know, she might have been sick, but training was 
cancelled. So she left instructions for us to do some exercises at 
home.” Ted continued to stare at his sister silently, since he had no 
way of confiding how disappointed he was to find her at home. His eyes 
glanced from his sister’s face to Josie’s right beside her as Josie ad 
ded “ Yeah, so we’re doing horse rides and things as exercise.“ Josie 
grinned cheekily and then raised one of her arms as if to pretend she 
had a whip and called “ Come on, gi’ up !” Tammi immediately 
responded and bayed like a horse as she took off around the room again. 

Ted rolled his eyes as he walked over to the sofa and dropped his back-
pack onto it as he picked up the TV guide. He glanced, from beneath his 
brow, at the two girls for a moment and was distracted by the physical 
effort which seemed to go into their stupid game. Tammi’s legs seemed 
to crease and ouze with muscles while Josie’s gymnastically developed 
arms and legs stretched and bulged as she continued to urge her make-
believe steed around the room. “ My turn “ he heard Tammi say as she 
stopped and let go of Josie’s legs. Josie raced around to the front and 
Tammi quickly jumped onto Josie’s back. Tammi then began to mimic 
Josie’s previous, jockey-like commands. Just as Ted tried to 
concentrate again on the TV guide, the front door-bell rang. As he 
dropped the guide to his side and looked toward the front door, he was 
distracted as Tammi call ed out “ There’s Marj, come on Trigger, let’s 
go !” He watched as Josie dashed across the room and disappeared down 
the hall toward the door. 

Ted found his heart pounding a little more noticeably once he realised 
Marj might make an entrance. He knew Marj was the oldest of the girls. 
She’d just turned 14. Marj lived in one of the apartment’s down the 
corridor and had become close friends with Tammi over the previous year. 
Tammi had even convinced Marj to take up gymnastics as well. Without 
the life-time exercise Tammi had had, Ted had to accept, Marj had 
apparently taken to gymnastics like a duck to water. Marj was slightly 
taller than Tammi or Josie, and not as strongly built as either of the 
younger girls, but she was lithe and amazingly athletic. But her great 
asset for gymnastics was her amazing flexibility. Tammi had admitted 
that Mrs Chin had only wished she’d got Marj a few years earlier as she 
considered her a born natural. Marj, however, was not so convinced. 
She apparently en joyed gymnastics and put a lot of effort into the 
sport, in order to try and catch up with those who had more experience 
than her, but her mind was not as keenly set as Tammi’s or Josie’s. 
Marj possessed a certain heir, one almost of detachment. Trouble was, 
she was absolutely beautiful, as far as Ted was concerned, and he’d 
secretly had the hots for her ever since he’d first seen her in the 
corridor one day. 

Indeed, Ted felt a little embarrassed about finding her on her way to 
the living room. Ted was in his Badminton gear and his skinny legs and 
tall, thin frame were fully exposed. There was a sudden urge to make a 
dash for his bedroom so that he might change, but the approaching mayhem 
down the hallway, back to the living room, left him with no opportunity. 
Josie carted Tammi back to the doorway with Marj right behind them. 
Marj, too, was in her gym costume. Ted felt immediately awkward the 
moment Marj saw him and greeted him. He smiled lamely and tried to 
remain as inconspicuous as possible. He was almost thankful when Tammi 
distracted her by jumping off Josie’s back and manoeuvring quickly 
behind Marj “ Come on, your turn !” Tammi screamed as she jumped up 
and straddled her neighbour who, in turn, quickly grabbed Tammi’s thighs 
in her cupped hand s and took off toward the centre of the living room 
as Tammi played the part of a cowgirl. 

Marj pranced about the room like a dressage horse, showing off her 
strength and agility by doing tricks as she raised her legs high and 
danced like some Spanish show-horse. “ Whoopee !” Tammi called before 
Marj suggested they change positions. Ted was amazed at how Marj’s, 
otherwise thin, but muscular legs, bulged as she danced around the room 
with his sister on her back. Her little calves positively expanded into 
compacted knots of steel each time she rose on her tip-toes. Once 
again, Ted tried to hide himself in the TV guide before making up an 
excuse to leave them to themselves. 

He found it hard to concentrate on the guide as the girls made so much 
noise. Suddenly, Ted realised Josie had made her way to his side and he 
glanced at her. Josie looked up to him as she smiled. God, but you’re 
pretty he thought as he smiled and looked down to her. He realised, 
only then, that the top of her head bearly came up to the middle of his 
chest. The realisation confounded him a little as her wonderfully 
athletic build expressed a certain stature which suggested she was 
bigger than she truly was. There was a short silence as the two looked 
at one another from close quarters. Ted was a little ill-at-ease when 
he found himself so close to her. Despite her diminutive height, he 
couldn’t fail to notice the tight curl of her short-sleeved gym costume 
stretch over her smal l, firmly rounded shoulders and her chest seemed 
to possess so much depth. As if it were designed to force her tiny, 
adolescent boobs out in front of her. He wanted to ask her what she 
wanted, but he simply looked dumbly at her and continued to smile. 
Finally, Josie asked “ Be my horse ?” Josie’s smile grew into an 
imploring grin as she awaited his answer. 

For a moment, Ted had to consider her words in order to decipher the 
meaning of her question. Finally, he shrugged, cast the TV guide back 
on the sofa and turned his back to her as he crouched down. “ Yeah !” 
Josie called as she jumped up, gripping his shoulders with her hands and 
winding her legs around his waist. Ted straightened quickly and tugged 
at her thighs as he hoisted her higher onto his back. Once he did so, 
he felt her arms envelop his upper shoulders as her face came up close 
to his ear. “ Giddy-up, my stallion !” Josie called excitedly as she 
mimicked having a whip in her hand again. Her warm, firm little body 
draped over his back caused Ted to feel hot flushes and he quickly took 
off around the room in an attempt to defuse his awakening libido. Even 
as he did so, he kept telling himself it was just an innocent little 
gest. After all, she’d just turned 13 and he was an 18 year old senior 
at high school. Nevertheless, her breath almost seemed to sting his 
ear when she called out from just above his shoulder, where her face 
seemed to push forward in order to see where her ‘horse’ was going. 

Ted quickly dashed into the kitchen and back around the living room. 
Tammi then followed with Marj encouraging her to catch up with the other 
pair. In moments, a little race had begun to evolve as the two pairs 
raced about the living room and then back out into the kitchen again. 
Even on his second round, Ted began to feel puffed and a little weak-
kneed. He was amazed at how easily the girls had seemed to do it and 
he soon came to a halt in the living room in order to bring things back 
under control. He was puffing, but tried to hide the fact because he 
didn’t want them to know how he felt. As Tammi pulled up beside him, 
she asked “ What’s up ?” Ted glanced down to his sister and then 
smiled as he saw Marj grinning happily from his sister’s back. Before 
he could answer, Marj suggested exuberantly “ Let’s have a real race !” 
Tammi and J osie agreed loudly causing Ted to remain silent. He was 
actually enjoying the fact that Josie was straddling him with her strong 
little legs, while her arms were tightly wrapped around his shoulders 
and neck. He relished her face close to his own as she continued to 
ride on his back in the centre of the living room. 

“ Where then ?” Tammi asked quietly as she looked to the other girls. 
Ted raised his eyebrows to feign a degree of indifference, but continued 
to remain silent as he revelled in his close company. He felt 
peculiarly big and strong around his smaller, less mature company and he 
thought it only fair he accept their little games for a while longer. 
He simply stood there like an impartial bystander. He noticed Marj 
glancing about the room. Finally, Marj’s eyes lit up as she saw the 
staircase leading up to the bedrooms. “ Hey !” she called “ how about 
up the stairs and back again ? You know, we touch the door at the end 
of the corridor and come back down again ?” 

Tammi looked up the staircase, as did Ted and Josie. Josie called “ 
Yeah, that’d be great exercise.” Then, after she thought about it, she 
added “ But lets do it in relay, that’d be even better.” Tammi frowned 
as did Marj, not certain what Josie intended. Ted tried to look back 
over his shoulder to see if he could make out what she meant. “ Yeah “ 
Marj suddenly bellowed when she realised “ that way we’d all get the 
exercise and it’d be much more interesting.” Tammi grinned and agreed. 
Ted, however, still couldn’t work out what Josie had suggested. So he 
asked, when no one seemed willing to elaborate “ What do you mean relay 
? After all, we’ only got two teams ?” Marj rolled her eyes to signify 
her impatience with Ted’s lack of understanding. Josie then explained 
 “ We go up the stairs and back down, then 
 we swap positions and the other one rides up the stairs. Dummy.” 
After Josie said so, she glanced to Marj and Tammi and raised her eyes 
deliberately to signify how stupid he was. 

Ted could hardly believe what she was suggesting and argued “ No way, 
you can’t expect to carry me up the stairs, I’m too heavy.” Ted craned 
his neck as he tried to look back over his shoulder to see Josie’s face. 
He could scarcely believe she was actually thinking of trying to piggy-
back his 18 year old, male frame at all, much less carry him up the 
staircase and back down again. Ted not only considered it impossible, 
but, even if she could manage to support him, it would have been too 
humiliating to even consider. There was no way he was going to allow a 
13 year old girl, bearly half his size, to piggy-back him around 
anywhere. And certainly not in present company. Both Tammi and Marj 
seemed unconvinced. Both of them very purposefully frowned and shrugged 
as they tried to look to each other and then to Josie. Finally, Tammi 
humphed “ Well, 
 she can, at least, try, just to make a race of it.” The other two 
girls murmured their agreement, but Ted was quick to point out “ Look, 
Josie could hurt herself, that’s not the sort of exercise Mrs Chin 
wanted you to do.” 

“ Damn it “ Tammi spat “ you’re a bloody spoiled sport, Teddy.” Her 
remark and her use of that name irritated him immensely, so much so he 
could hardly contain himself. Before he could react, however, he heard 
Josie suggest from behind his ear “ OK then, since you’re so much 
bigger, you go up and back twice, and only Marj and Tammi have to 
change.” Once she said so, Josie allowed a scowling look toward the 
back of Ted’s head, one which the other girls could not fail to notice. 
As she did so she added “ and I’ll just have to exercise some other 
way.” 

Ted felt himself getting dragged deeper into the game, with or without 
his consent, when both Marj and Tammi quietly and unwillingly accepted 
Josie’s idea. Once Ted realised he’d inadvertently allowed himself to 
be dragged into the contest, he looked up the stairs and considered how 
they might prove a little challenging. Still, he confided thoughtfully 
to himself, if his sister could piggy-back Marj up those stairs, then 
certainly he could piggy-back Josie up the stairs. He knew Josie was 
the smallest, not by much, but just a little smaller than his sister 
and, perhaps, 5 lbs lighter than Marj, whose taller 14 year old frame 
should certainly prove more of a challenge to his little sister. He 
also realised Tammi’s muscular, though compact body, would surely test 
Marj’s thin, though marvellously athletic legs. “ Are we ready for it, 
then, or what ?” 
 Tammi asked impatiently as she prepared to face the stairway. Ted, 
realising he’d passed the point of no return, nodded as he, too, faced 
the stairway. As he looked up, he almost shuddered as he felt Josie’s 
lips converge on his ear. Her whispering breath caused him to shiver 
with delight. “ If you get there first “ she suggested “ it’ll be hard 
to get passed us, the stairs are really narrow.” 

Josie hardly noticed the 18 year old boy’s sudden tremor when she first 
whispered in his ear, but she did notice when he nodded, almost 
imperceptibly, in the affirmative. “ Who’s gonna call ‘go’ ? “ Josie 
then asked. Everyone hesitated for a moment, so Marj took the 
initiative and said “ I will.” She glanced to her opponents, then 
allowed Tammi to bounce her a little higher to gain a better hold before 
Marj asked “ Are you all ready ?” Both Tammi and Ted nodded to 
signify they were ready. “ OK, get set, GO !” 

Both make-believe horses dashed into action with their respective 
riders’ loud encouragement. Ted tried to reach the stairs first and put 
extra energy into the effort, but realised his sister was just as quick, 
so he very deliberately aimed his run in such a way as to hinder her 
progress. Just enough to actually allow he and Josie to reach the 
stairs first. He ignored the minor protest which eventuated as a result 
of his action, but smiled as he heard Josie whisper “ Good one, Teddy.” 
The moment Ted began to move up the stairs he felt the strain, 
particularly in his knees and thighs. Almost immediately he heard 
cursing from behind and felt something hitting the backs of his legs. 
“ Come on, shit !” he heard Tammi urge. 

He couldn’t see what was happening and Josie awkwardly peered back over 
her shoulder to find Tammi struggling to get passed her brother. But he 
was blocking her from getting a clear run. Prevented from over-taking 
him, she was forced to virtually await him to take each step before her. 
Just as Tammi, in desperation, tried to force her way passed him, by 
taking two steps at a time, Ted seemed to almost lose his balance and 
wavered very slightly on the stairs. His action almost buffeted Tammi 
who had to stop and take an awkward step backwards to see what he was 
doing. 

Ted felt exhausted when he was only half way up the stairs and wondered 
how he could possibly do two circuits of the race. Just as he tried to 
exert all his energy into taking an extra step, his sister tried to 
barge passed him. Her action, and his faltering knees, caused him to 
almost tumble. He had to quickly let go of his hold on Josie’s thigh, 
nearest the railing, so that he could clutch the rail to steady himself. 
He felt Josie’s arms instinctively tighten about his shoulders and 
throat, as did her straddling legs wind even tighter about his waist. 
The combination of Josie’s punishing grip and Tammi’s buffeting from the 
rear almost caused him to fall. But he just managed to steady himself 
with his hold on the railing so that he could take another step. Josie 
glanced back to their opponents, once her horse set off again. She saw 
Tammi looking up toward them with fire in her eyes. She had obviously 
stopped on the stairs just behind them when Ted nearly collapsed and 
sent all of them tumbling back down the stairs. Tammi watched as her 
brother, once again, began his climb. Once she realised he was out of 
her way, she lunged up the stairs two at a time, rapidly gaining on him. 
“ Two at a time “ Josie whispered in his ear when she saw Tammi fly up 
behind them again, far quicker than Ted seemed to manage. 

Ted decided to give two steps at a time a try, only when he reached the 
last two steps. He was already huffing and puffing as he placed his 
right foot on the top level and leaned forward to get his weight over 
it. The moment he began to pull himself up, he felt his knee begin to 
give way. He screeched instinctively as he felt his knee buckle under 
him as his and Josie’s combined weights fell over it. Ted defensively 
let go of Josie’s thighs as he pushed his hands forward to break his 
fall. As he collapsed in pain on the top of the stairs, Marj called “ 
Yeah, go, go, go, Tammi !” At that point, Tammi quickly skirted around 
her fallen brother and friend and began to run for the bedroom door at 
the end of the upper landing. Marj glanced back over her shoulder with 
a gleeful grin as she watched Ted struggle to extract himself from 
beneath Josie as 
 he gripped the railing and hauled himself back onto his feet. 

“ Fuck you’re hopeless “ Josie admonished in frustration as she quickly 
stood behind Ted and readied herself to jump onto his back again. Ted, 
on the other hand, was forced to lean against the upper railing for 
support while he kept his weight off his injured knee. As Ted held his 
right leg off the floor, he realised that his knee was not only sore, 
but it felt extremely vulnerable. “ Come on “ Josie urged as she 
glanced along the corridor to see Tammi touch the door before swivelling 
about, ready to run back to the stairs. “ I can’t “ Ted murmured, “ 
I’ve done me knee in.” As he stood there grimacing and no longer 
concerned with the girls’ silly games, he was startled to see Josie’s 
back appear before him as she heaved her hips back toward him. At the 
same time her hands extended out behind her back as she urged “ Hurry, 
c ome on, we can still catch them !” He watched as her face revealed 
signs of both anger and frustration as she attempted to look back over 
her shoulder. His total bewilderment only seemed to intensify her 
frustration as she snarled “ Jump on, you silly fuck !” 

Ted was almost as shocked by her language as he was by her apparent 
suggestion that he ride her. He could hardly believe she actually 
intended trying to piggy-back him. Especially when he found her stooped 
slightly forward as she attempted to back under him. She appeared all 
that much smaller. Eventually, just as Marj and Tammi passed them 
again, with Marj screaming “ Too easy, too easy “, Josie grabbed Ted’s 
sore, raised leg in one of her hands and tugged it forward toward her. 
At the same time, her hips forced their way in between his thighs. The 
pain her action caused to his injured knee, forced Ted to wince and 
raise his head as his face constricted into a parody of agony. 
Instinctively, he had to allow his body to ease down over her back as he 
allowed his other leg to rise up to her waist. Before he knew it, Ted 
found his right hand clut ching her shoulder while his legs straddled 
her waist. The realisation that she was actually supporting his entire 
weight while he continued to grip the railing in his left hand, so 
amazed him, he was startled when she suddenly took off. The moment she 
did head for the door, Ted had to instantly let go of the railing and 
throw his left arm forward to grab her other shoulder. 

He was distressed, confused and astonished at how quickly the young 13 
year old girl raced toward the door with his 18 year old body mounted 
precariously on her back. He mindlessly clutched her shoulders in his 
cupped hands and tried to grip her waist with his thighs. He had to 
hold his long, thin legs out in front of her, lest his feet drag along 
the floor. It appeared all the more ludicrous as, he realised, he 
seemed far to tall to be carried so easily by the much smaller and 
younger girl. As they approached the door, he recognised that his legs 
extended too far forward for her to reach out and touch the door. In 
desperation, he hauled himself, very awkwardly, higher up her small back 
and wrapped his arms around her little shoulders. Her size simply 
confounded him as he felt her carr ying him, with such apparent ease, 
that she seemed to be running at full speed. As he wrapped his arms 
around her shoulders and upper chest, he hunched forward so as to even 
his weight more firmly over her back. At the same time, he tried to 
draw his lower legs back. He managed to tuck his calves up flush 
against the backs of his thighs, although the action hurt his injured 
knee. 

No sooner had he managed to pull himself into a steadier position on her 
back, than Josie touched the door and swivelled about easily to dash 
back toward the stairs. As he sat there perched high on her back to 
watch the top of the stairs loom ever nearer, he could hardly contain 
the combination of sheer joy and utter humiliation he felt as the tiny, 
but exceptionally powerful, young 13 year old girl piggy-backed him with 
consummate ease. “ Be careful “ he said quietly as she turned to grab 
the railing in one hand to help steady her descent. Josie snarled over 
her shoulder “ you just hold on, you useless wimp.“ Ted anticipated 
going down the stairs would be far more difficult than coming up them, 
but Josie seemed to manage it with ease. When they were only a few 
steps down, Ted saw Tammi look up from Marj’s shoulder. Marj was 
concentrating on the 
 steps as Tammi called out “ Say, that’s cheating !” when she saw her 
brother on Josie’s back, out of turn. 

When she said so, Marj hesitated and gripped the rail in one hand so 
that she, too, could peer up the stairs to Josie and Ted. When she saw 
Josie’s little body transporting the cumbersome and useless-looking, 
gangly male down the stairs, she was both startled and impressed, but 
she was forced to quickly step to one side to let them pass her. “ 
Quickly “ Tammi screamed as Josie passed them by, near the bottom of 
the stairs. Marj’s head had swung about to watch Josie and Ted go by. 
The sight had intrigued her since Ted’s body seemed to almost envelop 
Josie’s much smaller frame. But Tammi’s urgent call caused Marj to 
realise she was losing valuable time. Immediately, she lunged up the 
stairs again. 

Ted was holding on for dear life, his knee hurt like hell, with all the 
jarring the descent had caused it. Meanwhile, his crutch was having 
kittens as it rubbed awkwardly against the crook of the young girl’s 
back. He could not see her face, all he could see, when he looked down 
passed his cheeks, was her bobbing pony-tail as the small girl reached 
the bottom of the stairs and then turned quickly to go back up. “ 
You’re joking “ Ted murmured in astonishment when he realised she was 
absolutely determined to finish the race herself. He could not bring 
himself to believe she could carry him back up the stairs, much less, 
back down again. 

Before he could doubt any further, as she turned, he felt her one hand 
let go of his upper thigh closest to the railing, so that she could grip 
it to steady herself. At the same time, the hand she had used to steady 
herself on the way down, came up under his other thigh to grip him 
tightly again. Ted was forced to tuck his legs up as compactly as 
possible as the young girl, unbelievably, began to take two steps at a 
time. She dashed up the stairs with such speed and power, Ted could 
scarcely bring himself to accept it was happening. But, before he knew 
it, they had reached the upper level and turned toward the bedroom once 
again. Josie had certainly managed to climb the stairs a lot faster 
than Ted would have been capable of doing, good leg or not. And he had 
absolutely no doubt that h e could not possibly have transported his own 
weight up the stairs at all, much less as fast as Josie had managed to 
do. It was all rather humiliating to accept this tiny 13 year old was 
so much stronger than he was. 

They passed the other two as Marj and Tammi were rapidly approaching the 
stairs again on their way back. Still, Josie kept her eyes to the floor 
and ran as fast as she could. Once again she touched the door, 
swivelled about and dashed back to the stairs. Ted’s eyes rolled as he 
realised she was about to dash back down even faster the second time 
around. But she had bearly reached the third step when the cries from 
below caused her to pull up suddenly. 

Both Ted and Josie looked down the stairs to see Tammi with her arms 
raised in a victory salute as Marj pranced about the bottom of the 
stairs still piggy-backing her. “ We are the champions, we are the 
champions “ Tammi was singing out delightedly. Ted could almost feel 
Josie’s body slump beneath him when she realised they had lost, despite 
her valiant efforts. He expected her to let him onto his feet, instead, 
she slowly marched down the stairs with her head held low, still piggy-
backing him as if she had forgotten he was still there. When she 
reached the floor, at the bottom of the stairs, she sulkily let his legs 
go and allowed him to stumble back onto his feet. Ted quickly reached 
out and steadied himself on the railing at the bottom of the stairs. 
There, he tried to fight the pain which ripped up through his whole body 
from his injured knee. 

“ Wasn’t fair “ he heard Josie say defensively “ Teddy hurt his silly, 
skinny knee.” Marj, who had transported Tammi toward the centre of the 
living room, let go of her load and Tammi eased her feet back onto the 
floor as they both faced Josie as she approached. Josie’s eyes still 
scoured the floor as she moved forward. Tammi and Marj noticed Ted 
leaning uneasily by the stairs as Josie offered “ We’d have won if he 
hadn’t hurt his stupid leg.” 

“ Doesn’t matter “ Tammi argued “ we beat you there and back and 
that’s all there is to it.” Josie went and stood before her two 
friends before glancing back toward the tall, forlorn and lanky 18 year 
old lad she had piggy-backed up and down the stairs so easily. She 
curled her upper lip distastefully at the sight of him, before looking 
to Tammi and Marj. Suddenly, her eyes lit up again as she put the 
defeat behind her. “ What now then ? Your Mum’s not coming home till 
late tonight, is she ?” Tammi shrugged and looked to her two companions 
before advising “ she said she had to work back a little while, she’ll 
bring dinner home. She said you two can stay if you like.” Both the 
other girls nodded agreeably as Marj suggested, “ What about war-horses 
?” When she mentioned so, both Josie and Tammi glanced back to Ted who 
cont inued to wallow at the bottom of the stairs, rubbing his knee. 
Josie turned back to Marj and suggested “ We don’t look like we’ll have 
enough for that.” Marj looked over to the 18 year old and grinned when 
she remembered him bouncing awkwardly on Josie’s little back and, if she 
hadn’t been mistaken, he had been very embarrassed by the experience 
too. It had looked ridiculous, but, Marj had to accept, probably only 
because he looked so large compared to Josie. He was, after all, 
despite his age, a skinny, big rake and probably didn’t weigh much more 
than 30 or 40 pounds more than the girls. Marj then realised, that 
would have been 30 to 40% more than Josie’s own diminutive weight. She 
realised it was still an impressive feat, especially since Josie had 
piggy-backed him so easily. 

Marj then winked, conspiratorially at Josie and suggested “ Look, I 
reckon I can talk him into it.” Josie looked suspiciously at Marj 
before she advised “ I don’t think he’ll be much good, though.” Marj 
shrugged and defended “ But, at least, it’ll be some sort of contest.” 
Josie raised her eyebrows and glanced back over to Ted who seemed to be 
in a world of his own and unable to relate to those around him. Josie 
then looked to Tammi and asked “ What do you think ?” Tammi quickly 
looked over to her brother then shrugged as she answered “ whatever.” 
Tammi looked again to her brother, he seemed, at last, to be slowly 
recovering. He was looking to the girls from beneath his brow. When he 
saw that he was the centre of attention, he looked a little embarrassed 
and tried to conceal himself, unsuccessfully, by bending over his k nee 
again and paying more attention to it. 

Josie then admitted “ I’m not teaming up with him though, someone else 
can have him.” Marj grinned, she knew Ted fancied her a little, she 
figured she could easily convince him to play another game. With that 
in mind, she decided to take full responsibility and suggested “ I’ll 
have him, you two go together and leave it to me.” Josie and Tammi 
smiled reassuringly, if a little indifferently, and went to the kitchen 
to grab a drink and leave the task to Marj. 

It had been Tammi who first noticed how her older brother often looked 
at Marj and brought his little crush to her attention. But she had only 
mentioned so in passing, quite by accident. The realisation had met 
with some disinterest by Marj, but, now, she felt she might use it to 
her advantage. When Marj began to walk over to Ted, she noticed he had 
pushed himself away from the stairs and had begun to limp toward the 
sofa. “ You OK ?” she asked as sweetly as she could. Ted appeared a 
little startled when he looked up and found himself confronted by a 
concerned Marj. Only then did he realise she was alone. “ Yeah, I’m 
fine “ he offered unconvincingly. He was, without even realising it, 
trying to impress her with his heroism. But, each time his injured, 
right knee felt a little of his weight, it caused him to grimace 
slightly as he continued 
 to make his way over to the sofa. He wanted to get his back-pack so 
that he could go and hide away in his bedroom. 

Ted tried to ignore Marj as best he could, but he was fully aware that 
she was walking alongside him to the sofa. “ Can I help you ?“ she 
asked coyly as she came to his side as if to hold him and support him. 
He almost flinched at the thought of the young lady helping him, since 
he felt humiliated enough as it was. “ I’m OK, I’m OK “ he protested 
mildly. Marj backed away a little and tried to think of a new 
approach. She felt he’d already offered it, inadvertently, by 
suggesting he was fine. “ Well, let’s try another game then “ Marj 
suggested slyly. Ted reached the sofa and, before stooping down to 
grab his bag, twisted unsteadily to face Marj as he answered “ no way, 
I’ve had enough of your games.” When he said so, Ted saw Marj smile 
enticingly and tilt her head very intentionally as she purred “ Please, 
Ted, for me .” Ted’s heart felt like it had just done a 360 in his 
chest when she pleaded with him. She looked absolutely wonderful as she 
stood there urging him to join her. He found himself smiling mindlessly 
in response. Marj seized the opportunity as his mood seemed to mellow 
noticeably. “ Come on, Ted, just one more game, otherwise I won’t have 
a partner.” Marj very deliberately tried to purr her request like a 
satisfied cat. Even she felt she had made the request in true, sexy, 
Hollywood-style. 

Marj watched on as Ted’s features seemed to transform. His body seemed 
to relax as his tensed shoulders stooped slightly. Marj heard him 
quietly sigh. His eyes dropped to the floor momentarily as if he were 
deep in thought. “ Come on Ted, please ” Marj persisted as she tried 
to drive home her advantage, she was sure he was coming her way. Ted 
considered the matter deeply for a second. He really felt that hiding 
away was his best option, but the thought of joining his neighbour in a 
new game overcame him. He looked to her again and asked “ What sort of 
game were you thinking of ?” Marj smiled happily and attempted to 
evade the issue in the hope that he would commit himself on principle 
alone. “ Oh great, I knew you’d be a good sport ” she responded, 
without answering his question. Before Ted could ask her again, Marj 
turned to look 
 to the kitchen doorway as Tammi and Josie returned to the living room. 
Each of them was holding two drinks as they approached. “ Told you he 
was a good sport, even with his knee “ Marj said as the girls came over 
to them. Marj was certain she had him cornered now. 

Ted became a little baffled. He really wanted to pair up with Marj, but 
he also wanted to know what they were going to do. Now he felt a little 
trapped and hesitantly tried to put his right foot on the ground, a 
little more heavily, to see how it would stand up to the weight. It was 
very painful but he realised he could manage it just the same. He 
offered a quiet thanks when Josie handed him an orange juice. “ Good 
one “ Josie said before she slurped a mouthful of juice and then turned 
her head toward Marj. Once she lowered the glass away from her mouth 
she added “ You and Teddy against me and Tammi, yeah ?” Josie took 
another big gulp of juice before putting the glass on the coffee table 
beside her. When she mentioned who would face who, Marj saw Ted show 
some degree of uncertainty and quickly moved to him and grabbed his arm 
in her hands as she 
 confided “ OK, me and Ted against you heathens.“ Marj looked up to 
the older and much taller boy and smiled reassuringly as she added “ 
we’ll kill ‘em, won’t we Ted ?” 

Marj knew, instinctively, that her sudden and unexpected intimacy had 
almost overpowered Ted. He looked down to her as if he were looking 
from heaven. His senseless grin said it all. Marj winked before 
turning back to the other two and advising “ OK then, are you two ready 
or not ?” 

Tammi and Josie glanced at each other and, before Tammi could ask who 
was going to be the horse first, Josie rushed around behind her and 
quickly jumped onto Tammi’s back. “ Yippee !” she called as she 
immediately began playing the part of a knight on her war-horse. “ 
Prepare to meet thigh fate, great foes “ she said over her shoulder as 
Tammi carted her away in a big circle around the room, doing a 
pronounced hop as if she were, indeed, a horse. Ted sighed noticeably 
when he realised another piggy-back ride appeared to be the order of the 
day. “ Ready ?” Marj asked coyly as she looked up to her partner and 
offered an almost corny flutter of the eyelids which she immediately 
regretted. Though, as she realised, Ted didn’t seem to think it as 
stupid as she did. Ted knew he was committed, but he quickly dispelled 
his fears as he put two an d two together. He realised he would not 
have to suffer the embarrassment of negotiating any stairs and he would 
have Marj draped over his back with her wonderful arms around him and 
her gorgeous lips close to his ears. The thought inspired him to 
greater things almost immediately. 

Marj quickly stepped in front of him, as soon as she realised he was 
definitely going to go through with the game. “ Hop on “ she called 
over her shoulder. “ Don’t be silly “ Ted argued “ I’ll be the 
horse, I’m the biggest.” Ted could hardly believe Marj could think 
herself strong enough to carry him as Josie had done. Josie, at least, 
had had years of gymnastic training to help her develop. Marj might 
have been marginally taller and, perhaps, just a tad heavier, but she 
was thinner and less developed. Besides, he thought to himself, he 
certainly wasn’t going to ride on her back, that would prove even more 
humiliating than what he’d already had to endure. Marj, meanwhile, 
shrugged and straightened before she asked “ are you sure ?” Ted 
smiled and tried not to appear too vain as he shrugged in response. 
Then he winked as he 
 offered “ Of course, besides, we got to beat those two, yeah ?” Marj 
grinned and said “ OK.“ Then she rushed around behind Ted and 
positioned herself at his back ready to jump on. 

Ted squatted down to allow her to reach his shoulders. Even as he did 
so, his knee sent minor darts of pain up his leg causing him to swallow 
lightly in anticipation of what he might, yet, have to suffer. He had 
little time to consider the matter as he felt her hands clutch his 
shoulders, then he felt his body suddenly jerked as she jumped up and 
threw her legs around his waist in the one motion. The action caused 
Ted to steady himself quickly and it caused his knee to almost give way 
as the pain tore up his body. Instinctively, he had leaned slightly 
forward to counter her sudden action so as to take some of the weight 
off his right knee. His quick and unexpected action almost caused 
Marj’s face to fall forward and into the back of his head. 

When he quickly recovered his position, Marj asked quietly “ You OK ?” 
Ted gulped quickly and fought back the pain as he steadied her weight 
while he continued to lean forward. He nodded affirmatively as he 
concentrated on his balance and tried to put most of his weight on his 
left leg as he straightened up. While he managed to rise without any 
apparent trouble, the pain was beginning to affect his concentration. 
He had to stand still for a moment once he was upright. He steadied 
himself and felt Marj’s weight sitting uncomfortably low on his back so 
he crouched very slightly and jerked her higher up as he also tugged at 
her thighs with his cupped hands. Once he’d done so, Marj also shifted 
her position slightly and tightened her legs about his waist as she 
pulled herself higher up his back. That way, she actually managed to 
put her arms over his 
 shoulders so that she could lock her hands together over his chest. 

Ted also managed, then, to clutch her thighs in his arms as he, too, 
managed to lock his hands together beneath them. He felt the tenseness 
of her thin, but very firm thighs and almost crooned as he felt her 
tighten her grip around his upper body. By then her head was raised up 
over his shoulder and he could feel her breath just behind his ear. Her 
body was warm and sensuous on his back and he had to remain still for a 
moment in order to distract himself from the warm, glowing feeling which 
swarmed all over his body. “ Let’s go, my great steed “ she whispered 
into his ear. Her breath in his ear caused him even more sensations 
than Josie’s breath had caused him when she had whispered into his ear 
earlier. Ted closed his eyes for an instant and then tried to 
concentrate on the room. He saw Tammi to one side of the room preparing 
to meet he and Marj. 
 He leant slightly forward and moved about the coffee table before he 
made his way into the centre of the room. He limped noticeably when he 
did so, but he did his best to hide the pain it caused him. 

“ When you two are ready “ Josie called impatiently as she saw Ted 
march out into the centre of the room, peering at the floor as he did so 
and basically ignoring his opponents who had, until then, waited for him 
patiently. “ Let’s take ‘em to pieces “ Marj urged quietly into his 
ear. Ted almost groaned unintentionally when he felt her whispering 
breath in his ear again, but he managed to save himself by answering “ 
you bet “. Ted looked to his sister and Josie and then said as he 
moved forward “ YOU prepare to meet thigh fates.“ Tammi took the que 
and marched forward. The moment the two riders converged, they frowned 
uncertainly as Marj towered over her opponents. Tammi hesitated when 
Josie showed no signs of offering contest and tried to peer back over 
her shoulder. “ I can hardly reach her “ Josie murmured as she conti 
nued to stare up at her opponent. “ Who cares “ Tammi quipped as she 
turned to her brother and rushed toward him. 

Marj tightened her thighs around Ted’s waist so that she could allow her 
arms to go free. Even as she did so, she found herself too awkwardly 
placed to reach over Ted’s shoulders in order to grapple with the 
opposing rider far below. Ted’s eyes squinted and he grimaced uneasily 
as the small girl on his back tightened her thighs around his waist. He 
suddenly realised how enormously strong her legs were as they almost 
forced the air out of his lungs. At the same moment, he felt Marj let 
go of his shoulders and tighten her legs still further as she locked her 
ankles tightly in front of him. Using her clutching thighs for 
leverage, Marj attempted to move higher up his back to allow her arms to 
fend off Tammi and Josie’s sudden charge. 


Just prior to impact, Ted was gasping for breath and concentrating on 
staying upright as Marj moved awkwardly on his back. At that point, his 
little sister crashed into him. Ted immediately lost his balance and 
began to fall back. Impulsively, he tried to steady himself and, the 
instant he did, he inadvertently placed all his unbalanced weight on his 
injured leg. Ted’s head rolled back as he screeched in pain. “ SHEEEit 
!” Marj called as Ted’s reeling head almost caught her in the face. At 
the same time, Marj realised he was collapsing. When she realised he 
was falling backwards she released her legs and arms and tried to push 
herself to one side before he fell on top of her. While Marj managed to 
fling herself to one side, her action caused Ted to fall even more 
awkwardly and he fell back onto the floor with a spine jarring thud and 
quickly cur led over and clutched his knee. 

Meanwhile, Josie had already raised her arms in victory as Tammi pranced 
about her defeated rivals. “ We are the champions, we are the champions 
” they both chorused as they circled their fallen opponents. Marj 
quickly rose to her feet and looked back to Ted, whom she realised had 
tears collecting around his eyes as he clutched his injured knee and 
pulled it against his body. She quickly stooped forward and lowered her 
face close to his. The moment Ted saw her face loom before his vapoury 
sight, he tried to stem the tears and attempted, rather unsuccessfully, 
to smile at her. “ You OK ?” Marj asked sympathetically. Ted was 
getting sick of her asking that question of him. Utterly devastated by 
the embarrassment he’d already suffered in front of her, he fought back 
the pain and torment and allowed his leg to straighten as he rose into a 
sitting position. “ Yeah, I’m fine, I just put all our weight on that 
bad knee by accident.” 

“ Poor thing “ Marj said as seriously as she could, but she knew she 
had sounded rather patronising. It must have sounded more like poor 
little baby. Ted glanced at her and seemed to hesitate for a second. 
His eyes still appeared rather watery, but he managed a smile despite 
the pain he felt. “ I’m OK, honest “ Ted lied. He was in agony and 
doing his best to hide it. Meanwhile, Josie and Tammi continued to call 
their victory over their fallen opponents. Marj glared up at them and 
quickly stood. She looked down at her useless horse and his injured 
leg, then decided to ignore it all and offered her hand. Ted looked up 
and allowed her to help him back onto his feet. More out of politeness, 
in response to her gesture, than to allow her to actually help him rise. 

Once he was upright, he realised he could not put any weight on his 
right leg. Josie suddenly called “ Ahah ! They’re finished, we were 
just too good.” Ted looked to her furiously but helplessly. “ The hell 
we are “ Marj called out as she quickly stood in front of Ted and said 
“ Come on, let’s get ‘em !” Ted looked at her offered back and wanted 
to run away and hide somewhere, but Marj simply backed into him and 
extended her arms back and grabbed his legs in her hands and ripped him 
up onto her back. Ted, astonished by events, groaned as her action 
caused his knee immense pain and he was forced, just for comfort’s sake, 
to fall forward and reach for her shoulders as he crashed onto her 
accommodating back. The moment his legs were drawn up around her waist, 
his arms haplessly grappled for her shoulders as Marj leant forward to 
support 
 his weight over her back. 

Marj continued to lean forward as she began to move across the room with 
Ted bouncing awkwardly over her stooped back. He felt like a useless 
pretzel as Marj very purposefully tried to draw him higher up her back 
and into a steady position so that she could stand upright and return to 
the contest. The whole experience, combined with the excruciating pain 
roaring up from his knee, caused Ted to simply hang on and be carted 
where ever she took him. Even as she bounced him and pulled at his legs 
to get him into a firm position, Marj marched forward, supporting his 
unbalanced body as she did so. 

Ted found himself grimacing from the pain her actions caused. 
Furthermore, he was forced to hold on and try and allow her to get his 
long, large and awkward body into a comfortable position on her back. 
As she did so, she continued to dash blindly around the room calling, “ 
let’s kill ‘em, let’s kill ‘em, come on knight. Let’s show ‘em.“ Ted 
could hardly believe he was now being piggy-backed by his small, but 
agile neighbour. He must have weighed so much more than her and yet his 
weight seemed of no inconvenience what ever. Without warning, but as 
soon as Marj thought the great, useless pratt on her back was ready, she 
charged back at her opponents, hoping to catch them off guard. 

Ted simply held on tightly as he saw Marj converge on the unsuspecting 
pair in the middle of the room. Josie had been whispering something in 
Tammi’s ear when she caught sight of Marj at the last moment. “ Watch 
out !” she called. Tammi immediately swung about and managed to force 
her shoulder forward to meet Marj’s charge. Marj deliberately crashed 
into her opponent and came to a sudden halt as Tammi, although just 
prepared for the onslaught, was buffeted backwards by Marj and Ted’s 
combined momentum. But she managed to stay on her feet, even as she 
staggered backwards, momentarily, while Josie continued to grip her 
tightly with her arms and legs. Marj noticed how unbalanced Tammi 
appeared to be, after her initial assault, and quickly aimed at them 
again, hoping still to knock Tammi off her feet. Marj had already come 
to believe the useless, 18 
 year old guy on her back could not win of his own accord and she felt 
her only chance was to take matters into her own hands. 

Tammi recovered her footing just in time to meet Marj’s second attack. 
Ted continued to hold on as tightly as he could while Marj’s every 
action caused him to wince and close his eyes tightly as his knee was 
hurt even more. When Marj smashed into her opponents again, Ted’s knee 
was the first point of impact and he cried out, though Marj was too 
pumped-up to take any notice. Josie saw her opponent’s eyes tightly 
closed as he simply held onto Marj’s shoulders with an intensity which 
arose out of his pain rather than anything else. She realised, had Marj 
not been gripping his legs so tightly at her sides, he’d have probably 
fallen off anyway. While Tammi fell back slightly with Marj’s attack, 
she quickly resteadied herself and, in turn, crashed back into Marj. 
Then each, in turn, began smashing into one another. Josie realised Ted 
was in nowhere -land and had little idea what was going on, he was 
simply holding onto Marj and being carted where ever her much smaller 
body took him. Tammi and Marj, meanwhile, had their heads tilted 
slightly to one side and forward, as they tightly gripped their 
respective loads. Josie could see both Tammi and Marj’s faces as they 
seemed to concentrate intensely as they shoulder-charged one another 
with greater and greater ferocity. 

Ted could hardly contain himself as his legs were caught up under Marj’s 
vice-like hold as she continued to hold his thighs against her body 
while she rammed Tammi over and over again. She was obviously using 
Ted’s heavier weight to her own advantage. As they continued to do so, 
Josie imagined a new strategy as she gripped her mount tightly with her 
arms and legs. It seemed very likely that Marj and Tammi might continue 
to batter one another ad infinitum. But Josie realised there might be 
an easier way to finish the contest quickly. Josie shifted her face 
toward Tammi’s ear, careful not to find Tammi’s head accidentally thrown 
into her face as she did so. Then she whispered into Tammi’s ear while 
she kept her eye on Marj’s continuing assault and Ted’s contorted face. 
Tammi nodded awkwardly in response to Josie’s suggestion. Then, the 
moment Marj, blindly, went to meet Tammi’s lowered shoulder again, she 
found herself travelling forward with her own momentum. Before Marj 
could steady herself, she realised Tammi had ducked below Marj’s 
buffeting shoulder attack. As Marj found her own weight, as well as 
Ted’s weight, over the back of Tammi’s lowered shoulder, she had no time 
to counter-attack. She felt Tammi’s arms lock around the top of her 
thigh closest to her, at the same moment, she felt Josie’s arms extend 
over the back of her shoulder. 

Tammi had decided to try Josie’s strategy and had quickly ducked beneath 
Marj’s last shoulder charge. She realised Marj was side-on to her, so, 
as Tammi crouched down, she managed to get her shoulder down below Ted’s 
leg and immediately let go of Josie’s legs to free her own hands. As 
Marj almost fell over her, Tammi reached out and grabbed Marj’s thigh 
and then heaved upward, lifting the girl completely off the floor, even 
as her 18 year old brother continued to rest over her back. Josie, 
meanwhile, found herself in line with Ted’s shorts and reached forward 
to clutch a handful of material in each hand. That way, as Tammi rose, 
she lifted everyone with her. Josie, meanwhile, simply steadied Marj’s 
upper load so that Tammi’s action would remain controlled even if her 
brother tried something stupid. 

Ted’s eyes opened in time to see himself suddenly and inexplicably rise 
high above the living room floor as he felt Josie’s hands grab at his 
shorts. “ Damn it !” he heard Marj curse and he moved his head back to 
look down. He realised his little, 13 year old sister had managed to 
pick them all up in one go. Ted felt so utterly humiliated he could 
hardly even think of a response to the situation. HIs little sister was 
exhibiting a strength which her 18 year old brother could never hope to 
match. Tammi called out from far below “ We are the champions, we are 
the champions “ as she marched about the room carrying Josie, Marj and 
her 18 year old brother with her. “ Stuff it you are, “ Marj bellowed 
as she tried to shake herself free “ we’re not down yet !” But her 
struggles remained ineffective as Josie also clutched at Ted and 
 Marj’s bodies to hold them tightly in place. Suddenly, after carrying 
them all around the room together, Tammi twisted about and winked to 
Josie. The moment she did, they both pushed their opponents away and 
Marj and Ted tumbled to the floor and crashed onto the carpet in a 
disorganised heap. Worse, for Ted, Marj’s body landed on his sore knee 
causing him to scream unintentionally with the agony it caused him. 

Marj rolled away quickly and jumped to her feet, only to see Josie 
riding around the room with her arms high above her head as she and 
Tammi sang a familiar chorus. The moaning, which originated from near 
her feet, caused Marj to glance down at the heaving and despicable 
cretin beside her. She slowly shook her head when confronted by the 
fallen mass that had been her incompetent horse and even less efficient 
rider. His pathetic moaning almost caused her to want to stomp on him. 
“ Christ what a useless bloody wimp “ she whispered to herself. As she 
continued to look down at him, as Ted remained curled into a foetal 
ball, clutching his knee, Marj realised the chorus had ended and looked 
over to the other girls. 

Tammi stood in the centre of the room with Josie still clinging to her 
back. She heard Josie murmur “ Looks like your brud really creamed 
himself this time.” Tammi remained silent and looked distastefully at 
her ‘big’ brother. She was actually fuming with disgust as he rolled 
around like a pathetic arsehole on the floor. He was embarrassing her 
in front of her friends. Marj sensed Tammi’s feelings and decided it 
was time to get rid of the useless 18 year old before he caused Tammi 
anymore embarrassment. 

Marj stepped toward him and bent over him as Tammi marched closer, still 
carrying Josie who seemed quite happy to ride her forever if chance 
allowed. Marj bent down and grabbed one of Ted’s hands which still 
protectively clutched his knee. She wrenched it free and snarled 
unsympathetically into his face “ Up-si-daisy little man, you poor 
little thing.” Josie couldn’t help smiling, but felt embarrassed for 
Tammi who had been burdened with such a useless brother. Ted continued 
to whimper softly as he looked up to Marj whose face hovered just above 
his own. He felt completely devastated, but his knee ached like crazy 
and he was sure he’d done some serious damage to it. Still aching and 
bearly capable of hearing anything, but his own whimpering, he didn’t 
quite catch what Marj had said, but she appeared to be helping him to 
his feet. Ted tried, 
 painfully, to rise with her help. Marj tugged at his wrist and arm as 
she tried to haul him up, so that he could stand of his own accord. She 
glanced back to Tammi and Josie, who stood beside her to watch 
proceedings, and rolled her eyes very theatrically. 

Finally, Ted found himself on his feet but, even as he stood, holding 
his right foot off the floor, the weight of his foot pulling down on his 
knee still caused him considerable pain. He knew he had to lie down and 
looked through his tears up to his bedroom. “ That might be best “ 
Marj suggested to him when she saw where he was looking. Ted looked 
down to her and felt both humiliation and rage as he found his one arm 
draped over Marj’s shoulder as she held him firmly around the waist. 
Only then did he realise he would not have been able to stand without 
her there to support him. “ Huh ?” he murmured when he heard her say 
‘that might be best’. Marj glanced quickly to her other friends and 
rolled her eyes, yet again, before turning back to Ted and saying “ I 
think you better go to bed.” Ted nodded forlornly and tried to move, 
but almos t squealed the moment he tried to take a step. The pain, 
indeed, almost caused him to collapse. 

“ Christ !” he heard Marj yelp when she almost had to catch him. Then, 
without any warning, Marj stooped forward and swept her arms up beneath 
him and lifted him off the floor. Stunned by her sudden action and 
completely at her mercy and control, Ted had to quickly throw his arms 
around her shoulders as he found himself cradled in the much smaller, 14 
year old girl’s arms. He looked at her face, now level with his own, 
and felt all the humiliation and pain whirl up to completely demoralise 
him. He didn’t know what to say or do and had to allow himself to 
wallow there like a little child in the young girl’s strong arms. Josie 
could hardly contain herself and had to fight back laughter as she sat 
on Tammi’s accommodating back and saw this long, thin, 18 year old guy 
cradled in Marj’s thin, but powerful little arms. His body extended so 
far out to 
 either side of Marj’s thin frame, it looked all the more amazing. She 
glanced down to see Ted’s dangling lower legs and feet almost touching 
the floor. Josie, unintentionally, but, impulsively, shook her head at 
the pathetic sight. Then she saw Marj turn about to face them as Marj 
looked to Tammi and said “ You want to get his bag and I’ll carry him 
up to his room.” 

Ted just wanted to hide, he’d never felt so completely and utterly 
belittled in his life. He wanted to urge her to put him down and he 
wanted to argue that she could not, and should not, even consider 
carrying him up the stairs, but he was so mortified, he just kept his 
mouth shut and hoped it would all be over sooner rather than later. 
Tammi stared back at her brother silently as he rested like a big, 
useless lump in the much smaller girl’s arms. She couldn’t think of a 
more embarrassing sight if she’d tried to dream one up. As Marj asked 
her to get the bag, Tammi’s eyes rose slowly from her brother’s limp and 
placid body to look into Marj’s eyes. Marj’s request slowly sunk in and 
Tammi silently released her hold around Josie’s thighs. Josie eased her 
feet back onto the floor and stood back as Marj began to carry the much 
larger boy towar d the stairs. When Tammi picked up her brother’s 
back-pack and turned to Marj, her friend had just reached the bottom of 
the stairs. Seeing her brother, wallowing in the small girl’s arms, 
looking so completely helpless, Tammi almost completely lost her temper. 

“ Hang on Marj “ Tammi called when Marj placed one foot, blindly, on 
the bottom stair. Marj stopped and twisted her head to look back to 
Tammi as her foot remained balanced on the stair. She saw Tammi rush 
over toward her as she put her arm through the shoulder strap of her 
brother’s back-pack and wore it, so as to leave her arms free. Tammi 
then held her arms forward in a cradling fashion and said “ I’ll take 
him, he’s my brother after all.” 

“ It’s OK,” Marj said, “ he’s not that heavy.” Meanwhile, as the 
girl’s deliberated over the responsibility of carrying the older boy up 
the stairs to his room, Ted simply looked from one to the other as he 
lay snugly in Marj’s unwavering arms. He realised there was little he 
could do or say. Finally, Tammi silently gestured with a nod of her 
head for Marj to hand his body over to her. Marj shrugged and turned to 
face Tammi and leaned forward to hand the dead-weight to the other girl. 
Tammi took her brother’s weight in her arms and then tossed him easily 
to gain a better hold. She tightened her arms around his upper body and 
thighs, almost causing Ted to wince as she almost crushed him with her 
strength. Marj stood to one side and Tammi quickly began to ascend the 
stairs. Ted simply held on to his sister’s shoulders tightly and wh 
ispered “ You’re hurting me, Tammi.“ As, indeed, her arms were, 
because she bound him so tightly in her hold. Although that had not 
been her original intention, she had simply been so furious with him 
that her temper had caused her to become tense and that, subsequently, 
caused her to tighten her hold more than she really needed to. When he 
complained, however, she tightened her hold even more, causing her 
brother to squirm uneasily and moan softly. 

Once she reached the door to his room, Ted still held on to her 
shoulders and, when she suddenly stopped, he looked into her eyes and 
realised she was furious with him. “ Open it ! You stupid shit !” she 
snarled when he simply lay there hopelessly staring at her. “ Sorry “ 
he murmured before letting one arm drop free from her shoulder so that 
he could twist the door-handle and open it for his indisposed sister. 
Once it swung open, Tammi walked into his room, but had to turn slightly 
to get his long, thin body through the doorway. She then kicked the 
door closed with the back of her foot. Ted looked over to his bed as 
she marched toward it, then, without warning, she dropped him heavily 
onto the floor. The sudden action caused him to yelp unintentionally 
as he thudded onto his back, jarring his knee as he landed. The 
unplanned fall caused him 
 to grab his knee again before he looked up to see Tammi slip his back-
pack off her shoulders and fling it onto the bed. 

“ What’cha do that for ? “ he asked as he looked up to her. Tammi 
suddenly looked down at him with mirth swarming through her eyes. Tammi 
placed her hands on her hips and leant slightly forward as she half 
whispered and half snarled “ You’re the most embarrassing lump of shit 
anyone ever had to call a brother.” Ted stared back in amazement, he 
couldn’t work out what he’d done to earn her scorn. It was he, after 
all, who had to suffer the humiliation of being carried about by a bunch 
of little girls. “ What’d I do ?” he asked like a brooding child. “ 
Only caused me to look like the only girl in town with a brother who is 
the biggest jelly-load of crap ever to call itself a male.” Tammi 
forced the words out like arrows, then she straightened and twisted her 
head away, as if she couldn’t stand looking at him. “ What’d I 
 do, what’d I do “ she mocked theatrically before glaring back at him 
“ What did you do ? Nothing, that’s what you did. You’re so 
pathetically weak and useless, you couldn’t do anything. You’re... Oh 
Christ.” And Tammi’s head turned away in disgust. 

Ted found himself sitting at his little sister’s feet and feeling like a 
scourge. He felt he didn’t deserve such scorn, he’d simply hurt his leg 
and, if she knew how much pain he had had to endure, she’d have known 
he’d actually shown great courage in trying to continue playing their 
stupid, childish games. As he saw her head turn away in disgust, Ted 
leaned over and clutched the side of his bed to help pull himself up. 
He managed, painfully, to haul himself slowly up, until he could sit 
awkwardly on the edge of the side of his bed. Tammi turned and shook 
her head slowly as she watched him grimace and moan as he pulled himself 
up onto the bed. Eventually, he sat there, slumped forward and facing 
her. Ted looked to her from beneath his brow “ All I did was tried to 
help you guys play your stupid, childish games, I’m sorry if that caused 
you so 
 much embarrassment.” Tammi just shook her head distastefully to 
signify her contempt for his pathetic excuse. 

Ted’s upper lip twisted into a snarl as he whispered “ fucking bitch “ 
and then, he too, shook his head as he stared at the floor. “ What did 
you just say ?” Tammi asked, or, as Ted looked to her again, he saw her 
with her feet spread apart and her hands on her hips. The question 
suddenly looked more like a threat when he saw the mood she was in. 
That only caused Ted to become angry too. “ Fuck you too “ Ted snarled 
and, then, he tried to fall back and raise his arms to protect himself 
as he saw Tammi’s hand fly out in a great whirling semi-circle. Her 
open palm smashed into the side of his face and sent his head reeling to 
one side. For a moment, after he straightened up, Ted sat there too 
stunned to say a word. His sister had never hit him before and he had 
certainly never hit his sister. His ears hummed and his face stung from 
the f orce of the blow as he sat there staring at her in astonishment. 
“ Bastard !” Tammi squealed in frustration as her brother just sat 
there, utterly defenceless and beaten. She raised both her hands and 
swung her open palms from both sides, catching him a number of blows on 
each side of the face as her temper simply unleashed in response to her 
growing disgust at his feeble helplessness. 

Ted ducked his head and raised his arms protectively, in an attempt to 
deflect her blows. But her hands continued to batter his face and he 
had to drop his head forward and curl his arms around it to protect his 
face. But the moment he tried to see where her flailing arms were, her 
hands swept painfully across his raised and exposed face. In 
desperation, Ted lunged forward to grab her blindly as he had to keep 
his head low to protect himself and couldn’t see what he was doing 
clearly. He had his arms forward trying to grapple with her as he moved 
toward her. Suddenly, her barrage of blows stopped and, before Ted 
could raise his head to see what she was doing, he felt his head 
suddenly grabbed under one of her arms as she grabbed him in a headlock. 

The moment Tammi grabbed his head and locked her hands together, she 
squeezed his head viciously and yanked her brother off the bed. He 
tumbled to the floor beneath her and gasped for breath. Even as he fell 
defencelessly beneath her, Tammi, still fuming at his useless weakness, 
began to yank and tug and squeeze his head. Ted rolled around and 
squirmed on the floor beneath his little sister and grappled with her 
powerful little arms as he tried to pry them apart. She proved far too 
strong for him and he began to gasp “ Please Tammi, you’re hurting me.“ 
His pathetic plea only seemed to incense her even more and he cried out 
for release as she completely overwhelmed her older brother, tearing 
even more wildly and ferociously at his locked skull. 

As he squirmed beneath her and wailed for release, Tammi managed to 
force her legs under her and she rose, yanking her brother’s head up 
with her. Ted found himself on his knees with his head tightly locked 
in her irresistable hold as she continued to yank him around with her. 
His hands tried to dig into her powerful arms but her muscles were like 
steel and he could not manage to weaken her hold. He simply found 
himself, half crawling along with her as she dragged him about in the 
headlock. His injured knee, as he did so, felt like it was aflame, 
burning his leg to ash. Finally, Ted tried to wrap his arms around her 
closest thigh and tightened his hold on it. As he did so, he tried, 
then, to rise up onto his feet and lift her with him. The moment he 
placed his weight on his injured l eg, he wavered, squealed and fell 
again, releasing his hold around her thigh. But she continued to hold 
him so tightly in the headlock, that Ted couldn’t fall completely to the 
floor. Instead, he found himself completely at her mercy as she, once 
again, began to drag him around the room. 

When he began to go limp in her hold and she heard him begin to cry, 
Tammi simultaneously released her hold and flung him aside. He 
collapsed at her feet and sobbed like a little baby. This only caused 
Tammi to lose control completely and she bent forward and grabbed his 
collar in her two hands and wrenched him up toward her. He was 
completely and utterly overpowered and, she knew it, as his entire body 
felt limp and unresponsive in her two fisted grip. Tammi raised his 
upper body off the floor so that his red and tear-filled face was 
directly in front of her own. His legs lay spread-eagled over the 
carpeted floor while his whole upper body was supported by her powerful 
hold on his collar. He had to raise his hands to grip her wrists so 
that she didn’t choke him. He felt so complete ly inferior he could do 
no more than whimper softly as he was forced to look into her condemning 
eyes. As he allowed her to hold him at her mercy, Tammi snarled into 
his face “ You ever embarrass me again and I’ll beat the lovin’ crap 
out of you. Hear me !” 

Ted just sobbed quietly, unable to say anything in his own defence. His 
little 13 year old sister had simply proved she was, by far and a way, 
his superior. As Tammi continued to hold his limp, upper body off the 
floor, she saw a little movement across the room and looked to see Josie 
and Marj’s heads protruding through the door. When they saw Tammi 
looking at them, as she continued to hold her brother up off the floor, 
Josie advised “ We heard the commotion and thought we’d better make 
sure everything was OK.” Tammi continued to stare at the girls and 
only seemed to notice she still held her brother’s upper body off the 
floor when her two friends looked at his forlorn state. Tammi yanked 
him higher and then cast him aside ruthlessly. Once rid of him, she 
brushed her hands together as if to signify she were wiping dirt off 
them. 

“ You sure gave it to him “ Marj said as she edged into the room. 
Josie came in behind her. Both girls approached their friend as Tammi 
looked down at her defeated, older brother who continued to cry and 
protect his head under his arms. Tammi shook her head as she continued 
to look at him while she confided “ God he’s such a pathetic creep.” 
Tammi then looked to her friends and shrugged. Josie moved up beside 
Marj and looked down at the 18 year old boy and said quietly “ 
Actually, it looked like fun.” Tammi looked to Josie and frowned. When 
Josie raised her eyes, away from the fallen mass at their feet, and saw 
Tammi’s curious gaze she added “ I mean beating up an older guy, it 
looked great. I’d love to do something like that.” 

Tammi sighed and looked to her brother before looking back to Josie and 
admitting “ No contest, really, he’s so pathetic he wouldn’t know how 
to fight back.” Tammi then smiled before she leaned over her brother, 
and called “ Get up you useless bucket of shit, Josie wants to have a 
turn.” Ted actually flinched when Tammi leaned toward him. When he 
realised she had only intended to speak to him, he mumbled from beneath 
his protective arms “ Go away and leave me alone.” 

Tammi, still leaning over her beaten brother, twisted back to look over 
her shoulder to her two friends, who stood grinning and obviously amused 
by events. Tammi winked and then reached down and grabbed her brother’s 
shoulder and yanked him over and onto his back. He impulsively drew his 
legs up over his body and pushed his arms up protectively and, as far as 
anyone could see, mimicked a stranded and helpless turtle without any 
hope of protecting itself. They all snickered quietly among themselves 
at the sight of him. “ Get up, I said “ Tammi demanded again. Ted 
looked up forlornly as tears continued to roll down his cheeks. “ Leave 
me alone “ he murmured as his bottom lip curled into a twitching cry. 
Tammi straightened up and put her hands on her hips as she warned “ If 
you don’t get up now, I’ll crush you where you lie, now GET UP !” 
 Ted began to sob even more loudly as he rolled onto his side, away 
from his sister, and attempted to push himself up onto his feet. The 
girls watched on as he very awkwardly hauled himself up, firstly onto 
his hands and knees, though they noted that he very purposefully kept 
his right knee off the floor. Then they watched as he dragged himself 
over to the side of the bed and used it for support as he rose 
unsteadily onto his left leg. 

Once he was up, though hunched over and standing on his one good leg, 
Tammi turned and smiled to her two friends before she looked back to 
Ted. His arms hung uselessly by his sides and his shoulders were 
hunched forward and his head hung low as he refused to face the girls. 
Tammi turned to Josie and said “ OK, your turn, beat the crap out of 
him.” Ted’s head rose suddenly and he looked over to his sister, 
terrified. Josie’s eyes swung from Ted to Tammi as she hesitated, not 
certain whether Tammi had been joking or serious. Tammi simply raised 
her eyebrows and tilted her head toward her brother to signify she meant 
it. Josie turned back and looked at the utterly terrified 18 year old 
boy facing her. “ I don’t think he’d be able to fight back though “ 
Josie said as she continued to stare at him. 

“ Tough “ Tammi murmured, before adding “ who cares, seems to me, 
that’s all the more reason to punish him.” Josie grinned with a 
spiteful vengeance tinting her eyes. She shrugged and moved forward, 
keeping her eyes on Ted as she moved toward him. He became more and 
more horrified as she approached and yet Josie realised, he seemed so 
utterly useless, that he didn’t even seem to know what to do. He 
continued to stand on the spot, by the bed where he had risen, while 
his head remained bent forward, as if it just hung from his neck. His 
eyes almost appeared to be quivering in their sockets as they followed 
Josie’s approach. And it was obvious he was not prepared to meet her 
eyes since he deliberately looked down at her approaching feet. 
Finally, Josie stopped a pace in front of him and put her hands on her 
hips. Ted seemed, then, to try and avoid her eyes by dropping his own 
eyes to look at the floor directly below his wallowing head. Josie 
recognised his unwillingness to make eye contact as a another mark of 
his cowardice and her temper flew into a rabid ball of contempt on 
Tammi’s behalf. 

Josie leaned slightly forward and twisted her head so that she could 
look up into his eyes. Ted almost seemed to try and hide within 
himself, still trying to avoid eye contact even as Josie’s face hovered 
directly below his own. Suddenly, Josie glanced back over her shoulder 
to the girls now watching on curiously and then she shrugged. With a 
suddenness which caught everyone by surprise, Josie unleashed all her 
pent-up fury with one solid and powerful punch straight into Ted’s 
defenceless belly. Air rushed out of his mouth with spit and spray and 
he collapsed onto the floor and curled over, clutching his stomach in 
his arms. The sudden blow had so completely devastated him, he did not 
even feel the pain when he landed on his knees. Josie looked down at 
the fallen mass at her fee t. She could only see his back as she heard 
him gasp and suck for breath, while he rocked from side to side like a 
reething worm. Then Josie swung one leg over his body and turned about 
so that she was facing back to the other girls. Slyly, she winked as 
she leaned forward and grabbed a handful of Ted’s hair and yanked his 
head up between her thighs. Then she squeezed her thighs together. 

Both Tammi and Marj watched on in silent amazement as they saw Ted’s 
hands, which had been clutching his stomach, fly up and latch onto 
Josie’s powerful little thighs. They heard gargling sounds and saw the 
older boy squirm uselessly as Josie very deliberately yawned and patted 
her mouth with her open palm to show how completely in control she truly 
was. Then, she jumped up and down a couple of times with Ted’s head 
still locked firmly between her enveloping thighs. Tammi shook her head 
slowly as she watched the young and tiny 13 year old girl totally 
overwhelm her own 18 year old brother, with so little effort; it seemed 
ridiculous. Josie obviously got bored with Ted’s inability to mount 
anything like a defence. All he seemed capable of was some gargled and 
mumbling exclamation which made little sense. Or, perhaps, to create a 
soft pitter-patter on the sides of her rock, hard thighs. Perhaps, she 
thought, to signify his complete capitulation. His senseless and 
garbled remarks caused Josie to look down to the top of his head, where 
it protruded from between her thighs. Josie shrugged and suddenly 
allowed her thighs to part, then she jumped forward, away from him. 
Ted simply fell below her and clutched his head as he sobbed loudly. 
She swung about to look down at him again. Ted was still on his knees 
and curled over like a little ball of whimpering flesh. Clutching his 
head between his arms and sobbing pitifully because of the pain the 
small girl was able to inflict so easily. 

Tammi and Marj watched Josie from behind and wondered what she had in 
mind when they saw Josie’s head tilt noticeably to one side as if she 
were trying to size Ted up for something new. In a short moment, they 
witnessed what she had in mind. Josie looked back over her shoulder and 
winked before stepping forward and standing at Ted’s side as he 
continued to huddle in a ball before her. Josie bent her knees and 
squatted down as she leaned over him. She extended one arm up toward 
his shoulder and neck while the other arm wound about, down past his 
upraised butt. Even his upper torso seemed too large for Josie’s small 
arms, but she somehow managed to get one of her wrists under his throat 
while her other hand managed to grab a handful of his shorts at the 
crutch. Then, with one powerful and concerted effort, Josie hoisted 
his crumpled body up off the f loor and held him in her arms in front of 
her with his back flush against her chest. Both Marj and Tammi gasped 
as they witnessed Josie completely envelope his curled-up mass in her 
hold as she arched her back to allow his weight to be supported on her 
chest as she held him there. The two girls continued to watch in 
amazement as the much smaller girl juggled the larger boy’s body in her 
arms as she raised one leg off the floor and tried to use her upper 
thigh and knee to raise his body even higher. After some considerable 
effort, Josie seemed to get Ted’s body into the position she wanted. 
Once she had, she turned to face her companions, holding the boy’s body 
in her strong little arms. 

Once Josie was facing her friends, she placed one leg out in front of 
her as she lunged forward and dropped Ted’s defenceless body onto her 
upraised knee, where he crashed and bounced painfully off it like a 
broken doll. As he bounced off her knee and Josie released him, they 
heard a rasping, airless grunt issue from Ted’s gaping mouth. They 
realised that it was, most probably, the last of his air which had been 
forced out of his body by the impact of the collision. He came to rest 
on the floor in a frozen heap. “ Too easy “ Josie said as she, too, 
clapped her hands together as if she were brushing dirt off them. Then 
she looked to Marj and suggested “ Your turn.” 

Marj looked at the broken male, not far in front of her, where his body 
had come to rest after Josie had dropped him. As Marj stared at him 
mindlessly she suggested “ I don’t think there’s much left for me to 
do, really.” Tammi leaned toward Marj and placed a hand on her shoulder 
as she put her lips near Marj’s ear and tempted “ use your 
imagination.“ Marj glanced at Tammi and then back to Ted’s fallen body 
before she shrugged and went to stand beside him. She too tilted her 
head, as Josie had done previously, and hesitated as she considered her 
unlimited options. 

Finally, she stepped over his prostrate body, so that she had a leg on 
either side of his waist. She faced his upper back and head. Ted made 
no movement, he was obviously beyond defending himself. The two 13 year 
old girls had already completely overwhelmed him. Marj thought a little 
more pain might be in order and bent forward and grabbed his wrists in 
each of her hands and pulled them back up toward her as she straightened 
again. Then she placed one of her feet in the crook of his back and 
yanked his arms back savagely. As she did so, both Tammi and Josie saw 
Ted’s face rise up and it contorted into a parody of complete agony as 
his eyes shut tightly and his lips spread apart, causing his cheeks to 
wrinkle and bulge. They heard his impulsive “ AAArgh ! “ Then he 
gargled hopelessly as Marj applied even more pressure. Suddenly, Marj 
let go of Ted ’s wrists and the older boy’s head and face slammed back 
against the floor. Marj rolled her eyes and shook her head as she 
stepped aside. 

As Marj approached her friends, she glanced back over her shoulder and 
wondered if Ted might have been knocked unconscious when his head had 
hit the floor. Then she heard a soft whimper and realised he was simply 
stunned and dazed and probably incapable of moving. Or, perhaps, too 
afraid to move. Marj glanced back to Tammi when Tammi said “ Watch 
this !“ Both Marj and Josie glanced at one another and shrugged as 
they saw Tammi move over to her brother and stand by his prostrate body. 

The front of Tammi’s feet pushed under Ted’s side as she stood over him 
and got herself positioned as close to his body as she could. Josie and 
Marj watched, intrigued, as Tammi squatted down and then pushed her 
shoulders a little forward, out over his body. Tammi grabbed the back 
of her big brother’s collar in one hand and then a handful of his shorts 
in the other hand. Both Marj and Josie watched on silently and gasped 
as they noticed Tammi prepare, for what looked like, a weight-lifter’s 
pose before she was about to do a clean and jerk. Tammi bounced a 
little at the knees and hips, then straightened her back deliberately. 
Tammi grunted loudly as she heaved her brother’s body up with her as she 
stood. Lifting him as if he were some sort of soft and limp bar bell. 
His limbs whirled about loosely as she did so. Once she had his body up 
against her chest, Tammi took a couple of deep breaths before she lunged 
forward with her right leg as she heaved her brother’s limp body up over 
her head. 

Once she had her arms locked with her brother’s body dangling above her, 
she turned to face her friends. Marj and Josie stood spellbound as 
they looked at the diminutive 13 year old girl as she held her 18 year 
old brother above her head. They could see the muscles in Tammi’s arms 
and legs straining with the effort. She seemed to just hold him up 
there for so long. Finally, Josie and Marj realised applause was in 
order and began to clap and acclaim Tammi’s complete supremacy. 

Once applauded, Tammi turned around and then hurled her brother onto the 
bed. Once again she brushed her hands together as she turned to face 
her friends and suggested “ OK, let’s go get a drink, that’s him 
finished with.” The girls all marched out of the room and closed the 
door behind them.