“Hush, my dear
brother... It's over now!” Alyssa smiled warmly, circling her bed.
“The battle is won. The war is over. All that remains is the
victory parade.” Robert was kneeling in the centre of her duvet in
something of a PTSD haze. The quiet of the sorority house bedroom was
in stark contrast to the stadium packed with tens of thousands of
screaming fans where the Epsilon-Zeta girls of Beaverhole had dragged
him along in full uniform as an honorary member of their cheer squad.
He had been forced into clumsy high kicks between plays and to sit
with the rest of the cheerleaders on the bench behind the bemused
players. He had even appeared on the big screen at one point. His
parents had seen him, he realised with a sinking dread,
And yet, the beast had
been conquered, the game had been won, and the rival sorority had
reluctantly handed their hostage back to his sister's clan. So, why
was he still trussed up in velvet and nylon and painted like a
sissy?! Robert turned his head to one side to gaze out the window and
felt the long locks of his wig brush across his heavily made-up
cheek. After all that had passed he still felt miles from freedom.
After the game had
ended in victory, Alyssa and her friends had carried Robert on their
shoulders back to the sorority house. He was soon naked once more as
they stripped him of the Beaverhole uniform to throw on a small fire.
His sister had to bat away a gleeful college girl who was enjoying
Robert's perfectly smooth skin a little too much, and then she
dropped the bomb that his ordeal was far from over as the girls were
planning to parade their trophy at the college's victory party. All
the girls mucked in to transform him once more, and by now Robert
found that most of the resistance had gone out of him. He obeyed
meekly as they produced a velvety party dress with long nylon sleeves
and bejewelled choker, and demanded he dress himself. It was still
slightly better than being nude in front of two dozen girls, and
definitely better than being dressed as a cheerleader in front of the
entire town. And still, his mind raced at the thought of what the
sorority had planned for him, their new mascot, at their victory
parade.
“Those Beaverhole
girls are so dumb!” Alyssa smirked as she continued to admire her
work, touching up Robert's make-up and rearranging bits of hair. “You
know we told them this could be an annual thing?! Like we compete to
win you as a trophy every Valentine's game. That's how we got them to
agree to hand you over. I hate to say it, but you'll be long gone
before the rematch next year.”
“What?!” Robert's
face went pale. Suddenly the parade seemed like the least of his
problems. “No, Alyssa, I won't be...” He stammered. “I didn't
tell you... We were supposed to tell you this weekend... I got
offered a place at Seabrook. I will be starting here in the fall. I'm
going to be here for the next four years...” His heart pounded as
he realised just how far from freedom he really was...