Ride of My Life

'Hello,' they say in harmony and I blush, compose myself and say hi.

'Are we ready then?' Mary says after introducing me to her friends. She grins as if she's just won the lottery. 'Before we go does anyone need to change?' The girls all grin stupidly yet I suspect nothing.

'No, no, no,' she says waggling a finger at each girl in turn in a sing song manner. She stops at me and points dramatically, 'Yes, you my dear do need to change. You need to slip into something more appropriate.' She mouths the word appropriate slowly as if savouring every letter.

'No, thanks,' I say, 'I'm fine. I changed before leaving home.' But then I see the beautiful ruches of the orange dress hanging on the back of her door and freeze. Mary sees my gaze.

'No, no, no, my darling you can't ride such a pretty bike without dressing pretty yourself.' The girls all laugh. Mary takes the dress from the door. It rustles loudly as if taunting me. I've never seen such a feminine dress before. 'The moment I saw this I thought of you.' She chuckles.

The girls all fake admiration as she wafts it in front of me, the sunlight shining through its layers making it glisten and sparkle beautifully. 'Let me see,' she says studying the dress like a dress designer. 'This timeless creation features layer upon layer of decorative ruched sissy ruffles with a large shinny ribbon and a beautiful flower, like a carnation around the waist. The material is a glass like satin that crackles as I run my hands over the ruffles. It has extreme puff sleeves also covered in layers of sissy ruffles for that true sissy look and feel.'

The girls all sigh and swoon as if watching a fashion show. 'This beautiful, innocent dress,' Mary said playing to her audience and stroking the soft ruffles as if smoothing the coat of a domestic cat, 'is a dream dress for an aspiring sissy just like you.' She points a manicured finger at me and I shudder with apprehension.

'No,' I said recoiling as if fired a shot gun. I'd never seen such a girlish dress and remembered Dans earlier Christmas dress taunting.