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Please note that the memories and artwork contained herein are copyrighted 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
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Hiding from Johann A couple of my sisters are in a room with a friend or two and they are wearing those large hoop skirted dresses and they look very nice. I am about 12 years old and I come rushing into the room. I am trying to get away from Johann. Don't recall what has happened, only that I wish to not be found by him. My sisters are familiar with this desire and understand my need to be away from the bad temper of our oldest male sibling. There is no place for me to hide in this room and I am a bit panicked, but it was the first room that I could get to. All of us can hear Johann's screaming out to me and threatening. I looked at one of my sisters's who has dark brown hair, she's older than me by a few years and wearing a dark brown plaid taffeta dress. She's got that hairdo with the part down the center and the pile of curls on each side of her head. She bites her lip as she looks around for a place for me to go or hide and then we hear him getting closer. She urgently instructs me to crouch down and she steps over me and covers me with the fullness of her skirt. I can hear Johann come stomping into the room with the heels of his shoes making a great deal of impact upon the hard wooden floor. He makes some kind of demanding statement to the girls and the girls reply that they have not seen me. My sister suggests that I have been quick and have eluded him completely. Another says if they had, they would not tell him, which only pisses him off. Johann starts to say something annoying to the girls and my sister that is protecting me, which may have been my oldest sister, defends her right and tells him off. They get into a huffy conversation and she steps forward exposing me from behind her skirts. I look up from my crouched position and see one of my sisters friends look at me with concern and she suddenly steps forward to cover me from view. I am suddenly enveloped in a new set of petticoats and pantaloons. I grab a hold of this girls lower leg as I listen to what's going on. I suddenly realize how many ruffles and silk skirts are all around me. The fabric feels very soft as I grasp a hold of her leg. It's so smooth and I find myself running my hand up and down her long leg and ankle. And all the lace and ruffles around me. I wonder how she moves with so much cloth. Then suddenly the girl wriggles her leg suddenly. I don't think she was comfortable with her messing around with her leg. I stop playing with her leg and instinctively look up to find more and more ruffles and soft silk fabric. I can sorta see when she moves a little and light comes up from under the edge of the hem of her skirt. I try to crouch down and be quiet. I can still hear my sister arguing with Johann and it sounds like she is getting him convinced that I must have slipped out side while he was stomping around like a maniac. Finally he leaves and when they hear the door slam shut from down the hallway, the girl steps from over me and I look up at my lady saviors. They all giggle that they have fooled the angry Johann. I am relieved. |
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