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“She’ll be OK I reckon… if she approves of your uniform then she’ll approve of petticoating in general.”
“Yeah.” Peter replied on a half-hearted tone. “It’s not Carol I’m bothered about… it’s Noel and Mark.” he said. “It’s one thing admitting to having to wear a skirt for school but a training bra? Everyday? Including weekends and holidays?”
“I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s not like you want to wear one, it’s just part of the discipline.” Kate reminded her brother. “…and petticoating is all about discipline. Think yourself lucky that you don’t have to wear girl’s clothes all the time… there’s a couple of lads in my year who do you know.”
“Mine too.” Peter added.
Wednesday. Noon. Peter’s Dad is spending the day at his old workplace. His mother and sister are going to go shopping and Peter gets the bus out to Langley and alights at his old bus stop. His old school and former home are a few streets away, but he heads in the opposite direction towards Noel’s house. “Pete!” a familiar voice hollers. He turns and sees Mark jogging towards him.
“You going to Noel’s?”
“Yeah. You coming to watch Rogue One with us?”
“Nah I’ve seen it.” Peter replied. “How you doing any way?” he asked as they high-fived one another.
“Good ta.” Mark replied. “Heard about your school.” he said.
“Yeah I know. Wish I’d known before we moved up there.” he said as they walked to Noel’s house.
“You only found out at the last minute?” he exclaimed.
“Day after we got there… so I had a couple of weeks to prepare myself.”
“What did that involve?”
“Nothing apart from crapping myself and panicking.” Peter replied. “Anyway, I’ve got better things to talk about than fecking Educational Petticoating.” he added as Mark opened the gate that leads to Noel’s front door. He rang the bell and they waited.