Sheepishly I returned to the kitchen. “Better now?” my mother asked with a knowing grin.
I gulped and nodded. I didn’t know what was more shameful, wearing a dress or my mother and grandmother knowing what I had been up to.
“Good.” mum replied as she looked me up and down. “Now you be a good boy for Granny, I’ll be back tomorrow,” she said as she picked up her coat and bag.
“What… I… er…” I gulped. “I said I’d meet my friends later.”
“Well I’m sure Granny won’t mind you going out for an hour or two.” mum replied in her friendly voice as she glanced at my grandmother.
“As long as you’re back before dark,” Granny added.
I gulped as they both smiled at me. I looked down at my dress, then back to their approving faces.