Thread: Fox at Bay (Alan23 x Sweetred)

Sianelle stared, gobstruck, at the apparition standing before her. Apart from Social Security staff, well-dressed visitors to the Leary abode were few and far between. She'd also adopted what she'd hoped was a friendlysexy expression, and it still lingered. Therefore, it was a few seconds before she had taken in what this strange woman wanted. It was all very weird. The woman seemed to be here to complain about something Snowflaik had done to her dweeby daughter who, Sianelle now saw, was squirming in embarrassment and looking frightened... yet she, the adult visitor, seemed almost apologetic, as if she had a need to apologize for complaining. And then she remembered. She remembered overhearing Snowflaik talking to her mates, while theyd been clustered around the TV. About that wimp, you know, Xianna's mum, who, if the conversation had been accurate, was so scared of her own shadow anyone could walk over her, who you could easily push in front of in a queue knowing she'd just mumble and back away. Who thought she was so high and mighty with her good job and fancy clothes, but when you stood up to her, she'd just scurry away like the scared little mouse she was. Somehow, it was this that made Sianelle angrier than anything. She might have forgiven this woman being there, when she'd been hoping for the good-looking baker. She might even have been able to accept that the woman had a genuine complaint - she knew that Snowflaik had a bad habit of playing pranks when she thought she could get away with anything. What got right on her tits, however, was that if she made the slightest sign of backing down, and apologized, and the neighbors got to hear of it - well, backing down to a wimp like this one was out beyond the wall. She had to do something, for the good of her reputation as a hard woman! And, looking at the obviously terrified woman, and her embarrassed and equally terrified daughter, she knew that whatever she chose to do, she'd get away with. She decided she'd have some fun. Now, let me get this fing straight, she said, smiling inwardly at what she'd decided to do. You sayin' my gel, Snowflaik, tore yer daughter's skirt orf? She pointed to Xianna. An' this is yer daughter, right? Like, I gotta get this right, now 'xactly what 'appened, know what I mean? She could see the mother trying to summon up courage and failing, and the daughter looking even more apprehensive. I mean, it was the skirt, right? Not the top or whatever. An' she, like, ripped it off. I wanna make sure I understand, see? And suddenly, Sianelle moved like lightning, recalling just for a few seconds the reflexes and aggression that had made her the terror of the streets a few years ago. She did this? she asked, grabbing at Angela's skirt and giving it a hard tug downwards. She was in luck. It was one of those skirts that fasted with a side zip, and is held in place with that and nothing else. The sudden downward yank caused the skirt to come downwards, the zip parting with a loud buzz - and the skirt ended up at knee level, held in place by the fact that Angela's legs were slightly parted. Sianelle stood back a pace, nearly killing herself with laughter. There as this snooty cow, standing there, her mouth working soundlessly in shock and outrage, with her flashy skirt half way down her skinny legs - and underneath, she had an old-fashioned panty girdle, like almost no-one wore these days, in a sort of powder blue, and the legs had bunched up, making her look even more ridiculous. And what had made it even better was that, seeing the person knocking on the door, some of the neighbors had come out to have a gawp, so that half the street - including quite a few men and a clutch of adolescent boys - had also seen the incident. Way to go, Nellie, laughed Mrs Green, from two doors down. Teach the snooty cow a lesson, giggled Tracey, from across the street. A chorus of chortles and giggles and wolf-whistles added to the appreciation. Sianelle bowed, like a performer at the end of her act, turned on her heel and shut the door behind her. She knew she'd have no more trouble from that quarter. And now, her reputation was intact. Watching what had happened to her mother, Xianna felt herself shrink inside. Her mother had done her usual stupid, cowardly thing again, made a total fool of them both. Oh, if only the ground might open up and swallow her!