10-TV FICTION CLASSICS

and fix her own hair, it's a little short but I think you can make it do. You can add a hair piece to match."

Pat looked at Mrs. Johnson with a panicked look. The operator said: "Leave it to me, you need a look that's more sophisticated and fitting for your age. We'll make you beautiful. Maybe a shade lighter and a perm." The operator started on Pat.

They fussed with his hair for hours, washing it, clipping it, putting several kinds of solutions, rinsing then setting where upon they put him under a hair dryer. They even gave him a Seventeen magazine to read.

He couldn't do anything. Occasionally Mrs. Johnson would talk to Pat about how cute he was in a particular dress and how Dr. Johnson was going to take them out to dinner tonight. Pat answered in monosyllables. It was after noon when they were finally ready. Pat's make-up received professional attention as well. One of the girls spent at least half an hour on his eyebrows, until he finally told her to stop, fearing it might be too obvious.

But the girl just said, "Your mother ordered it Miss, so just sit still."

Finally they released him from the chair. Pat gasped when he saw the results of their work. He looked like a beautiful young female, with his own attention getting blonde hair, softly curved with flips just over the ears. His eyebrows had become very thin highly arched lines, that could not be made masculine anymore until they grew out. Looking into the mirror, he had to agree that he looked strikingly beautiful, with curled eyelashes and soft complexion, his lips cherry red and matching nail color. "Mrs. Johnson, with this hair and eyebrows, I can't go to school tomorrow."

Mrs. Johnson said, "You can miss one day of school. Your pledgemates are going to love you. Now we are going shopping, I'm going to buy you your first dress."

Pat was in a daze. Out on the street they looked just like any mother and daughter out shopping. They walked toward the new shopping center on Main Street. Pat's tight red leather skirt swinging with each step; just a little uncertain in his three-inch heels. The white translucent blouse

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showed a hint of Pat's bra and slipstraps. The blouse had darts that helped pull the blouse in around his body, quite taut over his twin prominences.

Mrs. Johnson whispered to Pat, "Shoulders back, remember your posture. Be proud of your curvy figure. You can't hide your girlish attributes anymore."

Pat's face showed worry about his exposure to so many people. Here he was walking down the street after being in a women's beauty parlor, and everyone accepting him as a girl. He couldn't help smiling.

Mrs. Johnson noticed it. "That's a good girl, a smile always becomes a young lady." The short walk to the shopping center seemed like miles to Pat. Mrs. Johnson led him into a fashionable dress shop and said to the clerk, "We want to see a couple of evening dresses for this young lady."

The saleswoman, a cute blonde in her thirties, showed them several racks of beautiful silk dresses. Mrs. Johnson picked several in different colors and styles.

"You can try those on in there," the girl said pointing to a small cubicle. Pat froze, but Mrs. Johnson pushed him into the dressing room. Pat had no alternative but to remove his skirt and blouse while the saleswoman and Mrs. Johnson watched. The girl seeing his slip said, "that slips too long for some of the newer fashions. She'll need a new bra that's cut lower."

The saleswoman returned with lingerie in several styles and colors. Pat nearly panicked with the idea that he would have to take off his bra and risk exposure of the falsies. Fortunately, Mrs. Johnson said, "I'll help her with the dresses dear. You go ahead and help some other customers."

Pat sighed with relief as Mrs. Johnson helped him hook the new lowcut bra and put in the falsies. "Too bad you need these." Pat blushed sharply. Wondering what she meant by that.

Dress after dress was slipped over his head. There was the silk black and white striped tunic dress with squared shoulders and a straight skirt with the back zipper. After switching to a strapless bra, Pat tried a cool summer linen sundress in pink with a bare back and halter style top. The full-sweep skirt was belted with white lace.