Saturday October 15th, 1988, A Day As A Cheerleader
By Joyce Devries, joyce_devries@hotmail.com
Note, this a true story, some of the names have been changed, but certainly not the events of the days!, this is taken right from my diary entry of the time.
My (email) name is Joyce Devries and it was a real life adventure, no this was not a TV/TG event. My spouse knows about and totally supports me as "Joyce"; she is an incredible GG, as you will see. I am 5'0", TV, live near Toronto, Ont., Canada, pass quite well as a woman and have done tons of "real life" things as a woman, this was an early experience and one that will never happen again, but my husband (then GF) set it all up and I definitely will never forget it. She bought me a real High School Cheerleading uniform (not a costume, circa 1980's high school cheerleading uniform) and all the accessories and then escorted me to a Cheerleading competition with me wearing it, I was 21 at the time. I am converting my hand written diary entry to digital now.
Thursday September 29th, 1988, My Birthday!
So my husband and I were Girlfriend's at the time since 1987, and we had met a year before as females, well, she learned I had a thing for wanting a real Cheerleading uniform and not a costume, a real High School one, and one from the school I went to as a male, however, it was all talk and nothing became of it. Well the events that happened were not expected or planned by me. I got a note in my mailbox she left the day of my female birthday of September 29th, when I came home from work, and it read:
"My darling Joyce, Happy Birthday!, and tonight I want to be special, when I come to the apartment tonight for our normal Ladies night evening at the bar clubbing night, not tonight. Please go all out like going to a High School graduation and wear your new high school graduation dress and heels, formal makeup, with everything else and I will come over and will match in my High School graduation dress all done up, and dear, I have special evening planned, see you around 7pm. Love Sharon".
Well I was blown away by the note and had to think awhile and then came back to reality and ran up the stairs to the apartment as I only had 2 hours to get ready, as Sharon would be over around 7pm. Now normally, Thursday nights I stripped off my clothes and jumped in the shower and made myself, clean all over, my mind was racing, what was Sharon up to?. I dried off and started getting dressed, and was really looking forward to getting into my dark hunter green satin graduation dress, which we bought a year before in a consignment shop on a GNO(literally across the street from the apartment), when she said, to me as we were out as girlfriends shopping and looking around, Sharon saying as we ran cross it, "hey kind of like looks like my graduation dress, I think you should try it on". I did and it fit perfectly, and she said at the time, as I came out the changing room, Renee came to me and held my hands and quietly said, said, "sweetie, one day I can put on my graduation dress and we can be almost matching for a formal evening, now turn around and let me do you up", and as she was doing up the buttons said, "you are definitely buying this dress", well for $19, I could not go wrong, and when I saw myself in the mirror I was convinced as well and was blown away, and after she helped me out of it on that day I bought it.
I left the shower and quickly starting getting dressed, I was starting to get excited. Now I knew that I could not get into my dress on my own, as there was no zipper just buttons, so in my apartment closet Sharon had a pink silk robe I got her for her birthday and grabbed it. I started with one of my two bra and panty sets, black satin and lace, and slipped the bra and panties on and then a girdle and padding to give me some figure. I decided to go for white pantyhose and pulled a pair out and slipped them on, then my 2" black kid heels and put them on to protect the pantyhose. I then put on the robe and decided to sit down in the bedroom and put on my makeup. I put on my foundation and then started with my eyes and put on a very healthy application of eyeliner, perfect for low lighting. Then my eye shadow, which is my typical dark blue on upper and lower lids, and then as much mascara as I could put on. Blush was dark rose, and applied for low light application, highlighting my cheek bones. I finished every thing off with my "Glided Rose" lipstick and a healthy application of my Halston's perfume. I looked in the mirror and thought I looked perfect (in 2018 I would have looked like a hooker, but in 1988, it was the norm). It was about that time, I heard the knock at the door and went and opened it and it was my girlfriend smiling and she came in and looked me over gave me a light kiss and said, "nice makeup dear, let's get you into your dress". She had a dress bag in her hands as well as a large shopping bag. She was in her work clothes, a long black skirt, low heels, black nylons, and a Red floral blouse and her hair was down, and had on a "work" makeup application. She went into the bathroom and hung up her dress bag and came out without the large shopping bag. I went into the bedroom closet and got my deep green, silk graduation dress and slipped out of the robe and stepped into the dress and did up the top button and it up and walked into the living room.
Sharon came to me and told me to turn around and started to do up the button in the back telling me how lovely I looked and smelled and when she was done told me to relax as she was going to get dressed, and left for the bathroom and closed the door. I then went to the bedroom and put on the finishing touches and that was a pair of pearl drop earrings, a pearl necklace, and a gold formal watch. I then went to the living room and sat on the couch and wondered where Sharon and I were going out on a Thursday night dressed so formally, and watched a little television. Sharon came out of the bathroom, and I got up out of the couch and was blown away, she had done her hair up in a bun and had makeup on like mine, in charcoal gray hose and 2" open toe gray heels and in her Graduation dress, which I had only see pictures of. She stunk of Halston's like I did and her lips were deep red and very inviting looking. She too had on a pearl necklace and as well small pearl earrings and had done her nails to match her deep red lipstick and was wearing a gold bracelet. She was carrying her matching gray clutch purse and had in her hand a black clutch purse and handed it to me, and said, "there, that completes the look", she asked me to do her up and turned around, and after I put the black clutch purse on the living room table I did up the 15 or so buttons on the back of her dress. I was telling her how lovely she looked and there was a knock on the apartment door, and she started walking to the bathroom, and said, "get that dear, I want to check to make sure I look right".
I was floored, I had no clue what was going on, and went to the door, but did what my girlfriend wanted and opened it. There was a woman there, about 5'5", probably our age, blonde hair, in a black skirt, knee length, a white blouse, black hose and flats, very well made up and bright red lipstick, and she said to me, "ah you must be Joyce, 'happy birthday', I am Ann, nice to meet you, my you smell nice". She shook my hand and then walked into the apartment and about that time Sharon came out of the bathroom, and said, "nice timing Ann, Joyce and I just got dressed", Ann walked up to Sharon and hugged her and they exchanged a lipstick to lipstick light Lesbian kiss. As they hugged Ann said, looking at me "so this is your new girlfriend is it?", Sharon still hanging on to Ann said, "yes she is a cutie, shall I keep her?". Ann said, "if I was not with my girlfriend, I would go after her, but glad you landed her, and both your dresses look so lovely", she put her purse down on the couch. Ok, again I was floored at what just happened, a woman I have never met came into my apartment and kissed my girlfriend?, and assumed I was in a Lesbian relationship with my girlfriend?. Ann then said, "you ladies get comfortable and I will bring up the food"
I was in shock and Ann came up and hugged me and gave me a kiss on the cheek and told me how lucky I was and walked out the door. I literally was left standing in a daze and Sharon came up to me and said, "that was Ann, she and I had 'fun' back in high school, but she and I have not done anything since then, it was a one time thing, she is helping for tonight, and she has no clue you are not a real girl, so behave accordingly". I was still blown away had no clue what to think and Sharon came and hugged me and we went into a deep lipstick to lipstick Lesbian kiss her caressing me all over my silk body, and we broke it and she said, "but you are the only woman I care about now". She took my hand and about a minute later Ann came into the apartment and had a tray of something and said, "no worries ladies I will take care of everything, and ladies, you might want to fix your lipsticks" and I heard the oven door open and close and she left the kitchen and told us that she would be right back. Again, I had zero clue what was going on and Sharon told me that Ann was our "waitress" for tonight and would be serving us, then we both went to the bathroom, after grabbing our clutch purses and fixed our lipsticks after the kissing they were smudged. Ann came back into the apartment and had another plate of something and smiled at us and went and put it in the kitchen and came back into the living room, and looked at Sharon and said, "you said something about pictures?". Sharon said, "yes, let me get the camera, cannot have a special day like this for the 'birthday girl' go without pictures". Sharon went to the bedroom and Ann came up to me and smiled kissed me on the cheek and hugged me and told me how pret1ty I looked and how lovely I smelt and that Sharon was a lucky woman to find someone as pretty as me. I was flattered beyond belief, that this woman had no clue I was who I was and thought I was a real woman.
the living room and had my good camera in her hand and gave it to Ann and Ann said, "picture time ladies", and proceeded to take pictures and Sharon came back into Renee and posed in our graduation dresses, Ann suggested (and we did) pose for a kissing shot, a light one, (still it was our fist kiss caught on film, and to this day one of my favorites). After posing us for about 30 minutes and taking tons of shots, she asked Sharon if that was enough and Sharon looked at me and said, "well birthday girl is that enough?". I smiled and told her it was, and Ann said, "well ladies have a seat and I will get dinner". We sat down and Ann literally was our waitress and came and opened a bottle of wine poured it in our glasses and then dimmed the lights and lit a candle Sharon had put on the table, it definitely was a very romantic setting. Ann then came and put down a plate of lasagna for Sharon and I and then came and served Cesar Salad. She smiled at us as she did and then asked if everything was alight, we both said everything was perfect and the she looked at Sharon and she smiled and Sharon gave an approving nod of her head and a big smile. Ann then came over to me and smiled and looked at me with her bright red lips shining and said, "I have one present for the 'birthday girl' before I leave". She grabbed my hands and pulled me up from my chair so I was up on my heels and put her hands around my waist and moved in close to me and told me how pretty I was and how sexy I looked and smelt, and was staring directly into my eyes. Then moved in and gently grabbed the back of my head and moved her lipstick covered lips into mine and started kissing in a passionate lipstick to lipstick Lesbian kiss. I loved the taste of her lipstick and the kissing was not light, it was deep and soulful and she lowered her hands to my satin covered butt and pulled me in tighter to her so our breasts were jamming into one another. She stuck her tongue in my mouth, I reciprocated, and was definitely giving me a birthday present I would not soon forget, and was getting into it with her, she started moaning and as fast as it started it ended, and then she eventually broke the kiss and said, "happy birthday Joyce".
I looked over at Sharon and she was smiling and Ann went and grabbed her purse from the couch and headed to the bathroom, and said as she walked, "I am fixing my lips, and Joyce you might want to fix your lips too", laughing as she did. I looked over at Sharon and she said, "yea she is right", and handed me the black clutch purse and told me to go into the bedroom and fix my lipstick. I went to the bedroom, and grabbed my lipstick and tissues from the clutch purse and fixed up my lipstick, as it was a mess, a combination of hers and mine. I came out of the bedroom and saw my girlfriend and Ann holding hands and she gave my girlfriend a little lipstick to lipstick Lesbian kiss and said goodbye and as she was leaving smiled at me and said, "take care of Sharon and have a nice birthday evening Joyce". She left the apartment and Sharon and I sat down and started eating, as well as discussing what had just happened. Sharon said, "she is a good kisser is she not?", I said nothing and Sharon just smiled back at me and smiled to her. We finished dinner and Sharon picked up the plates and then came back into the room smiling and told me to get comfortable on the living room couch.
She then said, "presents time!". and she got up and went into the bathroom and came back smiling, with a big floral bag she came in with when she came to the apartment and sat down next to me and put it down, reached in and handed me a box. it was wrapped in metallic shiny pink paper and told me to open it first, and I slowly did and inside was my first piece of bedtime lingerie, a long salmon covered peignoir. Sharon smiled and looked at me and said, "I hope you like?", I told her I loved it and we exchanged a light lipstick to lipstick Lesbian kiss, and then she handed me another larger box wrapped in floral paper and told me to open it next. I opened the box and was literally crying as I pulled back the tissue paper in the box. Before me was what I dreamed about, a purple and white cheerleading skirt and matching sweater, the exact same colours and style as the girls I went to high school cheerleaders wore, typical 80's cheerleader style, purple and white. The tears would not stop and Sharon told me to relax and everything was alright, but there was much more, she handed me a tissue and told me my mascara and eyeliner were running down my face, I settled down. I kept on pulling back the tissue and found two pair of what I thought were purple panties, one cotton, and one satin, to match the purple of the uniform. I said, "matching panties?, really?", Sharon laughed and said, "no dear, those are your 'spankies' they are part of the uniform, and I will explain later, keep looking". I found a plain white bra, and looked at Sharon and she said, "cheerleaders have to protect the 'girls', jumping all over the place, this is a sports bra and will keep your 'girls' in place", frankly, I was stunned, I said "girls?", and she laughed and said, that is what we women refer to as our tits, get used to the word". Sharon said, "keep looking there is more", and I did and found two packages of pantyhose, nude in colour, but a brand I have never heard before "Danskyn". I asked her why I needed more pantyhose and she smiled and said, "these are what all the high school cheerleaders are made to wear, and are more durable, so why not you?, keep looking in the bag". Then I found a shoe box at the bottom and pulled it out and was a pair of white sneakers and purple shoelaces and in them a pair of white socks with a purple lining. Sharon was smiling at me, and said, "my little girl, a Cheerleader at last". I cried even more and she came and gave me a big hug and told me she was glad I liked the surprise, but pushed away from me and wiped off some of my tears, and said, "but there is more". She handed me a birthday card and I opened it and was a note, "to my sweet 16 birthday girl, have a wonderful time at the competition,!. I was lost and then found in the envelope was an advertisement of a senior high school cheerleading competition in October. My girlfriend saw I was lost and I asked her what it meant and she said, "next month you and I are going to a senior cheerleading competition and you will be in your new Cheerleading uniform". I said, "what?, how?". She stopped me there and said, "I have it all planned out, you will be a cheerleader in your uniform, but will not be performing, trust me, again, I have everything planned out, now stand up and let me undo your dress and go get into your full cheerleading uniform, leave your makeup the same, and take off all your jewelry, I want the rest of the evening in your uniform and I promised Ann pictures of you in it and she knows all about it". Then she continued, "before you go, the 'spankies', are not underwear, leave on the panties you have on now, put on the tights/pantyhose and then the spankies, then your skirt and then the bra and sweater, and of course the socks and the sneakers".
I grabbed everything she had given me and went to the bedroom after she had undone the back of my dress. I put everything on the bed and slipped out of the dress and heels and pantyhose then the bra, then listening to what Sharon said, started to dress in the uniform. I opened the hosiery package and started to put them on and realized, they were much thicker than regular pantyhose, they felt odd when I slipped them on and looked at my legs and they actually had a slight "shine" to them, certainly thicker and different than the normal pantyhose I usually wore. Next came the "spankies and I went for the more silky ones as they looks silky and pretty and I found off to they felt especially they were so tight around my thighs and it was weird wearing two pairs of panties, or so it felt like. The white skirt was next and the wide purple braid around the hem, I pulled it up and it had a Velcro closure which I did up and adjusted and then looked at myself in the mirror and was blown away, I knew I loved seeing the girls wear a skirt this short, shorter than our clubbing leather miniskirts. I then put on the plain white bra and it was a band size lower and fit very tight. Lastly was the white sweater with purple stripes down the arms and it fit snug, and after I looked in the mirror and it has a emblem of a bucking horse and the then "Kathy" embroidered on it, I found it strange, but decided to ask Sharon about it.
I went into the living room and Sharon said, "there is a cheerleader from head to toe", and then said, "simply lovely Kathy". I wash shocked when she said that asked her about the name and she told me she was going to get one embroidered with my name, and the sales woman said that it was going to about a month to get one done. Sharon said she was disappointed, but the sales woman did say that she had a leftover from the spring uniform run, but the name said "Kathy", well, since this was in fact a costume anyway (the sales woman did not know that), she said, "what a coincidence, the replacement girl's name is Kathy", so the sale woman said, "perfect!". I smiled and said to Sharon, "well I guess for that day or whenever I wear this uniform my name is 'Kathy'". She smiled and said, "yes Kathy that is your name when you are wearing the uniform". She then had me model the uniform around for a bit and came and hiked up my skirt and said, "I knew you would go for the satin spankies, but for the day of the competition you will be in the more cotton style ones". I asked her why and she giggled and said, "oh dear, you have so much to learn about being a cheerleader, you will understand why when we go to the competition", at the time I had no clue what she was talking about, but trusted her. She then said, "picture time Kathy", and she told me to stand in the middle of the living room and grabbed the camera. She was about to take a picture and looked at me then put down the camera and said, "ok Kathy, time to teach you how to be a cheerleader, I was never a cheerleader but my best friend Simone was, so I know the basics, and we still keep in touch", she put down the camera and came and walked towards me. She then told me I had to learn the basic "pose" as a cheerleader and that was hands to my hips, palms out. She told me when the "pom poms" arrived, there would be another pose and she told me they were on back order, but were not going to be needed for the competition trip out. She then went and got a year book of mine off the bookshelf and started flipping trough pages and, she stopped at one and said, "yes!". Then handed the book to me, and even though the pictures were in black and white it was girls in my identical uniform posing. I saw what she was talking about and smiled and then said, "well!, how about this?", I then started to pose and Sharon smiled and I bent a knee here and there and she started taking pictures and said, "perfect, perfect cheerleading poses" as she snapped away.
She put down the camera, then took me by the hand and lead me down to the dining room table and told me to sit at the table and then went into the kitchen and dimmed the lights and came out with a cake and singing "Happy Birthday", with candles and all, smiling and then put it down in front of me, and took pictures as I blew out the candles. We then both had a piece of cake and when done she cleared the table and came back into the living room area and asked me to stand up and I did. She then pulled out the chair and put it in the middle of the dining room area, then asked me to sit down. I found it odd, but went and sat down, tucking in my skirt like I normally would do and my girlfriend laughed and said, "ok, more cheerleader 101 for you, you do not tuck in a cheerleading skirt, look at it, ruins the look of the uniform, the skirt does not fall right". She was right and I asked her what I should be doing and she told me to stand again and said, "now this time as you are sitting down, instead of tucking it in, tug it out, so literally you are sitting with only your spankies on the chair and the skirt falls around you". She was right and it felt weird literally felt like I was sitting on the chair in my underwear. Sharon said that it was time for her to get changed and clean up and then head back to her parents place. She asked me to help unbutton her dress and I did and she headed to the washroom and I went to the bedroom in the full length mirror and admire red myself in my uniform. She came out of the bathroom dress bag in hand and told me she was ready to go and came and gave me a huge kiss and hug and told me that she had a bunch more "cheerleader 101" to teach but first she was going to be talking to her high school friend about her experiences, in a "just curious way". Sharon left and I left on the uniform until it was time for bed and then got out of it and left on my panties and slipped into the new nightgown Sharon got for me and washed off my makeup and slipped into bed and dreamed of the evening and the time I would be wearing my new cheerleading outfit out for real.
Sharon and I talked on the phone over the week and unfortunately the following Thursday we could not get together as she had some thing to do with her mother, but she told me the following Thursday she definitely would get together with me. She also told me she met with her friend Simone and had lots of things to talk to me about and told me that she advice on making me the perfect cheerleader (not directly, but indirectly). She told me that when she came over the next time, she wanted me in my complete uniform, with the other spankies. That Thursday night came and I got home from work and was all excited, I quickly jumped in the shower and got nice and clean and then came out and started getting ready, I decided to get into my uniform first and grabbed for a pair of purple satin panties I went and got in the mean time for "my girlfriend", as a male, lace and satin as I wanted to match the uniform, and slipped them on, and loved the feeling. Then came the tights, and I slipped them on, again, such a weird feeling, next was the plain cotton spankies and I put them on and the final part of the under things, was the tight white sports bra. I then slid on the skirt and did it up and then put on the sweater. I put on a little Halston's perfume and then was about to sit down and do my makeup and my girlfriend called and said she was leaving the office and would pick food up on the way. I sat down and started to do my makeup, I went with a light application of eyeliner, the light blue on my lower lids and light pink on my upper and then a healthy application of mascara. I put on a light application of rose blush, and finished it off with my "gilded rose lipstick". I then put on my ankle socks and the white running shoes with the purple laces, and went and sat on the couch in the living room and waited for Sharon to get to the apartment.
Sharon knocked on the door about 20 minutes later and I opened it and she was smiling and had a pizza box in her in her hand and said, "you look perfect Kathy". She definitely had come from work and was in a black A-line below the knee skirt, white silk blouse dark hose and 2" black kid heels. I went to the kitchen and grabbed plates and napkins and Sharon had put the pizza box down and draped her purse over one of the chairs. She and I sat down and she asked me if I was getting nervous about the competition on Saturday and I told her I was and she said she would explain everything after we ate. She then told me that she had a confession to make and that last Thursday she was not with her mother but had a girls night out with her high school cheerleading friend Simone. I was a little upset and she could see that and gently grabbed my hand and said, "but what we talked about is going to definitely benefit you".
We then moved to the couch in the living room, and Sharon made a comment, "I see Kathy you have learned on how to sit in your skirt, very good". Sharon sounded a bit excited and went on to tell me that her and Simone went for dinner and stayed for a while for drinks after, and she told me that she eventually had Simone reminiscing about her high school cheerleading days after about 4 cocktails. she asked in a very careful way, and told me she knew most of what she talked about, but not all of it. I was getting excited and asked her to tell me everything, and she said she would, but first she had a couple of things to completely finish off the cheerleading look for Saturday. She went and grabbed her purse and sat down and she said she had to tell me a couple of things, firstly, Simone told her that cheerleaders were not allowed to wear earrings except for studs. She reached into her purse and pulled out a set of rhinestone clip on stud earrings and proceeded to lean in and put them on me, I was smiling and really did not know what to say. She also told me that on a whim she drove by the school of which the uniform I was wearing was, and ran across the cheerleading team practicing, and got out of the car and spoke to another woman that was watching, and asked what was going on, as it did not look like a "normal" cheerleading practice, and she told her that it was a "dress rehearsal" for the upcoming competition. She then opened her purse again and pulled out two purple satin hair clips that matched the colour of the uniform, and proceeded to put them in my hair. She told me that all of the girls were wearing them, and told me to go to the bedroom and have a look.
I then went back into the living room and was smiling and Sharon asked, "you like?", and I told her almost in tears that I loved the look. She smiled and then one last thing, and she pulled out a very small purple purse, very similar to our clubbing purses. She handed it to me and told me that she would tell me exactly what I would need in it on the day we go for the competition. I gave her a hug and thanked her and then the real fun started, as she started telling me some of the things I need to know (I had to laugh as I transcribed this as so much has changed in the world since 1988, especially for women), she started with makeup. She told me as a cheerleader, makeup was paramount, as you always had to look perfect as you were representing the school, and she told me that for the competition she would be doing my makeup as she learned from Simone, "more meant more". She also told me Simone used to go through a single tube of lipstick every season, as she was always re-applying it, as well as the other cheerleaders. She then got a little serious and said, "tell me what you know about how they pick cheerleaders?", I told her "well they have to be pretty I guess, and physically fit", she laughed and said, "have you ever seen an ugly cheerleader?", I told her I guess she was right and said, "even if you cannot master the moves or are not an athlete, as long as you are attractive and have the 'attitude', you will make the team". I was confused and said, "attitude?", she laughed again, and said, ever noticed that the cheerleaders are all 'stuck up bitches' (well as a male in high school, I was part of the geek crowd, so I never noticed), and she went on to say that being a cheerleader was an exclusive club, and they chose who they would let approach them, male or female. I told her I never noticed and she said, "as a female, you noticed it big time", and she said, except for Simone she always got a bad vibe from the cheerleaders, especially the seniors. She went on to say, "so unlike when we go out and are always friendly to everyone, especially other females, you have to carry yourself with 'attitude', kind of like, 'I am better than you, now look at me and get lost'". I said, "really, that seems mean", and she said, "remember I told you, if you want to blend in, you have to play the role you are portraying, if you show any sign of weakness, they will know quickly you are not a cheerleader, or make fun of you and beat you down mentally". I was floored and could not believe what I was hearing and then she went on, "another thing, you have been to a women's washroom many times, and now know the etiquette, however, at this place, you will be going to a girls high school washroom, all the rules change, especially on Saturday with the competition, and you will be going at least twice". She was smiling and at that point I had no clue how she knew how many time I would have to use the washroom, but she just smiled and continued on. She carried on with, "so, you obviously have been to the boys washroom in high school, well the girls washroom, I am sure is different, it literally is more like a social meeting place", I told her the boys washroom certainly was not like that more like "get your business done and get out". She smiled and continued and she told me that Simone told her (and she did not know this) that adding cheerleading 'click's' to the mix from different schools, and it become very 'catty' and literally competitive environment in the washroom. She told me that if any other cheerleader made a comment, to give them attitude back, not by words but with a "fuck you" look.
Sharon then went on to lighter things she learned from Simone about what she experience as a cheerleader, and she learned things she did not know. Before most football games, they used to have a private "party", and most games, some of the girls were more than "tipsy". She also asked if being a cheerleader meant you had to be promiscuous, and she told her some of the girls used their status as a cheerleader to date and have sex with any guy she wanted, but she did not as she had a steady boyfriend all through high school. Sharon then told me that unprovoked by her, and on Simon's 5th drink, she said, "and some games, we all would just wear our spankies and no panties, which made for interesting times when we did high leg kicks". That was about all Sharon had to tell me and sure had me thinking about what I was getting into, as it was not just going and watching a competition, but actually having to act and behave like a real cheerleader. I asked her, how we were going to pull it off as I obviously was not going to be part of the team of the school I was representing. Sharon said she had it all worked out, she went on to say, "I checked the schedule, the 'Bronco's" are scheduled to perform at 3pm, and the competition starts at 9am, so we will get there for 9:30 am or so and leave by noon, or so, that way, you will not be running into any other cheerleaders from your school as they all arrive at once., and if anyone asks, you had to come early as you could not get a ride with anyone else, so your friend drove you". it all sounded reasonable, and Sharon said she had to get going and reminded me that she would be doing all my makeup for the day and would be over at around 8:45am on Saturday, so I should be dressed and ready by then. She then gave me a kiss and a hug and grabbed her purse and left the apartment, with a comment, "see you Saturday morning Kathy".
Saturday October 15th, Day of the Competition
I went to bed early on Friday night and set the alarm for 7:30am, and got up all excited about the day. I started by laying my entire outfit out on the bed, and was tingling with nervous excitement. I then headed to the shower and got squeaky clean. I headed right to the bedroom and started getting dressed. I started with the purple satin and lace panties, and slipped them into place, and then my girdle to ensure I was nicely tucked. Then carefully put on the nude tights that gave my legs a shine, and put them in pace over my hips, and then put on the polyester purple spankies and then the white sports bra. I then put on the skirt and did it up and loved how it looked as I looked down at my legs. I then put on the sweater and then sat on the bed and put on the socks and running shoes, and did up the laces I went to the mirror and fluffed out my hair then put in the purple hair barrettes and the only jewelry, the rhinestone studs, final touch was a light spritz of my Halston's perfume. I then sat down in the bedroom, and put on my foundation makeup to make my face consistent and smooth. I checked the clock and my timing was perfect and about 2 minutes later there was a knock on the door and I opened it and there was Sharon smiling, dress in jeans, running shoes and a green and black sweater, she had on light makeup and came in. She said, "already for the competition Kathy?", I told her I thought I was, and she smiled and said, "of course not, you have no makeup on, come and let's get you finished off".
Sharon told me to have a seat on the couch and put her purse down on the kitchen table and pulled out her makeup bag and grabbed a chair and sat in front of me and told me that she was going to do my nails first and then she would start on my face as they dried. Out of her makeup bag she pulled out a bottle of purple nail polish, and said, "Just to make the outfit even more cute", and began to put it on my nails, and it was a deep purple, almost matching the purple in my uniform, and she said as she was applying, "do you like the colour Kathy?". I smiled and told her I did and after she finished she said not to touch them and she would start with my eyes, and then another surprise she pulled out purple eyeliner, I was expecting the usual black. She smiled and told me to first look up and said, "this will really set the entire outfit off, and you can tell anyone that asks that all the girls on the team are wearing the same eyeliner and nail polish.". I was so used to doing my own makeup, it was a bit awkward having someone else do it, she then put on dark purple on my lower lids and light pink on my upper and then moved my cheeks and I saw she pulled out a darker blush, more used for formal night out with low light environment, and put it on my cheeks, asking me to suck in my cheeks as she did. She then said, "now for the final touch, the lipstick, and for today, you are going to be wearing what I wore in high school". She pulled it out and it definitely was used, and it was a deep red, almost a purple look to it and she said, "here go put his on in the bathroom, then pack in your purple purse, and bring it back to me so we can pack it with the right few other things. I went to the bathroom and had to laugh a little, as the tip of the lipstick was rounded and not beveled, and Proceeded to put it on and it definitely was different, then I looked at myself in the mirror even before the lipstick went on. I was a little taken back at what Sharon had done to my face, certainly a very different look for me, my eyes looked huge, and my cheekbone were clearly defined and showed thanks to the darker blush. I put on the lipstick and the look was even more dramatic, the shade was something definitely new for me. I went and grabbed the purple purse and put the lipstick in it and went back into the living room and said to Sharon, "really?". She smiled and said, "what is it Kathy, do not like the look?". I told her it was a bit much and she laughed and said, "oh did I forget to tell you the competition is also partly a beauty pageant?, the team gets marks based on how well the girls makeup is put together". Another twist, she asked me for my little purple purse and she took out of her makeup bag and her purse, a few things and while packing it she said, "you need to make sure your cheeks and lips are perfect at all times". So in the tiny purse she packed in a small compact, some tissues, blush, with a small brush as part of it, and the purple eyeliner, and that was it. She handed me the purse and checked the time and said, "perfect, let's get to the competition".
Sharon grabbed her purse and before I knew it we were down to the car and heading to the high school where the competition was being held. She had not even told me what the high school was, but it was St. Vincent's high school in Mississauga, not far from the Oakville Mississauga border. Sharon held my hand all the way there and told me to relax as she could see I was getting nervous. We pulled in the parking lot and reality really struck as in the parking lot there was cheerleaders everywhere, from all sorts of teams. Sharon and I got out of the car and Sharon could see the bewilderment in my eyes, she came up to me and said, "remember you are a cheerleader, now start acting like one, remember, you want them looking at you, not you looking at them, start the 'attitude'". I slung the small purple purse over my body, crossing my breasts. Sharon and headed to the front doors of the school and walked in and there was signs everywhere directing people and a woman, with a clipboard saw me come in and asked me what school I was from, I briefly looked at Sharon she was smiling and told her the school, and she said we were not scheduled to go on until 3pm. I told her I was early, as I could not get a ride later. She understood and told me to come and see her when my coach and the other girls arrived, I smiled and told her I would.
Sharon and followed the signs and went into the very large gymnasium, and went and found a spot on the bleachers, and I made sure to push my skirt out as I sat down and Sharon noticed and just smiled at me. I had a ton of mixed emotions as I watched, I had to play the role of a cheerleader, but at the same time, was thrilled watching the other cheerleaders and the uniforms they were wearing. We had arrived just as the next school was about to perform and sat and watched them, and I was impressed by the moved and the choreography , after the first school we saw was done Sharon asked if I wanted a pop and I told her "sure", and she left me alone and went to one of the serving areas that were set up. I took the time to look around in the stands and realized I was surrounded by tons of other cheerleaders, and Sharon was right they were all clustered together in their own little groups, meanwhile I was alone for the time being. Sharon came back and handed me a pop and it had a straw out of it and I started drinking it, and loved the face my lipstick was making a mark on the straw. Sharon then asked what I thought so far, and I told her and she smiled and said, "glad you are liking it Kathy". I was about half way through my pop when a squad of cheerleaders came and sat next to me, I was a little concerned as I recognized the uniform they were wearing as another high school in Oakville. A blond haired, girl, made up just as much as I was in a green and white uniform, wearing almost identical to me in hair bows, and socks, white shoes and green laces was sitting next to me. In between a couple of schools leaving the gym floor and another coming on, the cheerleader next to me said, in a kind of snide way, "sooo where is the rest of your squad, Miss Bronco?. I quickly said back with the same attitude, "they are coming later, I just needed a ride and my friend dropped me off on her way to work, do you mind?". I felt terrible saying that in a rude way but Sharon reached over and discreetly patted my hand and I looked over and she smiled, while the blonde girl just looked away. I finished my Pop and was still loving with mixed emotions the cheerleaders from various schools doing their routines. Sharon look over at mean and leaned in and said, "Kathy, your lipstick is all smudged, time to fix it up and you know what that means". I certainly did and told her I would be back, and as I slid past her and headed for the end of the bleachers, she quietly said, "have fun Kathy".
I left the bleachers and the gymnasium and into the hallway and other than being surrounded by tons of other cheerleaders I was lost, until I saw a sign "bathrooms" and an arrow and I started walking down the hall, and like Sharon told me walk with "attitude" and I did. I found the girls washroom and walked in, and first off, Sharon was right it was a totally different female washroom experience, one like I had never encountered before. First off, it was loud with many girls talking, and they were in small groups, obviously from the same school with their matching uniforms, I got a bad vibe as I walked in as I was the only one not without at least someone else in the same uniform, and all eyes turned to me as I walked in. Some of the chatter settled down but I held my head high and went and found and empty place at the sinks and pulled out my lipstick from the small purple purse and started to touch up my lips. About that time I was flanked by two cheerleaders obviously from the same school in orange and white uniforms, and they started touching up their makeup. Now, unlike my many visits to women's washroom's, when if you saw another women in the mirror and made eye contact you would smile, definitely not this time. Both girls were looking at each other and I could tell they were looking me over I finished, packed up my lipstick and was fluffing my hair and once of the girls said to me as she looked at me in the mirror and said sarcastically, "you must feel really lonely, with none of your team in here". I looked at her directly in the mirror and said, "really?, is that all you got girl?". She obviously never expect that kind of a comeback, and as I left, I look at both of them, and said, "and where is the rest of your team, huh?". I turned before any reaction and left the girls washroom, and headed back to the gymnasium, and again, loved walking to the gum and again, tons of mixed emotions as I looked at the other cheerleaders and some were absolutely stunning looking.
I went back to the gymnasium and got up on the bleachers and sat next to Sharon, the cheerleaders that were next to me before were gone and Sharon and I were somewhat alone and she quietly asked, smiling wildly, "so Kathy, enjoy the girls washroom". I said, "you were not kidding, that was strange", she asked if I got hassled and I told her I did and she asked how I handled it and told her I gave them attitude back. She said, "good, as any other cheerleader should, now I have been noticing you doing al lot of staring, I take it you like the scenery?". I told her I was but had mixed feelings and she said, "oh I bet you do, but you are made up to be as pretty as they are, and the hair bows make you look so adorable". I had to blush a little and Sharon said she would be right back and left me alone again watching the other cheerleaders doing their routines. Sharon came back with another pop and handed it to me and I took it and started sipping on it and again, loved the lipstick smear on the straw, she also got some potato chips and offered me some but I said no. Sharon said it was coming up to around 12 noon and said we should leave before 12:30pm, as the rest of the cheerleading team from my school might start showing up. We watched a few more teams and then after I finished my pop, I really had to use the girls washroom and to relieve myself. Sharon checked her watch and said, "perfect, 12:20pm, I will follow you and wait for you outside the washroom until you come out and then we will leave".
Sharon followed me and I looked back at her and smiled and entered the busy and noisy girls bathroom and it was like the first time, clumps of 3 or 4 girls together and each clump in the same uniform. I really could care less and really had to go and saw and empty stall and went in, I left my purse in place and tugged down my spankies, pantyhose and panties and carefully sat down and made sure my skirt was way behind me and did my business. I heard some of the girls chatting, and I heard one say, "what school is she from?, I have not seen any others from her school here". I finished up my business and cleaned up and then cleaned up and then stood up and then pulled up my panties, then pantyhose and then the spankies and make sure my skirt was straight. I then left the stall and did not know who was talking about me but had the attitude that I did not care and headed to the sinks to touch up, I found a spot and again, had two other cheerleaders from the sane team next to me. I pulled out my lipstick and touched up my lips and fluffed out my hair and this time nothing was said to me and I packed up my purse and headed out of the washroom to meet Sharon.
Sharon smiled at me as we left and asked if it was the same as the first time, I told her it was but I was fine and we headed out to the front entrance of the school to leave and walked by the same woman that was checking in teams and she saw me. She asked if the rest of my team was arriving and I told her "shortly", and she asked were I was going and I told her, "I would be right back". Sharon and I then headed to the car and I slid in again, making sure my skirt was adjusted right and she surprised me and said, "so where to for lunch?". I said, "lunch with me dressed like this?, what happened to 'dress to blend'?". She laughed and said, where I was thinking is not far away, and I bet you are not the only cheerleader to be there. She then told me that we would go to a place near her work, a Kelsey's, which is a roadhouse style place. As we drove she asked how I was feeling and what I thought of the experience, and I told her it was an eye opener and she told me she was glad that I got to wear my cheerleading uniform out in public rather than in the house only. She also told me she was really glad as I probably would never have a chance to wear it in a real setting any more, except probably for Halloween in the years to come. We got to the restaurant and went in and the hostess saw us come in and Sharon took the lead and asked for a booth and she grabbed two menu's and told us to follow her, as we walked she turned to me and asked, "how was the competition?". As we slid into the booth and I told her that my team was not going on until 3pm. She smiled at me and said, "well good luck and ladies your waitress will be with you shortly". As soon as she left a blond hair girl in black slacks and a nice cream blouse smiling said to us, "hello my name is Samantha and I will be serving you ladies today, and I must say, another cheerleader". I said "really?", she said, "yes they have been coming and going since we opened, has your team performed yet?", I told her not until 3pm, and she said, "oh lots of time, and can I get you ladies anything to start with to drink?". I ordered an iced tea and Sharon ordered a coffee. We looked at the menu and decided on the lunch special which was a soup and salad for me and a soup and half a club sandwich for Sharon. Our waitress came back with our drinks and asked if we were ready to order and I went first and then Sharon, and she took our menu's and said, "should not be long ladies".
I then took the time and looked around and saw that I was not the only cheerleader in the restaurant, as across the floor in another booth was 4 cheerleaders dressed in green and black uniforms, and at a table at the other end of the restaurant was a group of 6 cheerleaders dressed in gold and yellow. Sharon noticed this as well and said, "my Kathy, you are not the only cheerleader here, I told you so". I smiled and the we talked about what I thought of the day and what I saw and how I felt and I told her everything and she said, "great, glad you got so much out of it, and learned a bunch". About that time our waitress came with our orders and put them down and said, "enjoy your lunch ladies". Sharon and I ate and every once in a while I would look over at the other cheerleaders and caught them every once in a while looking at me, and I was sure talking about me. Sharon and I continued to discuss the day and the competition and I kept telling her how much I loved every moment of it. We eventually finished lunch and our waitress came and asked if we were all done and Sharon spoke up and said, "just the bill please", she smiled and left and then Sharon looked at me and said, "and you my dear, need a trip to freshen up, even though you are not going back to the competition, you are representing your school at all times, so touch u your makeup, including your blush".
I actually needed a trip to the washroom, as I had to relieve myself. I excused myself and headed to the bathrooms, and went into the women's bathroom, and found it had only 3 stalls and I entered the middle one and moved things around and sat down and started to do my business when I heard the door open and heard the shuffling of two people. Before I knew it there was a woman on either side on me and by looking down I saw they were in running shoes and sock like min with dark green lining, so I knew it was other cheerleaders. I heard them doing their business and I stood up and pulled everything up and adjusted my skirt to ensure it was hanging right and left the stall. I went to he sinks and pulled out my blush and was touching it up and about that time, almost at the same time the other cheerleaders left their stalls and were on either side of me. I looked at them and smiled and surprisingly they smiled back and they too were adjusting their makeup I finished my lipstick and packed everything into my purse. As I was doing that one of the girls, very politely asked, "so has your team cheered yet?", I smiled and told her we do not go on until 3pm, and asked her if she has already and she told me that they went on at 11am, and I said "I hope you did well", she said they thought they did, but seeing the other competition, she was not sure. I left before they were done and they both said, "good luck", I smiled and thanked them and left the bathroom and headed back to the table to meet Sharon. I slid into the booth, carefully adjusting my skirt and Sharon asked if everything went alright in the bathroom, as she saw the two other cheerleaders going in after me. I told her it was back to normal with the usual ladies washro0m etiquette, and all was fine, and she asked if I was ready to go. I told her I was and she slid over the bill and told me she settled up, but I might want to hang on to it and told me to read the back and it said,
"Pleasure serving you ladies and good luck this afternoon with the competition, Samantha".
I smiled and tucked the receipt into my purse and Sharon and I slid out of the booth and headed for the door and the hostess said to us as we were leaving, "good luck this afternoon", I thanked her and we left and headed to Sharon's car. I slid in and so did Sharon and she could not resist and said, "I was impressed today, you adjusted your skirt properly every time", I told her I was glad she told me about that, as I noticed all of the other cheerleaders were doing the same thing. Sharon told me that she was going to be dropping me off downstairs from my apartment as she has to work at 3pm, and had to go home and change. We got to my apartment and I checked and no one was looking and I leaned in and gave her a light "thank you" kiss and told her how I enjoyed the day. I left the car and went upstairs to my apartment and stayed in my uniform for the rest of the afternoon and wrote in my diary about the day.
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