Jenny's Dad came to talk with Jenny and wanted her to come home with him but Jenny flatly refused and said she would stay with us or she would run away. Her Dad then had a long conversation with Mummy and Daddy and left.

The funeral was held on Wednesday the twenty second of July at ten am. Most of the town was there. Jenny and I had three red roses that we put on the coffin as it was being lowered into the ground and we both knelt down and said the Lords Prayer. A lady was singing 'Amazing Grace' as the coffin went down into the earth and Father Brian started to say a prayer. Jenny was not crying but held onto Mummy's hand as we walked away from her Mothers grave.

There was a wake at Jenny's house but she refused to go, so Mummy, Daddy,and Rita came home with Jenny and I. Jenny was very quiet and went to the bedroom to lie down.

Mummy said, “See if you can get Jenny to have a sandwich, and go and lay on the bed with her and just be there when she wants to talk.” I was hugging Jenny when she said, “Carla, I don’t want to leave here and go back home or live in Sydney, I just want to stay with you.”

I replied, “Sis, I think your Dad has already spoken to Mummy and Daddy and has agreed to let you stay with us anyway.”

Mummy came into the room and said, “Come on out to the kitchen and have some afternoon tea.”

Jenny said “I’m not very hungry Mu-- err —Mummy.”

“It's ok Jenny, you can call me Mummy. I don’t mind, it just means I have three daughters now.”

Mummy said, “Girls, you can relax for the rest of to day, but in four days time you two will have to go back to school and you need to do some catching up with your studies, so I am going to ring your teacher and find out what he wants you to catch up on.”

Jenny and I both groaned and said “Do we have to?”

Mummy replied, “Yes you sure do, I don’t want a pair of dummies living under my roof.”

I said, “What about Jean, doesn't she have to catch up too?”

“Carla don’t be silly, and get your bum out to the kitchen now!!” “

“Yesss Mummy.” Jenny and I held hands and walked to the kitchen with our nose in the air with Mummy having a giggle at our antics.

The next four days were spent doing boring school work, taking Ginger for her walks and visiting Aunty Bella and Uncle Tony. Jenny seemed to be feeling ok so we decide to go for a walk on Sunday after we had been to church, to the cemetery and visit the grave without any one else being there. When we got there we knelt down and started talking to Jan as if she could hear us and Jenny said, “I love you Mummy, but I now have a new Mummy as well so don't worry about me.” and then the dam broke and she sobbed while I held her in a tight hug for at least half an hour.

When she had cried herself out she looked at me and said, “Carla, I’m done crying.” and gave me a big smile through red eyes.

I smiled back and said, “Ok lets go home sis and see what's for lunch.”

It was near on lunch time when we got back. It is quite a long way out to where the cemetery is and it took us almost an hour and a half to get back home. Ginger was waiting with a wagging tail to meet us at the gate. Poor Ginger, she has not had us around for a couple of weeks but now we were back we would start spending more time with her. Mummy had done a roast for Sunday lunch and because Aunt Bella and Uncle Tony were there, the gravy for the roast was a special treat. It was Aunty Bella’s secret recipe !! but Mummy knows how to make it too because she watched aunty make it at the restaurant.

We did some more study after lunch, took Ginger for a walk to the park and just happened to ring Ricky before we left in the guise of asking him about what subjects were on at school in the morning. Billy was staying with Ricky while his parents were away in Sydney so it was double pleasure for two nine year old girls visiting the park. It was three o'clock when we reached the park on our bikes with Ginger following close behind. The boys were there already and greeted us with a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Because Ricky and Billy were at the funeral they did not mention anything to Jenny about her Mother which was good because Jenny needed to move on now and all her friends would need to help her through the next few weeks. There was no grass left on the ground in the park and the prickles which we call 'bindi eyes' were really bad so shoes have to stay on

The four of us were the only ones at the park this afternoon, so no one could tell on us if we were being a little bit naughty and having a kiss while we were sitting on the park bench.

Ricky said, “So Carla, do you have to have any more surgery now or is it all done?”

I replied, “Ricky, I am all girl now and can have babies and everything!!”

Ricky looked at me and made big eyes and said, “Wooa!! Carla, too much information.” That set Jenny and I off on a giggling fit.

Billy looked at Ricky and said, “Well mate, women do that you know.”

Anyway we talked a bit more and thought we had better get back home before it started getting dark.

Billy kissed Jenny on the lips and she closed her eyes when the kiss ended and said “Mmmm that feels nice.”

Ricky said, “Carla may I kiss you like that too?” (Ricky is a real gentleman.)

I replied, “What are you waiting for?”

He said, “Carla, last time I kissed you on the lips Jean gave me an electric shock.”

I closed my eyes said out loud, “Jean, let Ricky kiss me without the zap from you please.”

I heard her giggling and she said, “Ok, only a little tingle than.”

Billy looked at Ricky with a funny look. Ricky said, “It's alright Billy, she does that all the time. She and Jean are connected to each other, you'll get used to to Carla and her sister in time.”

Ricky put his hands gently on either side of my face and gave me a toe curling kiss. I could feel the energy flowing from Jean through me right into Ricky. He pulled back still holding my face and looked into my eyes and said, “Carla, Jean I love you both.”

He then sat back and said “If I get to marry you Carla, I get Jean as well won't I?”

I replied, “We come as a package, so yes it will be a double wedding.” We had another quick kiss and walked hand in hand to where our bikes were and said bye till tomorrow and rode home all tingly from kissing.

It was just on dark when we got home and Daddy was just about to get in the car and come looking for us because we had no lights on our bikes.

Daddy said, “Girls, please keep an eye on the time next time you go out on your bikes, you know how much I worry about you kids.”

We got off our bikes and gave Daddy a two way hug and both said, “Sorry Daddy.”

He shook his head and mumbled something that sounded like, “Bloody hell!! How am I ever going to survive two nine year old girls?”

We ran up to him and held a hand each and pulled him up the front steps while Mummy was looking on with a smile on her face saying, “Get used to it darling, you are surrounded by women.”

Daddy replied, “Heaven help me.” rolling his eyes while he said it.

There were left-overs for dinner so there was no real cooking to be done other than to heat everything up.

While we were eating Rita said, “I hope you girls were behaving yourselves at the park this afternoon. I heard you talking to the boys before you went. There was no kissing was there?”

I am not allowed to tell lies or God will punish me, so I just said “Just one little one.”

I thought 'I wonder what what a big kiss would feel like?' Jenny was going red in the face when Rita looked at her, but Rita must have seen the look on Jenny's face and decide not to push it any further, much to Jenny’s relief.

Mummy said, “Ok girls, I want you to have a shower tonight ,so there's not a big rush on the bathroom in the morning.”

We replied, “Yes Mummy” and went and got our winter pyjamas and went to the bathroom to have a shower. Daddy was kind enough to have put the kerosene heater on so to make it a bit more comfortable being naked in the middle of winter, and yes he does spoil us rotten. I don't even have to use my magic eyes to make him melt and do what I want. Mummy says that is why she fell in love with Daddy because he is so gentle with us.

We got undressed and got into the warm water of the shower and we soaped each up. When the water was washing all the soap off us we just stood and looked at each and had a wet hug. We both had more than a little breast growth and when our budding nipples touched it was electric.

Jenny said, “Holy hell, that that is going right to the tip of my toes.”

I replied, “Jenny, I think we are being a bit naughty but you are right it feels fantastic and is sending shivers down to my new thingy.”

We almost fell over in the shower we giggled so hard.

Mummy knocked on the door and said, “Hoy!! don't use up all the hot water in there.” We both jumped in fright and got out dried ourselves off and put our winter pyjamas on. We forget to bring our woollen slippers so we had to run back to our bedroom over the icy cold floor boards.

We got our slippers and warm dressing gowns on and went to the kitchen to say good night to everyone. Mummy was just finishing ironing our school uniforms and told us to have a warm drink of milk and we could take the uniforms back to the bedroom with us. We had our milk and Mummy said, “I want you two to have your breakfast in the morning before you put your uniforms on. I won't have the time in the morning to iron any more clothes for you lot.”

We took our uniforms and got a kiss on the cheek from everyone and we made our way to the bedroom, careful not to drop our clean ironed uniforms. We weren’t long falling asleep and we both dreamed of kissing our future husbands.

Monday 27/7/59
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It was nice and warm cuddled up in bed, but we had to get up and have our breakfast which Mummy had ready for us to eat. Daddy and Rita were already finished and said bye to us after they gave us quick peck on the cheek.

Daddy almost did the same to Mummy when she said, “Where are you sleeping tonight darling?”

Daddy replied, “In our bed, where else would I sleep?”

Mummy said, “Not if I don’t get a proper kiss you won't.”

Daddy said, “Shit, sorry darling,I could always stay home today and we can make whoopee!! for the rest of the day.”

Mummy replied, “Not in front of the children, William.”

Daddy said “There’s that name again.” and he gave Mummy a proper kiss on the lips and went quickly out the door telling Rita to hurry up or they would be late for work.

Mummy said, “I do love him. he is a funny gentle man and I hope you two will be as lucky and find some one like your Daddy to marry when you grow up.”

Jenny and I looked at each other and could hardly contain ourselves from giggling at what Mummy had said. As far as Jennifer and I were concerned we had already found our future husbands, whether they knew it or not. Girls are allowed to do that 'cos we control the world. We got dressed in our uniforms and then Mummy had two daughters that needed to have their hair done, so she told us to comb each other's hair and she would put it into a loose plait with the school ribbons in it to hold it all in place. When she was finished we looked in the full length mirror and did some twirls and were satisfied that we looked ok. Mummy said she wanted to see our teacher and would drive us to school this morning but we could start riding our bikes tomorrow.

We arrived at the school and were greeted by our class-mates at the gate and were inundated with questions about every thing that happened to us in the last couple of weeks. Brenda and June were the most excited, They were at the funeral but didn't get a chance to talk to Jenny and I because we did not go to Jenny's home after the funeral, so we had a lot to catch up on. Mummy came back from talking with Peter Taylor and said, “I’ll see you girls this afternoon ok?” We said bye, and it was time to go to morning assembly on the parade ground.

Carla and Jenny

To be continued;

Next time: school holidays, Brisbane exhibition and getting closer to the wedding!!

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