The morning after my impromptu wrestling match with Sam and my sister Lina, Sam and I rose to find that Lina had been up early and had left, just leaving a note of the kitchen table saying...
'Don't worry, I'm fine. I didn't want things to get awkward, hope you are ok with that. Love Lina.'
But I had obviously been worried by that and had tried to call and text Lina, but for the last two days she has just blanked me, which made me worry more, despite Sam's attempts to reassure me.
It's now Monday evening, I'm at home sitting with Sam. I haven't seen nor heard from Lina since Saturday evening, when out of the blue, I get a text...
'Hi Becky, sorry I've been avoiding you. I just needed space to decide what I want to do next, now I know. Would you be able to help me set up a proper wrestling match, as I want to try it again? Thanks, Love Sis'.
"Wow, look at this." I say incredulously, showing my phone to Sam.
"See, I told you she would be fine." Sam replies and then asks "So what are you going to do with that?"
"I don't know, I don't think it's really for Lina and I don't want her getting hurt." I answer.
"But you're OK with torturing me on the mats?" Sam asks with a smile.
"Ahh yes, but then I get to fuck you, so I'm fine with it." I joke (sort of).
I take my phone and reply back to Lina...
'Pleased you're ok sis, been worried about you. Let me have a think about the wrestling, I'll get back to you'.
There's no further response from Lina. But then after a few minutes Sam speaks.
"I've got an idea." Sam says out of the blue.
"Really? What is it?" I ask with some trepidation.
"What about you and Lina in a tag match against me and Gemma? That way Lina gets to wrestle and you get to look after her, to make sure nothing bad happens." Sam suggests.
"Maybe, I'll put it to Lina, see what she says. Do you want to ask Gemma, to make sure she's up for it too?" I respond.
***
Well here we are, it's Saturday night and I have another wrestling match. Both Lina and Gemma said yes, so we have contest. I have spent the last couple of days with Lina, taking her through some holds, moves and escapes, prepping her on the basics. She is not really ready yet, so I will definitely need to protect her, as she is still pretty naive and raw.
Sam has again cleared one of the bedrooms in our home and laid down mats, as a makeshift wrestling gym. Lina and I reach the room first, Lina has selected matching outfits for us, a red one-piece bathing suit, almost Baywatch style and sheer, seamless black hose (she's aware of the dress code). We start to limber up and stretch when our opponents, 'Team Gam', enter. (They have taken to calling themselves Team Gam as a mash up of their names, Gemma and Sam.) They too have matching outfits. Both ladies wearing what is essentially just underwear, a silk lace trimmed bra and matching silky shorts panties, both in sky blue, with sheer, seamless grey pantyhose. This is the first time I've wrestled Gemma since I came out and I suspect this is her way of flirting with me. But whilst in different circumstances I would heartily approve, right now I don't think this is right for a straight wrestling match, involving my very straight little sister!
"Do you think that outfit is entirely suitable for a wrestling match?" I ask, critically.
"I think so. What about you Lina, do you like it?" Gemma asks, twisting and turning to show off her body to the young woman she had met for the first time only an hour ago.
"I'm Ok with it." Lina responds. But to be honest she looks so nervous right now I don't think she really knows what's going on.
"Good that's settled." Gemma adds quickly "So, it's a 30 minute time limit tag match, submission only, most submissions wins. When you're tagged you have to break and leave the mat with 10 seconds, when you submit you have to restart the next round against the winner's partner. Any questions?"
No one speaks, so after a few moments we move apart to our assigned sides of the room. We have agreed the non-competing member of each team has to be in constant contact with opposite walls, to avoid straying onto the mat.
"I'm going to start, I'll tag you in when I have our opponent ready for you to take advantage. OK?" I coach my inexperienced partner "And if you get in trouble, get back here and tag as quickly as you are able, don't try and fight your way out if you can reach or run, that's what a tag partner is for."
"Yes, fine, I understand." Lina replies.
Then a bell rings to start the match, I turn to face my opponent, not knowing who is starting for the other team. I see Gemma coming toward me, taking a classic wrestler's stance, as she cautiously approaches.
I simply outwait her, only a few seconds but still her relative inexperience and impatience tells, as she decides to lunge at me. I counter, with a blunt but effective trip, felling her to the mat. I follow-up by dropping down onto her back, pulling her arm up into a hammerlock. Again not stylish but effective. I hold her arm, with one hand and wrap my other arm around her throat, not quite in a choke but certainly restricting blood flow a little, whilst also wrapping my hose covered legs around her torso, squeezing her in a body scissor. All of this isn't designed to make her submit but just to soften her up for my partner, it's possibly uncomfortable but nowhere near painful.
"I submit." Gemma calls.
"What?" I question, there's no way that could make her submit.
"I submit, break the hold." Gemma repeats.
Confused, I release my barely even dented opponent. Getting to her feet, Gemma gestures to Lina, in a come hither motion.
"Come on Lina, you and me now." Gemma hisses.
Oh shit, now the penny drops. Now my still fresh opponents have access to their rookie challenger.
"Just tag out as soon as you can." I instruct Lina.
Lina and Gemma meet, and it's less than 1 minute into the match. Gemma takes hold of Lina without too much resistance she's able to apply a side headlock, reducing the air and blood flow to Lina's brain, then she adds a hair-pull to the hold, bringing a yelp from the novice.
"Hey, no hair pulling." I call out, at Gemma's 'flexing' of the rules.
"Really?" Gemma replies "Lina, are you ok with it, or do you want to see what else I can do with that hand."
I'm sure none of us really knew what that threat meant but it sounded menacing.
"I'm fine with hair pulling." A clearly unnerved Lina replied.