A Sally Slut Halloween Special.
"Trick or treat!!"
Sally opened the door for the seventh time that evening, clutching the Tupperware bowl of sweets. It was looking a little empty now but the children didn't seem to care, so long as they got something, and that something contained sugar.
She was faced with two, identical, green-faced witches. Guarded by a very bored-looking Minoton. The witches looked like the baddie from the Wizard of Oz, or perhaps from Wicked. Sally knew the family. A boy, followed twelve years later, and most unexpectedly, by twin girls. So, identical six year old faces, with identical make-up, in identical costumes, with identical swag bags, looked up expectantly. Sally made sure that each girl got exactly the same chocolates.
"Thank you Mrs Sally," they chorused.
"You're very welcome, girls," replied Sally, then she had an idea. "Glen," she said, to the guardian Minoton. "You're a very good brother looking after your sisters. When you're finished for the evening why don't you pop back for a treat of your own."
The golden figure smiled. Glen was dressed most unusually. He had avoided the traditional zombie, mummy, vampire or axe murderer and was the Minoton, the minotaur shaped construct from the movie Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. It was one of Sally's favourite fantasy movies with Sinbad facing the evil sorceress Zenobia, and special stop-motion effects by the famous Ray Harryhausen. A classic movie that is still appreciated by fans even today.
"Can't you give him his treat now?" asked the witch to the left. It was hard to tell the difference between the girls normally, with costumes and make up on Sally found it impossible to work out if it was Wanda or Wilma speaking.
"Not really," Sally replied. "It's a special treat for older boys and he has to come and collect it."
Two pairs of six year old eyes stared hard at her in disbelief.
"It's not ready yet," explained Sally, hoping that this would both satisfy the girls and send the message to Glen. He smiled, nodded, and put a hand on each little shoulder. Then, turning them around, he pointed the girls back down the path and onwards to the next house. To the next hoard of sugary treasure.
Sally closed the door and hoped that Glen would be brave enough to return. She'd not had a shift at The Splendor today so she was feeling very randy. And Tom was away at one of his building events. He'd gone with George and Sven so they were probably up to their armpits in very accommodating whores at this point. She found it a bit frustrating that he'd gone off to have fun and left her to feed the neighbourhood kids their Halloween treats.
There were two more groups of kids before a knock on the door came that was unusually strong and precise. An adult's knock. Sally opened the door to a small group. There was Diana, from the Manor House, her chauffeur who seemed to have the duty of knocking on doors and carrying excess chocolate, and a bunch of kids, of very mixed ages, who were the children of their tenants. This was one of Diana's charitable events, she always treated the kids each year to a Halloween party which included a wander around the village to 'trick or treat'.
Sally looked at the bowl, there wasn't enough to satisfy this mob. She invited them in and raided the kitchen cupboards to top it up. And, whilst the kids delved in supervised by the chauffeur, Sally pulled Diana to one side.
"I've invited Glen back for a treat." she confided, quietly. "He came around earlier with his little sisters."
"Ooh," said Diana, licking her lips. "I think I know the lad."
"He looked bored stiff," Sally admitted. "I thought I might be able to give him a treat that would make him stiff in a different way."
"He's just a poor boy," said Diana. "From a poor family. Tell you what, I'll get Max to drop the kids off home and I'll give you the whole story."
"That would be nice," agreed Sally.
"It'll cost you," grinned Diana.
"Cost me?" Sally echoed, wondering what the cost would be, and if she could afford it.
"We share the lad. I rather like them inexperienced."
"Oh yes," said Sally. "That's fine with me."
And so it was organised. Max shepherded the kids out and to the limo and Diana settled in the living room with a gin and tonic. She kicked off her shoes and lay back with a satisfied sigh.
"So, what's the story?" asked Sally.
"Glen's parents were so happy when his mother fell pregnant but they made the classic error of becoming fixated on one gender," said Diana.
"Let me guess," said Sally. "They wanted a girl."
"Yes," said Diana, with a sad tone of voice. Neither Diana or Sally had been blessed with children, despite both of them having had plenty of opportunity to catch on. Diana looked as if she would have been happy, in Glen's parents situation, to have a child of either gender. She continued, "They decided the baby was a girl and everything was prepared for Glenda."
"Only for a boy to pop out."
"Yes," Diana continued. "They had to acknowledge he was a boy, Glenda became Glen, but they never really got over the disappointment. Until years later when the twin girls arrived."
"It must have been strange for Glen," mused Sally.
"Yes, he grew up knowing his parents had wanted a girl. He coped, but he could very easily have decided to be a drag queen, or decided to change his gender with surgery, but he didn't."
Sally was intrigued, "So what did he do?"