"This must all come as a great shock to you." To my surprise MrsArmstrong guffawed with laughter. "Now don't you go making the sameassumptions everyon... else does," she said. "Just because I am old now,it doesn't mean I wasn't young once. You may be surprised to hear thatback in my youth I worked for a while as a waitress in a gay club.Homosexuality between men was illegal in those days. You girls havealways had it easier than the men." (This last was addressed to Mary andSylvia.) "Anyway, quite. "Mom! Stop that, maybe next time you could help me out, my hand gets tired." I said with a laugh. "Maybe next time I will since your dad does not seem too interested in me any more." Mom said. The next morning I was stroking away when mom came in to get my laundry. "Good grief you are going to wear that thing out." mom said as she picked up dirty clothes and threw them a basket with some of hers. "Mom, I needed one of those socks." mom reached into the basket and pulled a pair of her panties. And she hoped no one would guess that she'd soiled herself not once but twice during her long confinement, each time having to use her wand to clean herself up. She was grateful that she'd had the skill at least to using the cleansing charm, and so had not been completely humiliated when McGonagall rescued her. Eventually she reached her seat at the staff table, sat down with great weariness, and began to pour out her tale to Dumbledore, who listened with careful and sympathetic attention."That. Igiggle to myself I thought, but hearing moms comment I giggled out loud."Oh I knew you would like your new bicycle princess hearing you gigglinglike that." I hear mommy saying she thinks I like the bicycle but the secondI ride through the garage door I'm looking around making sure no-one sees medressed like this and see's me on this little girly bicycle.I hear something in the street as I turn and see three boys cruising by ontheir motor cross bicycles and they are pointing at me. "Look guys.