Carol's Solution !

Debbi would normally have been very gratified to see the rapt attention that the students were now paying to her presentation but she was aware that this was not due to the quality of her speech but to the fact that all she was wearing was a tattered blouse held together by safety pins and leaving her completely bottomless from the waist down !

So it was with much relief that she greeted the arrival of Kieron and Carol. Though her response was not exactly grateful. "What took you so long ? Have you got my clothes ?" Carol ignored the question initially and replied with one of her own. "What happened ?" "It was an accident, You saw how tight those trousers were, they split completely !" Carol tried to keep a straight face. "And the blouse ?" she asked. "The buttons kept coming off" Debbi explained.

"But you aren't wearing any underwear ? Where are your bra and pants ?" Carol continued her interrogation. "In a bin in the ladies. Somebody put itching powder in them." The students burst into laughter having their suspicions regarding this confirmed. "But who on earth could have done that ?" Carol probed. "It's bloody obvious isn't it ?" Debbi spat. Carol flushed slightly and her stomach lurched. She wasn't going to be accused was she ? "It must have been Diane" Debbi continued, much to Carol's relief. "I'll get her back, you see" she vowed. Yeah right, that's gone well in the past hasn't it, Carol thought to herself but she didn't voice that opinion.

"Anyway, that doesn't matter at the moment. Have you got my clothes ?" Debbi repeated. "No, I sent them to the dry cleaners for you, I thought that would have been what you wanted" Carol explained disingenuously. "What ? Even my bra and knickers ?"

"Afraid so. But when Kieron told me what the trouble was, I made a kind of dress here out of this bin liner, that's what was taking me so long" said Carol, producing the black plastic from behind her back. "I'm not wearing a bin bag" Debbi exploded. The students were in hysterics by now. "Only for a little while" argued Carol. "We can send Kieron out to the supermarket to get you an emergency top and jogging pants. Let's get this blouse off you and you can try on the bag !"