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Lorraine doesn't come back

Peggy waited, crouched on a pile of leaves in the shadow of the tree. She could not see the laundrette from her position, but she could see the gate Private Lorraine had left the park by so she kept a close eye on that, expecting that any moment Lorraine would come back with her precious clothing and save her from this naked nightmare.

After a while her calves started to ache so she lowered herself to sit, her bare buttocks nestling into the leaves.

"Come on, Private!" she murmured nearly silently.

She guessed another twenty minutes or so had passed by the time she realised Lorraine was not coming.

Slowly and cautiously, Peggy eased herself up and dusted down her bare behind. She looked around, saw no one else immediately around, and carefully made her way to the gate. Her feet left the grass and stepped on the stone path, the new sensation sending an alert through her body that she was in a more precarious position. Peggy edged around the iron post of the gate until she could see the laundrette across the road. She could see the window of the shop, the desk inside, and no people.

"No!" Peggy looked all around, there was no sign of Lorraine. "She stole my uniform?!"

"Look at that lady!" Peggy jumped at the voice behind her, she turned to see a group of schoolchildren led by a nun, heading right towards her.

She squealed, wrapped her arms around her to cover as much of her body as she could, and ran away from the children, right onto the street.