Beauty and The Best - Grannies (MF/Fm)

[KP Presents]

As they relaxed on the couch, Colin looked at his mother and then his grandmother. Both of them smiling at him as he moved his legs up and down. He then looked over at Billy, with his mother, and at Billy’s grandmother as she sat back-to-back with his grandmother on the dining table chairs.

He then looked at the two visitors they had had all afternoon – the blonde-haired woman and the dark-haired man. They both had black woollen hats on their heads and were wearing dark jumpers and pants – the woman had long soft boots on over her legs as well – black gloves, and black eye masks with their skin dark under the eyeholes.

He knew this had been a robbery, and he had been scared at first – but now it had been the most exciting afternoon he had ever experienced, as he thought back to how it started…

“Thank you – two hundred pounds please,” Billy said as Colin brought the top hat to Mayfair. He counted the money out and handed it over as he looked round the table. The ten-year-old boy had short dark hair and was wearing a blue rugby top over a white t-shirt, jeans and trainers.

“He wins again,” Mary said as she looked across at her grandson. Billy was nine years old, and today was wearing a cream-coloured shirt, white trousers and white shoes. She was wearing a black jacket over a white blouse and black pants, her red hair cut short and glasses over her eyes.

“Oh, let him be Mary -we’re having fun after all,” Fiona said as she shook her head. She and Mary had been friends since their schooldays, and they were looking after their grandchildren while their daughters went on a shopping trip. Fiona had short dark brown hair and was wearing a peach sweater with fawn coloured pants and moccasins.

She rolled the dice and then moved her car, stopping on Chance as she picked up the card.

“Go to jail, go directly to jail,” she said with a sigh as she moved the car, and then heard the knock on the front door.

“Jehovah’s witnesses?”

“Probably – I’ll be back in a minute,” she said as she stood up from the table and went to the front door. Opening it, she said with a smile “Good afternoon - how can I help you?”

“You can help us by walking back in and raising your hands in the air.”

Fiona stared qat the young couple as they came in. She figured they were teenagers – but they were masked, with gloves on their hands and a very real gun in their hands.

“This has to be a joke…”

“No, it’s not a joke,” the blonde-haired girl said, “this is a robbery, and the sooner you accept that, then the happier you will be. What is your name?”

“Fiona…”

“All right Fiona – remain calm,” the man said, “who else is in the house…”

“My friend – our grandsons – no, please don’t hurt them…”

“Let’s go and talk to them…”

“Who was it Fiona,” Mary said as she looked at the door -and then she slowly stood up as she saw the masked couple come in.

“Wow – are you robbers,” Colin said as he looked at them.

“We are young man – why don’t the three of you come over here, with your hands in the air?”

“Who are you?”

“Well, I am called The Best – and this is my friend Beauty. Please, come over here,” he said as Fiona slowly raised her hands as well.

“You’re dressed like robbers,” Bobby said as Mary brought them both over.

“Well, that’s because we are,” Beauty said as she looked at the two boys. “What’s your name?”

“Bobby -this is Colin.”

Colin was looking at Fiona as Beauty said, “well Bobby - is this your grandmother?”

“Yes…”

“Best and I are going to be robbing your grandmother – and that means we have to make sure none of you can stop us.”

“How will you do that,” Colin asked quietly.

“We’re going to tie you up,” Best said as he put down the bag he was carrying, opening the top as bobby and colin saw the ropes.

“What, like on the television, on the programs we watch with granny?”

“Oh – what programs?”

“We watch Rewind and Talking Pictures TV, so the shows of my youth – The Saint, things like that,” Fiona said. She looked at the boys and said, “We’re going to be like the hostages on some of those programs, so be brave, and we’ll be fine.”

“Your grandmother is right,” Beauty said as the boys looked at her, “just keep calm and do as we say, all right? So, the first thing I want you both to do is turn and look at your grandmothers, and then out your hands behind your back.”

As they did so, Beauty took some ropes and knelt behind them, crossing and binding their wrists tightly together, before she wrapped longer ropes round their bodies at hold their arms against their sides.

“IT feels funny, granny,” Colin said as he looked at Mary.

“I can imagine – but does it hurt?”

Colin shook his head as Beauty said “Good – now sit yourselves on the couch, because I need to tie more rope round your ankles and legs now.”

The two boys sat on the couch, Mary and Fiona looking at each other as Beauty took more rope and secured their ankles, as well as their legs below their knees. She then took from the bag two blue scarves, rolling them into bands and using them as cleave gags to keep the two boys quiet.

“There – how does that feel?”

“Fhhlsanhsss,” Bobby said as Colin nodded.

“Good – now we’re going to tie your grandmother’s up in …”

“Hey – how is everyone?”

Fiona and Mary looked at each other as their daughters came into the front room. Bobby’s mother Flo was wearing a denim jacket over a brown scoop necked t-shirt, black pants and thong sandals, while Colin’s mother Beth was wearing a double-breasted black jacket over a white blouse, black bellbottom pants and black boots with a stacked heel.

They both looked at their sons, and then saw Best as he raised his gun and said “this is a robbery – don’t make any sudden moves or try to call for help. Slowly, lower your bags to the floor, and then hand to beauty here your handbags and your phones.”

“Mum?”

“Flo,” Fiona said, “the boys are fine, and they are armed – just do as he says. I don’t want anyone to get hurt.”

Flo looked at Beth before they both handed their handbags over to Beauty. The masked woman looked inside them, and said “their phones are in there. Now, take your jackets off and hand them to me, and then remove your rings, watches, earrings and other jewellery, and place them in the sack I will give you.”

“They can be replaced - do as she says, “Mary whispered as the two women slowly removed their jackets and handed them over, Beth looking at Mary and nodding before Beauty held a small black velvet bag and the removed their valuables.

“Good – Best here is now going to do to you what I did to your sons,” she said as she looked at them, raising her own gun as both of the younger women felt their arms being pulled behind their backs, and then the rope rubbing on their wrists.

“Best – are you the one the papers call Beauty?”

“Guilty as charged – just let Best secure you, and then you can sit with your sons.”

“This is a real robbery then,” Flo said as she felt the rope forcing her arms against her sides, the two boys staring at their mothers as their tops were stretched over their chests.

“Think clean thoughts,” Best said as he looked at them tying the ropes off before he did the same to Beth, and then the two women sat either side of their sons. They watched as the masked young man knelt down and started at bind their ankles.

“How old are you two anyway, sixteen?”

“A little older,” Best said as he pulled the rope tightly round Beth’s ankles.

“We’re being robbed by teenagers?”

“Yes.”

“WHY?”

Beauty looked at Fiona, and said “we can explain later, when I take you round the house. For now, please don’t shout like that again.”

Best stood up and found two more scarves, cleave gagging Beth and Flo as Colin and Bobby put their heads on their sides.

He then walked over and took the sack, before saying “Mary, Fiona – please place your valuable sin the sack as well, and then I can make sure Mary is comfortably secure.”

“How long are you going to be here,” Fiona said as she placed her jewellery into the sack then watched as Beauty took Mary’s hands behind her back and started at secure her wrists together.

“For a while – we’ll go for a walk round later, and then you can all watch some television.”

“IT’s tight,” Mary said as the rope forced her arms against her sides, “but we’ll be all right.”

“But answer the question – why rob me?”

“Honestly,” Beauty said as she helped Mary to sit down, and collected more ropes, “so that we can live.”

“What, the high life?”

“No – just life,” Best said as he took Fiona’s hands behind her back, and she felt the rope rubbing on her skin.

“What do you mean, just live.”

“You have wealth to spare,” Best said quietly, “and we have nothing. We do not want to do this, but it does mean we can pay our bills, buy food, do what we need to do.”

“You’re serious, aren’t you?”

Best nodded as Beauty finished securing Mary’s legs, and then cleave gagged her as well.

“Come with me,” Best said as he took Fiona by the arm and walked her to the staircase, the muffled sounds reaching her ears as they slowly walked up.

Entering an office she kept upstairs, Best smiled as he said, “we can start in her e- give me the combination the safe please.”

“First tell me this – why are you forced to do this to us?”

“Things are bad out there for people like me and Beauty – ones who have literally had nothing and are struggling to survive. This ay I know makes you uncomfortable, and we do our bets not to hurt anyone – but it genuinely is what we need to do to survive. Now, the combination please.”

Fiona nodded as she gave a sequence of numbers, Best opening the safe and taking more jewellery boxes out which he tipped into his bag, as well as adding some rolls of notes.

“Thank you – now let’s look in your bedroom…”


Colin could feel the cloth getting damper in his mouth as he looked at his mother. Beth was struggling a little, the blue much darker at the corners of her mouth, but she looked down and smiled as she said “uhrrhbhhhnrrhrhhfrhf.”

“Shhurmhm,” he said as she looked at his grandmother. Mary was smiling over her gag at everyone, twisting lightly round as the band of rope held her arms against her sides.

They then all looked at the door as Best walked Fiona back in, her arms now bound tightly to her sides and a blur scarf pulled between her lips. She sat in the other armchair and watched as Bets secured her ankles and legs, before he said, “what are we watching?”

“The football scores.”

“Oh -how did City do?”

“Three-nil up…”





“You steal so you can eat and have a place to live?”

“As bad as that sounds yes,” Beauty said as she stood with Flo and Beth in the kitchen. As the boys and their grandmothers were watching a quiz show, she had untied their mothers and taken them in here to prepare some food for everyone.

“I guess it is bad at the moment, and we forget how lucky we are,” Flo said as she opened the oven door and put in the snacks.

“Yeah – so what happens after we eat,”

“You can talk for a while – but eventually we will need at make sure nobody can raise the alarm,” Beauty said as she looked at them. “Have you been hurt so far?”

“Not really, no…”

“Well, it will be tighter,” Beauty said, “and we really need at make sure you stay quiet.”

“It wasn’t easy before!”

Beauty smiled as she said “well, we need at make sur e- I’m sure your husbands will eventually wonder where you are. For now, thank you for cooperating.”

“We had a choice?”

“Not really, no…”




“Thanks Mum,” Colin said as he took some of the food on his plate and accepted the glass of squash from Beauty. “Being tied up makes you hungry!”

“Well, so I see,” Mary said. “Look – you’re going to tie us up again, aren’t you?”

“That’s right,” Best said.

“Well, put on a particular DVD for us all to watch – The Saint. I’ll show you where it is.”

“Great – it’s hostage time again,” Flo said as everyone else laughed.

“Well, it will help pass the time – right boys?”

“All right then – we can do that for you,” Best said, “but have your food for now, and then you can go tot the toilet before we make you all comfortable – grandmothers first.”

“Promises promises – what are you going to do?”

“Something old school for you…”


Colin and Bobby watched, their wrists crossed and secured together behind their backs and ropes holding their arms against their sides, while Bets set two dining room chairs back-to-back in the centre of the main room.

“There now – Mary, Fiona, would you please each take a seat, and then put your arms round the chair backs?”

“Shall we?”

“Why not,” Mayr said as they sat down, and then Best took some rope and secured Mary’s wrists together behind the chairback, then secured the ends at the centre spar of the back support. He did the same to Fiona, as Beauty returned with Flo and Beth.

“Well, you get the chairs then,” Flo said as Best took a longer rope and wound it round Mary, securing her arms to her sides as well as her body to the chair back. As he did so, Beauty took Flo’s arms behind her back and bound her wrists tightly together, before securing her arms at her sides with two bands of rope that framed her chest. Bobby watched as his mother’s top was stretched over her chest, and then the way the rope was taken under one arm, up and around the back of her neck, and then under her other arm.

Colin was watching as his grandmother’s back was secured to the chair, and then Beauty knelt down and secured her ankles together, as well as her legs below her knees. He then tied another rope between her ankles and pulled it back under the chair, so her feet were lifted up, and then tied that rope to the chair back as well.

He did the same to Fiona as Beth’s arms were secured in the same way as Flo, and then the two mothers; were escorted over to sit on one of the two couches. Colin and Bobby went and sat next to their mothers, watching as Best moved the two chairs so their grandmothers were back-to-back – and then he took a roll of brown sticking plaster from the bag, peeling a length off and then pressing it down over each of their mouths.

He barely noticed as his own ankles and legs were secured, and then saw Best walk over and press a fresh strip of the brown fabric plaster down over the mouth of Colin’s mother.

“Mum – will we be all right?”

“Hffhnkhsss,” Beth mumbled as she watched Beauty securing her legs, and then those of her son before Best gagged him as well, and he was helped at lie down with his head on her lap, both of them looking at the television. Best then walked over and gagged Flo and Bobby, before he laid his head on her lap and the masked man walked at the television set.

“If we’ve got this right,” he said as he used tow remotes, Fiona and Mary watching as the familiar theme tune started to play.

“There – enjoy,” Best said as the two of them watched from the doorway, the six hostages watching as Roger Moore appeared on the screen…

An hour or so later, Best checked outside and nodded as Beauty said We’re going to go now – remain calm and enjoy the next episode.”

“Fhnkkuhhh,” Fiona mumbled through the sticking plaster, the others nodding as Colin twisted round. It certainly kept his mouth closed, but he was both excited and comfortable, watching as the robbers left and the program started again…




“What the…”

Colin opened his eyes to see his father in the doorway, as he heard his mother say “uhthtjkuhrrrthtmt!”

“Are you all right?”

Colin nodded as his father came in, followed by Bobby’s as they all started to wriggled round. It had been exciting, but he as glad it was over….