My wife the early years
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Helen stared at the computer screen in disbelief at what
Ruth had just
proposed.
>Hels, I think I found the answer to our cash problems...look at this:
>
>http://www.jeopardy-show.com/jointheaudience
Jeopardy!? Helen shook her head.? She enjoyed the show, and so did other
viewers...millions, tens of millions of other viewers.? But for Ruth to
actually want to take the money and sit in the live audience...what was she
thinking?
The phone rang, interupting her contemplation of Ruth's silliness.?
"Helen! It's Babs, how's things?"
Helen laughed: Barbara was eternally cheerful and very funny, but was a level
head in any argument, and Babs could do a far better job of shooting down
Ruth's
proposal than Helen would.
"Same as usual over here...by the way, have you seen Ruth's mail?"
"Sure, sounds like a good idea, huh??
You're as poor as a church mouse, as are
both me and my parents, and even if we all got a job tomorrow we'll never have
enough saved by the time we have to go."
Helen breathed out in a low whistle, stung as always by Babs unthinking
reminder that Helen was an orphan. "Babs...you know what can happen on
that
show...don't you?" Helen had just caught up on last nights show from the
website, and more than one image was still strong in her mind.
"Yes, babe, I know, but you know how many people are in that
audience...The
chance of any of us getting picked is pretty low.? And you know they stopped
doing the pretty girls since less of them were showing up to be in the
audience."
Laughing despite herself, well, mathematically we're pretty safe, I
suppose, she thought.? Still, the thought
of the spotlight shining down on her
relentlessly did not appeal.? "What
about Ailsie?? I can't imagine her being
up
for it, can you?? It's not like she needs
the money anyway."
"She's here now, she thinks it's a great idea!? She says she'll split her
share with the rest of us for spending money."
Helen wondered if this was what rabbits felt like in the final few seconds
staring at the bright lights.? Not just
Babs, but Ailsie as well...the whole
gang.? She knew if they were all set on
it, she would go along too.
She read the webpage again.
????? The Jeopardy crew are filming in
Knox City all this week and next.
????? We're looking for live audience
members between 18 and 80, all fit,
????? healthy, who enjoy watching the
Jeopardy show.? As always, all members
????? of the Jeopardy audience will be
(extremely) well paid for their
????? troubles, except of course the lucky
few who get to star in the
????? show ;)
????? If you'd like to be part of the most
exciting television and web show
????? of all time, get yourself down to
City Hall by 6.00pm, Monday to
????? Saturday, this week or next.? Don't wear too much, as the studio lights
????? are warm, and girls, you don't need
any make-up, as all audience members
????? are made-up by our specialist team
for the cameras.? Please don't be
????? disappointed if you are asked to
come back later on in the week, as
????? membership of the Jeopardy audience
is extremely sought after!? Happy
????? viewing, from the Jeopardy
Team...we'll see you soon.
Helen shook her head again.? It seemed
incredibly sadistic that audience
members chosen to participate went unpaid.?
Of course, selling their story
subsequently often recompensed them, but still...
"Look, Babs, I just don't want to do it.?
Just the idea...it's freaking me out.
?I won't do it."
"Woah, Hels, chill for a minute...nothing's decided yet.? What?"?
Helen heard
Ailsie muttering.? "OK, that's an
idea.? Do you want to meet up at the
coffeehouse this afternoon?? I think
Ruth's free as well, she said she was
going to bunk off work today."
Helen reflected that if Ruth had worked all the hours she was marked down for
she would not have needed kooky ideas to finance their trip.? She nodded to
herself, quietly, thinking that she might have a better chance at persuading
them face to face.
--
Thanking the girl behind the counter, Ailsie walked over from the counter with
a
tray of tall coffee mugs, and handed them out with a professional waitress's
air
that came despite never having worked in her life.? Ailsie was a rich daddies
daughter, an only child but surprisingly well adjusted to having serious money
at her command. She made it clear early on in her friendships that she would
not
spend more with her friends than they would, something that frustrated some,
but
Helen, Ruth, and Barbara had long accepted it and had found it had made their
friendship stronger over the years. Ailsie wasn't the most attractive of the
group, but she had a poise and confidence that seemed to make her the most
interesting to men. Having dealt out the coffees like a hand of five card stud,
she flopped into a chair and looked at Helen.
"Well?"
"Well what?" asked Helen, knowing exactly what Ailsie meant.
"Are you coming?"
"No!? Look, the idea is just
crazy...I know none of us are likely to be chosen,
but if we were..."? Her voice
trailed off, as she thought of those images again.
Ruth looked at Ailsie, and Helen caught a glance between them that was fraught
with meaning.? What was going on?? She took a gulp of her coffee, suddenly
embarrassed at being the centre of attention.?
Helen was attractive, perhaps
the most attractive of the group, but painfully shy, and her shyness had not
been improved as a young girl when lifes lottery had awarded her at puberty an
unusually large pair of breasts.? She was
drawn to keeping out of the limelight
and disliked having to agree with her friends so strongly, particularly as she
knew her argument was not so strong.
Babs leaned over and took her arm as she sipped again at her coffee.?
"Hon, don't feel you have to...you know you don't have to come if you
don't
want to, don't you?"? Helen looked
at her silently, and put down her coffee
mug, which Ailsie seemed to be fascinated by.?
Ruth studied Helen's face
intently.
"Yes...I know...but if you all went in there, you know I'd have to
follow,
don't you?? And I really don't want to do
it, I really don't."? Helen
was
speaking softly, and Ruth realised her friend was almost on the verge of
tears.
She shot a glance at Ailsie, who was still studying Helen intently.
The group went quiet, all locked in their own thoughts.? No-one seemed quite
sure what to say next, and they sat each with their own thoughts,
occasionally
sipping coffee, Ruth looking at Ailsie with a worried face.
Helen stood up. ?Ailsie jerked with
surprise.
"I need to go for a walk, I think, it's so warm in here...are you guys
coming?"
"Let me finish my coffee," said Ailsie, holding up a half full
mug.? "I'm
enjoying this."
"I'm not," sid Helen, "This is the worst coffee I've ever had
here."? She took
another sip, though, not wanting to walk away from her friends.
Ailsie said nothing, but Helen noticed that look flashing again between her
and
Ruth.? Babs took a deep swallow of hers
and wiped her lips.
"Don't know what you're on about, babe, this is fine.? You must be on drugs or
something."
A suspicion flashed across Helen's mind, and she caught Ailsie wincing at
Barbara's joke. She took another sip and felt the kernel of suspicion
harden
and grow in her mind.? Her mind played
images to her, webcasts,
spotlit faces, the chairs and the big stage with the encircling audience
and
the fleeting stagecrew who seemed to lack no expertise called of them.? She
didn't even hear the mug smashing on the floor as she stumbled towards
the
door, the girls boiling off the chairs and hounding her across the floor.? She
heard fragments of frantic dialogue:
"How much...should be OK...maybe fifteen minutes...oh
God...Ailsie!..."
The door swung open unheeded and the girls flowed out the street, panicking
as
they saw a patrol car, with a cop standing looking across the road
speaking
into a cellphone, his partner munching on something in the drivers seat.
Ailsie headed Barbara off from them, and Barbara and Ruth laughed and
chattered
gaily as if they had just been struck by the ancient Britney Spears
record
that spilled out of the cafe next door to the coffeehouse.? They got halfway
down the street when Helen, who had seemed not to realise that her friends
were
still with her turned suddenly to Ailsie and said bitterly,
"I would have gone with you, didn't you know that?"? Ailsie felt tears sting her
cheeks as she caught her friend who was swaying.? It had been Ruth's idea, and
Ailsie had known where to find something that would produce the right effect.
She hadn't been prepared to be caught before the drug took hold, though.
?
She held her friend tightly, holding her steady as Ruth and Barbara
watched
anxiously.? Barbara had not been happy
with the idea, but had only found out
when the practicalities had already been dealt with.? Turning away, she saw the
patrol car cruising slowly down the street, the driver catching her eye as
he
slowly looked her up and down, his attention caught more by the length
(or
perhaps lack of length) of Barbara's skirt and her legs than by any
suspicions
about the scene.
Helen gave a sniff and stood up a little.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I over-reacted a bit there...what was that anyway?"
she asked,
sounding a little tipsy.
Ailsie couldn't look at her as she explained the nature of the drug she
had
slipped into Helen's coffee.? Helen
rubbed her eyes a little and giggled like a
schoolgirl as Ailsie told her how she would feel a little light headed for
a
while, but it would soon fade.? She would
still remain receptive to suggestion
for a while after that, though.
"Cool!" laughed Helen giddily.?
She looked around.? The car had
come to rest a
little further up the street, and the driver was still looking at the
four
girls.? An idea flashed into Helen's
head.? Before her friends could stop
her,
she strode off towards the car.?
"Oh shit," spat Ailsie as she saw Helen bearing down on the driver,
whose eyes
were getting wider by the minute.?
"Should we go over?"
No-one replied, as Helen bent down to the drivers door and said something.? The
driver turned and looked at his partner and back at Helen and said something
to
her.? Taking a pen, she wrote something
on the driver's hand, then looked
briefly at the group before saying something to the passenger, and
nodding.? She
smiled at the driver then blew him a kiss, looking over her shoulder once
or
twice as she sauntered back towards her friends who were trying to control
their
staring at Helen's new-found breezy confidence.
"Girls..." said Helen, "I have...a cop's telephone
number!"? She held out her
hand as Ruth let out a low whistle.?
"I wonder if he'll spot me in the
audience?"? Helen paused.? "Are we going or are you guys just going
to look at
me all evening?"
Ailsie shook her head as they all walked down the street together, Helen
leading the way and letting out the occasional whistle whenever she saw a
guy
that took her fancy, and on one occasion a girl too.? It wasn't far to City
Hall, and they arrived early, but there was still a large queue gathered on
the
front steps.? A camera, escorted by a
boom mike and some sort of director,
cruised up and down the line, pausing for some time on the friends as
they
arrived at the end of the slow moving queue.
--
"Sarah!" called Helen to a solitary girl a few places ahead of
them.? The girl
turned and looked, and waved back, then?
skipped out of her place to where
Helen stood at the head of the group.?
"You too, girl?"
Known far and wide as a girl who would try anything once, Sarah had first
shot
to her high school's attention by (reputedly) being the first of her year
to
lose her virginity.? Although that was
never proved for sure, there was no
doubt about her being caught performing fellatio on a math teacher some
years
later.? Rumours circulated about her
interests, sexual and otherwise, and
tongues had wagged when she was seen about town wearing a top that
proclaimed
her need of a good spanking.? Certainly,
there were no shortage of suitors, and
there were many boys who had been heard to observe that they wouldn't
mind
giving Sarah's attractive bottom a god warming, and much else as well.
"Sure...this is going to be so cool!"?
Barbara noticed with amusement that
today's top read 'need2btamed'.?
"I've been waiting for this ever since I heard
Jeopardy was coming to Knox City!? Do you
think I look alright?"
Ailsie blanched.
"Do you actually want to be chosen, Sarah?" she asked.
"Well...I know if I am I won't enjoy it at all, but I've watched it so
much
recently, it makes me really imagine being part of it, and I think about
it
so much and now I have a chance, I just know I wouldn't forgive myself if I
let
the chance go."
"I so know what you mean, Sarah...I was scared stiff about coming, but
these
guys are so cool...they made me want to come!" said Helen
breathlessly.? The
line shuffled forward and the camera went by, pausing for a moment on
Helen's
face, which was now shining with excitement.?
"And it'll be so cool to see it
live and in person, it must make it so much more real."
They had reached the door, and inside each girl was handed a single slip
of
paper.
"Hi girls, thanks for coming!? These
are the disclaimers, which you can read
while the queue moves forward.? You don't
have to sign them just yet, in fact
you can wait right up till you take your seats if you want."? The speaker was
young, male, and more than a little handsome.?
Helen spoke to him.
"Do you have a pen?"
"Sure, miss, here you are.? But you
don't need to -"? Helen placed the
paper
against his chest and looked into his eyes as she signed the paper in a
slow,
lazy series of loops.? She handed the
paper back to him and walked on, as he
stared in disbelief.
The queue was moving a little more quickly now, a gentle shuffle forwards
and
much bumping as people tried to decode legal formalisms and recall long
forgotten Latin phrases.? Ailsie managed
to interpret the first paragraph, and
feeling that it was mostly in her favour, gave up on the rest.? Most people,
she noted, were doing the same.? They
came to a series of channels, where the
qeue split into several files.? A large
sign directed that if you wished to sit
with anyone, you should go throught the same channel.? The girls headed for the
one at the left which seemed to be moving a little more quickly,
following
Sarah, who by unspoken agreement seemed to have become part of the group.
"Are you all together?" asked an attendant.? They all nodded and agreed in a
welter of voices which varied in confidence and happiness.? Barbara was looking
decidedly ill, and Ruth was sweating, feeling her armpits pinch as the
antiperspirant fought back.? The
attendant opened the gate of the channel and
guided them all in together.? Beyond the
gate, there were a series of desks,
with young, relaxed looking people at each one.?
The young woman at the first
desk smiled.
"Who's first?" she asked, her voice seeming to suggest that this was
nothing
more than a routine health test, perhaps a height and weight measurement.
Sarah and Helen started forward together.?
After a little politeness was
exchanged, Helen sat down, and quickly answered a barrage of
administritive
questions, firing off her date of birth, her social security number, her
last
three addresses, her income, her preferred payment method, her health.? "Have
you taken any drugs or alcohol today?" asked the woman, in a final tone
of
voice. Helen just laughed and shook her head slightly as Ailsie turned pink.
"OK, Helen, just head on up to the next desk where we'll just do a
short
interview like we do for all audience members."
"Who's next?"? she asked
sweetly as Helen sat and flicked her hair out of her
eyes.? Ailsie set her teeth and beat
Sarah to the seat.? It was too late
to
dissuade Helen without exposing what they had done, and although Ailsie
was
feeling more and more uncomfortable by the minute, she knew she couldn't
abandon her friend.? She answered the
questions in a blur, spending most of her
time watching Helen tell the interviewer how she knew the odds of being
picked
were so low, and she wasn't at all worried about it.? The camera desk was a
little quicker than the first, and so when Ailsie finished and got up to
let
Sarah finally take her place she saw Helen sitting at a desk set a little
further away than the others were, where she couldn't quite hear what was
being
discussed.? The camera operator, or
interviewer, stood up to shake her hand,
and invited her to sit down.
"So," he said, "the big question...why do you want to be in the
Jeopardy
audience?"?
Ailsie shrank under the camera's cold and unblinking gaze.? "I...ah...well, my
friends and, uh, me, well, we all go to uni next years and we're all
going
different places, uh, and like we all want to have a big blowout
somewhere
special, but, uh, we mostly haven't got jobs and most of us are strapped
for
cash, so, um, we like thought we'd come down here, yeah?"? She swallowed and
tried to control her breathing which was shallow and fast.? The interviewer
smiled.?
"Yeah, that's not unusual.? Probably
more than half of our audience just need,
or want, money.? You could sure have a
good blowout on what you'll earn today,
huh?"
A weak smile.? "I guess".
"You seem pretty nervous, Ailsie...how do you think you'd feel if you
were
chosen?
Her eyes closed, trying to screw them shut, trying to avoid the camera's
unfeeling probing.? "Shit.? I...uh...I can't even think about it".
"How will you feel when that spotlight is switched on, Ailsie?"
Ailsie felt a flash of anger at this lazy but tormenting line of questioning.
"I hope the bloody bulb burns out!" she spat at him.
The young man laughed.? "Well, it
has happened before." ?He reached
out and
touched a button.? "That's it,
Ailsie, thank you.? If I'm any judge,
that
segment will probably get shown tonight." He looked pleased at the
prospect, as
Ailsie got up and walked with fists clenched to the last desk, where a
young
and efficient looking woman sat with several pieces of paper to hand.
The girls shuffled through the line, some confidant, some not.? Barbara was the
last to be processed, and after speaking to the young woman, who spelt
out
clearly the terms and conditions of joining the Jeopardy audience, and
exactly
what the chances of her and her friends being chosen were ("Don't worry,
there
are hundreds in every audience"), handed over her signed disclaimer and
received
a small piece of paper telling her where she would sit, and walked through
the
door into the makeup room, where she found Helen, Sarah, and Ailsie fully
made
up and Ruth just going through the process.?
In what seemed like seconds, the
woman smiled at Ruth and turned to Barbara and said briskly,
"Just lift your chin, dear."?
She whisked a foundation on, and speedily touched
it up around the eyes with a sort of mascara.?
She pulled three lipsticks out
of her bag, and held them up.?
"Pink, red, or gold, dear?"?
Barbara stared,
rather shellshocked by the processing and the speed at which the makeup
artist
worked.? "Red then, dear?? Very popular, and it suits you."? Most of the
sentence was spent in applying the lipstick, after which the group was
directed
towards a stage door.? Ruth looked at
Barbara, both feeling strangely naked and
vulnerable.? Barbara smiled and they
turned and followed the rest of the group
into the main room of the City Hall.? All
of them had been in here before, but
they gasped to see the Jeopardy stage set out.?
It was huge, far larger than it
appeared on camera.? Ants seemed to
wander about the stage, pulling about
technical equipment and cameras.? Sarah
was the first to spot Anna, the host of
the show, fiddling with her outfit, which seemed to consist mostly of
straps,
heels, and shine. ?A stage hand directed
them to their seats.? Already the
place was three quarters full, and as Sarah sat down at the end of their row
of
seats, the audience was streaming in from doors placed all around the studio.
By the time Barbara had sat down next to Ruth at the far end, the stream
had
already slowed and most of the audience had arrived, if not quite settled.
Ailsie studied the rest of the audience and tried to figure out how many
people
there were, reflecting that the audience did not seem so numerous despite
the
studio's size.?
Helen sat in the middle of the group of five, Ailsie in between Sarah and
Helen.? Helen could feel the high
starting to wear off, but she knew she
wouldn't leave now.? The last of the
audience took their seats, shepherded
quickly by mercury stage hands who dissolved as soon as the last member
was
seated. Anna strode out onto the stage. She had presented the show since
its
start some years ago, and she had fitted the role perfectly. As Jeopardy
had
become more popular and more serious, her increasing maturity over the
years
seemed to enhance her role. Now, perhaps in her forties but still
beautifully
shaped and with a magnificent presence, she strode over to the camera at
the
other end of the stage.?
"Welcome...to Jeopardy."
The words which sounded welcoming at home sounded like a whipcrack inside
the
heads of the audience.? It was coolly
speculative, able to command anything it
wished.?
"Welcome also to our audience.?
Welcome, for example, to Sarah:?
Sarah is one
of the special few who come to our audience desiring to be chosen.? Here she is
just now."
A screen came on, showing Sarah smiling into the camera, explaining how
when
she was younger she had sneaked into the kitchen to watch Jeopardy, how she
had
secretly videotaped shows and how she had always imagined that moment when
you
finally realised...it was you.
"Best of luck, Sarah, let's hope all your wishes come true!"?
Sarah was not feeling so comfortable by now, and she suddenly reached out
and
grasped Ailsie's hand, feeling it clammy and cold in hers.? Ailsie looked at
her in surprise.
Anna showed a few more clips of audience members, including a young man
who
appeared utterly terrified at the prospect of being chosen.? There were a few
quiet giggles as he yelped at the camera.
Anna transferred her eyes from the screen to meet the eye of the camera,
and
said,
"Well, viewers, I'm sure you're all familiar with what happens next.
Audience...I know you are."? She
smiled, and her teeth were briefly revealed.
"Please, ladies and gentlemen, put your wrists in the curve you'll find on
the
arms of your chair."
Ailsie didn't want to drop her hand from Sarah, and Helen had definitely
worn
off the effects of the drug.? She knew
she could still get up and run, but
suddenly felt embarrassed at the idea of doing so.? The words 'crowd
psychology' flashed through her mind and she looked at Ruth as she placed
her
hands in the little rest.? Barbara was
the last of the group to do it, and she
came very close to running.? But the same
force held her and trembling, she
laid her wrists alongside Ruth's and shut her eyes.?
"Control room, restrain the audience, please."? Anna turned, surveying the
crowd.? This moment was the highest
watched of the whole show: even many people
who didn't enjoy the show watched this moment out of fascination and
perhaps
some sympathetic fear.
Barbara heard a slight hum and tensed as she felt a metal restraint
curling
out of a hole in the arm of the chair around her wrist, and realised that
she
was in for the ride.? The tension inside
her melted; she was no longer in
control of her own destiny and that knowledge allowed her to relax.? At the
other end of the line, Sarah, too, had restored some poise, remembering a
scene
from only a week or two ago where only one audience member, a middle aged
woman,
had been chosen, and had spent the whole show under Anna's very close and
personal attention.?
Anna turned to the camera
"The audience has been restrained."?
She smiled.? "Control room,
the
spotlights, please."
Silently, each audience member was bathed in an individual spotlight.? Ruth bit
her lip, testing the restraint and looking at Helen, who had turned pale
and
was trembling violently.? The stage
couldn't be seen, although the other
spotlights and their transfixed victims could.
"Control room...show me who you have chosen..."?
Sarah realised something she had never realised before: the victims were
chosen, not randomly, but deliberately.?
A cold finger of fear brushed her
heart again.? A spotlight opposite
blinked out.? A few seconds passed,
then
another.? Sarah remembered that sometimes
the spots were taken away quickly,
occasionally instantly. Tonight, Ruth watched as a spot light winked out
once
perhaps every ten seconds.? The interval
seemed to vary.? Sometimes two would
go
in a few seconds and then there would be a long wait for the next one.? None of
the group had lost their spotlight yet, and perhaps a third of the audience
was
safe now. A choked sob of relief from behind Ailsie said that someone had
been
reprieved, and Sarah looked around realising that several groups of seat
next
to each other were still highlighted.?
Without warning, a row of six was
switched off together.? Although they
were a fair distance from Barbara, she
heard the gasp from the saved group, all men from the sound of it.? Slightly
more men than women were chosen from the Jeopardy audience, as a rule,
because
the audience showed a slight bias towards men.?
Sarah's light winked out and she cried out.?
Helen couldn't make out whether it
was gratitude or envy; perhaps it was both, she thought.? More lights went out,
and another row blinked off, one after the other in succession.? The rate now
slowed down, perhaps fifteen seconds before another light freed another
soul
into the blackness.? Their's was the only
group left.? A light in front of
Ruth
blinked out as she realised with a grim certainty that they had all been
chosen; the lights were snuffed remorselessly, hunting down their prey.
Barbara realised every light on her side was out.? She knew too, and watched
the remained lights disappear with a soul crushing certainty.? Helen was
sobbing quietly, and never saw the last light go out, brilliantly isolating
the
group of four friends who had been so confident about the odds.? A cameraman
worked his way into the row, and a quick viewer might have caught a glimpse
of
Sarah's stricken face before the lens focused on Ailsie, who looked nauseous.
Unable to look at the camera, she stared sightlessly as she weaved in her
cold
restraints.? The camera panned over and
lingered on Helen sobbing bitterly,
realising finally what she had done.? She
tried to turn her wrist so she could
scrape the phone number from her hand, humiliated, and not able even to
do
that.? Ruth had had slightly longer and
when the camera turned to her she spat
hard at the lens and stared viciously. The cameraman laughed and pulled out
a
cloth and carefully wiped his lens clean before standing on Ruths foot,
putting his full weight on it as he focused on Barbara for a long shot,
listless, perhaps even unseeing, though her eyes were open.
The studio lights came back up, though the spotlights were not switched
off,
and a weight seemed to lift from the audiences shoulders.? Sarah felt the
restraints curling back, but she heard a click from her left and as she
turned
she saw Ailsie's chair move forward an inch: it was obviously on wheels and
the
lock had been released.? She turned to
Ailsie and grabbed her hand as Anna
began speaking again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, viewers at home, may I present, Ruth, Barbara,
Ailsie,
and especially Helen!"
The audience thundered, roaring out their joy at their escape.? Sarah sat
silently, slumped and in tears as she held Ailsie's hand, still strapped
by
that sinuous restraint.
Anna turned to the camera as the applause finally died down.
"We'll be back after this commercial break.? Don't go away."
Helen stared at the computer screen in disbelief at what
Ruth had just
proposed.
>Hels, I think I found the answer to our cash problems...look at this:
>
>http://www.jeopardy-show.com/jointheaudience
Jeopardy!? Helen shook her head.? She enjoyed the show, and so did other
viewers...millions, tens of millions of other viewers.? But for Ruth to
actually want to take the money and sit in the live audience...what was she
thinking?
The phone rang, interupting her contemplation of Ruth's silliness.?
"Helen! It's Babs, how's things?"
Helen laughed: Barbara was eternally cheerful and very funny, but was a level
head in any argument, and Babs could do a far better job of shooting down
Ruth's
proposal than Helen would.
"Same as usual over here...by the way, have you seen Ruth's mail?"
"Sure, sounds like a good idea, huh??
You're as poor as a church mouse, as are
both me and my parents, and even if we all got a job tomorrow we'll never have
enough saved by the time we have to go."
Helen breathed out in a low whistle, stung as always by Babs unthinking
reminder that Helen was an orphan. "Babs...you know what can happen on
that
show...don't you?" Helen had just caught up on last nights show from the
website, and more than one image was still strong in her mind.
"Yes, babe, I know, but you know how many people are in that
audience...The
chance of any of us getting picked is pretty low.? And you know they stopped
doing the pretty girls since less of them were showing up to be in the
audience."
Laughing despite herself, well, mathematically we're pretty safe, I
suppose, she thought.? Still, the thought
of the spotlight shining down on her
relentlessly did not appeal.? "What
about Ailsie?? I can't imagine her being
up
for it, can you?? It's not like she needs
the money anyway."
"She's here now, she thinks it's a great idea!? She says she'll split her
share with the rest of us for spending money."
Helen wondered if this was what rabbits felt like in the final few seconds
staring at the bright lights.? Not just
Babs, but Ailsie as well...the whole
gang.? She knew if they were all set on
it, she would go along too.
She read the webpage again.
????? The Jeopardy crew are filming in
Knox City all this week and next.
????? We're looking for live audience
members between 18 and 80, all fit,
????? healthy, who enjoy watching the
Jeopardy show.? As always, all members
????? of the Jeopardy audience will be
(extremely) well paid for their
????? troubles, except of course the lucky
few who get to star in the
????? show ;)
????? If you'd like to be part of the most
exciting television and web show
????? of all time, get yourself down to
City Hall by 6.00pm, Monday to
????? Saturday, this week or next.? Don't wear too much, as the studio lights
????? are warm, and girls, you don't need
any make-up, as all audience members
????? are made-up by our specialist team
for the cameras.? Please don't be
????? disappointed if you are asked to
come back later on in the week, as
????? membership of the Jeopardy audience
is extremely sought after!? Happy
????? viewing, from the Jeopardy
Team...we'll see you soon.
Helen shook her head again.? It seemed
incredibly sadistic that audience
members chosen to participate went unpaid.?
Of course, selling their story
subsequently often recompensed them, but still...
"Look, Babs, I just don't want to do it.?
Just the idea...it's freaking me out.
?I won't do it."
"Woah, Hels, chill for a minute...nothing's decided yet.? What?"?
Helen heard
Ailsie muttering.? "OK, that's an
idea.? Do you want to meet up at the
coffeehouse this afternoon?? I think
Ruth's free as well, she said she was
going to bunk off work today."
Helen reflected that if Ruth had worked all the hours she was marked down for
she would not have needed kooky ideas to finance their trip.? She nodded to
herself, quietly, thinking that she might have a better chance at persuading
them face to face.
--
Thanking the girl behind the counter, Ailsie walked over from the counter with
a
tray of tall coffee mugs, and handed them out with a professional waitress's
air
that came despite never having worked in her life.? Ailsie was a rich daddies
daughter, an only child but surprisingly well adjusted to having serious money
at her command. She made it clear early on in her friendships that she would
not
spend more with her friends than they would, something that frustrated some,
but
Helen, Ruth, and Barbara had long accepted it and had found it had made their
friendship stronger over the years. Ailsie wasn't the most attractive of the
group, but she had a poise and confidence that seemed to make her the most
interesting to men. Having dealt out the coffees like a hand of five card stud,
she flopped into a chair and looked at Helen.
"Well?"
"Well what?" asked Helen, knowing exactly what Ailsie meant.
"Are you coming?"
"No!? Look, the idea is just
crazy...I know none of us are likely to be chosen,
but if we were..."? Her voice
trailed off, as she thought of those images again.
Ruth looked at Ailsie, and Helen caught a glance between them that was fraught
with meaning.? What was going on?? She took a gulp of her coffee, suddenly
embarrassed at being the centre of attention.?
Helen was attractive, perhaps
the most attractive of the group, but painfully shy, and her shyness had not
been improved as a young girl when lifes lottery had awarded her at puberty an
unusually large pair of breasts.? She was
drawn to keeping out of the limelight
and disliked having to agree with her friends so strongly, particularly as she
knew her argument was not so strong.
Babs leaned over and took her arm as she sipped again at her coffee.?
"Hon, don't feel you have to...you know you don't have to come if you
don't
want to, don't you?"? Helen looked
at her silently, and put down her coffee
mug, which Ailsie seemed to be fascinated by.?
Ruth studied Helen's face
intently.
"Yes...I know...but if you all went in there, you know I'd have to
follow,
don't you?? And I really don't want to do
it, I really don't."? Helen
was
speaking softly, and Ruth realised her friend was almost on the verge of
tears.
She shot a glance at Ailsie, who was still studying Helen intently.
The group went quiet, all locked in their own thoughts.? No-one seemed quite
sure what to say next, and they sat each with their own thoughts,
occasionally
sipping coffee, Ruth looking at Ailsie with a worried face.
Helen stood up. ?Ailsie jerked with
surprise.
"I need to go for a walk, I think, it's so warm in here...are you guys
coming?"
"Let me finish my coffee," said Ailsie, holding up a half full
mug.? "I'm
enjoying this."
"I'm not," sid Helen, "This is the worst coffee I've ever had
here."? She took
another sip, though, not wanting to walk away from her friends.
Ailsie said nothing, but Helen noticed that look flashing again between her
and
Ruth.? Babs took a deep swallow of hers
and wiped her lips.
"Don't know what you're on about, babe, this is fine.? You must be on drugs or
something."
A suspicion flashed across Helen's mind, and she caught Ailsie wincing at
Barbara's joke. She took another sip and felt the kernel of suspicion
harden
and grow in her mind.? Her mind played
images to her, webcasts,
spotlit faces, the chairs and the big stage with the encircling audience
and
the fleeting stagecrew who seemed to lack no expertise called of them.? She
didn't even hear the mug smashing on the floor as she stumbled towards
the
door, the girls boiling off the chairs and hounding her across the floor.? She
heard fragments of frantic dialogue:
"How much...should be OK...maybe fifteen minutes...oh
God...Ailsie!..."
The door swung open unheeded and the girls flowed out the street, panicking
as
they saw a patrol car, with a cop standing looking across the road
speaking
into a cellphone, his partner munching on something in the drivers seat.
Ailsie headed Barbara off from them, and Barbara and Ruth laughed and
chattered
gaily as if they had just been struck by the ancient Britney Spears
record
that spilled out of the cafe next door to the coffeehouse.? They got halfway
down the street when Helen, who had seemed not to realise that her friends
were
still with her turned suddenly to Ailsie and said bitterly,
"I would have gone with you, didn't you know that?"? Ailsie felt tears sting her
cheeks as she caught her friend who was swaying.? It had been Ruth's idea, and
Ailsie had known where to find something that would produce the right effect.
She hadn't been prepared to be caught before the drug took hold, though.
?
She held her friend tightly, holding her steady as Ruth and Barbara
watched
anxiously.? Barbara had not been happy
with the idea, but had only found out
when the practicalities had already been dealt with.? Turning away, she saw the
patrol car cruising slowly down the street, the driver catching her eye as
he
slowly looked her up and down, his attention caught more by the length
(or
perhaps lack of length) of Barbara's skirt and her legs than by any
suspicions
about the scene.
Helen gave a sniff and stood up a little.
"Hey, I'm sorry, I over-reacted a bit there...what was that anyway?"
she asked,
sounding a little tipsy.
Ailsie couldn't look at her as she explained the nature of the drug she
had
slipped into Helen's coffee.? Helen
rubbed her eyes a little and giggled like a
schoolgirl as Ailsie told her how she would feel a little light headed for
a
while, but it would soon fade.? She would
still remain receptive to suggestion
for a while after that, though.
"Cool!" laughed Helen giddily.?
She looked around.? The car had
come to rest a
little further up the street, and the driver was still looking at the
four
girls.? An idea flashed into Helen's
head.? Before her friends could stop
her,
she strode off towards the car.?
"Oh shit," spat Ailsie as she saw Helen bearing down on the driver,
whose eyes
were getting wider by the minute.?
"Should we go over?"
No-one replied, as Helen bent down to the drivers door and said something.? The
driver turned and looked at his partner and back at Helen and said something
to
her.? Taking a pen, she wrote something
on the driver's hand, then looked
briefly at the group before saying something to the passenger, and
nodding.? She
smiled at the driver then blew him a kiss, looking over her shoulder once
or
twice as she sauntered back towards her friends who were trying to control
their
staring at Helen's new-found breezy confidence.
"Girls..." said Helen, "I have...a cop's telephone
number!"? She held out her
hand as Ruth let out a low whistle.?
"I wonder if he'll spot me in the
audience?"? Helen paused.? "Are we going or are you guys just going
to look at
me all evening?"
Ailsie shook her head as they all walked down the street together, Helen
leading the way and letting out the occasional whistle whenever she saw a
guy
that took her fancy, and on one occasion a girl too.? It wasn't far to City
Hall, and they arrived early, but there was still a large queue gathered on
the
front steps.? A camera, escorted by a
boom mike and some sort of director,
cruised up and down the line, pausing for some time on the friends as
they
arrived at the end of the slow moving queue.
--
"Sarah!" called Helen to a solitary girl a few places ahead of
them.? The girl
turned and looked, and waved back, then?
skipped out of her place to where
Helen stood at the head of the group.?
"You too, girl?"
Known far and wide as a girl who would try anything once, Sarah had first
shot
to her high school's attention by (reputedly) being the first of her year
to
lose her virginity.? Although that was
never proved for sure, there was no
doubt about her being caught performing fellatio on a math teacher some
years
later.? Rumours circulated about her
interests, sexual and otherwise, and
tongues had wagged when she was seen about town wearing a top that
proclaimed
her need of a good spanking.? Certainly,
there were no shortage of suitors, and
there were many boys who had been heard to observe that they wouldn't
mind
giving Sarah's attractive bottom a god warming, and much else as well.
"Sure...this is going to be so cool!"?
Barbara noticed with amusement that
today's top read 'need2btamed'.?
"I've been waiting for this ever since I heard
Jeopardy was coming to Knox City!? Do you
think I look alright?"
Ailsie blanched.
"Do you actually want to be chosen, Sarah?" she asked.
"Well...I know if I am I won't enjoy it at all, but I've watched it so
much
recently, it makes me really imagine being part of it, and I think about
it
so much and now I have a chance, I just know I wouldn't forgive myself if I
let
the chance go."
"I so know what you mean, Sarah...I was scared stiff about coming, but
these
guys are so cool...they made me want to come!" said Helen
breathlessly.? The
line shuffled forward and the camera went by, pausing for a moment on
Helen's
face, which was now shining with excitement.?
"And it'll be so cool to see it
live and in person, it must make it so much more real."
They had reached the door, and inside each girl was handed a single slip
of
paper.
"Hi girls, thanks for coming!? These
are the disclaimers, which you can read
while the queue moves forward.? You don't
have to sign them just yet, in fact
you can wait right up till you take your seats if you want."? The speaker was
young, male, and more than a little handsome.?
Helen spoke to him.
"Do you have a pen?"
"Sure, miss, here you are.? But you
don't need to -"? Helen placed the
paper
against his chest and looked into his eyes as she signed the paper in a
slow,
lazy series of loops.? She handed the
paper back to him and walked on, as he
stared in disbelief.
The queue was moving a little more quickly now, a gentle shuffle forwards
and
much bumping as people tried to decode legal formalisms and recall long
forgotten Latin phrases.? Ailsie managed
to interpret the first paragraph, and
feeling that it was mostly in her favour, gave up on the rest.? Most people,
she noted, were doing the same.? They
came to a series of channels, where the
qeue split into several files.? A large
sign directed that if you wished to sit
with anyone, you should go throught the same channel.? The girls headed for the
one at the left which seemed to be moving a little more quickly,
following
Sarah, who by unspoken agreement seemed to have become part of the group.
"Are you all together?" asked an attendant.? They all nodded and agreed in a
welter of voices which varied in confidence and happiness.? Barbara was looking
decidedly ill, and Ruth was sweating, feeling her armpits pinch as the
antiperspirant fought back.? The
attendant opened the gate of the channel and
guided them all in together.? Beyond the
gate, there were a series of desks,
with young, relaxed looking people at each one.?
The young woman at the first
desk smiled.
"Who's first?" she asked, her voice seeming to suggest that this was
nothing
more than a routine health test, perhaps a height and weight measurement.
Sarah and Helen started forward together.?
After a little politeness was
exchanged, Helen sat down, and quickly answered a barrage of
administritive
questions, firing off her date of birth, her social security number, her
last
three addresses, her income, her preferred payment method, her health.? "Have
you taken any drugs or alcohol today?" asked the woman, in a final tone
of
voice. Helen just laughed and shook her head slightly as Ailsie turned pink.
"OK, Helen, just head on up to the next desk where we'll just do a
short
interview like we do for all audience members."
"Who's next?"? she asked
sweetly as Helen sat and flicked her hair out of her
eyes.? Ailsie set her teeth and beat
Sarah to the seat.? It was too late
to
dissuade Helen without exposing what they had done, and although Ailsie
was
feeling more and more uncomfortable by the minute, she knew she couldn't
abandon her friend.? She answered the
questions in a blur, spending most of her
time watching Helen tell the interviewer how she knew the odds of being
picked
were so low, and she wasn't at all worried about it.? The camera desk was a
little quicker than the first, and so when Ailsie finished and got up to
let
Sarah finally take her place she saw Helen sitting at a desk set a little
further away than the others were, where she couldn't quite hear what was
being
discussed.? The camera operator, or
interviewer, stood up to shake her hand,
and invited her to sit down.
"So," he said, "the big question...why do you want to be in the
Jeopardy
audience?"?
Ailsie shrank under the camera's cold and unblinking gaze.? "I...ah...well, my
friends and, uh, me, well, we all go to uni next years and we're all
going
different places, uh, and like we all want to have a big blowout
somewhere
special, but, uh, we mostly haven't got jobs and most of us are strapped
for
cash, so, um, we like thought we'd come down here, yeah?"? She swallowed and
tried to control her breathing which was shallow and fast.? The interviewer
smiled.?
"Yeah, that's not unusual.? Probably
more than half of our audience just need,
or want, money.? You could sure have a
good blowout on what you'll earn today,
huh?"
A weak smile.? "I guess".
"You seem pretty nervous, Ailsie...how do you think you'd feel if you
were
chosen?
Her eyes closed, trying to screw them shut, trying to avoid the camera's
unfeeling probing.? "Shit.? I...uh...I can't even think about it".
"How will you feel when that spotlight is switched on, Ailsie?"
Ailsie felt a flash of anger at this lazy but tormenting line of questioning.
"I hope the bloody bulb burns out!" she spat at him.
The young man laughed.? "Well, it
has happened before." ?He reached
out and
touched a button.? "That's it,
Ailsie, thank you.? If I'm any judge,
that
segment will probably get shown tonight." He looked pleased at the
prospect, as
Ailsie got up and walked with fists clenched to the last desk, where a
young
and efficient looking woman sat with several pieces of paper to hand.
The girls shuffled through the line, some confidant, some not.? Barbara was the
last to be processed, and after speaking to the young woman, who spelt
out
clearly the terms and conditions of joining the Jeopardy audience, and
exactly
what the chances of her and her friends being chosen were ("Don't worry,
there
are hundreds in every audience"), handed over her signed disclaimer and
received
a small piece of paper telling her where she would sit, and walked through
the
door into the makeup room, where she found Helen, Sarah, and Ailsie fully
made
up and Ruth just going through the process.?
In what seemed like seconds, the
woman smiled at Ruth and turned to Barbara and said briskly,
"Just lift your chin, dear."?
She whisked a foundation on, and speedily touched
it up around the eyes with a sort of mascara.?
She pulled three lipsticks out
of her bag, and held them up.?
"Pink, red, or gold, dear?"?
Barbara stared,
rather shellshocked by the processing and the speed at which the makeup
artist
worked.? "Red then, dear?? Very popular, and it suits you."? Most of the
sentence was spent in applying the lipstick, after which the group was
directed
towards a stage door.? Ruth looked at
Barbara, both feeling strangely naked and
vulnerable.? Barbara smiled and they
turned and followed the rest of the group
into the main room of the City Hall.? All
of them had been in here before, but
they gasped to see the Jeopardy stage set out.?
It was huge, far larger than it
appeared on camera.? Ants seemed to
wander about the stage, pulling about
technical equipment and cameras.? Sarah
was the first to spot Anna, the host of
the show, fiddling with her outfit, which seemed to consist mostly of
straps,
heels, and shine. ?A stage hand directed
them to their seats.? Already the
place was three quarters full, and as Sarah sat down at the end of their row
of
seats, the audience was streaming in from doors placed all around the studio.
By the time Barbara had sat down next to Ruth at the far end, the stream
had
already slowed and most of the audience had arrived, if not quite settled.
Ailsie studied the rest of the audience and tried to figure out how many
people
there were, reflecting that the audience did not seem so numerous despite
the
studio's size.?
Helen sat in the middle of the group of five, Ailsie in between Sarah and
Helen.? Helen could feel the high
starting to wear off, but she knew she
wouldn't leave now.? The last of the
audience took their seats, shepherded
quickly by mercury stage hands who dissolved as soon as the last member
was
seated. Anna strode out onto the stage. She had presented the show since
its
start some years ago, and she had fitted the role perfectly. As Jeopardy
had
become more popular and more serious, her increasing maturity over the
years
seemed to enhance her role. Now, perhaps in her forties but still
beautifully
shaped and with a magnificent presence, she strode over to the camera at
the
other end of the stage.?
"Welcome...to Jeopardy."
The words which sounded welcoming at home sounded like a whipcrack inside
the
heads of the audience.? It was coolly
speculative, able to command anything it
wished.?
"Welcome also to our audience.?
Welcome, for example, to Sarah:?
Sarah is one
of the special few who come to our audience desiring to be chosen.? Here she is
just now."
A screen came on, showing Sarah smiling into the camera, explaining how
when
she was younger she had sneaked into the kitchen to watch Jeopardy, how she
had
secretly videotaped shows and how she had always imagined that moment when
you
finally realised...it was you.
"Best of luck, Sarah, let's hope all your wishes come true!"?
Sarah was not feeling so comfortable by now, and she suddenly reached out
and
grasped Ailsie's hand, feeling it clammy and cold in hers.? Ailsie looked at
her in surprise.
Anna showed a few more clips of audience members, including a young man
who
appeared utterly terrified at the prospect of being chosen.? There were a few
quiet giggles as he yelped at the camera.
Anna transferred her eyes from the screen to meet the eye of the camera,
and
said,
"Well, viewers, I'm sure you're all familiar with what happens next.
Audience...I know you are."? She
smiled, and her teeth were briefly revealed.
"Please, ladies and gentlemen, put your wrists in the curve you'll find on
the
arms of your chair."
Ailsie didn't want to drop her hand from Sarah, and Helen had definitely
worn
off the effects of the drug.? She knew
she could still get up and run, but
suddenly felt embarrassed at the idea of doing so.? The words 'crowd
psychology' flashed through her mind and she looked at Ruth as she placed
her
hands in the little rest.? Barbara was
the last of the group to do it, and she
came very close to running.? But the same
force held her and trembling, she
laid her wrists alongside Ruth's and shut her eyes.?
"Control room, restrain the audience, please."? Anna turned, surveying the
crowd.? This moment was the highest
watched of the whole show: even many people
who didn't enjoy the show watched this moment out of fascination and
perhaps
some sympathetic fear.
Barbara heard a slight hum and tensed as she felt a metal restraint
curling
out of a hole in the arm of the chair around her wrist, and realised that
she
was in for the ride.? The tension inside
her melted; she was no longer in
control of her own destiny and that knowledge allowed her to relax.? At the
other end of the line, Sarah, too, had restored some poise, remembering a
scene
from only a week or two ago where only one audience member, a middle aged
woman,
had been chosen, and had spent the whole show under Anna's very close and
personal attention.?
Anna turned to the camera
"The audience has been restrained."?
She smiled.? "Control room,
the
spotlights, please."
Silently, each audience member was bathed in an individual spotlight.? Ruth bit
her lip, testing the restraint and looking at Helen, who had turned pale
and
was trembling violently.? The stage
couldn't be seen, although the other
spotlights and their transfixed victims could.
"Control room...show me who you have chosen..."?
Sarah realised something she had never realised before: the victims were
chosen, not randomly, but deliberately.?
A cold finger of fear brushed her
heart again.? A spotlight opposite
blinked out.? A few seconds passed,
then
another.? Sarah remembered that sometimes
the spots were taken away quickly,
occasionally instantly. Tonight, Ruth watched as a spot light winked out
once
perhaps every ten seconds.? The interval
seemed to vary.? Sometimes two would
go
in a few seconds and then there would be a long wait for the next one.? None of
the group had lost their spotlight yet, and perhaps a third of the audience
was
safe now. A choked sob of relief from behind Ailsie said that someone had
been
reprieved, and Sarah looked around realising that several groups of seat
next
to each other were still highlighted.?
Without warning, a row of six was
switched off together.? Although they
were a fair distance from Barbara, she
heard the gasp from the saved group, all men from the sound of it.? Slightly
more men than women were chosen from the Jeopardy audience, as a rule,
because
the audience showed a slight bias towards men.?
Sarah's light winked out and she cried out.?
Helen couldn't make out whether it
was gratitude or envy; perhaps it was both, she thought.? More lights went out,
and another row blinked off, one after the other in succession.? The rate now
slowed down, perhaps fifteen seconds before another light freed another
soul
into the blackness.? Their's was the only
group left.? A light in front of
Ruth
blinked out as she realised with a grim certainty that they had all been
chosen; the lights were snuffed remorselessly, hunting down their prey.
Barbara realised every light on her side was out.? She knew too, and watched
the remained lights disappear with a soul crushing certainty.? Helen was
sobbing quietly, and never saw the last light go out, brilliantly isolating
the
group of four friends who had been so confident about the odds.? A cameraman
worked his way into the row, and a quick viewer might have caught a glimpse
of
Sarah's stricken face before the lens focused on Ailsie, who looked nauseous.
Unable to look at the camera, she stared sightlessly as she weaved in her
cold
restraints.? The camera panned over and
lingered on Helen sobbing bitterly,
realising finally what she had done.? She
tried to turn her wrist so she could
scrape the phone number from her hand, humiliated, and not able even to
do
that.? Ruth had had slightly longer and
when the camera turned to her she spat
hard at the lens and stared viciously. The cameraman laughed and pulled out
a
cloth and carefully wiped his lens clean before standing on Ruths foot,
putting his full weight on it as he focused on Barbara for a long shot,
listless, perhaps even unseeing, though her eyes were open.
The studio lights came back up, though the spotlights were not switched
off,
and a weight seemed to lift from the audiences shoulders.? Sarah felt the
restraints curling back, but she heard a click from her left and as she
turned
she saw Ailsie's chair move forward an inch: it was obviously on wheels and
the
lock had been released.? She turned to
Ailsie and grabbed her hand as Anna
began speaking again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, viewers at home, may I present, Ruth, Barbara,
Ailsie,
and especially Helen!"
The audience thundered, roaring out their joy at their escape.? Sarah sat
silently, slumped and in tears as she held Ailsie's hand, still strapped
by
that sinuous restraint.
Anna turned to the camera as the applause finally died down.
"We'll be back after this commercial break.? Don't go away."
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It was Thursday around dinner time and my phone was vibrating. i always set it to vibrate when i am around my parents. They ask too many questions if they hear me talking to someone. i guess they get concerned whether i will end up coming home ripped again. They don’t really care about me drinking a little. As a matter of fact, they let me drink a couple of beers as long as i say i will be staying home for the evening. Whenever i come home smashed they just tell me i shouldn’t do it again. i...
I seriously dont have a clue as to what has come over me. but I have sex on my mind all the time. All I wanted a few days ago was to just see Tommys dick. Now I crave it. Just to give you details, Tommy is my twin brother. Hes 13 like me. My other two brothers are from my dads first wife, who he caught cheating so ive been told. They divorced and he married my mom. But my mother was killed in a car crash when Tommy and I were 2. So I never really knew her. Shane my oldest stepbrother...
Like an addictive aphrodisiac, Lori craves the erotic thrill that she receives from teasing and pleasing a man's cock, manipulating his erotic pleasure to indulge her own until he can't resist the intensity of his primal urge to cum for her. She is enthralled with her sexual power to arouse and stimulate a cock to swell hard, rising and thickening for her, and enflaming her own passion. Simultaneously exploring his erogenous zones and tantalizing his manhood, she exploits his arousal, making...
Chapter 1 Nancy's father had gotten a request from one of their neighborhood friends to try to help one of their sons setting up an import export business in New Orleans. Her father had to refer his usual clients to his partner while he travelled. It was planned that he stay from six months to a year in New Orleans which he thought he would need in order to do the work necessary. The red headed detective Nancy had just graduated from high school along with her buddy George(Georgina). Nancy...
There was a penis. He stared into the slightly convex plastic window of the tumble dryer, devoid of thought, spittle running down his cheek. Round and round it went, moving in and around the soiled clothing. Synapses began to fire. His ego strained for control of his stiff and unresponsive vessel. His penis? He did not know. Did not want to know. He had to know. His arm moved. Down it went, into his pants, searching, searching, and finding - nothing. No flaccid reminder of his sex, spitter of...
FetishThe kitchen in the Walha's household smelled of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger. The kitchen counter was a little bit of a mess. There was some flour, spices and sugar on it. Renee just finished mixing the batter and was pouring the batter in the cake pan. As she was handing the pan to her dad, the first-time baker could not be prouder of herself. Renee was going to be able to say she made the cake when she gave it to Luke. This cake was going to be a gift to Luke. This...
On saturday, Veronika went to get her hair done, finger and for nails painted red with slut written on big toe nails, when she got home I trimmed her pussy hair, leaving a 1" wide strip. At 5 she started getting ready, sheer blk seemed thigh highs, sheer blk French bra, make up and perfume, then put on a sheer blk wrap around mini dress, we left at 6:30, got to Prospect store a couple minutes before 7, was a parking spot in front with a sign with my name on it so parked there. I got out came...
The Armstrong Industries aircraft made a smooth landing and taxied to the terminal where six well dressed, very good looking and well built women exited it into the airport. Chet Nomouri, ordered there by Max as he took Midori to the hotel, checked them out and took photos with a small camera. He knew three of the seven at first glance; he had lived and worked as a police officer in Star City. Jessica Armstrong, the Mayor, Chloe Hamilton, the Chief of Police's daughter, and Moira Jones, the...
I was so comfortable lying there with the warm mantle of deep sleep covering me like a cosy blanket. In my mind, I had been reliving one of my most pleasant dreams and the whole world seemed so peaceful, so right except for one irritation. After several failed attempts at forcing it out of my mind, I tried to simply ignore it, thinking that if I could do so, it would go away. That didn’t work either. In vain, I tried to hang on to that blissful state that only comes from being in that world...
Well my story starts out with me having my normal wed off of work. I cross dress when i get a chance i lock all my doors. I was putting on my make up and wig and was checking myself out when my neighbor Fred rang my door bell. I did not answer and thought he would go away. Fred proceeded to look in my windows i just sat down and waited for him to leave. A little about Fred he is a good looking guy about 6 feet tall and dark skinned indian man. He has been to a couple of the wife and mine...
BisexualThe car pulled into a lane, and Jen got a glimpse of the name of the street where she'd be living. She couldn't get a proper look, but she could have sworn it had said 'NudeVille.' Jen shook the thought out of her head. They pulled into her street but no one was around. It was raining slightly so she figured everyone must be inside. They pulled into their new drive and entered the house. It was nice, and had already been made and furnished. Jen was tired so she went straight to her new...
Karen was an hour early for her next appointment and in quite an emotional state, although she hid it well from the others in the waiting area. Her body was softly shaking and it was all she could do to prevent herself from storming into Grey’s office and demanding help. The oils on the handkerchief had faded around midnight the previous evening and she had awoken at 5 am in a cold sweat. She had been using those oils more and more since Doctor Grey had seen her last, as he knew she would, and...
A few weeks ago, my current boyfriend and I were invited to share an informal lunch with some lovely people that I met through work. Martina and John ran a very successful company making erotic garments, but during the course of the lunch it transpired that some years ago they had both worked in the adult movie industry, which is where they met and fell in love. They’d continued to make ‘point of view’ type films of themselves for their own pleasure, and this had fuelled their interest in...
HardcoreIt had been weeks since I had last seen my Mistress or heard from her. I had gone past her farm a few times to not find her home! I wondered if my past bondage lessons were over and I was now a free man to go about my life as I had done in the past, free from the threat of blackmail from her and her Nephew?My Family had gone out of town for a visit and I was left alone to work and tend to matters at home.I was watching tv when I got the text on my phone. It said to call my Mistress at once! I...
There are certain days through out one's experience on this globe that should be buried and forgotten, for Marion this was one such day. Firstly her husband had without any sign of discontent announced he was leaving her and secondly her agreement to be bridesmaid at a friends coming wedding had also ran into trouble, putting those arrangements into disarray. On the other side of the town one Trevor Carter was also pondering over a coming marriage, not knowing that it was the same wedding...
This takes place during Season 7. This is the Last season of Buffy. Andrew use to be Evil now he was good. He had killed. He felt bad about that. Then again so had lot of Buffy gang. Which he found odd. He now was on the Path to redemption. He was stuck in the house full of slayers to be. A first Evil was going to strike. The final battle was coming up soon. This may of been the last night they are were alive. Some of them wanted to spend the last few day with their love one. Some wanted to...
You've known her for years. A blonde-haired, brown-eyed girl who always had the energy to for just about anything. As far as you know, she's just an ordinary girl doing ordinary things. Studying macroeconomics at an expensive college you couldn't afford (Her parents were both lawyers), she left just after you told her how much you were into her at the airport. Sadly, at that moment, you don't know what she was thinking as she kind of gave you a blank stare as if saying, "Oh." You were hoping...
Fetish"I can't," the pretty young brunette said softly to the tall short haired blonde woman standing beside her beside the bar. ""I can't," the pretty young brunette said softly to the tall short haired blonde woman standing beside her beside the bar. "I'm not into girls," she laughed nervously, " and besides that I'm married." She held up her left hand and showed Shelly a small diamond ring and matching wedding band. She was in her early twenties and was much too young, Shelly thought, to be...
Hello this is Pabby. This story was told to me by one of my net friends Shilpa a nurse in US. These are her true experiences outside of her boring marriage. If any female want to contact me they can mail me at Shilpa is a 25-year-old nurse in a northeastern US city. She’s a beautiful, petite blonde, only 5’3″, slender, with small, firm breasts. She was married a little over a year ago, but even before the marriage, she knew something was missing. Her husband never gave her the attention she...
CHERISHING MARY. By Anne Gray Chapter 2 The movie was over, the tea was cold and I was almost content. Mary was here, but she wasn't. I knew my love could never return but during the last couple of hours I had felt as close to her as if she was sitting with me. There were no more tears to be shed. I had found a way to bring her close to me again. There was no rational explanation...
I can now say the best sex is ex sex. About three years ago I dated a girl named Stacy. Stacy was s*******n and I was twenty on our first date. I knew she was the girl of my dreams when I first saw her. She is what most people would call a big beautiful woman. 38dd hooters and big curvy hips, chubby face, sexy blue bedroom eyes, dirty blonde hair that she grew to her shoulder blades and it was great for pulling to arch her back when going doggy style. She kept her pussy trimmed but not...
Avery Moon and her man are scared. All the lights are out and they are sneaking around in the dark, trying to find a safe, quiet place to get their freak on. They find their way into the house, and try not to make a sound so that their assailants will not attack them. Our stud keeps Averys mouth covered while she slides up and down his greased up pole. Then Avery covers her own mouth while she rides his big fat cock. Somehow, she even keeps from moaning as he rams her from behind. But our stud...
xmoviesforyouMindy had gone into New York with some friends Saturday night. Mindy knew exactly where she wanted to go and had succeeded in getting her friends to agree to go to Edge Play, that infamous kink club on 14th street. The four girls entered the nondescript glass doors of the large gray building that could have passed for a warehouse. A short corridor led through a small mall-like area, lined with bookstores, kinky sex shops, and a medical supply store. A door at the foyer at the end was guarded...
As told by a real hotwife:I waved Ted, or Fred or Red...still couldn’t remember his name, up to the platform. It was a well designed play space, about the same elevation as a pool table. I know this because I have been bent over a few in my younger days. Perfect for sitting on the edge and spreading my legs, or bending over doggy style, this, of course, depends on your suitor being of average height.He had to push his way to the front and I had to remind a few that I was in charge. The others...
Beautiful 21 year old Kenzie decided to take a break from her webcamming and do her first boy-girl scene, and lucky for you she decided to do it here! Super sexual and open to most anything, you’d think that she has a lot of experience with guys, but in reality she’s only been with four guys and only fucks her boyfriends. Fortunately, she has a mind to explore herself sexually and having sex with a complete stranger fits in that plan nicely, and of course we’re only too happy...
xmoviesforyouEating Pussy in the Kitchen “Twas the night before the wedding… The rehearsal dinner went just as we planned and only the overnight hours separated Liu and me from our wedding day. My best friend Melinda, Liu and I went to his place (soon to be our place) all smiles and laughter. The three of us stood in the kitchen, talking about the big day tomorrow. “I don’t believe you’re really going to go through with it, Kait,” Melinda said as if she was still in shock. “Yep, you heard mom at the...
Jamie's Descent "Harsh word, blackmail. I would never use it myself." Vanessa stood up, grinding the cigarette out on the floor. "I will give you 24 hours to make up your mind. I hope you make the right decision, Jamie sweetie." She strode across to the door and paused as she got to the door, "I think Fiona wants to come and see you again. She has quite the thing for you." She closed the door and I heard it lock behind her. "My God," I thought, "what have I got myself into?" I...
At nine o'clock the next morning Kelly and Andy were in the kitchen sitting at the table drinking coffee and grinning at each other. The looks they were exchanging were the purest love that just flowed between the two beautiful women. "Mom," Kelly said, "I think it's a vicious plot to make me get married in a hurry!" "What is?" "Sleeping on Dad's shoulder with his hand cupping my tit," she replied. "It's heaven! But then this morning! He just rolls between your legs and takes...
Susie Holmes wakes up with a start. Instantly her fear grips her. She sits up in the bed, the soft white sheets clinging to her nude form. Her eyes scan the small bedroom. The street light outside her window illuminates it just enough for her to make out shadows and shapes of her furniture. There seems to not be anything out of the ordinary. Slowly, she pulls the sheets from her body and slides her feet over the edge of the bed to hang slightly before pressing her toes into the soft carpet....
Em was tired when she got back to the hotel. She felt a bit frazzled. She was on a particularly onerous business trip. Normally she liked travelling and didn’t find it a strain, but this trip had been tough, and it wasn’t over yet. She still had three days to go, with more meetings, further presentations and two more business dinners. But this afternoon and evening she was free of appointments. There was plenty of work to do, writing up notes and making sure appointments were still on track. ...
Quickie SexI was always a little large when it came to my hips and thighs. I was not fat, just sort of chubby. I have large breasts and I keep my pussy closely trimmed. I had married very young and had a son when I was just 17. Over the years I have grown to love sex and wanted it all the time. My husband works out of town a lots and when he does get home, we usually have sex about once or twice a week, which leaves me craving for more. I know he probably has a girlfriend along the way because he seems to...
Toronto, Ontario, late evening Sienna was cold. She pulled the scarf tighter about her head as she ran from building to building. Why didn't she wait at the Moslem culture centre until her brother picked her up? She knew why. When her three hour class was cancelled, she did not want to set outside the building, and she did not have money for a bus. She knew the way home. What she did not know was what kind of neighbourhood the way home took her into. She heard the men behind her and could...
Sex clubs have become very popular in the last few years. In them people can indulge in whatever vice they desire. Married couples get together and swap mates, homosexuals have a place to meet and, if you are so inclined, you can be beaten with leather whips. Weekly newspapers carry ads for these sex clubs and are worded so as to make their intent clear. For example: Young couple seeks other young couple for lessons in French and Greek arts. A box number is given and interested couples...
He dared her to do it. She always did her best to do what he told her to do. When it came to doing something naughty, Tabber always knew what to tell Joni. So there she was, walking across campus, heading toward her special corner of the general classroom building. Her heart was beating so strong she could feel it. ‘I can’t believe I’m going to do this,’ she thought to herself. ‘What exactly am I doing anyway?’ She chewed on her lower lip as she walked, lost in her thoughts. She was thinking...
ANNA After watching movies with John, my week seemed to take forever. Work was hectic, and I wasn't getting much sleep. Whatever post-Robert damper on my libido was gone and I was ragingly horny, which seems to be my natural state since I was about 12. I'd get horny, then I wouldn't fall asleep so I'd masturbate hoping that'd allow me some peace, but usually it just made things worse. There were far too many days where I'd go to school sleep-deprived, sore and grouchy, and worried...
Alex's admonition about focusing on others proved an important premonition of what was to come, and Cate's decision to grieve later carried through for everyone, though it wasn't quite so simple. Each of Alex's followers grieved by themselves when caught off guard or when sitting alone at night, but they each redoubled their efforts to the cause. Not only did they seek to distract themselves from their grief, but trying to reach new followers was much harder without Alex there to draw...
We were so at peace when we first married, I was working in the mortgage industry making a 6 figure income when I met the love of my life, Sharyn. I was mesmerized by her from head to toe. She is about 5 feet 5 inches and she is an ex-dancer from New York and did some Broadway. She is built very solid and curvy with a natural 38dd bustle and about a 42 inch butt packed around a waistline, she probably wears an 8-12 in a dress depending on the maker. She resembles Christina Hendricks a little...
My story starts at about 13 y/o. I was staying at my uncles house for the weekend. He was just recently married to an average looking woman with nice tits. It was the 2nd night there and I was sleeping on the couch in the family room. When I had this strange feeling that I was being watched. I opened my eyes slight slightly an saw my new aunt with the blank, lost stare on her face staring at my crotch. Apparently, my dick had fell out of my boxers and was hanging out in the open. I was kind of...
“What the hell is going on in here?” I turned to see two police officers standing in the door. One was a woman and the other a black male. Both the man and I tried to cover ourselves as they walked toward us. Brad stepped out of the crowd, “My girlfriend is just paying for the new bikini the nice gentleman bought her.” The black cop laughed as he looked me up and down. “Must have been a damn fine bikini,” and with that he motioned to the woman and they both left. “Officers, have a fine...
My Honey and I had parties and went to parties all the time. Usually on weekends, early in our relationship. Once, one of the single girls at our party got a little too drunk and went to sleep in our bed. Everyone had thought she just left and went home. After the party, my wife & I were both quite drunk also, and I thought she went to take a bath. I went out to move our cars back into the driveway, and then just went in the bedroom, took off my clothes and got into bed in the dark...
A day of dreamsI just couldn't believe where I was and what was happening. My emotions were a whirlwind of nervousness, confusion and yet also excitement. To say that I felt totally unsettled and out of my depth would be an understatement. I was way out of my normally controlled comfort zone and couldn't think straight. This was so foreign and yet I couldn't stop it and truth be told, I didn't want to stop it. This wasn't me. It was as if I was a different person...a completely different person...
After a late night at work, I decided to check out the layby I'd had success at recently. I'd been back a couple of times since then, but I had not had the same joy, so I wasn't arriving with any expectation of success. However, what I found couldn't have proved me more wrong.I pulled into the layby and found the usual parked up trucks, but no cars apart from one lone vehicle parked at the far end near the exit. I parked up behind, but the distance was too great to see if there were any...
My wife Jane wanted to spice our relationship up a bit and asked if she could use something on me? what like i asked, she said a strap-on -dildo. well at 1st i thought that might hurt and then i said well if you get one make sure its small and thin, but 1st when we have sex tonight i want you to use your finger and poke me whilst wanking me off. Jane was up for that. bed time had come around and i had a quick shower and Jane was already laid out on the bed waiting for me. i dried myself off and...
Mere pati ke dost “NITISH” ne mujhe sofe pr gira dia or mere upper khud gir gya. Meri sari ke upper se mujhe kuch mahasus hua or samjh aya ki uska little soldier chaukana ho gya hai. Ye soch kr meine uski peeth ko finger se zorr se daba lia. Usne sari ke upper se he apne shaitan ko mere upper daba dia or halke halke jhatke dene laga. Fir wo meri chin pr aya or apni tongue nikal kr mujhe lick krne laga. Usne apni tongue meri chin se niche le jate hue mere galle ko chumne laga. Mein akhe band kr...
Being confident was important, but Elliott Bastion was hands down the biggest threat I had faced – even counting the Sandman – and that said a lot. But the most the Sandman could do was kill me; Bastion could, maybe, turn me into something so dark it made Jamie on a bad day look like Phoebe in church. Nothing we had tried had been even remotely successful, and I still didn't know how I was going to handle someone I couldn't even look at in a dream. Trust me, over-confidence, wasn't a...
It had been a hell of a day. First a shopping trip with Carrie, then Sarah showing up. She was a damn fine looking woman. With better clothes and decent hair, she would be simply stunning. I kind of expected Carrie to object to the lingerie show, really surprised when she didn’t. I really didn’t expect Sarah to participate at the end, but only a fool would object to two beautiful women prancing around in their underwear. Carrie’s breasts were perfect, smooth little mounds with tiny little...
There was a steady rain, not hard, but just enough to make a drumming noise on the motor coach’s roof. That noise was adding to my insomnia, as I watched the clock turn 4:00 in the morning; so much for going to bed early and getting a good night’s sleep. If only Kristy hadn’t got frightened the storm, then I wouldn’t be having these conflicting feelings. If only she had allowed me to put some cloths on before she jumped into my bed. If only she hadn’t scooted back into my cock. If only...
I was a bad kid. My parents said so. My school said so. And now the court had said so also. I sat there listening in shock as the judge told me I had to go to a juvenile detention center. I heard my mom crying. My dad looked angry. How could this be happening? I had gotten suspended for giving boys blowjobs in the school bathroom. Then I had gotten arrested twice for smoking pot. My parents had tried to warn me. I kind of wish I had listened. They took me in a van to the Bloss juvenile...
Two days later, Paul called me into his office. "I have a new job; I'm the engineering manager for one of the midrange NPL machines; as you know, NPL is the 'New Processor Line' that provides both scientific and commercial capabilities. I want you to work for me until you're done here in Poughkeepsie. Do you think that you could take the work you've done on the Reaper control word structure and work up an unclassified discussion of the techniques? There's a big push to use...
Hello everyone, I hope you all are doing great and enjoying this story of Holi with my mom. You can call me Hunter, and I’m 22 years old. My mom’s name is Neelima. She is 46 years old. Her figure is 36-34-38. She’s a school teacher by profession and a single mom. This is the continuation of the previous one. Please read that, then continue this one. After that afternoon, I was scrolling and realize that the stock market has crashed. I was so confident that I would get maximum...
IncestSometimes, you can't win. Angel got home at an unreasonably early hour (for a summer Friday night party), got right to bed, and still woke up feeling like she had spent the night in the business end of a street sweeper. She dragged herself out of bed and went through her morning routine. 87 hours later, give or take a lifetime, she was clean, dressed, groomed, and on her way to breakfast. She started pulling things out of the fridge and cupboards, until she saw her mother standing in the...
The next morning we were out on the deck having coffee. Carol was wearing one of my T shirts, bottomless. I was wearing the same outfit. While I was gazing out at the lake you came up to me and rubbed your bare cunt on my ass. You reached around and started stroking my prick. You whispered to me, "Do you like our sex game? Do your remember how it started with me dancing naked with a friend at a skinny dipping party? Do you remember the first man we invited home and he and I had wild sex while...
Wife Lovers[Charlie writes] I found Grandpop and Grandmother talking to Marco and Isabella through the same older woman. I notice that my grandparents were using some phrases in Italian now. I listened for a bit. Finally, I said, "Please excuse me but I must speak with my grandparents." Grandpop said, "Go ahead, Charlie. We're among friends." "Grandpop, you may not like this and I know of no way to sugar coat it. "There will be no, I repeat no, agreements to bind any person or group that are...
CHAPTER FOUR ‘You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to you.’ – Matthew 5:4 Alma wandered between the trees, she was in the midst of a huge forest. Tired, footsore and hungry, she walked. Not knowing where to go or even why she was going there. All she knew was that she had lost something and needed to find it again. Not only that, but every few steps she felt a sharp stabbing pain in her belly. Stepping out into...