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  “Nice outfit. Welcome to the party,” I said, after a pause that was slightly too long.

  “Nice outfit yourself. I like what you’ve done with your hair.”

  Unable to make any further small talk, I turned my back and led him into the kitchen with the others.

  “Do you want to do it now?” asked Laura quietly to me as Nathan helped himself to a bowl of crisps.

  “OK,” I replied under my breath.

  “So, you’re probably all wondering why Melanie and I are wearing the same dress,” started Laura in a loud voice which instantly focussed attention on her. “The thing is, we both saw it together when out shopping and thought it would be good to wear tonight. We clearly can’t both wear the same dress all night, so we agreed that we would put it to the vote from you guys. We both have an alternative outfit.” Laura paused and looked at me in a knowing way and I tried to return the glance. “So whichever one of us you think looks best will get to wear the dress and the other will change into their alternative outfit.”

  The guys were all listening with amusement. I thought that it must have seemed a silly game to them, but knowing what was in store for the loser gave it much more meaning for both me and Laura.

  I suddenly wanted to get this out of the way. “You each have one vote,” I said, taking the initiative. “Shall we start with Nathan?” I turned towards Nathan and was gratified to see his eyes scan up and down my body.

  “I think you carry the dress off well, Melanie,” he said. “Sorry Laura.” He looked briefly at Laura and shrugged his shoulders as I filled with delight.

  “Paul, what about you?” asked Laura, suddenly also keen to take the focus away from Nathan.

  Paul made a big show of looking first at me then at Laura. Laura started posing sexily, first putting her hands in the air, then gyrating from side to side. I knew I would just look silly trying to emulate her so I just gave Paul one of my best smiles.

  After what seemed like an eternity, Paul said “I choose Laura.”

  “One each,” said Laura. I was glad the attention was taken off me as I could feel the panic showing in my face. “Looks like you have the casting vote, Jake. Hope you can handle the responsibility.”

  “I’d have both of you girls if I could,” said Jake. “If I have to choose – and I stress this is only because I have to and there is not much to choose between you – I choose Laura.”

  I was shocked. In that couple of words Jake had destroyed me. I had tried so hard and they had still picked Laura over me. I could feel my dry mouth opening and closing for a couple of seconds with no words coming out.

  “Time to get changed then,” said Laura looking at me. “Would you like me to help?”

  Stunned, I couldn’t think of a reply and stood unmoving as Laura walked up to me and casually unzipped the back of my dress and pulled the straps off my shoulders letting it fall to the floor.

  Chapter 5

  I didn’t even think to cover myself as I stood awkwardly dressed in only my pink bikini in the middle of the kitchen. The guys were all staring, open-mouthed at me. Paul in particular was making a show of looking me up and down. In the back of my mind, away from the horror of the moment, I felt some measure of comfort that I looked good. I just couldn’t believe that it was me and not Laura who was going to have to spend the evening like this.

  “I see you all like Melanie’s alternative outfit,” said Laura, not even trying to keep the smugness out of her voice. “She will be wearing it all night. It was a little bet we had. I assume you all don’t mind?”

  “She can dress like that whenever she wants,” said Paul.

  “The night is getting more fun already,” agreed Jake.

  Nathan just sat silently. He couldn’t keep his eyes off me and I was sure that I could make out his bulge growing inside his tight shorts.

  Although I could feel the embarrassment burning through my skin, I decided that I would try to make the best of it. Trying to contort my body into a sexy pose and spreading my arms wide, I turned directly to Paul and winked. “You will be seeing this all night so you don’t need to concentrate quite so hard.” I was rewarded by a flushing of his face as he tried to look away.

  Out of the corner of my eye I saw frustration on Laura’s face. She had clearly expected me to be more shy and would have wallowed in my discomfort.

  It was surprising how quickly the night reverted to normal. The anticipation and excitement of the reveal of me in my bikini gradually gave way to a kind of normality. During dinner, we all talked about normal things – work, holidays and Jake’s latest girlfriend who he had met in the bar earlier in the week. Even Paul had stopped leering at me after I had challenged him.

  Nathan had been unusually quiet all night. After the meal had finished and the guys had moved to the living room and Laura and I were washing up in the kitchen, I asked Laura whether anything was wrong with him.

  “You’re useless Melanie,” replied Laura. “I still have so much to teach you about guys. It is obvious – Nathan likes you.”

  “Really?” I asked.

  “He told me about it in the bar earlier today. That was part of the reason I organised this,” she gestured at my state of undress “I thought it would stop you being all uptight in front of him.”

  “But I thought you liked Nathan?” I felt confused. I had seen Laura trying to get up close with him on a number of occasions.

  “I’ve been there once and don’t need to go there again,” Laura replied. To this day, I don’t know if she was telling the truth or trying to save face. “He is well worth getting to know better – if you know what I mean.”

  The wink she gave me was wholly unnecessary and I think I must have blushed more than when Laura took my dress off. Suddenly something fell into place in my head and I remembered something Laura had said a couple of seconds ago. “What do you mean when you said you had organised this? You could have lost and that wouldn’t have ‘stopped me being all uptight’.”

  Laura paused as if she was debating how much to say. “Firstly, remember I am doing this for you and Nathan. You will thank me later.”

  “Laura? What did you do?”

  Laura sighed. “I might have spoken to Jake and Paul before the night to tell them about our bet. They wanted to help Nathan get with you too.”

  I couldn’t believe what Laura was saying. This whole night had been a set-up. I could see that Laura was looking at the anger in my face as she started to talk faster to try to justify herself.

  “Nathan wasn’t in on it – I swear. He voted for you entirely of his own accord. You do look good tonight Melanie. He has been stealing glances at you all night. When you told me about what happened with you and Fraser, I thought you would respond to being in a similar situation again. It will all be worth it in the end…”

  I was almost ready to slap her, but we were interrupted by Nathan putting his head around the door. “Are you girls OK? You’ve been in there ages.”

  I opened my mouth to respond and then stopped myself. For all the good intentions that Laura might have had, I had sensed the whole night that she also had been motivated by getting one-up on me. I realised that maybe she wanted Nathan for herself. In that moment, I wanted to get back at her in any way I could.

  “We’re doing fine,” I said. Then in a moment I had a flash of inspiration. Suddenly all the anger was gone and replaced by a delicious excitement. “We are just getting ready for the second part of our bet. I think we are ready to tell you all about it now.”

  Without waiting for Laura to object I made a move towards the living room, shepherding Nathan in front of me. Laura followed hesitantly, whatever my plan was, I think she could sense that it would be bad for her. I was determined to put my plan into action before she thought of a way out.

  Chapter 6

  Everyone’s attention was fixed on me. Despite me standing in the middle of the living room in just my bikini, I no longer felt self conscious and was hardly aware of the guys
eyes occasionally tracking down my body. I had become used to the slight chill which caused my nipples to strain against the thin material of the bikini already swollen with my full breasts and had stopped checking that the bottoms hadn’t slipped to reveal the small patch of blonde hair which hid my most sensitive area. The exhilaration of the moment had me in its grasp.

  “There was a second part to our bet,” I started. "The first part was just a teaser for the main event. I know that I would end up standing here in my bikini. Of course you would all agree that she looked better in the dress.” I looked pointedly at Jake and Paul as I spoke but they gave nothing away about their part in setting me up.

  “Anyway,” I continued. “Laura very kindly agreed that if I played my part in the first bet, she would play another game against me. There will be two features of this game. Firstly, it shall be entirely based on luck.” I looked around the room. I still had everyone’s attention. Laura in particular looked confused.

  “And secondly, whoever loses will strip naked in front of you all here tonight!” I finished. Laura’s eyebrows raised as she tried to process what I had just announced. I saw her start to open her mouth, but I cut her off. “Isn’t that right, Laura? You aren’t thinking of backing out of our bet now are you? I held up my part and have spent all night in my bikini – just as we agreed.”

  “No,” Laura said, after a pause. In her eyes, I could see how she was starting to panic that she had lost control of the night. If she refused to go through with this, the guys would always believe my version of events. If none of us trusted her to honour a bet, she would never be able to bet with us again and her competitive nature would never put that at risk.

  Besides which, I was offering her a fair chance to win. At this point, I figured that the guys had seen most of me and the thought of either getting one over on Laura or standing completely naked in front of everyone were both exciting possibilities and at this point I didn’t care which would become a reality. I worried that my excitement would be visible in my bikini bottoms but was unable to check without drawing more attention to it.

  “We never did agree the game.” I said, sweetly. “How about rock, paper, scissors?”

  “Sounds good to me,” said Paul.

  “Yes, something quick,” agreed Jake.

  “I never expected this,” said Nathan, smiling. Ever since Laura had told me that he liked me I had started to pick up on little signs. “You’ve surprised me – both of you.” He looked across at Laura who was looking sick.

  “Fine – let’s get this over with,” she said.

  It took a few minutes to agree the rules. We were going to play best of three. The guys had all made themselves comfortable on the sofa whilst Laura and I stood in the middle of the living room facing each other. It was getting late so it was agreed that the loser would strip, twirl to give the guys a good look and then the evening would be over. At least, my embarrassment wouldn’t last long if I lost. The guys had all promised not to tell anyone either at work or socially and that this night would remain our secret.

  “Ready?” asked Nathan. Laura and I both nodded our heads. “OK. One, two, three…shoot!”

  We both looked down. Laura had chosen rock and I had chosen paper.

  “One nil to Melanie,” said Jake as Paul cheered.

  Laura was blushing as hard as I had ever seen her. She avoided my gaze as I tried to meet her eyes. I wanted to let her know that she was getting her just desserts for setting me up.

  “Hurry up, we haven’t got all night,” said Paul.

  “Round two – ready?” asked Nathan again. “One, two, three…shoot!”

  I had chosen scissors and was feeling confident about it, convinced that Laura wouldn’t have chosen rock again. However, I was wrong.

  Paul and Jake were cheering again. They didn’t seem to have a preference for who won. Nathan was staying impassive. After what I had learned that night, I knew he wanted to see me naked but I was sure he wasn’t keen for Paul and Jake to also see me at the same time.

  Nobody was speaking as Nathan looked at us for the final time to check we were ready. Laura’s mood didn’t seem to have improved as she seemed to have shrunk into herself. I had always thought she was much more adventurous than me, but this seemed to go past even her limits.

  “One, two, three…shoot!”

  I had thought long and hard over what to pick knowing how important my decision was. Could Laura pick rock a third time in a row? It would be a ballsy move and would look stupid if she lost, but I would look silly if I fell for it. On the other hand, if she switched, what would she switch to? In the end, I decided to hedge my bets and go for rock myself. Then at least I would draw if she also chose rock.

  Maybe I thought too much.

  Chapter 7

  I didn’t even register who had won before I heard the guys cheering. Even Nathan was looking excited. “Well played,” said Laura, suddenly looking as if a weight had lifted from her shoulders. “But, I got you that time.”

  At that moment, I realised that the flat hand she was holding out to me represented paper. It was time to get naked for all my friends. I knew that I should have felt embarrassed or upset but instead I felt exhilarated. I had never had anyone as excited over my body as the three guys were now. Whilst Laura hadn’t had to get naked, I think the fact that she had come so close to losing had shown her that she couldn’t push me around. In the end, I was glad that I hadn’t made her go further. She had looked mortified when she lost that first hand and it would have just felt awkward if she had lost the whole competition.

  My mind was made up. I was going to enjoy this moment. It was what I had been waiting for all my life and I had never known it. In one motion, I grabbed the front of my bikini top and pulled it high above my head, letting my breasts fall out of it.

  “Wow,” said Nathan as one of Paul and Jake whistled appreciatively.

  “You haven’t seen anything yet,” I said throwing the top to one side and placing my hands on my hips. As flirtatiously as possible, I turned to Nathan. “Would you like to help me with the bottoms?”

  To my delight, he had to actually adjust himself in his shorts as he obediently slid off the sofa without a word so he was kneeling in front of me. I gave a little moan of excitement as I felt one of his strong hands grab the bikini bottoms on each hip. The other two guys leant forward, trying to get as good a view as possible. Even Laura was sitting on the edge of her seat. Even she could not have guessed how far the night was going to go.

  Noticing that nobody had moved, I looked down at Nathan and gave him a nod and smiled as confidently as I could. I felt him slowly start to pull my bikini bottoms down. In seconds, they were around my ankles. I could feel Nathan’s hot breath against my pussy and it felt irresistible. I forced myself to step backwards before I was overcome.

  “Thank you, Nathan,” I said and twirled around to give everyone a view of my body.

  The guys seemed to be stunned. The earlier cheers and wolf-whistles were over and they just sat in silence unable to take their eyes away from me. I wasn’t sure what to do and was thinking of maybe doing another twirl when Laura broke the silence.

  “Thank you Melanie. You’ve been a very good sport and I’m sure the guys enjoyed it, but as agreed I think it is time to end the night.”

  I was grateful for the interruption although I guessed that it was maybe more related to the fact that Laura disliked not being the centre of attention rather than any concern for me. Nevertheless, it seemed to knock the guys out of their paralysis.

  “Yes, thank you Melanie,” said Nathan, rising from his kneeling position as Paul and Jake also mumbled their agreement. “I certainly have seen a different side of you.”

  “All sides, if I recall,” interjected Paul but he was nudged by Jake sensing that Nathan was trying to say something important.

  The interruption had been enough to put him off though. “Goodnight,” he said looking first at me and then at Laura. This seemed t
o be the cue for everyone to say their goodbyes. Within a few minutes, the guys had left the flat leaving me and Laura sitting next to each other on the couch. I was still naked, but hardly noticed.

  “Sorry for that,” said Laura. “It was a mean trick.”

  “I think I quite enjoyed it. Like you said, it certainly loosened me up.”

  “You did a good job of nearly getting your own back anyway. I was terrified after losing that first round.”

  “I know. It was fun for me anyway. I think I have wanted to do something like that ever since that night with Fraser I told you about.”

  “I definitely couldn’t do anything like that. I would have hated it if I had lost but you handled it so well. I know Nathan appreciated it in particular.”

  “Yes, it is a pity I didn’t get more of a chance to speak with him. He certainly has some assets which I would like to get more familiar with,” I smiled cheekily at Laura, feeling emboldened.

  “He certainly couldn’t keep his eyes off you. What are you going to do about it next?”

  “I have no idea. After that, just asking him out seems a bit of an anticlimax. What do you think I should do?”

  “Well, I certainly owe you after how we started the night. I might just have an idea…” Laura grinned. As I looked into her eyes, I couldn’t tell what she was thinking, but the way this night had gone, I had a feeling that it would be both exciting and scary for me. As it turned out, I was right.

  Chapter 8

  Everyone was as good as their word about not mentioning that night again. At work, it was as if nothing had happened. Even Nathan seemed too shy to talk to me much to my frustration. I talked to Laura about it but she just kept saying that it made sense after such a wild night and I just had to be patient.