Author's notes:
1. This is a work of fiction. The activities and practices described in this story are not necessarily either condoned or recommended. If you choose to do anything described in real life with real people you do so at your own risk.
2. All characters are fictional and any likeness to any living person is purely coincidental. The story is purely imaginary and, to the author's knowledge, bears no relationship to any factual occurrence.
3. This story follows on from the Holiday Loving series and Chapter 1 of The Country Club. While it is stand alone, it will make more sense to read those stories first.
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Jason and Anne visit the club for the first time
Jason and Anne had only been married for a few years. They had progressed from being school friends, through childhood sweethearts, lovers in their late teens, to marriage without really deciding they wanted to be together for the rest of their lives. Now, in their mid-twenties, they were paying the price; the joy and enthusiasm had already gone from their lives together; it seemed that it was only a matter of time till love also was lost. Unless they did something about it.
"Hey, have a look at this!" exclaimed Jason one Saturday morning as they each tapped away on their laptops after breakfast.
"What is it this time?" asked Anne in a bored tone, "Some hot chick you've found on a porn site again?"
"No, not this time," replied Jason, embarrassed by the memories of the times Anne had caught him watching porn while having no time at all for her hot bod, "This looks like it could be exciting for us both, if you're interested."
Anne glanced over his shoulder and noticed a picture of a naked female bound in what looked like cast iron ankle and wrist cuffs to a cross while a male, dressed in medieval costume, stood in front of her with a whip.
"It says here that there's a country club that hosts medieval celebrations not too far away from us and they're inviting prospective members to their spring equinox celebration," continued Jason. "This might be something interesting we could do together. I've always been interested in the torture used during medieval times. I wonder what it would have been like back then, going to work each day to maim and kill beautiful maidens."
"Hummmph, be OK if you were doing the torturing, but I feel sorry for those being tortured. Most hadn't done anything wrong except provoke the hierarchy, yet they were brutally and slowly murdered. Not only women either. I'm sure they had ways of torturing men as well, especially as they're so vulnerable sexually."
"Well, anyway," replied Jason, moving the conversation away from male genitalia, "Would you like to visit this weekend? They're welcoming people who are interested and we could go just for Friday night, or for Friday and Saturday, or for the whole weekend. Wanna go?"
"Yeah, why not. Beats sitting watching TV and waiting for you to carry me off to bed and have your way with me, as if that ever happens nowadays."
Jason blushed, knowing that what Anne had said was true, but justifying it by the long hours he spent at work.
"Sorry, darling, but you know I'm really tired after a week at work and you know I need the promotion I'm working towards before we have the kids you want. So it's for us, really."
Anne simply gave him a glare and shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe there won't be an 'us' once you get the promotion," she said huffily as she left the room. "OK, I'll come with you if that's what you want," she called from the kitchen.
"We have to book, so how long for?" called Jason.
"Oh, make it the whole weekend."
They had no idea what they would find at the club. Jason wore jeans and shirt, Anne a simple dress. They pulled up in the car park and followed the signs to the large building where they were greeted by a tall guy wearing a cloak that was similar to pictures Jason had seen of how monks had dressed in medieval times. A woman was with him, similarly dressed. The guy introduced himself as Tom and the woman as Bev and welcomed them to the celebration. Bev showed them to the unisex changing room where they could leave their street clothes and select more appropriate clothing of a size to fit.
"Make certain that you are naked beneath your cloak," said Bev.
Anne looked at her askance, blushing furiously. "You mean, no underwear?" she asked.
"Well, that's what naked usually means," replied Bev with a smile, "Like me." She pulled apart the front of her cloak to show them her naked body beneath. Jason was suddenly very interested in this celebration and wondered just what type of celebrating would be occurring during the night.
Anne blushed even more and looked away. "Ok, I get the picture," she said, just wanting Bev to cover herself again.
They stripped, placed their clothes in a locker which they locked, remembering the combination, and pulled on their cloaks before inspecting each other. They had a trial hug, naked body to naked body, before they closed the Velcro holding the fronts together. They then had a second hug to see how it would feel and noticed that the inside of the cloak was slightly rougher than normal clothing but not really uncomfortable. They left the room and returned to Tom and Bev who did a cursory inspection before Bev led them out to the large bonfire behind the building. There was a bar at one end where they collected drinks, then they stood quietly talking to each other as they observed the group of people meeting and chatting animatedly to each other. They also noticed that there was a large covered area which looked like it could be a pool, but probably wasn't going to be used this weekend.
"Maybe we're the only newbies here," commented Jason, feeling conspicuous in his unfamiliar cloak but knowing he'd have been more conspicuous with normal clothing.
"Hmmm, maybe," replied Anne non-committedly as they watched a couple break away from a group and approach them.
"Hi," said the guy as he approached, "I'm Neil and this is my wife Mandy. Welcome to the country club."
"Thank you," replied Jason, "I'm Jason and this is my wife Anne. This is our first time here so we're feeling a bit lost."
"You and us both," replied Neil, "It's our first time too, even though we actually own the property. My uncle left it to us in his Will but this is the first time we've been to a gathering here."
Anne moved away from Jason and approached me. "Hi, Mandy," she said softly.
"Hi Anne," I replied, then reached out and gave her a gentle hug, noticing a feeling of sadness about her. "Why did you decide to come here tonight?"
"Oh, I don't really know. I guess our marriage is falling apart and we're looking for something to put some spark back into it."