I wish this was my local but unfortunately ...
If you think it could cope with another chapter or two please tell me.
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I guess the White Hart used to be an ordinary sort of pub. A typical local based in a back street down from Worlds End, in the cheaper part of 'almost' Chelsea. John was the landlord, early 50s, fairly shrewd, jovial, but not a man to argue with at throwing out time. He and his wife Arlene were usually the only staff with an occasional Antipodean or Eastern European itinerant working for a week or two to earn a few pounds. Arlene was early 40s, would have been a looker 15 years ago but time had handed her a sad tired demeanour. John and Arlene did not converse a lot behind the bar as Arlene was usually in the kitchen unless they were busy. John was your typical mine host, ready to chat with the punters, or have a little bet. He would often buy you a drink in return and was always ready to gossip with the regulars about their sex lives.
We were not surprised therefore one Thursday evening about 10 o'clock, when the conversation as it often did turned to sex. It was quiet and there were only about seven of us in the bar, three regulars standing at the bar and a couple of Hooray Henrys with their girls slumming it at the corner table. Masturbation was the current topic of conversation, and to listen to the three of us, we all knew what it was but never needed to resort to the hand as we were getting enough elsewhere. What a laugh, I am 28 and single, so can never get enough, Pete was about the same but married and had reached that marital state of getting it only every Saturday night whether he wanted it or not. Bill was nearly 60 and had probably forgotten what it was like.
'I caught Arlene diddling herself last night,' mentioned John.
Our mouths must have dropped open and we all looked towards the door to the kitchen.
'I was not a happy bunny. I have told her before that she is not to do that without me there. I had to punish her again.' It went quiet.
'I guess we need another 3 pints.' I said quietly. 'When you say punish what sort of punishment do you mean.'
'Let the punishment fit the crime I say,' said John. 'I gave her 6 of the best with a cane and a bloody good seeing to. Mind you I think that's what she wanted when she let me catch her.'
Our mouths were busying swallowing as we digested this information and started thinking about Arlene in a new light.
Suddenly Bill laughed, 'Yes right John, you got us going there. I can see the hard-on these guys have got from here. Good story.'
In truth he was not a million miles away. I certainly had found a small stirring in the groin just at the thought of it. We all laughed with Bill and agreed that yes, as fantasies go, it was a good thought to be going home with and maybe wanking was on the agenda after all tonight.
John just looked at us. 'Arlene. Come here a minute luv.' We looked at each other and it went quiet again as footsteps were heard coming into the bar. 'Just stand there a second, luv. Turn around and show these lads your stripes.' I am not sure who was the most surprised. We certainly were not going to say a word.
'But John?'
'You know you were a bad girl. You know what will happen if you disobey me again.'
Slowly Arlene turned around and lifted her loose print dress. From the back of her knees it inched higher and higher. Her stockings were followed by the stocking tops themselves and suddenly we could see suspenders and eventually a bikini style pair of panties. These were tucked well between her cheeks, as if she had been bending. Distinctive deep red horizontal streaks showed under and to the sides of the white opaque panties.
A low whistle was heard as Bill said 'John, give us a round of Brandies, I think I need a drink. And give Arlene one. A drink I mean.'
We did laugh as Arlene lowered her dress and went off to the kitchen. John delivered our glasses and delivered words to the effect of 'It does 'em good to know who's boss occasionally,' but he did carry a tot of brandy out to her.
A small crowd came through the door at that moment and the three of us left 20 minutes later without any further meaningful conversations and a quick 'See you tomorrow John.' on the way out of the door. My imagination worked overtime and I arrived back in the pub at about 7.30 the next evening to be quickly joined by Bill and Pete. Well you can imagine the conversation was of little else until John had time to spend with us.
'So is this a regular occurrence then?' Pete asks John, obviously thinking of his own missus.
'I'll tell you what lads,' says John enjoying centre stage, 'we had the best fuck last night than we have had for a while. Gasping for it she was. Maybe we should experiment a little more.'
Off he went to serve the crowd at the far end of the bar.
By 10 o'clock again and a few pints later I was emboldened to ask John what sort of experiments he had in mind.
'Well... buy a couple of bottles of bubbly between you boys and maybe we could have some fun.'
A quick whip round produced a small wad stuck in a beer mug and a glass of champagne in everyone's hand, except Bill who claimed it made him fart and would contribute but not drink it.
'Arlene' calls John... 'the boys would like to buy you a drink.'
Arlene arrived at the door with a puzzled smile to find a glass of champagne pressed into her hand. A couple of glasses later and John opened the second bottle 'accidentally' spraying her as the champagne erupted.
'Sorry luv, better slip out of your wet things . . Just do it here will you while you are looking after the bar. I am slipping off for a cigarette.'
He left the room. Arlene reddened and topped up our glasses in silence. She fiddled with the buttons on her white frilly blouse slowly undoing them until it was open to the waist and pulled out of her short black skirt. As we watched she shrugged off the blouse and hung it over the door handle. Her nipples pushed against her white satin bra as she blushed further and refilled Bill's empty pint.
'Is your skirt wet too?' enquired Bill, putting into words what I was certainly thinking. 'You'll catch your death of cold.'
Her hands crept to the zip at the side and slowly lowered it to the floor to reveal matching white satin panties, stockings and suspenders. The tired forty year old face did not match the delightfully trim body so beautifully displayed. We of course were not the only people in the bar and the other customers quickly recognised something strange going on and after fifteen minutes when John arrived back she was so busy that her embarrassment had subsided.
When he arrived she duly went back to their quarters and the evening closed quicker than we had hoped.
Monday was the next opportunity I had to go in and was greeted by a jovial mine host and treated to a pint.
'What a night Friday was,' he laughed. 'Twice the average takings and a good fuck at 11.30.' He had recognised that his wife not only enjoyed the humiliation but that he could make money out of it. This could only be a good thing. That night and over the next couple of evenings changes occurred in the bar. He told us that Arlene was told not to wear a bra, then he accidentally sprayed her with the soda syphon over her white satin shirt. It made a wet tee shirt competition look tame. Another evening at about 10 o'clock she changed into the shortest loose fitting skirt I have ever seen to rewrite the snacks menu standing on a chair in the bar. That evening they also served more cold Bud's from the bottom shelf at a hefty premium. More subtle changes went on. Arlene started to look less tired and appeared to be enjoying herself behind the bar. There were more bar staff, a very attractive Aussie bird with big knockers and 'a woman who made the food in the kitchen, so that Arlene could spend more time in the bar,' said John .
Things were definitely looking up and as an original regular, because there were a lot of new regulars now, I was almost a favoured guest. Arlene however still spoke only when spoken to and never discussed her 'performances.'
Just at closing time one evening, with Arlene in her micro skirt St. Trinian's style, her stocking tops plainly showing, John and I were discussing the new crowd and I was saying how difficult it would be to keep them interested.
As we spoke we looked at the object of our thoughts to find her surreptitiously rubbing herself in the doorway. John called time and quickly ushered any couples and non-regulars towards the doors, wishing Sheila an early night and asking Arlene to collect the empties for her. He winked at me as he locked the doors to leave ten or twelve of us inside.
As she was going from table to table picking up the remaining emptiy glasses john called out in a loud voice, 'Arlene, what were you doing there in the doorway? We saw you, you know.' Arlene went scarlet.
'I don't know what you are talking about,' she said weakly.
'Ben' he said to me, 'can you describe what she was doing?'
'Maybe she had an itch,' I said weakly.