Mindi and Me -- A Fantasy
by
RubberKatey
©
2020
Author's Note: This work of fiction was originally written around 2007 when the TV series ER was still being broadcast. It was written when my girlfriend Jenny was living in the US and I was living in London. Jenny and I would exchange emails with sexual stories and fantasies. This story began as a series that I wrote that were inspired by a sexual dream that Jenny told me about. It has not been published before.
Needless to say, the Mindi in this story is a fictional version of a real life person, but not the real person.
Character names from ER belong to the TV company.
For stories involving me and Jenny, see my trio of stories: 'Rubber Katie and Latex Jenny'.
RubberKatey 2020
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THE LOUNGE: 1:00 PM
Almost everything in the large, sparsely furnished room is white - white stone floor, white walls and ceiling, white rug, white furniture. The only patches of colour are provided by two huge, ten-feet-square abstract canvases which hang on the interior walls -- one mostly blue and one mostly green. The other two walls are floor to ceiling glass, providing a view of a terrace and garden and beyond those the hills and the multi-million-dollar homes of Beverley Hills.
I am sitting on one of two white leather sofas positioned at right angles on two sides of the pure white marble coffee table. They are stylishly modern but awkwardly low. Placed next to me on the cushion are my bag, my notebook and my pen. I am nervously waiting for my host.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting," her voice calls from the next room. "Just a moment more and I will be all yours for the rest of the afternoon."
True to her word, she appears almost immediately carrying a tray with a jug and two highball glasses. She crosses the room, the ice tinkling in the jug. She steps carefully around the rug to avoid tripping on it and places the tray on the table. She sits on the other sofa, on the end nearest to me.
She leans towards me with her hand stretched-out and introduces herself formally. "Hi, I'm Parminder Nagra."
I take her hand and shake it. It is small and the skin is beautifully smooth.
"I'm Jenny R___," I say. "It's an absolute honour to meet you Miss Nagra. Thank you so much for asking to see me. I've been looking forward to this meeting and I'm sure you have many far more important things you could be doing, so thank you." I realise that I'm gabbling nervously and stop speaking.
She smiles a little at my nervousness. "It's just Parminder." she says, trying to relax me. "Although I actually prefer Mindi, which is what my friends always call me. 'Miss Nagra' always reminds me of being told off by teachers at school. And, thank you for coming out here; I'm hoping that today's going to be the first of a lot of productive meetings."
"Thank you." I reply, blushing at my awkwardness.
"Can I tempt you with a Mojito?" she asks, indicating the jug on the table.
"I'd love one. Thanks."
As she pours the drink, I admire her appearance. Like the room, she is dressed entirely, elegantly, in white. She wears a simple above-the-knee cotton dress: almost completely plain with just the thinnest of straps over the shoulders and the occasional flower-shaped cluster of tiny white beads near the scalloped embroidered hem and neck line. Her feet are bare. The paleness of her dress accentuates her dark Indian complexion and her black shoulder-length hair frames her face in bouncy, loose curls. Around her neck hangs a silver necklace with a single teardrop shaped piece of polished turquoise. It sits perfectly in her cleavage drawing my eyes there like a stage hypnotist's charm.
A turquoise bracelet and dots of turquoise at her ears complete her jewellery as she wears no rings and no watch. I notice that her fingernails and toenails are painted turquoise to match her jewellery. I wish I could dress so beautifully. Despite the effort I put in when getting ready this morning, I feel dowdy and plain in my just-above-the-knee bottle-green dress and matching shoes. My favourite gold necklace and multi-coloured bangle collection feel suddenly uncool and tacky. Even my long blonde hair which is usually one of my best features has let me down today -- the heat on the cab ride here has left it looking flat and lifeless. It is only April, but it is is incredibly hot.
She places the glass on the table and pushes it across, then starts to pour one for herself. "I love these so much. It's fabulous on a burning hot day like this to sit on the terrace and sip a few before jumping into the pool to cool-off."
She takes a sip of her drink and settles on the sofa. She notices my interest in the artwork. "They're big and they're colourful aren't they!" she says. "They were done when I bought the house to bring a bit of colour into it. These two are called 'Passion' and 'Desire'. There's another two upstairs that are called 'Love' and 'Lust'. If you look at them the right way you can see figures in the shapes."
Looking at the blue canvas, she tilts her head to the left, and gives an enigmatic smile. She turns back towards me and smiles. "I just call them 'Four fucks!'"
I cough loudly into my drink in surprise as she announces her name for the paintings completely matter-of-factly. She looks at me with concern in her eyes, thinking I am going to choke, and grips my arm. I regain my breath and gesticulate that I'm alright. Mindi pauses until she is sure.
"The painting process is unusual. Have you heard of Yves Klein's 'Anthropometry' series? It's inspired by that technique." Mindi says, cautiously watching me for signs of more choking. I shake my head, I haven't heard of Klein or his paintings. Mental note to be more cultured.
"It's quite primitive and very hands-on. Incredibly messy! The studio ends up with paint all over the place." Again she smiles enigmatically. What is the secret?
Mindi puts down her Mojito and demonstrates with big sweeping arm movements. I get a glimpse of side boob as her arms swing above her head and an eye-full of cleavage as her breasts bounce in time to her movements.
"I think there was as much paint on the walls and floors as on the canvas when things were finished." She laughs. "Quite a few people have asked me if i want to sell them, but I'm keeping them here. I'm actually thinking I need another one for the upstairs landing. I've chosen the name: 'Adoration', but haven't got to the making it stage yet. The 'fucking continues', you could say."
I notice that the demonstration has left a slight but noticeable nipple bump pushing against the cotton of her dress when she lowers her hand. I mutely nod agreement, trying not to stare at the swelling.
She leans into the arm of the sofa and stretches her legs out to rest her heels on the table. I get another, better, view of her cleavage as the swinging turquoise pendant pulls at my gaze again. This is going to be a very distracting afternoon. I watch as she arranges the folds of her skirt and notice how lovely her legs are. Pulling my mind away from this pleasurable sight, I focus on what Mindi is saying.
"--Now, when I heard that you were joining the writing team, I was ecstatic. Having an English writer will really help. Alex Kingston and I have been pestering the producers about it for ages. Some of the writers we've had really struggled with British idiom and some draft scripts I've been given in the past made me sound either like Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter or like some relation of Eliza Doolittle. Alex and I couldn't believe some of the 'Mary Poppins-ish' dialogue that one guy used to write for us. They've got better, but some of them do find it difficult. You being on the team will save us from having to suggest rewrites so much as well."
I laugh, now able to speak again. "Well I can promise you no more Celia, Eliza or Mary. And I'm looking forward to writing stuff for Neela."
"Putting words into my mouth." she says. "I know they're working on the major story arcs for next season at the moment and I'm hoping for a good, strong plot line this season. I want something dramatic and challenging. We could show Neela having some sort of breakdown after killing a patient that she's got to know too well -- maybe an accident or maybe an assisted suicide. And I think it's about time she had a major new relationship to deal with."
"I like the idea of a friend's death throwing her out of kilter." I say. "Unless there are plans that I'm not aware of to write one of the existing characters out, we'd have to work someone new in from the beginning of the series. Romance-wise, we still have unresolved issues over Neela's relationships with Ray Barnett and Simon Brenner to work out--"
Mindi interrupts me with a wave of her glass. "Yeah, but everyone already assumes that Neela's going to end up with Ray, so that's 'built-in' and almost a non-story. I have been thinking of something more dramatic for that storyline. A relationship with another member of the staff; passionate and illicit. Neela is conflicted over it at first, but she can't stay away from it. You know -- 'Inner Turmoil'!"
"Well, I'm not sure what the plans are for the other characters. If it's not Ray or Simon, then there's Archie Morris, or Dubenko." I say, not convinced that there is much scope with these characters for the sort of story line that Mindi is hoping for.