Chastened, Florida
By Paris Waterman
Another in the series revolving around a theatrical ensemble located in the fictitious town of Chastened, Florida. One can start at any point in the series as it does not strive for continuity. There will be plenty of sex amid the various relationships, which I hope will hold your interest. Happy Reading. PW
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Chapter 2
Following the Yoga Pants
My name is Nowitski, Jim Nowitski. I reside in Chastened, Florida, 'supposedly' located between Bradenton and Sarasota on Florida's west coast. Chastened is noted for its wealthy residents and less wealthy, but artistic population, some of whom this story will embrace.
I earn my living as a financial manager, and would say I live fairly well. I also enjoy participating in the local theatre group, known as the Chastened Theatre Ensemble, which during the first week of August will be performing what I hope to be a wonderfully successful production of Cabaret.
I've been cast as one of the stars of the show by virtue of having the role of The Emcee, which along with Erin Lunceford, who is playing Sally Bowles, makes me at the very least, the co-star. We are in the second week of the production, meaning we actors are walking through the rehearsal inasmuch as we're still feeling our way into our respective roles while the stage hands, lighting crew and set designers are already well into their jobs.
Tim Lunceford, our Director, was walking me through my place(s) in the opening number, Willkommen, which takes place in the early 1930's in Berlin at the Kit Kat Klub, a very decadent cabaret during the rise of the Nazi Party. I'm in makeup on stage, my face heavily rouged and I'm wearing bright red lipstick. I've been told that my pants (currently being made by a custom tailor) will be skin-tight and that I will have a perpetual erection, courtesy of the costume department that will hopefully shock the audience. I know I was surprised to hear this announcement, I can only imagine the audience's reaction on opening night.
The others on stage with me during the opening number are the Kit Kat girl band and waitresses, AKA dancers. We've run through the number twice and Lunceford and Mallory Wainscot, our Choreographer, had just finished explaining several areas I needed to improve upon. I saw their point and agreed whole heartedly.
Lunceford and Wainscot left me to think about their suggestions and moved on to talk with the girls in the band and dancers respectively, while I retreated to what passes for a dressing room to remove the hideous makeup from my face.
I was still wiping the lipstick from my mouth when I saw Nora Greeson walk in. She was wearing the tightest pair of black yoga pants I'd ever seen; like it wasn't enough that she displayed most of her ample tits when she performed the big number in the current production, Sweet Charity. I banged a knee on the dressing table then hit my head on a lamp as I turned to follow her as she walked by. And yeah, I'd seen her show five times so far; she was that good.
As far as I knew she was a very capable singer and dancer who had come close to making it on Broadway, but somehow had fallen short. I didn't know the reason and was reluctant to ask her the few times we'd been together. She had the traditional dancer's build. She was short, about 5'2", with a slender, toned body and had decent sized breasts. Her hair was long and dark, and she had a lightly freckled face, emerald green eyes, and a truly dazzling smile. Her best features were her captivating eyes and mouth. Normally, I'm a breast man, but Nora's legs and ass were world class, and that's a fact, Jack.
She was carrying a pair of ballet slippers, common enough, but why, since her performance was over four hours away? Being naturally nosy, I quickly finished wiping the rest of the makeup off and with that yoga clad ass emblazoned in my brain quietly slipped out of my dressing room to follow her.
She entered a room that had a Keep Out sign painted on the door. I had always assumed it was a storage room of sorts, or perhaps contained the HVAC unit or the like. I was wrong. The door was slightly ajar ... well it was after I turned the knob and urged it open several inches so I could look inside.
It was sparsely furnished. What I could see was a ballet training bar, some gymnastic mats and minimal exercise gear. She was removing her sneakers prior to putting on the ballet slippers and I caught another glimpse of that fine derriere, as well as noticing her nipples were pierced, for they were standing out of their own volition - it wasn't that cold in the roomโbut the piercings made them even more pronounced.
She must have felt my stare. Women do that a lotโperhaps it goes back to pre-historic times when they were hunted for their childbearing capabilities almost the same way men went after food.
"Who's there?" Nora called out and I knew she had caught me dead to rights. I tried bluffing my way out of an embarrassing situation and half stumbled into the room. "Oh, sorry ... IโI didn't know you were using the room."
She was currently stretching; one of her legs was up against the wall in a vertical split, her camel toe was staring at me along with those beautiful emerald green eyes. I didn't or couldn't speak until that leg came down to floor level.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize the room was being used."
"You didn't?"
"No ... I ..."
"I used a key to gain entrance to the room. Do you have one?"
"No ... I ..."
"Is your voice stuck?" she said coldly.
"No ... I'm just trying to get my lies in order."
That brought a smile to her face and the room lit up. My hopes soared.
"Why did you follow me? Are you going to rape me? If so, I should warn you I'll hurt you before you can hurt me."
"NoโNo, nothing like that!" I said sounding like a high school sophomore. "I was told there was some equipment here that I might use to stretch my leg muscles on. You know, for the dancing I'll be doing in Cabaret."
"I know who you are, James, and I know you're not much of a dancer. But stretching might be a good idea."
I know we haven't met formally," I said. "But I have seen your performance in Sweet Charity and let me say that you carry the entire ensemble."
Nora Greeson laughed in my face. "You are such a liar. But you have a certain vibe that I like. Was it the yoga pants that brought you here?"
"Yes and no," I said hoping honesty would help me out. "They certainly pushed me after you, but I had intentions of approaching you anyway."
"Really?" she said the skepticism dripping from her tone.
"I was!" I said, allowing my hurt feelings to show in my voice. (We were both actors after all.)
"I was going to ask you out, but hadn't had the opportunity."
That got me a genuine smile. "So you're not just chasing after my fine ass?"
"Well, it is a fine ass, you possess, Nora."