This chapter as a bit of a bastard child, kicking screaming as it was brought into existence. I hope you find it OK.
Gray
Noella woke Sunday morning wondering if it had all been a dream. When she saw the black and white lingerie and "nasty" black studded heels lying on the floor, she knew that the amazing threesome had been a reality.
OMG! what have I done!............but fuck it was amazing!.......... Tick threesome off the bucket list!
She laughed to herself but she was gripped by a strange mixture of guilt and euphoria.
Can I face Julia today?
With all her neighbours coming over for afternoon tea today, she knew she would have to face Julia and wondered what her reaction would be.
She contemplated the previous night over her standard Sunday morning breakfast of scrambled eggs with smoked salmon on sour dough toast, accompanied by a monster latte.
She then got her thoughts together about what she needed to do before everybody arrived at three o'clock.
Once she was showered and dressed in her sloppy house cleaning tracksuit, she attacked the house with vacuum and duster, ensuring everything was perfect for everybody to arrive. Over a lunch of fresh fruit she thought of Sarah.
I hope she had a wonderful night.
She decided to send her a text message.
"How was the party?"
A couple of minutes later a reply from Sarah appeared on her phone.
"Had a gr8t nite. every 1 said i looked beautiful. Lachie was very impressed!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :)"
Noella replied.
"That's wonderful! Luv U. Mum."
Feeling happy that Sarah had had a good time, she cleaned up her lunch dishes before organising the food for the afternoon and making sure there was plenty of cold champagne in the fridge and there were glasses ready to go. About two o'clock she headed upstairs to get ready. The new red knee length pencil line skirt, teamed with one of her new blouses, a Parisienne looking number with a scooped neckline framed by a little ruffle, were given the nod for today. She hunted out a pair of trusty red stilettos from the wardrobe and was pleased with the look. The blouse revealed nice cleavage, the skirt emphasised her slim figure, the slit in the back of the skirt highlighted her legs and the red heels set everything off nicely. She examined herself in the mirror after applying her makeup.
Yep. Feeling good! Looking hot!
By two forty five she was downstairs ready for everybody to arrive. Nervously she checked the house for every detail before checking the food was all set to go. As she surveyed the house for anything that was out of place, she noticed that there was a message on her phone. She'd been so busy she had missed it. She picked up her phone and opened the message. It was from Mark! She hurriedly read the message.
"Hi Noella. In real trouble. Jennifer out of control. Can't break free! She keeps threatening to kill herself if I leave. Don't know what to do! Help!!!! Mark.
Shit! This has to happen now!
She quickly sent a message back.
"Be strong. I'll work something out. What's your address. Will help soon."
She didn't have any idea what she would do, but if she at least had his address, she could go and make sure he was alright.
What a bitch that woman is!
She took a deep breath to calm herself ready for her guests when the doorbell rang. Noella checked herself in the mirror in foyer before opening the door to find Julia standing on the doorstep, looking resplendent in a flaming fuchsia pink outfit.
"Hi beautiful." she called.
"Hi Julia."
"I thought I'd come just a couple of minutes early to give you this." she said holding up a black shopping bag as she entered. "They're your clothes from last night. I thought it might be better if the others didn't see me returning clothes. We don't want any difficult questions, do we?"
"Thank you. That's very thoughtful. I'll just put them here in the hall closet for now." replied Noella as they kissed each other on the cheek as Julia entered the foyer.
"I've got a bag for you too, with those lovely things from Justin. I'll try and give it to you discreetly later."
"That's great. And look at you. Looking hot again! You make me want to make love to you again!"
"Julia!" she scolded.
"Don't worry the others aren't here yet and I promise I'll behave." she replied cheekily
"Thank you. I would appreciate that." She escorted Julia into the kitchen/ family room and was just about to pour some champagne when the doorbell rang again. Noella went to answer the door. It was Prue.
"Hi Prue!" greeted Noella, as she opened the door.
"Hi Noella." replied Prue, who had a shopping bag in one hand and a wine carry in the other. They pecked each other with a greeting kiss.
"You know the wine wasn't necessary."
"I know, but I wanted to."
"Well thank you. Come this way. Julia's in the kitchen."
"My goodness Prue! You look stunning!" exclaimed Julia as they entered the kitchen.
"You do look beautiful." agreed Noella.
Prue placed the bag on the floor.
"Thank you. This bag is for you Julia." she said before giving them a twirl to show them the beautiful white figure hugging dress with fine black detail, which matched the sexy black suede pumps she was wearing.
Noella just managed to finish pouring the ladies champagne when the doorbell rang again.
This time it was Jeanette and Steph, also carrying bags. It was kisses and champagne all round when they made it to the kitchen.
Steph was wearing the shortest of red dresses, that barely stretched over her butt and boobs, three of the five buttons on the front remaining undone to reveal a red lace bra. Tall red strappy sandals completed the sexy look.
Jeanette towered over everybody in black sequinned platform heels which matched a medium length skirt with shoe string straps and a bulging bodice that was struggling to restrain her fulsome chest.
Bubbling champagne in hand, they made their way to the sitting room in the front of the house. The room filled with chatter and laughter as they sipped their champagne and helped themselves to the beautiful food that Noella had served.
After about half an hour Noella called the ladies to order and they all retrieved their photos from their bags. It appeared that had all taken the opportunity to bring the outfits that had worn at the last gathering to return to Julia.
They sat on the couch and sofa chairs.
"I'll go first." she said, as she collected her photos from a book shelf against the wall.
The laughter soon reached a crescendo, as in turn, they each revealed their baby and teenage photos. The photos were a litany of baby and toddler nakedness, kids smeared with all manner of substance, weird haircuts, hilarious school photos with ugly uniforms, first dates, outrageous perms, cutting edge hair colourings and some really "special" retro fashions. They all laughed so hard there was tears coming from their eyes.
Eventually calmness overcame mayhem.
Soon it quietened, their mouths full with Noella's delicious food and sipping champagne. In the quiet Prue unusually piped up.
"I brought my Tarot cards if anyone is interested in having a reading."
Of course they all wanted a reading with Julia going first. The cards indicated she was in a good place at this moment. She was prosperous, but she needed be careful of her ex-husband in the future. Her love life was strong but she would be compelled to a make a choice between a casual and permanent relationship in the future.
"Hmmm. Interesting" said Julia as she contemplated her reading.
Steph was next and the cards indicated that she would continue to experience success, with exciting possibilities in the future, including travel. They also showed that she would have to put down roots if wanted to experience lasting happiness and true love. She was pleased with the reading.
Next Noella took her turn to kneel at the coffee table where Prue was laying the cards.
"Wow said Prue, There's lots of stuff happening here!"
Prue went onto describe a maelstrom of activity in her life. The cards showed she had just had a whirlwind encounter with a strong young man and there was another relationship which seemed quite different, but Prue couldn't explain why, but it may cause confusion for Noella. She went onto describe a time of adventure and discovery.
