Johanna Morgenthau and the Search for the Cinnamon Ice Cream
An erotic novel.
The plot takes place in Germany in 1994, in an unnamed city.
All characters in the story are at least 18 years old.
==== Chapter Two: In Miniature Land ====
== Visiting the Boys ==
It's Saturday. The week off did Johanna well, but she's dreading having to go back to school next week. Thomas had invited her over for two o'clock.
Thomas opens the door for her and formally shakes her hand. Good manners, but she would have preferred a hug. "Hello, I'm glad you came."
"Hello. As promised, a parent-free zone? I'm not in the mood to deal with parents of classmates after what happened."
"Come on in first. No, no, as I said, they're never here on the weekends." Johanna smiles cheerfully.
„And who did you say is visiting?"
"Come with me, I'll introduce you to the others. You know Sören from class 11b. He turned 18 last week, the old repeater."
Sören seems as shy here as he does at school. But he looks cute with his blonde hair, and unlike the somewhat skinny Thomas, he looks like he works out regularly.
"You probably haven't met Leif yet. He's an apprentice in my parents' carpentry shop. And then there's grandpa Malte."
Malte rolls his eyes, "If you can already be a grandpa at 27."
Malte is the only one with long hair, all black. He kind of looks like a student and has a bit of a beer belly.
"Am I going to be introduced?" complains Astrid, "or are only the boys interesting for her?"
Thomas points to Astrid, "And you already know my cheeky sister Astrid."
The six of them spend the afternoon together. In the hobby room, Thomas and Malte engage in a Warhammer battle, while Astrid and Sören have a fierce Blood Bowl duel. Meanwhile, Leif introduces Johanna to the basics of painting miniatures, which she finds endlessly fascinating.
After the living room war concludes, they watch the first episodes of 'Berserk'. At some point, Johanna volunteers to make something to eat and disappears into the kitchen with Leif.
Finally, it's evening. Each of the boys has had one or two beers by now. The girls have each had two vodka-colas. There's a break after the fifth episode of 'Berserk'.
Astrid turns to Johanna, "I'd really like to ask you something about last Monday, but I guess you don't want to talk about it?"
"Well, it's still a bit uncomfortable, but I've realized it actually does me good to talk about it," Johanna replies with a sidelong glance at Thomas.
"We can also slip away from the boys for a moment," Astrid offers.
"No, it's okay."
"Thomas didn't want to tell, but I think he knows something," Astrid probes further. "It was some kind of dare?"
"I don't know anyone here in the city, I wanted to make connections."
Astrid asks, "And for that, you let yourself be locked in the school's display case? I don't want to judge, but it sounds a bit extreme to me."
Johanna justifies herself, "I didn't know what was going to happen! I had a blindfold on, and suddenly I was standing there in the display case. I had no idea the whole school would see me naked."
By now, the boys are also listening intently to Johanna's explanations.
"I would be so embarrassed to stand naked in front of the whole school," says Sören, "I think if the ground didn't open up and swallow me, I could die of shame. How do you bear it, Johanna? And you have to go back to school. And there are even pictures going around!"
Johanna looks at him sternly, "Pictures? What exactly do you know about the pictures? Did you look at them?"
Sören feels caught, "What? No... I... just briefly. Well, not really, like that."
Johanna continues, "I see. Not really? Why not? Don't you like how I look? Do I look unpleasant somehow?"
Sören turns red. "I just mean..."
"Yes? What do you mean? Don't you like girls? Maybe you prefer boys?"
Sören turns even redder. The others burst out laughing. Malte rubs Sören's shoulders, "Come on, don't let her tease you. She's not going to bite your head off because you liked the pictures."
Johanna continues, "So you did like them? Tell me more!"
Sören says meekly, "Yes, I guess so."
"And what exactly did you like?"
"You... I just think you're pretty."
"Pretty. I see."
Johanna leaves Sören alone and gives his head a chance to return to its normal color. "The really bad thing about it was actually what happened after..."
She hesitates.
"The parents of one of the girls found out something. I don't know if we can ever see each other again. I had wished for that so much. And the dares--they weren't really--to be honest, I found it exciting somehow. I felt like a ... grown-up."
Johanna takes a short pause. Drinking. Everyone remains silent in anticipation until she hesitantly continues.
"Standing there naked behind the glass on display..."
She hesitates, fumbles a bit, "It turns me on when I'm naked and everyone can see me, I found it endlessly exciting to stand there behind the glass," she finally blurts out.
She lowers her head slightly. "What you must think of me now."
"Wait a minute," Leif asks, "an acquaintance told me that last week some girls from school stripped naked in front of the construction workers at the site behind the woods. That doesn't have anything to do with you and these
dares
, does it?"
Instantly, Johanna turns beet red. Everyone laughs.
"Oh,
those kinds
of dares," Astrid comments, "now everything becomes clearer."
"You don't need to be ashamed here," says Malte, "if you enjoy it, then that's okay."
Thomas adds, "Though it is cute how you blush. You can do it at least as well as Sören."
Johanna feels like her head might explode.
"I think I would have liked to see that," says Leif, "you must be quite a sight."
"And what about Erika? Won't she be angry?" Sören asks Leif.
He responds, "Well, I'm still allowed to look, aren't I? Where do you think we are? Besides, she doesn't need to know."
"So if it... turns you on so much, you could give us a private show," Astrid teases Johanna.
Johanna hesitates and finally answers, "Okay, I'll do it. But this stays between us. If it gets around that I'm doing this voluntarily, I'll never have peace at school again."
Silence. Everyone looks at Johanna in astonishment.
Finally, Astrid follows up, "Seriously?"
"Yes. Come on, Thomas, close the curtains before I change my mind."
She rummages in her backpack and hands Malte a Madonna mix tape, "Here, music, put this in the stereo."
The music starts. Everyone watches Johanna intently. Sören whispers to Astrid, "Is she really serious about this?"
"Let's hope so!" she replies with a big grin.
Johanna begins moving to the music in the living room. She takes her time, dancing for a while before she starts unbuttoning her blouse. Her five-member audience watches in rapt attention as she opens her blouse, revealing a white bra. She lets down her tied-up hair and shakes it out. Then she unzips her skirt, turns around, and lowers it, simultaneously showing off her bottom and underwear to the audience.
When Astrid made the suggestion, she hadn't been sure, but now Johanna is genuinely surprised at how much it turns her on to undress in front of the guys and Astrid. It feels so powerful, how hypnotized her audience is as they watch her. She continues moving to the music without haste, showing off her young body, her long legs. Finally, she squats down in front of Thomas so he can unhook her bra. For a moment, she covers her breasts with her hands, then she reveals her perfectly shaped, firm breasts to everyone. Sensually, she runs her fingers over her lips. She checks how her audience is reacting. The guys try to sit in a way that hides it, but the bulges in their pants are clearly visible. Even Astrid watches, fascinated, licking her lips.