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Famous Lovers on Display
Together in the car, they made a very interesting trio – Jenny as Sheherazade, Marti and Rick. At first Jenny thought that her friends were dressed as Tarzan and Jane, but it turned out that Rick was Conan the Barbarian – think: John Candy rather than Arnold – and Marti was... well... Conette the Cave Girl? She did look hot, whoever she was, in that leopard skin outfit. The girls had a few more drinks in the car as they drove on, and everybody was in a fine mood in a short time.
The party was already in high gear when they finally arrived at their destination. As Rick slowly drove past the house a second time to make sure they had the right address, it dawned on Jenny that they would be rubbing elbows with some very high-placed people if this address was any indication. The upper North Shore Tudor-style mansion was massive from the front, well set back from the street by at least 100 feet of well-tended greenery with flowering shrubs and bushes hugging the front wall, while tall liquid ambar and English oak trees graced the perfectly mown lawn.
The sly, silvery moon that glinted off the dark slate roof seemed to beckon the trio forward, but the back-lit limbs of tall trees threw twisted shadows on the ground that, though ephemeral, seemed to bar the way. Vague shapes could be seen moving to and fro behind the lozenge windowpanes of oriel windows while, from deeper within, the cacophonous sound of new age rock emerged. The music, tempered by the tinkle of too-loud laughter, made an incongruous mix of sounds that echoed presumptuously down the staid tree-lined street
Half-expecting a pajama-clad Hugh Heffner to come to the door to greet them, the expectant trio hesitantly approached the front door. Finding the door slightly ajar, the newcomers pushed gently against the heavy oak door and found that it easily swung wide open, as if an unseen force had sensed their presence.
Suddenly, without warning, Jenny felt a strong cool breeze stir the summer evening air. Her harem pants billowed as her hair flew in a fury about her face. The wind became stronger, with a hint of turbulence, as if a significant change were in the offing. The fine hair on her arms stood on end and all over her body she felt a tingle. Glancing over at Rick and Marti, she saw that the breeze had no effect on them; in truth, they did not seem to notice anything unusual. For Jenny, however, it was a breath of fresh air meant exclusively for her, a zephyr that stirred her inner being. It was if a quiet voice was whispering in her ear:
"The time for denial is over. From this moment onward, be your true self!"
Maybe it was the drinks she had gulped down or maybe it was this mysterious Siren song that seemed to drift through the trees, but then and there, Jenny decided that she had not been true to herself for a long time. She had stifled her spontaneity, her curiosity about erotic feelings, and her own growing sensuality, all in the name of trying to be what someone else wanted.
Increasingly, Jenny found herself thinking less about her own failings and more about the men she had known, and whether any of them had ever really understood her. Wasn't there someone out there who would talk to her, confide in her, support her own quest for an identity? Wasn't there at least one man, somewhere, who could listen, not just talk, and respect her for her opinions, not just her face and body?
Sometimes, Jenny thought, she felt so lonely, so used, and so abused! And so many of her friends who were in relationships said the same thing. Married or single, she thought with increasing ardor, it's still the same: we're just maids for hire. No, worse! We're unpaid maids who double as the cook, cleaning-girl and laundry-wench. Maybe, if we're lucky, a quick fuck once in a while, but only when he felt like it!
"Well," Jenny thought, as the Dylan tune sprang to mind, "the times they are a changing, and so am I."
As Jenny and her companions ventured timidly into the front hallway, eyeing the richly papered walls and Australian hardwood parquet floors, they looked in vain among the swirl of costumed guests for the host or hostess. Strolling past the elegantly decorated rooms of the house, they were distracted by the richness and diversity of the people who ebbed and flowed around them in swirling eddies of color and costume. All were made up in some way, some with masks or painted faces, and others in costume, but all very colorful and imaginative. It was quite a menagerie.
By the hors d'oeuvres tray in the living room they caught a glimpse of a tall, ruddy-faced King Louis XIV, complete with a powdered wig and royal blue cloak dotted with tiny fleur-de-lis, offering a slice of chocolate cake to a full-bosomed Marie Antoinette, who, with high-coiffed blonde hair and a small beauty mark on her left cheek, devoured the petite gateau and smacked her painted lips lasciviously. King Louis, not to be outdone, stuck his tongue out to lick a few stray cake crumbs that had tumbled into the deep cleft of his wife's barely-contained breasts while Marie squealed and squirmed with delight.
Nearby, a middle-aged Robin Hood, clad in green tights with a jeweled dagger in his belt, was pouring himself a stiff Scotch. At his side stood Maid Marian, in matching Lincoln Green, with a tiny bow and a clutch of toy arrows slung over her shoulder. Marian's slender fingers furtively played across Robin's tightly packed buns, then dove down to his suddenly stiff package, just to let him know she was not letting him stray too far.
A leggy Parisian courtesan with bulls-eyes painted on her breasts, was teasing her dapper husband by rubbing her cute butt against another man's family jewels. Her spouse, the diminutive and decadent Toulouse Lautrec, smiled approvingly at his exotic wife while he sipped absinthe and drew suggestive words and phrases on the exposed flesh of a young nymphette.
As Jenny and her friends made their way to the back patio they passed more famous couples. Some were biblical, including Sampson and Delilah, Lot and his wife (she dressed in white, with a powdered face, and was carrying a large box of Morton's Salt) and the original First Couple, positioned, naturally enough, near the fruit bowl. The large bosomed blonde with strategically placed leaves, was feeding an apple to an angular lad clad in nothing but a snake around his neck and an over-sized fig leaf. Jenny noticed that he had a nice butt and a lovely long 'temptation to sin' that refused to be completey hidden under a mere fig leaf. Its shiny wet tip and several inches of hard pink flesh peeked out over the scant green covering.