EPILOGUE
7:53 PM Friday, March 2nd, 1987, in a parking lot along Prescott Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Josh pulled into the supermarket parking lot as the note had instructed, found a spot, parked and shut off the engine. He took a minute to breath. He pulled the hand written letter from the pocket of his new shirt and read it one more time:
Dear Joshy,
You sound like a wonderful person and I can't wait to meet you. It will be so nice having you watch me perform. It makes my belly flutter and my pussy wet thinking about this coming Friday.
Now let me go over a few mundane things before I surrender to the urge to finger myself.
Dress is "going out to a movie" casual. Don't dress in any way to be noticed coming or going please. Park in the supermarket parking lot two blocks down on Jackson. Walk the rest of the way rain or shine. (If you're horny like me you'd crawl over broken glass in a hurricane to get here.)
Of course it goes without saying please be clean and sober. Any hint that you're not and you'll be back out on the sidewalk faster than a parson can frown. And remember, no touching without permission.
Remember you don't need any money or anything. You should take all those precautions I mentioned in my last letter. I want you to feel safe visiting my home.
You can bring snacks if you like but we'll be making popcorn. The thought of my audience munching hot buttery popcorn while someone shoves something up my a-hole adds so much... What's the word? I'm sure there's a word for it... Probably French.
Come prepared to stay late. I'm feeling randy and you'll probably fall asleep on the couch in the wee hours watching me fuck.
This is for real. I really am a screaming exhibitionist who craves a live audience for my dirty deeds. You won't be disappointed. In fact I hope to exceed them by a long shot.
Please don't be late. The fun starts at eight.
Kisses
Jan
Josh had wandered into the adult video store and bought a swingers magazine for the hell of it. He knew with his weight, his perennial unattached status and his dinky winky he had a bat's chance in hell scoring but he just like reading the classifieds and knowing there were real people out there engaging in wanton sex. But one add, under a grainy photograph of a nude curvy woman with a mask, caught his eye:
EXHIBITIONIST SEEKS AUDIENCE
Hi, I'm Jan and I want to enact erotic scenes similar to +Behind the Green Door for a select group of friends. Age, sex, weight or ability not an issue. You will only watch. We want fun, intelligent people able to express their appreciation in a polite manner. No drooling idiots need apply. Not a scam. If interested write...
Josh wrote. To his surprise he got a reply back in a handwritten note saying that he sounded like an interesting person, please tell her—Jan—more about himself. She asked a specific questions that seemed to genuinely want to get to know him in a fun, sexy way. What he read. What he liked to watch. What else he bought at the porn store.
She asked what he thought looked erotic on a woman and what he thought looked cheap—like she was genuinely curious. She asked what he thought about life, the universe and everything. What role sex played in it all. What kind of experiences he'd had. What kind of experiences he hoped for.
They'd actually exchanged several letters over the coming weeks. It got quite personal. A good looking woman—he assumed—wanted to know if he ever stuck a finger up his own ass—or anything else. After agonizing for a few days Josh wrote back telling Jan about his mother and the suppositories when he was a kid. Then he confessed to owning a small but growing—in both number and size—collection of butt plugs.
Jan had written back "Cool! Wait till you see mine! (Collection that is) I hope you'll wear your favorite when you come to visit," and finally set a date for two weeks.
Josh hadn't worn one when the day came. Still not totally convinced this wasn't some sort of scam he didn't want to be caught out in a publicly humiliating fashion. He considered picking up some snacks at the supermarket but the clock on the dash read seven fifty-five.
"Shit!" Josh burst from the car and barely caught himself from locking in the keys. Don't run, don't run. Be discrete. Nothing to see here folks, no man on his way to see one very lewd naked lady! Oh Jan I hope you're half as cool as your letters.
The address was a narrow brick townhouse in the middle of a tree shaded block. Josh could see that parking would have been a problem even without the discretion issue. He rang the bell.
An elfin woman with brown skin and blonde hair in a tight ponytail answered the door. She was wearing a short silk robe and obviously nothing else except jewelry. She liked turquoise. Josh gaped at her saucy smiling face. "Um... you're not..."
"You must be Josh, I'm Holly. Jan is getting ready. Close your mouth and come inside, you'll let flies in."
The long front room had two couches and several comfy chairs arranged around a homemade platform that was slightly more than knee high. It was covered with some satin fabric stapled down and many many pillows of all shapes and sizes. Beyond the stage area there appeared to be a rather conventional home office with two of those new Macintosh computers where you would expect the dining room and then a lighted doorway to a kitchen. From that arose a homey, kitchen buzz of soft conversation and clatter.
Seven people were already seated around the improvised stage—three men and four women. Like Josh, everyone was rather heavy except for one black guy with thick glasses and crooked buck teeth. Josh took the last available space on a couch between two women about his own age. Both had black hair. The one on his right had what Josh thought of as real estate lady hair and the one on his left had hers cut short. Both women eyed him nervously. Josh gave them back a nervous smile.
Holly said "Josh, these are Doris and Elaine, you'd be surprised what you have in common. Relax girls, I'm told Josh doesn't bite unless asked nicely."
Doris on Josh's right giggled. It sounded like tinkling to his ears. He opened his face to his best "I'm a nice guy, give me a chance" expression and offered his hand. Doris took it and shook, lingering just a little. Josh turned to Elaine and did the same. Elaine seemed less willing, almost like she wanted to bolt from the room. "Elaine is it? Really... umm... I won't..."
"It's okay," Elaine said. "This is all kinda weird-scary. I keep wondering when the vampires emerge and bite us all."
"Surely vampires would select for looks, not brains," Josh said. Oops. "I mean, at least they do in the movies."
Elaine chuckled. "I know what you mean... still—"