Just before nine, Cat and Diane arrived, in identical maids' outfits, picked out in a stylish charcoal grey. They had avoided following the clichΓ© of the full French Maid thing, with little aprons and lacy caps, but the flouncy skirts were still ridiculously and deliciously short (and worn over white thigh highs), and the necks dangerously and enticingly scooped. There was a great deal of giggling over the fact they were only decent when standing perfectly upright. There was shrieking when I decided to make them indecent even like that, lifting up the skirts to see what underwear they had on (the answer was none).
Then, to my amazement, they cleared up the breakfast things, made the bed and asked where the vacuum was kept.
'Didn't we do the whole maid/slave girl thing?' I asked Jessica as we sat at the table, watching them parade around the living area in their costumes, tidying magazines and flicking feather dusters over the sound system.
'This is nothing to do with your present,' Jessica replied, sounding just as amazed at the sound of her own words as I was. 'Diane is actually our maid now.'
'Really?' If she dressed like this every day, I'd never get any work done at home. 'What about Cat? She has a job already.'
'She took the day off,' Jessica said, with a laugh and a shrug, as if that could possibly explain everything. We watched for a while longer. Apparently the two of them were prepared to clean the house in some kind of mad feather duster contest, just for the pleasure of knowing we were watching their tits jiggle and their pussies flash. Every now and then they dusted each other.
Orla spent an hour on the phone, at the end of which she was much happier, except that there was some kind of passport/ticket emergency which meant she had to get to the airport. Luckily, Tizianna was able to come over earlier to collect her, and even more luckily, we didn't have to go with her to help sort it out.
'So,' I asked. 'What's on the menu for today?'
'Funny you should ask,' Jessica said. 'I thought we could have dinner.'
'Out?' Was sex in a restaurant bathroom one of my 'kinks'? Jessica and I had certainly done that a few times. There was one place on the other side of the city we would never be able to visit again. Seriously; there was a court order.
'The hell with that,' Jessica laughed. 'I've never had domestic staff before.' Her eyes twinkled. 'We'll have people over, and get messy.'
*****
It took all day to make the dinner party happen. We started making calls. Tasha's cell was off; Jess left a message, then another saying that if she wanted the guy to come too, that would be fine. I called Katherine and Laurie; Laur said Kath was working, but she would come alone, if that was OK. We debated the Charity situation, but decided not to involve some new Dom we hadn't met. Other names were debated and called - Emma and Elizabeth were both free, and so was Laine. Padraig couldn't possibly get here in time, unless dessert was delayed a long time, but Orla would still be here (which was all the dessert he ought to want).
Planning the menu took Jessica two hours alone, and then she had to find people to cater it at ten hours notice. I went out to buy wine. When I came back, Jessica was just getting off the phone.
'Who's Cristal?' she asked, waving the card I had been given the day before.
'She's been doing some photographic work for me,' I explained.
Jessica sucked her lip, devilment on her face. 'Is she cute?' I nodded. 'Good. I just invited her too.'
You'll have noticed that there is no easy way a girl-boy-girl-boy seating plan with the likely guest list. Jessica still had to spend time working everything out, though, to some scheme I couldn't quite fathom. The important thing appeared to be keeping Cristal, Tizianna, Emma and Laine apart. I spent a lot of time wondering what these four had in common, and couldn't crack it.
'So, what was written on today's cards, and who drew them?'
Jessica laughed at my impatient curiosity and insisted I had to wait. Patience has never been my strong point. I tried molesting my woman, but she wasn't telling. I tried molesting Cat, but Jessica had seen through the possibility of that and hadn't explained anything to the maids. Something had them in a state of excitment, though; they went off to the bedrooms to change the beds (again) at midday and they were gone a long time.
Orla got back at about two, and looked more like her normal self. Padraig would be flying in tomorrow, though I gathered that they wouldn't be staying long (the islands had to be a better place to be than a snow-bound city, though my own little piece of the city was a lot hotter these days). She caught up on plans for the evening, and those seemed to make her even more excited (if that was possible). Tizianna was instructed on who she needed to pick up and vanished again. I watched TV for an hour, and then watched the maids help Jessica get the place just right, which was more entertaining, because they had to do a lot reaching up and bending over and suchlike.
The afternoon seemed to drag, all the same, which is something I never thought I would admit. I went to get changed at about five thirty. Seeing as the dress code was casual (I wore my grey combat jeans and a pristine white t-shirt), that took a lot less time than I expected, which meant it was down to me to hassle the caterers, who arrived at about 7.30pm. They were a humourless bunch. A rather butch woman from the Balkans (I'm guessing - but she sounded Bulgarian, and had almost as much facial hair as I did) was in charge of the crew, and bullied the poor lads and lasses mercilessly. She criticised the size of our fridge, our cooker, our work surfaces, and the fact that the maids were a severe distraction to her staff; her crew were most interested in the two maids. If Jessica hadn't been in the bedroom getting changed, she would probably have invited a few of them to stay. Meantime, Ms Bulgaria left me detailed instructions on which heaps of food were to be served at what time, instructions I forgot after about three minutes.
As our guests arrived, and Cat and Diane squabbled over who was taking coats, I started to realise that 'casual dress' meant something different in Jessica's mind. She and Orla appeared in little more than lingerie. Jess wore a backless, one-piece mesh body that made no secret of her tits (they weren't exactly confidential at the best of times) with a pair of loose-fitting pants; Orla had chosen a scooped black bra-top, and a lacy skirt worn over and revealing black panties. They both appeared taller, balancing on spiked heels that caused a lot of laughing.
Few of the guests were quite so undressed, though Laine had a peach mini-skirt and bandeau top that was fighting to contain her tits. Tizianna had brought a change of clothes with her (although I was developing quite a fondness for that driver's uniform), but then negotiated to borrow some lingerie from Orla and Jess, feeling out of place (and over-dressed in jeans and linen blouse). Cristal arrived in a smart tailored suit that made her feel instantly out of place, and she unfastened a few buttons on her blouse in the first five minutes, trying to blend in.
So, there we were, we seven (nine, if you include Diane and Cat, who were really taking the maid thing seriously, tottering around on incredible spiked heels, serving drinks and little pastry entrees). I found myself seated on one side of our square table; Orla and Laine were on my right, Jessica and Emma opposite, while Cristal and Tiz were on the left. Lauren still hadn't arrived by 8.30pm, so we decided to press on without her.
You haven't met Emma before, so let me do the honours. Jessica met Emma at some work function, and they became friends as a result. Emma wasn't a regular caller at the building, and I had only met her once or twice at social events, but she was bright enough to have caught onto the kind of lifestyle Jessica lives. Sometime recently, she expressed the opinion that she would love to come to one of our parties. Actually, I think she told me before she told Jessica... and she had been working her hand across my cock at the time.
So, as you can gather, she is not a shy woman.
We enjoyed a light vegetable starter, and then some grilled chicken and lightly-cooked vegetables for the main course. As usual, the food was light, and though it was delicious and took the edge of everyone's hunger, no-one felt too full after.
The main delight, though, was still to come. A vast collection of dessert dishes were brought to the table, puffy souflees, profiteroles covered in cream, light mousses. There was whipped cream, and chocolate and strawberry sauces on all sides. Our guests were thrilled, and there was a great deal of laughter, and feeding from fingers. Not everyone was eating from their own fingers, either.