This is chapter two of Robyn's Folly. I suggest you start at the beginning with Jenga.
I woke up peacefully the next morning, until the realisation that I wasn't wearing pyjamas reminded me of the events of the night before. At first I hugged my duvet to me, seeking comfort. Would there be any awkward repercussions? If Ella and Beth even told just one or two friends, no doubt word would leak out, and then the whole world would know.
Fuck it, life is short, I said to myself as I tossed the duvet aside and jumped out of bed. You're fucking gorgeous, I silently proclaimed as I took a look at myself in my full-length mirror. I was tempted to head to the bathroom, or across the hall to Ella's room, as I was, but I thought better of it. Instead, I wrapped myself in my short, pink, silken bathrobe, and headed downstairs to grab some breakfast.
Well, as luck would have it, my brazen escapade was barely ever mentioned. There were a few veiled hints from Ella, and Beth when she was visiting, but no one else ever found out about it. Ella and Beth seemed happy to keep our game a secret between the three of us, which suited me just fine.
But that didn't mean I didn't spend a lot of time thinking about it. I was single at the time, so I had to satisfy my sexual needs myself, and every time I did, I would try to recall as vividly as possible the events of that night, sometimes even acting them out in front of the mirror.
It was on a Saturday night a month or so later that I came up with an idea. Beth was round visiting again, and I was flat broke, so going out wasn't an option. Ella always seemed to have more cash than me, probably because her and her friends spent more time hanging out at each other's houses than going out out. Anyway, I had a plan that might improve my financial position as well as giving me a night to remember.
'Hey, what's up?' I asked as I entered Ella's room.
Ella and Beth were sitting on Ella's bed, which seemed to be their seat of choice. As usual, they were both in leggings and T-shirts, though this time it was Beth sporting dazzling, coloured leggings, and Ella with plain black ones. On top, Ella wore a loose white T-shirt that was thin enough for me to make out the trace of a red bra underneath, while Beth wore a tight, blue T-shirt that showed off her figure very effectively.
'Nothing much,' Ella replied. 'Just gossiping.'
I don't quite know why, but I felt my cheeks reddening. I guess the three of us being together again in the same room was enough to remind me of what had happened last time. Or maybe it was more the thought of what I was planning.
'Have you come for a rematch?' Beth asked. 'I'm sure we could oblige if that's what you want.'
I didn't want to make it seem like I was overly keen. 'I was just coming to say hello really.' I sat down in Ella's chair, next to her bed.
'Of course she wants a rematch,' Ella said. I felt myself blush even redder. 'See, her face says it all.'
'Just so long as we continue from where we left off, I'm in,' Beth said, not managing to hold back a giggle.
'If you mean what I think you mean, that's a no,' I replied. 'But if you want to start from the beginning, I could be persuaded.'
Ella laughed. 'You're a terrible actress, Beth. You came in here because you wanted to play again. Don't pretend otherwise.'
'OK, OK, you're right. Now are we doing this or not?'
Ella and Beth exchanged a look before turning to face me.
'You're on,' Beth announced. We all three shifted to sit on the floor, Ella bringing the Jenga over with her.
'Now are you going to be a good sport and take all that off?' Ella asked, looking me up and down. I was wearing black jeans and a purple polo shirt. Nothing remarkable, but good enough for wearing around the house. It quite warm, so my feet were bare.
'Can I just clarify,' I asked, ignoring Ella's question, 'if one of you two wimps out on a dare, is it twenty quid each, or twenty quid between the two of us?'
Ella looked at Beth, seemingly unsure of the answer.
'Let's make it twenty quid each,' Beth decided. 'That way there'll be more incentive for Robyn to do some really big dares when she loses, like I'm sure she will.'
If only she knew how right she was. I was so skint I didn't have twenty quid to my name, let alone forty.
'Seeing as we picked the dares last time, do you want to go first?' Ella asked me.
That suited me just fine. I really wanted to come up with a hard dare, so that if Ella or Beth lost they would pay up and I would earn some cash, while if I lost, I'd have a very spicy experience to relish. Not that I'd have minded seeing Ella or Beth embarrassing themselves, but to be honest that would very much be a consolation prize.
But, then again, I didn't want to scare them off, so I said, 'OK, let's start with a baby dare. The loser just has to flash us her tits. That's all.'
'Oh, come on Robyn,' Beth objected, 'that's so much less than you did last time. How about if you lose, you flash your dad your tits?'
'Don't be mean, Beth,' Ella countered. 'And besides, Mum and Dad are out. You can give her something more challenging when it's your turn.'
I got started and removed my first block before Beth could come up with any more complaints. I wasn't in the least bit concerned about losing this round, and Ella and Beth both seemed quite chilled when it got to their turns too, so I guessed they weren't too bothered about a brief flash up top. Either that, or they were feeling so flush that they weren't troubled by the thought of losing forty quid.
Well, it ended up being Beth who knocked over the tower this time. 'Damn it,' she called out, clearly annoyed. 'Forty quid down and we've barely got started.'
'Don't you want to hear the double or nothing?' Ella asked. 'Did we mention that rule to you, Robyn? If you lose you can go double or nothing on the dare.'
'No, I think that's one more thing you forgot to mention,' I responded in as scathing a voice as I could muster. 'So, shall we say double is tits and bum too?' That sounded fair to me, but I didn't think Beth would take me up on it -- surely that was more than twice as embarrassing as showing her tits.
'OK, I'm on,' Beth announced.
Ella passed me a coin, so I tossed it and asked, 'Heads or tails?'
'Heads.'
I removed my hand to reveal tails.
'Fuck! Playing with the both of you is going to bankrupt me,' Beth complained, but she immediately withdrew two twenties from her wallet and handed one to each of us.
I was pretty happy about this outcome -- at this rate it looked like I'd end the evening on a tidy profit. But that still didn't stop me from querying the amount. 'Shouldn't it be forty each, given that you went double or nothing?'
Ella answered for Beth. 'No, it's only the dare that doubles, not the money. So if you're not going to do the dare, you might as well always go double or nothing.'
That still wasn't much help to me -- Beth's twenty was almost all the cash I had, so I still didn't have enough to buy myself out of even one dare, at least not yet.
'Seeing as Beth lost, shall we let her choose next?'
A mischievous grin spread across Beth's face. 'Seeing as your mum and dad are out, whoever loses has to go out the room and come back and pose for us in your dad's underwear -- just your dad's underwear, that is.' She found this so funny she struggled to get the words out.
'You've got to be kidding,' Ella said. 'That's disgusting.'
I wasn't sure that was the right thing to say about your dad. I might have gone with 'weird' rather than 'disgusting', but I agreed with the general sentiment.
'So, nothing on top?' I asked, just to make it clear.
'Doesn't your dad ever wear vests?' Beth asked.
'He does,' Ella said with a grimace, 'but both top and bottom would be five sizes too big. And even the idea is icky. I'm kinda of worried about you now, Beth.'
'Don't worry about me,' Beth responded. 'It's either of you two I'll worry about if you actually go through with it. I just want my forty quid back.'
I was kind of anxious now. I still didn't have enough cash to pay up if I lost. Could I actually go through with this one? It wasn't so much that I couldn't be seen in a man's pants and undershirt, or that they'd be an awful fit and I'd have to hold them in place to stop them falling off. But Dad's underpants? I didn't want to think about it.
'You're fucking twisted, Beth,' I pronounced. 'Just the thought of it is making me feel sick.'
I wasn't exaggerating either. What would I honestly do if I lost? Ask if Beth and Ella would mind waiting until I had enough cash to pay them? But then, on the other hand, I thought I might be able to see the funny side and laugh it off. We'd have to see.
Well, as luck would have it, it was Ella who knocked over the tower in the end.
'Fuck it,' she cursed. 'What's the double or nothing?'
'You've got to stay dressed like that the rest of the night.'
Beth tossed a coin and Ella chose heads.
'Too bad,' Beth said, showing Ella the coin. 'So what's it to be?'
Ella didn't bother answering. She just produced another twenty-pound note and handed it to me, before returning the one she'd got from Beth.