All characters in this story are over 18 years old. This story is not indicative of Mardis Gras Crewes and is a work of fiction.
Started as a religious tradition, Mardi Gras has long been known as a time of over indulgence. Moderation in an unknown concept during this time between the holidays of Epiphany and Lent. The whole idea is to get all your eating of rich foods in before your 40 days of Lenton fasting. Mardi Gras is, at the very least, a weeklong party. And, oh what a party it is. This story is not about a real Krewe nor should it be taken as any indication as to what transpires in a real Mardi Gras Krewe. This is a work of fiction and should only be taken as such. The characters in this story are completely fictional and not based, in any way, on any person, living or dead. I hope you enjoy...
"The Krewe Of Milky Boobs"
Chapter One
Whitney Grace had been waiting for this moment for over a dozen years. Since accompanying her mother, a second generation Maid in Waiting and herself a prior Queen of this very group, Whitney has had one, very distinct goal in life. She wanted to follow in her mothers footsteps as the Queen of The Krewe of Milky Boobs.
Of course, this wasn't the real name of this Mardi Gras Krewe. Going along with tradition, the founders picked a Greek God, or, in this case, goddess, to name the Krewe for. Gaia, the mother of all Gods. In the 1920's, when the Krewe Of Gaia was established, the founders wanted to stand out from the other Krewe's, to be different. To that end, they declared that their yearly 'Queen of Carnival' would have to be unmarried and, better yet, a virgin. They would be the only Krewe with a Virgin Queen. Money!
All the other Krewe's would name the wives of their richest patrons 'Queen', mainly to gain favor with the rich husband and he would shell out more bucks. An unmarried 'Queen' would be risky, but, as they calculated, 'No risk, no reward'. Little did they know that, in just a few short years, their risk would pay off, in spades. In1931, their 'virgin' Queen of Carnival found herself knocked up after a tryst with one of the married patrons.
When Betsy McClean, the 'virgin queen' found herself 'in the family way', she kept the information to herself. After all, she would only be six or seven months along when Mardi Gras rolled around. Surely she could hide her condition with flowing robes and costumes. Yeah, not so much. As she got larger, much larger, the truth was discovered only a week before Mardi Gras. Our Virgin Queen Of Carnival was pregnant with twins.
The board of regents was in a quandary. Keep in mind, getting knocked up while being single happened in the 20's and 30's. In fact, it happened a lot. It just wasn't made public knowledge. How do they handle this high profile catastrophe? Do they cancel their parade, their biggest event of the year? Do they name a new queen at the eleventh hour? Do they try to hide her burgeoning belly under feathers and costuming?
Luckily, there was one forward thinking board member named Ben Hunter, a local bank president. He put a bold idea on the table. He suggested that they don't distance themselves from this problem, but embrace it. Make it seem like it was planned. It was a huge gamble. In this era, most everyone knew a girl that had spread her legs once too often, but didn't discuss it. This could be an unmitigated disaster, but, what other choice did they have? So, embrace it, they did.
They called in a reporter from the biggest newspaper in town, promising him 'the exclusive of his career'. The reporter came into the bankers office and sat down. Ben started his pitch about the Krewe's revolutionary new idea. It was something they'd been keeping under wraps for months. It was going to change Carnival as everyone knew it. Ben was laying it on thick. It was sink or swim time.
Ben walked over to the chair the reporter was sitting in. He spoke in his most relaxed and businesslike voice. "Let me introduce to you, our Virgin Queen Of Carnival, Betsy McClean."
The doors opened and Betsy walked in. She was garbed in a brand new, if hastily put together, Mardi Gras costume covered in satin and feathers. It did not, however, hide her massive baby bump. It accentuated it. The reporter dropped his pencil, his jaw agape. He sat there, momentarily, dumbfounded. His mind just didn't know how to process what he was seeing. Finally, after a few seconds, which, to the board seemed like hours, he smiled. He smiled big.
"I love it." Was all he could say. He started asking questions and interviewing everyone in the room. He couldn't wait to get back to his paper to write this piece. In his mind, they had delivered what they promised, the scoop of the decade.
Of course, the story behind the story had been rewritten by Ben and the others on the board. Instead of telling him that Betsy had fucked one of their rich backers, (she had actually fucked several of the rich backers), they told the story of a fast talking salesman and a poor naïve girl, the wooing and flattering and a momentary lapse in female judgement. The reporter knew it was bullshit, but he loved it. This would sell the hell out of the morning edition.
The next day, the Krewe Of Gaia was front page news. The community loved it. Betsy was an overnight celebrity. In the next week, their membership numbers more than doubled. Of course, when Mardi Gras was done and they saw the booming effect this had on the membership, they made the edict. 'To honor their Greek namesake, Gaia, and to set themselves apart from the other carnival groups, form here on out, their Queen and her court would all be pregnant. They would be as pregnant as they could be.'
Now, you wouldn't have to be pregnant to be a member of this Krewe, but, to be a female member of the Royal Court, you must be, noticeably and unmistakenly, deep in your third trimester of pregnancy. The entire goal of the Royal Court was to be as close to your due date on Mardi Gras as possible.
For almost a century now, women in this town fuck like little purple, green and gold bunnies nine months from Mardi Gras, hoping to catch that lucky sperm that would propel them to the most coveted royal position in town, the Pregnant Virgin Queen of The Krewe of Gaia.
Over the years, the Krewe garnered many nicknames, but the one that stuck was 'The Krewe of the Milky Boobs'. The board didn't try to change that. They embraced it. They became the Carnival group in town that really put the over indulgence into the event. They even started throwing parties, nine months from Fat Tuesday, These parties included the hottest girls and the sexiest guys. By the end of the night, people were fucking all over the building, trying to knock up the next queen.
Women would try to time their pregnancies with Swiss clock accuracy to be as close to 'ripe' on Fat Tuesday as humanly possible. The rise in the birth rate the first week of Lent would become the highest of the year. As a matter of fact, to give birth the day after Carnival, without induction, of course, would get your picture on the Krewe Wall Of Fame. The ladies of this carnival Krewe knew how to take "Fat Tuesday" to a whole new level.
Some things had changed over the years. The queen didn't 'have' to be unmarried anymore, but the board didn't really hype up the fact that the Maid In Waiting was married. Assuming they were knocked up and single was part of the mystique.
This was Whitney's fifth go at Queen. Her first four attempts were valiant, but fell just short. Last year, she made it to the top six for the first time, but ended up as third Maid. She knew that this was her final chance, at least for a while. Five babies under five years old was all she could handle. And with no husband to help, it really compounded things. Her parents and siblings were a big help, but still. This was her year but she knew her competition would be stiff.
After all, several of the women she was up against were the same as her, a house full of babies and toddlers. Getting pregnant each year, trying to get the crown, took it's toll on a woman and her body. Imagine being in the Miss America pageant five years in a row, but nine months pregnant while doing it. It's something you really have to want. And Whitney wanted it.... Bad. She knew the events, she knew what the judges were looking for, she knew, deep in her heart, she kept telling herself that this was her year.
While waiting backstage for the final judging to begin, Whitney assesses her competition. There were five other women, all blooming with sexual abundancy. Whereas the competition had started with twenty five contestants, all meeting the entry requirements, (almost half of them already having given birth), these were the finalists. These were the crème de la crème of New Orleans pregnant upper class contestants.
There is Stephanie Grey, a leggy blonde with a massive belly and huge tits. Stephanie has a slight advantage, however, being knocked up with twins. Damn her luck. Her husband is an investment banker. They can afford nannies and nurses and anything she needs to keep spitting out kids until she wins the crown. This was Stephanies third attempt at the crown in the last five years. Whitney knew that Stephanie would be hard to beat, probably her 'biggest' competition.
Then there is Gina LaCroix. This is only Gina's second go at the crown. Whitney wasn't too worried about her. She is inexperienced and will probably be knocked out of the race in the first cut. Whitney was surprised that Gina had made it this far in only her second try. Gina does have one thing going for her, however, she was a pageant brat. She knows how to schmooze the judges and endear herself to the crowd. Whitney couldn't underestimate her.