Megan and Jessie #4: Sleeping Beauty Part 1
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I was lost in my thoughts as I sat around during our drama club's meeting. It's a small club, just a few of us girls who needed a few extra credits. Now of course I'm not usually one for being out on stage, but I was sort of the director in the group, so it worked out. I was comfortably only dealing with the background work
Well, I suppose I wasn't in the class for the credits. I really was in the club for Jessie. See, Jessie really does like being on stage. She loves being the center of attention, and she definitely has a knack for some level of improv, so it works.
When Jessie asked me to join, I really couldn't say no. The position wasn't bad though. To me, just some simple organizing plays, coming up with ideas, working on the script, and all that.
So the group came together one day to just come up with a plan. We were hoping to come up with something to top the couple of small ones we put on already.
The truth was; the weaker half of my brain had control that day. You see, Jessie had decided to wear a tight tank top and a pair of tiny shorts to the meeting. I figured she probably had rushed from her room here and only put on what she had to.
The outfit was of course not the most modest. The tank top especially showed off her... features well. I can't exactly lie; I definitely noticed how the thin cotton did little to hide her nipples. Even with the cotton in the way, I could picture exactly how the rosy little spots looked.
The shorts also left a lot of legs on show. I had to stop myself from ogling her too much when she first entered the room.
So there I was sitting at the desk, not really paying much attention to what the other girls were discussing.
I was sort of working. I was thinking about plays, just not so productively. In my mind, I was picturing Jessie and I being part of a story. I was picturing being the damsel in distress, Jessie my knight in shining armor, coming to save me. I was imagining a scene from sleeping beauty, but I was the one sleeping, and Jessie was kissing me awake.
"So, have any ideas Megs?" Jessie suddenly cooed.
Without thinking, I instantly answered "Sleeping Beauty." I don't know why I said it. Jessie's soothing voice I'm pretty sure just caught me off guard. The fact everyone was silent for so long made me feel like it was a dumb suggestion.
"So like, you're saying we should get a guy to join our next play? Tackle a classic?" One of the girls asked.
"No, I think I know what's she's getting at!" Another girl, by the name of Courtney, responded. "We keep it just us." Some of the girls looked at her, wondering what the big deal is. "Tell me what guy on campus wouldn't want to come see a play with the promise of two girls making out on stage?"
My eyes shot wide open. That had not at all been my idea. Well yes in my vision it was two girls kissing, but I hadn't been serious about the idea even. I wasn't so sure about using sex appeal just to sell some extra tickets.
"Not a bad idea Megs!" Jessie said, giving me a pat on my back. That instantly shut me up from objecting. I figured if Jessie liked the idea, it might not be so bad.
"Isn't it a bit boring though, I mean that's a bit tired of a story," one of the girls criticized.
I thought about it. If Jessie liked the idea, maybe there was a way to make it work. "Well, what if..." and I thought about it for a second, "Well it probably isn't too original, I'm sure it's been done, but we could modernize it. Instead of doing like medieval styled stuff, we could instead make it take place at college."
"Would definitely help us save on costumes" one of the girls joked. Everyone laughed.
"An all-girls production of 'Sleeping Beauty' taking place in modern times at college. Definitely has a fresh spin on the idea," The girls all seemed really big into the idea. Suddenly the whole group was coming up with ideas, and I was doing my best to piece it together. That night, I went right to work on figuring out the plot and details for everyone.
I was pretty proud of myself, for getting the whole idea to work so well. Who knew from such a small mistake I could come up with an idea that everyone else seemed to like so much.
Well, sadly things didn't work out too well for me, on a personal level. Well, it didn't seem so at first. The very next meeting, when I presented my plan, everyone began to pick the rolls they wanted.
Jessie was especially keen on being Sleeping Beauty. It took awhile to work up the courage to say it, but I finally did, "I think you'd be great for it," I complimented. That however was more of a mistake than I realized.
It sank in only moments after. Sleeping Beauty is awoken with a kiss! I just basically OK'd something that would allow some other girl to kiss Jessie!
I had definitely a huge pang of jealousy then. I know in my fantasies I had wanted her involved in the kiss, but I was just the director, I wasn't going to be able to be the one with her.
Yet the mistake was made, and there was no way I could object really, Jessie really wanted the roll.
It was sort of painful from then on, at all the rehearsals. Every time we would practice the lines, and get close the kissing scene, I would worry that our 'princess charming' would kiss her. Luckily all we did were line rehearsals at first.
When the dress rehearsal came up though, a new problem began to show.
We were going to be putting on our show, and we were ready to give the whole thing one full shot. We were using costumes and everything. We finally got to the scene where Jessie would be put to sleep. We had a pretty night gown all set for Jessie, but she had other plans.
As she acted out the scene of her falling asleep, she began to disrobe. Thing was, she didn't have her costume prepped for getting into. She also revealed to the rest of us that she had gone commando under her first costume.
All the girls' jaws dropped. Some had never seen just how... 'free spirited' Jessie could be. One or two close friends have, so they began to snicker at Jessie being such an air head.
Jessie didn't once act as if what she was doing was funny or some kind of trick. She was taking the scene perfectly seriously as she climbed into the bed to fall asleep.
With the scene over, I of course called out, "cut." Everyone held back some laughter as Jessie merrily hopped out of the bed and over to me and a few of the girls.
Jessie didn't think to put her clothes back on or find some cover of course. She pranced completely naked over to us. I wanted to tell her to put something on... but her body sort of had me hypnotized.
When she was finally there, she asked me how she did. I didn't have the heart to tell her she did badly. I thought she was more beautiful than the princess she was supposed to be playing! I wasn't about to act like her nudity was a bad thing. Yet at the same time, I couldn't let her think that's how the scene goes either. I wasn't going to let her strip in front of the audience!
