The Skin Ball Part Two: The Strip Show
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TRI GAM
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Just before ten oâclock, eighty-six Ep Chi sisters walked down Calhoun Avenue, dressed to nines. Each of them was wearing a stunning cocktail dress, as Alex had instructed them all. Even if they were going to spend a bulk of the night in the nude, theyâd at least show up well dressed.
Alex and Jessa were at the front of the line, walking side by side up the walkway to TriGamâs front door. Jessa was dressed in a strapless pink dress that stopped just above her knees, while Alex was wearing a similar white dress, with straps that ran up and tied behind her neck. And, dangling in between them was Jessaâs solution to the buddy rule problem.
âHandcuffs?â Mason asked in disbelief when he saw the line of girls descend upon TriGam, two by two. âYouâre worried about this turning overly sexual and youâre all wearing handcuffs?â
âWell, weâre handcuffed to each other, not to anyoneâs bed,â Alex smiled as she brushed past Mason and into the house.
âOf course,â Jessa continued, placing her left forefinger on Masonâs nose, âtomorrow night is a different subject.â Successfully arousing the TriGam president, Jessa smiled to herself as Alex dragged her into the house.
The handcuffs had actually been Alexâs younger sisterâs idea. When Lauren Poe had caught them drawing up rules to their Skin Ball, and struggling over how to enforce a buddy rule, she had jokingly suggested the cuffs. After all, if they were going to prance around a frat house completely naked, they might as well complete the fantasy and cuff themselves to each other. Though Lauren had been joking, Alex and Jessa had slowly come around to the idea, eventually agreeing that as sexual as it may have been, it really was the best way to keep the girls together and keep them safe.
And so, couple after couple of girls breezed into TriGam, past Mason and the others brothers who were standing guard at the entrance. A pair of fur-lined handcuffs chained each couple together, Alex having bought them online at an adult store. They hadnât been cheap, but Kristin had assured her that the sorority had more than enough money to make this indulgence.
Earlier in the night, as all the girls gathered at Ep Chi, Alex had locked them together. Some couples, like Alex and Jessa, had been lucky, and were made up of both left-handed and right-handed people. Other girls, though, sacrificed the use of their good hand for the night, in the interest of safety and sexiness. Each pair was locked by a master key, which Alex was wearing as a necklace charm that hung on a silver chain down between her ample cleavage.
Every single sister and pledge from Ep Chi followed Jessa and Alex into the house. Alex had made sure that everyone was there â they were a house, and they were going to do this together. She had threatened them all, offering them three choices: they could come tonight, they could de-pledge, or they could serve naked cocktails at TriGamâs next house meeting. None of the options were terribly appealing, but in the end, every last sister in Ep Chi opted to attend the Skin Ball.
The alcohol was flowing freely as Alex and Jessa descended into the basement together. Two of the TriGam brothers, Drew Benson and Will Bredeson, were behind the bar, serving up just about anything that the girls would consume â cheap champagne, mixed drinks, wine, beer, and more. Though Jessa had warned the girls all to take it a little easy tonight so they could stay in control, it was clear that most of her sisters had the complete opposite idea â they wanted to have a few drinks to calm their nerves, and ready themselves for the idea of stripping naked in less than an hour.
Most of the girls just drifted around awkwardly, drinks in their hands. Tara Martz and Courtney Gagnon, cuffed together, both sought out their respective boyfriends, Scott Minner and Evan LeFebvre. Jessa was actually surprised that there werenât more couples between the two houses, but didnât spend too much time dwelling on it. After all, she herself had been hanging out at TriGam since she was a freshman, and had never dated a TriGam brother.
She had come close, though.
Mason saddled up behind Jessa and Alex, and handed them each a cocktail.
âJudd and I have a table, if you two girls are interested in a game of Pong,â he offered, gesturing with his head towards the ping-pong table in the corner.
âI think the last time that I played Pong with you here, I ended up losing all my clothes,â Jessa replied.
âWell, win or lose, itâs going to happen anyways,â he said, smiling at the petite blonde. âThis time, though, I think weâre just going to have to settle for the alcohol, though. You know the rules â I have to keep all my clothes on.â
Heâs flirting with me, Jessa thought to herself. âOkay, youâre on.â
Because they didnât really want to mix their alcohol, Jessa and Alex played with water instead of beer, their mixed drinks being steadily drained and refilled on the side. Across the table, Mason and Judd Romney stuck with beer, though, while Mason had more than a few bottles in addition to the game. Mason always complained that he sobered up during games of Pong, rather than getting drunker.
Jessa had the luck of being left-handed, and partnering up with Alex, who was right-handed. Together, they were able to play a fairly decent game of Pong, in stark contrast to some of the other girls around the basement. The handcuffs definitely limited the use of half of the sistersâ strong hands, though the fact that many of them were wearing high-heeled shoes, high-heeled boots, or high-heeled sandals added to the difficulty.
About halfway through the game, Alex was approached by two sophomores, Acadia Richardson and Michelle Perdue. Pulling Alex and Jessa aside for a secret conference, Acadia whispered, âUm, Alex?â
âYeah?â
âHow are we supposed to use the bathroom with the handcuffs on?â
Jessa had believed that she had thought of everything. She had known that the handcuffs were going to limit the girlsâ ability to strip out of their dresses, and had warned them all accordingly; all over the frat house, the girls were dressed in party dresses that had no straps, that tied around the back of the neck, or had straps that had simply not been pulled up over their shoulders for the night. Acadia was on of this latter group, her left spaghetti-strap hanging down the side of her body while her right strap held up the dress. But the bathroomâŠthe bathroom hadnât even entered Jessaâs mind. She found it odd that NONE of the girls had thought about this before.
âOh come on, Acadia,â Alex replied. âIâm not going to play the key master all night, and stand outside the bathroom so no one gets embarrassed. Weâre going to be in the nude for the next twelve hours â I think you should probably not worry about stuff like this.â
Acadia looked confused. âSo justâŠ?â
âSo just go!â Jessa jumped in. âThe guys have a trough in the next room, so they obviously donât think itâs such a big deal.â
Still unsure of themselves, Acadia and Michelle made their way across the basement to bathroom, and went in together.
âEverything okay?â Mason asked as Alex and Jessa returned to the Pong table.
âJust a couple of girls who are going to have a hard time parting with a little dignity tonight,â Jessa answered. She picked up the ball, and started another volley back and forth across the table.
Upstairs, some of the girls were dancing in the main hall. Some of the girls sat awkwardly on the side of the room, too nervous to even think about anything other than the strip show later that night. A couple of brothers were busy shutting the shades, so that no passersby walking down Calhoun Avenue would be able to peek in and see what was going on inside.