Two weeks after the Bee Sting.
"Ahh, this is more like it," James thought as he lay naked on the massage table waiting for Monique to come in. He'd parked two blocks away in front of a restaurant where he was currently "eating lunch" if Sara happened to turn on the find my phone feature to check up on him.
He had course had to quit going to his last spa, and was trying to find another one where he could replicate that old humiliation magic.
So far, he'd tried two others, but they hadn't worked out. Oh sure, the girls had snickered when he rolled over and exposed his little, clean shaven penis, but they had no interest in teasing him any further.
"But hey, maybe third times the charm," he thought as he waited for Monique.
It wasn't.
Sara was in a zoom meeting, bored out of her mind. She'd checked her stocks, and updates on Meta and Bluesky. She'd even checked on James. It looked like he was eating lunch at that new burger joint. She thought about going into street view and cruising a few blocks in either direction looking for Spas, but no, she was pretty sure she'd cured James of that habit.
Suddenly, her phone started buzzing and she saw that Katie was calling.
"Damn," she thought.
She immediately texted-"in a mtg, can I call u in 10?"
Ten minutes later she was on the phone with Katie.
"Sorry to bother you, I just wanted your advice on something."
"Of course," Sara replied.
It concerns the party. Halloween themed, so costumes obviously, but do you think everyone should just come as whoever or should I try to theme it, you know like 50's dress up or super heroes only or famous actors and actresses?"
Sara had to smile. This question was so breathtakingly stupid that it had to be the "lame excuse" that Jenny had predicted.
"Oh no, don't limit it, it will be so much more fun to see what everyone comes up with on their own."
"Right, right, yeah, that's what I was thinking too."
Silence.
And then Katie, spoke up again. "So how are you, how was your, um, meeting?"
Sara had to stifle a laugh. "Oh you know, it was a meeting."
"Yeah, and um how is James? Has the poor dear recovered?"
"Oh he's getting there. It probably doesn't help that I keep teasing him about it."
"Well, it was pretty funny."
Silence.
"Um listen, Gwen and I were talking and..."
(Here it comes thought Sara)
...and well, we just wondered what your feelings would be about something similar happening to James at the Halloween party?"
And before Sara could even respond, she continued, "I mean we aren't talking much, just a quick accidental exposure like at your house, but it wouldn't really be an accident of course, but it would be quick, very quick."
"I would love it," Sara said.
"Oh really," Katie said, sounding so relieved.
"What did you have in mind?"
"Oh gosh, I don't know, we haven't really given it much thought. Maybe James could come as a life Guard and accidentally get knocked into the pool.
Oh and he'd be wearing one of those prank swimsuits that sort of disintegrate in water, so he'd be naked when he came out.
Oh and the heater wouldn't be on in the pool, so the water would be freezing so he wouldn't want to stay in there.
Oh and because of the cold water, his small issue would look even um smaller."
Sara laughed. "Haven't given it any thought, huh."
"Oh well maybe a little," Katie giggled.
"Ok I'll work on James, make him think it was my idea. I'll dress as one as well, so he won't suspect. Now should I get the suit?"
"Oh no, I'll take care of that," Katie said. "Listen, I'll get you one as well so that you guys will match. Of course, no one will throw you in the water. Just wear yours over a one piece and you guys will look straight out of Baywatch."
"Perfect," said Sara. "Talk to you soon."
Katie smiled when she got off the phone.
"Perfect indeed," she thought.
Katie was not one to leave anything to chance.
She had ordered one of these "gag" suits and had her husband wear it in their pool.
She hadn't told him about it. She wanted to gage his surprise and panic.
No surprise. No panic.
The suit came apart slowly and in big enough pieces that they could still be used for cover. And the inner lining stayed in tact!
So these suits, she figured were designed to cause mild embarrassment, nothing more.
Well that wouldn't do!
She ordered another suit and took it to a seamstress she knew. She told the woman what she needed. The woman took one look at the suit and went to work.
"Part of your problem is that not all of it uses water soluble thread. So that's step one. Then, we'll have to cut and re-sew parts of the suit so that no one piece is bigger than say 3inches by 3 inches."
"Can you do that without making it look like Frankenstein's bathing suit?"
"Sort of. I can make it look like a pretty regular bathing suit. Tell me why we are doing this? Are you pranking your husband?"
For some reason, Katie told this woman the whole story. The bee incident and the plan for the Halloween party.
The seamstress howled. "Oh God, how I'd love to see that!"
"Oh you should come" said Katie.
"Could I?! That would be great. I'll work extra hard on this! Can I bring my daughters?
"Oh sorry, no children allowed."
"She laughed again. They're nineteen and twenty one."
It was Katie's turn to laugh.
After she left, she chastised herself for inviting more people. It was supposed to just be a neighborhood party for about thirty people and now she'd invited her seamstress and her two daughters and Jenny, Sara's friend, who was also bringing at least two people.
And then there was Frank. She just knew he was inviting extra people.
After the experiment with the not so disintegrating swim suit, she told him what was up.
She had come home the afternoon of the bee sting incident and told Frank all about it.
He of course had loved it.
"I should have figured that loser had a little dick," he roared.
So when she told him how she wanted to embarrass James at the Halloween Party, he was all in, happy to help.
And then everyday, it was "Oh God, I've got to invite so and so, they'd get a real kick out of this!"
Gwen was doing the same thing. She and her husband were swingers. The only other neighborhood couple in their little clique was Amanda and her husband. She had called Amanda on the way home from James and Sara's house to laughingly tell her to scratch them off their wish list.