Note from the author: This is my first attempt at writing a fictional short story in over 15 years. I'm actually working on another one, a much bigger project, but thought it would be a good idea to write a few smaller vignettes and get some honest input and criticism. My writing is rusty, to say the least. There may be some tense issues and missed opportunities for better descriptions, etc, but I do think this story is pretty cute (biased). Please, let me know what you think and what I can do to get better!
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"Elizabeth! Please!! If you don't do this, I'm screwed!"
Steven Duncan had been pleading with me for nearly an hour. Tonight was his brother, Richard's, bachelor party and Steven was his best man. Steven was also my best friend. We'd grown up on the same street together; hung out practically every day from kindergarten through high school.
"The stripper we hired is sick, Liz! And the agency doesn't have any more girls available tonight. I don't have time to call another one so please, please do this one thing for me!" Steve was on his knees, eyes pleading.
"You want me to strip stark naked? You know I could never do that, Stevie. I hate my body! My tits are too big. People won't like them."
At an early age, my breasts began developing at an accelerated pace. It was so fast, I was a C-cup by the time I was a freshman in high school. Now, here it is six years later and they'd practically tripled in size.
"People are going to love your body, Liz! Your tits are fine. Let me fill you in on a secret. Most guys like 'em big!"
I knew Stevie was just saying these things to make me feel good, but he didn't understand the big picture. I am very self-conscious. It's why, in all our years knowing each other, he had never seen me naked. My tits are just far too large for my thin waist and in my opinion, it makes me disproportionate. But that's not the worst of it! You've heard of silver-dollar sized areolas? Well, double that. My gigantic areolas and large nipples easily cover half my breasts.
Steve continued, "No one is going to know it's you, Liz. I have a Mardi Gras mask you can wear. I told you, it's the theme of the party. "
"I know. You said it a thousand times already!" I let out a scream and clenched my fists!
Did he think I was deaf? I simply wasn't giving Stevie an answer, because I had been thinking about it for such a long time. I had to consider this. How couldn't I? Stevie had helped me through so many jams in our history, like when he tutored me for my Calculus final, or the time he helped rush my dad to the hospital and that was only a few months ago. Stevie was genuine, the real deal. He went out of his way to help others, especially me, and I hated being in a position to return the gratitude, only to flake out because of my selfish, self-conscious behavior. I owed him. I also knew how much it meant to him. He would feel terrible if he let the boys down.
I took a deep breath and quietly said, "Go get the mask. I'll do it."
Steve jumped nearly two feet in the air and grabbed my cheeks, squeezing and kissing the pouty lips he'd formed.
"Oh, thank you! Thank you! You just saved my ass!"
"I have one condition," I said. "I know all the guys coming to this bachelor party every bit as well as you do. They better not ever find out it was me doing this! I also know they're going be on their worst behavior. Regardless, I don't want you involved. No trash-mouth! No funny business! And you better not get all pervy on me. I don't want this to ruin our relationship!"
"Oh, you're over-thinking it," he said. "I promise I won't even look at you when I can help it. Eyes off. I know you're just doing a job here. You're totally helping me out of this jam!"
Steve ran out of the living room and appeared not ten seconds later with an orange and purple mask. Brightly-colored feathers popped out above the right eyepiece ad the face of it, was very large! Steve hadn't been exaggerating. No one would recognize the person behind the mask.
"Quick. Get undressed," said Stevie. "We need you in that cake. Rob and Chad will be here any minute with the liquor!"
"Oh my God!" I cried. "Are you serious? Chad's coming?! He's a pig! He's been trying to see my tits since fourth grade!"
"And he won't know it's you... if you hurry!" Then Stevie paused for a moment, waving a finger in the air. "In point of fact... think how empowered you will be!"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, just think about it," said Steve. "You're going to be waving your tits all about, bouncing them around Chad. He'll never know it's you, because of the mask, right? Think about this. He makes inappropriate advances on you every time he sees you. All he ever talks about when you're around is wanting to see you naked, and that joke ran out a long time ago! But now that he finally has a chance to see the goods, he's going to be oblivious to just how special the moment is. He'll have absolutely NO IDEA!"
"Oh, my God, you're right," I said, flirting the thought in my head.
Chad was such a creep! A loser creep! But he's also the type of guy that would love any kind of tits shoved in his face, even big-nippled ones like mine. Hell, Chad's such a pig, he probably pays for the privilege most of the time! I decided I was going to shove my tits in his face and get him all worked up. Then, I'd just leave him hanging. He deserved it for being such an asshole!
"Don't make me have to strip you myself," said Stevie, twirling the mask in front of me.
"OK, OK," I said.
I put my mind on the task at hand. If I was going to do this, I better just do it. I quickly pulled off my pants, followed by the panties. I was clean-shaven and had a fairly flat stomach. At least that was nothing too embarrassing. I unsnapped my blouse and let it drop to the floor. Here was the moment. The first time Stevie, my best friend of over 18 years, was going to see me naked. I brought my hands to the clasps of my bra. It was a giant white one, of the "granny" variety, but it held my tits firmly in place. Mostly, it just ensured coverage of my huge nipples.
"Come on, hurry!" said Mike. He was right. Outside, I heard the faint sound of a car pulling up the drive.
I unsnapped the four clips and yanked the bra away. My boobs came bursting out of the form-fitting sling. "Promise you won't make fun!" I cried, covering my eyes, afraid to witness Stevie's reaction.