We all went into the front room and Helen took the role of hostess, guiding us to where she wanted us to sit, and getting everybody a drink. She had put Marie and me on the sofa, while Terry and her sat in the armchairs opposite.
"Terry get the fucking music on." Marie said, taking a massive swallow from her glass.
"Calm down Marie." Helen said. "You'll be pissed before much longer.
Terry and Helen burst out laughing as Marie gave her the middle finger.
"Yes and we know what happens when Marie's pissed." Terry said still laughing.
"And we don't want that, not with a guest." Helen added for him. "Are you okay Paul you're very quiet."
"I'm fine thanks Helen." I answered. "Actually I'm better than great my first night out for ages and I've met three great people."
"Isn't he sweet?" Marie said, quickly planting a kiss on my cheek which totally surprised me.
As soon as we had we emptied our glasses Helen jumped up and filled them again. It had been a while since I had drunk as much as I had so far but, surprisingly, I wasn't feeling even the slightest bit tipsy, which was more than could be said for Marie. Her eyes had started to glaze over and her hand to eye co-ordination wasn't as good as it could have been, twice already she had almost missed the coffee table with her glass.
Terry was sitting quietly opposite me and, every now and again, I caught him snatching quick looks in my direction. The more I caught him looking the more I realized that he was actually quite good looking. He was about six feet one or two, well built, with short dark hair, clean shaven and about mid to late twenties, at a guess.
Suddenly Marie jumped up and ran out of the room.
"Won't be a minute." She called as she went.
We heard her dashing up the stairs, probably two at a time, and heard her slam the bathroom door. I guessed that she had gone to be sick, the drink finally catching up with her. It was ages until she finally came back down and when she did she had also changed her clothes. Instead of the blouse and trousers that she had on at the pub she was now wearing a Lycra skirt, which ended about four inches above her knees and a skin tight white vest top. It was obvious, due to the tightness of her top that she hadn't bothered with a bra, as her dark nipples and areola were clearly visible.
"Did someone forget that we had a guest?" Helen laughed pointing at her nipples.
"Don't start." Marie slurred. "And no I didn't."
Terry and Helen burst out laughing again and this time I found myself joining in with them.
"Maybe she is hot." I said.
"She is definitely hot." Helen said, blowing a kiss at her.
"All this drinking is fun but why don't we do something as well?" Terry said.
"Strip poker!!" Marie shouted. "Get me another drink Helen."
"What about Paul he might not want to play?" Helen said getting up and fetching everyone else a drink. "And if he does you will need more on than a top and skirt you're hopeless at the game."
"And if he does I will go and get some underwear on." Marie said poking her tongue out at her.
"Well Paul guess it's up to you do you want to play or not?" Terry asked.
"Guess it could be fun." I answered. "Why not?"
Helen pointed at Marie and she ran back upstairs to get her underwear on, like she said she would, and came crashing back into the front room two minutes later. Helen made sure all our glasses were full again and Terry went over to the wall unit and came back with an unopened set of cards, which we all took turns to shuffle.
"Right we do all know the rules don't we?" Helen asked. "And if you lose a hand no arguing one item of clothing must be removed, no matter what."
"What happens when one of us is totally naked the do we start again?" I asked.
"No way." Marie shouted. "We continue until we are all naked."
Helen dealt the first set of cards and I picked mine up slowly, relieved to see a pair of kings. Once all the cards had been dealt and everyone was as happy as they could be with what they had Helen asked me to put mine down first. Slowly I turned them over, one at a time, until my hand was visible to all; three kings. As all the other hands were laid on to the coffee table it was Helen that had lost the hand. Without batting an eyelid she pulled her top over her head, leaving herself in a red lace bra.
"Typical it's always me first." She laughed, dealing the next hand.
I was lucky again and ended up with two pairs while Marie, who only had an eight high, lost. Following Helen's lead her top came off leaving her in a black satin bra. I could hardly take my eyes off her tits, which were straining to escape, until I had my next hand. This time it was me that lost, losing my t-shirt in the process.
"Nice body." Helen commented. "What do you pair think?"
"Very nice indeed." They both said in unison.
Six hands later the four of us were sat in just our underwear, the girls in bra and panties and Terry and me in our boxers.
"Now we are very close to the end of this part of the game." Helen said.
"Hurry it up then Helen." Terry said.
"Yes come on." Marie added.
The next hand I knew that I could end up naked and the thought of it, in front of three people I hardly knew, both scared and excited me at the same time. With trepidation I picked up my next set of cards, fanning them open slowly, expecting the worse. I must have smiled once I had seen all five of them, I had a full house. The others had obviously played this a lot because, instead of taking their time, they all threw their cards straight on to the table.
