This is a companion story to the 'Shona' series. It tells the story from Viv's perspective, instead of Shona's.
It can be read in isolation, but it will be better appreciated if you have read 'Shona' first.
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I ended the call and shook my head despondently. Bummer. My best friend Shona just told me she had finished with her latest boyfriend and had re-joined me in the ranks of the bachelorettes. I had been single for over 6 months, mostly because of CBA (can't be arsed) syndrome. No, I'm being unfair to myself. I just hadn't met anyone who I fancied enough to be arsed. Still, it meant there would be more opportunities for girls' nights out. Maybe we could even get a sad spinsters group going.
In the event, Shona and I had some great nights out, just the two of us, and we got closer. We'd always been good friends but now we became more intimate, somehow. We talked about sex more, and the shortcomings (literally!) of our ex-boyfriends - not something we'd really done much of before.
I suppose it was two or three months after Shona had split from Chris that she stunned me. We'd had a few drinks and she suddenly blurted out that she thought she might be gay. This came as a complete shock to me. It was totally unexpected. At first, I thought she was about to come on to me, which I would have had to resist because I was still determinedly straight at that point, but no. Instead, she came out with an eye-popping story about starting an internet porn channel, starting to watch lesbian porn, and even developing a girl-crush on one of her patients (she was a physiotherapist).
As I said, I was stunned. To be honest, I had begun to wonder why she was still single. I didn't think she suffered from CBA like I did and, being a sexy, good-looking redhead with great curves, she was not short of male admirers. These revelations made it all clear.
I didn't really know what to say. I think I just went 'Wow, OK' or something like that. On one level, I found it quite a exciting, for all sorts of reasons, and I was touched that she'd chosen to confide in me because she couldn't really have known how I'd react. I hastened to reassure her; 'You know, none of this makes any difference to you and me, Shona.. You're still my best friend whatever you do.' She reached out and hugged me.
I was interested in this porn channel she'd started though. It sounded like an easy way to make money. After all, I was wanking off in my bedroom on a regular basis. Why not film myself? She made it sound simple, and she thought my 'sweet and innocent' looks would play very well for brazen wank videos; "looks like butter wouldn't melt, but she's actually very dirty." It was a tempting idea.
I had a sudden thought. She had been watching lezzy porn so it seemed an obvious question to ask. 'Have you thought of introducing girl-girl content to your channel?' She looked askance at me, so I quickly followed up. 'Not with me, obviously, but you know Claudia who works with me at the hospital is gay? She seems up for most things and she's already tried to get me into bed. I told her I was straight but she just said, "That doesn't matter, we could still have a bit of fun." I bet she'd love to have "a bit of fun" with you.'
I wasn't sure Shona knew Claudia, or 'Clo' as she liked to be known. I'd met Shona six or seven years earlier when she still worked at the hospital (I'm a nurse) but she had left to work in a private clinic and I couldn't recall when Clo had started.
It turned out she did remember her, vaguely. 'Hmm, small, curvy, curly hair and big boobs?
'THAT'S her!'
I suggested Shona should meet me for a coffee in the hospital restaurant and I would make sure Clo was there. She seemed to like the idea, so we made a date for the following Wednesday when we'd both be on shift.
The next day, I tapped up Clo to see if she was up for a bit of lezzy fun on camera with my best mate, who wasn't quite sure she was gay, but wanted to find out. As expected, Clo was well up for it. One thing you can say about Clo is that she's definitely a fun-loving animal.
We met as arranged, and Clo got straight down to brass tacks, saying 'So, Shona, Viv tells me you have your own porn channel on the 'net and you might want to start doing some stuff with other girls, even though you're straight. Is that right?'
Shona seemed a little taken aback by her matter-of-fact directness, and she hedged slightly; 'Honestly Clo, I'm not even sure whether I'm straight, gay, or something in between...' and Clo was typically forthright.
'Well it would be a good way to find out, maybe. Don't you think? I'd def be up for it if you are.'
She looked from Clo to me and back again, then said 'Yes, I am up for it. Let's do it.' I was loving this. It seemed my friends were off on a sexual adventure and, although i was straight, I felt a little pang of envy. However, when Clo suggested I join in and make a threesome I had to quickly demur. I did find the thought of what they were planning strangely exciting, but I was definitely leaving it to them.
The following week Clo was full of how great it was, how Shona was definitely gay, and how they had made super-hot videos. Apparently, they were only lacking someone to operate the camera. 'Do you fancy doing it, Viv?' she asked. I was taken aback, but the idea immediately appealed to me. It was a way to get involved, without actually getting involved, if you get me. I was fascinated by it, but didn't fancy all that messy, wet oral sex.
'OK,' I said, breezily.
'Really? Do you mean it?'
'Yeh, why not? What's the worst that can happen?' I grinned...
That evening, I called Shona; ; 'Hiya, it's me. Clo has asked me to film your lezzy playtime this Saturday. She said you'd already talked about it.'
She seemed surprised. 'And are you OK with that?' She obviously wasn't expecting me to say yes.
'Of course I am. 'I may not want to HAVE lezzy sex, but I think it might be interesting to watch and film, even a little bit horny. It's just so NAUGHTY!' Truth is, I WAS excited by the thought of it. It was a bit of girly fun. No men allowed.