Authors Note: There is an element of reluctance, or at least necessity, on the part of the reckless ladies. There is also some Non-Con in the predicament of the young man. Although - Spoiler Alert - as the reader might guess, he is not nearly as incapacitated as he lets on.
All characters are over eighteen years of age.
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A couple of middle aged roommates make some very bad decisions that lead to unexpected consequences.
LAST CALL LADIES
Chapter One: A Clever Plan
Buffalo, New York: 2009
Anya:
"Maybe I should drive," I suggested.
Janice was tottering dangerously as we walked to her car. She probably wasn't any drunker than me, but she was wearing much higher heels. There was a bit of a drizzle, and the temperature had dropped enough that I could feel it right up my bum while Janice's large nipples stuck out like coat buttons.
"Ssmy car, I'll drive. I'm okay," she replied fumbling with the door handle. That seemed like sufficient argument to me at the time; after all, it
was
her car.
It was Russian roulette either way since we both I and my American chum had two DWI on our records. In fact it was a miracle we got as far as we did, what with the windscreen wipers flapping wildly and the windows half steamed. We were only about two blocks from home, Janice was droning on about something, and I had started to doze off when suddenly she screamed and slammed on the brakes.
I was shot forward in my seat almost cracking my head on the windscreen. I was screaming as well, because I had heard a terrible sound. The meaty thump of metal hitting flesh and blood.
"I hit something," Janice said clutching the steering wheel rigidly, her foot still jammed to the floor.
"What was it?" I asked in a terrible fright.
We were on a well-lit residential street, in the middle of an intersection crosswalk. I looked out the window and saw that there was a stop sign a little way
behind
us. I listened fearfully for some sort of yelping or bawling that would indicate that we had maimed a large animal, but no sound came which seemed reassuring. At least we wouldn't have to put some poor beast out of its misery.
"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God," Janice said, staring at me wide eyed. "I think it was a man."
That sent a refreshing jolt of adrenaline coursing through me. I quickly unbuckled, jumped out of the car, slipped and fell to my knees on the slick pavement, and found myself staring at what was definitely a human body. Janice came out the other side of the car and ended up flat on her ass.
"I think I'm going to be sick," she warned.
"No time for that," I replied and crawled up to the head of the man who was lying motionless, flat on his back.
"I can't look, is he ..." Janice called from the far side of the car. I feared for the worst and was about to start mouth to mouth when he groaned. I nearly jumped out of my skin.
"He's alive," I said.
"Oh thank God," Janice replied as she came crawling up beside me. "But he's not moving."
I was giving him a quick feel up. From what I could tell in the uncertain light, he was a young man, a few inches short of six feet tall, medium build. He was wearing jeans and a light jacket over top of a dark shirt. The back of his head was scraped and bleeding. There was a gash on his right leg where Janice had caught him with a pointy bit of her bumper that had remained unrepaired since her last fender bender. Other than that he didn't appear seriously hurt.
"Can you hear me, sir?" I asked. "Are you alright?"
The young man groaned in reply and lifted himself up on his elbows.
"Easy, now, easy, you've had a nasty knock on the head," I said leaning forward and cradling the back of his head in the palm of my hand.
"What are we going to do?" Janice moaned. I knew what she meant, even without her prior record she was heading straight to jail as soon as the police showed up.
"Come, let's get you out of the rain, sir. We'll take you somewhere we can have a proper look at you. Don't be alarmed, I'm a nurse," I said.
That was completely false. Apart from being asked to wear a slutty nurse's costume with depressing frequency, I had no formal medical training whatsoever.
"What are you doing?" Janice hissed at me.
"We're getting him out of the rain," I hissed back tersely. "Hurry up and help me get him in the car so we can get the hell out of here."
Our victim was very groggy, but his body seemed to be functioning okay, no bones giving away as we helped him into the back seat of Janice's fortuitously large American car. I climbed into the back seat with him and cradled his head on my lap.
"Now take us home, Janice, and for God's sake drive carefully," I said.
It wasn't our finest moment, I'll grant you.
****
The evening had started out a more or less normal for a Saturday night. Determined to bounce back yet again from a pair of disastrous relationships, Janice and I dressed had to the nines and gone out on the town. We prowled our usual hunting grounds, the bars and lounges of Buffalo's middle-aged single's set.
It was a busy night, the bars were overflowing, people were gathered on the sidewalks and in the parking lots, drinking and hanging out, laughing and carrying on. Everyone was having a good time, and on the lookout for a little harmless, dirty fun. As were we. However most of the roaming singles seemed to be finding it, while we were not.
We were dressed for it; Janice had on her trusty silver-grey skirt and blouse combo which she wore half unbuttoned displaying her impressive cleavage, and I had on my very short, off-the-shoulder number which revealed my long dancer's legs almost all the way to my bum. I wore low heels to minimize my intimidating 5'11" stature, while Janice tottered about on four inch heels to lengthen out her somewhat sturdy legs and butt.
Our hair and makeup were done with the usual care, and we smelled wonderful, but obviously something was wrong. No one seemed to notice us, at least no one except for a parade of less than impressive looking men. They kept circling us even as we moved from place to place trying to improve our luck.
We're not cougars, although we have been known to sleep with younger men on occasion. We kept to what
we
considered our own age group, the late thirties-early forties crowd, even though Janice had now hit fifty with me only a year behind. We didn't see ourselves as that age at all, or realize how much weight we'd put on, but I guess everyone else did.
The fact that the attractive men were looking right through us was bad, but the fact that the losers were hitting on us was far worse. It meant that we appeared "gettable" in their eyes, and that was very bad indeed.
We had been sliding down the desirability scale without knowing it, and when we came face to face with
that
horrible truth, we started drinking hard even though we were buying our own drinks. By the time last call came, Janice and I were pissed, as well as depressed, discouraged, and more than a little bedraggled, which is not the kind of mood that fosters good decision making.
Janice:
I slipped and fell for the second time when I got out of the car at home. Fortunately Anya was steadier, and she managed to guide the poor guy out of the car and prop him up long enough for me to pick myself up and unlock the door. He was out of it, but cooperative and uncomplaining, which was a relief. Also, he hadn't thrown up yet, and that was a good sign. I kicked off my heels as soon as I got inside, and was more sure footed as we took him up the stairs.
We put the young man in my room. Anya held him up again while I dashed to the closet to get the first aid kit and a towel for the back of his head. I threw all the extra pillows off the bed and pulled the duvet right down to the bottom so he wouldn't get tangled in it, then we lowered him gently onto his back.