Just after I turned eighteen I went to my first formal ball. It was the Lord Mayor's formal charity ball and the tickets cost a bomb. My parents paid for me and Mike and even bought me a proper ball-gown. It was just gorgeous, jade green, strapless, with a side zip. Mind you, my breasts are on the generous side, so I couldn't wear it without a bra, but we managed to get a strapless bra that worked wonders. I was left with a bit of cleavage but what the hell - if you've got it, you've got it. I looked sensational.
Mike hired a tuxedo for the night and he looked really nice. A terrific escort to have, what with him being the epitome of tall, dark and handsome. And he could dance, knowing all the formal ball dances. It was going to be a good night.
As my official partner, Mike led me onto the floor for the first dance, a waltz. After that I had a steady stream of partners, some fun, some sleazy but, on average, all OK. I did notice that my cleavage seemed to captivate the sleazy ones. They always tried to coax me outside after their dance, but I would indicate Mike was there and that I was with him. He's big enough that no-one wants to tangle with him.
Later that night I found my hero had clay feet. Booze-sodden feet, to be more precise. While I'd been dancing, Mike had been visiting the bar. Now I'd known that Mike sometimes had a wee bit too much to drink. What I hadn't known was that, where he was concerned, one drink was a wee bit too much, and subsequent drinks underlined the fact.
When it was time for me to leave I hunted him up, easy enough, he was at the bar still, and suggested that it was time to go. That's when I found out he was blotto, sitting there with his eyes open and his mind vacant. My decision didn't even need thinking about. No way was he driving me home. We'd leave his car overnight and catch a taxi, which he would pay for, even if I had to surgically extract his wallet to get the money.
I arranged for a taxi and waited. When it came I nipped out and asked the driver if he could help me with Mike. Apparently it was an old situation to him.
"No worries, love," he assured me. "I'll get him loaded."
He went inside with me and then steered Mike out to the taxi.
"Listen, love, you sit in the back and I'll fasten him into the front. If he's going to throw up it's easier for me to clean the front and that way he won't mess up your nice dress."
That suited me down to the ground. If Mike threw up over my dress I'd have had to kill him. The cabbie managed to steer Mike into the seat and fasten him in. The fresh air had a noticeable effect on Mike. It knocked him out in nothing flat. It was as though he was breathing sleeping gas.
The cabbie hopped in and grinned at me.
"Where to, love," he asked, and I gave him Mikes address. I'd dump him first and then head on home.
We drove off and I just relaxed, sitting back and closing my eyes. Apart from Mike's drinking too much it had been a good night. I was probably half asleep when the cab pulled up. I cracked one eye, saw we weren't home yet and just closed my eye again. I heard the cabbie get out of the car but didn't think anything of it.
You can imagine how startled I was when the rear passenger's side door opened and the cabbie was there. He bent down grabbed my feet and swung them up onto the seat. Then he grabbed the hem of my dress and just pushed my dress up. I mean right up, until it was bunched around my waist. After that he took hold of my pantihose and panties and drew them down.
I'm not kidding. Effectively he laid me flat on my back and whipped off my pantyhose and panties, leaving me naked from the waist down. I frantically tried to push my dress back into position, but while I was doing that he reached up under my arm and unzipped my dress.
With the dress unzipped there was nothing to hold it in place and he quickly dragged my top down to waist level. Then he did the same with my bra. The blasted strapless bra was really only held in place by my breasts and when I was lying on my back they flattened out and it was easy for him to yank the bra down to my waist.
So there I was with my dress and bra bunched around my waist, effectively nude. Very loudly nude, I might add, because I was protesting as hard and as fast as I could while I tried to cover myself.
"Listen, love," he said, "just relax. There's no-one to hear you. Especially not your boyfriend."