Jessica Helmsworth: 45 y.o. VP of Operations at Sheer Luxury, Inc., and a mother of two. She started at the bottom in this company and worked her way up over the bones of the men she replaced and has brought a chain of women up with her. She is all about connections with other women (and men, as needed) and her daughter is her favorite kid.
Amanda Helmsworth: 21 y.o. college graduate (English Lit, a degree her mother did not approve) with a wealthy fiancΓ© from school. She has managed to hold herself back throughout her youth, saving her virginity for her fiancΓ© (though when they did finally have sex, she found it disappointing) with the idea that her bachelorette party will be WILD! Amanda still lives at home, and works at Sheer Luxury as well, as a proofreader for their documentation department. She has been saving for months now to have extra to spend on her honeymoon.
Felicia Potter: 42 y.o. Secretary, eyes, and mouth of Jessica Helmsworth. Felicia has come up with Jessica since she started working at Sheer Luxury, and both are fiercely loyal to each other. Felicia isn't asexual at all but has managed to purposefully stay out of any long-term relationships and has no children. In that Amanda did not want her mother along on her bachelorette party, Felicia has been assigned to chaperone.
Albert Cherner: 24 y.o. textile salesman. Somewhat shy/introverted, short and lean, but muscular for his frame. (While muscles do show on arms/legs, no washboard abs) Where Albert stands out a bit is that, despite his small stature, he was blessed, cursed with a penis that erects to 7" and thicker than normal as well. All through high school, his very strict mother kept him in baggy pants and tight underwear. While he does have a girlfriend, they both have jobs and while he doesn't live at home anymore, his day job barely keeps rent paid and food in his pantry, leaving him no money to party, so he's looking to moonlight.
Angel Landers and Shy Sutton: Neighbors, down the hall from Albert. The two have become friends with Albert, but only friends, in that neither have made a move on him, since he's dating someone else. They do enjoy inviting him over from time to time, though, especially if/when they have something that needs done at their place. (Their favorite task they've had him do to date was to come and kill a spider on their ceiling, which involved him putting a board from their makeshift coffee table on Angel's bed, a chair atop the board, then standing on that to swat the spider with a slipper. (This raised his T-shirt and showed the bulge his package made in his shorts, and confirmed what they thought they had seen before, despite his usually baggy clothing!) Albert enjoys being around them, in that they're both short-and-small women, and he feels more manly around them. Angel runs an art school and has suggested that Albert should model for an art class, though so far Albert has found other work, instead. Angel, something of a visual woman, would really like to see him naked.
Margo Griffith: Amanda's best friend, and Amanda lives vicariously through her. At 18, while out with Amanda at a restaurant they should not have been in, Margo got the singer at the club to come sit with her. The two wound up making out at the table, followed by sex in the band's RV that night. Since then, Amanda has watched her friend leave with guy after guy, though Margo always tells her everything that happened the next day. Margo has jet black hair, brown eyes, and darker skin from a healthy dose of Puerto Rican blood in her family.
Tammy and Nichole Summers, cousins that act like twins. They were raised by the same parents as if they were sisters, though Nichole's actual parents never gave up parental rights, and Tammy's parents did not sue for them for the sake of family peace. The two of them are a bit bi, and have had 3somes with this or that guy, whenever they could get away from their hometown. Both have the "Summer Smile" that is the family feature. (Somehow, though they rarely brushed, they had cavity free, beautiful teeth and fresh breath all their lives)
Michelle Fischer: Albert's girlfriend. She's the first woman to really date him, since his lack of self-esteem lead him to drive girls and women away from him as he grew up. She still lives at home, so most of her time with Albert is either out to eat or at Albert's tiny apartment. They've been together a couple of years now, and where they used to have a lot of sex, she just doesn't feel the need for as much anymore. Albert has told her about Angel trying to get him to model and told him he's only allowed to do that for $200+ an hour.
Spring was being spring despite the city. Butterflies were out, flower gardens were blooming along the streets, and in many places, people were stopping to sneeze their heads off. Anything that sat for a day would develop a slight yellow-green sheen from all the pollen. It was a beautiful, sunny Friday as Albert headed home from work. "No spare money to spend; looks like Ramen again tonight," he thought to himself, as he boarded the elevator and stabbed a finger at the 8th floor button, grateful at least to have the ride to himself as the old lift took its sweet time getting to his floor.
As he left the elevator, his cell rang; it was his friend and neighbor, Angel. He answered, "I'm in the hall, give me a bit to get in my door," to which Angel replied, "Come in here instead!", and was off the phone and opening her door as he got there. When she could get the door shut behind him, she told him, "I need you for a job, tomorrow. It's urgent that I get back with the customer ASAP, but it's $250 for an hour, tomorrow afternoon."
"What's the job?" Albert asked.
"Model for an art class. Nudity likely. One hour starting 3 o'clock tomorrow. Starts with you in a costume, and I already have that at the school. The sponsor is bringing props and scenery, too."
"You know I don't want to be naked."