My wife Sarah and I were at the home of our good friends, Joanne and Steve. It was a normal Saturday night out for us, good food, plenty of wine, and some heated conversation about current events.
Joanne always had very strong viewpoints about any current issue. Steve and I would always take the opposing side of the argument; we would do this more out of fun than anything else, because we always loved stirring things up a bit. My wife Sarah didn't really get into the whole conflict thing, she knew we were just trying to stir things up, and was constantly trying to calm things down. This generally went on for hours as Joanne was always well versed in current news topics, and knew both sides of an argument well.
After a few such arguments the conversation turned to work as it always seemed to. Joanne was a primary school teacher, so we would often comment on the long holidays and short days. She would obviously always refute this, claiming there were lessons to plan, and painful kids to deal with. Somehow the conversation turned to life art; apparently Joanne had been drawing nude models for some time. I knew she was very much into art, but didn't know how good she was. This sparked my interest, so I started asking questions.
"So, you have some nude guy in the front of the class?" I asked.
"It doesn't only have to be a male. We draw females too!" retorted Joanne.
"So who is we?" I responded.
"Why not model yourself and see?" Joanne dared.
"Funny! So who is we?" I asked, not giving up on my question.
"Any of us teachers really, it's a Board of Education event that I organize. I find the model, and then around 3 or 4 of my teacher friends show up," Joanne explained.
"Board of Education?" I questioned.
"Yes; its real art, being a Board of Education sponsored event, means that they pay the model. We are supposed to advertise the event to all teachers. However, since we do it here at the house, and space is limited, I only tell a few of the teachers." Joanne continued.
"So it's not just a perve then?" I asked, trying to be funny.
"Well, Steve showed up once when we had a female model, but that would have been the last time someone treated it as a perve," Joanne answered.
"And you can take photos!" added Steve.
"Photos?" I questioned.
"Only so that you can finish your drawings afterwards at home," Joanne added, pretending to hit Steve, "Two hours is not long to produce a work of art... So are you up for it?"
"I'll think about it," I sarcastically commented.
A few drinks later, a lot of pressure from all sides, including my wife, somehow I agreed to be the next nude model. I'm sure the drink had plenty to do with it.
I was due to do the event the next Tuesday night, but had to meet Joanne the day before to go through the paperwork.
The night before, I turn up at Joanne and Steve's place to run through the night's proceedings.
"OK, so as I said," Joanne explained, "This is a Board of Education sponsored event. They pay you $200 for the two hours work, and there are some conditions."
The details just started to hit me then. I will be naked in front of a bunch of women, "Event?" I asked.
"Yes," Joanne answered, "But as I said. It's only 3 or 4 women. We don't advertise it."
"So who will be there?" I asked, feeling nervous as to who would be there.
"We'll get to that, "Joanne continued, "We need to go through some specifics first, you need to understand that you will be completely naked," Joanne let silence fill the room, then continued, "We're also having themes, the three or four artists that attend choose a theme, and go with it. Themes are there to break up the boredom a bit for us artists, and allow you to have something else to focus on. A theme may be something like Swimmer, Football player, or Doctor, just to name a few. You then have some props like a swimmer cap and goggles. It's good for first timers as it means you're not totally on show. We pick the theme out of a Board approved theme list. We get the list on the night," Joanne lectured on.
"All sounds ok so far," I concurred.
"Next thing is that there is a contract to sign," Joanne added, "Yours is about 25 pages long. I'll take you through the main points, it's mostly there to protect the Board from getting sued, the participants also need to sign a separate agreement, and I'll go over that with you also."
"Okay," I answered.
"So your agreement has the following main points," Joanne lectured, "You get paid $100 per hour. This is not declared by the Board to the Tax department; as such you need to do this on your tax return. The payment is treated like a tip in the hospitality industry. Secondly, for this money you will pose naked for the group in the theme chosen, or lack there of, for the time specified, which is two hours. There will be a break after the first hour. Thirdly, you are not allowed to touch any of the participants. If you do, a fine can be imposed of up to $1000 by the Board. This does not restrict the participants right prosecute you. Finally, only the Board representative is allowed to touch you. This is to allow poses to be changed, modified, or to help you follow instructions. Does all that make sense?"
"Yes, all sounds rather formal," I answered.
"Now to the participant's agreements," Joanne continued, "This one is much shorter, it says...You are not allowed to touch the model. Non compliance results in a fine of $1000, and does not restrict the right to prosecute. Any pose requests, changes etc need to be applied by the Board representative. Pictures can be taken for the purposes of completing your work. They may not be distributed or used for any other purposes without the permission of both the Board and the model. Still make sense?"
"Yes," I answered.
And so rather shakily, I signed the agreement. It now seemed for real.
The next day I showed up to Joanne's place at the appointed hour for the event. Everyone was already there and waiting for me. My biggest shock was that I knew them all; that was not something I expected! They were having a few wines and nibbles. As I walked in, the usual "hellos" were thrown at me.
Joanne was first to see me. She's a friend to both myself and my wife, and was the acting Board member for the night. She's in her late 20's, married, a primary school teacher, opinionated, fiery and controlling, although is quite a nice and compassionate person. She's around 165cm (5'5"), slim build, has dark hair, olive skin, average looking, perky B-cup breasts, and a nice cute bottom.
As I continued through the crowd, I saw Claire. She's a rowing friend of my wife. She's also late 20's, single, and is a financial funds manager. A bit self-obsessed, chatty, and humourless. She's approx 170cm (5'7"), slim, fair complexion, blonde hair, blue eyes and attractive. B-cup breasts, very firm bottom and great legs. She is very fit, and easy to look at, though not much fun to talk to. I know her very well, and am very surprised to see her here. I almost walked when I saw her, as I didn't really wish her to see me naked. Even though she is attractive, I am not a fan of Claire.
Then I saw Julie, my wife's sister, whom I'm extremely surprised to see here. Julie is in her early 20's and single. She's a HR consultant, friendly and fun. She's 172cm (5'7"), slim, fair complexion, blonde hair, blue eyes and looks very good. Julie has A-cup breasts, fantastic legs and bottom. I often jog with her, so I know her well. So much so, that her being here has given me second and third thoughts on all of this nude posing. This was now a disaster.
Louise was also there. She is one of Joanne's school teacher friends. She's also a primary school teacher. I had met her probably twice before. She's around 160cm (5'3"), slim, largish breasts, conservative, shy and single. I had very rarely spoken to her. She seems nice enough, but I'm not sure of her artistic abilities.
And finally Cath, another one of Joanne's school teacher friends, who is also a primary school teacher, and again I had only met her twice before. She's short 150cm (5 foot), a bit overweight, C/D-cup breasts, single, quite bubbly, loud, and happy. I hadn't spoken to her much so don't know her that well. Again I'm not sure of her artistic ability.
"I did invite Sarah," Joanne offered, "But she had to pull out at the last minute due to work. Now Louise, Cath and I are the usual three that turn up to these things. Claire and Julie have obviously been invited specially, and were very keen given you were on show!"
I had a glass of wine just to relax the nerves a little. I felt extremely nervous and almost faint at the thought of being naked in front of these women, especially Julie and Claire.
"The girls have already looked through the theme list, and have chosen a theme," Joanne added, as she showed me the list.
It seemed that the theme list was just there to give ideas. There was about fifty themes on the list, ranging from mailman, business executive, runner, swimmer, ballet dancer, all sorts of things, most of which I had no idea of how you would use as a theme.
Joanne then called the room to attention, "Okay ladies, could you please organize your work areas, as you know, the theme for tonight, as chosen by you is: slave."
SLAVE! – What the hell does that mean I thought? Surely something like swimmer would have been easier, lying on your front, certainly good for a first timer.
"So, I'll help Stu setup, while you get ready," Joanne added.