Welcome readers, to a new story.
If you want to understand the inspiration for this story,
look for an article entitled,
"Preacher says women open a portal to hell when they masturbate"
I'm just going to go with that.
Hope you enjoy.
Cheers,
@XavierTorch
Chapter 1
Sally waited patiently while Bren choked, coughed, and regained his composure before looking back across the little kitchen table at her. He spared a brief glance for Kendra, who sat on the table's third side, hunched and chewing on her knuckles, not meeting anyone's eyes.
Bren took a breath, gently used his fingertips to grip the corners of the small kitchen table, one of which lay jammed against the wall of the cramped space, and recomposed himself to fix a steady gaze back at Sally.
"So, we're starting this story," he cleared his throat again, "with you... playing with yourself?"
Sally sighed, tilted her head, and glared back at Bren, hoping her face hadn't reddened. She closed her eyes and swept smooth lengths of dirty brown hair back past her ears. When a few seconds had passed, she opened her eyes again and looked at Bren.
"Do you want to hear the story or not?" Sally asked.
"Well, sure," Bren answered.
"I mean, really," Sally retorted. "You're a guy. You spend half your time jerking off."
"Don't usually talk about it, though," Bren's voice carried a warning note of discomfort.
"Grow up, Bren," Kendra muttered over her fist before stuffing her knuckles back in her mouth..
"Not that I don't want to hear Girls Masturbating Stories," Bren said, "but why are you telling me this?"
"It's not what you think," Sally warned him.
Bren took in Kendra's nervous state and Sally's anxious attitude, and quickly asked, in a smoothly mocking tone, "No three way?"
"No," Sally declared.
Slightly chilled by the utter lack of humour from either of his friends, Bren calmed his voice and gave Sally a bewildered look
"So what, then?"
"We need your help," Sally explained. "Something weird started happening a week ago and, well, there might be a bit of trouble."
"You weren't masturbating in public, were you?" Bren asked. "I'm not a lawyer."
"Just shut up and listen to the story," Kendra hissed at him.
Bren twitched, his eyes focusing past Kendra, staring out the open window over the kitchen sink.
"What is it?" Sally asked, looking out the same window.
"Nothing," Bren shook his head and looked back at her. "Thought I saw someone out there."
Sally and Kendra shared a suspicious glance and turned back toward Bren, their expressions mirrors of exaggerated patience.
"Alright," Bren held up his palms in surrender. "Tell me your delicious, scary story."
"It started at that Halloween party, the one we hit two weeks ago," Sally began. "Kendra and I both went and you chickened out? Remember?"
"Yeah, yeah."
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The front door of the house opened and a giant Wookie greeted Sally and Kendra. Bass thumped its way out onto the street and the sounds of party goers shouting over the music poured into their ears.
"It's like there's a hundred people here," Kendra's eyes went wide as she heard the noise. "I didn't think it'd be this big."
"Come on in!" the furry beast shouted. "Drinks are in the kitchen!"
Closing the door behind them, sweeping their Elven cloaks past the door, they entered.
"Rivendell! Represent!" someone hollered from a living room down the end of a long hallway, prompting Sally to raise her bow triumphantly.
"Looks like our crowd, though," Sally put as much encouragement into her voice as she could.
"Guess so."
Sally held in a sigh. After years of confidences and nights spent celebrating and crying together, dissecting first dates and strange boys, stressful exams and parental issues, she counted Kendra as a great and reliable friend. But Kendra needed little pushes, every now and then, to experience new things and socialize.
"You gotta meet people," Sally said. "People make life fun."
"Playing D&D makes life fun," Kendra replied quietly. "I like Halloween because this is the only time I can dress up in public."
"And we're here," Sally drew Kendra into the throng of party goers, "Let's have a drink and have fun."
Kendra shrugged and followed Sally in to the kitchen.
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"When are we getting to the masturbating part?" Bren asked.
"Wait," Sally threatened. "This part is important."
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When they reached the kitchen, they found a vampire and two Stormtroopers staring into a sink in the kitchen's island.
"Hey!" one of the Stormtroopers looked straight past Kendra and Sally to wave someone else into the kitchen.
Sally turned to see the Wookie approach the others and look into the sink.
"Well, fuck me," he cursed.
A quieter discussion ensued, which ended with the Wookie marching off into the living room. A moment later, they watched the Wookie drag someone covered in green face paint through the hallway to the front door.
"What happened?" Kendra wondered.
"I didn't see," Sally said. "Maybe the guy brought drugs or something?"
"Is it safe to drink, you think?"
"Just have a pop, if you're worried," Sally said.
Kendra nodded and, when one of the Stormtroopers offered to mix her something, took a can of cream soda.
"Thanks," she said meekly.
"Nice costume," he remarked. "Elf or Eladrin."
"Eladrin!" Kendra smiled.
"Thought so," he nodded. "Way fancier clothing."
Sally asked for a fuzzy navel, which they quickly served over ice.
"You feel safe drinking that?" Kendra asked as they walked away.
"I know these guys," she said. "Besides, I watched them make it. It's fine. On top of that, I got you to watch out for me."
Kendra rolled her eyes and sipped her pop.