All Sexual Activity In This Story Occurs Between Characters Who Are 18+ Years Old.
Philippe Pique smiled at his niece and ward, Trang Nguyen Pique. Patting his chest, he said, "I have my present for you just here in my coat pocket. I was saving it for later, but since Desmoiselles Corbin will need information from you if they are not to be late to the bahnhof, perhaps it is well to give it to you now."
"Oh, Popo! You are too mysterious," Trang protested. She kissed his smooth-shaved cheek lightly and demanded, "Don't tease me! I want it right away. S'il te plaît!"
Instantly, Nadine and Nanine Corbin, and Dagmar Bjerke, concurred at the same time, "Oui! D'accord! Offrez-lui sa autre cadeau!"
The three eighteen-year-old school chums attending Trang's own small eighteenth birthday party at her Oncle Philippe's townhouse in Basel, bolted from their chairs around his great oak dining table. Before the forty-six-year-old industrialist could even think, they had clustered around him and their honoree pal. On the one hand, he did not mind their warm soft bodies squirming at all angles against him. On the other, he worried that his reactive prick would declare itself in an embarrassing way.
Before anything more obvious developed in his trousers, Philippe raised his hands and laughed aloud, "Bien! Suffisant!" Reaching inside his suit jacket, he pulled out a gift-wrapped box. Unlike the small cardboard cubes which had contained the cloisonné chalet pendants that he had given to all the girls as party favors, this package was long, narrow and thin. He handed it to his niece and declared, "There you go, ma petite. Happy birthday!"
The three visiting school friends clapped victoriously as Trang took possession of her package. Wrinkling her brow, she stared at its pink-and-gold tissue and tied scarlet ribbon bow as she wondered, "What could it be? Surely not another necklace. A bracelet, perhaps?"
Nanine impatiently stamped her foot and demanded, "Oh, open it, Winnie! Don't waste time with guesses!"
Obliging her chum, Trang ripped into the tissue and uncovered a hinged gold-and-alligator-leather box which opened to further reveal a gold ladies' Longines wristwatch resting on black velvet lining. Philippe knew by the multiple 'oohs' and 'aaahhs' that he heard, that he had scored a hit. Trang placed the elegant box reverently on the table, then held the sparkling gold timepiece up to reflect the dining room chandelier's brilliant crystals. With tears welling in her eyes, she choked out, "C'est... magnifique, Popo! Oh! Merci, beaucoup!"
In the moment, Trang must have forgotten that her party dress had been opened in the back, then partially pulled down, so that her obliging uncle could put her new chain and pendant around her neck. As she stood abruptly from her chair, she spun ninety degrees left to hug Philippe. The swift motion unsettled her loosened bodice such that underneath it her silver silk camisole slipped below her otherwise naked pert breasts. The calamity was then doubled when her stiffened burnt umber nipples rode up against the gown's peacock-blue crêpe fabric, popped clear of the ruffled lace neck and then created little nests for themselves in his suit coat's thick wool.
While Trang clasped her hands behind Philippe's back and continued to sob her gratitude for the gift she held in her clutched fingers, she was not yet cognizant of her deshabille. He, however, was only too keenly aware of the small firm hot mounds pressing through his clothes to his stomach. Collapsing his arms around the trembling birthday girl, he spoke quietly over her head to Dagmar, "There has been a small wardrobe failure, Mademoiselle Bjerke. Could you please assist my niece to repair it while I turn away?"
Assuming a positive response, Philippe about-faced within Trang's hug and took the Longines from her hands as her Norwegian classmate pivoted her in the opposite direction. Quickly enough Trang's modesty was restored and Dagmar announced that all was well again. Philippe let out a held breath, opened his eyes and said, as if nothing awkward had happened, "Et bien, ma petite. Give me your left wrist and let's try on your new watch." Smiling broadly, he added, "The gold is eighteen karat and the jeweler etched your birthdate on the back of the case."
Trang held out her arm for a full ten minutes while she and the girls admired the mellow shining gold band and bright housing around the crystal. Suddenly Nanine noticed the watch face showed it was six o'clock and she piped up, "Say, aren't we going to have cake?"
Nadine chimed in, "And wine! May we have champagne? We had champagne for our big birthday!"
Before Philippe could deny them, Trang and Dagmar solidified the request and he realized he was beaten. Hoping he could lay off any blame on the house staff, he answered, "Well, I don't know. I'll have to see if the Lindts left any chilling in the kitchen before they went for their weekend in the country." As he left the dining room the twins giggled.
When Philippe returned, carrying with him a bottle of Moët et Chandon Dom Pérignon 1921 wrapped in a forest green linen cloth in a silver bucket, he announced, "Well, Eric anticipated that I might entertain this weekend and, indeed, I found a champagne he brought from the cellar. Ursula thoughtfully left it chilling in the icebox. I also saw sauerbraten and spaetzle which should warm up nicely for us later."
As he set the bucket on the table and moved to the oak sideboard for stemware, Philippe informed the teens, "This is the premier vintage for this particular champagne, which I have not myself tried, but understand is highly regarded. Now, the bottle itself is a magnum, which is twice as big as an ordinary bottle, and so, ladies, I caution us all not to think we must drink until it is gone."
Philippe chuckled softly, "I would not want any of you to be too fuzzy to think!" In his head, he heard a strange deep voice niggle, "But it would be alright if a certain girl got a little too fuzzy, wouldn't it?" Turning from the hutch, he pushed away the nasty uninvited suggestion as he pushed the glasses around to the party guests and then uncorked the cuvée.
The outgoing Nadine cried, "Hourra! The top hit the ceiling!" Her impish younger twin's eyes twinkled as she assured Philippe, "Do not worry for us, Monsiuer. Deenee and I have been drinking wine with meals since we were twelve!" Dagmar, not wishing to be seen as inexperienced, interjected, "Well, my Papa has given me akevitt to drink. That is stronger than any wine, so I am not afraid of a little champagne!" Trang, who had never before imbibed alcohol, cast her eyes downward and said shyly, "Thank you, Popo, for the advice. I will be careful."