Messy Friendships - Part 5 & 6

It's another long one...
PART 5 - THE GARAGE
The next day, I realized that I'd need the garage for the weekend food fight.
I hadn't really given much thought yet as to where I'd have Michelle and Donna face off - at one point I was thinking the kitchen, or possibly even the back yard. But having been up on the stage of the Messy Club, and seen how widespread and out of control a full scale messing could get, I knew I'd need a lot of space. I spent the morning cleaning out the garage, moving everything that wasn't bolted down, then went out and bought a stack of plastic tarpaulins to cover everything else.
And with that done, I went on a massive shopping spree. Earlier in the week I'd mainly been buying things out of curiosity - would this make a good messy food? What about this stuff poured over somebody's head? - but now I attacked the supermarkets with a purpose. I drew up lists and visited wholesalers. My sketchpad continued to fill with ideas, and these grew more detailed and specific. I baked and baked and mixed and mixed. Then I'd hit the stores for more.
I'd write little scenarios in my sketchpad that had no way of being enacted by myself, Michelle and Donna, but were fun to envision anyway. Ideas would come to me out of nowhere and I'd rush to get them down on paper, whereupon I'd either expand the idea out into a little story or hit the road for some more supplies.
The dreams hadn't stopped, either. Indeed they were getting longer and even more vivid. In the one I had the night after visiting the Messy Club, myself, Donna, Michelle and Chloe were standing in a wide open field surrounded by people. There was food piled up all around us and people from the audience shouted out messy things for us to do. Soon clothing was being pulled down and shouts from the audience got more explicit. When I woke up from that one the first thing I did was write out what I could remember, ending up with nearly three pages of messy dream. After that I kept a notepad by my bed.
In the midst of all this, the manager of the Messy Club called me. I was too surprised to do more than just listen as he once again praised my performance of Tuesday night. Finally he got around to his point - they always had shifts available and would I be interested in turning up again? I told him that I was real busy right now, but I'd think about it.
When I hung up I turned my attention back to the sauces simmering on my stove. Half an hour later I'd forgotten the call entirely.
By now I was really looking forward to Saturday. I wondered what Michelle and Donna were thinking. Perhaps they'd managed to put it out of their minds, though I rather doubted it. I liked to think they were feeling a little nervous, a bit scared, but also looking forward to dishing out some treatment.
Neither of them had called since the weekend.
Finally Saturday dawned, and my activity levels went into overdrive. I spent the morning putting all the food into the garage, then lugging in some heaters, just to keep the temperature at a comfortable warm level. When I was done it was eleven o'clock, and the contest was just two hours away.
At this point I realized that I had to decide what to wear.
I went to my bedroom and stared at my wardrobe for a while, but it was an easy decision to come to. As referee/games master, I obviously couldn't upstage Michelle or Donna, so anything flashy was out. There was a fair chance I'd end up wearing food too so I couldn't wear anything I really liked. In the end I selected a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. I stripped down and tried them on, and I looked like a jogger about to set off on a 5 a.m. run. It'd do. I added sweatbands around my wrists and forehead so that I'd look like a sporting coach, and that worked too.
I started to take off my clothes so I could put on some underwear, but paused. Was there really any point in adding to the number of messy clothes I'd have to clean? And the idea of going commando was such a naughty one it seemed to fit into today's theme perfectly. I kept my clothes the way they were and walked back out into the living room.
It was nearly noon. I got a drink to soothe my nerves and waited on the sofa. I could hear the ticking of the clock. After a while a little internal monologue started up: they're not turning up, they're not turning up, they didn't call because they hate you, they're not turning up...
The doorbell rang at 12:55. I set my drink down, gathered my composure, and went to the front door.
Michelle stood there, one hand on hip, staring straight at me.
I'll just take a moment here to describe what she was wearing, as it so stunned me I couldn't say anything for a couple of seconds. She looked like a sexy young executive who'd just stepped out of a Penthouse Forum letter. She wore black high heels and sheer black stockings, running up to a tight black miniskirt so short that the tops of her stockings were visible. They were hanging from suspenders. The miniskirt was slit at the side, the slits coming as high as her pubic bone. She was practically wearing a loincloth.
Above the waist, she was wearing a white silk shirt tucked into the miniskirt, with a plunging neckline that ended a couple of inches above her navel. On top of the shirt she had a black business jacket, which fit snugly around her arms and was maybe a touch short at the waist. Her hair was immaculately coiffed, and her face had been given the full makeup treatment.
For the final insolent touch, she was wearing a striped tie, knotted loosely around her neck and hanging freely down, as if she was Avril Lavigne.
This outfit made an aggressive statement.
It said: My body looks like this.
I have the self confidence to display my body this way. Are you flashing this much cleavage and thigh? Didn't think so.
These clothes look expensive. Guess what? I can afford for them to be ruined.
Goodness knew what Donna would think when she saw her. Hell, Michelle was intimidating me.
"Wow! You've gone to some effort," I said at last. "Come on in!"
Michelle walked past without a word and I shut the door. Heaven only knew what the neighbors were thinking...
"You look like you've come here for a photo shoot," I said as I led her down the hall.
"Well, you did say we should wear our best clothes," said Michelle.
We entered the living area. Things got tense because Michelle didn't want to sit down in what she was wearing, and I couldn't think of anything to say. Michelle had this look of steely determination on her face that made me feel like an idiot for even attempting some polite small talk.
"I'm sure she'll be here any minute," I said to cover the silence.
"I have my doubts," said Michelle, staring out the window. "What's the contest going to be like?"
"Mainly trivia."
"And what are we going to be messing each other with? Pies? Water bombs? There better not be wrestling involved."
"That bit's a surprise. Say, can I get you a drink?"
"No thanks. So are we going to be standing still while the other does something to us, or is it a free-for-all, or what?"
"Uhm... maybe we should save this discussion for when Donna gets here."
Michelle smirked. For a moment I thought she was smirking at me, then I saw where she was looking and realized Donna had shown up. I ran to the front door just in time to hear the doorbell.
Donna's outfit left me just as speechless as Michelle's, though for rather different reason.
She looked like the bride at a wedding. She wore a strapless bridal dress, full and ruffled at the shoulders, lacy across the top of the chest, with embroidered lace patterns all down the front. On her arms she had elbow-length white gloves.
Her feet were hidden behind the dress, but as she took a step forward I saw she had on white pumps and white stockings.
And the final insanity, she had white flowers in her hair.
This was an even less appropriate outfit to wear to a messy event than Michelle's. Those clothes were going to be ruined. But at the same time I could see what Donna was getting at. The white clothes, the innocent bride look - Donna was clothing herself in virtue.
Her clothes were a statement on her behavior, just as Michelle's clothes were a statement on her behavior. This was a direct challenge to Michelle.
And besides, I had to admit that Donna did look great.
"Who's the groom?" I said, then clamped my mouth shut. Of all the stupid things to say...
Donna barely heard me. She didn't have Michelle self confidence - she looked totally petrified. "This is a mistake," she said.
"Nonsense," I said. "Besides, Michelle's already here, and you don't want to back down in front of her, do you?"
Sure enough this worked, and I led her inside, taking one last look at the surrounding houses. Nobody appeared to be watching, but I was sure I would be hearing about this for weeks to come.
I took her down the hall to the living room, where Michelle was waiting. Donna's eyes went wide when she saw Michelle's outfit, then they narrowed, as if she'd expected Michelle to slut up for the occasion. Michelle for her part just returned the same flinty stare she'd had ever since stepping through the front door.
Neither of them said a word.
"Okay, looks like you're both raring to go," I said brightly. "Let's start this." I walked back through the house, not bothering to check if they followed me. When I got to the garage I stepped to one side and waited for them.
I was pretty sure they'd be surprised by what they saw. Everything in the garage was covered in plastic tarp - walls, floor, even the ceiling. There were a number of bulky objects littering the floor, all which were also covered by plastic tarp. I was happy for them to assume these were just normal garage objects, because the tarp was actually my way of keeping all the various rounds of the contest a surprise.
With all this plastic sheeting the room looked like it had been prepped for some very hefty, very extensive messing.
Michelle stepped through the doorway first, then Donna a second later. You could see on their faces that they were just now getting an idea of what was in store for them, and they didn't like it one bit.
I pulled them into the room and got them standing where I wanted - facing each other, feet three yards apart. Then I turned to the plastic tarp behind me and pulled it up, revealing a wooden table laden with twelve meringue pies.
The meringue was just egg white, with no crust or filling, but they weren't to know that. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Donna shift her weight nervously.
"Okay, the rules," I said, now that I knew I had their attention. "I'm going to ask each of you questions in turn. If you get the question right, you get to throw a pie at the other player. If you get it wrong, they get to throw one at you. If you step outside the rules in any way, you pay a forfeit. And rest assured, they will be big."
Neither of them said anything. They both looked impatient and agitated now, just waiting for me to shut up so they could get this over with.
"Now you both know why we're here. I've done this because you two will not stop fighting, and I'm at my wits end trying to preserve this relationship. So I should ask this before we begin - are you willing to forgive each other yet."
"No chance in hell," said Donna.
Michelle just laughed, whether at me or Donna I wasn't exactly sure.
"Okay," I said. "Time for round 1." I pulled some cards out of my pocket. "General trivia, any subject. Michelle, you're first."
Michelle nodded, staring at Donna.
"How old is Mark?"
Michelle started to say something, then thought for a bit. "31?"
"Wrong. 30." I handed a pie to Donna. She smiled, weighted the pie in her right hand, then tossed it at Michelle with almost a shotputter action.
Michelle didn't flinch or try and dodge the pie. It tumbled weakly through the air, only just managing to graze Michelle's right arm, leaving white splotches of meringue on her jacket.
"Donna, next question. Which planet in our Solar System is named after the Roman god of the sea?"
Donna thought for a few seconds. "Neptune?"
"Correct!" I gave her another pie. Donna looked determined to make up for her last throw, and this one moved smoothly and accurately through the air, landing with a fair whack on Michelle's right chest. A large mass of meringue stuck there, coating her jacket and the middle of her shirt. Again, Michelle didn't react, but after a few seconds had passed, she glared and brushed the aluminium pie shell off her body.
Donna was grinning, eager for another throw.
"Back to you, Michelle. What was the number of the Beatles 'Revolution'?"
"Nine," Michelle answered instantly. I nodded and gave her a pie. She held it in her hand and regarded Donna's outfit critically. Then she hurled it at her midsection. Little globs of meringue flew out and coated Donna's front, but the pie itself spun so that it was the aluminium shell that finally hit Donna's dress. The pie dropped and splatted on the plastic floor.
You couldn't see the meringue very clearly against the white of Donna's dress. Donna stuck her tongue out at Michelle.
"Now, Donna. What make and model of car did Mark drive?"
She answered immediately, "Subaru Forester."
"That's right." Donna's pie toss was much like her last, and hit Michelle in almost the same place - just a bit higher, on her right shoulder. The meringue was starting to build up in a thick shelf over her breast.
"Michelle, your turn. What are the names of Donna's pets?"
Taking her time with the answer, Michelle said, "Pasty... Greg... and Molly."
She was right, and I gave her the next pie. Michelle had been paying attention, and this throw was much less wild than her last. Unfortunately for her however, she still hadn't worked out how to spin the pies - her pie struck Donna flush in the face, pie shell first. Again the meringue tumbled down, some catching her dress on the way down but most splatting on the floor. Donna rubbed her nose, which had reddened from the pie hit.
"Donna. What is the capital of Scotland?"
Donna thought this one over for a bit. "Glasgow?" she guessed.
"Wrong, Edinburgh. Michelle, your shot."
Michelle took the pie from my hands and glared at Donna. She threw the pie at her body, and this one hit her right way round, the meringue striking her dress just below the groin. Donna grimaced a little as she looked down at the mass of meringue clinging to her dress.
"Michelle, your question. Is the bow of the ship the front or the back?"
This one stumped Michelle for a bit. "The front," she said at last.
"That's right." Michelle had a nasty grin on her face as she took the pie, and immediately she threw it at Donna's head. The force was far too great though, and it flew high, splatting against the wall behind her.
"Now your question, Donna. Who wrote 'A Tale of Two Cities'?"
"Charles Dickens." Donna was already comfortable with her pie throwing motion, and this one struck Michelle on her left thigh. Meringue splatted her knee and the bottom hem of her miniskirt. Michelle gritted her teeth.
"Your turn Michelle. As of last month, how much did Mark make per year? Accurate to within five thousand, thanks."
Michelle gave me this evil look, like, what are you trying to prove with these Mark-specific questions? But she thought for a bit, and said "Forty-eight thousand a year."
"Close enough, fifty thousand. Your pie." Again, Michelle went for a wild throw at Donna's head. Again, she missed. The pie flew past Donna and splatted against the wall.
Some color had risen in Michelle's face. She was breathing harder and her glare could peel paint.
"Looks like your throwing arm needs a little work," quipped Donna.
"My pulling arm's a lot better," Michelle shot back.
Donna smiled sweetly at her. I can ignore your insults, I'm winning...
Donna's next question was also Mark-specific. "How many moles does Mark have on his back?"
She didn't have to think long. "Two." I handed her the pie, and Donna held onto this one a bit longer, as if how contemplating how best to punish Michelle for her attitude.
The throw was a beauty. It flew flat and fast through the air, splatting with an audible slap against Michelle's chin and throat. Little dots of meringue landed on her shoulders, her face and nose, even in her hair. Meanwhile the mass of meringue on her neck slowly slid down, coming to rest at her collarbone.
Michelle's mouth opened and she looked down at herself. Meringue covered most of her right side, and one of her legs. Then she wiped her face with one hand, and glared at Donna.
The mess on her clothes, the frustration of her missed shots, these questions about Mark... all of a sudden she took matters into her own hands, strode straight past me, picked up the last two pies and rushed Donna. Before Donna could even retreat a step Michelle had planted both pies squarely on her chest. Meringue splatted against the top of her dress and her pale skin.
Michelle stepped back, eyes glowing. Donna cringed from her, visibly upset.
Before anything else could happen, I moved between them. "Michelle - back where you were," I said sharply. Michelle did so, a satisfied smile on her face. I looked at Donna, and saw she was brushing meringue off her chest, and sighing with distaste at the meringue ending up on her gloved hands as a result.
I stepped back from between them. "We calm now? Okay. Michelle, you stepped out of turn. As we agreed earlier, you have to pay a forfeit. Which I will now administer."
Michelle didn't say anything, just stood and watched as I reached under the table and pulled out a bucket. It held out the bucket to them both - it was full to the brim with meringue.
"Stay as still as a statue," I said to Michelle. Maybe she didn't know immediately what I was going to do with the meringue, but I think she knew then. And now I felt more nervous than I had all day. They were going to guess there was more to this day than just trying to patch things up between friends. They were going to call me a freak...
Michelle held still as I raised the bucket up high. I turned it over in the air and slowly lowered it down over her head. Michelle's expression didn't change. At the last moment she shut her eyes.
Meringue flattened down her hair, and then I pushed the bucket right down, plastic rim knocking against her shoulders. Some globs of meringue detached themselves from the bucket and spattered her jacket and shirt.
Donna's mouth was a wide 'O'.
I left the bucket where it was for a second then lifted it smoothly up. For a moment all you could see was a white block of meringue, then it sagged and fell apart and you could see Michelle's head again. Meringue blew out from her mouth as she breathed out. Her hair was almost completely covered in the white mixture, her eyes invisible. Michelle lifted her hands and wiped her brow clean, and blinked her eyes open. She did the same for her nose and mouth.
Meringue fell from her head continuously as she did this. She now had a trail of white marshmallowy globs down her front, so that it almost looked like she was wearing a checked jacket. Some meringue slid down her skin between her breasts.
Michelle shook her head, sending more globs of meringue flying out in a little shower that coated her shoulders and arms and the floor.
My heart was in my mouth - how were these two going to react to what I had just done?
I snuck a look at Donna and was relieved to see a furtive grin on her face.
Michelle sighed, and I could hear in the sigh that she could see the humor in the situation.
And then I knew that I had them both.
"You've done quite a lot of preparation for this," said Michelle.
"It's only because I value our friendship," I said. "Now, ready for round 2?"
Michelle and Donna both nodded.
"This one's a lot simpler. I've got a list of foodstuffs under the plastic tarp behind me, and a coin. Heads means the person gets messed with the food, tails means they're clear. If you're getting messed, the person doing it will be the other contestant, and they can apply the food however they wish. We play through until all the food has been used. And since Michelle got the brunt of the pies last round, Donna, you're first."
I took the coin from my pocket, flipped it, and caught it again. Slapping the coin down on my arm, I kept them in suspense for a moment, then said, "Sorry, Donna, but it's heads." I reached behind me and pulled out a jar of peanut butter.
"Huh?" said Donna, not sure how this was going to work. But Michelle already had the jar in her hands and was walking over. The contrast of Donna, mostly clean, standing next to Michelle, black and white and covered in meringue, almost made me start giggling.
Michelle just stood there, looking at Donna with a toothy grin on her face. Then she said, "take off your shoes."
"My shoes?" said Donna uncertainly.
"Do it."
Slowly, one by one she lifted her feet and lifted the pumps out from under her dress. Then Michelle knelt down in front of them, opened the jar, and scooped out a handful of peanut butter.
As Donna grimaced, Michelle smeared the butter all over the insides of her shoes. She completely filled the toes, and smeared a little over the outside, just to ruin them more.
"Put them on," she said.
Looking unhappy, Donna nonetheless gingerly stepped back into her shoes, squicking her eyes closed as she did so. I heard the squelch as peanut butter oozed out around her ankles. Donna whined softly.
Michelle still had some peanut butter left over, and she scooped it all up in one hand. Slowly, taking pleasure in the fact that Donna had to stand there and take whatever she did, Michelle raised her hand up over Donna's head and dropped the peanut butter in her hair.
Then she pushed her hand down and started rubbing the peanut butter through her hair. Donna squealed, and glared daggers at her. Michelle just kept on brushing through her hair, rubbing the peanut butter from the tips to the roots. The flowers in her hair likewise didn't escape the treatment, and were soon ragged little balls.
"You bitch," said Donna.
"Relax, it's good for the hair," said Michelle. "Anyway, you'll be getting your turn." She stepped back from Donna, whose hair now looked like she'd been dipping her head in mud.
Both of them were waiting for the next coin toss. It came up tails. Michelle smirked. The next toss was Donna's, and it was heads.
Donna grumbled under her breath as I reached for the next foodstuff. It was a bottle of tomato sauce. Michelle popped the cap and looked at Donna again. What to do this time...?
"Hold out your arms," she said. Donna held her arms out straight from her body, and Michelle poured the tomato sauce over her pristine white gloves. Sauce gushed out over her forearms, dripping from her elbows and fingers. Donna now looked like she'd stepped straight from the set of a gory horror movie. More than that, she looked like she was about to cry.
Michelle used up all the sauce on her arms, using the last drops to make narrow lines up her biceps, splattering the shoulder of her dress. Then she tossed the bottle aside and awaited the next toss.
I tossed. "Okay Michelle, it's... tails."
I looked at Donna, who tensed, and tossed again. "And Donna... tails."
Back to Michelle. One more toss. "And Michelle... heads."
I reached into the plastic tarp behind me, and pulled out a large bowl of porridge. Quantity wise, this far outweighed anything Michelle had been given so far, and as a little decorative touch I'd put a swirl of honey on the top.
Donna's eyes lit up at the sight of the porridge, and she practically snatched it from my hands. She smiled at Michelle, looking over her body and wondering where this should go.
"Turn around," she said eventually. Michelle did so, not even bothering to look back behind her. "And tilt yourself forward a bit." Again Michelle wordlessly complied. I wondered where Donna was going with this.
"Hmmm... you know, black really isn't your color," she said, then poured the porridge out over Michelle's jacket. Donna was too eager for a patient and methodical coating of the black jacket, and the porridge splatted in a wet round mass near the top of Michelle's spine, before gravity slowly pulled it downward. Michelle's jacket sagged with the weight, bunching up at her shoulders. Donna had more porridge left, so she poured it over the shoulders, then coated all the empty spaces at her waist. Soon the back of Michelle's jacket was a dripping, white, oat-flecked mess, and still Donna had a little left over. She picked up a handful and tossed it against Michelle's ass, the porridge slapping against her black skirt. I almost expected Michelle to snap at this, but she stoically remained motionless. Donna gathered up the last of the porridge and again splatted it over her ass. Then she was handing me the bowl, with a very loud "Thanks."
The next coin toss was for Donna, and it came up tails. Michelle had turned around now, and I was very impressed with her self control. Her facial expression had barely changed.
Unfortunately for Michelle, her next coin toss came up heads. I gave Donna a big bowl of spaghetti and pasta sauce. She was so excited she didn't wait and look for a good spot to mess Michelle. She didn't even walk over so she could pour it over her. The moment the bowl was in her hands Donna just tossed it at Michelle, spaghetti and tomato sauce splatting all over her front.
The warm sauce stained her jacket, her shirt, and coated every inch of visible skin between her breasts and under her chin. Spaghetti clung to her jacket and ran down her skirt. It was like she was wearing a carpet of pasta. Bits of sauce and spaghetti dropped down, spattering her stockinged legs. It seemed like I could hear every drop, every slither of spaghetti.
Michelle's mouth opened at the impact, and now for the first time I saw real anger on her face. "I'll get payback, don't worry about that," she spat at Donna.
"What do you mean, payback?" said Donna. "You were ahead before today. I'm just getting even."
And inwardly, I just had to smile. Things were going perfect. Even though I was the ringmaster, neither of them were focusing their anger on me, they were so caught up in their hatred for each other. I'd be able to push things a long way today...
"All right, next coin toss for Donna," I said. It came down heads, but I noticed that Donna didn't tense this time. She was in the fight for keeps now.
The general idea was that the foodstuffs would get heftier and messier, and so I handed Michelle a bowl of white cake batter. She was already eyeing up Donna.
"Well, this is a problem," she said eventually. "You're already wearing white, and I want good value for this mess."
They were staring each other directly in the eyes, and I got the feeling Donna already knew what Michelle was planning to do. I didn't have a clue.
Michelle took two steps toward Donna, then shifted the bowl of batter to one hand only. With the other she pulled out the top of Donna's dress, and then she dumped the batter inside. Cake batter is not very liquid, and takes a fair time to pour from a bowl. But Donna didn't move, didn't even make a noise of protest as Michelle kept on pouring in the batter.
Donna's dress now began to sag heavily around her waist and groin. Combined with Michelle having pulled the top out from her body I could see a fair bit of Donna's breasts, and I found myself wondering what precisely she was wearing beneath the wedding dress. The cake batter was hitting her skin right between her breasts, and flowed down in a wide slow moving river of flour and water.
I could hear batter dripping onto the floor, though her dress hid it.
The atmosphere was electric. Michelle and Donna continued to stare directly into each other's eyes. They were both smiling, but they weren't friendly smiles.
It seemed to me a least a minute passed, Donna's dress getting steadily heavier and more bedraggled. Eventually the last cake batter dripped out, and Michelle let go her dress and walked back to her position.
Donna didn't lift a hand to adjust her clothes, even though her dress had slipped an inch down her body. The fabric, particularly at her groin and thighs, was less billowy and clung to her body more.
The next coin toss was for Michelle. "Tails," I said. Michelle and Donna stared at each other and I felt like I was being forgotten.
The next toss, however, was heads. I reached under the plastic and gave Michelle an enormous gallon bottle of chocolate syrup. She didn't take much time sizing Donna up before saying, "Turn around. Bend over."
Donna wordlessly turned around and copied Michelle's pose from earlier.
"More."
Donna bent over more, so her upper body was almost horizontal. Her butt stuck up sharply.
Sure enough, Michelle poured the chocolate syrup out over her ass. There was so much in the bottle that she didn't have to worry about doing it slowly, and the syrup gushed down like water, immediately plastering her dress tightly over her skin. Michelle moved the bottle from left to right, watching the syrup as it ran down the back of her dress from her ass to her feet. Some of the syrup dripped down between her legs and made spot stains on the front of her dress, and I could see it slowly spreading on the floor.
When Michelle was done almost all of the lower back half of Donna's dress was soaking in chocolate syrup. The dress clung in a very shapely fashion to her ass. Again I speculated as to what Donna was wearing beneath the dress. She must be as sticky as hell down there.
Michelle tossed the bottle aside, and Donna straightened up, immediately ready for the next round. Still they stared at each other, smiling.
The next coin toss, Michelle's, was another head. I gave Donna a similarly sized bottle, this one full of raspberry syrup. Donna held onto it a little longer this time, presumably because she didn't want to copy what Michelle had just done. Chocolate syrup still dripped from her dress and down her legs.
"Okay, turn around," she said to Michelle. "Stay straight." She reached out, hooked two fingers into Michelle's porridge-laden jacket, and pulled both it and the collar of her shirt away from the skin. She dumped the raspberry syrup down the gap, against the bare skin of her back.
You could see the syrup tumbling down her back in the motion made by her jacket and shirt. Little red trails leaked out around her waist, spilled over her skirt, and ran down her legs. It splatted on the ground in another steadily expanding pool. Donna moved the bottle from side to side, doing her best to pour the syrup down her shoulders, but the majority coursed down Michelle's spine.
When it was done Michelle's skirts sagged a bit, and her jacket looked even more sodden and the worse for wear. Her legs were coated quite smoothly in red syrup.
It was Donna's turn next, and again I tossed heads. I gave Michelle a bowl full to the brim with melted ice cream. Without hesitation she dumped it over Donna's head.
Donna gasped with shock, the look of outrage returning faintly to her face. The ice cream changed the look of her face in an instant, turning her hair into a creamy fright wig, soaking every inch of her face, running down her neck and chest in white streams. I hadn't had that ice-cream out of the freezer long and no doubt it was still pretty cold. Her skin was sticking up in goosebumps and I could hear her breathing getting faster.
The next coin toss was for Michelle, and I called it heads. Actually it was tails but I had long since stopped worrying about the integrity of this contest, and both of them were too preoccupied to notice anyway. I handed Donna a bottle of maple syrup.
Donna smiled sweetly at Michelle and stepped in front of her. I could see her dander was really up this time. The expression on her face never changing, Donna stared at Michelle as her free hand reached out and pulled open Michelle's skirt, revealing her black lace panties.
"Oh, this is really too much," said Michelle contemptuously. But she didn't try to stop Donna.
Donna upended the bottle and poured it inside Michelle's skirt. She was still looking at Michelle as she did this, so the syrup ran down the inside of her skirt or dripped directly onto the floor. But she moved the bottle closer to Michelle's body and soon the syrup was pouring directly over her panties. Donna moved the nozzle left to right, coating her waist, then squeezed her hand hard and pushed a heavy mass of syrup out over the panties, making a glistening sweet oval above her genitals. By now she'd about covered Michelle's panties in syrup so she returned her attention to the skirt, holding it inside out and covering the inside with syrup. When the last syrup was squeezed out, Michelle's skirt was sagging over Donna's hand. It was obviously too heavy to snap back against Michelle's waist, so Donna pressed it back into place, pushing her hand up and down the skirt so the syrup would stick to her groin and her thighs.
Donna stepped back, and neither of them said a word. It didn't feel to me like either of them was enjoying being messed, but they obviously liked being the messer.
The next coin toss was Donna's, and I wasn't about to gyp Michelle out of the next messing. I called it heads again, and gave Michelle a large plastic bowl full of baked beans.
Michelle held them for a second, as if thinking of something extra devious to do with them, then shrugged and just tossed them over Donna. Beans splatted down her front, leaving red trails from shoulder to toe. The mess pushed her dress further against her body, and Donna's breasts were slowly gaining extra definition. Donna just stood there, hardly even reacting. That the best you got? her body language seemed to say.
And I just had to take a moment to look at them both. Fifteen minutes earlier, both of them had been standing in my living room, neat and tidy and immaculate. Now their clothes were wet and bedraggled, hanging loosely on their bodies. Their skin glistened with syrup or sported sauce stains.
They didn't care. The thrill of not just seeing each other humiliated, but being the active agent of that humiliation - they just didn't care if they got messed back as a result. I could see they both wanted to dish out more.
"Okay, that's the last of them," I said. For the first time in several minutes they seemed to remember I was here. "Now, I asked this before and I'll ask it again: are you two willing to forgive each other?"
"I can forgive her once she stops being so melodramatic and confrontational," said Michelle. She brushed at a bit of pasta in her cleavage.
"I can't forgive her for spoiling my relationship," said Donna.
"You two did not get on well together!" said Michelle. "It was going to end."
"Doesn't matter," said Donna. "You know how little time I've spent in relationships. A bad one is better than nothing."
I waited for a response to this from Michelle, but she was silent. "Very well," I said. "Onto round 3!"
I pulled down the plastic from one wall, and behind it hung a cardboard spinning wheel I'd made the day before. Around the rim, written in permanent marker, were various body parts: head, arms, feet, butt, boobs.
While Michelle and Donna digested that, I lifted up another bit of plastic and lugged a big, fifty-litre bucket out between them. Orange liquid sloshed out over the sides and stained my hands. The bucket was full to the brim with pumpkin soup.
Michelle and Donna looked at me, waiting for me to explain further. Both of them looked eager and keyed up. I almost felt guilty standing there clean - my hands had some soup and syrup on them, and I'd wiped them on my pants a few times, but that was pretty much it. I was starting to feel left out.
"We're going to spin this wheel four times," I said. "Twice for each of you. Whatever body part it lands on - you'll have to stick it in the bucket. All the way in. And yes, if you haven't guessed it yet that's pumpkin soup in there. Michelle, you're up first again. Care to give it a spin?"
I stepped back out of her way as she crossed the tarp-covered floor. She spun the wheel with one sticky hand, and it made three wobbly revolutions before landing on feet.
Michelle pursed her lips, no doubt figuring it could have been worse, and stepped into the bucket.
The rim came up to her knees. Some of the soup sloshed over the edge and ran across the floor. One rivulet ran under my feet and I felt the rather pleasurable sensation of soup running between my toes.
Michelle stood there, a triumphant grin on her face, while Donna looked disappointed. When she stepped out again it was like she'd put on a pair of orange knee-length socks, and given her black shoes a new paint job. Every inch of her calves was orange.
"Easy enough," she said.
Now it was Donna's turn. She stepped forward without me having to say a word, put her hand on the now food-stained wheel, and gave it a vigorous tug.
The wheel, already unbalanced, turned around one and a half times, and finished on boobs.
Audrey looked questioningly at me. "So how am I-"
"Just push them in," I said.
"All the way," added Michelle.
"Yes, all the way."
Donna looked at me a little longer before turning around and standing in front of the bucket. She knelt down, her syrup and batter stained dress now soaking up the soup, and gripped the sides of the bucket with her saucy gloved hands. Slowly she lowered her chest.
Already wet from the earlier messings, the front of her dress now clung quite revealingly to her chest and so I could see quite clearly her breasts hanging down, gravity giving them an even fuller shape. Her nipples dipped into the soup and as her breasts followed them in the level of pumpkin soup sharply rose.
She kept pushing down until her back arched. Soup ran down the sides of the bucket, and her chocolate-covered butt stuck out sharply.
As she bent up and then straightened, a flood of pumpkin soup ran down her front, splashing loudly on the floor. Her dress was nearly unrecognizable now - it was like a ragged sheet that had been attacked by a crowd of toddlers armed with tins of paint. Apart from some of the ruffles at her shoulder, it had entirely lost its shape. Her orange-coated breasts stood out from her chest in sharp relief. I saw the inward dip of her crotch outlined clearly in the fabric. Somehow the dress must have shrunk too, as I could see her feet and ankles below the dripping hem.
Donna was looking down at herself, as if noticing the damage for the first time. She plucked the fabric of her dress between finger and thumb and squeezed it. Soup dripped out.
I took a look in the bucket - the soup level had dropped several inches.
The room was really starting to smell now. The air felt like there were droplets suspended in it. We were all starting to sweat.
The next spin was Michelle's, and after a woeful tug that barely moved the wheel through a full revolution, the pointer finished up over 'butt'.
Donna snickered. Michelle winced.
"Just lower yourself in," I said. "All the way."
Michelle sighed, pursed her lips, and stood over the bucket. She bent down and grabbed the sides of the bucket with her hands, and gently lowered her ass in. Her drooping skirt dipped in, and as her butt moved below the surface once again displacement of mass shot the soup level upward. It quickly rose over her skirt and her lap disappeared beneath the soup.
"Till you hit bottom," I added.
Soup was pouring over the rim of the bucket in a massive flood now. Michelle wriggled down further, butt moving from left to right, arms flexing as her legs pulled inward and up. The bucket was wide enough that she could draw herself fully into it, and by now the soup was halfway up her thighs and brushing the underside of her breasts. Michelle wriggled around a little more, sending more and more soup sheeting across the floor, and when she was done the soup was at the level of her nipples, and almost to her knees.
Michelle sat there, a wry smile on her face. Donna was practically dancing around with glee.
"Not bad," I said. "You take gymnastics at school?"
Michelle didn't dignify this with a response. With a certain amount of difficulty she wriggled up from the bucket. After some determined huffing and puffing, squelching and splashing, she was upright again. Soup rained down on the floor, though most of it seemed to be sticking right where it was. She looked totally different. It was as if someone had seized her by the head, dipped her in orange paint to the level of her boobs, and just seconds ago pulled her free. Her jacket was practically hanging free from her shoulders. Her shirt clung to her skin, semitransparent. Her skirt had slipped several inches down her thighs, and I could see the outline of her black panties beneath the soup.
And she didn't even try to adjust her clothing. For that matter, Donna hadn't tried to pull up her dress, or wring out her hair. Maybe both of them felt guilty for the damage they'd done our friendship. Maybe they didn't just see this event as revenge, but as just punishment.
Of course, you couldn't see any guilt on Donna's gleeful face at the moment. She dashed over and gave a wheel a spin.
It landed on 'head'. Michelle laughed out loud, and I could almost see Donna swallow.
She looked uncertain, but didn't say anything. She was getting her courage at this now.
"To the neck level is fine," I said. "You might want to pinch your nose shut."
She nodded, and pinched forefinger and thumb around her nose. Holding it shut, she stepped in front of the bucket, and knelt. Her knees squelched in the soup. She leant over the bucket, peanut butter smeared and ice-cream dripping hair brushing the soup, then floating on the surface as she slowly lowered her head.
The top of her head went under and she continued the slow descent, soup rising up her hair.
When the level was up around her forehead, she seemed to make up her mind and quickly ducked her head under.
Almost immediately she pulled it out again. Soup sprayed out as she jerked her head back, drops flying from her hair and spattering on Michelle and I. Neither of us could complain though, as we were mesmerized in the change to Donna's appearance.
Her head looked like it had been dipped in liquid clay. Her hair dripped pumpkin soup like it was a showerhead. She was spitting and gasping for air, brushing at her nose and trying to blow the soup out. Her shoulders were running wet with soup. Orange flowed down her body like someone was drawing down a curtain. Within seconds hardly any part of her didn't have at least a spot of orange in it.
Michelle was laughing at her, but I heard a new note in it. This wasn't the mean, vindictive laughter she'd be giving Donna earlier. Now there was genuine warmth and affection in it. And I couldn't blame her, because Donna looked so cute just then, like an unlucky drowned rat. I felt like laughing myself. Both my feet were half submerged in pumpkin soup. The atmosphere in here felt playful and fun.
"Well done, both of you," I said. "Now I'll ask that question again... are you willing to forgive each other yet?"
With the current mood in the room, I was expecting them to say Yes. But they surprised me.
"Not yet," Michelle said simply. And her words were directed more at me than Donna. They said: what else you got to throw at us?
"She has to say sorry," said Donna, in that same half-distracted voice. Neither of them sounded angry.
This all looked pretty hopeful to me. They were more or less ready to forgive each other by now, they just needed a little extra push...
Then it occurred to me that maybe they'd already forgiven each other, implicitly. These two certainly didn't look like enemies right now. They weren't saying anything yet because they were more interested in getting messy.
They were going to let me go further. My heart starting beating harder.
"All right then, round 4. But first..."
I pointed at the bucket. "We need to dispose of the rest of this soup. The bucket's still half full, and it's going over one of you."
Okay, I thought to myself, if they're full friends again, they'll gang up on me and pour it on me. The idea - thrilling, scary - made my heart beat and my limbs weak.
It didn't happen.
Unexpectedly, what did happen was Michelle saying, "Over me."
I didn't understand her at first. "Huh?" was all I could say.
"Over me," she repeated. "Come on, I can take it."
"I was going to suggest-"
"Just do it already," she said impatiently.
"Okay, okay," I said. "Donna, you'll have to help me lift this up."
Donna joined me at the bucket and together we lifted it up. This was the first time I'd really been close to Donna since she started getting messy. She smelled pungent and sweet, with just the tart sauce tugging at the nostrils.
With a bit more grunting and heaving we lifted the bucket up over our shoulders. Small quantities of pumpkin soup were trickling down my arm and splatting on my sweatshirt but I ignored them. Donna's side brushed mine and that side of my body got sticky and damp. Michelle stood still, watching us with a smile on her face, one arm propped against her waist.
We lifted the bucket high as we could over her face, till we were standing on the tips of our toes. "Ready?" I said. "One... two... three!"
Together we tipped the bucket forward.
Pumpkin soup gushed out in a massive torrent. Just the weight of it pushed Michelle's head back. One arm of her jacket slid off her shoulder and her whole upper body was soaked to the skin in a flash. Soup splashed off her head, from her arms and legs, and up from the pools of pumpkin soup on the floor. I could feel it dotting my legs.
Every inch of Michelle was orange. The gap her shirt made between
her breasts had widened dramatically, and her nipples were clearly visible through the white fabric. Her jacket looked like it was going to fall off any second. Her skirt was halfway down her thighs.
Michelle grinned, the whites of her teeth showing. "See. That was nothing." She flung an arm out to demonstrate, and pumpkin soup sprayed out.
I could feel the bottoms of my sweatpants starting to get heavy with the soup accumulating on them. The fabric felt wet when it brushed against my skin. My sweatbands were getting tight around the wrists, damp and swollen with pumpkin soup.
I felt sure both of them would welcome a sudden three-way wrestle in the soup puddled on the floor. And I ached to do it. But I knew I could push this further.
"I should point out, incidentally, that there's a showerhead outside," I said, pointing to a door at the back of the garage. "It's just round the side. The fence is quite high, so nobody'll be able to see." Both Michelle and Donna looked distinctly underwhelmed by this revelation.
"Now, as I was saying," I continued, "Round 4."
I returned to the table, and pulled another sheet of plastic tarp from the far end. Underneath it were eight pies. Not meringue pies, like we'd used earlier, but rich, full pies - filling, pastry, frosting, piled up six inches high, in shells a foot wide. Genuine bakery pies. I'd bought them a couple of days ago, going to several places to get as many different flavors as I could.
They looked weighty and dangerous, like they'd pack a punch when they hit.
"Okay, same as round 1, it's trivia questions," I said. "These pies aren't going to fly through the air as easily as the meringue ones did, so you'll have to plant them directly on your opponent. Who isn't allowed to move or resist. And you're allowed to make them position themselves any way you want. All clear?"
They nodded.
"All right. Michelle, you may as well go first since you volunteered for the bucket. Here it is: Where does Mark work?"
"At Hyatt and Sullivans, on Portland Avenue," said Michelle without hesitation.
"Correct!" I reached for the nearest pie, which was banana cream. There were yellow drizzles of syrup on the cream, and pieces of banana dotting the surface.
Michelle accepted the pie with relish. "Oh, am I going to enjoy this," she said, taking her time walking over to Donna so she could get a good look at what was going to soon be on her. She raised the pie slowly, daring Donna to flinch, and planted it squarely in her kisser.
Donna stood still to receive it: not moving as Michelle ground the pie into her face, and finished by wiping the pie up over her head. When Michelle was done Donna wiped her eyes out with one hand, blinked them open, but otherwise left the mess on her face untouched. The pie crust was dry and crumbly, and had fallen all down her front, accompanied by fruit, filling and syrup.
"Okay, Donna, next question is yours," I said. "What day did you first meet Mark?"
"March 21st," she said. "At the Silverdale Gym."
"Right again." I handed Donna an apple and raspberry tart. Donna studied Michelle for a moment, then told her to turn around. I could see her looking at Michelle's butt - her skirt was stained orange, sodden with soup and syrup, and hanging crumpled halfway down her butt. I could see the tops of her lacy black panties, and some of the bare skin of her butt.
Sure enough, Donna pushed the tart firmly onto her ass. Taking her cue from Michelle she took her time rubbing it in, wiping the pie over her dress, her panties and both buttcheeks. When she was done she left the pie where it was and stepped back. Apple and raspberry were smeared all over.
I waited for Michelle to turn around before asking the next question. "Mark has an extensive pornography collection. True/False?"
"True," said Michelle. "At least if you count pictures of naked women in pantyhose." I nodded to her and gave her a coconut cream pie. This one was the heaviest yet and I had to hold it in both hands to be sure I didn't drop it.
Michelle didn't spend much time torturing Donna this time. "Turn around," she said straight away. Donna did so, even bending forward a little so her butt stuck out.
"Good," said Michelle, and started pulling up the bottom of her dress.
"Uhm... what?" said Donna, laughing nervously.
"Oh be quiet, you've got more than one layer of clothing on," said Michelle. She lifted up the soaking lower half of Donna's dress and deposited it in the small of her back.
For the first time I was able to fully see Donna's stockings. Originally pale white, they were now streaked all over with chocolate syrup and pumpkin soup. Higher up, underneath the dress Donna had been wearing a topless body stocking, the fabric thin and semitransparent. It was fully transparent now, particularly around the butt where chocolate syrup had soaked through to the skin. The body stocking cupped her shapely buttocks in a V, cut high at the sides. You could practically see the hairs on her skin through it.
With one hand Michelle pushed Donna's back down a little further, and then she planted the pie on her ass. She rubbed it around and let the coconut cream drip down her legs, over her stockings and pumps.
Donna laughed the whole time. The nervousness had melted away by now. I could have sworn she was enjoying it. And indeed Michelle had gone from pushing the pie against her butt to running her hands through the actual cream, fingers pressing directly against Donna's ass.
After half a minute, she'd covered Donna's ass to her satisfaction, and Michelle carefully drew Donna's dress back down, concealing the mess.
"Donna, next question. How many letters in Mark's surname?" I was just lowballing them the questions now, but neither of them seemed to notice... or care. Donna answered 'six', correctly, and I handed her a chocolate gateaux. It was twice as high as any of the other pies, its surface covered in dark cream, the interior fruit and soft bubble-packed sponge.
When she had it in her hands Donna looked at Michelle a moment then told her to open her jacket. It was nearly falling off her at this stage but Michelle held it open a little wider at her breasts. Her white shirt was thin and gauzy, smeared with syrup and cream and soup. It followed the curves of her breasts, which stood out sharply between her hands.
That was where Donna aimed the gateaux, planting it firmly between her breasts. The cake was big enough that it promptly covered them both, squashing out over her neck and her belly. She started to rub it in, but the gateaux was far too fragile to be pushed like a pie and it crumbled apart in her hands. She rubbed it in anyway, pushing handfuls around over Michelle's breasts, picking up pieces and smearing them over the folds of her jacket. Gateaux slowly fell down Michelle's front in slow motion disintegration.
When she stepped back to examine the damage, Michelle's chest was a mass of cream and cake. A big shelf of cream had been pushed into her cleavage. Cream covered Michelle's hands, still holding her jacket open.
"You can close the jacket now," said Donna. Michelle lifted the fallen arm of the jacket back up over her shoulder, then pulled her jacket back together. She pressed it against her body and it stuck in the cream, concealing most of the gateaux on her chest.
They looked at each other. Both of them were laughing now.
The next question was Michelle's, and I asked as they were both still laughing. "And how many letters in Mark's first name?"
"Four?" snorted Michelle. I gave her a cherry pie. Michelle stood for a while and looked at Donna curiously. There was a goading expression in Donna's eyes. It was if they were daring each other to go further and further.
"Okay, I've got it," she said eventually. "Pull down your top."
Donna didn't protest or look confused. Her dress was already sagging down her body, only an inch or two from freeing her breasts for public display. Donna held the dress fabric out from her body, then tugged it down, having to work a little to shift the wet fabric down her rather tight torso. Eventually she gave up and just rolled it down to her waist.
Underneath the dress was her white body stocking, the top coming to just above her nipples. It had a wide white streak down its middle, the cake batter Michelle had poured in earlier. Elsewhere it was streaked with chocolate syrup, and most of it was still wet from the pumpkin soup. The moisture had turned it transparent, so that it was barely an extra layer over her body. Her breasts stood out clearly as if she was wearing nothing at all.
PART 5 - THE GARAGE
The next day, I realized that I'd need the garage for the weekend food fight.
I hadn't really given much thought yet as to where I'd have Michelle and Donna face off - at one point I was thinking the kitchen, or possibly even the back yard. But having been up on the stage of the Messy Club, and seen how widespread and out of control a full scale messing could get, I knew I'd need a lot of space. I spent the morning cleaning out the garage, moving everything that wasn't bolted down, then went out and bought a stack of plastic tarpaulins to cover everything else.
And with that done, I went on a massive shopping spree. Earlier in the week I'd mainly been buying things out of curiosity - would this make a good messy food? What about this stuff poured over somebody's head? - but now I attacked the supermarkets with a purpose. I drew up lists and visited wholesalers. My sketchpad continued to fill with ideas, and these grew more detailed and specific. I baked and baked and mixed and mixed. Then I'd hit the stores for more.
I'd write little scenarios in my sketchpad that had no way of being enacted by myself, Michelle and Donna, but were fun to envision anyway. Ideas would come to me out of nowhere and I'd rush to get them down on paper, whereupon I'd either expand the idea out into a little story or hit the road for some more supplies.
The dreams hadn't stopped, either. Indeed they were getting longer and even more vivid. In the one I had the night after visiting the Messy Club, myself, Donna, Michelle and Chloe were standing in a wide open field surrounded by people. There was food piled up all around us and people from the audience shouted out messy things for us to do. Soon clothing was being pulled down and shouts from the audience got more explicit. When I woke up from that one the first thing I did was write out what I could remember, ending up with nearly three pages of messy dream. After that I kept a notepad by my bed.
In the midst of all this, the manager of the Messy Club called me. I was too surprised to do more than just listen as he once again praised my performance of Tuesday night. Finally he got around to his point - they always had shifts available and would I be interested in turning up again? I told him that I was real busy right now, but I'd think about it.
When I hung up I turned my attention back to the sauces simmering on my stove. Half an hour later I'd forgotten the call entirely.
By now I was really looking forward to Saturday. I wondered what Michelle and Donna were thinking. Perhaps they'd managed to put it out of their minds, though I rather doubted it. I liked to think they were feeling a little nervous, a bit scared, but also looking forward to dishing out some treatment.
Neither of them had called since the weekend.
Finally Saturday dawned, and my activity levels went into overdrive. I spent the morning putting all the food into the garage, then lugging in some heaters, just to keep the temperature at a comfortable warm level. When I was done it was eleven o'clock, and the contest was just two hours away.
At this point I realized that I had to decide what to wear.
I went to my bedroom and stared at my wardrobe for a while, but it was an easy decision to come to. As referee/games master, I obviously couldn't upstage Michelle or Donna, so anything flashy was out. There was a fair chance I'd end up wearing food too so I couldn't wear anything I really liked. In the end I selected a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants. I stripped down and tried them on, and I looked like a jogger about to set off on a 5 a.m. run. It'd do. I added sweatbands around my wrists and forehead so that I'd look like a sporting coach, and that worked too.
I started to take off my clothes so I could put on some underwear, but paused. Was there really any point in adding to the number of messy clothes I'd have to clean? And the idea of going commando was such a naughty one it seemed to fit into today's theme perfectly. I kept my clothes the way they were and walked back out into the living room.
It was nearly noon. I got a drink to soothe my nerves and waited on the sofa. I could hear the ticking of the clock. After a while a little internal monologue started up: they're not turning up, they're not turning up, they didn't call because they hate you, they're not turning up...
The doorbell rang at 12:55. I set my drink down, gathered my composure, and went to the front door.
Michelle stood there, one hand on hip, staring straight at me.
I'll just take a moment here to describe what she was wearing, as it so stunned me I couldn't say anything for a couple of seconds. She looked like a sexy young executive who'd just stepped out of a Penthouse Forum letter. She wore black high heels and sheer black stockings, running up to a tight black miniskirt so short that the tops of her stockings were visible. They were hanging from suspenders. The miniskirt was slit at the side, the slits coming as high as her pubic bone. She was practically wearing a loincloth.
Above the waist, she was wearing a white silk shirt tucked into the miniskirt, with a plunging neckline that ended a couple of inches above her navel. On top of the shirt she had a black business jacket, which fit snugly around her arms and was maybe a touch short at the waist. Her hair was immaculately coiffed, and her face had been given the full makeup treatment.
For the final insolent touch, she was wearing a striped tie, knotted loosely around her neck and hanging freely down, as if she was Avril Lavigne.
This outfit made an aggressive statement.
It said: My body looks like this.
I have the self confidence to display my body this way. Are you flashing this much cleavage and thigh? Didn't think so.
These clothes look expensive. Guess what? I can afford for them to be ruined.
Goodness knew what Donna would think when she saw her. Hell, Michelle was intimidating me.
"Wow! You've gone to some effort," I said at last. "Come on in!"
Michelle walked past without a word and I shut the door. Heaven only knew what the neighbors were thinking...
"You look like you've come here for a photo shoot," I said as I led her down the hall.
"Well, you did say we should wear our best clothes," said Michelle.
We entered the living area. Things got tense because Michelle didn't want to sit down in what she was wearing, and I couldn't think of anything to say. Michelle had this look of steely determination on her face that made me feel like an idiot for even attempting some polite small talk.
"I'm sure she'll be here any minute," I said to cover the silence.
"I have my doubts," said Michelle, staring out the window. "What's the contest going to be like?"
"Mainly trivia."
"And what are we going to be messing each other with? Pies? Water bombs? There better not be wrestling involved."
"That bit's a surprise. Say, can I get you a drink?"
"No thanks. So are we going to be standing still while the other does something to us, or is it a free-for-all, or what?"
"Uhm... maybe we should save this discussion for when Donna gets here."
Michelle smirked. For a moment I thought she was smirking at me, then I saw where she was looking and realized Donna had shown up. I ran to the front door just in time to hear the doorbell.
Donna's outfit left me just as speechless as Michelle's, though for rather different reason.
She looked like the bride at a wedding. She wore a strapless bridal dress, full and ruffled at the shoulders, lacy across the top of the chest, with embroidered lace patterns all down the front. On her arms she had elbow-length white gloves.
Her feet were hidden behind the dress, but as she took a step forward I saw she had on white pumps and white stockings.
And the final insanity, she had white flowers in her hair.
This was an even less appropriate outfit to wear to a messy event than Michelle's. Those clothes were going to be ruined. But at the same time I could see what Donna was getting at. The white clothes, the innocent bride look - Donna was clothing herself in virtue.
Her clothes were a statement on her behavior, just as Michelle's clothes were a statement on her behavior. This was a direct challenge to Michelle.
And besides, I had to admit that Donna did look great.
"Who's the groom?" I said, then clamped my mouth shut. Of all the stupid things to say...
Donna barely heard me. She didn't have Michelle self confidence - she looked totally petrified. "This is a mistake," she said.
"Nonsense," I said. "Besides, Michelle's already here, and you don't want to back down in front of her, do you?"
Sure enough this worked, and I led her inside, taking one last look at the surrounding houses. Nobody appeared to be watching, but I was sure I would be hearing about this for weeks to come.
I took her down the hall to the living room, where Michelle was waiting. Donna's eyes went wide when she saw Michelle's outfit, then they narrowed, as if she'd expected Michelle to slut up for the occasion. Michelle for her part just returned the same flinty stare she'd had ever since stepping through the front door.
Neither of them said a word.
"Okay, looks like you're both raring to go," I said brightly. "Let's start this." I walked back through the house, not bothering to check if they followed me. When I got to the garage I stepped to one side and waited for them.
I was pretty sure they'd be surprised by what they saw. Everything in the garage was covered in plastic tarp - walls, floor, even the ceiling. There were a number of bulky objects littering the floor, all which were also covered by plastic tarp. I was happy for them to assume these were just normal garage objects, because the tarp was actually my way of keeping all the various rounds of the contest a surprise.
With all this plastic sheeting the room looked like it had been prepped for some very hefty, very extensive messing.
Michelle stepped through the doorway first, then Donna a second later. You could see on their faces that they were just now getting an idea of what was in store for them, and they didn't like it one bit.
I pulled them into the room and got them standing where I wanted - facing each other, feet three yards apart. Then I turned to the plastic tarp behind me and pulled it up, revealing a wooden table laden with twelve meringue pies.
The meringue was just egg white, with no crust or filling, but they weren't to know that. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Donna shift her weight nervously.
"Okay, the rules," I said, now that I knew I had their attention. "I'm going to ask each of you questions in turn. If you get the question right, you get to throw a pie at the other player. If you get it wrong, they get to throw one at you. If you step outside the rules in any way, you pay a forfeit. And rest assured, they will be big."
Neither of them said anything. They both looked impatient and agitated now, just waiting for me to shut up so they could get this over with.
"Now you both know why we're here. I've done this because you two will not stop fighting, and I'm at my wits end trying to preserve this relationship. So I should ask this before we begin - are you willing to forgive each other yet."
"No chance in hell," said Donna.
Michelle just laughed, whether at me or Donna I wasn't exactly sure.
"Okay," I said. "Time for round 1." I pulled some cards out of my pocket. "General trivia, any subject. Michelle, you're first."
Michelle nodded, staring at Donna.
"How old is Mark?"
Michelle started to say something, then thought for a bit. "31?"
"Wrong. 30." I handed a pie to Donna. She smiled, weighted the pie in her right hand, then tossed it at Michelle with almost a shotputter action.
Michelle didn't flinch or try and dodge the pie. It tumbled weakly through the air, only just managing to graze Michelle's right arm, leaving white splotches of meringue on her jacket.
"Donna, next question. Which planet in our Solar System is named after the Roman god of the sea?"
Donna thought for a few seconds. "Neptune?"
"Correct!" I gave her another pie. Donna looked determined to make up for her last throw, and this one moved smoothly and accurately through the air, landing with a fair whack on Michelle's right chest. A large mass of meringue stuck there, coating her jacket and the middle of her shirt. Again, Michelle didn't react, but after a few seconds had passed, she glared and brushed the aluminium pie shell off her body.
Donna was grinning, eager for another throw.
"Back to you, Michelle. What was the number of the Beatles 'Revolution'?"
"Nine," Michelle answered instantly. I nodded and gave her a pie. She held it in her hand and regarded Donna's outfit critically. Then she hurled it at her midsection. Little globs of meringue flew out and coated Donna's front, but the pie itself spun so that it was the aluminium shell that finally hit Donna's dress. The pie dropped and splatted on the plastic floor.
You couldn't see the meringue very clearly against the white of Donna's dress. Donna stuck her tongue out at Michelle.
"Now, Donna. What make and model of car did Mark drive?"
She answered immediately, "Subaru Forester."
"That's right." Donna's pie toss was much like her last, and hit Michelle in almost the same place - just a bit higher, on her right shoulder. The meringue was starting to build up in a thick shelf over her breast.
"Michelle, your turn. What are the names of Donna's pets?"
Taking her time with the answer, Michelle said, "Pasty... Greg... and Molly."
She was right, and I gave her the next pie. Michelle had been paying attention, and this throw was much less wild than her last. Unfortunately for her however, she still hadn't worked out how to spin the pies - her pie struck Donna flush in the face, pie shell first. Again the meringue tumbled down, some catching her dress on the way down but most splatting on the floor. Donna rubbed her nose, which had reddened from the pie hit.
"Donna. What is the capital of Scotland?"
Donna thought this one over for a bit. "Glasgow?" she guessed.
"Wrong, Edinburgh. Michelle, your shot."
Michelle took the pie from my hands and glared at Donna. She threw the pie at her body, and this one hit her right way round, the meringue striking her dress just below the groin. Donna grimaced a little as she looked down at the mass of meringue clinging to her dress.
"Michelle, your question. Is the bow of the ship the front or the back?"
This one stumped Michelle for a bit. "The front," she said at last.
"That's right." Michelle had a nasty grin on her face as she took the pie, and immediately she threw it at Donna's head. The force was far too great though, and it flew high, splatting against the wall behind her.
"Now your question, Donna. Who wrote 'A Tale of Two Cities'?"
"Charles Dickens." Donna was already comfortable with her pie throwing motion, and this one struck Michelle on her left thigh. Meringue splatted her knee and the bottom hem of her miniskirt. Michelle gritted her teeth.
"Your turn Michelle. As of last month, how much did Mark make per year? Accurate to within five thousand, thanks."
Michelle gave me this evil look, like, what are you trying to prove with these Mark-specific questions? But she thought for a bit, and said "Forty-eight thousand a year."
"Close enough, fifty thousand. Your pie." Again, Michelle went for a wild throw at Donna's head. Again, she missed. The pie flew past Donna and splatted against the wall.
Some color had risen in Michelle's face. She was breathing harder and her glare could peel paint.
"Looks like your throwing arm needs a little work," quipped Donna.
"My pulling arm's a lot better," Michelle shot back.
Donna smiled sweetly at her. I can ignore your insults, I'm winning...
Donna's next question was also Mark-specific. "How many moles does Mark have on his back?"
She didn't have to think long. "Two." I handed her the pie, and Donna held onto this one a bit longer, as if how contemplating how best to punish Michelle for her attitude.
The throw was a beauty. It flew flat and fast through the air, splatting with an audible slap against Michelle's chin and throat. Little dots of meringue landed on her shoulders, her face and nose, even in her hair. Meanwhile the mass of meringue on her neck slowly slid down, coming to rest at her collarbone.
Michelle's mouth opened and she looked down at herself. Meringue covered most of her right side, and one of her legs. Then she wiped her face with one hand, and glared at Donna.
The mess on her clothes, the frustration of her missed shots, these questions about Mark... all of a sudden she took matters into her own hands, strode straight past me, picked up the last two pies and rushed Donna. Before Donna could even retreat a step Michelle had planted both pies squarely on her chest. Meringue splatted against the top of her dress and her pale skin.
Michelle stepped back, eyes glowing. Donna cringed from her, visibly upset.
Before anything else could happen, I moved between them. "Michelle - back where you were," I said sharply. Michelle did so, a satisfied smile on her face. I looked at Donna, and saw she was brushing meringue off her chest, and sighing with distaste at the meringue ending up on her gloved hands as a result.
I stepped back from between them. "We calm now? Okay. Michelle, you stepped out of turn. As we agreed earlier, you have to pay a forfeit. Which I will now administer."
Michelle didn't say anything, just stood and watched as I reached under the table and pulled out a bucket. It held out the bucket to them both - it was full to the brim with meringue.
"Stay as still as a statue," I said to Michelle. Maybe she didn't know immediately what I was going to do with the meringue, but I think she knew then. And now I felt more nervous than I had all day. They were going to guess there was more to this day than just trying to patch things up between friends. They were going to call me a freak...
Michelle held still as I raised the bucket up high. I turned it over in the air and slowly lowered it down over her head. Michelle's expression didn't change. At the last moment she shut her eyes.
Meringue flattened down her hair, and then I pushed the bucket right down, plastic rim knocking against her shoulders. Some globs of meringue detached themselves from the bucket and spattered her jacket and shirt.
Donna's mouth was a wide 'O'.
I left the bucket where it was for a second then lifted it smoothly up. For a moment all you could see was a white block of meringue, then it sagged and fell apart and you could see Michelle's head again. Meringue blew out from her mouth as she breathed out. Her hair was almost completely covered in the white mixture, her eyes invisible. Michelle lifted her hands and wiped her brow clean, and blinked her eyes open. She did the same for her nose and mouth.
Meringue fell from her head continuously as she did this. She now had a trail of white marshmallowy globs down her front, so that it almost looked like she was wearing a checked jacket. Some meringue slid down her skin between her breasts.
Michelle shook her head, sending more globs of meringue flying out in a little shower that coated her shoulders and arms and the floor.
My heart was in my mouth - how were these two going to react to what I had just done?
I snuck a look at Donna and was relieved to see a furtive grin on her face.
Michelle sighed, and I could hear in the sigh that she could see the humor in the situation.
And then I knew that I had them both.
"You've done quite a lot of preparation for this," said Michelle.
"It's only because I value our friendship," I said. "Now, ready for round 2?"
Michelle and Donna both nodded.
"This one's a lot simpler. I've got a list of foodstuffs under the plastic tarp behind me, and a coin. Heads means the person gets messed with the food, tails means they're clear. If you're getting messed, the person doing it will be the other contestant, and they can apply the food however they wish. We play through until all the food has been used. And since Michelle got the brunt of the pies last round, Donna, you're first."
I took the coin from my pocket, flipped it, and caught it again. Slapping the coin down on my arm, I kept them in suspense for a moment, then said, "Sorry, Donna, but it's heads." I reached behind me and pulled out a jar of peanut butter.
"Huh?" said Donna, not sure how this was going to work. But Michelle already had the jar in her hands and was walking over. The contrast of Donna, mostly clean, standing next to Michelle, black and white and covered in meringue, almost made me start giggling.
Michelle just stood there, looking at Donna with a toothy grin on her face. Then she said, "take off your shoes."
"My shoes?" said Donna uncertainly.
"Do it."
Slowly, one by one she lifted her feet and lifted the pumps out from under her dress. Then Michelle knelt down in front of them, opened the jar, and scooped out a handful of peanut butter.
As Donna grimaced, Michelle smeared the butter all over the insides of her shoes. She completely filled the toes, and smeared a little over the outside, just to ruin them more.
"Put them on," she said.
Looking unhappy, Donna nonetheless gingerly stepped back into her shoes, squicking her eyes closed as she did so. I heard the squelch as peanut butter oozed out around her ankles. Donna whined softly.
Michelle still had some peanut butter left over, and she scooped it all up in one hand. Slowly, taking pleasure in the fact that Donna had to stand there and take whatever she did, Michelle raised her hand up over Donna's head and dropped the peanut butter in her hair.
Then she pushed her hand down and started rubbing the peanut butter through her hair. Donna squealed, and glared daggers at her. Michelle just kept on brushing through her hair, rubbing the peanut butter from the tips to the roots. The flowers in her hair likewise didn't escape the treatment, and were soon ragged little balls.
"You bitch," said Donna.
"Relax, it's good for the hair," said Michelle. "Anyway, you'll be getting your turn." She stepped back from Donna, whose hair now looked like she'd been dipping her head in mud.
Both of them were waiting for the next coin toss. It came up tails. Michelle smirked. The next toss was Donna's, and it was heads.
Donna grumbled under her breath as I reached for the next foodstuff. It was a bottle of tomato sauce. Michelle popped the cap and looked at Donna again. What to do this time...?
"Hold out your arms," she said. Donna held her arms out straight from her body, and Michelle poured the tomato sauce over her pristine white gloves. Sauce gushed out over her forearms, dripping from her elbows and fingers. Donna now looked like she'd stepped straight from the set of a gory horror movie. More than that, she looked like she was about to cry.
Michelle used up all the sauce on her arms, using the last drops to make narrow lines up her biceps, splattering the shoulder of her dress. Then she tossed the bottle aside and awaited the next toss.
I tossed. "Okay Michelle, it's... tails."
I looked at Donna, who tensed, and tossed again. "And Donna... tails."
Back to Michelle. One more toss. "And Michelle... heads."
I reached into the plastic tarp behind me, and pulled out a large bowl of porridge. Quantity wise, this far outweighed anything Michelle had been given so far, and as a little decorative touch I'd put a swirl of honey on the top.
Donna's eyes lit up at the sight of the porridge, and she practically snatched it from my hands. She smiled at Michelle, looking over her body and wondering where this should go.
"Turn around," she said eventually. Michelle did so, not even bothering to look back behind her. "And tilt yourself forward a bit." Again Michelle wordlessly complied. I wondered where Donna was going with this.
"Hmmm... you know, black really isn't your color," she said, then poured the porridge out over Michelle's jacket. Donna was too eager for a patient and methodical coating of the black jacket, and the porridge splatted in a wet round mass near the top of Michelle's spine, before gravity slowly pulled it downward. Michelle's jacket sagged with the weight, bunching up at her shoulders. Donna had more porridge left, so she poured it over the shoulders, then coated all the empty spaces at her waist. Soon the back of Michelle's jacket was a dripping, white, oat-flecked mess, and still Donna had a little left over. She picked up a handful and tossed it against Michelle's ass, the porridge slapping against her black skirt. I almost expected Michelle to snap at this, but she stoically remained motionless. Donna gathered up the last of the porridge and again splatted it over her ass. Then she was handing me the bowl, with a very loud "Thanks."
The next coin toss was for Donna, and it came up tails. Michelle had turned around now, and I was very impressed with her self control. Her facial expression had barely changed.
Unfortunately for Michelle, her next coin toss came up heads. I gave Donna a big bowl of spaghetti and pasta sauce. She was so excited she didn't wait and look for a good spot to mess Michelle. She didn't even walk over so she could pour it over her. The moment the bowl was in her hands Donna just tossed it at Michelle, spaghetti and tomato sauce splatting all over her front.
The warm sauce stained her jacket, her shirt, and coated every inch of visible skin between her breasts and under her chin. Spaghetti clung to her jacket and ran down her skirt. It was like she was wearing a carpet of pasta. Bits of sauce and spaghetti dropped down, spattering her stockinged legs. It seemed like I could hear every drop, every slither of spaghetti.
Michelle's mouth opened at the impact, and now for the first time I saw real anger on her face. "I'll get payback, don't worry about that," she spat at Donna.
"What do you mean, payback?" said Donna. "You were ahead before today. I'm just getting even."
And inwardly, I just had to smile. Things were going perfect. Even though I was the ringmaster, neither of them were focusing their anger on me, they were so caught up in their hatred for each other. I'd be able to push things a long way today...
"All right, next coin toss for Donna," I said. It came down heads, but I noticed that Donna didn't tense this time. She was in the fight for keeps now.
The general idea was that the foodstuffs would get heftier and messier, and so I handed Michelle a bowl of white cake batter. She was already eyeing up Donna.
"Well, this is a problem," she said eventually. "You're already wearing white, and I want good value for this mess."
They were staring each other directly in the eyes, and I got the feeling Donna already knew what Michelle was planning to do. I didn't have a clue.
Michelle took two steps toward Donna, then shifted the bowl of batter to one hand only. With the other she pulled out the top of Donna's dress, and then she dumped the batter inside. Cake batter is not very liquid, and takes a fair time to pour from a bowl. But Donna didn't move, didn't even make a noise of protest as Michelle kept on pouring in the batter.
Donna's dress now began to sag heavily around her waist and groin. Combined with Michelle having pulled the top out from her body I could see a fair bit of Donna's breasts, and I found myself wondering what precisely she was wearing beneath the wedding dress. The cake batter was hitting her skin right between her breasts, and flowed down in a wide slow moving river of flour and water.
I could hear batter dripping onto the floor, though her dress hid it.
The atmosphere was electric. Michelle and Donna continued to stare directly into each other's eyes. They were both smiling, but they weren't friendly smiles.
It seemed to me a least a minute passed, Donna's dress getting steadily heavier and more bedraggled. Eventually the last cake batter dripped out, and Michelle let go her dress and walked back to her position.
Donna didn't lift a hand to adjust her clothes, even though her dress had slipped an inch down her body. The fabric, particularly at her groin and thighs, was less billowy and clung to her body more.
The next coin toss was for Michelle. "Tails," I said. Michelle and Donna stared at each other and I felt like I was being forgotten.
The next toss, however, was heads. I reached under the plastic and gave Michelle an enormous gallon bottle of chocolate syrup. She didn't take much time sizing Donna up before saying, "Turn around. Bend over."
Donna wordlessly turned around and copied Michelle's pose from earlier.
"More."
Donna bent over more, so her upper body was almost horizontal. Her butt stuck up sharply.
Sure enough, Michelle poured the chocolate syrup out over her ass. There was so much in the bottle that she didn't have to worry about doing it slowly, and the syrup gushed down like water, immediately plastering her dress tightly over her skin. Michelle moved the bottle from left to right, watching the syrup as it ran down the back of her dress from her ass to her feet. Some of the syrup dripped down between her legs and made spot stains on the front of her dress, and I could see it slowly spreading on the floor.
When Michelle was done almost all of the lower back half of Donna's dress was soaking in chocolate syrup. The dress clung in a very shapely fashion to her ass. Again I speculated as to what Donna was wearing beneath the dress. She must be as sticky as hell down there.
Michelle tossed the bottle aside, and Donna straightened up, immediately ready for the next round. Still they stared at each other, smiling.
The next coin toss, Michelle's, was another head. I gave Donna a similarly sized bottle, this one full of raspberry syrup. Donna held onto it a little longer this time, presumably because she didn't want to copy what Michelle had just done. Chocolate syrup still dripped from her dress and down her legs.
"Okay, turn around," she said to Michelle. "Stay straight." She reached out, hooked two fingers into Michelle's porridge-laden jacket, and pulled both it and the collar of her shirt away from the skin. She dumped the raspberry syrup down the gap, against the bare skin of her back.
You could see the syrup tumbling down her back in the motion made by her jacket and shirt. Little red trails leaked out around her waist, spilled over her skirt, and ran down her legs. It splatted on the ground in another steadily expanding pool. Donna moved the bottle from side to side, doing her best to pour the syrup down her shoulders, but the majority coursed down Michelle's spine.
When it was done Michelle's skirts sagged a bit, and her jacket looked even more sodden and the worse for wear. Her legs were coated quite smoothly in red syrup.
It was Donna's turn next, and again I tossed heads. I gave Michelle a bowl full to the brim with melted ice cream. Without hesitation she dumped it over Donna's head.
Donna gasped with shock, the look of outrage returning faintly to her face. The ice cream changed the look of her face in an instant, turning her hair into a creamy fright wig, soaking every inch of her face, running down her neck and chest in white streams. I hadn't had that ice-cream out of the freezer long and no doubt it was still pretty cold. Her skin was sticking up in goosebumps and I could hear her breathing getting faster.
The next coin toss was for Michelle, and I called it heads. Actually it was tails but I had long since stopped worrying about the integrity of this contest, and both of them were too preoccupied to notice anyway. I handed Donna a bottle of maple syrup.
Donna smiled sweetly at Michelle and stepped in front of her. I could see her dander was really up this time. The expression on her face never changing, Donna stared at Michelle as her free hand reached out and pulled open Michelle's skirt, revealing her black lace panties.
"Oh, this is really too much," said Michelle contemptuously. But she didn't try to stop Donna.
Donna upended the bottle and poured it inside Michelle's skirt. She was still looking at Michelle as she did this, so the syrup ran down the inside of her skirt or dripped directly onto the floor. But she moved the bottle closer to Michelle's body and soon the syrup was pouring directly over her panties. Donna moved the nozzle left to right, coating her waist, then squeezed her hand hard and pushed a heavy mass of syrup out over the panties, making a glistening sweet oval above her genitals. By now she'd about covered Michelle's panties in syrup so she returned her attention to the skirt, holding it inside out and covering the inside with syrup. When the last syrup was squeezed out, Michelle's skirt was sagging over Donna's hand. It was obviously too heavy to snap back against Michelle's waist, so Donna pressed it back into place, pushing her hand up and down the skirt so the syrup would stick to her groin and her thighs.
Donna stepped back, and neither of them said a word. It didn't feel to me like either of them was enjoying being messed, but they obviously liked being the messer.
The next coin toss was Donna's, and I wasn't about to gyp Michelle out of the next messing. I called it heads again, and gave Michelle a large plastic bowl full of baked beans.
Michelle held them for a second, as if thinking of something extra devious to do with them, then shrugged and just tossed them over Donna. Beans splatted down her front, leaving red trails from shoulder to toe. The mess pushed her dress further against her body, and Donna's breasts were slowly gaining extra definition. Donna just stood there, hardly even reacting. That the best you got? her body language seemed to say.
And I just had to take a moment to look at them both. Fifteen minutes earlier, both of them had been standing in my living room, neat and tidy and immaculate. Now their clothes were wet and bedraggled, hanging loosely on their bodies. Their skin glistened with syrup or sported sauce stains.
They didn't care. The thrill of not just seeing each other humiliated, but being the active agent of that humiliation - they just didn't care if they got messed back as a result. I could see they both wanted to dish out more.
"Okay, that's the last of them," I said. For the first time in several minutes they seemed to remember I was here. "Now, I asked this before and I'll ask it again: are you two willing to forgive each other?"
"I can forgive her once she stops being so melodramatic and confrontational," said Michelle. She brushed at a bit of pasta in her cleavage.
"I can't forgive her for spoiling my relationship," said Donna.
"You two did not get on well together!" said Michelle. "It was going to end."
"Doesn't matter," said Donna. "You know how little time I've spent in relationships. A bad one is better than nothing."
I waited for a response to this from Michelle, but she was silent. "Very well," I said. "Onto round 3!"
I pulled down the plastic from one wall, and behind it hung a cardboard spinning wheel I'd made the day before. Around the rim, written in permanent marker, were various body parts: head, arms, feet, butt, boobs.
While Michelle and Donna digested that, I lifted up another bit of plastic and lugged a big, fifty-litre bucket out between them. Orange liquid sloshed out over the sides and stained my hands. The bucket was full to the brim with pumpkin soup.
Michelle and Donna looked at me, waiting for me to explain further. Both of them looked eager and keyed up. I almost felt guilty standing there clean - my hands had some soup and syrup on them, and I'd wiped them on my pants a few times, but that was pretty much it. I was starting to feel left out.
"We're going to spin this wheel four times," I said. "Twice for each of you. Whatever body part it lands on - you'll have to stick it in the bucket. All the way in. And yes, if you haven't guessed it yet that's pumpkin soup in there. Michelle, you're up first again. Care to give it a spin?"
I stepped back out of her way as she crossed the tarp-covered floor. She spun the wheel with one sticky hand, and it made three wobbly revolutions before landing on feet.
Michelle pursed her lips, no doubt figuring it could have been worse, and stepped into the bucket.
The rim came up to her knees. Some of the soup sloshed over the edge and ran across the floor. One rivulet ran under my feet and I felt the rather pleasurable sensation of soup running between my toes.
Michelle stood there, a triumphant grin on her face, while Donna looked disappointed. When she stepped out again it was like she'd put on a pair of orange knee-length socks, and given her black shoes a new paint job. Every inch of her calves was orange.
"Easy enough," she said.
Now it was Donna's turn. She stepped forward without me having to say a word, put her hand on the now food-stained wheel, and gave it a vigorous tug.
The wheel, already unbalanced, turned around one and a half times, and finished on boobs.
Audrey looked questioningly at me. "So how am I-"
"Just push them in," I said.
"All the way," added Michelle.
"Yes, all the way."
Donna looked at me a little longer before turning around and standing in front of the bucket. She knelt down, her syrup and batter stained dress now soaking up the soup, and gripped the sides of the bucket with her saucy gloved hands. Slowly she lowered her chest.
Already wet from the earlier messings, the front of her dress now clung quite revealingly to her chest and so I could see quite clearly her breasts hanging down, gravity giving them an even fuller shape. Her nipples dipped into the soup and as her breasts followed them in the level of pumpkin soup sharply rose.
She kept pushing down until her back arched. Soup ran down the sides of the bucket, and her chocolate-covered butt stuck out sharply.
As she bent up and then straightened, a flood of pumpkin soup ran down her front, splashing loudly on the floor. Her dress was nearly unrecognizable now - it was like a ragged sheet that had been attacked by a crowd of toddlers armed with tins of paint. Apart from some of the ruffles at her shoulder, it had entirely lost its shape. Her orange-coated breasts stood out from her chest in sharp relief. I saw the inward dip of her crotch outlined clearly in the fabric. Somehow the dress must have shrunk too, as I could see her feet and ankles below the dripping hem.
Donna was looking down at herself, as if noticing the damage for the first time. She plucked the fabric of her dress between finger and thumb and squeezed it. Soup dripped out.
I took a look in the bucket - the soup level had dropped several inches.
The room was really starting to smell now. The air felt like there were droplets suspended in it. We were all starting to sweat.
The next spin was Michelle's, and after a woeful tug that barely moved the wheel through a full revolution, the pointer finished up over 'butt'.
Donna snickered. Michelle winced.
"Just lower yourself in," I said. "All the way."
Michelle sighed, pursed her lips, and stood over the bucket. She bent down and grabbed the sides of the bucket with her hands, and gently lowered her ass in. Her drooping skirt dipped in, and as her butt moved below the surface once again displacement of mass shot the soup level upward. It quickly rose over her skirt and her lap disappeared beneath the soup.
"Till you hit bottom," I added.
Soup was pouring over the rim of the bucket in a massive flood now. Michelle wriggled down further, butt moving from left to right, arms flexing as her legs pulled inward and up. The bucket was wide enough that she could draw herself fully into it, and by now the soup was halfway up her thighs and brushing the underside of her breasts. Michelle wriggled around a little more, sending more and more soup sheeting across the floor, and when she was done the soup was at the level of her nipples, and almost to her knees.
Michelle sat there, a wry smile on her face. Donna was practically dancing around with glee.
"Not bad," I said. "You take gymnastics at school?"
Michelle didn't dignify this with a response. With a certain amount of difficulty she wriggled up from the bucket. After some determined huffing and puffing, squelching and splashing, she was upright again. Soup rained down on the floor, though most of it seemed to be sticking right where it was. She looked totally different. It was as if someone had seized her by the head, dipped her in orange paint to the level of her boobs, and just seconds ago pulled her free. Her jacket was practically hanging free from her shoulders. Her shirt clung to her skin, semitransparent. Her skirt had slipped several inches down her thighs, and I could see the outline of her black panties beneath the soup.
And she didn't even try to adjust her clothing. For that matter, Donna hadn't tried to pull up her dress, or wring out her hair. Maybe both of them felt guilty for the damage they'd done our friendship. Maybe they didn't just see this event as revenge, but as just punishment.
Of course, you couldn't see any guilt on Donna's gleeful face at the moment. She dashed over and gave a wheel a spin.
It landed on 'head'. Michelle laughed out loud, and I could almost see Donna swallow.
She looked uncertain, but didn't say anything. She was getting her courage at this now.
"To the neck level is fine," I said. "You might want to pinch your nose shut."
She nodded, and pinched forefinger and thumb around her nose. Holding it shut, she stepped in front of the bucket, and knelt. Her knees squelched in the soup. She leant over the bucket, peanut butter smeared and ice-cream dripping hair brushing the soup, then floating on the surface as she slowly lowered her head.
The top of her head went under and she continued the slow descent, soup rising up her hair.
When the level was up around her forehead, she seemed to make up her mind and quickly ducked her head under.
Almost immediately she pulled it out again. Soup sprayed out as she jerked her head back, drops flying from her hair and spattering on Michelle and I. Neither of us could complain though, as we were mesmerized in the change to Donna's appearance.
Her head looked like it had been dipped in liquid clay. Her hair dripped pumpkin soup like it was a showerhead. She was spitting and gasping for air, brushing at her nose and trying to blow the soup out. Her shoulders were running wet with soup. Orange flowed down her body like someone was drawing down a curtain. Within seconds hardly any part of her didn't have at least a spot of orange in it.
Michelle was laughing at her, but I heard a new note in it. This wasn't the mean, vindictive laughter she'd be giving Donna earlier. Now there was genuine warmth and affection in it. And I couldn't blame her, because Donna looked so cute just then, like an unlucky drowned rat. I felt like laughing myself. Both my feet were half submerged in pumpkin soup. The atmosphere in here felt playful and fun.
"Well done, both of you," I said. "Now I'll ask that question again... are you willing to forgive each other yet?"
With the current mood in the room, I was expecting them to say Yes. But they surprised me.
"Not yet," Michelle said simply. And her words were directed more at me than Donna. They said: what else you got to throw at us?
"She has to say sorry," said Donna, in that same half-distracted voice. Neither of them sounded angry.
This all looked pretty hopeful to me. They were more or less ready to forgive each other by now, they just needed a little extra push...
Then it occurred to me that maybe they'd already forgiven each other, implicitly. These two certainly didn't look like enemies right now. They weren't saying anything yet because they were more interested in getting messy.
They were going to let me go further. My heart starting beating harder.
"All right then, round 4. But first..."
I pointed at the bucket. "We need to dispose of the rest of this soup. The bucket's still half full, and it's going over one of you."
Okay, I thought to myself, if they're full friends again, they'll gang up on me and pour it on me. The idea - thrilling, scary - made my heart beat and my limbs weak.
It didn't happen.
Unexpectedly, what did happen was Michelle saying, "Over me."
I didn't understand her at first. "Huh?" was all I could say.
"Over me," she repeated. "Come on, I can take it."
"I was going to suggest-"
"Just do it already," she said impatiently.
"Okay, okay," I said. "Donna, you'll have to help me lift this up."
Donna joined me at the bucket and together we lifted it up. This was the first time I'd really been close to Donna since she started getting messy. She smelled pungent and sweet, with just the tart sauce tugging at the nostrils.
With a bit more grunting and heaving we lifted the bucket up over our shoulders. Small quantities of pumpkin soup were trickling down my arm and splatting on my sweatshirt but I ignored them. Donna's side brushed mine and that side of my body got sticky and damp. Michelle stood still, watching us with a smile on her face, one arm propped against her waist.
We lifted the bucket high as we could over her face, till we were standing on the tips of our toes. "Ready?" I said. "One... two... three!"
Together we tipped the bucket forward.
Pumpkin soup gushed out in a massive torrent. Just the weight of it pushed Michelle's head back. One arm of her jacket slid off her shoulder and her whole upper body was soaked to the skin in a flash. Soup splashed off her head, from her arms and legs, and up from the pools of pumpkin soup on the floor. I could feel it dotting my legs.
Every inch of Michelle was orange. The gap her shirt made between
her breasts had widened dramatically, and her nipples were clearly visible through the white fabric. Her jacket looked like it was going to fall off any second. Her skirt was halfway down her thighs.
Michelle grinned, the whites of her teeth showing. "See. That was nothing." She flung an arm out to demonstrate, and pumpkin soup sprayed out.
I could feel the bottoms of my sweatpants starting to get heavy with the soup accumulating on them. The fabric felt wet when it brushed against my skin. My sweatbands were getting tight around the wrists, damp and swollen with pumpkin soup.
I felt sure both of them would welcome a sudden three-way wrestle in the soup puddled on the floor. And I ached to do it. But I knew I could push this further.
"I should point out, incidentally, that there's a showerhead outside," I said, pointing to a door at the back of the garage. "It's just round the side. The fence is quite high, so nobody'll be able to see." Both Michelle and Donna looked distinctly underwhelmed by this revelation.
"Now, as I was saying," I continued, "Round 4."
I returned to the table, and pulled another sheet of plastic tarp from the far end. Underneath it were eight pies. Not meringue pies, like we'd used earlier, but rich, full pies - filling, pastry, frosting, piled up six inches high, in shells a foot wide. Genuine bakery pies. I'd bought them a couple of days ago, going to several places to get as many different flavors as I could.
They looked weighty and dangerous, like they'd pack a punch when they hit.
"Okay, same as round 1, it's trivia questions," I said. "These pies aren't going to fly through the air as easily as the meringue ones did, so you'll have to plant them directly on your opponent. Who isn't allowed to move or resist. And you're allowed to make them position themselves any way you want. All clear?"
They nodded.
"All right. Michelle, you may as well go first since you volunteered for the bucket. Here it is: Where does Mark work?"
"At Hyatt and Sullivans, on Portland Avenue," said Michelle without hesitation.
"Correct!" I reached for the nearest pie, which was banana cream. There were yellow drizzles of syrup on the cream, and pieces of banana dotting the surface.
Michelle accepted the pie with relish. "Oh, am I going to enjoy this," she said, taking her time walking over to Donna so she could get a good look at what was going to soon be on her. She raised the pie slowly, daring Donna to flinch, and planted it squarely in her kisser.
Donna stood still to receive it: not moving as Michelle ground the pie into her face, and finished by wiping the pie up over her head. When Michelle was done Donna wiped her eyes out with one hand, blinked them open, but otherwise left the mess on her face untouched. The pie crust was dry and crumbly, and had fallen all down her front, accompanied by fruit, filling and syrup.
"Okay, Donna, next question is yours," I said. "What day did you first meet Mark?"
"March 21st," she said. "At the Silverdale Gym."
"Right again." I handed Donna an apple and raspberry tart. Donna studied Michelle for a moment, then told her to turn around. I could see her looking at Michelle's butt - her skirt was stained orange, sodden with soup and syrup, and hanging crumpled halfway down her butt. I could see the tops of her lacy black panties, and some of the bare skin of her butt.
Sure enough, Donna pushed the tart firmly onto her ass. Taking her cue from Michelle she took her time rubbing it in, wiping the pie over her dress, her panties and both buttcheeks. When she was done she left the pie where it was and stepped back. Apple and raspberry were smeared all over.
I waited for Michelle to turn around before asking the next question. "Mark has an extensive pornography collection. True/False?"
"True," said Michelle. "At least if you count pictures of naked women in pantyhose." I nodded to her and gave her a coconut cream pie. This one was the heaviest yet and I had to hold it in both hands to be sure I didn't drop it.
Michelle didn't spend much time torturing Donna this time. "Turn around," she said straight away. Donna did so, even bending forward a little so her butt stuck out.
"Good," said Michelle, and started pulling up the bottom of her dress.
"Uhm... what?" said Donna, laughing nervously.
"Oh be quiet, you've got more than one layer of clothing on," said Michelle. She lifted up the soaking lower half of Donna's dress and deposited it in the small of her back.
For the first time I was able to fully see Donna's stockings. Originally pale white, they were now streaked all over with chocolate syrup and pumpkin soup. Higher up, underneath the dress Donna had been wearing a topless body stocking, the fabric thin and semitransparent. It was fully transparent now, particularly around the butt where chocolate syrup had soaked through to the skin. The body stocking cupped her shapely buttocks in a V, cut high at the sides. You could practically see the hairs on her skin through it.
With one hand Michelle pushed Donna's back down a little further, and then she planted the pie on her ass. She rubbed it around and let the coconut cream drip down her legs, over her stockings and pumps.
Donna laughed the whole time. The nervousness had melted away by now. I could have sworn she was enjoying it. And indeed Michelle had gone from pushing the pie against her butt to running her hands through the actual cream, fingers pressing directly against Donna's ass.
After half a minute, she'd covered Donna's ass to her satisfaction, and Michelle carefully drew Donna's dress back down, concealing the mess.
"Donna, next question. How many letters in Mark's surname?" I was just lowballing them the questions now, but neither of them seemed to notice... or care. Donna answered 'six', correctly, and I handed her a chocolate gateaux. It was twice as high as any of the other pies, its surface covered in dark cream, the interior fruit and soft bubble-packed sponge.
When she had it in her hands Donna looked at Michelle a moment then told her to open her jacket. It was nearly falling off her at this stage but Michelle held it open a little wider at her breasts. Her white shirt was thin and gauzy, smeared with syrup and cream and soup. It followed the curves of her breasts, which stood out sharply between her hands.
That was where Donna aimed the gateaux, planting it firmly between her breasts. The cake was big enough that it promptly covered them both, squashing out over her neck and her belly. She started to rub it in, but the gateaux was far too fragile to be pushed like a pie and it crumbled apart in her hands. She rubbed it in anyway, pushing handfuls around over Michelle's breasts, picking up pieces and smearing them over the folds of her jacket. Gateaux slowly fell down Michelle's front in slow motion disintegration.
When she stepped back to examine the damage, Michelle's chest was a mass of cream and cake. A big shelf of cream had been pushed into her cleavage. Cream covered Michelle's hands, still holding her jacket open.
"You can close the jacket now," said Donna. Michelle lifted the fallen arm of the jacket back up over her shoulder, then pulled her jacket back together. She pressed it against her body and it stuck in the cream, concealing most of the gateaux on her chest.
They looked at each other. Both of them were laughing now.
The next question was Michelle's, and I asked as they were both still laughing. "And how many letters in Mark's first name?"
"Four?" snorted Michelle. I gave her a cherry pie. Michelle stood for a while and looked at Donna curiously. There was a goading expression in Donna's eyes. It was if they were daring each other to go further and further.
"Okay, I've got it," she said eventually. "Pull down your top."
Donna didn't protest or look confused. Her dress was already sagging down her body, only an inch or two from freeing her breasts for public display. Donna held the dress fabric out from her body, then tugged it down, having to work a little to shift the wet fabric down her rather tight torso. Eventually she gave up and just rolled it down to her waist.
Underneath the dress was her white body stocking, the top coming to just above her nipples. It had a wide white streak down its middle, the cake batter Michelle had poured in earlier. Elsewhere it was streaked with chocolate syrup, and most of it was still wet from the pumpkin soup. The moisture had turned it transparent, so that it was barely an extra layer over her body. Her breasts stood out clearly as if she was wearing nothing at all.