Nemesis Chapter 36

When she left school, the first thing that platinum blonde Anais Dumont wanted to do was to move in with her older sister. Anais's problem however, was that whilst she currently lived in France her sister Camille, a French teacher, currently worked in England. Anais had no particular skill sets or qualifications, all she wanted to do was to be a singer. She didn't know how on earth she would get a job abroad. She hadn't a clue how she was going to fulfil her dream, all she knew was that she was going to strive to achieve it in England.

Despite there being a ten-year age gap, the two sisters were incredibly close; Camille was incredibly devoted to her younger sister. Up until the age of ten, Camille lived in a house full of boys, it was a relief to have another female, albeit much younger, to keep her company. Growing up, Camille often acted as a surrogate mother to her younger sister to make up for their mother's long absences. Their mother was a successful business woman, despite a long break to have children, and her global business trips took her away from home for weeks at a time. So, when Camille moved to England, Anais sensed a feeling of deep loss in her life and couldn't wait to be reunited.

Determined to join Camille abroad, Anais set about ensuring that her English was as perfect as her sister's. This sadly took longer than expected, but once she was satisfied with her spoken English she hopped on the next ferry and fled abroad. Initially, Camille was delighted to have her younger sister come to stay, but when Anais had been living with her for six months, Camille's boyfriend Gavin asked her to move in with him. This left Camille in a quandary. Obviously, Anais couldn't move in with them, but she didn't want to lose contact with her sister who would surely have to return home to France as the low wages she earnt through her waitress job would leave her unable to pay the rent.

When she was little her mother was always too busy to listen to her sing and her atheist father refused to allow her to join the church choir. So as a child Anais' ambitions had always been thwarted. Now nineteen and five-foot-five tall, living away from her parents, she could now set about realising her dream. But six months down the line, and with having Camille's income as a security blanket, Anais had got nowhere. But just by chance, in a bid to soften the blow of telling her sister that she was moving out, Camille rather hopefully mentioned an ad that she had spotted online inviting auditions for a female singer.

A local music bigwig, Jenna Virgo was putting together a new girl band and was auditioning for young, fresh faced members. At thirty-two and a failing music career of her own already distant memory, the five foot three business woman had carved out for herself a new career as a pop group manager. Her previous group had already split before they had even begun after the lead singers decision to pack it all in and go to university. Jenna knew that it was make or break time for her at the record company. If her next band failed, then she would be out the door. So, Jenna vowed to look for local talent that was somehow unique.

To her amazement, Jenna was blown away by Anais' stripped back audition. She found her sexy French accent highly alluring and her pale platinum blonde locks perfect for the image of the band. To her even greater credulity, Anais was to be the lead singer of the new four-piece, which Jenna had named Dazzle. For hers was the strongest and most distinctive voice of the four. Anais was delighted, if the band was a success, she wouldn't have to return to France, back to her parents, to their suffocating, dispiriting atmosphere and humdrum life.

Fresh from having dropped out of university due to an unsurprising dwindling interest in the History of Art, golden blonde Gabriella was to add sex appeal to the band. Now twenty, the curvy five foot four singer was to Anais' astonishment a former though rather errant, pupil of her older sister. Gabriella had always played the lead role in musicals and plays at schools and was a natural performer. Gabriella had one major problem however. Two years after they went their separate ways, Gabriella was missing her twin sister Marie terribly. Outwardly the more vivacious, extroverted twin, Gabriella felt that a piece of her was missing when her sister wasn't around. The many boys that threw themselves at her feet were unable to fill that gap, Gabriella craved a more feminine connection. A connection that she instantly felt with outsider Anais and the two became very close. Anais felt instant kinship with Gabriella, for she had missed Camille terribly when she left, so she recognised that Gabriella's sense of detachment from her twin sister must be even greater.

The third member of the band was Leanne. Aged twenty, like Gabriella, she was also a local girl but had gone to the high school on the other side of town. Standing at five foot seven, the beach blonde beauty was the middle child and often neglected sister of Mike and Luke. She was by the best dancer in the group. Already she was growing frustrated at the clumsiness and disjointed moves of her bandmates. But at least this meant that Leanne was always shunted to the front whenever they were performing.

But that wasn't enough for Leanne, for she also wanted to be the lead singer. Leanne was clearly the most domineering and outgoing girl in the group. Growing up, she had had to learn quickly to stand up for herself and make herself noticed as the sister to a household full of boys. She had got into sports at a young age, to make her father notice her, and her success in athletics, especially the 800m had indeed grabbed his respect. But athletics simply wasn't her passion, singing was, so she dashed her father's dreams of her winning the Olympics and auditioned for the girl band instead.

Highly resourceful and quick witted, it was understood that Leanne would take the lead in any interviews that the band would give when starting out. For though Anais's English was good it wasn't perfect and Leanne, unlike Gabriella could be trusted to give sensible, media friendly answers. Another difference between the two oldest girls in the group was that unlike Gabriella, Leanne was jealous of Anais for being made the lead vocalist, for she felt that she, not the French girl, had the best voice. This led to a deep-seated resentment that Leanne did her best to hide, even to Anais herself, who being sweet natured was oblivious to the jealousy shown her way.

At eighteen, five-foot-four welsh girl Bea was the final member of the group. Bea was the youngest in the group and also the only brunette. She wrongly felt that her three blonde bandmates were by far prettier and more talented than herself. Bea battled to overcome her shyness in her audition to convince Jenna that she was old and mature enough to be part of the band. Bea was the half-sister of Jessica, whose father had got Bea's mother pregnant whilst on his older brother's stag do in Cardiff nineteen years ago. At the time of his discretion, his darling daughter Jessica had only just been born. He was petrified that his drunken actions would tear his family apart and separate him from his little princess. Fortunately for him however, Jessica's mother's desire for her daughter not to be brought up in a broken home persuaded her to stand by her man, when she inevitably found out about Bea's existence only a few months later.

Growing up, Jessica was spoilt rotten by her doting, loving parents. As her father's business grew successful, she was given everything she ever desired. Bea's childhood however was not as fortunate. Her father had wanted nothing to do with her, as she reminded him about what he almost lost with his oldest daughter. In fact, Bea didn't know whether Jessica was even aware of her own existence. Having left school, Bea had left Wales and gone searching for her father when she had stumbled across the ad for the band. Having succeeded in her audition she was delighted but scared to discover that her band mate Leanne actually knew her half-sister. Low and behold, Leanne's younger brother Luke was her boyfriend! Bea hoped that Leanne would help to introduce her to her sister and so was desperate to ingratiate herself with the blonde. She thus naturally took Leanne's side in any petty squabble within the group, which the cunning Leanne noticed and vowed to use to her advantage.

Jenna wanted to position her new girl group as fun loving but feminine. Rather contradictory, the girls would always be dressed in short skirts and low-cut tops whilst their songs would be about female empowerment and sticking it to the man. Leanne, having come from a poorer background than the others welcomed the chance to wear fancy new clothes, no matter how revealing they may be, whilst Anais enjoyed imagining the look on her mother's face if she ever found out what her youngest chaste daughter chose to wear. In contrast, Gabriella was already used to wearing very little having gone through a rebellious stage as a teenager and Leanne had often had to wear what seemed like very little at the time during her many forlorn athletic meetings so none of the girls complained when they heard about Jenna's plans.

Following a marketing session at a local school, Jenna decided that the music video for their debut single should include a short food fight and to drum up further interest in the band, she organised an online vote for one of the girls to get slimed. As the nominal lead singer, Anais realised that she was most at risk of winning the vote and so it proved with Leanne having utilised her friends and family to unduly influence the result. As it happens, pretty Anais may have won anyway, but Leanne ensured that she won a by a landslide whereas the cunning schemer was safe in last place.

On the day of the video, all four girls were persuaded to wear pleated mini-skirts with Gabriella's being light blue. Gabriella had also drawn the shortest straw in that Jenna had suggested to her that she should only wear a light blue bikini to show off her curves. Clearly it was her job to show as much flesh as possible. Gabriella didn't mind too much however, as she took it as a compliment that only she was asked to wear so little. Bea was also leaving very little to the imagination as she herself chose to wear a very low-cut V neck crop top that revealed eighty percent of her breasts. Her light red mini skirt was also the shortest of the girls as it barely reached down past her hips.

In contrast, Anais chose a light pink one shoulder sleeveless top whilst Leanne chose a figure-hugging green t-shirt. Leanne reckoned that the cameraman would want to focus on her the most whilst they were dancing so she didn't have to compete with the others for his attention for the rest of the shoot. So, she chose to dress the most modest and wear the longest skirt. For a start, she didn't want to kick it up during one of her moves and reveal her knickers.

Following an hour's worth of shooting the dance routine it was finally time to film the food fight. Jenna had organised for a so-called expert called Parvati to direct the music video. She had just landed a job at the local TV studios for a new gunge gameshow and so Jenna deemed her ideal for the job. Parvati insisted on bringing her trusted cameraman Dave along who she assured the girls was the consummate professional, despite their having reservations about him. Parvati decided that the first shot should involve two of the girls pieing the others. Thus, it was decided that Gabriella would pie Anais and Leanne would pie Bea. Bea was to go first. She nervously stood in front of the camera smiling as Leanne eyed her up. Leanne draped her arm around Bea's slender shoulders and with her left arm gently squeezed and pinched Bea's left breast. This distracted the shocked brunette enough for Leanne, who had chosen the largest green pie at her disposal, to slam it into Bea's pretty face. As Leanne withdrew her wrist from Bea's features, the brunette stood with her mouth wide open aghast and flicked back her hair. Leanne then picked up a jug of cream and slowly poured it over her friend's head. Cream dribbled down her shoulders and into her top. Parvati ensured that Dave zoomed in on the girl's bosom before focusing back on Leanne's evil cackle and smile. Not an inch of Bea's face or shoulders was left free of cream.

It was Anais' turn to go next. Anais was given a yellow pie to hold and was directed to eye up Gabriella ready to pie her. Instead Gabriella would swoop in and pie her with a pie of her own. The shock on Anais' face was completely genuine as her bandmate caught her unaware as she threw the pie into her pale face. Gabriella then took the second pie from Anais' grasp and rubbed it over her hair and forehead. The camera then zoomed out to juxtapose the two clean girls with their rather messy bandmates.

The food fight could now begin in earnest. Bea was given a can of whipped cream which she was to squirt in Gabriella's direction. Bea was instructed to aim at Gabriella's chest but her aim was so poor it mostly just covered the blonde's neck and shoulders. Leanne was also given a carton of milk which she was to throw at the blonde. Leanne's aim was much better and caught Gabriella straight in the face. Anais was then given a bottle of ketchup which she emptied over Bea's already messy pretty head. Anais then rubbed the ketchup over Bea's face and over the top of her chest before kissing her on the cheek. Bea blushed, not that you could tell under all the mess. Gabriella meanwhile upturned a bowl of salad over Leanne who now cornered then had an assortment of cereals thrown at her by all three of her bandmates.

Attention then turned back on Anais. Leanne took hold of her head and slammed it into a chocolate gateau sitting on the table. As scripted, Anais rose up from the table and inched over to Bea who was facing the other way throwing popcorn at Gabriella. Bending down, Anais took hold of Bea's skirt and wiped her face clean. This meant that the camera caught a nice glimpse of Bea's behind and her black frilly see through knickers as Anais lifted the fabric away from Bea's body. Once Anais finished wiping her face she let go of the thin fabric and rubbed Bea on the bum. Bea wasn't sure just how much flesh had been exposed, but she agreed to it on the promise that she would be the one to gunge Anais later. For the time being however, Bea got to throw a custard pie in the French girl's face as retaliation. Gunning for revenge, Anais went off script and wiped her messy face against Bea's crop top, lifting it as far away from her bandmate's stomach as she pleased, though not quite enough to reveal Bea's bra.

Having a brief respite from being pied, moving outside, Anais was given a garden hose which she was directed to aim over a dancing Gabriella and Leanne. Though the girls soon became mildly soaked, that was nothing to what was about to happen to Bea. Gabriella pushed the girl into the swimming pool, her short skirt flowing above her waist as she fell. Dave briefly caught a glimpse of her underwear for a second time as she splashed into the water. An underwater camera took an image of her from below as she thrashed around in the pool before being she was shot dripping and drenched as she hauled herself out of the pool.

Gabriella and Leanne then squirted barbecue sauce at one another with Gabriella being hit in the face before it was time for the big finale. Anais was situated below a large tank of green slime concealed off camera. Still soaked, Bea pulled on a chord sending wave after wave of green gunge down upon the unfortunate Anais. Slime fell for almost twenty seconds, covering the girl from head to toe. Then once the slime had run its course, Bea swooped in once more and added a cream pie to her face.

Once the shoot was over, Anais and Gabriella jumped into the pool and splashed each other as they scraped and jostled in the water. Leanne couldn't help reflecting that she had got lucky in how little she had got messed up when compared to the others. She wondered whether the finished music video would reflect this and her bandmates could come looking for revenge. As Gabriella and Anais continued to muck about in the pool, Leanne and Bea did an interview for the making of documentary intended to accompany the video on its release. Parvati told them that she was impressed by their willingness to get messy and had recommended them to her producer as possible guests on the new gameshow. Leanne draped her arm around Bea once more and for a second time gave the girl's left breast a tender squeeze. Leanne reflected that already Anais and Gabriella had become such great friends. Most of Leanne's friends had either gone to University or had moved away. Feeling a pang of sudden loneliness and regret Leanne admitted to herself that she didn't want to be the bitchy outsider who was hated by the rest of her band. She reflected that Bea appeared to look up to her and adore her, so Leanne wanted to do something good for her in return. So, she phoned her brother Luke and told him about Bea and Jessica's situation. Shocked and excited, Luke promised to do everything in his power to help.

As the girls were getting changed after the long days shoot, Leanne returned to the dressing room to find Bea already in the shower. Excited, Leanne could not delay her announcement any longer. Barging into the bathroom she knocked loudly on the shower door and shouted at Bea to come out, for she had a surprise. Soaped up and soaking, Bea opened the shower door to find that the mischievous Gabriella had stolen her towel. Wanting to share in the surprise, Anais and Gabriella had followed Leanne into the bathroom to find their youngest bandmates standing naked and wet before them. Embarrassed, Bea moved to cover her crotch, leaving her breasts on show to her friends. "Bea", Leanne announced, "I've spoken to my brother Luke. He says that he can organise a get together with your sister next weekend." Bea jumped for joy and gave Leanne a wet slimy hug. Wanting to join in, Gabriella and Anais swooped into the hug, trapping the naked Bea, snugly between the three girls' warm bodies. "But be warned," added Leanne, "Luke doesn't think that she yet knows who you are."

"What if she's really pretty?" asked Bea, searching for reassurance. "Oh, but you're beautiful Bea, you don't need to worry" added Anais as she slapped and rubbed Bea on the bum. Bea couldn't help think that her new bandmates seemed rather overfamiliar. "Oh yes, she's absolutely stunning", added Leanne unhelpfully. "But you have one advantage over her that you should cherish" she continued as she took hold of and stroked Bea's dripping hair. "She's a redhead, in more ways than one." Cheekily, Leanne glanced down at Bea's brunette bush and the girls laughed before pushing Bea back into the shower. With her friends still in the room, Bea started up the shower and began to lather herself up again expecting them to leave. Instead, Gabriella turned to Leanne and said, "Leanne, I'm sorry that I underestimated you, you're a great friend." For Gabriella had previously noted the antipathy that Leanne had shown towards Anais and had thus struggled to warm to her. "What you've done for Bea today is wonderful," added Anais. "I'm sorry for stealing the limelight all the time, despite what Jenna says, I think you're the best singer."

This was music to Leanne's ears, she thought about owning up to fixing the gunge vote but thought better of it. Instead, she whispered to Gabriella and the two blondes sneaked up to the shower door, swung it open and shouted "Surprise!" Shocked, Bea lost control of the shampoo bottle in her hands which then emptied its entire contents all over her. Bea looked down at her naked body, exposed in front of her new best friends. But she didn't mind the embarrassment. Not this time. For she was about to meet her sister which was the best thing that could happen to her in the world.