As Lauren squelched back to the caravan, covered in mud, still in her socks, carrying her clean shoes in her muddy hands, Jules walked alongside quizzing her constantly. "I must admit mate, although I thought you were mad and that was totally gross, it did look like fun to be honest. I've always quite fancied getting into loads of mud dressed in nice clothes". Lauren was surprised, and a bit excited by this complete U-turn in Jules' attitude. "Why didn't you join in and come into the mud then?" replied Lauren, with a little giggle. Jules stopped, and looked at her muddy friend. "I really, really, wanted to, but didn't feel comfortable doing it in front of the boys. Plus, I'm wearing new white trainers and didn't want to step in the mud in just socks. Look, the thing is, the boys are planning to go to that pub up the road later, would you maybe come with me then, back to the mud, so I can try what you've just done? I'll change into a different outfit, maybe put some black socks and shoes on?" Lauren couldn't believe her ears. "Are you serious? Hahaha, of course I will!"

Jules felt so excited and like a weight had been lifted off her, now that she had confided her desire to her friend. "What will you wear?" Lauren asked her. Jules stopped again, looked Lauren in the eye, and said "I think what you did was super-exciting. You know, wearing really nice clothes into the mud. I'm not sure what I'll wear yet, but I want to maybe dress up a bit? I think if I do, it'll just be so much more thrilling!" Again, Lauren could hardly believe her ears. "Absolutely!" she said, desperate to support her friend, and also excited to witness what was to come.

Once the boys had disappeared, Jules became eager to try on an outfit. She disappeared into her bedroom and Lauren waited excitedly for her to emerge, wondering what kind of look she had in mind for a mud bath! Although it seemed very strange to want to get dressed up to get really, really filthy, Lauren "got it". She understood the buzz of seeing a decent "going out" set of clothes become completely gunged in filthy mud. After all, she'd just done it herself! She gave a wry smile as she looked at the plastic bag by the door that contained her top, her jeans, her knickers and bra, and her socks, all soaked through with the mud. She still couldn't quite believe that Jules wanted to do the same!

After a few more minutes, Jules emerged from the bedroom with a coy look on her face. "Well, what do you think?" she said. Lauren gave a quiet gasp of admiration. The chosen outfit was absolutely stunning! Jules had this way of always looking great, whatever she wore. Some people just kind of define style don't they? Of course, it helped that she was quite tall for a girl, slim and very beautiful. Starting from the top and working downwards, Jules wore:- A dark red shimmery satin top, with a lovely neat little fitted black cardigan over it. Moving downwards, she was wearing a pair of absolute killer skinny jeans in a dark indigo finish, almost purple! They were beautiful. On her feet, she had an amazing pair of black socks, with bright orange contrasting heels and toes, and oranges (as in, the fruit!) in a pattern on the soles! They were incredibly striking! Lauren finally piped up. "Mate, you look fantastic! I absolutely love those socks!" Jules smiled and blushed a little. "Aren't they awesome? But, you know, as much as I want to go for it like you did, I can't quite imagine putting my feet into mud with just my socks on, so I think I'll put shoes on. What do you think of these?" She produced a lovely smart pair of slip-on loafers, in black with a trendy gold bar on the fronts. The kind of shoe that is really on trend, smart, yet cute and sassy. See what I mean about defining style? She slipped them on and they immediately concealed the vibrant orange parts of her lovely socks. Instantly she looked more, I suppose, sober and demure as if her socks were now plain black. You could still see lots of sock, just not the colourful bits! Lauren rather liked the thought of all that hidden drama inside the shoes, but then Lauren had always been a sucker for fun socks!

"I think those shoes are lovely mate" said Lauren. "But even with those on you'll still get loads of mud on your socks you realise? The thing is, that mud is quite deep, your shoes will disappear right into it, and your jeans are quite short. Your socks are going to get really, really muddy!" Jules looked down at her socks and shoes. There was a large area of her black socks on public show due to the minimalist slip-on shoes and the leg-hugging skinny jeans. She guessed that Lauren meant these exposed sock areas would get muddy. "Yeah, I suppose these shoes do reveal a lot of my socks don't they? Although I don't want to go in the mud without my shoes on, I kind of want to experience the mud splatting and squidging all over my socks! It would be weird taking a mud bath and somehow keeping my socks clean, I want to get everything I'm wearing muddy! Giving my amazing fruity socks a mud bath will be thrilling! In fact, I'm really, really excited about a muddy socks experience!" Lauren smiled. She could hardly believe they'd been discussing muddy socks for so long, it was hilarious! "Trust me, I've been in that mud, you will definitely get gunged socks!" Jules looked captivated. "What does it feel like Lauren? I can't imagine mud slathering all over the tops of my shoes and squelching onto my socks!" Lauren laughed. "it feels wet, heavy, slimy and AMAZING! But it was different for me because I took my shoes off first. Just enjoy getting covered in mud, it's hard to find these opportunities as an adult! Shall we go so you can find out for yourself?" Jules looked nervous, yet excited. Again, she looked down at her black socks and tried to imagine how it would feel as the thick mud breached her shoes and covered them. "Yes, let's do this!"

The two girls headed out of the caravan and started to make their way back to the mud. Jules was generally quiet, Lauren guessed that she had some nerves about getting muddy. When they were almost there, she turned to Lauren and said "I'm not being weird, but do you think I should tape my shoes to my feet? Is there a chance they'll be sucked off in the mud?" Lauren laughed. "Mate, to be honest, that is VERY likely! But as we don't have any tape I think you're going to have to risk losing the loafers!" Jules smirked weakly, mulling over the concept of losing her shoes and sinking in deep mud in only her socks. The idea didn't put her off, but she was rather hoping she'd be able to somehow keep her shoes on her feet in the thick mud. When they arrived, it looked much the same as before, although you could see some churned up areas and size 5 footprints in it here and there from Lauren's mud bath! It was funny that they were ACTUAL footprints, with five little toes etc. because Lauren had only been wearing socks!

Jules turned to Lauren. "Right, here I go then, I'm just going to step on in and see what happens! Deep down I've always wanted to do something like this. I can hardly believe that I'm actually going to get myself covered in mud, I can't wait!" With that, she walked towards the mud. She stood, for a moment by the edge of the pit, then, with a muted squeal, did a little jump, from the firm grass, straight into the thick mud. Lauren watched in awe as Jules' smart little shoes plunged into the mud and she disappeared into it ankle deep. "Oh wow, this is so amazing, it feels so smooth and splodgy!" she shouted to Lauren. She took a couple of very awkward looking steps, each accompanied by a loud squelching noise as she withdrew her foot, then slowly sank in over her knees as it got much deeper! "Haha, look at me I'm in mud! It's a dream come true to sink in the ooze! It's so squelchy in here, my clothes are getting filthy! Look at the state of my best jeans, it's brilliant! I can feel my socks getting absolutely slopped in mud, even with my shoes on!" she shouted, clearly having a whale of a time. Lauren was astonished to witness Jules loudly squelching in the mud, up to her knees in it, with such nice clothes on. It was completely surreal, but she was clearly having a lovely time in the thick, oozing mass of mud. Then, quite suddenly, her expression changed. "Lauren! I think I've lost one of my shoes! In fact, scrub that, I've DEFINITELY lost one of my shoes! Oh my God! I felt my sock slide out of it when I took a step out of this really thick bit!" She struggled to pull her left foot out of the glutinous mud and sure enough, her shoe had disappeared and Lauren could see a rather muddy black and orange sock! "Eeeewww, I've had to put my sock down in the mud!" she screamed. Lauren couldn't do anything but laugh as she watched Jules sink her sock down into the mud's squelchy depths. She'd realised that this was highly likely to happen with those slip-on shoes! "Never mind Jules, you may as well take your other shoe off now, just play in the mud with your socks on, it's fine honestly!" Jules looked at her and smiled, then laughed. "I guess you're right, what's the worst that can happen?" Lauren shouted back, "well, the worst that can happen is you'll lose a shoe in the mud and that's already happened, hahaha!" With that, Jules pulled her right foot out of the thick mud with a suck and a glug, to reveal a bedraggled, mud-covered shoe that was already hanging off her foot, exposing the once bright orange heel of her fruity sock (now a wet, muddy mess despite the protection of the shoe so far). She kicked the loafer off. It fell into the mud with a splash, and she seductively lowered her still (relatively) clean right sock into a particularly sludgy, sloppy area of the mud, with a theatrical giggle. "Oh Lauren, it feels so weird when I wiggle my toes! I can feel all the mud through my socks! I can't believe I'm in here with my shoes off, like you were! I totally understand why you just wore your socks now!" Jules energetically pumped her legs up and down, squelching her feet around in the mud whilst giggling. "Actually, it feels really nice!" she shouted.

Jules decided to really get down and dirty once over the shock of being rendered shoeless. She squelched through the mud in her socked feet until she reached a really wet, even deeper area, then deliberately fell to her knees with a loud noise that was a hybrid of a splash and a slap! She shouted to Lauren "You're right, it's actually nice in just socks, it feels so soft and smooth!" She grabbed great big handfuls of mud and splattered them all over her cardigan, and then she actually laid down in the mud and rolled in it! Lauren, watching from the edge, actually thought that Jules might be even muddier than she had been, it was a very impressive mud bath indeed! Lauren was actually sorely tempted to go into the mud again herself, but as they were going home tomorrow she had no more clean clothes to wear, what a shame!

After about fifteen minutes of energetic, and sometimes downright sensual wallowing, Jules was pretty cold. She emerged from the mud and asked Lauren "How did I do?" Lauren said it was definitely an A+ performance and the two girls walked back to the caravan to start the long process of cleaning up a muddy girl for the second time that day!

Jules said to Lauren "That was everything I hoped it would be and more, despite being a pair of shoes down, do you think maybe we could do it again soon, and both get muddy together?" Lauren, for the umpteenth time that day, could scarcely believe what she was hearing. "For sure Jules, that would be a lot of fun!"

To be continued.....