(continued from Lauren's Story - Chapter 27...)

David was supposed to be back in town on that upcoming Friday, which made Lauren happy because the summer party at the apartment complex was on Saturday. She knew he would definitely donate money to hit her with a pie. She was looking forward to that. But on Wednesday he called and said that they had just discovered some new leads and would be gone for at least a few more days, no more than a week because Karen had planned a weekend getaway with her boyfriend that weekend.
She was disappointed but ultimately decided that she could really focus all of her energy on making sure the party went well. Especially because her boss, Jessica, would be there. Lauren had a long history with Jessica. Jessica was the one who hired Lauren years earlier as a leasing agent at the Rocky Creek complex. She basically trained Lauren to replace her so she could get promoted.
As Lauren thought about this, she realized that she needed to be training Sarah to take her place if she got promoted. But for this weekend she really wanted to go all out to prove to her boss that she could do it, and do it better than she had. Hopefully, they would have a big turnout from the residents and everyone would have a good time. That's what was important, or at least that's what Lauren kept telling herself.
They closed the office early that Saturday so they could get things started. Which was fine with Lauren because nobody was being productive with regular work anyways. Stephanie was busy setting up the big slip and slide, Sarah was setting up the bar with James and the "stage" beside the pool. Jasmine was setting up the charity pie booth and was helping fill the dunk tank across the path from the booth. Donna was just walking around talking to everyone. And, as they had discussed, everyone was wearing white button up blouses with a black pencil skirt and heels.
As 11:00 came, the office closed and the team went out to get things going. There were about 20 people around the pool, basically waiting for James to open up the bar. Lauren had tasked Sarah with emcee duties, basically because she had the loudest voice. Sarah walked up to the platform that she was calling a stage and made the opening announcement:
"Welcome to this year's Westpark Summer Bash! As you can see we've got burgers and dogs to eat along with some sides by the main office. We have a cash bar with free bottles of water and free beer! If you prefer a mixed drink, my fianc James will make them for you. Each mixed drink is one dollar but I am definitely on board with you guys tipping the bartender. Right here at 11:30am we are going to have the annual Belly Flop Competition with the winner getting a $50 gift card. At 1pm we are going to have a couple contest over in the open area by the office. Teams of two will compete for another $50 gift card. At 1:30pm we are going to have our First Annual Lip Sync contest. Please make sure you sign up so we ensure we have your chosen music. Winner of that contest gets $100 gift card. And then after 2:00 we will have our slip and slide competition where contestants will be judged on their style, form, and general awesomeness for going down the slip and slide. Remember, as was on the posting we put out, there are bonus points to be earned for costumed participants. If you have questions, or need help with something, ask one of the ladies you see in the white blouses and pencil skirts. That's your apartment management team and we are here to help. Also, at various points during the day, one of that team will be sitting on the dunk tank platform waiting for you to hit the target and send them into the tank, dressed as we are. And finally, this year we wanted to add a charity feature to the event. We are doing a fundraiser for the local Cancer Society which helps families going through the process of fighting cancer. If you look over across from the dunk tank, there's a booth there, where Jasmine is currently siting. If you wish to donate, here's what you get....For a $10 donation, you get to hit Jasmine, or whoever is at the station at the time you are there, with a big cream pie. If you donate $20, you get 3 pies to hit the management team with. And if you don't hold any grudges against the management team, for an extra $5 donation, you can choose to hit a "willing" participant with the pie or pies. But they have to be willing, no physical fights please. And, best of all, donations can be made using your card, we have the technology! Let's raise some money and most of all let's have fun out here today! Happy Summer!"
Lauren was impressed with Sarah's emcee skills. She looked pretty comfortable and definitely had everyone's attention. Lauren had forgotten about Sarah's plan for a lip sync competition to replace the pie eating contest from last year. In the end Sarah decided that more people might be tempted to get involved in that rather than getting messy. If anyone wanted to get messy, there were other options. The first hour seemed to go by pretty smoothly as more tenants kept showing up. Keith from #102 won the Belly Flop contest. There were about 10 contestants, which surprised Lauren. There was even a woman that did it. Lauren thought it might be one of the ladies that lived in apartment across the walkway from. They were roommates, Lauren assumed they were friends from college or something like that as she saw them occasionally together. At one point she looked over at the booth as saw Jasmine get hit in the face with a pie. By the look of things, she had been hit with several pies so they were at least raising some money for a good cause and it looked like she was still smiling. Donna was the first to go up on the dunk tank platform. And apparently someone had good aim, because Lauren saw her go in on several throws in a row. Her blouse was definitely see through at this point,
After a bit, Donna got out of the tank and walked over to relieve Jasmine from her post at the pie booth. Jasmine had stationed a water hose by the booth to rinse herself off and after she did that it looked almost like she had been in the dunk tank. She came over to talk to Lauren once she cleaned off a bit. "I got us $50!"
"That's great!" Lauren said, laughing at her.
Sarah was walking up when she heard Jasmine talk about how much she had earned. "We should have a contest! Whoever gets the most donations, gets a prize!"
After some back and forth, they agreed to the contest. At 1:00 Stephanie had about 10 couples lined up for her contest. She had a couple of coolers with water balloons. Except these weren't normal water balloons, these were about the size of a watermelon. They were gigantic. Apparently she had done this at a summer camp where she had been a counselor in college. Each couple was given a balloon and then they had to toss it to their partner, then take a step back and their partner would toss it back. This would continue until all but one team had busted their water balloon. The first toss had two teams fall out of contention with the balloon exploding on their first toss. It was actually pretty entertaining to watch. There was one couple who made it through the first few rounds when the boyfriend clearly decided he wanted to get his girlfriend and her sun dress soaked. He tossed the balloon pretty high in the air and when she tried to catch it above her head, it exploded sending water all over her and her dress. Eventually, there were only two couples left, standing about 10 feet from their partner. The girls were the ones throwing the balloons on this turn and one of them did not give it enough power and her boyfriend had to dive to try and save it but it of course exploded on impact. The other couple made another catch and was the winner of the $50 gift card. When Stephanie handed them their gift card, the guy asked a question in Stephanie's ear. She shrugged and appeared to agree with whatever he was saying.
The guy picked up his girlfriend, who was wearing a very tight, yellow t-shirt and a tiny pink skirt, and carried her over to the dunk tank. After some discussion, she finally climbed up onto the platform. He pretended to walk toward the tennis balls they were using to throw at the target and instead ran and hit the target with his hand, sending her into the tank. The little shirt was definitely transparent now and as she fell into the tank, it was clear that she wasn't wearing any underwear. That got a big reaction from the crowd. There were lots of whistles when she climbed out and then the women in the crowd began to yell for her boyfriend to get on the platform. The girl finally heard what was being yelled out and pushed him over to the ladder. He finally climbed up, realizing he had no choice, and sat down on the platform. He was wearing a tank top and some khaki shorts. As he had done she ran over and hit the target with her hands, sending him into the water, which resulted in big cheers from all of the crowd. Stephanie grabbed them both towels as he climbed out of the tank and helped Jasmine take her turn in the tank.
Then Stephanie went over to take her turn at the pie booth. Donna had only raised $40 and was pissed about it. "There was too much other stuff going on! Not fair!"
It was time for the Lip Sync competition and Lauren made sure she was eating lunch so she could see this. Apparently there were 5 contestants and the winner would be judged by the crowd response. The first two guys that did it were ok, but didn't really get the crowd involved. The next contestant was actually the roommates that lived across from Lauren. They were dressed in costume and performed to the Britney Spears classic, "Hit Me Baby, One More Time." They were really good, and as they were both wearing the "Britney School-Girl Costume" the crowd got into it. Lauren had to admit they looked really good in those costumes. The next contestant was a guy that lip synced an old country song and he had a cowboy hat, but that was about it. Although he was good because he had no shirt on, and kept flexing his muscles while he sang. Lauren thought he was like Chris but smaller. The final contestant was a couple that lip synced the old song from the "Dirty Dancing" movie. It was ok but they really nailed it with their finale. She stood at the back of the platform and ran towards the guy at the front of the platform next to the pool. She jumped into his arms at the very end of the song and he lifted her up and back over his head before keeping her momentum going and actually throwing her into the pool. That got a huge response as she was wearing a flowery dress that immediately became transparent upon exiting the water. Sarah asked for everyone to cheer for their favorite and sure enough the finale had done enough for the couple as they won the $100. Lauren felt bad for the roommates because their entire performance had been better.
As soon as the lip sync competition was over, Sarah ran over to replace Stephanie at the pie booth. Stephanie had raised $70. She was winning so far...Sarah hadn't been over there long before Lauren saw James talking to people at the bar. He apparently was paying people to go over and pie Sarah. It was kind of like cheating but they were still raising money. It was about time for the slip and slide competition to begin and Lauren knew that when that started it was her time to man the pie booth. She wished David was there. Sarah was a mess, but smiling as she had raised $90. Lauren took her place and waited to see if anyone would come over to her. The event was winding down and most everybody was over at the slip and slide watching that event.
Suddenly she heard a voice, "Looks like things are going well." It was Jessica. "Sorry I'm late I got held up with some issues at Rocky Creek. Those never happened while you and I were there."
"That's true." Lauren replied.
"Looks like a good turnout. How much money have you guys raised?"
"Well, let me see...as of now we've raised $250. It's better than I thought we would do." Lauren replied. And it was true, she thought they might get $100, maybe $150 at most.
Jessica kept surveying the area, "So...I'm going to go ahead and donate $20. I think it's a good cause, want to do my part."
Lauren was surprised but happy to see her boss donating. "Great, that puts us up to $270. Thanks." Lauren put the cash in the little zipper bag and sat back down, trying to see what was happening over at the slip and slide.
"Uh...where's the pies I get to use?"
"Oh...I thought...I thought you were just donating."
"Oh, I am donating but I want the reward too. Not as your boss, just as a giving person. This has nothing to do with work."
Lauren was definitely not expecting this. She got up and grabbed 3 pies out of the coolers. Jessica was really smiling at this point. "I think you're doing great, by the way. If an opening pops up I am recommending you to be promoted." Jessica said as she ran her finger in the cream of the first pie.
"Thanks. I've been working towards that goal." And with that Jessica slammed the first pie into Lauren's face. She smeared it around then pushed it up on top of her head. Jessica grabbed the second pie and played with it in the same way as the first.
"Do you have someone trained to replace you if you get promoted?"
"I'm working on that but, yes I think Sarah c-" And Jessica slammed the second pie into her face. This time she went up over her head and smeared the pie all over the long brunette hair going down her back. As Jessica grabbed the last pie, Lauren finished her statement, "Sarah can do it." Jessica didn't wait to ask another question and slammed it into Lauren's face, this time smearing it down the front of Lauren's blouse, with clumps of cream dropping onto her skirt.
"This is kind of fun." Jessica said smiling.
Lauren wiped the pie from her eyes and mouth and stood up. "Hey, not as an employee of yours or anything, but I'd like to donate $25 to the cause."
"Sure, that doesn't affect me. It's good of you to donate as well." Jessica responded. But then she saw Lauren pull another 3 pies from the coolers.
"You see, with the extra $5 donation I get to pie someone that is not scheduled to be pied. And I think I'm going to choose you." Lauren probably never would have done this without the good relationship she had with Jessica. They were close friends when they worked at the same complex. They went out for drinks after work, went to parties together. They had just gotten a little more distant in recent times.
"So...I'm supposed to sit down and let you hit me with those?" Jessica asked.
"That's what I get for my donation." Jessica reluctantly sat down. She was wearing a pair of skinny jeans and short heels along with a bright yellow blouse. Lauren aimed the first pie directly at her face, hitting it with full force. It was good that she had received lots of practice doing this. She smeared the pie all over her face then down onto her yellow blouse. With the second pie, she smeared it in her face and up over her head, covering her short black hair. As she grabbed the third pie, she saw Sarah running towards her, panicked about what she was seeing. Before Sarah got there Lauren slammed the last pie into her face and smeared more of it onto her blouse and some onto her jeans.
Jessica got up as she wiped off her eyes and mouth. "Jessica?" Sarah asked as she got to the booth.
"Yes, Sarah its Jessica under this mess. Can you accept this donation of $20? I'd like to have another 3 pies to use please."
Lauren reluctantly sat down as Sarah got the 3 pies. Jessica held the first pie and reached down to unbutton the top two buttons on Lauren's shirt. "We have to be fair. My blouse is much more open than yours." And with that she slammed the pie directly onto Lauren's chest. Lauren could feel Jessica's hands on her breasts smearing the pie all over. She was getting aroused.
Then it all came back to Lauren. At one of the last parties they went to together, Lauren remembered what had happened. They were in a big group at someone's house and had been drinking a lot. In fact none of them went home that night, they all stayed at that house. Late in the evening they were in a circle playing Truth or Dare. It was Jessica's turn and she chose Dare. Someone dared her to kiss another girt at the party. Jessica had leaned over and gave Lauren a very passionate kiss. In fact, she pushed Lauren down to the floor on her back and got on top of her running her tongue into Lauren's mouth. Lauren didn't remember much after that but the next morning when she woke up, she was naked. Jessica had already left.
Lauren quickly came back to the current time when Jessica slammed another pie into her face. She was confused by everything but was enjoying it at the same time. Jessica asked Lauren to stand up for the third pie and when she did, Jessica slammed it onto Lauren's ass, and did a good job of rubbing it all over. Jessica started to ask for another 3 pies but Sarah intervened, "Ok, thanks for the donation guys. Can I help you get cleaned up Jessica?" She handed the hose to Jessica who washed off some of the pie on her face and then walked over to the dunk tank. Lauren wasn't going to wait for Sarah to stop her as she hit the target with her hand as soon as Jessica got on it. She dropped into the water, which rinsed off all of the pie into the tank water. As she climbed out Sarah handed her a couple of towels.
"Great job Lauren. Tell your team that too. We'll talk next week." Jessica said as she walked back towards her car, her jeans and shirt just sticking right on her skin.
"That was weird." Sarah said.
"Yeah, it was." Lauren mumbled back, still trying to process everything.
Sarah was about to ask questions about their history when the roommates that lived across from Lauren walked up. "Is the pie booth still open?"
"Yes it is." Sarah answered.
"Great, we need to take care of our sorrow so we'd like to donate $50. 3 pies for each of us."
"Sorrow?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah, we came in 2nd at the lip sync competition and then we came in 2nd at the slip and slide competition."
"Who won?"
"Lady named Jane who was dressed as Harley Quinn, and did all sorts of tricks going down the slide. Oh, I'm Kerry and this is Emily." Kerry explained.
"If you forget, especially since we're dressed alike, Kerry is the blonde one, I'm a brunette." Emily explained further.
Both of them were still in their Britney Spears school girl costumes, although both were significantly damp from the slip and slide, leaving some of their blouse transparent. They were both very beautiful, sexy young ladies. Lauren guessed that they were about 23 or 24.
"Can we get the pies now?"
"I'm sorry, here you go." And Lauren set them down on the booth counter. Kerry sat down first and Emily slammed the first pie right in her face, spreading it all over her head. She had Kerry stand up and Emily pulled up her skirt and pushed her back down where she sat directly onto the pie, sending cream out from the chair. With the third pie, she again slammed it into her face and then down the unbuttoned opening of her white blouse. Kerry got up and directed Emily to sit down. She took two pies and gave Emily a pie sandwich, engulfing her head with the pie. With the third pie she walked over and just ripped off the buttons of her wet blouse, revealing a sexy white lace bra. Kerry pushed the pie onto the exposed bra and took her time smearing it around. Both of them were clearly enjoying this.
"How many people do this sort of thing?" Lauren thought to herself.
Emily got up and said "I'd like to make another $10 donation."
"Ok." Lauren replied thinking that she should really charge an extra $5 but figured it wasn't worth it to cause a problem. "Who's this one for?" She asked smiling.
Kerry looked directly at Lauren, who had gradually been scraping off the pie she had received from Jessica. "You."
Lauren was again surprised but she guessed that was the point of the booth, for her to get pied. She sat back down and Kerry pushed the pie into her face slowly. She smeared it all over her head and then whispered into her ear, "We know you like to do this. We do too. You should come over sometime..." With that she pushed the pie tin up on Lauren's head and left it there. They walked away, apparently back to their place to clean up.
"How did they know? What do they do?" Lauren's mind was racing with thoughts when she heard James.
"My turn!" He handed Sarah $20 and held out the first pie in front of Lauren's face. He pushed the pie into her face, then down her chest. He took the second and third pies and gave her a pie sandwich. "There you go!" He shouted laughing.
At this point the party was winding down and most everybody was either hanging out by the pool or had gone back to their apartments. The team had made their way over to Lauren and Sarah at the pie booth. "Who earned the most?" Jasmine asked.
"How much did you earn?" Stephanie asked Lauren.
Lauren quickly did the math in her head. "$140."
"No, you got $145." Sarah corrected her. "Lauren, you are the winner."
"What does the winner get?" Lauren asked as she tried to scrape off more pie.
As she asked, Sarah had brought the team together besides Lauren. They opened up the coolers and pulled out the remaining pies. By Sarah's count there was another 11 pies left. "Well, you get the rest of these. Get her girls!" And all of the team began to hit Lauren with the remaining pies. When they finished you couldn't even see who the blob of pie was. Everyone was laughing, including Lauren. She got up and decided to follow the lead of her boss. She walked over to the dunk tank, which was now a little cloudy from the pie that Jessica had washed off in there. She climbed up the ladder and sat down on the platform.
Sarah started to run over to hit the target and Lauren yelled out. "No! It has to be a legit hit!" So Lauren sat on the platform, just a big blob of cream pie and waited for one of her team to hit the target with a ball. Unfortunately for Lauren, these were not very accurate throwers. Jasmine went first, and missed with all 5 balls. Stephanie went, missed all five. One of her five clipped the target but not enough to trip the trigger. Donna reared back and missed her 5 as well. Finally it was Sarah's turn. She missed with the first four, then turned and said something to Stephanie. Stephanie did something, but Lauren couldn't see what it was through all of the pie. Sarah pulled back her arm and fired it at the target. Another miss. As she missed, all four of the ladies ran towards the target and hit it with their hands. Lauren dropped into the tank. She swam around trying to rinse off all of the pie. The water turned cloudy with all of the particles in it.
She pulled herself up, revealing her transparent blouse and a skirt that was stuck to her skin, and her team cheered. It had been a very successful day. Although she had a lot of things to figure out, her boss, her neighbors, and when was David going to get back, she needed something normal to happen...