(continued from Lauren's Story - Chapter 28...)

It had been quite a day. Lots of fun, lots of unusual and unexpected situations, and lots of mess. When they finished cleaning up everything, some of the team wanted to go have a few drinks. But Lauren was exhausted and wanted some time to herself to process things. She stopped by her apartment to pick up some clothes and headed back over to David's house. When she got to the house she took off the once white buttoned blouse she was wearing and the black pencil skirt that went with it. She put on a fresh bra, along with one of David's t-shirts and some black yoga pants. She wasn't sure what her plans were but she knew she definitely didn't want to go out that night. She opened up a bottle of wine that she found in David's kitchen and took it down to the pool with a glass form the cabinet. She decided to just sit and enjoy the warm weather and beautiful scenery. Hopefully that would help clear her mind.
As she sat by the pool, her phone buzzed with an incoming text message. It was from Sarah. "Hey! Just wanted to check on you! I'm available if you want to talk!"
Lauren decided that she would leave Sarah out of this for the moment. She turned on some music and set her phone back down without responding. Then it buzzed again. This time it was David. "How'd your party go? I'm sure it was great. Sorry I wasn't there. I'll make it up to you next weekend. Finally going to bed since its 2:00 am over here. Love you."
Lauren was happy to hear from him. She needed his normalcy in her life right now. "Love you too. Be careful. Can't wait to see you again!"
It was still really warm as the sun was about to set, so Lauren set her feet into the pool to help cool her off. She was already on her second glass of wine when her phone buzzed again. This time it was Jessica. "Hey! I hope I didn't scare you earlier today. I was actually having fun and got kind of carried away in everything. I hope everything is still good between us. We can talk if you want to. Otherwise, I'll talk to you on the Monday call."
Today didn't scare Lauren it was just so...unexpected. Lauren understood how things get carried away when getting messy. All of her time with Sarah could relate to that. But still, it was her boss and someone she hadn't been close with, in at least a year or so. And by close, there was only that one time 3 years ago, that they actually had physical contact. But...it was her boss too. Lauren decided to just write it off as one of those in the moment things and decided not to respond to Jessica's text. She poured herself another glass of wine.
With everyone texting her, she figured that somehow her neighbors at the apartments would send her message next. But they didn't. She finished the third glass of wine, realized she hadn't eaten very much and started to get up from the side of the pool, where her feet were hanging over into the water. She had pulled her yoga pant legs up so they wouldn't get wet. As she stood up, she realized that she was moving way too fast and clearly her motor skills were not working at full capacity due to the intake of wine. She stumbled a bit, first leaning toward the chairs by the pool, then quickly over corrected which caused her to lean towards the pool. She decided her main goal was to not get hurt, because there was no help anywhere close if she needed it. As she leaned towards the pool and felt herself start to fall, she dove off as far as she could into the pool, trying to get away from the concrete edge of the pool. The water was warm as she was submerged. Lauren was in the shallow end so she was able to stand up once she regained a bit of balance. David's t-shirt was soaked and now transparent as well was her white bra. Her yoga pants, which by design are very form fitting, were even tighter on her skin.
David's shirt was heavy with all of the water and reached down to her knees, making it more difficult to walk in her current state. It took a few moments but she was finally able to pull the large shirt off of her body. She threw it over to the side of the pool and caught her breath. She decided to try and take off her yoga pants, which in hindsight, was not a great idea. They were basically part of her skin under the water and her diminished motor skills would make the move difficult. She was able to push them down to her knees but then struggled to finish getting them off. Lauren lost her balance and went back under the water a few times, at one point she even ended up under water with both feet sticking up out of the water. She did finally get them pulled off, and had to laugh at herself and her drunken state. She threw the pants, which were also holding her panties, over to the side of the pool. They hit the edge of the pool and nearly fell back in, but managed to hold their spot out of the water.
Now Lauren was standing in the shallow end of David's pool in her bra and nothing else. She decided to just go ahead and finish the job and took off her soaked, transparent bra. She reared back and threw it over to the side of the pool as hard as she could. Of course, in her inebriated state, that did not go according to plan. The strap caught her fingers as she threw it and instead of heading towards the side of the pool, it flew out into the deep end, where it sat just floating around, taunting her. She took a deep breath and swam over to it. At that point she decided to just hold on to it until she was out of the pool. Lauren swam to the steps in the shallow end and stepped up out of the pool, completely naked.
It was still warm outside and she was probably very warm from the wine that was still affecting her, so walking around naked wasn't a problem for her at that point. She leaned over and picked up the t-shirt she had been wearing. She rang it out, along with her bra, so that it wouldn't drip when she took it inside the house. She picked up the wine bottle and saw that there was only a very little bit left, so she tipped up the bottle and finished it off. She walked over to get her pants from the edge of the pool and leaned over to pick them up. As she did, her panties fell out of the pants right back into the pool. And of course, there was a pool jet right at that spot, which carried the panties back out to the middle of the pool. Lauren had a lot of internal debates going on in her head at that point. She knew she needed to get those out of the pool. She just pictured the pool guy showing up on Monday and pulling her panties out of the trap. But she was getting tired and really didn't feel like getting back in the water. After a few moments, she just headed up the stairs, naked, figuring the panties would take care of themselves for the night.
She walked in back to David's room, threw her wet clothes onto the bathroom floor, and laid down on David's bed. She immediately went to sleep. And it was a deep sleep, probably enhanced by the alcohol. When she woke up the next morning, she ate a quick breakfast, took a shower and decided she needed to take care of things back at her place. So she drove back over to her apartment, stopping to pick up some lunch at a drive thru. She worked on bills, laundry, etc. at her place most of the afternoon. Late in the day, there was a knock at the door. She looked out the little window and saw that it was one of her neighbors, Kerry. Her blonde, shoulder length hair, was done up really nicely and she was wearing a cute little summer dress.
Lauren opened the door, "Hi Kerry! What's up?"
"I just wanted to talk to you about yesterday. I realized later that it was very forward of me and I'm typically not like that. But Emily has that kind of effect on me. I'm sorry if I embarrassed you."
"No, it's fine. There was a lot going on that day. Although I'm curious how you both know what I enjoy doing?"
"Well, we keep an eye on things around our apartment. And we've seen you bring back grocery plastic bags with pies in them. And you clearly don't look like you are sitting around eating them. Maybe we just assumed but when we saw you and that other lady pieing each other and how you were reacting to that, we just put two and two together."
"I see. Well I guess I can't lie about it now. But up to about a month or so ago I would have said you were crazy. But I've been exposed to some things in that time that have changed my way of thinking."
"Ok. That's part of the reason I knocked on your door. Emily and I hang out with people that have similar interests to the ones you are apparently discovering. And once every three months or so we get together for a party...a messy party, if you will. I thought that if it was something you liked, you might want to come check it out. No pressure, just wanted to include you if you were interested."
"Uh...uh...wow...ok...well, I can't say I'm not intrigued. I've got a lot of questions though. Just curious how it would all work I guess."
"I'm sure you do. Emily did too before we went to the first one. She's at the grocery store, want to come over and talk about it when she gets back?"
"Uh...sure. I've got no other plans tonight." Lauren wasn't sure why she agreed but she was curious. She gave Kerry her number and told her to call when Emily got back and they could talk.
Lauren continued to work on her chores when her phone buzzed and it was Kerry telling her that Emily was back. Lauren looked at herself in the mirror and saw dust and dirt all over her shirt and pants where she had been cleaning. Then she thought about what Kerry was wearing and decided that she needed to make herself look more presentable. She put on a romper outfit that she had been wanting to wear but hadn't found the proper place or time to wear it. It was little ridiculous but she liked it and though it was cute. It was mostly yellow with little pink flowers all over it. She slipped on her wedge sandals and walked across to her neighbor's place.
Emily opened the door and exclaimed, "That is super cute! I love it! Come on in."
Lauren walked in and saw Kerry putting away groceries. "Have a seat at the bar!" Kerry pointed towards the barstools by the kitchen bar counter.
She sat down and took notice of Emily's grocery purchases. She saw a couple pies, boxes of cake mix, cans of whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and then assorted other items that Lauren assumed were for regular eating purposes. Lauren was amazed that there were so many other people doing the things she had never heard of a couple of months ago.
"Kerry said she talked to you about yesterday? I'm really sorry if it made you uncomfortable. We get carried away sometimes."
"No big deal. I understand completely."
"She said you have questions about the messy parties?" Emily asked smiling.
"Yes...I guess first off how do they work? Where are they at? Do you bring stuff to use? Who is there? I guess that's enough to start..."
"Ok, here's how they work. We go onto an online message board and someone proposes a date for a get together. If enough people can make it work, then it's settled. As far as the location it varies. We've had parties in a warehouse, in an old restaurant, at people's houses, just wherever we can make a mess and not worry about it. Typically we all bring stuff to use but sometimes we all just Venmo or Paypal money to the person who organizes it. There's usually about 10 people there. We wouldn't do it if there was less than 6. And there's married couples, divorced people, one half of married couples (because the other half doesn't like it), girls, guys, trans, just all types. We are all there just to have a good time and do things we don't get to experience elsewhere." Emily explained.
Kerry continued, "As far as how it works...usually the person who organizes it has some games or events they want to do. We've had trivia contests, card games, rock, paper, scissor contests, just anything where someone would end up receiving a forfeit. And everyone that goes, will usually take part in those games and then move on to what they really enjoy. The good thing is that you get to experience all sorts of things and we've learned about things that we really like that we would have never experienced without these parties. It's a lot of fun."
"So...how do you clean up before you get back in your car and head home?" Lauren's interest was definitely peaked.
"There's always a hose or two to rinse off with. We always bring towels to either use to wipe ourselves off or to place in our car seats."
"Ok, you've peaked my interest."
"It's worth it to give it a try at least one time. If you don't like it or you're uncomfortable, you can just leave. Sometimes people do." Emily explained.
Kerry then spoke up, "The next party is Tuesday night. Want to come along, or follow us over there....or I guess we could give you the address?"
Lauren was curious but she didn't want to go alone. There were too many things she didn't know about it to just agree to go with people she just met. She decided she would ask Sarah. "I think I can go. Let me check my schedule and see if my boyfriend is going to be back on Tuesday or not." David worked as a very good excuse if Sarah couldn't go.
"Sure. You've got my number. Let me know when you find out. It's fine either way." Kerry said.
"Thanks for inviting me." Lauren replied as she started to head out the door.
"If we didn't have to bring this stuff," Kerry pointed at the pies and messy stuff on the counter, "I'd ask you to stay and have some fun with us."
"Maybe we can do that another time?" Lauren suggested.
Kerry replied, "I think we'd like that very much..."