Ewan and Jodie had been best friends ever since they'd met at school. As they'd grown up, their friendship had grown and matured although never romantically. They had made fun of one another when they'd started dating and supported each other when those relationships had ended. Currently both were single, Jodie having split with her boyfriend a few months ago and Ewan having gotten dumped by his girlfriend just last week.

So, Ewan wasn't in the best of moods when Jodie picked him up on his birthday for a surprise. She drove him to a local cafe where a number of their friends had already gathered. As they walked over to the table, Jodie and all the others launched into a rendition of "Happy birthday" whilst a waitress appeared with a birthday cake.

It was a large sheet cake covered with white icing and bearing twenty-one lit candles. Ewan waited for his friends to finish their singing before blowing out the candles. He managed to blow them all out with a single breath.

"Make a wish" Jodie suggested as she removed the candles from the cake.

As Ewan pondered what to wish for, he overheard a couple of his friends conspiring to push his face into the cake. Not wanting that to happen, he instead grabbed for one of the conspirators and attempted to do to them what they had planned for him. Unfortunately, he got hold of the wrong person and it was Jodie who found herself face down in the cake.

"Oh shit!" Ewan exclaimed as he realised what he'd done.

As Jodie lifted her icing covered face from the cake, their friends couldn't contain their amusement. Jodie reached up and wiped icing from her eyes as everyone bar Ewan laughed at her. Even the waitress and the other customers joined in the merriment once they realised what had happened. Jodie glared intensely at Ewan for a moment of two before striding off in the direction of the toilets.

Ewan got up and moved to follow her. Unfortunately, he had to get past several people who were either doubled up laughing or trying to congratulate him on the caking. But Jodie had already disappeared into the ladies before he could reach her. Wanting to explain his mistake and apologise, Ewan ignored social convention and followed her in.

He found Jodie standing inside. He had assumed that she'd be crying or maybe washing her face in the sink. But instead she was simply standing there looking at herself in the mirror. Ewan stepped up to her and put his arms supportively around her.

"I'm really sorry Jodie, it was an accident" he explained.

Jodie turned around and looked Ewan in the eye with icing still coating her face. Before he knew what was happening her lips were upon his, and they were kissing. Jodie wrapped her arms around him, and Ewan found himself thinking thoughts he'd never had before about his best friend. It was clear that Jodie was experiencing something similar.

The pair stripped off one another's clothes until they were both naked. Ewan took a moment to admire Jodie's body before leading her over to one of the cubicles. From there things got even more heated, as they had sex in the toilet.

* * *

It had been a couple of days since Ewan's birthday and Jodie was still confused about what had happened between them. After their hook-up, Jodie had asked Ewan for some time alone to clean herself up and by the time she'd emerged from the toilet he'd got a lift home from another friend. Jodie had actually been relieved by this as it meant she didn't have to face him immediately.

But she knew that she'd have to face him again soon. He'd already tried phoning, emailing and messaging her but she hadn't responded. Before she did, she wanted to get her own feelings in order. Did she love him? If so, were they now boyfriend and girlfriend? And if not, where did that leave them. Were they even friends anymore?

"She's in her room" she heard her sister say.

Jodie heard someone climb the stairs and moments later there was a knock on her bedroom door. She knew who it was and was about to shout for them to go away when the door opened, and Ewan entered her room. He looked somewhat apprehensive as he sat down beside her on the bed.

"We need to talk" Ewan said.

And they did. It was clear that both of them were at a loss to explain why after years of friendship they had risked throwing it all away for a few moments of pleasure, even if it had been intense. They didn't think they loved one another, at least not romantically but still there had been something between them. They needed to test it, so they kissed.

Whilst it was certainly not an unpleasant experience there was no all-consuming passion behind it like before. It was almost as if there was some element missing from their encounter. So, they broke the kiss and agreed to remain just good friends.

They sat on the bed in an uncomfortable silence. Jodie tried desperately to think of something to say or do to break it. What had they been doing before the incident in the bathroom? Actually, thinking didn't it, didn't Ewan owe her for that incident with the cake on his birthday. Maybe it was time for some payback.

"Back in a sec..." she stated.

Jodie went into the bathroom and opened up the cabinet above the sink. She took out a can of shaving foam and squirted a good amount into her hand. Jodie then returned to her bedroom with the hand holding the foam carefully hidden behind her back. She sat down on the bed beside Ewan and gave him a friendly smile.

"There is one other matter we need to resolve" she said.

Then before Ewan realised what was happening jodie bought her hand around and thrust the foam into his face. She rubbed the shaving foam all over his face before moving on to include most of his head as well. Soon the pair were rolling around on bed with Ewan struggling to clear his face whilst Jodie continued to torment him.

Before either one of them knew what, they were doing, they were kissing and making out. Then in the throes of passion off came their clothes and they dived under the sheets. For the second time the two best friends had sex with one another.

* * *

A week later, Ewan was preparing for his and Jodie's first planned hook-up. He'd been amazed to discover that both of them seemed to be turned on by slapstick. According to the internet, it was even a recognised fetish called wet and messy and there were numerous websites dedicated to it. Ewan had taken the time to browse a few of them.

He'd phoned Jodie earlier in the day to invite her over. Luckily his parents were away for the weekend. Ewan had also visited the supermarket for supplies, specially a dozen cream pies in pastry cases. He'd been tempted to get some cartons of custard as well but quite afford them. He hadn't really considered other non-sweet substances such as mud or paint that he'd seen on the WAM sites because he wasn't sure Jodie would be okay with them.

The doorbell rang and Ewan rushed to open the front door. Jodie stood there on the porch looking fabulous if a little nervous; she was dressed in a short cream coloured dress and it was obvious she'd had her hair and nails done recently.

"Please come in" Ewan said.

Ewan showed Jodie through to the dining room. He'd put ground sheets down over the carpet and taped clear plastic sheeting up to cover the walls. He'd also removed most of the chairs from the room and the dining table was laden with the pies he'd purchased earlier. Jodie raised her eyebrows as she saw his preparations and gave him an encouraging smile.

"So how should we start?" she asked.

"How about lady's first?" Ewan replied.

And with that, Ewan picked up a cream pie from off the table and held it up towards Jodie's face. He moved the pie back and forth a few times, getting it ever closer to touching her but never quite doing so. Jodie waited expectantly for what she assumed was about to happen so was somewhat surprised when Ewan took the pie and placed it back on the table.

Ewan indicated for Jodie to pick up the pie. She turned her back on Ewan and reached for the pie. As she turned back to face him with the pie in hand, he'd managed to stealthily acquire another pie and thrust it into her astonished face. Ewan then proceeded to ground the pie into her face to ensure a thorough covering before dropping the empty case on the floor.

Jodie attempted to clear her face but almost ended up hitting herself in the face with the pie she'd just picked up. Helpfully Ewan took the pie off her to allow her to clean herself up a little. Once she'd done so she looked over at Ewan, her hands on her hips.

"Give me my pie back!" Jodie demanded.

Ewan didn't hesitate in following Jodie's command as she just stood there and accepted another pie in the face. He then picked up a third pie and held out threatening towards Jodie. However, this time she looked at him in seeing shock and pointed reproachfully at the pie he was holding.

"There's something missing from that pie" she stated.

Ewan looked confusingly down at the pie, which allowed Jodie the opportunity to get her hands under his and push the pie upwards into his face. Ewan had expected to get messy at some point but hadn't expected it to happen so soon or for Jodie to prove quite so sneaky. He was quite impressed by her and more than a little turned on, especially when he removed the pie from his face only to discover her waiting patiently with a pie in either hand.

Jodie sandwiched Ewan's head between the pie before going back to the table for another pie. This however gave him the chance to take the offensive again. He quickly snatched up a pie and lifting up the back of Jodie's dress, smacked the pie against her cute behind. Jodie looked back over her shoulder and glanced at Ewan in mock outage.

"Cheeky!" she admonished him.

Jodie took a pie from the table and paced it one of the chairs in the room. She then beckoned Ewan over and grabbing hold of his trousers, pulled them down to leave him in just his shirt and boxers. Next Jodie put her hands-on Ewan's shoulders and forced him to sit down on the chair and into the waiting pie. It wasn't an entirely unpleasant sensation as the bulge in his underwear demonstrated.

Ewan stood up and stepped out of his trousers. Instead of going to the table for a pie, he instead stepped over to Jodie and took hold of her dress.

"You wouldn't dare" she challenged.

Ewan had intended to pull Jodie's dress off. But after her provocation he instead took a firmer hold of the material and ripped it off her body to leave her standing there in just her thong underwear. Ewan then grabbed a pie and smashed it against Jodie's bare chest before smearing it around and copping a good feel of her breasts as he did so.

Jodie retaliated by taking a pie and shoving it down the front of Ewan's boxer shorts. She then pulled down his underwear and gave his ready erect a feel. Ewan immediately responded by pulling down Jodie's thong and delivering a pie to her naked crotch. With just two pies left on the table, each of them picked one up and they stood facing one another.

"On three?" Ewan suggested.

"One... two" Jodie began.

"Three!" Ewan shouted.

And with that, they simultaneously struck the other in the face with their final pie. Blindly the pair reached for one another and embraced. They kissed and it wasn't long before the two of them were rolling around on the ground.

* * *

Ewan woke the next morning in bed beside Jodie. After their messy session and the ensuing sex the evening before, they'd showered together. This had led to more intercourse between the pair before they'd cleaned up the dining room and gone to bed. As he looked admiringly at his best friend, she opened her eyes and smiled back at him.

"So, does this mean we're friends with benefits now?" Ewan asked.

"More like muck buddies" Jodie jokingly replied.

The end.