(Story for an anonymous requestor)

Victoria smiled nervously as she stood behind her podium awaiting her opponent to appear. Usually, she had no fears appearing in public, even when semi-naked, but tonight was different as not only was appearing as herself but also because she would be playing against James. She and James had worked together in the past both on modelling shoots and television shows but for various reasons had never hooked up despite the obvious spark between them. Maybe this time it would be different Victoria thought wistfully to herself.

"And her opponent..." the host announced.

James walked out confidentially on to the stage as if he owned it. Victoria's heart gave a slight flutter at his appearance, and she was sure she wasn't alone in her reaction as he was incredibly handsome with his tall, slender physique and untamed mop of hair. He shuck the host's hand and put a comradely hand on his shoulder whilst he turned his devastating smile upon the audience. Then as James was shown over to his podium, he taunted Victoria by mouthing "You're going down".

The host then explained the format of the show. The two celebrity contestants would compete in a series of games and at the end the one with the lowest points would suffer a humiliating forfeit. The audience cheered and applauded at the prospect of this happening. The host then revealed that the first challenge was a short quiz with multiple choice answers and that the questions would be about their opponent. Victoria and James cast friendly glances, and Victoria stuck her tongue out at her opponent teasingly.

"What was Jame's first acting role?" the host asked.

Victoria looked over at the large screen on the far side of the stage which displayed the possible answers. She immediately discounted two as she knew James had never acted in theatre and was doubtful it would have been in a major movie, which left an advert for a clothing brand or a rural soap opera. As she knew that he had been a model before turning to acting she went with the advert as being the most likely option.

"You're correct!" the host stated.

He then went on to ask James about Victoria's first modelling assignment which after a couple of minutes of musing, James correctly guessed as for leggings. The host continued to alternatively ask them a further three questions about each other and Victoria was pleased that she got all hers right. James had gotten one of his questions wrong, incorrectly guessing which talent show Victoria had been a guest judge on. That meant at the end of the first game Victoria had a slender lead of just one point lead over James.

The host did a couple of pieces to camera to cover for the advert break before announcing the second game: guess the theme song. This was a buzzer round, and the host went on to say that whoever was in last place at the end of the game would suffer a minor forfeit. James looked nervously over at Victoria who shared his apprehension as the audience laughed at the pairs' obvious discomfort.

The first song played was from a recent cop buddy movie and Victoria buzzed in to claim the point. James got the next one and then Victoria buzzed for the third tune but got it wrong. The contest seemed to be fairly evenly matched between the two contestants, but Victoria was pleasantly surprised to not only finish still in the lead but had extended it to two points. And whilst she knew that she could still lose it all in the final game, her confidence had returned, and she now looked forward to seeing what forfeit James was going suffer.

"You must strip down to your underwear" the host announced.

"Yeah, get them off!" Victoria shouted.

Having been a model, James had no issue with showing some flesh. So, to the encouragement of the audience, and with a grinning Victoria looking on, he began to remove his clothes. First went his jacket and shoes, then it got more interesting as he stripped out of his shirt and trousers to leave him standing there in just his boxer shorts. Like many of the female members of the audience, and a few of the men, Victoria took the opportunity to admire Jame's near naked body.

* * *

As the show paused for yet another ad break, James and Victoria were escorted backstage and given an opportunity to relax. Rather than being directed back to their own private changing rooms they were shown into a large meeting room. There was a table in the room which held bottles of water, assorted snacks and a pile of fresh towels. James stepped up to it and grabbed a couple of towels to wrap around himself for warm.

"Pity" Victoria murmured.

James chuckled at her whispered comment before picking up a couple of bottles and handing one to Victoria. They both relaxed as they drank and began to chat. They caught one another up on their recent careers and lives. Victoria had recently performed in a stage show whilst James had guest starred on a travel show and got a free vacation out of it. Just as the conversation was approaching more personal areas, which was of particular interest to Victoria as she was currently single, they were interrupted by loud jiggling sounds from the adjacent corridor.

Curiosity getting the better of her, Victoria hadn't resist opening the door slightly to see what was causing the clamour. It turned out to be a large buffet trolley with the top shelf holding six large cream pies and four buckets holding who knew what on the lower shelf. Victoria closed the door and turned around to see that James had also seen the trolley and like her had now guessed what fate awaited tonight's loser. Victoria was glad she was currently in the lead as she had no wish to get messy.

"I can't get gunged" James declared, "I've got a photo shoot straight after this."

"Oh, but it's okay for me to get it?" Victoria retorted.

"Please Tori" James begged.

Victoria was surprised James knew her family nickname but that changed nothing. However, James didn't stop with words as he slowly approached Victoria and gently took hold of her arms before leaning in and kissing her upon the lips. The kiss was intense and seemed to last our hours until rudely broken up when one of the stagehands knocked on the door to let them know the show was due to restart.

* * *

Victoria was in equal measure confused and thrilled as she took her place behind her podium as the host welcomed back the audience. She long thought about having a relationship with James, but things had never lined up for them, one or the other had already been in a relationship and the other about the head off for another job. But now it seemed they were both free and single. Of course, Victoria wasn't so sure about throwing the contest for him and having to suffering a messy forfeit.

The host explained the final game was a memory test where they had to match-up the faces of various celebrities one or both had worked alongside. There were twelve rotatable tiles on a board and as Victoria was leading, she went first which unsurprisingly resulting in no match. The game continued for a while without either scoring a point as the host turned tile after tile before they began to get them right. Towards the end, James had clawed back one point on Victoria, but it was now her turn and there were only four tiles remaining.

"If you guess correctly, you'll win the game" the host stated.

Victoria knew who was behind all four tiles and was assured of victory. But glancing over at James she could see the pleading look in his eyes and so decided to sacrifice her dignity for a chance of romance. The audience groaned as she answered incorrectly, and James went on to win the game and the entire show by just a single point over Victoria.

The host congratulated James on his shock win whilst a pair of stagehands lead Victoria over to a pillory that had been set up to one side of the stage. As Victoria was secured to the deice, another stagehand wheeled on the trolley laden with creamy desserts that she and James had spotted earlier. The host lead James over to Victoria and explained that as tonight's winner he would be the one to deliver her forfeit, passing him one of the cream pies as he did so.

"Sorry about this" James mumbled.

With the apology and the fact that she'd let him win, Victoria assumed James would go easy on her, but it seemed she was sadly mistaken as he quickly smashed the first pie into her face. Victoria stunned and didn't know what to think as she heard the mocking laughter of the audience directed at her. She attempted to reach out and clear the cream from out of her eyes but struggled with her arms secured into the pillory. After a couple of failed attempts, Victoria succeeded in her efforts only to see James standing next to her with another pie in hand.

This time rather than thrusting the pie, he slowly brought it up to level with her nose before proceeding to grind it against her face. Victoria couldn't quite believe this was happening to her, surely one or two pies was sufficient humiliation for the purposes of the show. But it seemed James was far from finished as he picked up a couple of pies from the trolley and sandwiched Victoria's head between. He then took the penultimate pie and deposited on top of her head as if it was a hat, ruining her hair in the process, which provoked cheers and laughter from the audience.

Next, James moved on to the lower shelf of the trolley as he selected a bucket filled with cold custard and emptied it over Victoria's head. He then choose a bucket of chocolate sauce and poured it over her shoulders, meaning the brown liquid flowed down her torso and soon covered her once fashionable clothes. Buckets of fruit compote and runny cream followed until the once glamorous model looked an absolute mess.

"Poor Victoria, but let's give it up for our winner James" host stated.

Victoria was completely miserable as everyone laughed and pointed at her and she didn't know whether to scream or cry. She even noticed that James was smiling smugly towards her and began to wonder if he'd actually enjoyed humiliating her like that or was simply playing along for the sake of the show.

* * *

As the show finished and the audience file out of the television studio, a pair of stagehands finally release Victoria from the pillory. Once free she straightened up and as she did, so she noticed an attractive young woman approach James from offstage and congratulate him on his performance throughout the show before giving him a big kiss. Victoria also overheard the pair discussing heading out to try a local club later that evening.

It was then she realised she'd been played, and that James had used her infatuation with him against her. Spotting the leftover cream pie on the trolley, Victoria snatched it up and nonchalantly walked over towards James and his girlfriend. A few of the stage crew could see what was about to happen but just stood there. She tapped James on the shoulder and waited for him to turn around.

"Hey, loverboy!" Victoria stated.

And with that Victoria smashed the pie into Jame's surprised face. Even better some of the pie filling splattered against his girlfriend much to her annoyance. James was stunned by his sudden humiliation and so Victoria took the chance to go one step further; she gave him a passionate hug, pretending that she was still besotted with him but in truth using the opportunity to wipe as much gunk from herself to James. Once he realised what she was doing he broke the embrace and went running off to his dressing room, his girlfriend following behind.

A few of the stagehands chuckled at her actions and one even stepped up to give her a high five. Victoria might have been humiliated and messed up on the show but at least she'd gotten the last laugh.

The end.