While we did currently have 5 muddy wenches, none of the rest of us were quite ready to go in yet. It was my daughter's wedding so of course I accepted what would happen but I didn't want to deal with it quite yet. The bridesmaids began looking like they would need to grab people forcefully when we heard a voice say

"you know what guys? it's hot as hell out here and Isabella told me that it's quite nice and cool down there so I'm heading in"

The voice belonged to a Mrs. Julia Hartford. she was the mother of one of Jim's friends, Nathan, so I didn't really know much about her. I did know her husband was in charge of a powerful regional law firm and that he had known his wife since high school. From what charlotte told me Nathan found her kind of embarrassing but I assumed that was mostly due to him being a teenager. Julia today was dressed in a black dress and tights, her hair done up in a bun, she was wearing a tiara, bracelet, earrings and long black opera gloves. Dressed that way she very much looked like Audrey Hepburn from "breakfast at tiffany's" in many ways she even looked like a slightly older version of the actress despite being even a little older than me (she was 45).

Once she got to the edge of the dock she turned around before plugging her nose with one hand, raising the other hand straight up and stepping backwards into the muddy abyss below. She emerged a few seconds later now covered. Unlike Linda, her hair had managed to stay in a bun.

"Hey Linda come down here I need to show you something" said Julia. everyone else then rushed to the edge and we saw Linda once again dive into the pit below.

we watched as she emerged and began to "swim" over to Mrs. Hartford. The two ladies began talking about something that we couldn't hear when we saw Julia take off her one of her long gloves showing that her elbow up to her finger tips were still fairly clean before filling it with mud she then took off the other and did the same. Linda promptly did the same with her gloves and the two began walking back up the hill.

"this feels wonderful darling. How did I not think to do that?"

"Oh it's nothing"

"you think Clara wants any?" asked Linda

"let's ask her. CLARA"

Clara appeared to have been a conversation with Isabella and rose as well as another still clean family of three, most likely about school when she heard her name called.

"Yes, what is it?"

"Julia came up with the idea of filling you gloves with the mud and it feels quite luscious. I noticed you wearing a pair and thought that you should try it out."

"Aw I knew I should have worn the blue gown with the gloves for this wedding, perhaps I will do that for cousin Jose's next in two weeks" said Rose.

"Now dear, we have already ruined two outfits in just the last ten minutes, now you may be an adult, but I still think you should consider how you use your money more often" Isabella replied

Clara largely ignored their conversation and said "Mine are a bit small, no"

"Well as they say size doesn't matter" replied one of the young teen girls before her mother nudged her.

Clara stifled a giggle, as that would just be unprofessional for a teacher, but did consider her words.

"You're right you know I should go back and try it out. You may as well come with me since you lost your tiara"

Julia began to feel her hair and noticed that the tiara had in fact been missing.

"Linda, why didn't you tell me it was gone, my outfit is ruined without it." Julia said sarcastically

"Well you just pulled off this new look so well without it that I felt I may be upstaged If I were to let you know"

Julia felt this was a compliment and she and Clara went to jump off the tier again where upon landing, Clara instantly removed her gloves and filled them with mud, before the two began searching for Julia's missing headpiece.

"You know mom, it feels weird seeing my old math teacher like this, granted she never was the strictest of women, but I never thought she would so eagerly turn her most gorgeous outfit into a mud rag" said a the younger daughter Josie.

"I think she still looks just as great as ever" said the other daughter Diana.

Diana was the older of the two of the two at 19. she was about five foot six but with her heels looked to be closer to 5' 9". her raven black hair was in a cute little medium length bob cut today and her finger nails were long and colored purple. She a nice red one strap gown that came all the way to her heels and had a short train. to top it off she wore a large hoop earring on both ears. Josie was younger at 17, like my daughter Becky, and was shorter only standing at about five two, with the height difference being exaggerated today as she was wearing flat shoes. While her sister had a small tan from her time at college, Josie was completely pale, which contrasted with her Jet black hair which today had been curled a bit at the ends. She wore a a nice purple dress that went down to her knees, and was tied in the back into a pretty bow using a red thread. On her head she wore a Headband with a large, pretty orange flower coming out of the top right.

"So anyways, how was the feeling Rose" asked Diane

"It's not too thick or too thin is cool and relaxing. Even my mother who went in rather unceremoniously agrees. Right mom?"

Isabella blushed a little "now now, we don't need to bring that up again, but yes I do actually agree with Rose here"

"well that is good to here as it looks like we weren't getting a choice about this anyways" said their mother

"Now excuse me, I have to go get my opera gloves from the car. You girls have fun but don't go in without me".

The two girls nodded and headed over to the dock to see what was up. It was just at that moment that Clara had appeared to find Mrs. Hartford's Tiara and bestowed it on her head.

"I pronounce queen Julia of this here lake bed!" Clara exclaimed to the sound of much applause from the audience.

From where I was standing I could see three figures sneak up behind the two sisters before giving them a slight push and sending both tumbling in.

The first girl was named Melissa Johnson. She was a 6 foot tall African American woman. Her hair came down to a little below her shoulders and her eyelashes had been done. She wore a nice green gown with a train. The second girl was named Keiko Yamamoto (or Yamamoto Keiko in her country). She was a cute looking Japanese girl who was about 5'3" she had short hair and cute little bangs as well as big brown eyes. she wore a cute little orange dress that went down to her knees, white tights and a cardigan. The third was named Sofia Madero y Gonzalez. She was a pretty Mexican (though grew up in Los Angeles) girl also around 5'3". her hair was a light brown and styled into a fancy up do for today's event. she wore an off the shoulder purple dress that also came down to her feet which today were covered by a sparkling pair of open toed shoes.

The three girls were three of the six girls (I will introduce two of the others later) whom Charlotte had looked over during dorm hours during her last year of college (as an undergraduate). Unlike many other RAs, Charlotte was fairly calm with the girls and let them do what they want as long as nobody got hurt and the seven formed a very friendly relationship with each other. All of them were 19.

A few seconds later both girls plopped down completely submerged for a few seconds before Diane got back up in time to see the three girls jumping down in with their hems lifted and land in a far more elegant manner than what she and her sister had gone through. Josie's legs and shoes could still be seen kicking around and I assumed she was looking for her flowered headband which had fallen off among impact.

"What the hell?" yelled Diane in mock anger.

"you both looked so much like you wanted in up there that we decided to just give you the proper push" Melissa said

"well you certainly got that done." said Diane splashing her

"Hey, no fair, get her girls"

Keiko and Sofia then lunged over to Diane and began wrestling. Diane seemed to put up a good fight but it being three on one meant she didn't stand a chance. Just after the three girls finally pinned down, Josie's head emerged from the mud with the hair piece and she pounced on Melissa, giving Diane the chance to break the grip of the other two girls and take them on.

Back at the car, Diane and Josie's mother, Carrie, had gotten her gloves. While there she decided to also straighten out her light blue knee length full skirted dress which was also tied with a white ribbon. She readjusted her her dark hair into a French bun and put on her wide brimmed floral hat and sun glasses. 'If I'm going to ruin this outfit I may as well look good doing it' she thought. That was easy for her of course as she had previously been a model for various magazines before marrying one Mr. Joshua Vandelay, who was an architect that headed Vandelay industries and had designed the US military's headquarters known as the Hexagon. The family was close to Jacobs. She then grabbed her purse and head back towards the lake pit.

When she got there she couldn't quite see her kids and shouted their names.

"Down here mom." shouted Diane.

Carrie was disappointed to see her daughters had already entered the mud as she was hoping to get a few pictures before then. Well there was a lake nearby and even if her two daughters looked a little soggy it would still be something. Carrie went over to call for her daughters at the edge of the dock when two Women both in long form fitting dresses and shiny necklaces (one red the other yellow) grabbed her arms and jumped off the dock with her. The two women were Leanne Johnson and Alejandra Romero who were the mothers of two of the girls who sent her daughters in (Keiko being an exchange student still had her family in Japan). The three landed and were quickly consumed by the muddy pit completely consumed except for Carrie's hat which had flown off and landed somewhere else.

That was 9 more women and 9 more outfits ruined in the span of about 8 minutes but there were still quite a lot of us to get through before the wedding good start.