Patrick had made a huge mistake by thinking his wife Felicity was having an affair with her office colleague. In reality she'd been learning the art of clowning from her colleague who also turned out to be a woman and not a man as he'd assumed. After stumbling upon the truth, Patrick had been thoroughly schooled by both women and ended up in a complete mess.

Afterwards Patrick had assumed Felicity would put him in the doghouse but that never happened. Instead, his wife seemed to be greatly amused by the whole incident and often went out of her way to remind him about it usually whilst giggling uncontrollably.

For his part, Patrick tried to be extra nice to his wife and vowed to pay more attention to her especially when she mentioned her colleague, Georgia. This did seem to be paying off as communications between the couple was gradually improving and occasionally Felicity would even include him in phone conversations with her colleague. In fact, it was during one such a call that Georgia invited them both to meet her at the village hall she used for her clown school.

* * *

Felicity drove them to the hall and parked up on the street outside. They got out of the car and made their way into the building. As they walked down the hallway, they could hear sounds coming from the main room. Patrick reached the door first and opened it for his wife to enter before following. Inside, Georgia was just putting down a pair of what looked to be heavy shopping bags and turned with a welcoming grin upon her face.

"I'm so glad you could both make it" Georgia said.

After Georgia gave them both a friendly hug, she explained that she needed their assistance with a couple of potential new recruits for her clowning class. Patrick had an idea where this might be heading and wanted out but a quick glance from Felicity indicated him that he'd better do as asked, so he reluctantly nodded his acceptance.

So, the three of them got to work with Georgia directing their efforts. Whilst the two women began to empty the shopping bags, Patrick was told to start preparing the room itself. Firstly, he laid some heavy-duty plastic sheeting in the centre of the hall before taping down the edges to keep it from moving underfoot. Next, he set up a trestle table on top of the sheeting before positioning two chairs for the recruits against the wall.

Meanwhile Felicity and Georgia had removed thirteen cans of shaving cream, three plastic bowls, a stack of paper plates, three small bottles of food colouring, three whisks and two plastic buckets from the shopping bags. Once Patrick had put up the trestle table Felicity moved the supplies over to it whilst Georgia went to collect a kettle of hot water from the kitchen.

"Ready to mix it up with two women?" Felicity quipped.

"Err, sure" Patrick responded.

Georgia returned and once again took control as they began to assemble the gunge for the upcoming demonstration. They emptied a can and a half of shaving foam into each bowl before adding blue, green and yellow food colouring to different bowls, a little warm water to each and then proceeded to whisk up the foam until the colour was evenly distributed chatting as they did so. Next, they emptied all bar the last can of foam into the two buckets and once again added food colouring and warm water before whisking up the contents.

With the initial preparations complete, it was time to change. Patrick was instructed to go into the gents where he'd find his costume waiting. Doing as told he discovered a stripped t-shirt, pair of dungarees, spotted boxers, and a red nose. Patrick quickly changed and returned to the hall to discover Felicity already in her clown costume and Georgia dressed as a ring mistress.

The three just had time to plate up the dozen pies before they heard the sounds of someone arriving at the hall. Whilst Georgia went to welcome them, Felicity took the final can of shaving cream and used it to decorate the pies they'd prepared with blobs of white to contrast with the coloured foam.

* * *

Finally, it was time for the demonstration and Patrick prepared himself for the upcoming humiliation; it had been bad enough before when it was just his wife and her colleague, this time there was an audience. The two recruits sat on the folding chairs that he'd set up earlier and seemed eager to observer the upcoming spectacle. One of them appeared slightly younger than Felicity or Georgia whilst the other was clearly older.

"Let's get the show started" Georgia announced.

And with that Felicity took a pie she'd surreptitiously taken from the trestle table and smashed it into her husband's face. Whilst Patrick had been expecting it, the sudden strike still came as a surprise and left him reeling. Before he could recover from this first indignity Felicity was already ready for the next step as she now had a pair of different coloured pies in hand.

Splat! The pies were slapped against both side of Patrick's head much to the amusement of the two potential recruits. Patrick wasn't sure if this was even more embarrassing than the first time Felicity and Georgia had messed him up; last time it had come as a complete surprise whereas this time he could well guess what was coming up. And of course, the presence of the audience, small though it was, wasn't helping either.

"So, what do you think so far ladies?" Georgia asked the recruits.

"I think we need to see more pies" the older one replied.

Felicity immediately responded to the recruit's words by smashing another pie into Patrick's face. She then rearmed herself her a pair of yellow foam pies but rather than decorating her husband with them she instead offered a pie each to the two potential recruits. The two women got up off their seat and approached Patrick.

The younger one was first. She seemed a little nervous and clearly wasn't sure if she should pie Patrick or not. Not exactly looking forward to further mess but knowing it as the only way this ordeal was going to end, Patrick gave the women a friendly smile and nod of acceptance. She gently pushed the pie into his face before stepping back. The older woman had no such restraints and grabbed hold of the back of Patrick's head before ramming her pie into his face and giving it a good rub around. The two women then returned to their seats.

As Patrick tried to clear foam from out of his eyes, his wife deposited a pie on top of his head. She then smeared another across the front of his t-shirt before grabbing two more pies. With everything going on Patrick had failed to notice Georgia approach until she pulled down his dungarees to expose his boxer shorts. Felicity immediately slapped a pie into his crotch causing him to bend over in discomfort before she took her second pie and spanked Patrick on the bottom with it.

As Felicity played up the latest indignity she'd inflicted upon her husband to the two recruits, Georgia picked up one of the foam filled buckets and lifted it above Patrick's head. She then quickly upturned it and pulled it down over his head. She left it there for a few seconds before giving the bucket a couple of twists and then removing it to reveal his green foam covered head.

"Looks like he wasn't expecting that" Felicity stated.

"Surprise certainly is the secret to clowning" Georgia said slyly.

And with that Georgia smashed a pie into Felicity's disbelieving face. The recruits laughed as now both husband and wife were busy wiping foam from their eyes; her still in astonishment at her friend's betrayal and him wanting to know what had just happened. Meanwhile Georgia retrieved the second bucket and Patrick got to see her pour the contents all over his wife, covering her head in blue foam and totally messing up Felicity's clown costume.

Finally, Georgi picked up the final pie and handed it to Patrick. She stood in front of him seemingly resigned to her comeuppance whilst Felicity and the two recruits shouted encouragement at him to let her have it. Patrick took a moment or two to consider his options before flashing Georgia a malicious smile before thrusting the pie into Felicity's face.

* * *

Patrick was slightly apprehensive as he cleaned himself up in the gents and changed into his usual clothes. It had been obvious that he was meant to strike Georgia with the pie at the end, but he'd gotten carried away and instead struck his wife. If he wasn't in the doghouse before, he certainly was now. So, he took his time changing hoping to delay the inevitable.

Felicity burst in just as he was picking up his shirt. He glanced up and could see she had a face like thunder and was clearly upset with him. She continued to glare at him as he began to wonder if he wouldn't soon be requiring the services of a divorce solicitor when her expression broke and she began to laugh. Obviously, his worries had been premature, and he quickly rushed to finish dressing so as not annoy his wife.

"Next time we take down Georgia" Felicity declared as they left.

Patrick nodded his acceptance although was less than enthusiastic about the prospect as that would undoubtedly mean getting messy himself again. But Felicity seemed pretty determined and he was reluctant to disappointment her especially as he loved her so much.

To be continued...