Page 7 of Erotic Behavior (Observant Behaviors)

Whirlwind

Raven

Thenextfewhourswent by in an absolute whirlwind.I had been poked, prodded, shaved, waxed and god only knows what else by teams of complete strangers who moved around me as if I wasn’t even there.The two doctors were less than friendly, and Nigel just stood in the corner all day, avoiding our questions and staying out of the way.Adeline finally made an appearance when the stylist came into the dressing room.It looked like a closet the size of my entire townhouse with floor to ceiling clothing racks that made me wonder how in the world they got things down when they needed them.I was tired, stressed and second guessing all of my life choices when a fiery red-headed woman came floating into the space, declaring she was there to dress us.

“Raven, Talia, it’s just a gem to meet both of you!”she sang out as she reached for both our hands, making us not only stand but spin around so she could see all of us.

“Hmmm… two very different body types, but both are perfect in their own way.”

Talia was the tiny one of us, where I had more curves than was necessary.I spent most of my childhood trying to hide under baggy clothes.My breasts were huge and my hips grew at an alarming rate through puberty.I had what Talia lovingly called a bubble butt and my stomach was soft, not hard and trim like Talia’s seemed to naturally be.She was always the opposite of me.Light brown curly hair covered her head where my straight black hair fell around my shoulders with no real style.She was naturally thin but loved to run, so her small frame carried some serious muscles.I was lucky if I could climb the stairs to the townhouse with three bags of groceries.My outward appearance as a kid devastated me, but as I grew older, I grew a fondness for my own look.My body may not be runway ready, but I learned to dress myself to accentuate my favorite parts and hide the ones that made me nervous.It took me a lot of time to gain the confidence I needed to be myself, so a comment that my body was perfect in its own way made me smile.

“Adeline has shared with me some of your likes and dislikes, as well as your sizing, so I’ve had some items pulled for us to try.”

She snapped her fingers and two younger looking girls came into the room pushing clothing racks filled with some of the most beautiful fabrics I had ever seen.

“Wow,” Talia said as she hurried over to the rack in front of her and ran her hands over the clothes, “Is this all for me to try on?”

“Yes dear.So we should get going right away.Start with these,” she said as she pulled a dress from my rack and one from Talia’s, holding them out to the both of us.

I looked around, trying to figure out where I was supposed to go.

“Where is the changing room?”

“This is the changing room, dear.I promise you have nothing we haven’t seen before.Well, maybe Nigel, but that’s only because he doesn’t like girls.”

“I have nothing against girls.What she means is I’m gay.As in married to a man,” Nigel added, holding up his hand to show us his ring.

Talia was already stripping out of her clothes.As confident as I had become in myself, was I really willing to take my clothes off in front of a room full of strangers?

“Come on, dear, no time to waste.”

It was now or never.I took a deep breath and pulled off my robe, leaving me bare to the world.Undergarments were hanging with the dress, so I started there, pulling a silk thong up my legs and then securing the most comfortable bra I had ever worn in place.The first dress was a short black sequin number that was beyond uncomfortable.In fact, everything on my rack was black where Talia’s had a handful of brightly colored garments.With a quick vote of no, I moved to the next dress, then the one after that.My head was spinning by the time we were done.Talia had a short silver dress with five inch strappy heels on, and they dressed me in a long black wraparound gown made of the softest fabric I had ever felt in my life.The dress was very low cut, showing off way more cleavage than I would have chosen, but that didn’t compare to the slit down my right leg.It was cut so high that if I moved incorrectly, there was no doubt I’d flash the world.I walked over to the mirror as the hair and makeup artists came into the room.Even without being fully done up, I barely recognized myself.I was certain the dress and heels I was wearing were more than all the money combined in both mine and Talia’s bank accounts.The woman looking back at me in the mirror looked lost, confused, but also happy.Never in my life had I been through an experience like this and I couldn’t help but feel special.

“You are a natural beauty.”Nigel said quietly as he came up behind me, “He’s going to love you.”

I looked up at him in the mirror.“Nigel, do you know who will bid on me tonight?”

His eyes went wide, and he shook his head.“No.Of course not… I just meant… I mean...whoever it is will love you.”

I watched as he nearly ran from me and back over to where Talia was sitting to have her make-up done.I looked over at Adeline and she had a look of steel on her face.She had heard Nigel, and she wasn’t pleased.I’d venture to say he was about to get his ass chewed out for sharing what he did.The whole thing was so surreal that I didn’t know what to think.The auction was supposed to be anonymous.The men bid with numbers, not names, and they weren’t supposed to have access to us until it began.

Things were starting to click into place, but I had no idea what they all meant.Who was Nigel talking about?Did I have a rack of black clothes because he requested it?The gynecologist told me my only option was the pill in case my spouse and I decided we wanted children quickly.Yet when Talia came out of her appointment, she got an IUD without a problem.If they knew who planned to purchase me, were they following his wishes rather than offering me what Talia was being provided?Or was I just overthinking things?

A Nightmare Before A Fantasy

Beckett

Myfamilywasaconstant disaster.I walked into my mother’s home to find my nephew huddled under the cabinet in the kitchen and my sister on her hands and knees trying to coax him out.

“Where is she?”

“Upstairs.I think she finally passed out.”

I kneeled down and looked in to see William curled in a ball with his knees pulled up to his chest.“Hey, buddy.Ready to come out?”

The little man reached his arms out to me as my sister stood to give us some space.I pulled him out of his hiding spot as he gripped my neck for dear life.“Listen bud, I need to go up and talk to Grandma.Can you hang out with your mom until I come back for bedtime?”

He nodded, and I took it as a sign that he’d go to his mother.I hated the life she led, but couldn’t hold it against her.Now my anger lay in the fact that she won’t let me help her and insisted she stay living with the she-devil herself.Maybe it wouldn’t bother me as much if I hadn’t spent my childhood hiding from her.Every time I saw William do the same, it killed me.