Chapter 11: Carlene's Frenzied Flight
Carlene lay gloomily on her bed in her dorm room. Her roommate had gone home for the weekend. Carlene appreciated the solitude, but she really needed to talk to someone. She called her friend Paula.
"Carlene," answered Paula. "How are you doing?"
"Well, I've been better."
"Uh-oh," retorted a concerned Paula. It was unusual for the normally chipper Carlene to sound downcast.
"He got me," was all she could temporarily muster.
"Who?" Then it dawned on her. "Tommy? Say it's not him."
"It was him. Do you have a few moments? I haven't told anybody about this, and I need to talk about it with someone. It might be cathartic for me."
"Oh, gosh, of course!" said her friend. "Oh, I'm so sorry. What did he do to you?"
Carlene took a deep breath. "Well here goes. I flew back here last Sunday afternoon. I was at the airport. I had been really worried that he would do something while I was back home, so I stayed home pretty much the rest of the week after what happened at the restaurant."
Paula needed no reminder of her awful experience at the restaurant. "Oh my God, did he go all the way to your school?"
"No...I'll tell you. Once I got to the airport I figured I was home free. And then..." her voice tailed off.
"Take your time, Carlene. I know it's hard. I still have trouble talking about that night."
"Okay. Well, first off, I can tell you that you and Ginger were right. He has supernatural powers."
"Shit! I knew it!"
"It's crazy. The guy actually can stop time. That's what he did when he took all your blouses and bras off. Then he starts it again, and it's like you were right where you left off, except...."
"Except our tits were hanging out for everyone to see," interrupted Paula.
"Exactly. Can you believe this? It's nuts!"
"It's surreal. Preposterous! I can't believe it's even possible."
"Well, it is, that I can assure you," said a convinced Carlene.
"So...so what did he do?"
Carlene took another deep breath. "So I'm at the airport. I got there a couple of hours early, just because I was so anxious to get out of Dodge and be free from him. I was standing in the long security line, and then, the next thing I knew..." Again, her voice trailed off.
"No, don' tell me!" exclaimed an animated Paula.
"No, he didn't strip me. Well, I take that back, he did, because the next thing I knew I was standing there wearing just my volleyball uniform."
"Whaaaat?"
"Yeah, no shit! It was the weirdest sensation. The first thing I noticed was my bare feet on the floor. Oh, and it was just the sports bra and bikini bottom, like the ones we would wear when we played beach volleyball."
"Oh, my God!" shouted Paula. "You poor thing!"
"I know. I mean, normally I would be fine wearing that in the proper setting, but at the airport, with all those people around? It was the most embarrassed I'd ever been in my entire life. Think about it. I'm over six feet tall, so I stand out anyway, but then? My face felt like it was on fire!"
"I can imagine! So what did you do?"
"Well, that's the thing. My first thought was to grab my bag and make a run for it to the ladies' room. But then I figured that would bring even more attention to myself, so I started to reach into my bag for a pair of jeans."
"Yes, probably the best way to go. Jeez."
"But there was a bright pink piece of paper sitting on my bag. He left a note."
"Him and his fucking notes!"
"Oh, it wasn't the last note I got that day. Anyway, it said....hold on, I saved them. Don't ask me why." There was silence while Carlene grabbed several pieces of bright pink paper from the bottom of her underwear drawer. "It said, 'Don't even THINK about covering up. I want you to get on your flight as you are. Any effort to cover up and you will immediately find yourself bare-assed naked. By the way, I hope you like the color of this paper. I picked it out myself, figuring it would match the color of your face right now. Love, Tommy.' That was it."
"So you had to go through security dressed like that?"
"I did. I mean, what else could I do? It was awful, Paula. It took forever, and everyone, I mean
everyone was staring at me. Guys were grinning and leering at me. The TSAs were having the time of their lives. And my face was flushing really hot, so I'm sure it was obvious to everyone that I was embarrassed, which made it even worse. They had to be thinking, 'Why is she dressed like that if she's so embarrassed by it?' Oh, Paula, I'm turning red right now just talking about it."
"Oh, you poor dear. I know the feeling, trust me."
"It gets worse. I still had an hour and a half until my flight, so I wanted to duck into a bathroom until it was time to board. But as I was entering the bathroom, I suddenly was no longer holding my bag. It was off to the side against the wall, and it had another note. Same bright pink paper."
"Oh, jeez. What did it say?"
"Here it is: 'If you have to pee, go ahead. I'll give you three minutes. Then you are to proceed to your gate, take a seat and wait for your flight.' Anyway, I didn't have to pee, but three minutes in a stall by myself was better than nothing, so I did that. Then I had to take the long walk to the gate, with everybody staring. Some people stopped and took pictures of me. And there was even a group of young college guys that started following me."
"How awful, Carlene. So you had to get on your flight like that?"
"Yes, but there's more. I'm sitting in a seat in the waiting area at the gate. Oh, and it was cold. I had goose bumps all over me. Anyway, I'm acting like I'm reading a book, even though I didn't digest a word. Next thing I know there is another note on my lap. I looked around, but I couldn't see the little fucker. I knew he was looming somewhere."
"What, pray tell, did the note say?" asked Paula. Though she sincerely felt for her cohort, the mind-boggling tale had her rapt attention.
"Well, it was a long note, so I won't read you the whole thing. But I told you about those college guys that were following me. There were four of them, and they had been standing over by a pillar, pretty much staring at me the whole time I was sitting there. Anyway, the note told me to go over there and engage them. He told me exactly what I had to say. It wasn't good. It said I had to show my breasts to them and count one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi before I could cover up."
"Oh, my God! Did you do it?" asked Paula anxiously.
"Well, at first I couldn't. I just couldn't. I started to get up, but I looked over there and I couldn't bring myself to go over there."
"I don't blame you! So what happened next? Did you get another note?"
"No, it was worse. I was suddenly completely naked. It only lasted for about a second and then I had the volleyball uni on again. It was so fast I don't think anyone saw it. If they did, they probably thought it was their imagination."
"Holy shit! I guess you got the message."
"Loud and clear. I mean, if I didn't do what he said I'm sure I'd be naked again, only this time for longer. So I forced myself to get up and walk over there and said what he told me to say."
"Which was?"
Carlene didn't know it, but Paula, to her surprise, was becoming somewhat titillated by Carlene's account. She would have thought after her own experience that she would be troubled by listening to Carlene's travails, but in fact it seemed to be having the opposite effect.
"I said—and I had to say it exactly as he wrote it—I said, 'I saw you guys staring at me. Just so you know, I am very embarrassed by the way I'm dressed. This is not my choice. I am being punished for being a very bad girl.' It was awful, Paula. My face was burning, and I couldn't look them in the eyes. I was staring straight down. Then I had to say, 'Would you guys mind if I show you my tits?' "
"Get out! I'm guessing they wouldn't mind," said Paula, actually stifling a giggle.
"No, of course not. So....so I lifted the sports bra up to my neck and counted to three like he said."
"No! Those three seconds must have felt like an eternity."
"Ohhh, it was awful, Paula. They were staring at my chest with these shit-eating grins on their faces. They were so dumbfounded by their good fortune, they didn't know what to say. And one guy snapped a picture just before I lowered my top."
"Oh, Carlene...."
"I know. Thank God they weren't on my flight."
"So then what? Was that it?”
"So then it was time to board. I thought for sure he was done. No way he would be on my flight."
"And?" asked Paula. A small part of her was hoping there was more to the story.
"So I got on the plane. I never got used to the stares, or the grins. And I got stuck with a middle seat. On the aisle there was a young, professional type lady. When I sat down she said, 'Aren't you cold?' She had a smile on her face like she was enjoying it, I don't know why. I just waved her off without saying anything. The last thing I wanted was to engage in any conversation with my seatmates."
"Was Tommy on the plane?" asked Paula.
"I'll get to that. I was looking around before I sat down, and there were three or four guys on the plane that would be about his age, but I couldn't tell. One guy had a baseball cap pulled down low, so I couldn't really see his face. I was thinking no, no way he wants to fly three states away from home."
"Who had the window seat?"
"It was a guy. He was about Tommy's age at the time….at the time we did what we did to him. When I sat down, he was shocked by my....by my lack of clothing, and he was way too interested in ogling me."
"He probably felt like it was Christmas all over again." Paula giggled. "Sorry. So was that it? Was the flight uneventful?"
"Not quite. About a half hour into the flight, I was convinced that he had gone back home, so I reached in my bag and pulled out my jeans and a sweater. I stood up to go to the bathroom and get dressed, but then..."
"Uh-oh, what?" asked Paula with bated breath.
"Then....my top was sitting on the lap of the kid next to me."
"Holy shit! You were half-naked!" Carlene remained unaware of Paula's increasing state of stimulation. She had intentionally found a way to insert the work "naked" into the conversation.
"Yes! So I snatched the sports bra out of the kid's lap, sat down and quickly pulled it back on. Oh God, Paula, it was awful. The lady and the kid both had their mouths open in disbelief. I just sat there with my arms crossed. My face...oh, my face was burning like never before."
"You poor dear," consoled Paula, while pushing her right hand inside the front of her workout pants. She felt the dampness over her panties as she caressed her loins. She felt a bit of guilt for deriving pleasure from her friend's humiliation, but she could not help herself. "So then what happened? Was there any more stripping?" she asked, hoping to add fuel to her internal fire.
"Yes," continued Carlene. "I guess he was still torturing me because of my trying to get dressed, 'cuz a couple of minutes later...a couple of minutes later I was sitting there topless again. And my sports bra was nowhere in sight."
"Oh my!" said Paula as she rubbed herself a little more fervently. "You were almost naked again!"
"I know!" responded Carlene, still completely oblivious to her friend's state of arousal. "I tried not to panic, 'cuz I didn't want to bring any more attention to myself. I had my arms crossed over my chest while I looked frantically for my top."
"Didn't your seatmates notice that you were half-naked?" Paula's pleasure increased whenever she used the word. She slipped her hand inside her panties.
"Yes, but I think they were the only ones. The kid was in heaven 'cuz that day was probably the first time he had seen bared breasts in person since he sucked on his mommy's nipple. And the lady.....I could tell she was actually enjoying my predicament. What's up with that? Why would anyone get off on someone else's humiliation?"
"I have no idea," replied Paula while she writhed her hips and fingered her clitoris.
"Anyway, finally she points across the aisle way up toward the overhead compartments and says, 'Is that what you're looking for?' I look up and the fucking sports bra was half sticking out of the compartment. I didn't want to stand up, so I asked her if she could get it for me. Know what she said?"
"What?" asked Paula, now thoroughly immersed in her pleasure.
"She said, 'Sure, as soon as I finish my crackers.' Can you believe that shit?"
"No, that's nuts," said Paula as she barely managed to stifle another giggle.
"Anyway, so this bitch sits there and finishes her crackers while I sit there frantic as hell, just hoping no one else would see me. Then she calmly gets up, opens the compartment and pulls out the bra. She holds it up and says, ‘Does this belong to you?' Now the people across the way look over at me. And they were all amused! I couldn't believe it!"
"I just don't understand people sometimes," said Paula. "It's like they got off on seeing you half-naked, when it was obvious you were in distress." Paula moaned quietly to herself as she waited eagerly for the story to continue.
"Exactly! I don't get it. Anyway, this bitch has a smirk on her face as she hands me the sports bra. Oh man, I couldn't wait to get off the plane."
"Did anything else happen on the plane?" asked Paula, hopefully.
"No, but here comes the kicker. I might have a little trouble talking about this one."
But I won't have any trouble listening. "Please, Carlene, don't be afraid to tell me about it. Like you said, it's probably therapeutic."
"I think it is. So here goes. I'm walking through the baggage area on my way out to catch a cab and get the hell out of there. Next thing I know I am in the dark and I'm sitting on something moving, like a conveyer belt. I had no idea what was going on, Paula. It was scary. Then, I suddenly realized that, wherever I was, I was completely naked!"
"Sorry, Carlene, could you repeat that last part? You were coming in and out," lied Paula.
"I was completely naked! And moving on this belt. Then I saw daylight, and it suddenly dawned on me where I was. I was on the baggage conveyer belt that feeds into the carousel!"
"Are you shitting me? And you were completely naked?" asked an extremely excited Paula. She was now massaging her vagina in earnest.
"I shit you not. I could see a whole bunch of people out there waiting for their luggage to start dropping down, so I tried to go against the direction of the belt, but....it was really slippery. Then I realized why it was so slippery. I was covered from neck to toe with some lubricant—I'm pretty sure it was baby oil."
"Oh, God!" moaned Paula.
"Yes! Oh, it was awful, Paula! There was so much of it that it was dripping off me. He must have used the whole bottle. Anyway, it was so slippery, I couldn't stop, and I slid down into the carousel, stark naked."
"Oh, Carlene!" moaned Paula, now on the verge of ecstasy.
"I know! After I slid down, I tried to climb out but I was so greasy from all the oil that I kept falling back. I was going around the carousel and I heard everyone laughing hysterically as I kept sliding around in there."
"Oh, Carlene!" moaned Paula louder. "And you were naked!"
"I was completely naked, and I was helpless!"
"Ohhhhhhhhh!" she screamed as she experienced an orgasm unlike any she ever had before.
"Yes! Oh, thank you for your support, Paula. I can see you understand how I felt."
"You have no idea," said a completely satiated Paula.
"So I finally managed to slip out of the carousel," continued Carlene, unabated. "And that's when I saw him."
"You saw Tommy?" asked Paula. She was still interested, but was not nearly as much invested as she was a few moments before.
"Yes. He was the guy in the baseball cap I was telling you about. Anyway, he was standing next to a luggage cart holding my bag. I had to get my clothes from him, so I tried to get up, but I kept slipping. And he was a good twenty yards away. So I had to crawl to him on my hands and knees. Talk about humiliation!"
"Oh, my goodness!" said Paula. Despite her recent climax, she felt another stirring in her loins as she pictured her attractive friend crawling naked on all fours.
"I know! Anyway, he had this big grin on his face and all he said was that he was done with me for now and that I could get dressed."
"For now?" asked Paula. "So he's not done with you?"
"I don't know," said Carlene uneasily. "It's been a week. I guess he went back home. Anyway, thanks for listening. I really do feel a little better after talking to you."
"The pleasure was all mine," retorted Paula, quite honestly, before they said their good-byes.