A Tangled Web - Complete

[Pattareth]

Omg, the anticipation is killing me. I demand my payoff already!

Also, idk if you’re the type to make the narrative as you write or if you have a concrete direction in mind before you even start, but if you are the former then thank you for pandering to my desire for romance in this story. Now I get to expect both a sexual and emotional payoff by the end of this story and that is much more memorable and impactful imo.

Also also, I hope Bryce and Shelby get their karma in the next update or two, been waiting a while for that as well. The twatarrazi may be bad, but at least their antics have been pretty tame and impersonal. Those two however are just sadists, fuck them.

[Freesub]

I think it would be hilarious if Bailey ends up getting willingly naked after drinking a bit too much and is horrified the morning after

[Daily dreamer]

I’m worried about how Arnie will retaliate!

[WingDing]

It’s turned into a scene from a teen comedy movie. Anything can happen now.

[drew]

CRAIG

My initial plan for the night was to let Adira and Leslie get a vibe of Bailey’s get-together before I decided on showing up. Not wanting to sit around nervous in my house waiting to hear from them, I texted Colton, and we smoked a blunt while chilling at his parent’s place. Colton was also hoping to attend, as he wanted to hang with Naomi.

It didn’t take long for us to be notified that the small gathering had turned into a rager.

“Just come over now! She wants you to, and there’s like 20 ppl here now lol” Adira texted me.

Colton and I were literally in his car about to drive over, when Jay texted us. "Yo, you guys headin to Bailey’s party?”

“Fuckkkkk,” Colton sighed. “Tell him to hurry.”

I did, but he still took a good 30 minutes to come over and then wanted to pregame himself so I suffered through at least another hour of “where are you?!?!?!?” texts from Leslie and Adira before the three of us finally pulled up to Bailey’s neighborhood.

“Jeeeeeezus,” Jay muttered as we walked up the driveway hearing the music and loud chatter echoing through the night. “I ain’t know your girl was about all this,” he turned to me.

“She’s not…” I said. Clearly this get-together had gotten away from her.

“She is now, haha,” Colton chuckled.

Adira let us in and we entered the kitchen to find Bryce hand-cuffing that Arnie Roberts kid’s wrists behind his back as the geeky boy thrashed about wildly like he was having a seizure. The poor kid was bottomless, and the crowd was tossing around a pair of shorts and tighty-whities, as well as what appeared to be a girl’s pair of underwear.

“THAT IS SO FOUL!!!!” Taylor screamed when the girl’s underwear hit her. She fidgeted about in a disgusted manner as if she caught a spider crawling on her.

“YOU GUYS, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?!” I yelled.

“CRAIIIIIIIG!!!” Brad cried out. “Check it out, it’s The Archbishop’s loincloths!” He cackled.

“This is fucked up y’all,” Jay said.

“Yeah, you guys realize Hunter just got arrested for this shit, right?” I asked. My question caused Bryce to reconsider, if only for a bit, and release his hold on Arnie. The weird boy, who I presume was only at this party cause he was hanging out with Bailey’s little brother, took off on a dead sprint out the front door – while still bottomless. The crowd allowed him to escape.

“Mannnnn, you guys are killing my buzz,” Colton said. “Naomi!” He spotted his girl who entered in from the back patio.

“Hi Colton,” she smiled.

“Alright, alright, alright!” Landon shouted out. “Let’s just….forget about all this weird shit and get back to regular programming! Night’s been a blast so far! Bailey!” He called out. I followed his eyes and saw Bailey standing on the stairs. Her cheeks were pink. She was staring at me, but quickly looked away when my eyes found hers. “Thanks for having us all over! Really cool of you and I didn’t think you had it in ya!” He raised his glass. The crowd cheered, and Bailey gave the slightest of shy smiles.

“And Arnie thanks you for supplying his entertainment as well!” Shelby chuckled, pointing at the pair of girl’s underwear that now lay on the floor – untouched and avoided as if they were radioactive. I don’t even wanna know what that’s all about but the students were laughing. Bailey’s smile faded and she rolled her eyes and her face flushed a deeper shade of crimson.

“Who wants to do a shot!?” Landon called out and the crowd cheered and slowly dispersed. Eventually, it was Bailey, and me, and not many others left alone in the kitchen.

“What took you so long?” Bailey slowly approached. It was the first time she’d spoken to me since her picture leaked.

“….I didn’t know this was gonna be a party,” I said. “And also…well…you know, I wasn’t exactly invited,” I raised an eyebrow at her.

She squinted at me but a smirk appeared. “Touche,” she said. We stared at each other briefly. “You know, I didn’t know this was gonna be a party, either,” she laughed.

“Yeahhhhhhh,” I looked around the room. “I was wondering about that.” My stare halted on, what I now knew, were Bailey’s underwear. In fact, they were the same pair she wore when we broke into Colton’s aunt and uncle’s pool.

“Yeah...so that memory is now tarnished forever,” Bailey deadpanned, reading my mind.

I looked closer at the panties and saw that they were wet. “Is that…” I began, but I saw Bailey’s expression and I didn’t need to finish the question. “I’m not even gonna ask,” I said.

“Good,” Bailey replied.

A period of awkward silence overcame us. I decided to just be as straightforward as possible. I was about to graduate, and had no time, or interest, for games.

“Do you believe me, Bailey?” I questioned. She stared at me, eyes wide and pupils dilated, and nodded her head yes.

[drew]

BEN

“Dude, why did you call us over here Ben?! These fuckers are out of control!” Peter whisper screamed at me after Arnie had scampered off. My friends and I had escaped back up the stairs and were hiding in my room. We moved a barricade to block the locked door for extra security.

“I didn’t know any of these dickheads were coming over!” I yelled. “Thought it was just a few girls.”

“Yeah, well, we gotta get out of here,” Peter said. He looked out the window anxiously. “Nothing’s happening with any of these chicks and even if something does, it’s not gonna be worth the risk of getting noticed by those sociopaths. Arnie might have to switch schools after that shit. God, I hope he goes to the cops!”

“You realize the cops are just the grown-up versions of those guys, right?” Neil muttered. “They’re not doing shit.”

“They arrested that Hunter kid,” I said.

“Lizzie’s dad’s a lawyer, they had to,” Neil responded. “Regardless, I do agree, we need to find a way out of here.”

“Agreed,” Jared mumbled. “I’m leaving.”

“Wait you guys!” I pleaded. I didn’t even care about getting on their or Arnie’s good side anymore - that was a done deal. But I also had no desire to be stuck here alone with Webberson’s finest. “Can I at least come with you?”

“I’m just going home,” Neil said. “My parents are already texting me. I think my sis is still down there, but if she beats me home, I’m gonna hear it.”

“Same. Sorry Ben, you’re on your own,” Peter said. Jared just shrugged.

“Should we try and get Arnie’s clothes?” Neil asked.

“No way,” Peter instantly replied.

“His phone’s prolly in the pockets,” Neil said. “Ben, you think you can grab it later? Once everyone’s gone?”

“I’ll try, if they don’t take it before,” I said, with defeat.

“I don’t think they’ll touch it anymore,” Jared said.

“Yeah, it’s not funny for them if the victim isn’t around,” Peter agreed.

“Alright,” Neil began. “What’s the plan?”

“Is there anywhere we can jump or climb down to from here?” Peter asked. “A soft landing?”

“I mean there’s no ladder or pole or anything if that’s what you mean. I guess you can jump to the grass? But it’s prolly a good 11 feet,” I answered.

“I think we’re just gonna have to walk out,” Jared said.

“Nope. Don’t like that,” Peter said.

“If I’m with you guys, I don’t think they’ll try anything physical,” Jared said.

“They’ll be yelling shit though, for sure,” I was grasping at straws. Trying whatever I could to get at least one of them to stay.

“Yeah…” Neil pondered. “I think we just wait a little for a distraction. They can’t go 5 minutes without doing some stupid cheers, or screaming about something, or finding someone else to torment.”

And he was right. Cheers erupted from down below when Alexis Wright arrived at the party.

[drew]

BAILEY

“ALEXIS!!!!!!!”

Everyone burst into applause when the freshly expelled senior made her entrance. Well, everyone except me and my friends, seeing as how we hate her. I saw Lizzie glaring at her.

“Sorry, Lizzie,” I said.

“Not your fault, I know you didn’t want half these people here. I’m gonna go though,” she replied, looking over at her best friend who was making out with Colton.

“I understand, thanks for coming! We gotta do something that’s actually just us girls soon.”

“Yup. The start of the night was really fun though!” Lizzie smiled. She snuck out the back door while everyone was celebrating. She wasn’t the only one who tried to sneak away. I saw my brother’s friends sprinting comically from the stairs to the front door. I noticed how big one of them was. Jason Dobkin’s little brother. Certainly big enough to be one of the twatarazzi dudes who was attacking girls…

“What the fuck is this?” Brad laughed and pointed at the three boys who were escaping awkwardly. “Is there like a dragon hunt or something going on up there? A fedora sale?” He looked at Bryce and Shelby for approval but they were preoccupied with pouring shots for Alexis.

I turned my attention back to the person who was making this whole debacle of a night worth it. Craig! He finally arrived and it was as if we hadn’t missed a beat. We were flirting hard and getting handsy and I lost track of time.

“Dude Craig, Danielle and Jillian are having a flashing contest!” Theo came up to us.

Craig smiled and said, “annnnnd?”

“You’re gonna miss it!” Theo said.

“I’m good man, thanks,” Craig said, smiling at me.

Theo frowned at him. “Suit yourself,” he said.

Craig and I got ourselves engaged in a rousing game of flip cup. While playing, I noticed CJ was at the party. He was eying Craig and I with a sour expression on his face. I gave him a slight smile and waved. He didn’t reciprocate.

“Holy shit holy shit!! They’re actually doing it!!” Excited cheering came from the living room where the beer pong tables were arranged. CJ and a bunch of other guys hustled inside. Craig, again, showed no interest at whatever was causing the commotion.

“Whoah, whoah, whoah! Ceej you little horn dog! Put your phone away!” I heard Taylor Powell reprimanding CJ. “Everyone give me your phones!” Taylor commanded.

“No way!”

“Yeah, fuck that!”

“Then we’re not doing it!” Alexis’ voice rose above the others.

“Yeah, ya’ll can either have your phones….or you can have this!” Shelby announced. When she said the second part people started cat calling and whistling with eagerness. I didn’t know exactly what was going on, but I assumed the girls were flashing or something.

“Fine! Fine! Here! Come on you guys give her your phones!” A guy cried out impatiently.

The crowd continued to erupt and our flip cup game had completely dispersed. Craig and I were alone and we made our way to the outdoor sofa and began making out. It was passionate and hot and overdue and all my problems had faded away.

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“Bailey!” Someone nudged me on the shoulder while I was still kissing Craig. I don’t know how long we were on that sofa but it was now past 1 AM. I turned over to see Maria and Nikki hovering over us.

“Do you care if we head out?” Maria asked apologetically. “I promise I’ll be back over later this morning to help you clean!”

I smiled at my friend. “Sure, no problem! Yeah, you’re probably NEVER getting to sleep tonight if you stay here!” I got up off the couch and turned to Craig. “I’ll be back down in a bit, I’m gonna go grab Maria and Nikki’s stuff for them.” He nodded.

The three of us girls walked through the still-packed living room and made our way to the stairs. We reached the second level and my brother’s door was shut, as was mine and my parents’. I was relieved no one else had tried breaking into any of the rooms. Or if they had tried, they weren’t successful. I grabbed Maria and Nikki’s purses for them and gave them a hug.

“Good luck…” Maria said with uncertainty.

“Thanks,” I laughed. I led them to the front door and we said our goodbyes.

When I re-entered the house, Leslie and Adira were playing beer pong. I looked around for Craig.

“No, no, no, I’m done!” Adira was laughing. “That was too close!”

“Aww come on, Adira!” Leslie slurred. “One more game!”

“Nah, nah, I’m gonna chill for a bit,” Adira said.

Leslie looked around, and spotted me. “BEEE!!!”

“Leslie!” I smiled at her.

“You wanna play?! Be my partner!”

“Errrr….I was looking for Craig,” I said.

“Oh, Craig, Shmeg! He’s around here somewhere! He’ll still be here after pong!”

“Fine, one game!” I said.

“Nice!” Rack em up, ladies!

Our opponents were Shelby and Taylor.

[Pattareth]

Well, considering that Leslie is literally the one who kick-started all the events of this story by pantsing Bailey in chapter one, and their opponents being who they are, and everyone is already both drunk and horny, this’ll probably go in a direction I will not like. For the sake of my own mental state for the few weeks that will follow, i probs won’t read the next update until some feedback comes through. I get way to invested in these long running stories, especially when romance is involved, and seeing characters i followed and grew to like over the course of several months get maliciously stripped in front of a crowd always leaves me messed up after. I knew it was probably building up to this point from the very beginning, but I got too caught with the story to mentally prepare myself for it. I’m usually very careful about tags on when reading smut, but that’s not really an option on this site.

Can one of y’all do me a favor and give me a heads up on what to expect from the next update after you read it? I’d owe you big time. I’m a big fan of Drew and really want to see this story through to the end. Just let me know if it goes further than her getting her shirt lifted in front of the crowd, they’ve all seen her photo already so that wouldn’t be so bad.

Was kinda hoping nothing would happen (with Bailey specifically) during the party, and that the juicy stuff would happen after everyone left and it was just Ben, Bailey, Craig, and maybe a few others, but here we are. No offense btw Drew, this is a me problem. Write whatever you want to write dawg. I get that a lot of hard work and setup went into this and you have my utmost respect for that.

[mavfan1]

I love the way this story is going, keep it coming, I'd love to see Bailey embrace getting naked!

[jojo12026]

I also would like to see Bailey become an at home nudist at least.