Candlelight City

by Jessica Tang Von Harper

  Evan pulled the coat over Emma’s shoulders and let it slide all the way to the ground, clearly unconcerned that he was leaving her completely naked in the lobby. His eyes were greedy and intent as he gazed at her bare flesh.

  Suzie couldn’t stop herself. She stepped forward. “Emma!” she whispered. “We’ll say we didn’t see him. Okay?” She offered Emma the easy out. Ricardo didn’t have to know that Evan had seen them. He probably wouldn’t even ask. They could head back into the theater and Ricardo would never know.

  But Emma shook her head, slightly but firmly. Suzie understood; Emma would rather have sex with Evan in full view of the public than deceive Ricardo. Suzie remembered her Stanford interview, when she had declined the offer of a pair of shorts in favor of walking out of the office naked, knowing that Brad preferred her naked. How could she blame Emma for making a similar choice?

  Evan took Emma’s hands and lifted them above her head, stretching her body taut. While he held her hands there with one hand, he lightly ran his fingers over her body, walking around her as he did so, his fingertips sliding over her breasts, down to her hip and across her ass. While he stood behind her, he reached around her with both hands to squeeze her breasts. She flinched as he dug his fingers deep into her soft flesh, but didn’t speak any words of objection. Emma’s hands were released, but she kept them in the air above her head.

  “Come on, Evan… aren’t we going to get in trouble for this?” one of his friends whimpered, glancing around the lobby.

  “What are they going to do… kick us out? We were leaving anyway.” Evan circled around Emma until he stood in front of her again. “I’m not going to pass this up.” He gazed hungrily at Emma’s body. “Open your legs a little wider, Um-um,” he ordered, and grinned when Emma blushed and complied. Evan stuck his middle finger in his mouth, wetting it, then held it out in front of Emma’s face. He brought his finger down and slid it knuckle deep into Emma’s vagina. She gasped.

  “Wow, Um-um,” Evan murmured, “I never knew being an exhibitionist got you so horny. You’re wet as hell down there.” Emma blushed but said nothing. Suzie wanted to tell him that the only reason she was wet was because Ricardo had been playing with her pussy in the other theater. But that made it sound even worse. Emma moaned as Evan worked his finger in and out of her. Some people who had been walking through the lobby stopped to watch, and a few of them took pictures with their phones.

  Evan extracted his finger. He had a clear hard-on that strained at his pants. “I’m going to have to fuck you,” he informed Emma. He looked around for some place he could take her. In the corner of the lobby, two couches were arranged in an L-shape next to a video game that simulated racecar driving. Evan took Emma’s hand and pulled her in that direction. Emma’s coat was forgotten; Suzie scooped it up as she followed them. From behind, Suzie could see the line of Emma’s vagina peeking out just below her ass.

  “Emma has a peek-a-boo pussy,” Suzie thought. The situation seemed surreal to her, like a dream she would wake up from at any moment.

  Evan picked up Emma and perched her on the edge of the backrest of a couch. He pulled her legs apart and leaned against her, grinding the bulge of his erection against her exposed vagina. He kissed her roughly, and whatever dislike Emma had for Evan, you couldn’t tell it by the way she kissed him back, hungrily pressing her lips against his mouth while he pinched and plucked at her nipples. Suzie felt some sympathy for her friend. She knew how difficult it was to remain unaffected when a man had his hands on her body. Despite Emma’s personal enmity towards Evan, her body couldn’t help but become aroused and respond to his fondling.

  Emma’s arms were wrapped around Evan’s neck as he fumbled with his zipper. He pulled his penis out and let it jut against her leg while he pressed a hard kiss on her mouth. Emma brought her hand down, as if curious to discover what was poking at her, and when her hand grazed his penis, she clutched it, her small fingers barely able to encircle its swollen girth. Evan grunted as she squeezed him. He brought his hand down and wrapped his fingers around Emma’s, squeezing her fingers tightly against his erection. He pulled his penis towards her vagina, and with her hand under his, she knew exactly where he was going. She moaned, knowing that she was helpless to prevent Evan from entering her. He nestled the head of his penis against the opening of her vagina, and then pushed forward roughly. Emma closed her eyes tight and threw her head back, trying not to cry out as he thrust deep into her.

  Emma’s back pressed against the beige wall behind her, pinned by Evan’s weight as he slid in and out of her vagina. He pushed her legs up and to the side, allowing his penis to sink deeper into her, and also giving the theater lobby a clear view of her penetration. Several boys approached the couple, holding their phones close and taking video of Emma’s sweating, naked body in the act of copulation. They were particularly interested in getting a shot of Evan’s penis as it slid between Emma’s glistening labia.

  Evan gripped Emma’s hips and lifted her. He seemed oblivious to the public setting, as if the opportunity to make love to the pretty blonde had him in a frenzy and he couldn’t think of anything else. He moved Emma along the wall until they were past the couch, then turned her so that her hands were against the wall and her ass was jutting towards him with her legs spread. He took her in this position, his hands gripping her hips, her breasts bouncing with each thrust.

  The spot where they were having sex was next to a doorway, and after several minutes, the door suddenly opened. People began streaming out, their movie apparently having just finished. All of them stared in surprise at the undisguised sex happening right outside. Suzie hoped that Evan would be embarrassed by the increasing number of spectators, and would take Emma someplace more private to finish. But Evan seemed barely aware of the crowd around him. He took hold of Emma’s right leg and pulled it up high, twisting Emma into a bizarre ballet-like position, with her hands pressed against the wall, one leg stretched to the ground and the other lifted high so that her ankle was against Evan’s ear, her pelvis twisted so that her thin arrow of blonde pubic hair seemed to be pointing the movie-goers in the direction of the exit. As if this position wasn’t humiliating enough for Emma, Evan started to insert his finger into her asshole. Emma was flushed with shame, yet her body began to tremble as the sensation of being penetrated in two holes at once provoked her to orgasm. Several men and women recorded her orgasm on their phones.

  Suzie had been hanging back, waiting for Evan to be done with Emma. Although she felt embarrassed for her friend, it was hard to look away from what was happening. She was so focused on watching them that when a face suddenly blocked her view, it startled her. The face belonged to one of Evan’s blonde friends. He eyed Suzie intently, and out of the corner of her eye, Suzie saw the other friend standing nearby. The first boy licked his lips and Suzie knew instantly what was going through his mind. He was asking himself: if Emma’s willing to act this way in public, perhaps her friend is, too? The boy reached out and toyed with the top button of Suzie’s blouse. Suzie knew she had only a small window of time to voice her protest, yet she found she remained silent while the boy worked down the line of buttons and pulled her blouse open. The other boy stepped behind her, and now Suzie had two sets of hands pulling at her clothes. She tried to find her voice, but everything was happening so quickly. She opened her mouth to tell the first boy to stop, only to realize the second boy had her jeans and panties pulled down to her knees. She turned her head to speak to that boy, only to be distracted again when the first boy put his mouth on her breast and sucked on her nipple. When she looked back at the first boy, the second boy pushed his finger into her vagina. Before Suzie knew it, she was as naked as Emma, and the time for protesting was lost.

  One of the boys pressed against her right side, kissing her while he fondled her bare breast, and the other boy lifted her leg up and to the side, his penis now freed and pushing against her vagina from behind. Suzie suspected she was slick enough that he’d have no probl
em entering her, and she was right. She balanced on one foot in a position that would have been impossibly off-center had she not been supported by four groping hands and the boy’s penis which pushed up into her like a stick inside a lollipop. She gazed at the circle of onlookers, imagining how she looked from their perspective. It wasn’t hard to visualize, considering she’d just watched Emma make a similar spectacle of herself, and Suzie shuddered, knowing that the image she presented couldn’t be anything but shockingly lurid. Her body responded as the excitement of being so exposed heightened her sensitivity.

  “How am I going to be able to do this on a stage?” Suzie thought to herself, unable to forget about the faces staring at her. This was no different from what she would do on stage in a couple weeks, sex with two men in front of an audience. How was she possibly going to stay in character when she was still so aware of being naked in front of strangers? Suzie thought she’d been getting used to the experience, yet at that moment she felt every eye that watched her, as if they were fingertips running over her bare flesh. She realized with horror that she wasn’t used to this at all.

  Opening night was so close. How was she going to be a convincing Jenna? Suzie felt buffeted by emotions, despair swirling with the undeniable pleasure that pulsated within her body, the two coming together in a whirlpool that seemed to spin and pull her down. She closed her eyes, hunting for Jenna, trying to surrender to that elusive role but unable to reach it.

  “How can I get used to this?” Suzie thought, but a second thought immediately followed the first: “Is Jenna used to this?” All at once, Suzie opened her eyes, and she looked at the crowd around her in surprise. She asked herself the question again, forcing her mind to seriously consider the answer.

  Was Jenna used to this?

  No. Jenna wasn’t. That’s what made Jenna different. Other prostitutes became jaded with their lives, letting the sex become something mechanical. Physical work, done for money, no different from laying bricks or hammering nails. It wasn’t like that for Jenna. She never allowed herself to let go of the sense of wonder that came from touching and being touched. Every time she had sex, she would release her past experiences and give in to the joy of discovery, as if she was a bright-eyed virgin experiencing love for the first time.

  Suzie looked at her rapidly growing crowd of spectators as if she’d never noticed them before. Of course! If Jenna had sex in front of a crowd, she’d be aware of every individual onlooker, and she’d make sure to put on a personal show for them. And the show wasn’t just the sex, that was only a small part of it… It was allowing the spectators to live through her, to project to them the excitement of being exposed in public, displayed to them. Allowing them to desire her. Letting them see the pleasure that she received being kissed, from having her breasts fondled and her pussy fingered, from having a penis penetrate her in front of them. Letting them see the flush of her skin, the shine of her sweat, the rise and fall of her breasts as her breathing accelerated, the tension in her thighs as she approached climax.

  I’m an actress, she thought. It means I like to do things in front of an audience. And even when I’m in character, I’m not apart from the audience. Because the audience is the point. They’re the whole point.

  The boys caught her arms and legs and lifted her, carrying her over to a wooden bench. They positioned her on her hands and knees, and one of the boys slid into her from behind while the other boy brought his penis to her mouth. Suzie put her lips on the boy’s erection, painting it with her lipstick. She surrendered to their rhythm, sucking the boy in front while the boy behind pounded into her. Her eyes flickered to the side, looking for Emma, but couldn’t see past a wall of spectators.

  The boys alternated between her mouth and her vagina. When one of them finally came inside her, he moved to the front so that Suzie could lick his penis clean and the second boy slid into her from behind to work on his own climax. It didn’t take many strokes before he came as well. Both boys pulled away, zipping up their pants while Suzie remained on her hands and knees. She closed her eyes, breathing deeply, inhaling the lingering scent of their sex.

  The boy in front helped Suzie to her feet. “Your clothes are here,” he said. “Do you need any help?”

  “Dude, we have to go!” the other boy urged, grabbing at his friend and pulling on his arm. “We’re going to get busted!”

  The first boy hesitated for a moment, looking at Suzie. “I’m Ted,” he said awkwardly. “Thanks, okay? Thanks.” His friend still tugged on his arm, and Ted finally allowed himself to be pulled away, leaving Suzie by herself. She found her clothes in a pile, but decided to wait until she could clean herself up before she dressed. She looked for Evan and Emma.

  Emma was naked, surrounded by a circle of teenagers, and Evan was nowhere to be seen. Emma was clearly still in a heightened state of arousal, and the boys were taking advantage of the absence of her inhibitions, taking turns feeling her breasts and snapping pictures of her body. While one of the boys fondled her chest, Emma tangled her hands in her hair, her hips swaying back and forth as if dancing to music only she could hear. When the boy stepped away from her, Emma’s hands dropped to her body and she rubbed her own breasts and fingered herself while the boys eagerly snapped pictures. It reminded Suzie of how Emma had acted after having sex with Ricardo the first time. Suzie pushed her way into the circle, and did her best to ignore the camera flashes that were now centered on her own body. “Have you been waiting long?” she asked Emma.

  Her voice brought Emma back into focus. “Um…I don’t think so. Evan just left.”

  “Let’s go to the ladies room. We can get ourselves cleaned up, and get rid of this crowd.”

  Emma nodded. They walked to the ladies room and cleaned themselves off at the sinks with paper towels. Suzie put her clothes on, but when she offered her coat to Emma, Emma refused it.

  “I’ll just stay naked,” Emma said. “I think I can handle it.”

  “You’ve proved that, definitely,” Suzie murmured.

  “Thanks, Suzie.” Emma took her hand and squeezed it. “For taking off your clothes, and having sex with Evan’s friends. It wasn’t quite as embarrassing when I wasn’t the only one having sex in public. You didn’t have to do it. You really are the best friend I’ve ever had.”

  Suzie didn’t know how to answer. She hadn’t really been thinking of Emma when she let the boys take her clothes off, but she couldn’t explain clearly why she’d done it, even to herself. She smiled and gave Emma a quick hug. “It was nothing.”

  They returned to their theater, having missed a good chunk of the movie. “What happened?” Brad whispered to Suzie. “You were gone a long time.”

  “Some unexpected sex,” Suzie whispered back. Brad looked at Emma and nodded.

  Ricardo saw Emma and his eyes widened. Naked as she was, it was obvious that she’d been having sex. Her nipples were still hard and red from being pinched and pulled, and her vagina was swollen and glistening, her labia still slightly parted. Emma even had the imprint of four fingers on her thigh, where Evan had gripped her hard. At first, Ricardo seemed distressed, realizing that the most likely explanation was that she had run into Evan and given herself to him as Ricardo commanded. But when Emma settled next to him without a word of regret or complaint, Ricardo’s face was transformed, the distress melting away, burned off by the glow of fierce pride as he gazed at Emma’s profile. If Ricardo hadn’t been in love with Emma before, he clearly was now.

  Suzie tried to follow the movie but it was difficult. She’d already missed a lot of scenes and the plot was hard to follow. On top of that, Ricardo and Emma weren’t even pretending to watch the movie anymore. First Ricardo pulled out his erection and Emma leaned over it, licking and sucking him. Then she climbed into his lap and they began to have sex. Suzie found it impossible to focus on the dialogue while her best friend was bouncing up and down on a penis just a few feet away. Emma tried to be as quiet as she could, but that almost made it worse, as she ke
pt making intriguing muffled noises that drew Suzie’s glance.

  Finally, Ricardo climaxed inside Emma, and she slipped off him. Suzie checked the time on her phone, noting that she could at least watch the final twenty or so minutes of the movie without distraction. Her relief was short-lived however. Barely a minute later, Emma was again on Ricardo’s lap, lining up the head of his penis with her asshole. Suzie sighed and leaned her head against Brad’s shoulder. If she wasn’t going to be able to concentrate on the movie, at least she was there with Brad.

  The end credits started to roll before Ricardo had reached a second climax. “Can we hang for a minute?” Ricardo asked. “I’m almost there.” Even as he spoke, his erection was sliding up and down inside Emma’s asshole as she bounced in his lap.

  “Take your time, bro,” Brad said. They settled down to wait, pulling their legs in so that people could file past them. The other patrons gave Emma strange looks as they went past, and she couldn’t bring herself to meet their eyes. Nevertheless, her pace did not abate as she moved up and down on Ricardo, urging him towards an orgasm. The credits were almost over and the lights were on in the theater before Ricardo finally tensed and filled Emma’s asshole with his ejaculate. She climbed off him, almost stumbling on her weak legs as she tried to stand. Suzie steadied her and supported the naked girl as they walked out of the theater.

  They were outside, walking towards the parking lot, when Evan appeared. Suzie was surprised to see him, thinking he had long gone. But he walked up to Emma and took her by the arm.

  “Emma, we need to talk.” He glanced up and down, distracted by her brazen nudity. “We need to figure out what we’re going to tell our fathers about this.” He pulled on her arm, trying to lead her away from the group. Emma resisted.