"This'll be fun, I promise," Yara said as we walked up the long walkway past immaculately crafted topiaries that suggestively mimicked the female form without being gaudy. I noticed a glimmering pink koi pond next to a low copse of bonsai trees. At its center was a beautiful stone sculpture of an oyster made of pink quartz surrounded by slate, with a gumball-sized pearl at the top. The mimicry here had a little less subtlety, but it was still a beautifully crafted piece. I wondered if the blubbering fish in the pond had any idea that they swam around a stone vulva all day.

Yara rang the doorbell, and I took a deep breath and exhaled. It was far too late to run away now without absolutely embarrassing myself.

The door opened, and an exquisite blonde woman, tall with short-cropped hair and a figure like a Greek goddess, answered. Her face was bright and open, and something about her made me feel safe, even though I just met her.

"Brenda!" Yara said, leaning in and hugging the blonde woman deeply.

"So nice to see you, Yara." Brenda said, her Australian accent pleasant to my ear, even if hearing someone with that accent say 'Yara' was a bit funny.

Brenda pulled back, still embraced by Yara, and looked at me. "And this is the wonderful Violet you've invited to our little party?"

With a hint of nervousness, I nodded and introduced myself, “Uh, hi…I prefer to be called Vi, but Violet is also fine.” God, I had only known this woman for two minutes and I was already eager to please her. I wasn’t OK with anybody calling me Violet.

"Well, Vi…" Brenda broke her hug with Yara and put her arms around me. I wasn't much of a hugger, truth be told, but since I'd be having sex with this woman at some point tonight, I figured I'd need to get used to it. "We're so glad to have you here. Yara has told you the…full extent of what we do at these parties?" Brenda raised an eyebrow, her towering height making her look like a marble statue that wouldn't be out of place in the yard in front of this mansion.

"Of course, Brenda…I told Vi we have a nice dinner, keep all our clothes on, watch a PG-13 movie and absolutely don't fuck each other's brains out all night, so I think she gets the gist."