by Melanie Kay

I often arrive at my life class quite early. By doing this it is
possible to set up my easel and reserve one of my favourite positions
in the studio by fastening my paper to the drawing board. Frequently
there is till time to go next door into the cafeteria to buy a coffee
and perhaps chat with some of the other students.

On the day in question, I was alone and just sitting down to drink my
coffee when the door into the cafeteria opened. At first I could see no
one; then the head of a young girl appeared and looked hesitantly
around. I didn't know her so I just vaguely smiled in her direction.
With the briefest smile in return, she walked over to my table.

"Excuse me," she said nervously, "Can you tell me where the life class
is held?"

I pointed to the door on the other side of the cafeteria. "It's just
out through that door, turn right and the door of the life studio is
right in front of you."

She thanked me and followed my directions. A minute later she was back
again. "Er. . . there doesn't seem to be anyone there," she
stated.

"No, it's a bit early. I was first to arrive this morning. You're new
aren't you?"

"Yes."

"Well, just choose your position and set up your easel, " I
suggested.

"Um . . . I'm not a student. I'm the model."

"Oh, sorry," I repled. "I didn't realise that. You'll want to have a
word with David then. He's our instructor. He'll be along
shortly."

I indicated the chair on the other side of the small round table.
"Have a seat and grab a coffee while you're waiting."

She sat down. "I don't think I'll bother with a coffee. I'll just
wait."

"OK," I replied. "Come to think of it, David did tell us last week
that we'd be having a new model today, but he didn't know who. What's
your name?"

"Abigail," she replied.

"I'm Melanie," I returned. I noticed that she seemed rather nervous
and her thin small hands were clasped tightly into little fists resting
right on the edge of the table. It suddenly struck me that this might
be her first life modelling engagement, so I decided to help.

"This your first life modelling?" I asked.

"Yes," she replied with a nervous laugh looking down at the table.
"It's the first modelling of any sort for me."

"Are you nervous?"

She clasped her hands together and raised her eyes to look at me.
"Yes, I'm very nervous. I don't know whether I'll be any good at
it."

"Belive me, I know exactly how you feel. I remember the first time I
did life modelling. I was scared stiff to think that a whole roomful of
students would be looking at me, completely naked."

Abigail looked directly at me with surprised eyes. "Yes, that's just
what I was thinking," she said. "You do life modelling too?"

"Well, I only do it occasionally when the model doesn't arrive. But it
doesn't worry me a bit now. Believe me, when the students are drawing
you, you might as well be a cabbage. All they are looking at is your
shape and the tones. We've all seen so many naked girls on that podium,
the fact that you are nude doesn't mean a thing."

This seemed to reassure her and her smile grew slightly more
expansive. She seemed to emerge from behind her defensive screen.

"Are you a student?" I asked.

"Yes, I started this week at the art college."

I asked her where she lived and she told me that she had a small room
in a student house not very far from my own. While she was speaking I
was able to study her closely. She had a thin pale face with no makeup
and her blond hair was gathered up untidily behind her head as though
arranged in a rush. Her blue-green eyes were large and bright but had a
haunted look about them. She was huddled in a rough tweed coat that was
rather too large and had certainly seen better days.

She then looked directly at me as though she felt able to trust me.
"Do you mind if I ask you something?"

"Not at all. Fire away."

"Will I be paid in cash when I've finished my modelling?"

I smiled at her intensity. "Yes, just call in the office and the
Secretary will give you a small brown envelope. We pay cash in hand to
our models."

"Oh, good." She looked relieved but the intensity of her demeanour did
not vanish. Just then David breezed in through the door and I was able
to introduce him to Abigail. He glanced at his watch and asked her to
go into the studio.

I finished my coffee and a few minutes later I joined them. Several
more students had arrived and were busy getting their place set up. I
hung my jacket on the back of my chair and sat down to wait.

David briefly introduced Abigail to the class as she walked onto the
podium in her robe. She looked decidedly nervous, but as she caught my
eye, I winked at her and gave her the thumbs up sign which drew from
her a slight, nervous smile.

Looking at Abigail, David explained that we would start off with
several quick three-minute poses. She removed the clip from her hair,
took off her robe and stood there, naked. Her long blond hair cascaded
down her narrow back, then she turned to face in my direction. She had
a shy beauty I have rarely seen before. Her breasts were quite small
but were firm with pink delicate nipples. Her skin looked smooth and
her pussy was completely shaved. As she moved from pose to pose she
reminded me of a fragile butterfly that was trying to settle on a
flower. She had long slender legs and her rib cage showed quite
clearly. I also noticed that they had several bruises on them; there
were also a few on her legs.

I'll be honest. I was more than a little interested in Abigail.

We then had a long pose of some thirty minutes before the coffee
break. When it arrived, I went over to her. "You were great!" I
enthused. I really enjoyed those quickie poses. Come and have a look.
She put her robe on as I led her over to my easel. "See?" I said.
"You've inspired me!"

She looked at my drawings and, for the first time, she gave me a real
smile showing lovely white teeth. "Oh, Melanie. They are good. You've
flattered me."

"I loved drawing every one of those. I'm sure David will be pleased.
He'll probably book you up for the next month or two."

Abigail suddenly stiffened and the smile disappeared. I didn't know
why at the time, but I wanted to cheer her up so I said I'd buy her a
coffee. As we reached the door she almost stumbled and held on to the
door post for a second. As she looked at me I noticed how pale her face
was. The standing poses obviously hadn't helped her. I put my arm
around her thin waist and looked straight into her wide eyes.

"When did you last eat?" I asked.

She looked embarrassed at the question but I think its suddenness made
her answer truthfully. "Dinnertime yesterday," she replied looing down
at the floor.

I suddenly decided to take charge of her. "Right! I'll not only buy
you a coffee but something to eat as well. I can't have my model
collapsing right in the middle of a gorgeous pose can I?" I tried to
appear flippant, but I was serious.

I told her to grab a table while I stood in the queue. I bought her a
coffee, a large meat pastie and a chocolate-covered roll. As I placed
them in front of her I said, "Now, put some meat on your ribs. You'll
be easier to draw."

She smiled as she tucked into the pastie. I could tell she hadn't
eaten for some time. "This is lovely," she said. Then she downed the
choc roll and finished the coffee.

"How do you feel now?" I asked.

"Full. Really full. Thanks Melanie. You're a real pal." She grabbed my
hand and gave it a squeeze."

I asked David if we could have one long reclining pose for the rest of
the session. He agreed. Abigail lay down on the podium with her head
resting on a large cushion. From my position I could see her face and
noticed that it now had a slight blush. I hoped the food and coffee had
helped.

When the session ended I took rather longer than usual to pack away my
things, then hung around waiting for Abigail to emerge from the
changing cubicle. I walked down to the office with her and waited while
she talked with the Secretary. A few minutes later she emerged with her
envelope. She checked the contents and half murmured, "That'll do." I
didn't attach any significance to the remark at the time.

As we turned to leave, we almost bumped into David as he came down the
stairs. "Ah, Abigail, are you OK to model for us next week? You did
really well today. I've heard a few complimentary remarks."

Her reaction surprised me. She looked blankly at him and then
stammered, "Er . . . um . . . I don't know whether I'll be able to. I .
. . I . . . just don't know."

She moved towards the door and I followed. David called after us, "Let
me know tomorrow. Try to persuade her Melanie."

Something about Abigail's behaviour alarmed me. It wasn't natural. I
decided that I needed to have a long chat with her. An idea occurred to
me. "I'm going to pick up a Chinese for my dinner. Would you care to
join me?"

She had that defensive look again. "I . . . um . . . I need to do some
shopping," she said.

"That's OK," I returned. "I'll come with you to do your shopping and
then we can get a Chinese."

"No. I can't do that. Well . . . alright. I'll come to your place. I
can do my shopping later."

We went to the Chinese and picked up a dinner for two. Abigail seemed
to relax a bit then. When we arrived at my house I invited her into the
kitchen and she helped me to get the dinner ready. While we sat at the
kitchen table I started my probing.

"And how did you enjoy your first life modelling session?" I
asked.

She smiled as she said, "Once I'd been doing it for a few minutes, I
quite enjoyed it."

"I thought so. You seemed a natural. You held all the poses really
well. I could tell that David was pleased too. He's a real dear, but he
doesn't pay compliments for nothing."

"Yes, he was very kind," she replied.

"One thing I noticed as you were posing," I said, " was that you had a
few bruises on your ribs and on your legs. How did you get
those?"

Abigail stopped eating and just looked down at the table. "Oh, it's
nothing."

"Something must have caused them," I pursued. "Have you had an
accident or something?"

My persistence paid off. She looked me quickly in the eyes. "Do you
really want to know?" she asked.

"Of course I do."

"You might think less of me."

"Nonsense. Why should I?"

"OK I'll tell you. I got them at home."

"At home?" I queried. "But how?"

She looked sadly down at her plate and started playing with her fork.
"I think it's usually referred to these days as 'child abuse'.

Now I stopped eating too. "What!" I exploded. "What do you mean? How
did it happen?"

"My dear mother." She almost spat the words out.

"You mean your mother gave you all those bruises?" I said with some
heat.

"That's right."

"But how did she do it, and why did she do it?"

Abigail put her hand up to her forehead as though shielding her eyes.
"The way she always does it. By punching me and kicking me." Then she
grew heated and looked at me. "Why? She doesn't really need a reason,
but on the last occasion it was because she said I kept some of her
change when she sent me shopping. I didn't! I swear to you, I didn't.
It was just her way of picking on me. Just an excuse to hit me
again."

By now I was livid. How could anyone mistreat a sweet, vulnerable kid
like this. I just wanted to get hold of her mother and strangle her
with my bare hands. "But, d'you have a father?"

"He's my step-father".

"Didn't he try to stop her?"

"Oh yes, he tried. He always tries when he's there. Not that it did
him or me any good. She used to attack him as well. She threw boiling
chip oil over him on one accasion."

I winced. "What did he do?"

"He went to casualty and said he'd had an accident."

I could see that she was getting upset telling me about this, so I
went around the table and put my arms around her. "But what about the
social workers? What about the police?' I pursued.

"They always believed my mother. Oh, she was so plausible and nice
with them. On one occasion my step-father phoned the police and told
them she'd attacked him. When they arrived she said he'd started it and
that he'd been violent to her for years. The police believed her,
arrested my step-father and then she managed to get an exclusion order
against him to stop him living in the house."

Abigail started to cry. I could hardly believe my ears. How could a
mother, of all people, be so cruel? She must have read my thoughts.
"You're surprised eh?" she asked. I nodded.

"I thought it was something unusual until I looked at a book published
by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Their figures show that 64% of child abuse is by women."

"What?" I held her closer in my arms. She was as taut as a violin bow
and was starting to shake.

I managed to calm her down and led her into the lounge where we both
sat on the settee. She then told me that as soon as she was old enough
she applied to go to art college as a way of getting out of her
mother's grasp. A grotty room in a student house was a better option
for her. She explained that the other three girls in the house were
close friends and didn't seem to want her there. She had felt utterly
lonely and unwanted.

I knew I had to do something. I remembered my training in aromatherapy
massage. "Look. You need to unwind and relax. I'll run you a bath with
one of my favourite oil mixtures in it." She just nodded.

I started to run the hot water and then mixed the oils. I put a new
towel on the radiator to warm it. When I returned to the lounge,
Abigail was walking around looking at my paintings. "Are these yours?"
she asked.

"Yes."

"You're really good aren't you?" We talked about the paintings for a
little while. I thought it would help to calm her down.

"I expect your bath is ready now," I said as I led her in the
direction of the bathroom. She stopped as she noticed a picture on my
desk. She picked it up and looked at it, then looked directly at me in
some surprise.

"This . . . this is your wedding photograph?"

"Yes."

"Oh, I didn't know you were married. Not that I'm surprised. What's
your husband's name?"

"Roger."

"He's working is he? When does he get home?" She put the picture down
and followed me.

"I don't know whether he'll be coming home," I replied, and before she
could say another word, I added, "Come and get in your bath and I'll
explain."

As I watched her undress she had a much greater effect on me than
she'd had just posing nude in the art class. She got into the bath,
held her hair above her head and lay back with her eyes closed.

"Mmmmm. . . This is lovely. What a gorgeous perfume! No one has ever
done this for me before. Thank you so much."

"I think you need a bit of pampering," I said. "Let's take a look at
those bruises."

I lifted her legs out of the water, one at a time, and ran my hands
gently over the blue patches on her wet legs. "Let's see your
ribs."

She arched her back so that her ribs came out of the water. As I ran
my hands over her bruises I noticed that the nipples on her small
breasts were becoming erect. Things started to stir inside me. She
opened her eyes and looked directly at me.

"You said you were going to explain," she said.

I sat on the side of the bath and started my story. "Roger and I were
married four years ago. Both his mother and my mother are widows and
are now living in France. That is how I came to meet Roger. He is a
freelance typographic designer and has a good job designing for the
publishing trade: book adverts point-of-sale design and so forth. We
were very happy living here. I quite like the north of England. The
folk are so friendly. We bought this house and were very happy living
here. We used to drive down to France to visit our mothers. They live
about 80 miles apart but it meant we could visit both when we went over
there."

"Then, about two months ago Roger's mother fell ill. I won't go into
details but it was quite serious. We both visited a few times but this
took up a lot of time and Roger's work began to suffer. So he suggested
that we move to France and stay in his mother's house until she
recovered. With his type of work it means he is able to work anywhere
and keep in touch with his clients by phone and by supplying artwork on
disks. But for me it would have meant leaving my art training and
earning money with my commissions. Also I had just started writing
erotic stories which I was about to put on some internet sites I had
seen. We had quite an argument and I just refused to go with
him."

"It's not that Roger is the jealous sort. Perhaps I should explain,
Abigail, that I am bisexual and that he is quite prepared to accept
that. He realises that I need to spend some time with my female friends
just as he does with his male friends." At this, Abigail's eyes opened
wide as she stared at me.

"Now you know the danger you're in. Naked and alone, in the bath of a
bi-woman." I laughed.

"Well," she replied, "It would be a change for me to be loved by a
woman instead of being beaten up by one." She smiled and closed her
eyes again. I carried on talking.

"I decided to go ahead and publish my erotic stories on the web. It
was rather ironic, because the webmasters all ask for a profile, so I
had a long debate with myself as to whether to say I was married or
not, so I finally decided to describe myself as 'bi'. I started
receiving a great number of fan emails and was kept busy for hours
answering them. All this and my painting is keeping me fully occupied,
which is no bad thing as it stops me from having time to dwell on my
half-married predicament."

"Do you sometimes think you will go to join your husband?" she
asked.

"An hour never passes without me thinking about it," I replied. Just
lately I've been thinking that I'm being really selfish. How much of my
life is my own, and how much is Roger's?"

"It must be pulling you in two directions," she said in a sympathetic
voice.

I looked at Abigail's small, vulnerable naked figure relaxing in my
bath and noticed that there was now some colour in her cheeks. Her pink
nipples just broke the surface of the water. I had never seen a more
sexy sight. I felt a definite stirring between my legs. I moved further
along the bath so that I was sitting close to her head. I put my hand
on the other side of the bath so that I was leaning over her. "How do
you feel now?"

She opened her eyes and seemed startled to see me so close to her. She
arched her back again as she stretched her body. "I can't remember ever
feeling so relaxed before," she said in a dreamy voice.

I bent down further and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Time to
get out. But I haven't finished pampering you yet. Get dried, but don't
put your clothes on. Oh, and leave the water in the bath; you'll need
it later"

I left her in the bathroom while I went to the bedroom to get my
massage table and oil. It suddenly struck me that the last time I had
unfolded the table was when Roger and I had given each other a full
erotic massage. I looked at my favourite photograph of him which I kept
on my bedside cabinet. My longing for him surfaced yet again, together
with a feeling of guilt.

When I returned to the lounge I found Abigail standing there waiting
for me, completely naked. The bath had definitely put some colour into
her cheeks and her damp hair clung to her bare shoulders. She looked
alluring as she gave me a shy smile.

"Now, that's what I call a relaxed Abigail," I commented. Her smile
broadened, so I went on, "So, now, how about a nice relaxing
massage?"

"Sounds good to me," she replied.

I set up the massage table, covered it with a large bath towel and
patted it with my hand. "OK then. Lie down on your tummy." She got onto
the table and stretched out with her arms under her head.

I lifted her long blond hair off her back and let it rest around her
head like a halo. "Don't want to get your hair covered with oil do we?"
I remarked.

I poured some oil on my hands and rubbed them together to get them to
the right temperature. As I did so, I decided not to get too heavy with
her first experience of my hands on her. I hoped this would be the
first of many such events. I decided to use my kiss-to-prepare method.
I remembered using this the first time I massaged Roger, and he loved
it. It involves just lightly kissing the part you are going to massage;
it's a kind of warning to your partner that the part kissed is next to
be massaged. They can then look forward with pleasurable expectation to
your next stage.

I gave her three light kisses along the back of her shoulders and her
neck, then I worked the oil across with my hands. I kneaded her muscles
right along to the edge of her shoulders and as I did so I kissed her
down the centre of her back; my hands followed, spreading the warm oil.
Abigail gave a quiet groan. "Mmmmmmmm. . . Melanie that feels great ,"
she muttered in a sleepy far-away voice. As I moved further down her
back I kissed both cheeks of her butt. To heighten her enjoyment I ran
one finger very lightly in a tiny circle right at the bottom of her
spine where her cleavage started. Her buttocks started to twitch and
she giggled. "Oh! That tickles!" she said. I knew this was the reaction
to expect just before you turn someone on. But I must admit it was
turning me on as well.

I next kissed the back of each of her thighs eventually concentrating
on the backs of her knees. I used both hands on each thigh in turn and
described little circles at the backs of her knees which drew from
Abigail little moans of appreciation. Kisses on the backs of ner calves
eventually took me down to her ankles. I took one in each hand and
opened her legs so that her feet were about two feet apart. Then I
worked with both hands on each leg in turn swiftly from ankle to the
inside top of each thigh. The sighs of pleasure from Abigail told me
that, without any doubt, she was now getting aroused.

I bent down and whispered in her ear. "How's that, my love?"

"Absolutley incredible," she replied. "I've never had a massage
before."

"So now you know what you've been missing," I said with a laugh. "But
so far you've only had half a massage. Just turn over and I'll finish
you off."

She turned over immediately. I arranged her hair over the end of the
table and placed her hands just abover her head. I noticed that her
face was quite flushed. Good! I evidently had not lost my touch.

Abigail's smile showed me just how much she was enjoying her first
massage experience. I thought I'd better prepare her for what was to
follow.

"Just close your eyes, relax, and be prepared, in part two, to be
seduced by a terrible bi-woman," I threatened in mock heroic voice as I
rubbed more oil into my palms.

She chuckled happily. "If it's as good as part one, I shall thoroughly
enjoy it."

I bent over her and lightly kissed her closed eyes, the tip of her
nose and her slightly open mouth. I followed this with a light facial
massage. As I slowly drew one finger across her lips, I bent down and
kissed her nipples. Now, some of my friends say I have a predilection
for hard nipples. I always correct them and say it's not a predilection
but a prediLICKtion - if you know what I mean! One of the treasures on
my computer is a file containing photographs of friends displaying a
gorgeous collection of erect nipples. You'll have to take my word for
it, because the title of the file is 'For my eyes only'. I had the
feeling that some pics of Abigail would shortly be included in
it.

I used both hands on each of her small breasts in turn placing a thumb
on each side and running it up to her nipples and squeezing them
upwards between my thumbs, then back down again. I moved my thumbs
around about an inch and repeating the process like the spokes of a
cartwheel and by the time I had finished, her nipples were sticking out
like little organ stops - just as I like them. Abigail's moans and her
arching back assured me that she was really enjoying my ministrations,
and my moistening pussy assured me that I was riding alongside
her.

My kisses then flowed down her abdomen and on to her flat tummy which
I followed with oily hands and, as I explored her navel with one
finger, my lips attended to her smooth slim thighs and the insides of
her knees. As I reached her ankles, once again I took hold of them and
pulled her legs apart - wide apart. I slowly spread the oil right up
the insides of her legs and, as I did so, I bent forward and placed my
eager lips around the open moist lips of her vagina. A light kiss on
her erect clitoris told her what to expect next.

I placed my thumbs at the base of her moist vagina lips and worked
outwards in small circles gradually moving upwards. When I reached her
clitoris I held it briefly between my thumbs before spreading then
along the hood and then back again. A sweep around her outer
well-spread lips took me back down, and once more I started circling
upwards. I noticed this was having the effect I hoped for as her juice
started running down and her thigh muscles grew taught as she pointed
her toes down the table. After several minutes of this, Abigail started
to pant and I noticed her mouth was open as she gasped from time to
time.

Then I decided it was time to stop the massage and get her to climax,
so I thrust two fingers inside her vagina and at the same time started
slow licking movements on her clitoris. Gradually I increased the pace
which drew a series of "Ahs!" and "Ohs!" from Abigail which got quicker
and quicker. Then she pushed her head back onto her arms and arched her
back in a quick cry of pleasure as she experienced what she later told
me was the most fantastic orgasm of her life.

I pulled the towel around her and went into the bathroom to run some
extra hot water. When I returned, Abigail was lying motionless. She
opened her eyes as I approached. "Time to wash that oil off," I said.
She swung her legs off the table and we went into the bathroom. She
dropped the towel and got into the bath.

"D'you mind if I join you?" I asked.

"I'd love it!" she returned with some enthusiasm.

Thirty seconds later we were both naked and locked in each others
arms. She gave me a long, intense kiss and said, "Thanks a million
Melanie. That was the experience of a lifetime!"

"My intimate friends call me Mel," I said.

"And the few close friends I have call me Abby," she replied.

"Well, we can't be any closer than this can we?" I murmured as I
hugged her naked wet body close to me.

"The closer the better," she replied.

At my suggestion, we dried each other and then we got dressed. I made
a pot of tea and some sandwiches and we sat close together on the
settee chatting as though we'd known each other for years. Abby stood
up and looked at her watch. "Gosh! Doesn't time fly when you're
enjoying yourself?" she said.

When I also stood up, she drew closer to me and put her slight arms
around my neck. I noticed tears start to well up in her wide eyes.
"Thanks Mel! Thanks for saving my life!"

I gave a little laugh. "Eh? A bit of food, some chat and a massage? I
don't really think that can be called 'saving your life'."

Abby's face puckered up and the tears flowed freely down her delicate
face. She held me close in a firm grip and put her head by the side of
mine. "Yes it can! Yes it can! You see, the reason I came to model
today was just to get the money. On the way back I was going to go to
the chemist's to buy an overdose, and when I got back to my room, God
forgive me, I was going to end it all."

After this outburst she sobbed uncontrollably. I could feel her body
shaking against mine. I lifted her head back and looked at her
tear-stained face. "What! You were actually going to . . ."

"Yes!" she broke in. "I was going to end my life. But you stopped me
Mel. Your kindness stopped me."

By this time, the tears were streaming down my cheeks as well. We both
hugged each other as though we would never let go. "My God!" I blurted
out. I almost lost you."

Then a few things which had passed earlier in the day fell into place
with new meaning. "So that's why, when David asked you to model for us
next week, you said . . ."

"Yes," she broke in. "I thought I would no longer be alive."

I dried my eyes with my handkerchief and then dried Abby's. I looked
seriously deep into her eyes and said, "So, can you model for us next
week?"

"I'd love to," she replied. "I'll phone David first thing tomorrow
morning."

"No you won't," I replied with some vigour. "You'll phone him right
now. there's a phone over there." I dialled the number, gave her the
phone and listened while she told David that she would be available for
modelling next week.

When we reached my front door, Abby turned to say goodbye. I took her
face in both my hands and said, "I want you to promise me something
Abby. If ever you get into a state like that again, you'll run straight
over here to see me."

"I will, Mel. I will. You can rely on it." And I knew I could.

She turned to go. "Oh, there's just one other thing," I said. "When
you model for us next week, how about coming back here for something to
eat?"

"Mmmm. Yesss!" she replied.

"OK," I added. "We'll make it supper and breakfast."

She laughed as my meaning drove home. "Now that is something I would
really love."

I waved goodbye with a parting remark: "And all you need to bring is
your toothbrush!"