The French Apartment - Chapter 5: Geraldo's
Fourth day in Paris, evening.
After a few days, I was getting used to the rhythm of the household. Claudine, Vivienne, and I were sitting in the television room: the 'salle de sΓ©jour' after dinner. I was less and less nervous around them and I was starting to feel... comfortable. It was nearly midnight: dinner rarely started before 8:00 and Francesca prepared three courses for dinner which went on late. She retired early to her own apartment on the floor above us and Vivienne either didn't have much schoolwork, or didn't care to do it. So the three of us lounged and watched television before bed.
I was in what had become my unofficial corner of the couch: the same corner where Vivienne made me cum into her mouth a few days ago. She sat cross legged in the middle of the couch, in a dark T-shirt as usual, clearly not wearing a bra and covered from the waist down in a blanket. Claudine had her hair tied up and her little glasses on after changing into one of her nighttime outfits- a long silk robe with a light blue camisole underneath it. As she moved around, I caught glimpses of the curve of her cleavage and peeks of her bare skin underneath her robe.
My eyes kept moving from one woman to the other. I shifted in my corner and drew a blanket over my lap. I was really beginning to feel the 'probation' Claudine had put me under, and so I hadn't been allowed to orgasm for two days now. It was getting more and more difficult to focus on anything except the women around me.
"How about Saturday?" Vivienne asked Claudine. "I need new clothes."
"How does a girl who only wears T-shirts and jeans need new clothes?" Claudine responded, in a light, teasing tone.
"Perhaps I need new T-shirts!" Vivienne insisted. "And I need some new records as well."
"I think you already have all the Sinead O'Connor and Cure records one can buy," I said. "They aren't making any new ones, you know."
Vivienne just turned to me and stuck her tongue out. "Your job is to be my manservant and carry my bags, not to judge my music."
"Francesca won't carry them?" I asked.
"Hah!" Vivienne threw her head back. "She would only tell me she is not a 'pack mule.'"
Claudine smiled. "So I suppose you need to bring your own pack mule, then?"
"Exactly!" Vivienne said.
Claudine turned to me. "You are alright with this, James?"
I shrugged. "Well, we all have our uses in life."
Vivienne snickered.
Someone on the television let out a yell and fell into the water. Both women turned and started yelling in French at the television. We were watching a show about people wandering naked in the wilderness with awkward French dubbing. The show suggestion was Vivienne's, but Claudine was surprisingly invested in it. When Claudine and Vivienne weren't fighting, they actually got along surprisingly well.
"But you have a paper to write this weekend," Claudine said, as the drama on the television ended. "If you do it, you can have James on Sunday."
"Fine," Vivienne agreed.
"And Francesca will be your chaperone," Claudine finished.
"Chaperone?!" Vivienne got visibly annoyed. "What am I a child? I'm nineteen, a grown woman!"
"That's exactly the issue," Claudine said, giving us both a knowing look.
Vivienne growled and turned to me. She leaned forward and put a hand in my hair, messing up the fresh cut.
"You know your haircut is so old fashioned? You look like... Carey Grant's nerdy younger brother, or something," Vivienne said.
"I think it looks nice!" Claudine insisted. "Much better than the unkempt mess he had when he first arrived."
My haircut that Vivienne was now demolishing was one of the errands we had been running this week. They were a mix of preparations for school like buying my books, along with many cosmetic appointments. Some I expected, others were a surprise such as eyebrow threading: a service I did not know even existed until now. Claudine was, naturally, in charge of the entire routine. I was supposed to go to Geraldo's for clothes the day when Claudine and Francesca interrogated me, but after that ordeal we rescheduled it. Claudine said she was too distracted to think about clothes that day.
"What do you think?" Vivienne asked me, gesturing to the mess that used to be a nice haircut.
I looked between the two women. I wondered if they enjoyed making me constantly choose between them in their little battles. I was getting better at choosing neutrally, without giving either a clear victory.
"Haven't you always fantasized about having Carey Grant's nerdy younger brother carry your shopping bags all day?" I asked Vivienne.
She scoffed and sniffed at the product on her hand and wiped it off roughly on my shirt. "I bet my mother will buy you clothes to make you look like an old businessman."
I shrugged. "Well I haven't seen them yet, but I'll wear my new clothes on Sunday, and you can judge them for yourself."
"Oh, I plan to," Vivienne promised.
Claudine's expression was, as ever, difficult to determine.
Finally, Vivienne stopped messing with my hair and stood. "Alright, I'm going to bed."
"Au revoir," I said to her, waving. I was making my way through my book of French sayings.
"You're such a nerd," Vivienne said, shaking her head, and left the room.
"Did I say something wrong?" I asked Claudine.
Claudine just shook her head and yawned as she turned off the television. "Come on James. You need to wash off the day, then come to bed."
This was one of Claudine's rules: a mandatory shower before bed to 'wash off the day.' I used to shower in the mornings, but not anymore. I entered the bathroom, undressed, and began to warm the shower. Unlike the hall bath, Claudine's ensuite bathroom actually had a proper glass-walled shower stall. Just before getting in the shower, my phone lit up with a text from 'Fucking Beautiful Vivienne.'
FBV: 'You should say bonne nuit, not au revoir. You are going to bed, not leaving for America.'
Me: 'OK. Bonne nuit.'
FBV: 'So where is my picture?'
I chuckled. She had been bugging me about this. I made sure the door to the bathroom was closed and I took a selfie from the mirror of my chest and stomach, ending just where the 'V' between my abs and legs pointed down towards my groin. I was no bodybuilder, but I was proud of my broad chest and the light swell of muscles just starting to show on my abs. I sucked in my stomach just a little.
FBV: 'Don't be a tease, show me lower'
Me: 'Maybe next time, about to head in the shower'