The Other Side of Paradise

This reproduction I'm looking at has lost some of that in the translation but I feel obligated to praise this unknown artist in some fashion or another. Especially since they didn't seem to change anything from the original illustration. So I ask the bartender if I can borrow the magic marker he has by the cash register and walk over to the wall and write just below the mural "GOOD JOB" and then sign my name. The level of noise in that place fell by half and as I turned around everyone, including the bartender, was looking in my direction. "I painted the original painting this artist used to make this mural. " I said looking self-consciously at the bartender. A broad smile came over his face and he said "Cool Mon" before he turned and resumed tending bar. I walked back over and returned the marker to him as life started to go back to normal in the bar. A few people walked over for a closer look at the mural... and probably to see what my name was and if they recognized it or not. I wasn't going to hang around and see if I was famous enough for these people, besides... I was hungry and was still on my way to lunch. I went to pay for my drink and got a friendly "No charge Mon" and a handshake from the bartender. With that I continued my journey up the path to the café.

"So you're the one who painted that picture on the post?" Came a voice floating in the breeze behind me. I half turn to see who was attached to the voice only to find a truly attractive woman I'd never seen before. She had a smile that could stop you in your tracks and hold you there forever. "If I didn't know better I would think you painted it of me. " She continued with that smile broadening just a little. "Who says I didn't?" I managed to utter trying to be cool and keep from acting like a complete idiot. "Maybe it was you I was thinking of... but I just hadn't met the dream girl who would be my muse yet?" "Well then... we should meet then. I'm Tanya. " She laughs back. I make my introduction and explain that the mural on the wall isn't mine but the painting that they copied from is. The whole time I'm taking in this sight before me. She really does look like the woman in the painting. From the curly sun bleached blonde hair on her head to the shear gauze dress that's hanging onto her body by a couple of buttons fastened just above her navel that flows in the breeze exposing tan, fit, yet womanly body to thrill my eyes with. "I'm glad the mural isn't yours... it is a little clumsy. " Catching my eyes in hers as she looks at me as if she's reading my mind and enjoying the attention my eyes are giving her. "I'd Love to see the original sometime. " She says swaying back and forth while holding the lower part of her dress open. "Perhaps maybe that can be arranged some time in the future?" She asks. Lowering her voice just a little. "Could you tell me about how and why you painted it?"

I wasn't about to let this woman out of my sight so I quickly invited her to join me for lunch and we started up the path together while I began telling her the story of the painting. I was trying hard not to sound self-important and explain what it was I do for a living. I found myself telling her that I was one of the few people who were lucky enough to illustrate what I had written from time to time and that the painting in question was just that... an illustration for a story written some time ago about an experience that, at the time, seemed unique and worthy of putting in print. A small sense of De JA vu came over me as I remember having a similar conversation with Holly just the other day on the beach. I couldn't help but wonder if it was going to lead in the same direction that conversation went.

She was full of questions. All of which I found myself answering with self-effacing honesty. It never once occurred to me to baffle her with bullshit. She was a delight to talk to. Smart, funny... enchanting. She even caught the paraphrased nod to Picasso I used on her when she first asked about the painting. He would approach a beautiful young prospect and say to them "At last I meet you. I have painted you several times from memory. Not knowing you really existed. Would you like to come back to my studio and see yourself on canvas?" More often than not they would agree and quickly became his lover of the day, week, month or year depending on how pliable they were and how subservient he could get them to be.

There was a glint in Tanya's eyes when she mentioned the notorious come-on, which made me wonder what part of that whole thing fascinated her so. I made a mental note to explore that thought more at a later time.

I was so taken with this woman I hardly noticed running into Niki... literally. If I hadn't caught her she would have gone flying on her ass down the path in the opposite direction she had just come from.

As it was she was looking a little rough around the edges from last night and the way she was holding her head in one hand and moaning she was in a world of hurt not easily taken care of.

Tania and I laughed as we tried to right her and Niki tried her best to laugh but it was obvious this just made her head hurt worse. Feeling somewhat obligated I invited her to join us for lunch. My guess was the food would do her some good. So off the three of us go. With Tania on one side of Niki and me on the other. Both of us doing our best to keep her steady. We must have looked like the Scarecrow and the Tin Man helping Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road.

We sat Niki down at a table and went to the buffet to get her something to eat. Tania was still acting like she was hanging on my every word and I was finding myself captivated by this. I was hearing no internal alarms. No red flags. I'm not even sure I noticed anything that was going on in the café except watching Tania's perfect ass as she walked in front of me back to the table.

As lunch progressed Niki started to come alive and become more the animated person I recalled from last night. I could tell the food was hitting her system as she started moving her arms in exaggerated gestures while she illustrated parts of the stories she was telling us with her hands. She entertained us all through lunch and had Tania and I laughing so hard our sides were hurting as she re-lived some of her exploits that she'd had at the hotel so far. She was bawdy, direct and funny and, judging from the look on Tania's face, not at all out of bounds with what she was saying. "At least she doesn't seem to be a prude," I was thinking to myself. "Of course a prude wouldn't be staying in a place like this," I also thought. This made me laugh at my own absurdity. The girls stopped talking and looked at me as if I'd lost my mind then started laughing themselves before Niki resumed her stories.

We finally finished lunch and as we were standing up I found myself in the awkward situation of not knowing what to do next. I was running ideas through my head as to what to say or suggest doing when Niki suddenly opened her mouth again and came up with a wonderful idea.

"I need to go into Montego Bay and do some shopping. Would you two like to join me?" she said while playfully eyeing both of us. Tania quickly accepted the invitation but said she had to change clothes first... an idea that Niki and I both quickly talked her out of. After a quick stop to grab purses and rent a Jeep the three of us were heading down Highway A-1 along the coast towards Montego Bay with me driving and Tania sitting in front next to me. While Niki straddled the space between the seats talking up a storm about this and that while she made sure to touch Tania and I as much as possible. All the while letting her skirt blow up around her chest exposing her very naked body underneath it certainly was a beautiful view. The ocean on one side of me, the landscape on the other and two beautiful women within arms reach. I could see Tania was enjoying the ride and Niki. Tania had turned in her seat towards Niki so that she could look at her and me while Niki kept on talking. Tania would laugh at Niki's stories and stroke the inside of her thigh. Now and then she would look in my direction to see if I was paying attention (and I was) and give me a soft smile and squeeze my arm. The wind was blowing her hair back from her face and causing her dress to take on a life of it's own which made her look even better... if that were possible.

As we drew closer to Montego Bay Niki started giving me directions to a shop she wanted to go to first. "This is a great place. " She tells us. "I want to get my hood pierced like Holly's and this is the place she had her's done at. "

"You want to what?" Tania asked with a sound in her voice and a look on her face that clearly said she had no idea what Niki was talking about.

"You know... a hood piercing. A ring that goes right here. " She explains as she spreads her legs and moves the lips of her pussy apart with two of her fingers while pointing to the exact spot with her other hand.

Tania reaches between Niki's legs and with her thumb and forefinger grabs hold of Niki's clit while saying, "Right there huh?" "MMMMMMMMMMMM" is all Nicki can say as her eyes widen and a big smile comes across her face. "That's the spot!" she says half laughing.

"THIS I will have to see" Tania says matching Niki's laughter, but making no attempt to remove her hold on Niki's clit. As she massages Niki's clit back and forth in her fingers she looks at me and says, "If it's as good as she says it is... I may have to get one myself. " With this a devilish smile comes across Tania's face that makes me laugh out loud.

We turn back towards the beach on Barnette St. and headed towards St. James St. where we find a place to park and head down the street to the shop. We cross several streets before arriving at the storefront shop that announces TATTOO'S and BODY PIERCING in the colorful window filled with pained parrots and palm trees.

The noise level is cut almost in half upon walking into the shop and is replaced by reggae music coming from a stereo at the back of the shop.

It's dark inside. In a comfortable way. It's also cooler which seems to put us all immediately at ease.

A curtain is pulled back just to the right of the stereo and a man emerges through it. He's tall with the muscular body of an athlete. He wears well-kept dreadlocks and a white tank top and drawstring pants that make his dark skin seem even darker. As he sees us a broad smile comes over his face and as he gets closer her greets us with a "Good afternoon... My name is Michael, what may I do for you today?'

Judging from the collective gasp that came out of both women I'm going to guess they found him charming and attractive.

Niki wastes no time in sliding up next to him and explaining what it is she wants done and lifting her skirt to show him. I suspect he already knew where she was talking about but the twinkle in his eyes said he was enjoying the show while trying to be very "matter of fact" about the whole thing. Tania remained silent not letting on as to whether she did or didn't want to have anything done herself My guess was she wanted to wait and see what all was involved before committing to something herself. I can't say I blamed her for that, but I couldn't help but give her a playful look that caused her to look back in a way that could only mean, "Don't you dare say a word or I'll cut your balls off!!" and to which I found myself laughing out loud. Tania smiled and laughed in such a way that I knew she was OK with what's going on and we turned our attention back to Niki and our new friend Michael the body piercer.

As he explains the procedure to Niki he leads us to a room back behind the curtain. In the room is a chair that looks like something a Gynecologist would use sitting in the middle of the room. Along the one wall are a table with a box of rubber gloves on it and a rack with about a dozen drawers in it. Next to the rack is a smaller box with compartments in it along with large bottles of various sterilizing solutions. There is a metal tray with a white towel on it, which he starts placing items he has begun taking from the drawers and compartments. He fills a glass dish with some solution then brings the tray over to Niki. On it is about a half dozen different rings of which Niki chooses one and he takes the tray back to the table where he opens the package and drops the ring into the solution. He then crosses the room and gets a towel off of a shelf and lays it down on the seat and motions for Niki to sit down while he suggests she lift her skirt up around her waist before sitting down. She let's out an "Ahhhhhhhh what the hell!" and takes the dress completely off and seats her naked body on the chair while handing Tania her dress.

Michael lifts each one of Niki's legs and places her feet in the stirrups then rolls a small table with the tray of tools, a bottle of alcohol, some cotton balls, a marker and the dish with the ring in it over next to the chair. He then goes and washes his hands before donning a pair of rubber gloves and taking his place on a small stool between Niki's legs.

Michael takes what look like a small pair of pliers from the tray and the marker. As he grabs a hold of the area just behind her clit he gently pulls it towards him as he examines both sides of the area he's going to pierce and makes a small mark with the pen then re-examines both sides. Unhappy with the alignment of the dots he wipes one side clean with a cotton ball before applying another dot. Niki is in ecstasy and has begun to rub he nipples with her eyes closed and her breathing becoming harder and shorter.

Tania is mesmerized by what she is seeing. Her eyes are as big as saucers and her mouth is slightly open as she stares at the sight before her. Her nipples are so hard they're trying to explode through the flimsy gauze of her dress and her breathing is beginning to match Niki's. Tania has grabbed on to me and unconsciously begun rubbing my chest while never taking her eyes off of Michael as he continues to work between Niki's legs.

Still not happy with the alignment of the dots Michael has once again begun to wipe one side clean. With that Niki opens her eyes and looks down at Michael and screams "Either pierce me of fuck me but do something quick before I cum here!" "Both can be arranged, but first things first dear lady. " He speaks in that thick Jamaican accent of his and we all laugh.

Satisfied with the markings he clamps a device over the markings and... bingo. Before Niki can tell what has happened the piercing needle has found its mark. Niki starts to shudder as she begins to cum and Michael begins to insert her new ring into it's new home. "What do you think?" Michael asks as he wipes the piercing clean with a cotton ball with yet another solution on it. "WOW!" is all Niki can say between gasps of air. After a moment or two she manages to add "That was REALLY intense!" Tania's hand has moved down to my pants and she has been rubbing and squeezing my cock until I think I'm going to cum all over the inside of my shorts. Fortunately Michael picks that moment to look at Tania and ask "and what about you pretty lady... would you like something done as well?"

You could barely hear her say "yes" as she stepped towards the chair and, following Niki's lead, began to remove her dress as well.

Niki, still panting and enjoying the moment, drunkenly removes her feet from the stirrups and makes her way over to my side where she leans against me for support.

Tania waits for Michael to change the towel on the chair and clean up form Niki, then get fresh items from their respective places.

It seems to take only half as long for everything to play out the second time, but the effects were definitely the same. Tania is lying in the chair panting. Staring absently at the ceiling and not seeming to notice Michael sliding his finger into her pussy. As she becomes more aware of what's going on she begins to slowly fuck his finger. She rocks slowly and methodically back and forth as her gaze falls from the ceiling to meet Michaels face.

Niki has been rubbing her newly pierced pussy against my leg as she playfully bit my nipple through my shirt, but as she sees things heating up over at the chair she quickly moves over behind Michael and begins stroking his body from behind. Michael calmly and good-naturedly turns and moves her back while smiling and softly saying to her "Not now lovely lady... you don't want me to hurt your friend now do you?" With a playful little pouty school girl look she whimpers and stomps one foot on the ground which must have shaken her newly pierced pussy to it's roots because she immediately got this painfully pleasurable look on her face and she stopped dead in her tracks and quietly walked back over to where I was standing and leaned into me like a wounded animal for support.

This all caused me to laugh out loud which distracted Tania at just the right time. As she looked over at me to see what I was laughing about a gasp escaped from her lips as Michael ran the piercing needle through her hood and began inserting the ring.

Tania looked flushed and slightly dazed as she lay back in the chair. She didn't look like she had any intention of going anywhere any time soon. She glanced over to me and held out her hand. She made no attempt to cover herself up or close her legs as I came up beside her. She just took my hand and pulled me to her and kissed me. There was a very soft and warm look in her eyes that seemed out of place given where we were and what has been happening, but still she seemed quite content to be where she was, how she was and who she was with. I'm sure it all seemed like a dream to her at the moment, but it obviously was a good dream to her.

The euphoria of the new piercing had finally worn off for Niki and it was rapidly being replaced by the pain of a new piercing. She began to walk like an old cowboy and it was clear to her that she wasn't going to be fucking anyone for a day or two but the smile on her face told the world she was proud of her accomplishment and was going to enjoy showing it off.

She wasn't about to let a little pain spoil her plans no matter what. She was going to take Michael one way or the other. She walked over to where he was disposing of the materials he had used on Tania and began rubbing his back. With each pass of her hands she would grab some of his shirt and pull it up exposing more of his back. She began kissing his back as she continued to rub.

Michael continued to finish what he was doing seemingly taking all of this in stride until he was through putting things away. Then he turned to face Niki. She wasted no time in undoing his pants and guiding them to the floor exposing his cock to her face as she kneeled to push his pants down further and off.

Niki's mouth was on his cock in record time. She looked like a starving woman who hadn't eaten in a month. It's amazing she didn't pass out from not breathing and Michael was certainly enjoying the attention. Michael began to rock slowly back and forth and met Niki's movements as she would slide forward and further down his cock. With each thrust forward she took more and more of him deep into her throat. Michael leaned back against the table behind him so that he and Niki didn't tumble to the floor as her movements became more deliberate and intense.

Tania was entranced by this show of skill Niki was putting on. She was still holding tightly to my hand , but her other hand was gently stroking her body. She never for a moment took her eyes off of Niki and Michael. Her hand made its way down to her newly pierced clit and she very tenderly tested the area to see how it would react to stimulation. Judging from her reaction it wasn't entirely receptive to the idea of being touched yet she continued to touch her clit and began to rub the area with the lightest of contact. Her breathing began to grow deeper and quicker. The grip she had on my hand was so tight I thought she was going to break my fingers. Michael began to moan as Niki's movements reached a frenzied speed. As Michaels moans began to grow louder Tania's eyes grew wider not wanting to miss anything that was happening. She had now buried two fingers deep inside her pussy and was still gently rubbing her clit with her thumb. Tania had let go of my hand and was absently trying to undo my shorts but was failing miserably at the task for obvious reasons. I undid my pants and let them drop to the floor. Tania wasted no time in taking hold of my cock and stroking it.