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"One Perfect Rose" by Taria (Celestial follow-up) 10, 10, 10
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"One Perfect Rose" by Taria (TariaT@aol.com). Surprise endings
are common on this newsgroup. Here we have a surprise beginning.

This is another continuation of my "Review" story, which
originated as a review of DG's "Call of Desire." My original
story ended with me (Celeste) getting happily fucked in the ass by
my loving husband while I was talking on the phone to Rose, a
slightly annoying but certainly conservative neighbor who was
trying to organize a purity crusade against Epcot Center.

As the present "chapter" begins, we discover that Rose is actually
one hot chick - and a lesbian to boot! She and her friend Claire
are cleaning the carpet at their end of the phone, while my
husband is hiding his salami up my ass. It's very hot stuff!

Let me point out that this is not where I intended the story to
go. I am as surprised as anyone about these developments. I have
long been suspicious that my neighbors on one side may be slightly
oversexed, and so Sandman merely confirmed my suspicions. On the
other hand, I was under the impression that Rose lived a couple of
miles away and was married to a couch potato with a beer belly.

Before things get really out of hand, let me point out that my
daughters are both good kids - active in sports, never having
fucked a teacher or librarian - the sort of kids that would fit
right in with the Brennan family. While I would not rule out the
possibility that either I or my husband may be related to the
Allen sisters, neither I nor my husband nor either of my kids has
ever been naked with anyone in that clan. Nor are we related to
any vampires or prominent public officials that we know about. On
the other hand, I suspect that some of my neighbors and colleagues
at work are really weird. I know for certain that one of my
husband's coworkers goes without panties every Friday - it has
something to do with a radio show she listens to. I realize people
can go anywhere they want with my persona, but I thought the
preceding hints might be helpful.

Taria points out in a brief epilogue that Nick's original follow-
up to my "Review" gave Rose a raw deal. So it did. But give Nick
credit: he got the ball rolling for a couple of good stories.

As I understand it, we now have six stories in this sequence (not
counting DG's "Call of Desire.") The stories are starting to
diverge, and so I'll label them below:

Chapter 1: The Review (Celeste)
Chapter 2a: Fighting Rose's Corner (Nick)
Chapter 2b: The Bedroom window (Sandman)
Chapter 2c: Seat of Power (Jay)
Chapter 2d: Celeste's WD-40 (Ivan)
Chapter 3a: One perfect Rose (Taria)

If you want to continue this series, feel free to add to any of
the threads. It is NOT necessary to remain consistent with a plot
that has already been started. For example, you don't have to
have Rose be a lesbian with a lover named Claire: you can start
your own thread, if you wish. Sandman, who numbered the currently
existing chapters slightly differently than I did, has sent me a
list of the following possible chapters:

Chapter 5: Party Line
Who knew Rose had a party line?

Chapter 6: The Lineman
Stuck up top an electric pole, your
average joe gets a charge from
all the hot sex going on below him.

Chapter 7: The neighbor's call
What happens when Janet and Sandman
call the next day?

Chapter 8: A Rose by any other name
would still be Lady Cyrrh? OK I
STILL think this would be a good
plot twist.

Chapter 9: Hacking Celeste
What happens when one of Celeste's
students hacks her computer? And uncovers
her secret past time?

Chapter 10: Celeste cooks dinner.
How did this get here?

Chapter 11: House guests.
What happens when Celeste's cousins, the Allen
sisters, come to visit for a while?

Chapter 12: Crimes and Misdemeanors
Little did we suspect there was a burglar in Rose's
apartment that night. Now he returns with something
more than lifting a stereo in mind.

Chapter 13: The exchange student.
Celeste's daughter is swapped for a hot Italian
stud with only one thing on his mind.

Chapter 14: Fucking Celeste (For real this time)
What happens when the hacker's (chapter 9)
father learns of his son's activities (and Celeste's
secret identity?) What happens when the father
turns out to be non other than our own M1ke Hunt?
I'm not sure but it will probably be funny,
irreverent, and mostly true. ;-)

Ratings for "One Perfect Rose"
Athena (technical quality): 10
Venus (plot & character): 10
Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 10