It was never a conscious decision and I don’t think I was even aware of my hiring practices but when I hired Scott into our department a manager in another group said, “Wow Leslie, you finally hired a man into your group.”
My group was close knit and we did fun things together like shopping at the outlet malls, getting manicures and pedicures, going to chick-flicks and other fun woman things. When I interviewed candidates I think I looked for someone who would fit nicely into our group. Scott just seemed to fit into our group so I extended him an offer and he accepted.
Scott was a relatively attractive young man that immediately caught the attention of the young women in my group as well as some of the young women in other groups within our company. I thought he was a little young for me but found it amusing to see how suddenly popular he was.
We brought him with us on our day trips and soon he was getting male manicures, shopping with us, getting massages and even crying at the chick flicks. Then one day I said, “Hey everybody today is an early day. Let’s go get our nails done.”
Scott surprised me by declining so I said, “Is everything okay? Is there something bothering you?”
Even more surprising he said, “Actually yes. Can we talk for a few minutes?”
We went into my office and I asked him what was bothering him. He said, “I think working here is making me question my sexuality. I think doing all this girl stuff and becoming one of the girls is, well it seems to be, I mean.”
He was afraid to say it so I said, “Making you gay?”
He looked down and then back up at me before he shook his head yes. I had to hold back the urge to laugh because he was serious. I calmly said, “Although we didn’t set out to do this Scott we did accidentally turn you into a metrosexual but definitely not a homosexual. You do still like women don’t you?”
Scott said, “Oh yes, I really like Christina.”
As soon as he said this I realized he had dropped his guard and shared something he had not meant to share. Christina was his direct supervisor and not only did company policy forbid them to date I got the feeling she did not know about his feelings. I asked, “Does she know how you feel?”
He said, “Oh my gosh no. I have never wanted either one of you to know how I feel.”
At first I did not even catch what he had said and I got the feeling he didn’t realize what he had said. I replied, “I’m sure she would be flattered but if you don’t want her to know then your secret is safe with me.”
Christina and I are the only two women in the group who had large breasts. Christina was just genetically gifted and I had sprouted boobs after I put on weight and had two children. Just to test a hunch I took off my sweater and his eyes immediately went to my breasts. I now knew he did have a thing for Christina and me. Then I said, “So now that you know you are just a metrosexual are you coming with us?”
He said, “You betcha. Thanks for letting me talk.”
For weeks I imagined summoning Scott into my office and seducing him. It almost became an obsession of mine. He was too young to date seriously but an occasional trip around the bedroom with him really appealed to me. It was just that he was so guarded and really didn’t want anyone to know who tickled his fancy. And it was this thought that I was struggling with when my best friend from high school called me to let me know she was coming into town for a week and would be performing at the local Improv.
My best friend Susan Williams went by the stage name Seductive Susan and was known for having a pretty raunchy show. She randomly invited six guests to the stage, hypnotized them backstage and then had them come out and perform acts that were barely R Rated. We chatted for a little while about old times, new times and finally I said, “So have you ever rigged your random selections?”
Susan said, “What do you mean? Do you mean have I ever purposely picked someone to come up on stage? Sure, more often I purposely skip skeptics. If someone is absolutely positive they cannot be hypnotized then I will not have a lot of success with them and it ruins my show. Why?”
I said, “I have an employee I want to have you hypnotize but he is kind of shy. If he is afraid to get up on stage then I guess it won’t work.”
Susan said, “I didn’t say people who were afraid couldn’t be hypnotized. I said people who are convinced they cannot be hypnotized usually cannot be. Sometimes a suggestible person who is scared to be on stage needs my reassurance and that need for reassurance only heightens their suggestibility making it easier for me to put them under and allowing me take them even deeper. So what did you have in mind?”
I told her all about Scott and how half the company wanted to sleep with him. I told her how he stared at my breasts and accidentally revealed that he wanted at least two women he works with. I then told her I wanted to make him the little play toy of my group. Susan laughed and said, “And that is why you were my best friend in school. You are simply wicked. I’ll come by and visit your department and I’ll see if we can pull it off.”
Susan got into town and the very next day she came by my department to meet everyone. I saw her spending a few minutes chatting with each person and after a few extra minutes talking to Scott she came into my office and said, “He’s perfect. I suggested it was getting hot and he started getting warm. I told him he looked like he had stayed up late last night and he yawned. I don’t care how scared he is. When his number comes up you need to get him onto the stage.”
Susan handed me the tickets for my team and I went out and said, “Hey everyone, I have an announcement. Susan has tickets for her show for everyone in the group. We can all meet here and drive to down to the Improv together. I will wait until then to hand out the tickets.”
We all met at the building and I gave Scott his ticket that had been specially marked by Susan. I had seen Susan’s shows before but I was even stunned when she first walked onto stage. She was wearing a form fitting glitter outfit that made her look so hot that I thought the name Seductive Susan was more than fitting. Susan said, “Okay I want everyone to pull out their ticket stubs. I have a random number generator on stage so if your ticket stub has this three digit combination as its last three numbers come on up.”
She pushed it and numbers started rolling by until three numbers read out. She read, “312.”
A man put his head down and Susan said, “Come on ladies and gentlemen, give him a hand and some encouragement.”
We got through the first five people and Scott actually leaned over and said, “Thank heavens that’s over. I really did not want to get picked.”
Susan said, “And our last lucky person is ticket 816.”
Barbara suddenly jumped up and said, “That’s me, that’s me.”
My heart sank as I thought I had handed Scott the wrong ticket. Jenny grabbed Barbara’s ticket and said, “You knucklehead, your ticket is 818. But someone in our group must be holding the right ticket because you’re the middle seat.”
Scott quickly hid his ticket so I grabbed his arm and said, “Here it is. Scott has the winning ticket.”
Susan announced, “Come on up Scott.”
Scott shook his head no with a terrified look on his face and said, “I don’t want to go. Please.”
I said, “It’s okay Scott she’s my friend. If someone does something stupid on stage it sure isn’t going to be you. After all, you met her the other day and she was really nice wasn’t she?”
The audience started to chant Scott’s name and clapped their hands so he finally gave in and stood up. When he did the audience cheered for him. Susan said, “Let’s give all six lucky winners a big hand.”
The audience clapped again and then she said, “I’ll take all six winners back stage and hypnotize them while you enjoy some clips from some of my previous shows.”
Susan took them back into a room and then the big screen opened up. It was a camera to the room they were in. She would hypnotize them so everyone could see and they were the only six who did not know they were still part of the show.
Susan held up a hand held spinning disk that she had made just for her show. She said, “I want each of you to look at the spinning disk and relax. I know you’re a little nervous but I can assure you that hundreds if not thousands of people have been on my stage and have experienced the wonderful relaxing feeling of going into hypnosis. Just relax and allow the disk to become the only thing in your vision. Relax and as you do take a deep breath and exhale. Feel any tension or fear you have drain from your body and your mind.”
I did not watch the other five people. I only watched Scott. At first he was nervous and his eyes darted around the room. In no time at all he had allowed himself to relax and was now staring at the disk more intently than anyone else in the room. For the first time since I had concocted this whole plan I felt aroused.
Susan said, “As the tension leaves your body and mind you begin to notice how sleepy I make you feel. My voice, my sexy seductive voice and my spinning disk are so compelling and so irresistible. As you fall into the spinning vortex of my disk you find your mind and body becoming so sleepy, so very sleepy. Your eyes are becoming heavy, very heavy. Each breath you take makes you ten times sleepier and your eyes ten times heavier. Just stare at the disk and surrender. I know you want to go into a deep hypnotic trance for Seductive Susan. Close your eyes and surrender to my hypnotic powers.”
I felt my eyes close and then Susan said, “For my six guests in this room you will not hear another word I speak until I touch your shoulder. For my guests who listened and followed my induction a little too closely when I count to three and snap my fingers you will awaken, stand up and take a bow for the audience so they know how easily you allowed yourself to be hypnotize.”
Susan counted to three and snapped her fingers. My eyes popped open and as I stood to take a bow most of the people around me did the same. We all laughed and clapped for Seductive Susan. Then she said, “Ladies and gentlemen we will be out on stage in five minutes after I give our brave volunteers a few additional suggestions.”
Five minutes later all six guests leaped onto stage doing ballet moves and dancing around as she introduced them as the Improv Ballet Group. It was hysterical and we could not stop laughing. She then told them they were all third graders and were taking a test but only the blond woman knew the answers. I was actually happy to see that Scott was the only “student” who did not try to cheat off the blond woman’s paper. Then she made Scott the main attraction.
She pulled out lipstick, eye shadow and makeup and holding up a mirror she said, “Scott, when I count to five you will be a beautiful woman getting ready for a date and I mean a hot date. Your boyfriend is coming over and you intend on seducing him tonight.”
She turned to a very unattractive woman and said, “Angela, when I count to ten you will be Scott’s boyfriend. You will knock on the door and when Scott opens the door you will find that he is so sexy that you cannot resist his advances. When I clap my hands three times in rapid succession you will both still be deeply hypnotized but will be fully aware of what happened.”
She counted to five and Scott suddenly started acting like a woman and putting on his makeup. He seemed genuinely excited about his upcoming date and we all could not stop laughing. Susan finished counting to ten and suddenly the woman walked to a nonexistent door and began knocking. Scott answered and began seducing the woman. Seeing Scott think he was a woman and watching the woman think he was a man was hilarious. Susan let them begin making out and when Scott started to remove the woman’s shirt Susan clapped three times.
Scott and the woman suddenly looked around and while the woman started laughing Scott looked horrified and started to run from the stage. Susan said, “Scott, how can you run when your feet are stuck in cement?”
Scott suddenly lurched to a stop and Susan walked over to him. She said, “Scott, you thoroughly enjoyed your time on stage and will only have fond memories of your time up here.”
She turned to the entire group and said, “I want to thank all six of you for participating in my show, or should I say your show, today. When I count to five and snap my fingers each of you will awaken having had a wonderful time being a part of the show. But if I should say the word teapot before the audience is dismissed for the evening you will arise from your seat and sing the song I’m A Little Teapot.”
She woke them all up and sent them back to their seats to a deafening roar of applause. They all got back to their seats and of all people Christina jumped up and gave Scott a hug. I knew he lusted for her so it was funny to see him freeze up and force himself to give her a hug back. When he got to me I jumped up and hugged him too. He finally took his seat and said, “That was fun. I’m glad we came.”