Raveled 16
Jess woke to a warm body snuggled against her in the bed.  She smiled, and cuddled up against it... then realized that it had breasts.

“AAUGH!  Tess, what the hell are you doing in my bed!”

Tess sat up, blinking blearily at her bustier friend.  “Your bed?  Oh.  Right.  Last night...”

“I can’t believe you took advantage of me like that!”  Jess pulled the covers to her chest protectively.

“Took advant...”  Tess shook her head and smirked.  “Look, Jess, you were begging me for it.”

“Because I wasn’t in my right mind,” yelled Jess.  “You knew how I’d feel about sex with you in the morning.”

“I...  I’d hoped...”

Jess couldn’t even look at her.  “Get out!”

Tess stared at Jess in dismay, until Jess’ insistent shoves dumped her out of the bed.  She slunk out of the room like a whipped dog.

Jess flung the covers off the bed, looking for Ed.  She found the strap-on dildo he’d been merged with after some frantic searching.  She could barely touch the thing, remembering what she’d been doing to Tess with it last night.  How could she have?

Three careful ribbon-strokes later, there was a seam down the back of the purple rubber... thing, and Ed tumbled out of it, flowing out of the foot-long opening in the most improbable way.  Once he was fully out, Jess flung the contraption into the closet and tried to pretend it wasn’t there.

“Ed?  Are you OK?”

Ed blinked up at her, then sighed.  “What’s wrong?”

Jess spent fifteen minutes describing last night’s sexual misadventures with Tess in detail, whining all the while about how it was so wrong to have acted like that.  That she couldn’t believe what she had felt and done.

When Ed finally managed to get a word in edgewise, it was, “I’m not exactly happy about what happened either.  Nobody asked me if I wanted to be... used.”

Jess stared at him.  “You...  Really?  You got to bang two girls at the same time, and now you’re complaining?”

“Uh, when you put it that way...”

“That thing is still ribboned open.  If Tess or I asked, would you hop right back inside?”

“Well... yes.”

“Even if I said I’d keep you like that forever?”

Ed sighed, but didn’t look away.  “I... yeah.  Today, anyway.  But would you be OK with that?”

“No!  God no.  I don’t want to touch that ever again, after what Tess and I did.”

“Was it really so very wrong?  You both felt very... enthusiastic last night.”  Ed pulled his girlfriend tight against his chest, stroking her back gently.

“I...  It’s wrong.  Everything I was told growing up says it’s wrong.”

“Forget all that.  What does your heart say.”

Jess buried her head in Ed’s shoulder and cried.  “Why do I want something so wicked?”

“Shh.  Shh.  It’s not wicked to love someone.  Listen to your heart, not your pastor.”

Jess sniffed, and wiped her eyes.  “I’ll try.”

Ed hugged her tight once more.  “There’s my brave girl.  Let’s get some food in us, and see if the day looks a bit brighter.”

While breakfast helped, they also found Tess in the kitchen, and from her red-rimmed eyes it was pretty clear she’d heard everything too.  They ate in silence, none of them able to look at the others.  The oppressive silence carried on even after their plates and mugs were empty.

The impasse was broken by a knock at the door.  Ed jumped up from the table to answer it, and smiled wanly at who he saw there.

“Daisy!  What are you doing here?”

She ducked past him and into the apartment.  “Aww, is that any way to greet your sis?  Hey Jess, I...  Wow.  What happened here?  Did someone’s dog die?”

There was nothing for it but to explain, haltingly and with a great deal of handwaving over the specifics of the last day’s carnal activities.  

Daisy looked at them all as if they were a particularly dim litter of puppies.  “Let me get this straight.  You’re all in love with each other.”  Everyone nodded.  “But Jess can’t stomach making love to Tess for stupid but emotionally difficult reasons.”

Jess bristled at the characterization, but sighed.  “More or less, yeah.”

“And Tess finds my scrawny brother just that...  Which I can understand.  I have no idea what you see in him, Jess.”

“He’s sweet.”

Tess laughed.  “And he’s got a wicked streak that I love, when he gets all Mad Sciency.  God, that laugh...”  She squirmed in her seat just thinking about it.

“Right.  Dontwannaknow.  You’ve already stumbled on at least two ways that the ribbon lets all three of you have the best of all worlds.  Have you stopped to consider that just about any permutation would work?  Any combination at all?”

“I could wear Ed again,” mused Jess.  “That was fun.”

“Or I could,” said Tess.  “Would you be OK with that?” she asked Jess gently.  Jess pondered for a while, then nodded.

“But if I was to wear Tess... that wouldn’t really work, would it?” Ed mused.

“Well... no,” admitted Jess.  “You’d look and act too much like a girl.”

“What if you left Tess’ head off?” suggested Daisy.  “Then it’d be my brother’s face and mind in control of Tess’ body.”

Jess stared at Ed’s sister as a smile slowly grew across her face.  Then her look got somewhat distant and dreamy.

“Well?” asked Tess.

Jess blushed, and nodded.  “Uh... yeah.  That would work.”  She gave Daisy a big hug.  “Ed did say you were the smart one in his family.”

Daisy grinned cutely at Jess.  “Does that mean I can borrow Molly and the ribbon for a bit?”

“That depends...  Just what do you have in mind?”

Daisy sighed mournfully.  “Mom won’t let me buy any cute clothes.  I just want to...  I thought maybe if I wore her like Ed wore you, I’d be seen as an adult for a while.”

Jess looked at the others, then nodded grimly.  “We really need to get out, and get distracted.  It’s time for retail therapy!   We really need a girls’ day out shopping.”

“Wait,” protested Ed.  “I’m not a girl.”

Jess grinned.  “You get to pick.  Me or Molly.”

“But I wanna be Molly,” Daisy protested.  “I want to have curves, for once.”

Ed crossed his arms over his chest defensively.  “I’m really uncomfortable with the idea of my sister turning into a sex toy.”

Jess winked at Daisy.  “OK.  I can work with that.  You get to be your doll, and Daisy gets to have my body.”

Ed’s eyes went wide with alarm.  “She’ll remember everything you do.  All the things we’ve done...”

Jess waved off his protest.  “She already knows about all that.  We’ve been talking on the phone just about every day.  How do you think she knew so much about our... problem?”

Ed whimpered, but let Jess draw him into the bedroom.  “We don’t even know if I’ll be mobile as Molly.  Don wasn’t.”

“If not, we’ll leave you here in pretty clothes, looking at the mirror,” Jess offered with a grin.  “I’m sure that’ll keep you happy.”

Ed sighed, and admitted that would work.  He undressed while Jess ribboned a seam down Molly’s back.  When he asked why there, and not the neck, Jess pointed out that would be easier to hide the seam while it was still silky.

Ed climbed into the doll, and to both their surprise, was able to move around in it, if a touch stiffly.  The joints tended to lock into place if he wasn’t making the effort to move, so when he stopped moving he was unnervingly still.

Ed let Jess dress him in some of Molly’s silky underthings, and mutely nodded when she offered him one of her baggy outfits to hide his curves.  Soon, they emerged to applause from Daisy and Tess.  Jess took a little bow, and Ed tried to curtsey.

“So,” asked Tess.  “Are you starting to think like a doll?”

Ed shook his head, sending Molly’s long blonde hair fwooshing back and forth.

Daisy peered at him closely.  “Can you talk?”

Ed shook his head again, then opened his mouth wide.  Tess laughed when she saw what was inside it - nothing but a ribbed rubber canal.

“Oh,” shuddered Daisy. “I forgot.  I’m glad you’re the doll, and not me.  Come on, let’s go shopping!”

Jess grinned.  “The offer still stands, you know.  I’d be OK with letting you be me for a bit.”  Ed looked at her sharply, but Molly’s mouth wouldn’t let him speak.

“Cool.  Can I take a rain cheque on that?  I think Ed’s freaking out over the idea.  Besides, it’ll be fun, the four of us going out as girls.  Right?”

Ed shrugged Molly’s shoulders helplessly then nodded as the others agreed.

Ed handed the car keys to Jess.  Molly’s jerky motions amplified by the car’s steering and gas pedal would have proven disastrous.  Ed practiced walking as they made their way through the parking lot, to suggestions and encouragements from all the real girls.  By the time they made it to the door, he was moving a bit more smoothly.  Unfortunately, that left him in the uncanny valley where he looked almost, but not quite human.  The others agreed on a cover story, that Molly was practicing being a robot for a play.

Nobody asked.  The mall was full of people shopping, and a group of four women, two in shapeless baggy clothes, attracted no special attention.  Tess hadn’t dressed as flashy as was her wont, and wasn’t drawing too many stares.  Daisy’s dress was a grown-up version of one she’d worn when she was six, and it made her look like she was barely a teenager.

That was the first item to go.  Tess dragged them off to a store that was mundane by Tess’ standards, but Daisy looked like she was a kid in a candy store.  Ed paid for her outfits, agreeing mutely that they looked good on her without being provocative.

Then it was Ed’s turn in the changing room.  Finding clothes that would fit Molly’s exaggerated curves was difficult, and they had to move on to several different stores before having any luck.  From Ed’s point of view, that was a good thing.  Until it landed them in what looked like a streetwalker supply shop...

“I’m sorry, Molly,” Tess said to Ed most insincerely.  At Daisy’s insistence, all of the girls had been using the doll’s name all morning, and Ed was getting used to answering to it.  “This is probably the only store in here that carries stuff your size.”

Daisy nodded her agreement.  “I never could find any other places.  Not all the stuff in here is tacky, they have some tasteful stuff hidden in the back.”

Ed stared at Daisy, then mimed a long sigh.  Then he shrugged, and let his friends pull his doll-body into the shop.  Before long, he was in a changeroom with Jess, who was blushing but still being very helpful getting Molly in and out of the outfits.  The doll’s range of motion wasn’t quite as good as a human’s, especially when it came to reaching around behind the back, so the help was appreciated.

The audience was another matter.  Ed felt like he should be blushing as he stripped in front of Jess and put on a very racy number Tess had picked out.  But Molly’s cheeks couldn’t burn, and the lack of that response made Ed braver.  He could see the way Jess was looking at him, too, and made the effort to put on a show.

Jess gaped at her boyfriend’s doll.  “Why are you doing this?”

Ed leaned in close, and kissed her cheek.  Jess purred softly, and snuggled into the subsequent hug.  When they emerged from the changeroom, Tess whistled at just how disheveled both looked.

“This is turning out to be more fun than I thought!” Tess gushed.

Daisy snickered.  “You just wish you could have seen them going at it.”

“Daisy!” said Jess, shocked.  Ed just stared at her.

“What?  Oh come on, like I don’t know what you two will get up to when you get home.”

“I wouldn’t,” whispered Jess.  “Couldn’t.”

“That’s Ed in there, Jess.  You know it,” Tess said encouragingly.  “Kiss him.”

Jess just shook her head.  But the thought wouldn’t leave her alone.  At the next store, it was announced that it was Jess’ turn to be the dress-up doll.  Tess picked out a couple of cute tops that were flattering, but not as flashy as others she’d bought for Jess.  Jess smiled with relief, until her boyfriend the doll carried the suggested items into the changing room with her, and stayed.

“Molly... I mean Ed!” she hissed.  “What are you doing?”

Molly’s lips curved into a smile, and she made ‘go on’ motions with her hands.

Jess sighed.  “Turnabout is fair play is it?”

The smile got bigger, and Molly leaned back against the wall to watch.  Jess shook her head with a hint of a grin, and concentrated on getting out of her clothes efficiently.  She stole a peek at the doll, who was watching her intently.  “Having fun, Ed?”

Molly’s grin just got wider, exposing the fact that she had a doll’s mouth, not a human one.  Jess stared at it, fascinated.  It proved that those weren’t human lips.  So, still half-naked, she snuggled up against the doll, closed her eyes, and kissed it on the lips.  The lips were cooler than she expected, but quickly warmed to match her own.  The taste wasn’t at all what she’d expected.  Instead of rubber or vinyl, there was just a faint hint of something minty.  Nothing at all like kissing a human, and especially not like kissing Tess.  She flicked her tongue out to feel the inside of the doll’s mouth, and the doll shuddered in her arms.

Jess broke from the kiss and stared at Molly, who wobbled and fetched up against the wall of the cubicle to steady herself.  “Are you OK?” she whispered, urgently.

Molly smiled and nodded dazedly.

“I... I should just get dressed.”  Jess hastily threw one of the tops they’d brought into the changing room, and scampered out to show it to the others.  Ed waited in the changing room, a giddy smile still curving Molly’s face.

Tess teased Jess about her blush, wondering if she’d given Ed a good show.  Jess blushed a bit brighter, but returned to the changing room for another round.  Ed watched appreciatively from Molly’s viewpoint, grinning as Jess slowly got braver.  She even asked Tess to get her something more daring, and tried that on in front of the uncritical doll, too.  The way Molly smiled when she was wearing the low-cut red top made Jess smile back, and she impulsively leaned in for another kiss.

This one lasted long enough that the others got worried, and Tess’ knock on the door broke it up.
Jess was blushing up a storm as she emerged to show off the racy top, to cheers from Tess and an approving smile from Daisy.

When Jess went back to the changing room and started taking off the top, Molly made puppy-eyes at her in a way that was all Ed.  She laughed.  “You want me to keep this one?”  The doll nodded eagerly, and how could she say no?  She paid for it, and wore it out of the shop.

They spent the rest of the morning randomly browsing the other stores in the mall, with several long stops where changing rooms were involved.  Tess even got Jess to go into a lingerie store.

Once they were back home, and Ed was out of Molly and able to speak again, Daisy hugged him tight.  “Hey bro.  Did you have fun?”

“Yeah, actually.  Shopping with you guys was...” he glanced over at Jess, who blushed, but smiled back at him.  “Really nice.  Keeping my own personality was nice, too.”

“Thanks for buying me some nice clothes for once,” said Daisy.  “I should get going, though.  I’ll hide these from Mom, don’t worry.  I can wear them when I’m out of the house, and change back before I go home.”

“Scamp.  Just don’t go blaming me if she catches you.”

Tess laughed.  “Ah, don’t worry kid.  Worst comes to worst you can come live here.”

“Oh yeah, that’d make me popular back at home,” Ed said sarcastically as he walked with his sister to the door.

Daisy giggled, and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.  “Don’t worry, big bro.  I’ll be careful.”  Then she sighed as she looked past him, back into the apartment.  “I just wish I’d gotten a chance to play with the ribbon.  Jess makes it sound like fun.”

Ed turned to look at the others.  They had their heads together, conspiring.  With Molly seated on the couch next to them, it looked like all three were in on it.

“Wait a minute, sis.  I might be able to help.”

When Ed returned from the bedroom, he had a short stick in his hand, trailing a tiny ribbon from its end.

“A scale model of the ribbon?”  Daisy looked at it disappointedly.  “Way to rub it in.”

Ed grinned, and shook his head.  “When the ribbon’s stick broke, the pieces wouldn’t go back together.  It looked like they were healing.  A couple days ago, I noticed the broken-off piece had grown a ribbon.”

Daisy’s eyes went wide. “You mean...”

Ed traced the ribbon around his forefinger, turning it to silk.  “Yes.  This one might be small.  But it works just the same.”  He handed it to his sister.  “It seems to be growing up, just like you.  Hopefully you’ll have fun with it.”

“Oh,” Daisy breathed.  “Oh yes, I will.”

“Nothing too obvious, OK?  I’d rather not have to explain this to Mom.”

“Aww.”  Daisy quickly kissed his cheek.  “No worries, I’ll be good.  See you!”  Then she was off, with a cheery wave as she went down the hall.

Ed chuckled and shook his head.  “I hope so...”  He watched her walk down the corridor, and waved as she went down the stairs.  When he turned back to the apartment he was surprised to see Jess disappearing into the seam in Molly’s back.  Then  Molly was prowling toward him, dressed in her sexy new outfit, and thinking went out the window.

An exhausting but exhilarating hour later, Ed lay dozing in the bed.  Molly carefully wriggled herself free, and left the room in search of the ribbon.

Ed woke to the feeling of something armless and rubbery crawling into bed with him, and when its mouth found his crotch, his drowsiness disappeared.  He was moaning and thrashing in the bed when the door of the room opened.

“Hey sweetie,” said Jess with a big grin.  “Having fun?”

Ed looked up at her with alarm.  “Glrk?”  He threw the covers off, and stared down at the armless Molly, then back up at Jess.  It was obvious where the arms had gone.  Molly pouted when Ed levered her off of his body, so that he could be somewhat coherent.

“This is Tess, right?”

Jess giggled.  “Of course.  She had so much fun in there with me earlier, she decided to stay.”

Ed sat bolt upright, disturbing Molly who was wriggling up his body for a kiss.  “Tess was in there too?  But we... I...  You...”

Jess leaned over the bed and kissed her boyfriend.  “It was my idea,” she murmured in his ear.  “Tess felt everything, but was totally helpless.  She loved it.  I loved it... I had no idea Molly’s mouth was so sensitive!”

Ed stared up at Jess helplessly as Molly curled around him in the bed.  “I... and you’re OK with all this?”

Jess stripped out of her top and dropped it on the floor.  Ed had never seen her so confident, and wondered if having Molly’s arms instead of her own had anything to do with it.  “I’m going to join in.”

As Jess shed her underwear, Ed managed to ask, “Really?”

In answer, Jess scooped Molly into a kiss that left the doll thrashing.  When it broke, Jess grinned victoriously.  “Really.  This is just a doll.  Not a woman.  As long as we both call her Molly, I can do this.”

“Or we can just stuff her into a body part...” Ed mused.  Molly looked up at him, and grinned hugely.  

Jess giggled.  “You’d like that, wouldn’t you.”  It wasn’t clear which she was speaking to.

“I think we’ll find all kinds of fun things to do using the ribbon,” said Ed, grinning ear to ear.

Then Molly and Jess pounced Ed, and the time for talk came to an end.