The Walk of Shame

Melanie was now standing on the precipice, just moments away from having to walk out naked in front of a fervent crowd and into the homes of millions of viewers worldwide. Twenty glitches were now back inside the mansion. The twenty first, Olivia, was currently lapping up the affection of the assembled masses, who were loving her unexpected new cat girl look. Last up was Mel. She felt a hand on her bare shoulder, it belonged a female producer.

"It's time for the star of the show" she spoke in a kind tone "Just enjoy yourself out there. Just remember, they all love you"

Melanie sighed to herself. That was very easy for her to say when she wasn't the one who was about to be paraded naked in the most public way imaginable. Liv had now finished her interview and stepped back into the mansion, leaving Melanie as the only glitch stranded outside of it. The music stopped again, leaving a deathly silence of anticipation. It was time.

"And now.." the female presenter began "it is the moment you have all been waiting for. Please show your appreciation for your favourite glitch and the star of our show, Miss Melanie Jones!"

The noise from the crowd was deafening as Melanie stepped out of the relative safety of the backstage area, the door slamming shut behind her lest she got any ideas of turning around and running back in. She wasn't sure if it was because she was in the eye of the storm now, but it seemed like this was the loudest it had been all night. She was first ushered in front of the frenzied mob of paparazzi. She had already resolved that she was not going to fall into her usual ENF trap and instead give off as confident a vibe as she could possibly muster under the circumstances. She stood, imitating what she had observed Lucy doing earlier. with one hand on her hip, her head cocked slightly and a confident smile. Inside she wished the ground could swallow her up, but to anyone watching she looked a natural at this. It was hard to imagine anyone as beautiful as Melanie wouldn't be confident, even without clothes.

With that part of her latest ordeal completed successfully, Mel was moved on to meet the fans. Someone thrust a marker pen into her hand and she found the best way to get through this was to just keep signing stuff. She signed people's autograph books, she signed body parts, she even signed the T-shirt of her would be husband and the banner with a naked depiction of her that celebrated her distaste for public nudity. She also posed for a few photos with fans at the front of the crowd. The reaction was crazy - people were literally crying with happiness. She had no idea what she had done to warrant that response, beyond being naked on TV. She had two burly security staff with her to discourage people from touching her body, but they could only do so much and she found herself being fondled quite a bit.

Eventually, she was released so she could go and be interviewed, the final hurdle to clear before the nightmare was over. As she walked onto the stage she was warmly welcomed by both hosts.

"My goodness Melanie, you are somehow even more stunning in the flesh!" the female host gushed, quite genuinely.

"Thank you, I have to give a shout out to my new make up artist Jazz who did a great job in making me look presentable for this" Melanie answered, modest as ever.

"Congratulations on being voted the world's favourite glitch. I see they even built a statue for you!" the male host followed up "Do you have anything to say to your millions of ardent fans across the globe?"

"I honestly don't know how that happened, but thank you to everyone out there who voted for me, I really appreciate it" she lied.

"And this may be a slightly awkward topic to raise, but I have to ask" the male host continued "A recent poll placed you as the person more people have pleasured themselves to than anyone else on the planet. Do you have anything to say on that?"

"It's crazy when I am usually in the same room as someone like Lucy. Why wouldn't people just pleasure themselves over her instead? I know I would"

The crowd went wild at this response as Melanie silently cursed herself. It was the first time she had fucked up during this whole live experience. She had never masturbated over Lucy or any of the other female glitches, so why had she said that? It was really just nerves and the need to say something.

Melanie's interview turned out to be longer than anyone else's and eventually she started to feel bored more than embarrassed, which was actually a good thing. After what felt like a very long time she was released and skipped her way gratefully back into the mansion. As soon as she made it through front the door Sophie ran over and gave her an enthusiastic hug, knowing how much her friend would have hated that but how well she had handled it anyway.

"Fucking Hell Mel, you looked like an actual superstar out there, and I'm not even joking" Sophie told her.

Lucy and Laura shared a look. It was becoming clear that Melanie was indeed now the breakout star of the show, whether willingly or not, and she had only enhanced her growing reputation with that entrance.

"I need a drink. Jeeves are you any good at making cocktails?" Melanie asked hopefully.

"Certainly, Madam Melanie, I'll prepare one for you now" the butler nodded.

Mel wasn't planning on getting drunk this evening. Or maybe she was, now it would be James and not Lucy she threw herself at after she'd had one too many. Either way, she needed a drink. She was already feeling a little shell shocked and this season had only just begun.