Status Update - Melanie

Melanie fluffed the cushions on her sofa one more time for luck, poured herself a glass of wine and waited for her friends to arrive. At least she didn't have to waste any time figuring out what to wear these days. Naked Club meet ups weren't always held at her place anymore, they tended to rotate hosting duties between the four remaining members. But somehow the meetings at Mel's place always felt the most official, back where the club was first formed.

These were purely social events now, with no Charlie or scores to worry about and an acceptance that neither their clothes nor friends on Naked Forever were coming back. Still, the women had a truly unique bond and met up just about every week, usually on a Sunday unless they had to switch to accommodate Lucy's increasingly hectic schedule.

Melanie always loved seeing her friends, but their meet ups always made her feel like she had adapted the least well to a life of seemingly permanent nudity. She was the one who had attempted to maintain some semblance of a normal life while always being nude. Perhaps that made her Naked Club's dumbest member, but she didn't want to be defined by her nudity, as was increasingly the case for Lucy and Sophie, or be endlessly searching for ways to take down NA like Cassie. She had managed to maintain her job, stating that naturalism was her way of life and that sacking her for it would be discriminatory. Her presence in the office was still a huge distraction to most of the male workers even after all this time, so she was generally encouraged to work from home and attend online meetings with her camera aimed no lower than shoulder height.

Life didn't really feel that strange anymore. In fact, some of the feelings of monotony in her life that had caused her to join Naked Ambition in the first place were creeping back up on her. The most significant of these was around John, the unofficial 8th member of Naked Club (since Anna, Liv and Laura would always be considered a part of the club, wherever they were). He often drifted in and out of meetings as the barman, always naked of course to fit with the rules of Naked Club.

In all of the euphoria that had accompanied Naked Club's unlikely take down of Charlie, John had proposed and, swept up in the moment, Melanie had said yes. And in her head that decision made sense. John was such a wonderful and loyal and loving person. And he had been so understanding of everything she had gone through and a constant support throughout. But if Naked Ambition had taught her anything, it was that she was sexually unfulfilled. She only wished she could feel the same sexual chemistry with her soon to be husband as she did with Sophie or even Anna.

But maybe NA had also taught Melanie not to fly too close to that particular sun. Life wasn't supposed to be a perfect fairy tale. She just hated feeling like she was a frog that was still waiting to be kissed by the right prince - or maybe even the right princess.