In the following month, Jenna and I were on a high like no other, and it felt like we would never come down. We spent a lot of time planning the wedding, and decided it should be a small affair with just close friends and family. The rest of the casts came off as well, and we were free to do whatever we wanted.
I quit my job so I could spend more time with Jenna, and it seemed that no matter how much time we spent together, we never got bored, or frustrated with each other. And then came the money. More money that either of us knew what to do with, really.
We decided to stay in her grandmother’s house. It wasn’t too big, or too small, and it felt like home to us. We did decide, however, to put in a pool. (Not too close to the house though. We wouldn’t want any more accidents like before.)
Then one day Allyson showed up at our door. She had gotten her arm cast off a couple weeks before, but we were now surprised to see that she was wearing a purple long leg cast. But this one wasn’t bent at the knee like Jenna’s was. It was perfectly straight.
"What did you do?" Asked Jenna.
"Oh, nothing. I put this on this morning, thought I’d surprise you."
"Well I guess you did." I said. "I have just one question though. Don’t the people who work for you ever wonder why you are always in a cast?"
"Not really. I own the place; therefore I rarely have to go there. And if I do, I just take off the cast and put another one on later."
"Ok. So what brings you by on a bright Friday morning?"
"Actually, I have another surprise for you two. Would you be a dear, Eric, and get the bags out of my car for me. I couldn’t carry them while I’m using these crutches. I don’t actually need them, I put a walking heel on the bottom, but I thought I’d make it look good for your neighbors."
"Yeah, no problem. Come in and make yourself at home. I’ll be right back in."
I headed out to her car and grabbed the two duffel bags out of her back seat. They were both quite large, and heavy as well.
"Well," I thought, "I’d better wait till I get inside before I look. Wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise."
"Here you go." I said as I entered the living room and sat the bags down.
"What did you bring, those things weigh a ton?"
She opened the bags, and exposed the contents. They were full of casting supplies! Fiberglass bandages in every size, boxes of different size stockinette, and tons of cast padding.
"Now Jenna," she said, "I know you probably buy your supplies from the Internet, but I figure since we’re all going to be casting partners, I can supply the materials. I can get this stuff at a fraction of the price you can. I know you guys are well off now, and so am I, so I figure we can just split the cost. Sound fair?"
"Sounds fair to me, how about you Jenna?"
"Sounds great to me. Can we play a little today?"
"What did you have in mind?" Asked Allyson.
"Well, my fiancé here has only had his leg in a cast. I think it’s time for him to get a full arm cast, on his right arm. With a thumb spica."
"I guess I could try that, but what about you? It’s not fair that I get a cast and you don’t."
"Ok Eric, how about we put Jenna into two short arm casts?"
"Oh yeah!" said Jenna. "That sounds like fun. I’ve never been able to do two arm casts on myself before."
"Ok then, lets get started. I brought a drop cloth to put on the floor, so all I need is a bucket of warm water, and some towels."
Allyson put my cast on first. It was quite a rush having my arm rendered totally useless. They decided that I should have my pinky, and ring finger in the cast as well. She used black fiberglass for my cast. She said that ‘Real men wear black casts’. Jenna found this particularly funny since my first cast was blue.
"What are you laughing at? You liked my blue cast, remember?"
"Yes I did, but she’s right, black is you color."
"Well, at least this one won’t be long term. It’s still a little hot out, and this cast would absorb a lot of heat."
"That’s true." Said Allyson. "You only get to wear this one until Monday. We can stay in for the weekend. At least you have central air conditioning."
"We? Does that mean you’re going to stay with us?"
"You bet. Just in case you have to get the casts off for an emergency or something."
"That sounds like fun." Said Jenna. "We’ll call it our fist ‘Cast Party’."
We all got a kick out of that one, and then it was Jenna’s turn to get casted.
"I brought pink for you this time. I think it will look good on you."
Allyson set both of Jenna’s lower arms in casts, and at my urging, put both thumbs in as well.
"This should make for an interesting weekend." I said.
"Half the fun of being in a cast is trying to do normal things in a totally different way." Jenna replied.
"That’s true." Said Allyson. "You should have seen me last year when I had my doctor friend put me in a shoulder spica on my right side. We made up an ‘accident’ story, and I took some time off from the business so I could experience the cast full term. I wore it for six weeks! You should have seen me drive my car."
"Six weeks?" I said. "And you went out in public and everything?"
"I did everything I would normally do in my regular life. Of course some things I needed help with, like taking baths, and some household chores. But I had my friend there to help out."
"That’s amazing, I would love to try one of those sometime."
Jenna smiled at me, and said " Well, we’ve got the time and the money now, so whenever you want to, you just let me know."
‘Something you might want to try," said Allyson, "is taking a vacation and wearing that cast then. You can travel, and sightsee, and tell everyone you meet that you were in an accident. It’s really a lot of fun, and the attention you get is amazing!"
"That sounds like a good idea, maybe we can do that next summer."
We spent the rest of the afternoon talking about everything, and I was continually turned on at the sight of these two beautiful women and their casts.
Allyson also brought over a couple of movies, and we decided to order some pizza and relax the rest of the night.
When the pizza guy showed up at the door, the expression on his face was priceless. He stood there in the doorway with his mouth open, just staring at us.
"Well, how much do we owe?" Asked Allyson, as she was the one who answered the door.
"Huh? Oh, I’m sorry. The total is twenty-one fifty three."
She handed him thirty dollars, and told him to keep the change.
"Thanks a lot. Hey, were you guys in an accident or something?"
"Something like that. Would you like to sign our casts?"
"I…um…no, I really got to get goin’. Thanks anyway though."
"Ok, well you have a good night now. Bye bye." Allyson said as the boy left.
"Oh man, I can’t believe you offered to let him sign our casts."
"Yeah but Jenna, It was worth it. Did you see the look on that poor boys face? It was so cute."
"I know, but you scared the poor kid away."
We all broke out laughing as Allyson hobbled back to us with the pizza.
We spent the whole weekend in our casts. Allyson did all of the cooking since she was the only one with two good arms, and we all helped each other take baths, and get dressed. I love the feeling of having my arm made immobile, and being that I’m right handed, it made it that much more interesting. Trying to do my every day activities was difficult, but possible. I had to shave left-handed, and only managed a few nicks to my face.
Jenna was a different story all together. She couldn’t do hardly anything with her arms, so we had to feed her, bath her, dress her, etc. She had a blast nonetheless, and when Monday rolled around and it was time for the casts to come off, we almost decided to leave them on. However, we had lots of plans to make for the wedding, and Jenna’s parents were coming in from Arizona on Wednesday, and we weren’t sure if we wanted to explain the casts to them.
After she took our casts off I helped Allyson put her bags in the car, as she still had her leg cast on.
"Aren’t you going to take your cast off too?" I asked.
"No, I think I’ll leave it on for a few more days. It’s pretty comfortable. Let me know when you guys want to do another cast. I’m going to stay at home this week, so I’ll be around if you need me."
"Ok. I’m going to see if I can talk Jenna into wearing a cast when her parents get here. Just so I can see how they react to her being in one. I think we can come up with a pretty good cover story."
"Well, you can always put her in an arm cast and tell her parents that she’s having complications with the old injury."
"That sounds like a good idea. I’ll run it by her and we’ll let you know."
"Ok, tell Jenna I said goodbye. And you take care of yourselves."
I went back into the house and told Jenna my plan.
"I don’t know." She said. "I’ve never worn anything but medical casts in front of my parents before. It would seem kind of weird."
"Well, it was just a thought. You don’t have to if you don’t want to. It’s just that you know how sexy I think you are in a cast. Besides, I want your parents to know how much I care about you. I can pamper you the whole time they’re here, and then they’ll know how much I love you."
"But we’re getting married in two weeks, and they’ll be here till after the wedding. What am I supposed to do about that?"
"We can have the wedding with you in the cast. We’ll tell everyone that you’ve been having more problems with your arm, and the doctor had to re-break it because it didn’t set quite right the first time. We can say that you only have to wear it for four weeks this time."
"Well, I would like to be in another cast full term again. Of course it would have to be white, to match the dress. Ok, you win. Let’s do it."
"Great, I’ll call Allyson tomorrow and have her bring the supplies over."