Like many of you, I have read with interest Jeremy Chandler’s “My Summer in Pantyhose.” Like so many other authors, myself included, Jeremy struggled to complete the tale. He made a valiant effort to do so. He faltered at times and left periods of many months when it appeared as if he had abandoned it only to come back with another great chapter.

   The storyline captivated me. During one of those dry times, he and I communicated via email and PM. There was some discussion about how I might write something to contribute to the story and he was agreeable to that idea and encouraged me to put something together and let him see what I came up with. Unfortunately, at that time, try as I would, I couldn’t get my muse to get a feel for the characters and my effort fell flat.

   As an author, I often experience dry time when my muse simply heads out to do a little world travel, leaving no forwarding address. So I can appreciate Jeremy’s struggle with completing the story. By the title, the storyline was to span a summer, first week of June to the second week of September. That’s a long time-frame in my mind. I can see where it would be difficult to fill that time with interesting anecdotes.

   It so happens that I was suffering one of those periods of writer’s block. I went back and reread, “My Summer in Pantyhose.” I noted that the most recent chapter, chapter 24, had been posted 19 months prior to my reading this time.

   Jeremy left that chapter with a cliffhanger that demanded resolution. Megan, Jamie’s supposed girlfriend, had accepted a date with Josh Martins to attend a beach party. Josh cajoled her into drinking beer and has been taking liberties with his hands.

   Jamie’s sister Julie was also at the beach with her secret boyfriend, Aaron. They walked by the group that Megan was with and they saw Megan sitting on Josh’s lap as he paid attention to her. From that passage; “Aaron laughed. ‘I think those guys are looking to score. Did you need to rescue someone?’” Megan was quite drunk and needed rescuing at the end of the chapter. I’ll quote it below. :

   The others were talking, but Megan couldn’t follow any of the conversation. They were making a soup of random words.

   A girl shrieked. Megan twisted around to see Nikki bent over a guy’s shoulder. She seemed to be laughing. Everyone was laughing. The guy was carrying her down the beach, out of sight. Nikki could be such a clown, thought Megan. She closed her eyes.

   When she woke again, the bottom of her feet felt hot. Her head had cleared a bit and she could hear people talking, actually making sentences. She looked down her body at the fire. The logs were crackling more and the flames glowed so red against the darkness.

   Megan stiffened and opened her eyes to full wakefulness. “Josh, I really need to go home. I didn’t want to stay this late.”

   Josh listened to something one of his friends was saying and laughed. He then turned to Megan, wrapping his other arm around her back and touching his forehead to hers.

   “What did you say?”

   Beer and chips mingled on his breath.

   Megan repeated her plea.

   Josh kissed her, pressing a hand at the back of her head to hold her in place. There were whoops and cheers from around the campfire from both girls and guys.

   “Get a room,” someone shouted. “There are children present.” More laughter.

   Josh broke the kiss and stared at her. Megan panted to catch her breath. Her heart was racing. Her arms and fingers tingled, and Josh seemed to be looking through her eyes into her soul.

   Josh stood and pulled Megan to her feet. Her head swam as she stood, and thoughts raced around her addled mind. What just happened? Was he going to kiss her again? Was he finally taking her home?

   “I’m sorry to leave early, but I--”

   Megan found herself looking at sand glittering in the firelight and the back of Josh’s legs. He rose. He held her legs at her knees. Her hips bent over his shoulder. He was walking away from the campfire. Her head bobbed with his gait.

   She looked back at the party to see faces in the glow of the fire, all smiling at her.

   If her sense of direction was right, they were headed for the parking lot. “Josh! My bag. My stuff. My shoes.” She kicked her bare feet and beat her fists against his back.

   She shrieked when Josh slapped her bottom.

   To that, Dee Sylvan commented, “I hope Megan can avoid getting raped, but it looks like that is what about to happen.”

   I have to agree. I looks like Josh is carrying her off to have his way with her whether she’s up for it or not. Her friend Nikki has had a similar thing happen when she was carried off in a like manor, only she was laughing as she went to meet her fate. That suggests to me that this isn’t the first time Nikki has experienced it and is quite OK with the idea. Remember in an earlier chapter, Megan’s friend, Kim, gave it up to another of Josh’s friends in the backseat of a car at a park. So Josh and his friends are quite used to the girls “taking care of their needs.”

   At any rate, my muse had no trouble in latching onto the storyline and characters this time. Before I knew it I had my word processor open and had banged out two chapters.

   I tried to reach Jeremy both in PM and an old email I had for him, to no avail. Meantime I couldn’t rein in my muse. She kept on with the story and every time I thought I’d write something for the story I have going, she instead gave me more for “My Summer in Pantyhose.”

   Struggling with what to do, I PMed Melenie and discussed what to do with the story. We agreed that I could post what I had as fan-fiction provided I labeled it as such with a disclaimer to that effect at the beginning of each post.

   This is an unauthorized continuation of Jeremy Chandler’s, “My Summer in Pantyhose,” last added to by Jeremy 04/07/2023. The story line and characters belong to Jeremy Chandler and are used without express permission. What follows is intended as fan fiction with the greatest of admiration for Jeremy and appreciation for the original work.

   I’m looking for an editor. Please PM me if you’re willing. I have added 19 chapters