In, Not On (Part 2)
by, Barbara

Chapter 3

As I was driving home, Ken called me on my cell phone.  Basically, he was just letting me know he would have to meet me at the restaurant instead of coming home because he had to work late.  Interestingly, he told me about his encounter with Erica earlier in the day.  Once again, I could tell that he was fascinated by her, and her earrings, and especially her nose stud, and that he was pretty
convinced that his evening with boring old Barbara would be much less exciting than even the 15 minutes he had when crossing paths with Erica. 

I was jealous again, big time.  So, on my way home, I hatched a plan to get Ken's attention in a big way.  I wanted to dress as close as I could to how Erica looked earlier that day, so that when I met Ken at the restaurant tonight, he would see how his own wife might look with some pizzazz in her wardrobe.

Arriving home, I had a glass of wine to calm myself down, and get in the proper mood for preparing for my special look.  I showered, and did my makeup as usual. Then I put my silk Capri pants on, and then my white silk blouse, and I tied the blouse at my midriff.  Then, so that the newly pierced pair of rings in each of my ear lobes would have a match, I put my silver hoop earrings back in the bottom piercings.  I then put on the black high heeled pumps I had bought some years ago, and rarely wore.  It took a few minutes for me to get used to walking in the shoes, because the 5" heels were quite a bit higher than any I had ever worn before, and the stiletto heels didn’t make it any easier.

I then put on a few bracelets, and my finger rings, and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror.  I suddenly felt extremely sexy as I saw myself wearing three silver rings in each ear – "Yes, I'm multi-pierced" I said out loud to myself, as if I were answering a question, and just to hear the words.  I tilted my head back slightly, and shook it slightly back and forth, to cause my earrings to sway back and forth, occasionally touching each other with a slight clicking sound, and said, out loud.  "I've had each ear pierced three times, and I now wear six pierced earrings, three in each ear lobe".

It was still two hours until dinner, and I didn’t want to wait around the house until then, and remembered that I needed some panty hose and a few other things at the mall that I had forgotten after meeting Erica.  So, I got into my car and headed back to the mall.  Once I arrived, it dawned on me that my 5 inch heels would not be the easiest thing to walk to the mall if I had to park far away, so I used valet parking.  As I got out of the car, I noticed that two young valets seemed to watching me more than usual.  They were very chatty, and maybe it was my imagination, but both seemed to notice my earrings.  And, as I walked into the mall, I caught a glimpse of myself as a reflection in the door, and began to understand that the three hoops in each ear, my tight Capri pants, and the high heels I was wearing were actually more than a bit sexy. As I entered the door, I felt the three hoops in each ear dangle slightly, adding to the sexy feeling that the Capri pants and stiletto heels had on me.

After I had finished buying my panty hose, I was thinking about how Erica looked as I walked through the mall back to my car.  About halfway to the door, I remembered that Erica was wearing an ankle bracelet – no two ankle bracelets – and I thought, what the heck, I’ll buy a couple and wear them too, as a sort of icing on the cake for Ken.  I turned around, and went back to Claire’s boutiques, where I knew there would be a variety of ankle bracelets to try. When I arrived there, the sales girl helped me find the case.  I picked out a pair from the case, each with a small heart charm dangling from the chain, and started to go with the sales girl to the cash register, when I noticed that, like Erica, she was wearing a small earring through cartilage at the top of her ear.  I was really not in the mood to have myself pierced again, but I was interested in this and asked her about it.

She said "Oh, it’s pierced.  We do that here, of course.  Would you like to have your cartilage pierced?"

I said "No, thanks, I just had each of my ear lobes pierced twice each today, and they’re a bit sore.  Besides, I’m not sure how I would look with a ring through the top of my ear."

"I understand, although I think you would look very hot with a cartilage ring to go with your other hoops, " she said.  "But, you know, we have magnetic studs that look pierced that you can wear there at the top of your ear, or small slip on hoops, in case you’re interested in trying out the look, and don’t want to be pierced there yet.  Anyway, since your ears are already triple pierced, everyone will assume your cartilage is pierced even with a clip on.  Here, let me show you."

She took me over to a case that contained a large selection of non-pierced body jewelry.  There were belly rings, earrings, and even lip and nose rings, as well as a large selection of magnetic ear studs. As the sales girl saw me looking at them, and said "Can I help you with any of these items?".

She laughed and said "You can even wear these little magnetic studs on your nostril.  It looks absolutely pierced!"  As I heard her say this I recalled the conversation I had with Ken earlier in the day, about nose rings and so forth. Then, I recalled the cell phone conversation I had with Ken when I could not get him to stop taking about his encounter with Erica that afternoon, and her new nose stud.  So, I thought to myself, why don’t I give him a truly outstanding treat.  But, I didn’t dare tell the sales girl that I had plans to wear one of them in my nose, so I said "I guess I’ll try that tiny silver magnetic stud, and
maybe that small silver hoop over there.  Who knows, I might even like it and come back to have my ear pierced."

The salesgirl said "Ok, but that silver hoop is actually a clip on septum ring. Is that what you want?  I guess you could wear it as a cartilage clip, but….."

"A septum ring?" I said.  "You mean for right here?" I said, pointing to my septum and feigning ignorance.  "I wonder what I would look like with a ring in my septum?"

"You would look just terrific." she said. "You have a great nose for that.

Then I recalled that Erica had also been wearing rings in her tragus and cartilage , so I picked out tiny silver clip on hoops for those places on my ears.  She pulled each out of the case for me, and we went back over to the cash register where I paid for the ankle bracelets, the magnetic stud, the four tiny
silver hoops for my ears, and the small, delicate clip-on septum ring.

As I was walking back to the valet park, I started to imagine what it might be like to be Erica, on her day off, or at lunch, wearing a septum ring.  So, I made a quick detour to the ladies room, found the single clip-on silver ring in the bag, and, with shaking hands in front of the mirror, I placed the ring in my
septum.  My attitude changed, once again, as I looked at myself in the mirror, a well-dressed woman, with short hair, three hoops in each ear, and a small silver ring in her septum.  I touched up my lipstick, shook my head to make my earrings dangle just a bit, and walked out to the valet.  On my way, I did get some interesting looks, whether because of the attitude I was projecting, or because of the ring in my septum.  It was thrilling, because of the possibility that at this high-end mall, I might run into one of my friends from my charity activities, or one of my customers, and I can only guess what I would tell them if they saw me with my new short haircut, triple hoops dangling from my newly pierced ears, and a ring in my septum.  And goodness, let me tell you, the valets could not keep their eyes off of me.  No wonder Erica likes to wear her septum ring out and about!  I took it off when I got in the car, and placed it back in the bag.

When I got home, I was quite excited to try out all of my new jewelry, in anticipation of dinner that night.  First, I opened up the package containing the ankle bracelets, and put one on each of my ankles.  I had never worn an ankle bracelet before, and the sensation was a new one.  It actually made me feel rather sexy, to have a silver chain around each ankle.  Each bracelet was clearly visible with the tiny heart dangling between the tops of my high heel pumps and the bottom seam of my Capri pants. But of course, the best was yet to come. But, as I opened the sack containing the box of jewelry I had bought at the mall that afternoon, the phone rang, and I had to go downstairs to get it. As I walked, all of my earrings were dangling from my ears, and with my ankle bracelets, and my bracelets and rings, I felt
like a gypsy. The phone was Kay, telling me that she and Bill were going to have to cancel tonight.  After I hung up I thought "Great!  Now I can wear my new jewelry for Ken, and not have to worry at all about what Kay or Bill might think.

Once I went back upstairs, I proceeded to move to the next stage of my "transformation" into a "Erica-like" woman.  First, I took out the smallest pair of clip on silver hoops from the sack containing the jewelry from Claire's. These were to be worn in the tragus of each ear.  I carefully placed one hoop on the tragus of my right ear, and then the left.  Next, I took the other pair of small silver clip on hoops out of the box, and, one at a time, attached them to the cartilage at the top of each ear, as if my cartilage was pierced at the top of each ear.  I then looked at myself in the mirror and was stunned by how
interesting and pretty the rings looked on my ears.  Imagine, I thought to myself, you are wearing five rings in each ear.  That warm, flushed feeling came over me, and I felt so sexy as the rings swayed in my ears as I turned my head.

Next, I took I took out the silver magnetic stud I had bought that afternoon and tried it out, by fitting it onto my right nostril.  I was extremely excited by the look I had now, which further emphasized my look as a modern day gypsy, accentuated by the three rings in each of my ears, and set off by the tiny clips
on the tragus and cartilage of each ear.  I loved the look I had wearing that nose stud, and wondered why I had not thought of wearing one before.

"Yes," I said out loud to myself, pretending to answer Ken when he saw me after I executed my plan, "I do like this little silver nose stud, and how it looks like I have had my nostril pierced."

It did look "absolutely pierced", exactly as the salesgirl had said.  But of course, I was not done.  Finally, I took the last and most exciting item out of the box.  It was the one item that Ken had never seen on Erica, and that I knew would make him sit up and take notice of me, once, and hopefully for all. This was, of course, the small silver slip-on hoop that was to be worn in my septum. I was actually so excited about trying it on that my hands were shaking.  As I did at the mall, I looked at myself in the mirror, and then brought the ring up to my nose, and carefully slipped it onto my septum.  I adjusted it so that it was tight enough not to fall off, but loose enough to dangle when I moved my head.  I was so excited about the way I looked, wearing a small silver hoop in my septum.  It looked so naughty, and sexy, and I wanted to show or tell someone.  I said out loud, to myself, as if Ken were there, "Oh yes, I wanted to wear a ring in my nose tonight, but I wasn’t sure I would have the courage until a few minutes ago."  I took it off, and practiced putting it on with my makeup mirror, as I would be doing tonight if all went well.  I removed the septum ring, and then removed the nose stud and put them in my purse, and headed of to the restaurant.  I was late, I knew, and wanted to be so that Ken could see me walk in my new outfit.

Chapter 4

As I approached his table, Ken stood up and just stared at me.  I knew I was a sight to behold; strutting in on 5 inch stiletto pumps, ankle bracelets dangling, white blouse tied at my midriff, and tight white Capri pants. Importantly, my closely cropped hair set off three silver hoops in each ear.  As I walked, the hoops in my ears swayed and dangled, and I could feel the silver rubbing gently against my neck, and feel the silver wires that passed through the holes within the lobes that carried each ring.  That warm feeling came over me again, that primitive gypsy feeling, and I felt my attitude change into the slightly naughty one that Erica could carry off so well.  As I sat down, Ken couldn’t keep his eyes off me.  He started staring at my ears, and said "You’re wearing three rings in each ear. Don’t tell me you had your ears pierced again."

"Oh yes", I said as I touched each ring with my newly polished and pierced pinky finger nail, "each of my ears is now triple-pierced."

I shook my head a little bit so the hoops in my ears would sway back and forth, and catch his eye even more.

He then noticed the small silver hoops I was wearing at the top of my ear, and in the tragus of each ear, and said "Are those pierced too?" pointing to the earrings.

"Oh no," I said., touching that one of the tragus rings with my pierced pinky fingernail.  "I just want it to look pierced.  Maybe once my other pierces have healed, I may have them pierced for more hoops there."

As I did this, he saw my fingernail rings and said "Is your fingernail pierced also?"  I didn’t know you would actually do that too."

"Yes, actually, I ran into Erica today at her salon.  She did it for me.  I just love her new look, don’t you?" I said.  "She is quite an interesting woman.

"What do you mean?" Ken said, his eyes quite wide now.

"Well, the most interesting thing about her, for me, is that her nostril is pierced so she can wear a small silver stud in her nose, like that woman we was today at lunch.  She said she's going to start wearing a little ring in the pierce this weekend. Did she tell you that today?"

Then I looked closely at him, and remembered that little trick that Erica did at the dinner part several months earlier.

I said, with a very serious look on my face,  "Maybe I might like to wear something like that" and I put my pinky finger with the little fingernail ring right up to the side of my nose, and sort of laid the ring onto the side of my nostril.  Then I said, "What do you think?  How would I look with a little silver ring like this in my nose?  I think it would be kind of sexy.  I would have to have my nose pierced, of course, so I wouldn’t lose it.  What would you think if I decided to have my nose pierced?" I hissed.  I suddenly felt very warm, and flushed, and at first I couldn’t figure it out, but I noticed that I liked the feeling of the cold silver ring sitting on the side of my nose, and the hoops in my ears swaying back and forth.  As I looked at him I sort of dangled the little ring near my nostril and I found myself saying "I could either wear a little ring in my nostril, like this"  Then I put the fingernail of my other pinky to my nostril, the one with the silver stud in it and I said "Or, maybe a small silver stud, like this? Which would you like? It would have to be pierced, of course."

As I pulled my hand away from my face, Ken said "Of course, I think you would look very sexy with a small stud or ring in your nose. Why don’t you try that sometime?"

"I just might, actually."  Just then the waitress came and took our drink order. After she had left, I started up the conversation again by saying "I hope you wouldn’t mind it if I did try wearing a ring or stud in my nostril sometime. Will you excuse me for a minute to use the lady’s room?"

I got up, and walked over to the ladies room, knowing that Ken was watching my rear, and the earrings that I was doing my best to make sway as I walked.

When I arrived in the ladies room, I took the small silver magnetic stud from my purse, and placed it on my right nostril.  I then put the magnet behind to hold it in place, and checked it in the mirror to be sure that it was placed at about the right location for a real one.  It did indeed look like I had a pierced stud
in my nose.  As I returned and sat down, Ken’s eyes grew enormous, and he said "Is that a nose ring you’re wearing?"

"Of course it is, Ken, but it’s not a nose ring, it’s a nose stud.  I bought it this afternoon at the mall.  It’s magnetic, but I like it because it looks like I had my nose pierced to wear it."

"Have you worn it anywhere else?" he said, with some panic in his voice.  "I hope not."

"Of course I have" I lied, "I wore it all afternoon while I was shopping at the mall. I got so many compliments on it.  Everyone thought it looks so pretty and sexy, and they all thought I had had my nose pierced.  I really do think I will have it pierced.  Did you ever think your wife would want to have her nose pierced? Speaking of pierced, did I tell you about a new idea I have had about jewelry to go with my new earrings?"

"No, what new idea?" he said, all the time staring at the stud in my nose.

"Well, in addition to having what looks like a pierced nostril, I also thought it might be interesting to wears a ring that looks like it goes through a hole pierced in my septum. I thought that was such a neat idea, so I went and bought a small silver ring to wear in my septum."

Ken said "You’re kidding. Pierced, or so it looks like your septum is pierced. You didn’t do that too today, did you? I don’t believe it."

"Oh yes I did" I said. "I tried wearing one today at the mall, a clip on one, while I was shopping for shoes, and for makeup.  When I tried it on at Claire's boutique, just for fun. I thought it was actually extremely attractive on me. So, I kept it in my septum, and wore it for the rest of the afternoon while
shopping.  And all of the salesgirls and salesmen told me it looked great on me too.  What do you think I would look like with a ring in my septum? I was not sure you would like it so I took it out before I came here.  But, I thought I might like to wear something like that tonight."

I put my pinky finger with the little fingernail ring right up to the middle of my nose, right under my septum, and said, "What do you think?  Should I wear a little silver ring through my septum?  I think it would be very pretty, and kind of sexy.  If you would let me have my septum pierced, it would allow me to wear a nose ring without losing it.  How do you think I would look with a septum ring?" I hissed.

I again felt very warm, and flushed, and noticed that I liked the feeling of the cold silver ring sitting just below the septum of my nose. As I looked at him I sort of dangled the little ring near my nostril and I found myself saying "I think a little ring in my septum, like this, would look great with my nostril stud." Then I opened my pursed, and took the small silver hoop out, and showed it to him.

I held it up between us and said "This is actually the ring I wore in my septum this afternoon.  I would really like to wear this in my septum tonight".

Ken was speechless, but clearly fascinated.

I was actually so excited about putting on my septum ring that, again, my hands were shaking.  I took my makeup mirror out of my purse, I looked at myself in the mirror, and then brought the ring up to my nose, and carefully slipped it onto my septum.  I adjusted it so that it was tight enough not to fall off, but
loose enough to dangle when I moved my head.  I then touched up my lipstick, and then put my mirror away, and looked directly at Ken.  "I did want to wear a ring in my nose tonight, but I wasn’t sure I would have the courage to wear one.  I do like the look, as if I have had my septum pierced, don’t you? I think I’ll wear it the rest of the evening."

Ken could not keep his eyes off of me for the rest of the evening, and I could not have been happier.  I had never felt sexier in my life, and could not believe how transformed I felt by wearing three hoops in each ear.  Of course, the magnetic stud in my nostril, and the tiny ring in my septum magnified the
feeling, but the hoops in my newly pierced ears, when clicking and swaying as I turned my head, gave me the most extraordinary warm feeling and sexy attitude. I visited the ladies room once more during dinner, this time wearing my nose stud and my septum ring.  Sexy can hardly come close to describing how I felt as I walked to and from wearing my new-found adornments.  I could not wait until my
newly pierced ears were healed, so I could explore this sensation by various combinations of hoops, large and small.  Who knew? Maybe, just maybe, if Ken were good and attentive to me, I might even decide to extend and enhance the feeling with a fourth ear piercing, or maybe even a real pierce in my nostril or septum.  Yes, I thought, maybe I'll start with a small silver stud in my nostril, not on it. 

That’s when I heard his voice, Frank, the chair of my charity committee.

"Barbara, is that you?"

The End!

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