"She wants to MEET me?" Ann said quietly, frozen in her seat.
I was standing beside the car, having opened the door to help Ann out. And I'd just let her know that Julie, the Manager of the mountain Resort we were checking into for the night, was excited about meeting her. But Ann was astounded by what I'd told her, and she stared at the floor in disbelief.
"Why does she want to MEET me?" she said, more to herself than to me.
"Because...she says she's a little envious. I guess Tina has been telling her about you."
"But...I've never even met TINA!" Ann said, turning to look at me.
"No...but you KNOW her. She's like your step sister...remember?"
"More like a partner in crime," Ann said under her breath, making me laugh.
Holding out my hand for her, I said, "Come on, Annabelle. We're keeping Julie waiting."
"Oh my God," Ann whispered, turning in her seat slowly. She took my hand, and I felt her fingers trembling as she stood up on her stylish black heels. She was exposed now, naked except for those heels. I had her playing the part of the nudist she had alluded to wanting to be earlier in the day. And she was also playing the part of my love slave, which she had been to wanting to be for...well, who knows how long. But I was at least sure that it wasn't just a recent fantasy...it was one she harbored for a while.
But now that she was doing it, she was feeling the effects. She was getting that gut wrenching thrill she had seemed to crave. I only hoped what she was feeling was worth it, and that I could make the rest of the night live up to the way it was starting. And I was hoping Ann meeting Julie might help to that end. Ann held my hand, gripping it tightly as we walked up the steps of the lodge. Opening the door for her, I held it, and motioned for her to go in first.
"Yes Sir," she said quietly, her head dropped a little.
I lifted Ann's chin, making her eyes gaze straight ahead. "Hey, babe...let's have fun with this. This is what you wanted."
Ann took a deep breath and shook her head quickly, smiling as she walked through the door. It was a bit of a bold move on my part...but I figured if I was going to go down the wrong road, at least I would go down it with my wheels spinning, and my foot firmly on the gas. Julie was there behind the counter, and as Ann and I walked toward her, she was busy picking up her lower jaw off of it and putting it back into place. Once she had, she grinned.
"Julie, this is Annabelle...at least, she is until sometime tomorrow morning. You probably know her better as Ann."
Julie stuck out her hand, just like she had to me, and said, "Wow, Annabelle...you DO know how to make an entrance. You're amazing!"
"Thanks," Ann said. Her face was a little red, giving away to some embarrassment. But more telling was how hard the nipples on her upturned breasts were. I could almost see them pulsing from where I stood beside her. Ann shook Julie's hand, and that moment helped her. The nervous smile that was on her face was replaced by a more confident one.
"I've heard a lot about you from Tina. But I have to admit, I wasn't prepared for this. Maybe I should have been."
Nudging Ann, I said, "Tell Julie what we're going to do here tonight, Annabelle."
She locked onto Julie's blue eyes and said, "I'm going to be...a love slave tonight."
"A...love...slave?" Julie said slowly, letting the idea sink in.
"Yes. And a part of that is that I'm being made to be a nudist right now."
Julie smirked. "You're a...nudist?"
"Uh huh. I made a comment earlier today about how I thought I could easily be a nudist in Colorado because of how free and open it makes me feel," Ann said. Nodding toward me, she said, "He's calling me on that...so now, as you can see, I'm a nudist."
I saw Julie's initial reaction, and I tried to temper her concerns. "I'm not going to have her roaming around the resort, Julie. But do you have a cabin available that's..."
"A little more private than the others?" she laughed.
"Yeah...do you?"
"Actually, I think Tina might have already taken care of that. I told you she called earlier because she was upset about not being able to do what you wanted. She tried to set up what you asked her to...but, well, we talked about that. So then, she tried to come up with an alternative idea, but..." Julie's thought trailed off, and then said, "Anyway, she thought that maybe it might be a good idea to change cabins. She had one in mind before today...I won't go into that since things didn't pan out...but anyway, she had me switch you to a different one today."
"Something didn't pan out?" I asked.
Julie looked at Ann and smiled, and said, "Yeah...but I'd really rather not talk about that right now. I've moved you to another cabin, which is not only remote...I think it will be EXACTLY what you want for the night. It's small and cozy, and it has a lot of character that I think a love slave would really like."
"Really?" Ann said, more excitedly than I think either Julie or I expected.
"Well, I don't know for sure," Julie chuckled. "I've never been a 'love slave'. But if I were to BE one, then that's the cabin I'D want to be in." Julie handed me a resort map, circling the cabin with a marker, and then she handed me the keys to the cabin. I signed some paperwork, and thanked her for understanding.
"We aren't a nudist resort, Neil...so keep her close to the cabin if you're going to do that. You're away from the other ones, so it won't be a problem if you stay close. If you want, I can make arrangements for you to use the hot tub in private tonight. It's in the back of the lodge here. You can drive up, and I'll take you in the back way. Like I said, I really don't want Ann...I mean Annabelle, walking around the Resort like she is now...but I don't have a problem helping you both live out your little fantasy where I can."
Picking up the packet, I took Ann's hand again and I was leading her towards the door when I had a thought pop into my head. I turned around and looked back at Julie. "How long ago was it when you last talked to Tina?"
"I don't know. About an hour or so...why?"
"Could you do me a favor, Julie? I don't want to take any time away from Annabelle tonight...so could you call Tina for me, and tell her she shouldn't be upset, or worry. Tell her what we're doing, and let her know she made it all possible. Can you do that for me?"
Julie lit up. "I'd be happy to, Neil."
We took another couple of steps, and I stopped again. "Julie?"
"Yes?"
"You wouldn't happen to have any...rope, would you?"
~*~*~*~*~*~
As I drove the car through the woods, taking one of the dozen or so paved single lane roads that led away from the lodge, I glanced over at Ann. She was breathing heavy, her eyes fixed ahead. I could tell she was excited, both by what I'd just made her do, and what lie ahead for the evening. On her lap was a brand new, unopened package of white clothesline rope...a hundred feet of it.
Julie had laughed when I asked her if she had any. She said she kept a few packages on hand for guests for camping needs, and for tying things to the top of vehicles. And now, apparently, there as a new purpose that she'd never given thought to.
The rope was a blend, with a nylon core, surrounded by a soft cotton shell on the outside. As I felt it the exposed ends of the package when Julie handed it to me in the lodge, I knew it would be perfect. It was soft, but I'd still be able to singe the ends to keep the rope from fraying or unraveling. Ann's eyes had gotten wide when I handed it to her to carry to the car as we left the lodge for our cabin, and that made me smirk.
Winding slowly through the woods, I thought back to the conversation Ann and I had just had with Julie. And I wondered aloud about something she had alluded to. "What do you think Julie was hiding?"
"What do you mean?" Ann said quietly.
"Remember...she said Tina was trying to make plans, but they didn't pan out. And Julie said she didn't want to talk about them. What do you think that was all about?"
"Me."
"You? What do you mean 'you'?"
"Tina couldn't do whatever you told her to do. So she tried to improvise because she didn't want to let you down. I know, because I had to do that a couple of times with YOUR adventure."
"Okay...but what does that have to do with you?"
"Tina's back up plan was Julie. She tried to get Julie to join us...or to be with me. It could be either one, really."
"What? Are you serious? How do you know that?"
"I don't KNOW it. But I could feel it."
"How could you FEEL it?"
"By the way Julie was looking at me. I've seen that look before."
"When?"
"Last night, with Maryam. Julie was looking at me, trying to decide if she should change her mind."
"About what? Being with you...or us?"