Thanks for all the love with my stories. This is the first in a new series. This story is pure fiction. Any resemblance to actual people is purely coincidental and enviable. This could have been assigned to a few different categories. If you are not a fan of submission, there is no need to read further or comment. I welcome constructive feedback and even ideas for where you might like to see it go. That is part of the collaborative fun of Literotica. Enjoy!
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I'm a control freak. There it is. I said it. I have an insatiable need to control everything around me. Even worse, I have a pathological need to control everyone around me -- especially those who matter most to me. Just ask them.
There was no one better to call me out on it than my best friend Stacie. Stacie and I met at the architectural firm we both starting working at three years ago, after graduating from college. I work in the structural division. She works with interior design. We became fast friends. Whenever I wasn't with my boyfriend Brandon, I was usually hanging out with her. Women can't be brothers from another mother, but Stacie was my sister from another mister. She is closer to me than family.
That's why she was shocked when I called her just after 9:00 on that Friday evening. She didn't expect to hear from me at all. She knew I had a dinner date with Brandon after work that was sure to last the rest of the weekend. It was our two-year dating anniversary. I was going to make it a weekend neither of us would ever forget. I bought new sexy short red dress with matching siren-red five-inch heels and lingerie. The dress was made of red leather that looked more like straps wrapped around my body, barely covering the most important places. The hem of the dress just covered my ass. I got my nails done to match. I was waxed, shaved and oiled. I had been sexting him all week, teasing him mercilessly. At the same time, I kept edging myself, making my pussy soaked and desperate to be fucked. Stacie knew all of that. The last thing she expected from me was a phone call, especially one so early Friday evening with me bawling.
"Oh Candace, what's wrong?" she asked the moment she heard my voice over the phone.
Words struggled to escape through my sobs. "Can (huh huh) I (huh) come (huh huh) over?" I asked.
"Yes, of course," Stacie answered, as I knew she would.
I approached the door to her condo and it opened. Stacie stood there wearing a light blue small tank top that hugged her large firm unconstrained tits beneath and small grey pajama shorts. Her long blond hair cascaded over her tan shoulders. She was barefoot and comfortable, already settling in for the night. I looked into her wide compassionate blue eyes and burst into tears again. Stacie grabbed my arm and pulled me in, closing the door behind us. She held me with a long hug. The lights in the condo were down low; the music was playing softly.
"Come sit down," she said, moving me to the couch in her living room. Two martinis were already poured and waiting for us. "What's the matter?"
"Brandon dumped me," I said.
"No. What happened?" Stacie asked with a caring tone in her voice, but a look on her face like she already knew. "He's not cheating on you, is he?"
"No. He's too perfect for that," I lamented.
"He does seem pretty perfect Candace. What happened?"
"When we sat down for dinner I could tell something was wrong. When I asked him what was wrong, he said he felt so badly, but couldn't do it anymore. He even had tears in his eyes."
"Couldn't do what?"
"He couldn't keep putting up with me."
"What about you?"
"Me being anal."
"I thought guys liked that," she toyed in a weak attempt at levity.
"That's not what he meant, Stacie," I corrected through my tears. "He said I get too bossy; too controlling."
"Oh Candace. I'm so sorry."
I tried to catch my breath.
"It's not like that's new, is it?" she asked daringly, as only a best friend can.
"Ouch, Stacie," I said through my continuing tears.
Stacie didn't rescue me from the sting of her question. She just waited for me to answer. I shrugged my shoulders with a wordless response.
"Did you see this coming?"
"Does it look like I saw this coming?" I asked, looking down at my dress that left little to the imagination.
"Do you think there's some truth to it?" she asked. "At least for him?"
I took a sip of the martini. "There must be," I confessed. "That's just me though. You know how I am Stacie. I don't mean to control everything, I just..."
"Try to control everything?"
"Yeah. And it fucks up all my relationships."
"Is it over with him?" she asked.
"He said he didn't want it to be. I begged him to give me another chance. I told him I'd work on it. I promised I'd be better. It was pathetic." I took another sip of the drink.
"What did he say?"
"He said I've said that before. He thought it was just too hard for me not to be so controlling. He said it's not right for him to try to change me, but that he needs something different."
"Damn."
"He said he thought I would be happier if I didn't feel the need to control everything too, but that would be up to me. He genuinely seemed as more concerned for my happiness than his own."
"Sounds like him," Stacie said. "Is he going to wait?"
"Fuck, I don't know," I answered as the hydrant of my tears started again. "He said he knew nothing would change if we stayed together. He's pretty torn up. I doubt he's going to jump into something new right away, but girls are going to start hitting on him as soon as they find out he's single."
"Damn."
"He said he knew it wasn't all me. He realized he needed to work on some things too."
"That's hopeful."
"I think he was just being his sweet self. He didn't want me to feel like it was all on me -- that I singlehandedly blew up our relationship because of my control issues."
"He is pretty perfect," she repeated.
"He's the best thing that ever happened to me Stacie. I've got to figure this out. I'd do anything to get him back."
"Would you?" she asked with genuine curiosity. "Anything?"
Stacie's question caught me off-guard. I pondered a moment. "I have to," I answered. "If not to get Brandon back, to at least stop fucking up every good relationship that comes my way."
"If you're serious, I can help you," she said with a friendly firmness to her voice, "but you have to trust me."
"With what?" I asked.
"With anything and everything I ask you to do." She paused and corrected herself. "You have to trust me with anything and everything I TELL you to do. It will require your full cooperation, no questions asked. No hesitation."