Tonight was going to be the night. She wouldn't expect a thing. I made sure everything was in place and did a final check of the things I would need: a blindfold, a feather, a bowl of ice, a candle, a lighter, and a rubber glove "just in case". Perfect! I couldn't wait for her to come home. What would she do? This thought made my stomach flutter and for a moment I wondered if I was making a terrible mistake.
The sound of a car pulling into the drive cut that apprehensive thought off before I could change my mind. How long would it take to put all this away and do the dishes? Too long. Oh, God, one look at the sink full of this morning's dishes and she'd know something was suspicious. It was the one thing she'd asked me to do before she left. Asked? Well, in her own way she asked.
"Make sure the dishes get done before I get home tonight. Do you understand?"
"Yes," had been my breathless reply. Oh, yes, I had understood. I understood perfectly well. I knew that if they weren't done I would pay for that transgression. I didn't know how the consequences would occur but I had no doubts that they would, indeed, occur. Of that I had no doubt. And now it was too late to question the intelligence of the decision I had made not to do them. They still sat stacked in the same neat piles they had been in this morning. I could almost swear they were taunting me now. Now, when even they must know it was too late to change my mind. With that final thought, the sound of a key unlocking the door invaded the thunderous silence of my own thoughts.
Holding my breath I watched as the figure of my lover filled the doorway. She had a way of making me forget even to breathe. Seeing me standing in the entrance with signs of obvious apprehension made her raise an eyebrow inquisitively. A gleam of curiosity flickered in the depths of her hazel eyes before being shadowed by a mask of indifference.
"Well, well, what has you so eager to greet me and yet so hesitant to speak, little one?" she asked softly.
It was the softness that sent chills down my spine. Now more than ever I wanted desperately to have just a few more minutes to do the damn dishes! Oh, but how I anticipate pleasing her as well. The two thoughts warred for a moment in my head, echoing their sentiments. Words were stuck in my throat. I felt my mouth open and close again but no sound came out. At this, her eyebrow again raised and another glint came into her eyes, but this time it was not merely one of curiosity. It was one of open challenge and excitement. She knew more by my silence than by my words that I had not done as she had asked. She, however, was not going to let me off easily on this one. She was not going to fill in the blanks for me - she was going to demand that I admit to my sin. And she was going to draw out the anticipation as long as she could. It was a gift she had - to say and do nothing and let me torture myself in the process. Slowly she took off her coat, hung it in the hall closet and asked, "So, how was your day?"
My day? How was my day?! How could she ask me that?! What does she mean how was my day? Images of how I spent the seemingly endless hours of my day flashed through my mind like a trailer for a movie. Oh, God, I thought, this was going to be worse than I had imagined! My day was spent preparing myself for what I knew was going to be a very satisfying night with you. My day was spent cleaning, dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing, showering, and shaving to make everything perfect for you. The way you like it. My day was spent trying desperately to avoid the kitchen sink so as not to be tempted to do the one chore you asked of me. My day was spent wondering how you would react when you saw the dishes still piled up in the sink from this morning. My day was spent carefully planning and calculating this exact moment. But never once in the course of my day did I actually expect that I would have to tell you that I didn't do the one task you had required of me. Never once during the entire day. How do I tell you all that?
Not knowing how to do so I said the first thing that came to mind, "Fine."
"Fine? Tell me more. Tell me what you did today. Tell me everything," she probed. Nervously I began rattling off all the chores I had done during the day. Luckily, since I had just completed that mental list for myself it was easy enough to repeat. While reciting the events of the day I began to walk with her to the bedroom where I began to untie her boots, remove them, and set them neatly by the door. I almost added this to my list of events for the day but thought better of it and refrained. I looked up to see her merely nodding at my breathless litany.
"Is that all?" she asked.
This was the moment I had been waiting for all day. I wanted the chance to tell her what I had really been doing all day. "No," I began breathlessly. I didn't have the courage to look at her when I finished the rest of the sentence, so I stated the rest of my memorized speech to her sock-clad feet. "I also prepared myself to show you how much I adore you. If you will only allow me show you this, mistress, it will hopefully be worthwhile for you. Please," I finished in a rush.
Surprised at this unusual turn of topic she assessed me for a moment then slowly inclined her head once to grant me permission to continue.
Thrilled at this opportunity to please her, I began to unbutton her shirt slowly. Still nervous, I began to babble about how much I had looked forward to her coming home and how eager I was to please her. By then, her shirt was completely removed and I placed my hands on the buttons of her jeans.
Before I could continue she put her hands forcefully on top of mine to stop me from continuing. Confused, I looked up at her inquisitively. "You will please me only when you are naked before me and not before," she clarified for me. Instinctively I wanted to throw off my clothes, as fast as possible, but I knew that wasn't what she wanted to see.
Slowly I stood before her and began to unbutton my shirt. I let it slip gently over my shoulders and slide down my back to the floor. I shivered from the sensations of the starched cotton gliding over my soft skin. I then unbuttoned my jeans and turned so that when I slid them down I would be bent over with my panty-clad ass in the air toward her. A soft hiss of breath told me that she appreciated the view. I stepped carefully out of each leg of my jeans before slowly turning back toward her.
Looking deep into her eyes I unhooked my bra and crossed my arms over my chest to pull the arm straps down. She could tell me to strip but I could decide how slowly I wanted to reveal myself to her. Dropping my bra on the pile of clothes already on the floor I thrust my chest proudly forward toward her. I knew she liked my breasts. She would often come up to squeeze them or to pinch the nipples just to watch them pucker and strain into her palm. My growing excitement and the coolness of the air now caused them to become tiny hard beads. I wondered if she had noticed yet, so I cupped one breast in each hand and pinched the tiny nipples so that they jutted out toward her more.