Preface to Part Eleven
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In the preface to part ten I said that part eleven would be around 9,600 words. I was mistaken. It's actually come out to over 10,400 words.
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Friday, February 17, 2012, Katy meets Ginny.
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I woke my usual time and was starting to untangle myself from Katy when, to my surprise, she spoke to me.
"Virginia?"
The surprising part was that she sounded fully awake. Usually, mornings we'd slept together, the best she achieved when I got out of bed was partially awake mumbled greeting then went back to sleep.
My bed is in the corner, one side up against a wall, with a window over it, and the headboard up against a blank wall. An arrangement Brian and I had settled on long ago to let us put a table with a couple of chairs, my desk (his was in his office downstairs), a small couch, a television and some other usual bedroom furniture in the room but still have a lot of open floor. The idea was to give us room to relax and play while the kids roamed the house. We never got to have the kids, and he was gone, but the layout worked so I'd never changed it.
The problem with the arrangement was, if you were sleeping on the inside you had to climb over the other person to get out of bed. And it somehow seemed to work out that when we slept together I usually ended up on the inside in the morning, even if I started on the outside when we went to sleep. And so it was that I was on the inside and on my knees, about to climb over her to get out, when she spoke to me.
I replied, "Good morning, Katy."
She sat up and put her arms out to me. I dropped to all fours, then thought better of that in light of what had happened last night. I continued forward and rolled over, ending up sitting beside her. She spread her legs apart and patted the bed between them.
"Sit here, V."
We'd done this before, me with the back of my head between her breasts or on her shoulder. This time it was her breasts and she wrapped her arms around me, hugging me close to her. She raised her knees, hugging me with her legs too. I put my hands on her knees, caressing them slowly.
She continued, "Virginia, things are really screwed up at work. I'd really like to take the day off so we can talk, but I can't."
"That's OK Katy, I understand."
"Yes, thank you. In fact, I have to go in as early as I can. I've been awake for a while now, waiting for you to wake up."
"Oh, dear! You could have woken me up."
"I know, but I like watching you sleep. On nights we spend together, I often watch you sleep. I enjoy it. And I needed to think a bit anyway."
She paused. She'd started stroking my hair with one hand. "Virginia, look, I made the assumption last night you'd want to talk about what that toy means. Well..." She paused again. I was about to speak, but she put a finger on my lips.
Finally she said, "Time out." Paused again. "Look, any meaningful friendship is always be a work in progress. If problems come up, we need to address them. With our sort of relationship, some of those problems might involve sex or our D/s relationship. Or other things. But the relationship, itself, should always be fun. Should hurt as little as possible."
She continued, "If you don't want to talk about that toy, and what it means, I'll just pretend I never saw it and we can go on from there. It was well worn so you've obviously been doing whatever you're doing a long time."
She'd took her finger away from my lips. I said, "Yes, I..."
She cut me off, "Please let me finish."
She ran her hands down my arms then spread her fingers. I'd been resting my hands on her knees but I was familiar with this gesture. I raised my hands and we interlaced our fingers to hold each others hands.
"So, today, I'd like you to think about whether you want to talk about it or not. But there's one thing I should say before I go. If you've been putting off telling me, maybe afraid of what I'd think of your pet playing, you should know that I love pet play. It's my very favorite game. I've been afraid to tell you because I thought you'd assume I'd use your submissive role, press you into pet play."
I twisted around so I could see her face, but still holding hands. "Oh, Katy!"
"V, we don't have to do anything about it. But I thought that, before you decided to talk or not, you should know. I had a very bad experience with it once. If we talk, I'll tell you about that too.
She released my hands, flipped me onto my back and leaned over me for a long, slow, passionate kiss. I was wet well before she finished and reached for her breasts.
She pulled away. "Oops, no dear, I really have to go."
"Katy! I want..."
She jumped off the bed and said, "Time in?"
My shoulders slumped, "Yes, ma'am"
"Good. I have to take a quick shower. Get me some clothes and something quick for breakfast. I'll meet you in the kitchen."
"Yes, ma'am."
Fifteen minutes later I was still nude, dressing her in the kitchen while she had coffee and a bagel. She finished eating just as I finished dressing her. She gave me a quick kiss and picked me up and sat me on the island. Then put both of my hands into my crotch.
She said, "Begin."
I started playing with myself, looking into her eyes. She smiled then headed towards the living room. I stopped as she walked away, but she glanced back before going through the door. "Keep it up. I want you to come before I leave. You've got about five minutes."