**This is just the beginning of a hopefully several-part story - please let me know what you think and if it needs more development and installments, lol!**
She tried to remember when she had first met Him. It seemed like He'd been forever in the background...sitting at the corner of the counter as she and her friends dominated the center, laughing and posing for the fans...standing against the wall at the gallery opening while she danced with the latest, newly-minted film or rock royalty, feeling His eyes upon her...sitting at the front row of the fashion shows, watching her and the other models twirling and strutting the catwalk. It just seemed like she'd been around Him forever...and He was so comfortable, so friendly, always willing to talk and, more importantly, to listen...she never even knew He was a Master, He seemed so laid-back and casual. When they partied at His house (and she'd got the shock of her life when she'd seen her art sculpture "VW Bus in Suburbia" in His front yard), she simply considered it coincidence that He managed to be at her side frequently, discussing topics that she found interesting with her and her companions. In fact, He was often better-informed and far more interesting than the people surrounding her, and she would often find herself hanging on His every word.
It was one night at a party very like any party that had gone on before that she found herself waking up to what was really going on. The theme of the party had been Leather (the hostess being of unfortunately unimaginative mind), and the ensuing discussion had been livelier than usual, as if to make up for the regrettable lack of originality in the theme. The talk had, of course, worked its way around to BDSM and two would-be doms were playing a game of one-upsmanship. She wandered away, feeling tense and bored, wondering why she felt so irritable, when a deep baritone voice spoke softly at her side.
"So...are you finding this so fascinating you must walk away or explode from excitement?" and she turned and looked up slightly to see Him, smiling a slightly mocking smile as He tilted His head back toward the rest of the party-goers. She smiled and turned toward Him...she enjoyed His verbal wit and realized that she'd been hoping He'd come over and enliven her rather dull evening. "How did You guess?" she responded, tossing her hair back flirtatiously and putting her hand on His arm; feeling wickedly bold for some reason that night, she leaned into Him, letting her breasts brush up against Him and bending forward slightly so He'd get a fairly good look down the front of her dress.
He smiled back down at her, letting His eyes linger a little long at her neckline...then back up to her eyes, making her shiver slightly. Had she just imagined the look in His eyes? But something reckless in her kept pressing her on, and she flirted with Him, finding His charm irresistible. He kept her laughing with His pithy, incisive commentary on some of the other attendees, and she found herself getting even more daring, pressing her body into His as they danced to the music playing in the background, allowing His hands to roam freely over her body...then pulling away with a giggle and saying, "Oh no, can't get too intimate in front of the others!" She even let Him feed her hors d'oeuvres and she fed Him some as well, enjoying licking His fingers and playing her fingers all around His mouth and tongue. She knew she was having an effect on Him...but what kind of effect, she didn't know until after they'd played the "oh no, please, don't, stop, don't stop," game for the eighth or ninth time that night.
Suddenly, she found herself being drawn into a darkened room, and His voice dropped to a growl. "So...all this time, and you want to play, do you?" He said in a tone more menacing than before. She shivered. What caused this turn-around? "What do you mean?" she asked, confused.
She could almost feel His eyes focusing on her in the dark. "Do you really think you can flirt and flirt with Me endlessly and not eventually have to pay the price?"
The room suddenly felt colder, and she felt vulnerable in a way she hadn't felt in years. The genial, kind, interesting man that she'd only thought of as a friend - and, yes, a flirt-buddy - was now something new and dangerous. The really strange thing, though, was how her body was responding to the situation. She actually felt her nether lips getting wet and an ache spreading through her groin area. It frightened at the same time it excited her...but the fright gained the uppermost hand. She tried to push past him, twisting her arm to break His grip on it.