This is part one of a long story about a young submissive girl learning about herself sexually and learning to please her Master. This chapter is mainly build up (at this point, she doesn't know that soon she will be entering into a D/s relationship). I have included one sexy scene. I will include more in later chapters when the characters have had more time to develop -- and thus becoming more meaningful to my story. Thanks.
All characters are above the age of 18.
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I stare lazily into my dresser mirror. It's early Sunday morning. My strawberry blonde hair is matted and I have dark circles under my eyes from a restless night of coding. I'm young and in college, though as a computer science student, I don't necessarily feel youthful. If I could only get some sleep for once.
"CATHERINE!" My dad yells.
I quickly put on some foundation and line my eyes with charcoal eyeliner. Sheepishly peering at my unusually tall thin frame in the mirror, I change into a light blue blouse and black shorts. I smile halfheartedly. There were times when I liked the way I looked and other times when I hated my figure. Overall, I thought I looked average.
My parents are now both calling my name as they rush out the door. It's time to go to church.
After we arrive at Grace is Given, my community church, I walk in and try to avoid the inevitable eye contact with the rest of the congregation. I'm a friendly person but like my boundaries. Here at Grace is Given, it is common practice to take the time to stop and hug each other, especially strangers. If my eyes aligned with anyone there it would be an open and unwarranted invitation to approach me, and god forbid, invade my bubble with a Jesus endorsed hug. I hate it.
I make my way to the front of the rows of chairs, maneuvering through the tiny crowd, and sit in the second row.
Despite the clucking of church hens, and the occasional much too loud eccentric "halleluiah!", the only thing I can think about is how late I stayed up with my college programming assignment. I simply couldn't figure out why my code kept crashing. I run it over line by line in my head but now that I'm away from the computer I can't search for or test any solutions.
Lost in my thoughts, I jump as someone taps my shoulder. It's my dad. Great, thanks for interrupting. Dad has that familiar boyish grin that says he's found the perfect opportunity to wed his daughter off to some uppity Christian acolyte.
"Catherine, meet Oliver. He's in college just like you are."
Annoyed and embarrassed, I'm trapped in my new predicament. Oliver is a young man, tall with short, brown hair. He has thick angular brows and dark green eyes. He looks confident and assured of himself. He's wearing a green sweater and black church pants. When he looks at me, his facial expression becomes serious.
I give my dad the look.
The look is a face I make when I know my dad is trying to set me up with someone, it's a game he and I play, and I can never tell who is winning. In the past I have tried and tried to explain to him that I really don't want to date anyone that he picks out for me. The characteristics in men my dad picks is not necessarily in my interest but rather so he can reassure himself that his daughter has a proper Christian mate.
I shake hands with Oliver and introduce myself. He's stocky and stiff but has that sincere look in the exchange that says this was my father's idea, not his. I quickly decide he isn't my type and prepare to feel awkward.
"So you're in college? What are you studying?" His voice has the sort of dry monotonous tone of a robot as if he's had this same conversation over and over again.
"Computers, erm... Computer science"
"Interesting, I'm a philosophy major." Oliver responds with a tempered neutrality.
I chuckle a little. In my heart I keep a special sort of hate for philosophy, it's enough having to listen to my father preach about God every day, the last thing I need is to waste my time with a self-loathing professor's pet talking about paradox's and how great it is to understand something entirely irrelevant.
"Awesome!" I lied, getting further and further uncomfortable.
"Yeah, I really love it." He says, dropping eye contact with me.
Church is about to start so I tell Oliver it was nice to meet him, and scooch into a pew to sit down. I notice that he sits on the other side of my dad. They exchange a few inaudible words and I pretend not to care or listen.