Previously:
- Katie's past interest in bondage destroyed her most dear relationships and has kept the interest a secret ever since.
- Lilly, Katie's only friend, is fixated on trying to find a guy for Katie.
- Katie discovers the online bondage community Cuffed and makes her first post with hopes of trying bondage for the first time.
Katie did not finish the first draft of her proposal until almost 7:00 PM Saturday evening. She quickly brought up Cuffed to see if she had any responses. To her surprise, she already had 15 messages waiting for her. Katie was thrilled to see results from her post so quickly. Katie opened the first message, only to be greeted by a guy looking to hook up for sex. Only somewhat discouraged, she quickly moved onto the second response finding a similar message. By the time Katie had read the fifteenth response, it was clear that the men on Cuffed were not as serious as some of the authors of the other posts she had read.
Katie threw her laptop aside to prepare for her elegant evening of a microwave dinner. Before she could leave her small bedroom, Lilly's number popped up as an incoming call on her phone. Katie stood there for a moment, debating whether she wanted to hear her go on about her boyfriend David.
"Hello", Katie said picking up the phone ready with an excuse to hangup if needed.
"Katie! If you can pull your self away from work tonight, David has a cute friend who is free for dinner." Katie could tell through Lilly's voice that she had clearly been scheming since breakfast.
Katie paused for a moment, with her mind racing. She knew that Lilly would never let her live this down if she said no.
"Oh, really?", Katie said hesitating.
"Yes! I met him a few times. He is a nice guy. His name is Kevin. The three of us are hanging out at my apartment and talking about you. He said he can swing by your place in an hour or so to pick you up for dinner if you are open to it."
Katie paused. She couldn't believe her life was being picked apart by three other people. She really didn't feel like getting ready for a blind date on such short notice but knew Lilly would not take no for an answer.
"Fine. Tell him to come by in an hour."
Katie quickly hung up and raced to get ready with the little time she had. She was not very thrilled about the date, but thought if the guy was not half bad looking, she might get to have sex for the first time this year. In her closet she selected a thin, draping, red dress with spaghetti straps. It was low cut and showed off a fair amount of cleavage. She slipped on some black heals and quickly finished with her hair and make up just as her phone started ringing. A number instead of a name showed up. Katie figured Lilly had given Kevin her phone number.
"Hello, this is Katie."
"Hey. This is Kevin. Lilly and David's friend. I am here to take you out to dinner."
The phrase 'Lilly and David's friend' echoed in her ears almost becoming painful. "I'll be down in a moment."
He should have used a couple name for them,
Katie thought.
Lavid, or Dilly.
Katie chuckled to herself. Katie grabbed her clutch, threw her phone inside, and headed down to meet Kevin.
Katie exited her apartment building and saw the guy who must have been Kevin, waiting patiently. He was the typical, tall, dark and handsome. She could tell by the shirt and tie underneath his pressed and flawless looking navy suit that he was the young lawyer type that was very common in DC.
"Hey Katie. Nice to meet you. I'm Kevin."
"So wonderful to meet you Kevin. How did you know it was me?"
"Oh, Lilly showed me a picture of you."
Katie rolled her eyes. "Shall we get going?"
Before Kevin answered, he looked Katie up and down, lingering on her cleavage. Katie already knew if she wanted to use this as an opportunity for sex, she would have no problem.
"Uh, yeah. Have you been to that new French restaurant down the street? I thought we might give that a try."
"No, I actually haven't. That sounds great."
They walked side by side as they exchanged information on their professional careers. Kevin was in fact a lawyer at a small law firm in the city. Katie quickly shared the gruesome world that was her job. Katie tried to keep the conversation going, but after career talk all his responses became one word answers. The sun was low, paining a brilliant orange across the sky. The amber street lights began there slow flicker to illuminate the sidewalks.
"I love how there are no tall buildings here, it really lets you appreciate nights like this," said Katie as she looked up towards the vivd streaks of light from the setting sun.
"Oh, yeah. Me too." It was clear Kevin had never given this topic any thought.
They made their way to the restaurant and were seated promptly. As they both tried to force a conversation out of thin air, Katie kept noticing his eyes glancing over her breasts. She clearly saw that there would be no chemistry with this matchup and decided that sex would have to be enough for tonight. She pushed her arms against her breasts and leaned forward to purposefully give him a better view. Kevin stopped mid sentence of the next meaningless question he was about to ask her.
A painful hour and a half later, Kevin paid the check and they were off.
"Shall we go to your place?", Katie asked.
"Oh!, Yeah, sure. This way.", he said, sounding surprised she was taking the evening in this direction.
A short 10 minute walk and an elevator ride later they were at the front door of his studio apartment. His place was picture perfect, looking like it was out of a home furnishing catalog, despite the grays and muted colors. Everything was neat and in its place with strange modern artwork on the walls who's only purpose was to explain he had money.
"Something to drink?", Kevin asked looking toward Katie with the refrigerator open.
"No. I am good thank you."
Katie walked across the square room to his bed and sat down on the edge. She came for one thing and intended to get it. Kevin grabbed a beer and walked towards her sitting on a couch directly across from the bed. Katie leaned forward again, showing off her cleavage, hoping to speed things up. With a cliche seductive tone and a raised eyebrow, Katie asked, "So, what are you into?".
