"Hey Ann. How would go about tying up your lover if he wasn't going to cooperate?" I yelled as I ran up the stairs from my basement office. I had written myself into a corner again and was really focused on the deadline in two days so I was looking for a little brainstorming help from my soul mate.
"Hi Kathy. Sorry Ann, didn't realize you had company. I'll catch you later."
"What were you asking?" said Kathy.
"Oh nothing important." I said. I couldn't remember if she's one of Ann's friends that know about my sideline.
"It's okay Ter . . . " said Ann. "Kathy found one of the web sites the other day. We were just hinting around the subject. You might as well sit down and join in. I'm sure she's already developed some impressions, and she may as well get it from the horses' mouth."
'Impression' now there's a carefully chosen word. My impression was one of this not being a really good idea. That I was about to be even more uncomfortable than some of the damsels in my short stories. If that was possible. Horses have it good, their marvelous design precludes the ability to insert a hoof in mouth. Homo sapiens are another matter entirely.
"What do you wish to know?" I thought leading questions would only make matters needlessly complex.
"Well I read a short story called 'Runner's Hi' on one of the web sites the other day and I thought I recognized you two and Jay and Jane who just moved into town last year. After I thought about it, I decided to ask Ann about her jogging through the Forrest Preserve and see where it ran, so to speak?"
"So?"
"So . . . I guess there was some truth to the fiction I read then."
"There is always some truth in fiction, you have to stick to what people will believe or it won't hold their interest." I said.
"Yeah, but you weren't just retelling some police blotter crime report, were you?"
That was a clever lure if I ever heard one. A lot like someone asking 'if you'd stopped beating your wife,' no way to come out of that smelling like anything but a rat.
"So. . . . what do you want to know?"
"If that article is mostly true, why do that?"
"Before I answer, let me ask you a personal question? How did the article affect you?"
"Well since it was on a bondage site, I assumed it was supposed to be erotic, and on some level I guess it was. But it was scary also, maybe too close to reality on some other levels."
"How are you on roller coasters?"
"What does that have to do with . . . Oh I get it, adrenaline and intensity of experience that kind of thing. Sure, but those things are tested safe for people before I get on one."
"Well we didn't just decide one Saturday morning to take a field trip to the Forest Preserve to tie up Sara."
"So you did write that article, and Sara was Ann."
"Something like that."
"Why don't we let her think on that for a few minutes. We'll discuss your original problem. What are you writing about today?" Asked Ann.
"Okay . . . The 'dungeon dude' has two women tied up. After tickling them, he has gone upstairs to prepare their evening restraints, when one the girls discover that she is able to wiggle loose. They decide that they want to reverse the roles on the guy. After getting free how would they go about it? Physically one on one it's doubtful they could over come him without use of deadly force. They supposedly are lovers, but conversation alone won't do it either. They are going to need some kind of plan. Timing will probably be a big part of it."
"Is this how you work through writing the stories? Talking about it."
"Mostly, or we'll break up the action up into modules and test them individually in the safety of our homes. To work out the kinks, if you'll pardon the expression."
"Funny, ha ha. Doesn't that take some of the fun out of it?"
"Maybe . . . but better safe than sorry, lets you play another day. Besides it's the accumulative effect that becomes greater than the whole. We all knew how handcuffs worked before the field trip, and Jane prepared everything we were going to need before hand."
"How long did you guys plan that gig in the woods?"
"That one took almost a month, but some of that was bad weather delays on the weekends. Usually a week to ten days is normal. If you can call this normal."
"Was that you who tackled Ann?"
"Yeah, it's usually best for the pairs to do it to each other. Not that Jay would be any harder or softer on her than I would, but I'm not real good about watching someone else beat up on my wife. Butter-buns is another matter."
"What's buttered buns?"
"Watching someone else do your significant other. It can be extremely erotic. Especially if she's having a good time, it can be very instructive."
"I'll take your word for it." Kathy voiced that to Ann.
"It allows one to 'borrow' ideas on how to please one's mate."
"I believe you." Kathy was really looking for a segue off the topic now.
"Really? Have you ever been tied up for sex?" I said.
"I don't think I want to share that with you."
"Trust issues are a big part of bondage. You don't do any of this unless you trust the person or persons involved. That's one reason couples don't start something like this the first date. You need time to work into it. Usually after you've had sex with him, so you know intimately how he will treat you. Both then and the morning after, because some guys change a bit later on." Said Ann.
