The
sun was setting when Elle woke a couple of hours later. Swinging her legs off the bed, she slowly rose and began removing the clothes she had fallen asleep in, dropping the skirt and top into the laundry basket before covering her nakedness with the towel that hung on the hook beside the door. Swiftly pulling the door open, she crossed the hall into the bathroom. The sound of Jenn preparing dinner filled the flat; the scent of mushrooms frying in butter followed her into the bathroom. She turned on the shower and waited for the water to heat up, her thoughts turning to Jack and how she could possibly put him through an experience equally as torturous as what he put her through today. When steam began rising behind the curtain, she dropped her towel onto the toilet and stepped past the curtain into the spray, sighing as relief washed over her aching muscles.
I could try tying him up
, she thought to herself as she lathered shampoo into her hair,
or stick that vibrating thing up his arse and see how he likes it!
"What are you laughing at?"
Lost in the delightful thought of Jack squirming while something vibrated deep inside his backside, Elle completely missed the sound of Jenn entering the bathroom.
"Nothing," she lied.
"Sure," came Jenn's reply from just the other side of the curtain. Elle could just make out her silhouette through the curtain seated on the toilet on top of her towel. Jenn went on, "Actually, I wanted to ask you about Jack and what happened today."
Here it comes
, Elle thought, stepping back under the water to rinse the shampoo from her hair.
"Is everything okay?" Jenn asked, the concern clear in her voice. "Just, you barrelled into the apartment this afternoon in such a state. And then you didn't answer the door when I knocked. I'm worried Elle."
Elle finished rinsing before she answered, "I'm fine Jenn. Really. More than fine actually." She squirted body wash onto a sponge and began soaping up her body. "You don't need to worry."
"But I am Elle. Did he say something to hurt you? Is he hurting you?!"
Elle stopped rubbing the sponge over her legs and turned off the shower. She stuck her head out from behind the curtain and said, "No Jenn, he's not. The opposite in fact." Retreating back behind the curtain she added, "I really like him."
"Okay. But I still think something strange is going on."
Elle saw Jenn's silhouette stand and move towards the door.
"Just be careful Elle," she said as she opened the door and stepped out.
"I will," Elle told the closed door. Turning the water back on she sighed a resumed washing herself.
Elle ate dinner together with Jenn. Mushroom and tomato pasta. They avoided the subject of boys entirely, speaking instead about Jenn's upcoming holiday to Budapest.
"I'm going to crash early," Elle told Jenn when they'd finished, depositing their plates and cutlery into the washer. "I'm exhausted." It wasn't a lie. Even after her afternoon nap she felt ready to fall asleep; her muscles still ached.
"Mhm, night," Jenn mumbled, engrossed on her phone, thumb swiping rapidly left and right.
Closing her bedroom door behind her, Elle crossed to her desk and sat before her open laptop. An idea had come to her while she was drying after her shower. She remembered something from one of the smutty stories she liked to read.
Opening her web browser, she quickly typed in the name of a sex store she browsed frequently. Once it loaded she navigated quickly to the particular item she had in mind, finding it under
Cock and Ball Torture
. She was momentarily distracted by something called "the humbler", but, remembering her mission she filed it away as something for the future and found what she was actually looking for.
What's a good weight I wonder?
she thought to herself, scrolling through the options. She went with her gut and made a decision. Grinning deviously, she clicked the checkout button and input her payment details and delivery address. It would arrive in time for the weekend.
***
BEEP
BEEP!
Jack caught the ball he'd just tossed into the air.
"Hang on a second, I need to check that," he called.
Across the court his brother stood, arms folded, shaking his head.
"No phones on the court Jack. You know the rule."
"Sorry, Jay. It could be important though."
He put the ball and his racket down on the cement and jogged quickly across to his bag next to the empty umpire's chair. Pulling his phone out of the side pocket he saw it was a message from Elle, the first since what he'd put her through five days ago. Relief flooded his veins. When he didn't hear from her the day after their adventure in the park he began to wonder if he'd gone too far; pushed her beyond her limits.
He read the notification.