Many thanks to 12yknot for his editing and proofreading assistance.
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Once I was back in my dorm after the ladies brunch (WVC Ch.25), I collapsed onto my bed and fell asleep. Although it was only late afternoon, I slept for several hours, waking up well after the sun had set. After studying until midnight, I had difficulty going back to sleep, brooding about what my punishment might be. Erika had seemed pretty depressed about the possibilities when she dropped me off.
While I was the one under orders not to ejaculate, my trainer believed that she was as guilty as I was when I ignored those instructions and emptied my balls, not just once, but four times. I was afraid that upper management of the Club would expel both of us, although I certainly hoped that would not be the case.
Waking up late Sunday morning April 19, I checked my e-mail as soon as I was up. Nothing. Both relieved and disappointed, I spent the rest of the day recuperating, and working on an English paper that was due on Tuesday. I finished the paper and began studying for my Psych test, falling asleep with all sorts of wild scenarios in my mind.
Monday morning came and again, no e-mail. And although I went to all my classes, my thoughts kept returning to what my sentence might be.
Spanking? I'd already suffered that. Whipping? That too, so I was at something of a loss. Were they going to put me on a rack? I began exploring all the gruesome tortures that were used during the Middle Ages, obsessively researching the internet to see what implements were used. Since Erika was a medieval history major with a specialty focus on the Spanish Inquisition, I called and left a message on her voice mail. By the time I went to bed, she hadn't returned my call.
Tuesday morning was a repeat of Monday, no e-mail and no reply from Erika. That afternoon, I read about the Iron Maiden, the Catherine Wheel, and strappado. That last one gave me pause since I'd already been strung up by my wrists. Thankfully, my arms had been stretched out and up, rather than tied behind my back and hoisted behind me. The very idea of being suspended that way gave me the shivers.
After I read about the Rack, the Wooden Horse and the Pear of Anguish, I'd had enough. I fired off an e-mail to Erika and headed to the Student Center. I wasn't hungry. I just needed some distraction.
Since it was dinnertime, the place was jammed. Looking for a familiar face, anyone for a chat to divert my thoughts, I spotted Valerie waving at me from the back of the crowded room. She had her light brown hair pulled back off her shoulders, the curls tumbling down her back. Banded by green and white stripes, the tight t-shirt hugged her firm breasts with the faint imprint of her nipples pressing against the taut cotton. Nodding at the empty chair across the table, she beamed at me, a devilish glint in her green eyes.
"Have a seat, Bill. Haven't seen much of you lately."
I blushed slightly remembering the last time during the cancelled art class (WVC Ch:15), when she did indeed see all of me. She took a bite of her salad, watching me sit down.
"I guess I've been busy."
"Umm, so I've heard."
Alarmed, I leaned forward and asked in a whisper.
"What have you heard?"
With a quizzical look, she took another bite before she answered.
"Why? What's the matter, Bill? You seem really on edge."
Pointing her fork at the empty space on the table in front of me, she observed.
"And you're not eating."
"I haven't been hungry. Too preoccupied."
"With what? School?"
Glancing furtively at the tables nearby, I shook my head.
"No, not that. I think I'm okay there."
"What's bothering you then?"
Over the edge of her glass of iced tea, her green eyes had a genuine look of concern. Maybe she didn't know anything. Keeping my voice low, I asked.
"When you said that you'd heard that I'd been busy, what did you mean?"
Keeping her gaze locked on mine, she took a sip of her tea before she answered.
"It's been a month since I've seen you. You've started your training and you've been involved in a lot of scenarios. You're quite in demand, you know."
I wasn't sure I liked that. Breaking into a grin, she explained.
"I mean, as a participant in scenes. Everyone has ideas for scenarios that include you, and they've been submitting them to the Club management for approval."
I nodded, trying to absorb what she was saying. The cute brunette pursed her lips together before continuing.
"How's the training going?"
Judging from the sparkle in her green eyes, I suspected she knew more than she was letting on. I decided to play it just as cagey.
"Okay, I guess. I don't have any way of comparing it."
Munching on her salad, she gave me a mischievous look.
"What have you heard, Valerie?"
Making me wait, she took another sip of her tea before replying.
"I hear that the training is going quite well."
I exhaled as a smirk started to play across her pink lips.
"But I understand that the scenarios are proving to be a challenge."
Like I'd been punched in the stomach, I stopped. Lifting her empty fork to her mouth, she let the tip of her tongue circle the slivery tines as she watched my stricken face. Eventually, I nodded sagely and tried to appear calm as I replied.
"Oh?"
Lowering her fork to her salad, she stirred it back and forth, making me wait again. I think she was enjoying the whole process.
"Umm. I understand that you're the star of not one, but two videos making the rounds."
I froze as that smile returned to her pretty face.
"Of course, I've not seen them yet. But I have heard that you're
very
impressive."
Covering my eyes with my hands, I shook my head. This was worse than I thought.
"Valerie, how much trouble am I in? Am I going to be kicked out of the Club?"
There was more compassion than glee in her soft voice as she answered.
"I don't think so. You don't think that you're the first Club initiate who couldn't control an orgasm, do you?"
That sounded hopeful, and I raised my head to meet her steady gaze.
"Of course it's happened before. Not to me, but what I've heard is that you'll probably be given a rather thorough punishment. You won't be able to sit down for a couple of days."
"No torture?"
"Torture? No! Not unless you count prolonged orgasms."
She peered at me.
"Where did you get that idea?"
"Erika seemed so upset. I guess my imagination just got carried away."
Dismissing my concern with a graceful wave of her hand, she continued.
"Erika sometimes lets her focus on medieval studies overly influence her. The Club wants you to be successful."
Suddenly, a shadow crossed her features.
"Well, there was a story that circulated when I was a first year student --"
Her voice dropped off and she looked away.
"What is it, Valerie?"
After a long pause, the pretty brunette turned back to me with a strange light in her eyes.
"It was about a Club member who was a senior and had gotten caught having multiple orgasms without permission. A few days before graduation, the three of us freshmen initiates finally got up the nerve to ask her about it. She just smiled."
"So what was the story?"
"Supposedly, another Club member had reported her but whether that was true or not, she got caught. The Mistresses found out -- "
Interrupting her, I asked.
"Wait a minute. Mistresses? Plural?"
Grinning, she nodded.
"Yeah. I guess you haven't got that far yet."
Her green eyes twinkled as she continued.
"Obviously, they didn't expel her from the Club. But they did have her ride a Chevalet. That's not a car. It's a specially adapted wooden pony. Apparently, they had her ride it for four hours straight."
I noticed that Valerie was squirming in her seat, and that her breathing was getting shallow. Slipping one hand below the table top, she glanced over at our nearest neighbors before she whispered.
"I could only take five minutes before I was screaming."
"You've ridden one? And it hurt that much?"
"No silly. I started climaxing, and didn't stop until they pulled me off 20 minutes later."
"So it felt good?"