Note on Part 12: The scene picks up immediately following Part 11, which I'd recommend reading for plot continuity. There's a bit more BDSM in this one, but Sarah's new so they keep it light, similar to Part 10 (and that's just my predilection anyway). I hope it tickles your fancy. Sorry for how lengthy it is - if I'd had more time, I'd have written something shorter.
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***Mid Summer***
Sarah listened with a terrible poker face as Erin and I explained the basics of our forays into bondage, domination, and other pleasures. By the end, her mouth hung slightly agape, and she had scooted slightly back so she could see both of us at once.
"I think that's about it," Erin said hesitantly, looking away from Sarah to fix my already-straight shirt collar, "I mean, obviously we didn't tell you everything, for lots of reasons, but it's enough to give you the idea. So... what do you think? Feel less embarrassed about your 'thing,' knowing a bit more about our thing?"
"Woah," Sarah said flatly.
"Okay," I replied, "Not the most encouraging response. We don't bite. Unless you ask us to." Erin swatted me.
"Shit!" Sarah blurted, lurching out of suspended animation, "Sorry! I - I know. Thanks. I do feel better. But it's just not something I would have thought - I mean, it's not what you'd expect, you know? Don't worry, I'm not going to tell anyone about you two. Or about the three of us at all. I can't imagine THAT going over well with anyone we know. It's just that I've known you both separately for a pretty long time and I'd never have thought either of you would be into something that... kinky."
"Most Likely To Succeed," I teased, "Imagine *my* surprise earlier today." Sarah winced and leaned forward to hide her face against me again, ears burning.
"Yeah. Yeah, okay, I deserved that," she mumbled.
"I still think you are, for what it's worth," I added, "Easiest vote I ever cast." Sarah squeezed my leg in silent thanks. Erin smoothly stood up from my lap and set her empty glass down.
"You know what I think would help?" she said, "Seeing us play a little. Unknowns are scary, so the fix is to know more. You come up to the guest room and watch for a bit; just like our first time together. If you like it, you can join in. If it's not for you, no pressure, just say so and we're more than happy to have fun like we did earlier today."
"Wait, seriously? Now?" Sarah asked.
"Well yeah! Luke, are you ready for round two?"
"I've *been* ready."
"Come up in forty minutes," Erin said, leaning down and planting one on my forehead, "And for the sake of our lovely guest, let's pretend I've been a good girl all day."
"Oh, so you want to change things up," I chuckled. Erin shrugged.
"Maybe I've been a teensy bit bratty," she clarified.
"Twenty minutes?" I prompted.
"No, I said forty," she objected, "It takes me ten just to get my damn dress off."
"I can help with that. We're starting now, by the way." I gestured for her to turn around, then stood up and shucked the dress off her, revealing a slinky white satin nightie. I stripped that to the floor as well, unveiling her gloriously athletic body. She cocked her hip and stared at me over her shoulder, totally assured in how she looked to me and Sarah. She was naked and barely came up to my chin, but she had taken command of the room. It was up to me to wrestle it back.
"Clothes stay here," I said, "When you go up, put on that lipstick I like, please. Thirty minutes."
"That's the most come-hither shade I own," she commented to Sarah, "Good thing it's both our favorite. He stole it from me when we first met, you know."
"And the lilac perfume," I continued.
"Don't worry. I know what makes you tick. And thick," she giggled as she patted me appreciatively.
"Go on," I said firmly, shooing Erin off with a light smack to her hip.
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"So," I said, sitting back down on the couch with a fidgeting Sarah, "You okay?"
"Oh yeah, never better. Two people I've kinda known since we were all kids saw me in a sex shop a few weeks ago when I was getting ready for a goofy party with old friends, then later I had my first-ever threesome with them, then I lost my goddamn mind over CUM of all things, and now they just told me that they get off on the whips and chains stuff and want me to watch and maybe join in. I'm feeling super relaxed, Luke!"
"Right. I know it's different," I conceded, ignoring my ramped-up libido for the moment, "And maybe jarring since you weren't prepared for it at all. But remember how you keep asking yourself why that one thing felt so damn good earlier? I keep asking myself the same thing about me and this stuff. Answer is, I don't know. I just know that it does. And just like for you, it's only when things are right. Especially the people. I also want to make sure you know that I don't... I'm not... dammit, how do I say this? I don't like this kind of thing unless everyone's okay. Before, during, and after. Otherwise, I just fall apart." We were both silent for a bit, wondering what to feel, hoping the other heard us.
"You like to plan things out, right?" My sudden question seemed to catch her a little off guard in its blandness.
"Sure, why?"
"That's all this stuff really is. Erin and I know exactly what we're supposed to do and what will happen when we play these 'games' together. That's what they are to us: games. We set up rules and boundaries and explore together *inside* them. In our case, that usually means she pretends to be a 'naughty brat,' and then I, uh, 'discipline' her for it. She wants to be submissive, and wants to make sure I'm the right kind of dominant to earn it. We both like it when the other is creative in how we play those roles. Then she proves she'll be good and I prove that I'm happy with her. Most importantly, when we stop playing, we make sure that the other person feels appreciated and safe. That's it."