Nikky made her way back to her apartment, still feeling a little surprised at the morning's episode with Christopher and Helena in the summer room pool. She hadn't really ever explored her desires towards other women before, and Christopher's reaction was certainly a bit of a surprise, both for her and Lady Dansett too.
As she had been given the rest of the day off as a reward, Nikky changed out of her work clothes. After a quick shower, she opened her wardrobe and perused her own clothes. She was still feeling a little frisky, and was also still thinking about young Gavin whom she had seen on the lawn early that morning. She may have been thirty one years old, but she still lived as though she were just twenty one. She had an idea that Gavin was probably much younger than herself, but it didn't matter to her.
She picked out something a little more daring than she might normally wear around the estate. A short black leather miniskirt, paired with a shiny silver satin shirt, and a pair of black suede heels that made her a little taller. She tied her hair back in a tight bun, and turned to see the results in the mirror. Not bad she thought to herself. As she had already removed her contact lenses before taking her shower, she picked up her rimless spectacles instead. A dash of subtle mauve coloured lipstick finished the look nicely.
It was now around nine thirty in the morning, and the household was into it's normal routine for the day ahead. She walked out of the main house, and slowly headed across the rear courtyard past the small set of stables. She saw the secretary / accountant heading the other way towards Christopher's office and gave a wave hello.
Nikky couldn't remember the last time that she had felt this turned on. It had been a little while since she had been seeing anyone regularly. Today was different, she felt as adventurous as she did horny. Rounding the old wall into the main stable courtyard, she noticed just how quiet it was here with all of the rubber flooring instead of the bare cobbles like the small yard had. She cautiously entered the main building that housed the rows of stalls for the horses. She could hear the dull thuds of the horses moving about as they munched on their breakfast. She looked around to see if young Gavin might be with one of them. She knew that he liked the horses and spent a great deal of his free time with them. He was a groundsman firstly, but was working towards a position in the stables which was where he really wanted to work.
Nikky couldn't see him, so she made her way along the staff passageway towards the tack room. She passed the small office - no one there - and continued along. As she neared the tack room itself, she could really notice the strong smell of leather. She could also hear a slapping kind of sound. It sounded like someone was beating a saddle or something.
She stopped at the doorway, and carefully peeked around the doorframe. She could not quite believe the sight that met her eyes. In the middle of the room, amidst all of the wooden racks laden with saddles, reins, bridles and straps of all sizes, was a kind of wooden horse similar to what you might see in a gym. Upon the horse was saddle, it's beautiful worked leather shining under the spotlights. Draped face down over the saddle was a slim girl in riding attire. Her arms and legs, hanging down either side of the horse were tied with thin leather straps to the wooden horse itself. The girl was still wearing her polished leather riding boots. Her jodhpurs had been pulled down to her knees, and her finely shaped bottom was fully exposed.
Standing behind the girl was Gavin. He was shirtless, but still had his trousers on. In his hand he was holding a riding crop. He was saying something to the girl quietly, but Nikky could not make out the words. The girl's behind was looking rather red, and it didn't take much to work out what was going on.
Nikky stood there for a second, taking in the whole picture. She'd had no idea that the young groundsman was this way inclined, or maybe it was the girl? She continued to watch for a few minutes more. He seemed to know exactly what he was doing, as each strike of the crop seemed to be just hard enough to make the loud slapping sound, and give the desired amount of pain / pleasure, but without breaking the skin. The red stripes across the girl's behind were becoming more numerous. She gasped, or whimpered with each strike, but said nothing.
Nikky could not see who it was over the saddle, but she knew there were only three girls that worked here. Gavin ran his hand over the bare arse before him. The girl moaned as his cold skin soothed her glowing rear. He pushed his hand between her legs and pressed a finger into her. She moaned louder, but still no words rose from the other side of the horse.
Gavin stepped around the far end of the horse, and positioned himself on the opposite side. He looked down at his 'captive'.
'So, Heidi, do you think that you have learned how the crop is used properly now?' he asked quietly.
There were still no words, but the girl seemed to make a nodding movement that made her bottom wiggle quite nicely. It was a nice pert bottom that Nikky found herself staring at longingly. She felt that she wanted to reach out and stroke it too. She looked up, and found Gavin staring straight back at her. She felt a tingle run through her from head to toe. She stood as still as stone. She dared not even breathe. Gavin's gaze took hold of her completely. He looked stern, but not angry. She opened her mouth to try to say something, but nothing came out.
