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* Education of a Jezebel
* Part 10 - Internship
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This is part of a novel. Previous parts should be read first.
Chapter 30
A light coating of snow overlaid the bushes on a fine mid-December Saturday morning. Kelley riffled through her closet wondering 'what should I wear tonight?' and coming up with no answers. Like every other new experience in the last seven eight months - had it only been seven months! - this one was causing her to sweat, from time to time she'd even get shortness of breath.
Luckily she had something to take her mind off it, lunch with Ashley. She had no problems dressing for that, by 12:30 she was walking over to the business district in Trenworth, her girlfriend was going to meet her at a bistro.
"How are you, girl!" Ashley nearly shouted when they saw each other on the street, hugged affectionately. "It seems like it's been forever!" They entered, got situated and seated, taking off their heavy winter coats, ordering sangrias. "So, what's going on?"
Kelley sighed."Well, Samantha said I'm a shoo-in for Executive Director. They interviewed three other people, they're going to make the announcement on Monday. It hasn't stopped Sam from turning stuff over to me." That was further explained over the salads that were served.
"Don wants to know when you're coming over, well, me too. Nick would love to see you as well. Maybe next weekend?"
"Oh, if I hadn't been so swamped I would have called you guys."
Ashley's face grew concerned, "It's not because..."
"Because of what we did? Hell, no. Can't wait to do it again! Maybe I could bring Tom over sometime?"
"That's still going on?"
"Yeah, he's been traveling two weeks straight, I haven't seen him since the Monday after Thanksgiving." Kelley lowered her voice. "But we've had some really great phone sex." Ashley's loud guffaw caused an old lady to glance their way.
"Okay, so no other sins to confess?" The lunch was pretty well over by this time.
"Just the one. I had a date with a guy from my gym on Thanksgiving weekend, but you already know that."
Ashley looked around, the restaurant was much too busy to get details. "You know what," she said, "I'm inviting myself over to your place."
In the apartment they mixed drinks, Ashley got her friend to dish. "Yeah," Kelley said, "Jerid's good looking, he was just what I needed that night. Just one thing, I let myself be submissive, it didn't really work. I expected him to tell me what to do, but he was too fucking polite."
Ashley looked at her friend. "Cursing, too. What have they done to my friend! But yeah, it takes a special guy to be a good dom without worrying that he'll hurt you. I went that route a few times before I met Don. Even went to a dungeon, whips and chains and crosses. It was a huge turn on! But I also felt very vulnerable, worried every moment that something bad would happen. I gave up on it pretty quickly."
A light bulb clicked in Kelley's brain. "Hey, would you like to help me with something?"
"Sure, what's that."
"Tom's taking me to Scarlet Lake tonight, and I don't have any idea of what to wear."
"You understand about the Lake," Ashley asked suspiciously.
"It's a swing club. People go there to swap partners, and stuff like that."
"And you're up for that?"
"I'm not sure," Kelley confided. "Tom says that if I don't want to do anything with other people, it's just a really sexy atmosphere."
"That it is," Ashley laughed.
"But if I get in a mood, well, maybe, I don't know. I do know I'm looking forward to being with Tom tonight, I haven't had a prick in me for two weeks and I'm going a little nuts."
"Well, let's see what we can find." Ashley quickly nixed anything Kelley had for business. Although the controlling look might work for Sam, it never would for Kelley's cultivated personality. "How about going in lingerie?"
Kelley was lukewarm. "I mean, I want guys to look at me, but I'd better start a little more modest. Everybody doesn't wear stuff like that, do they?"
"Of course not. Lots of girls start out pretty tame, some stay that way all night, others change into something more revealing. Let's go with that?" Ashley inspected Kelley's summer clothes. "Don't worry, they keep the place warm on purpose." After three or four false starts they finally found a combo they liked. "Okay, you'll need panties with that. Got anything off the charts?"
"Just the thing!" Kelley announced. "I ordered these for a sexy night, haven't even worn them yet."
She pulled out a package, Ashley inspected the thong with very tiny straps, the metallic berry fabric shone. "I think it's perfect," Ashley applauded, then slid her tongue over her upper lip. Could there have been more to it? Perhaps. But Kelley was jittery about the coming night, didn't think about anything sexy with this woman. Although Ashley certainly could be up for a bit of girl-on-girl she wanted her friend to be on edge for her adventure, made no advances.
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The kiss that Kelley had for Tom as he knocked on her door was ardent, she might have dragged her lover to the floor, only the thought that she'd muss up the makeup and hair that she'd worked on for so long stopped her.
On the drive to the club, she had severe rumbling in her stomach, her karma. It wasn't that she was worried about having sex, no, by this point it was firmly planted in her mind that sex for nothing more than having fun was chill. Her issues were that so many new things might happen tonight. Public sex. Swapping and seeing Tom with another woman. Exhibitionism. Although both Tom and Ashley had told her what could likely happen, still there was a sense of mystery about it, suspicion and perplexity. On the other hand, she realized, nothing might happen at all.
"You really mean it," she asked Tom, "that if I don't feel like doing anything, it would be okay."
"You know I do! Maybe the only thing that'll happen is you and I will go into a private room, tear the clothes off each other and bang away. Or not even that, if you want to wait until we get home, I'd be fine with that." He chuckled. "But I want you to know that one way or another, I'm going to have sex with you tonight. You're so sexy, and it's been such a long time. I'm horny as hell for you."
"Is my clothing too prudish?" she asked. Her get up included a wrap around cami of indeterminate blue patterns that fit her snugly, a ruffled navy tennis skirt and heels that lifted her three inches.
"I wouldn't say that," Tom answered. "You won't be the woman who's wearing the raciest outfit, but you know how attractive you are." If only she were sure of that, she worried. "I'm sure there's plenty of couples that will be interested in us, the few single guys will absolutely be sniffing around. This is your first time there, you'll get more ideas tonight if we ever decide to go back." Although his words were kind and reassuring, it didn't do much to calm her.
The club was in a telescoping converted barn out in the country. "Tom! Haven't seen you in a long time," a willowy brunette with copious cleavage greeted him.
"Nice to see you, Candy. This is my friend, Kelley."
"So good to meet you," the woman said. "This is the first time here? Would you like a tour?"
"I'll give it to her," Tom said.
"You're in good hands then," Candy told her. "Just one thing. You don't have to do anything, 'no' is a powerful word here. If someone's bothering you and they won't back off, let me or any of our staff know about it, we'll take care of it."
"I once watched her throw a really big guy out, she knows karate," Tom declared, Candy laughed.
The main room, combination bar, lounge and dance floor in the first part of the barn, was large enough for a wedding. The ceilings floated thirty feet above them, weathered timbers provided an old feeling that was balanced by the modernity of the dance floor and sleek bar. Through large windows Kelley could see the frozen lake forty yards away, trees lit with fairy lights.