Chapter 15 - Unexpected Threesome

It was about three weeks before the Fall Semester was to begin. Crystal was over at Darrell's, and Darrell received a phone call. It was Katherine. She was calling to tell Darrell that she would be taking the semester off. Her grandmother was seriously ill and likely to pass, and Katherine wanted to be there for her. Darrell had rarely talked with Katherine over the summer because she had mostly been out on the reservation. She did not have time to talk much right then but promised to call soon when she had a couple of hours to talk. She had a lot to tell him. Regardless, she would likely be back for the spring semester.

"Was that Katherine," asked Crystal when he got off the phone.

"Yeah. She was calling to say she wouldn't be back for this semester. Her grandmother is sick--like terminally."

"That sucks; she must have gotten close to her over the summer."

"Sounds like it."

"Is she coming back at all?"

"She said she would likely be back for the spring semester."

"Good."

Crystal was sorry for Katherine's grandmother but had an unexpectedly hard time being sorry that Katherine was not coming back in a few weeks. She had been anxious about Katherine's return, and now her relief told her why. She had grown used to having Darrell to herself and was starting to see Katherine as competition.

Now understanding her feelings for Katherine, she asked, "How do you feel about her not coming back?"

"I was looking forward to talking with her, the three of us having sex together again, and trying some new things."

"Yes. I must admit I was looking forward to the sex. It was just fun with the three of us. How does her not coming back affect us?"

Darrell thought about this for a minute, then said, "Well, I think with it just being the two of us, things are less complicated."

For Crystal, his response was not very helpful, but it was something, and she didn't want to press it.

Darrell said, "I need to run into town and get my paycheck and work schedule for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully, they need me a bunch. It would be good to pocket some extra money before school starts. I think I will walk down. You want to come."

"No. I'll hang here if that is okay with you." She wanted to be alone with her thoughts for a while.

"Okay. I'll probably be an hour or two."

"I'll be here."

Crystal sat on the couch, realizing that she was feeling melancholy for some reason. She wanted to figure out why. Meredith was outside, repotting some plants in the nude. Crystal thought--good for her. Conversations with Meredith had always been comfortable even with difficult topics, like sex, and they helped her get to her feelings before. Darrell said that was because she was a psychologist, after all. She thought, maybe I should see if I can get a free session.

Crystal walked outside and over to Meredith, deciding that not mentioning her nudity was the best way to normalize it for her. Crystal was always naked in the yard, and if Meredith was also starting to feel that being naked was the normal way to be, it was a big plus.

"Hi, Meredith."

"Hey, Crystal. How is your day."

"Well. Darrell and I just received some interesting news. Katherine is not coming back this semester. Her grandmother is quite sick, apparently."

There was a long pause, and Crystal was worried that their conversation would stall when Meredith said, "How do you guys feel about that?"

"Disappointed that there won't be another threesome anytime soon. That was fun, and we were looking forward to more of those experiences. Darrell said he was looking forward to talking with her about her summer, I assume. To be honest, though, I'm not sure how I feel."

"How so?" asked Meredith.

"I think I'm happy she is not coming back, and I feel guilty about that--I guess."

"How are things between you and Darrell?"

"About the same. Things would be really good except for he is still belittling me once in a while. He treats me like I'm incompetent because I'm a woman. Not often, but often enough. I don't know if I should thank you or curse you for pointing out to me what he was doing. At least we are not fighting about it as often."

"Can you give me an example?"

"Just this last weekend, we were hiking. I told him I thought we should go up and over a rocky area. It seemed obvious to me that was a better way. But he insisted on going down below it and made it sound like my idea was silly. Well, the vegetation below the rocks was so thick we had to turn back and go my way. His mood was sour the rest of the hike, which put me in a bad mood, too."

"If it wasn't for those moments, how would you feel about him?"

"We like each other a lot."

Meredith thought, She is still not willing to admit she is in love with him, or she does not know it. She said, "That's very disappointing. I was hoping that when you let me have him for the evening, I could help persuade him to drop some of that macho crap. It seemed like it worked but maybe just with me. I'm disappointed that he is not much better around you."

"He was better for a while, but he is now trending back to his old ways," said Crystal with a hint of frustration.

"Sounds like he might need another treatment."

"What exactly is involved in this treatment." She never had the nerve to ask her straight out before, and Darrell's vague description did not make it sound like much of a treatment.

"Tell you what. It would be easier if I taught you how to do it, and it would likely be more effective because the problem is how he acts around you, not around me. And then you can treat him whenever he needs it."

"Darrell told me some of what you guys did. To be honest, I was jealous because, from what I gathered, I would love to play your role. It would be so fun to put him in his place like that. I'm certainly willing, but I'm not sure how to use your method to fix his issue."

"It was a lot of fun, but it takes some skill to be effective," said Meredith, having an ulterior motive. "Honestly, it's just about making him submit to you."

"I like the sound of that. How and when will you teach me?" Crystal assumed that Meredith would tell her the secrets and that she would then take them into bed with Darrell.

"It would be better if I just show you."

"What do you mean?"

"Would you be up for a threesome with me? We can teach Darrell a lesson together. Especially since the threesome that you guys were looking forward to with Katherine is off for a while."

"You would do that? It's a fantastic idea; I'd love it."

"You want to make it a surprise for Darrell? It could be a bunch of fun. Ryan is gone for several weeks in Europe helping open some new drug line, so no problem there."

Crystal and Meredith spent the next hour talking and planning for their session with Darrell. It was to happen three nights from then, and Crystal had to keep Darrell off of sex until then. He needed to be especially horny, and for that matter, it would be more fun if Crystal was also, just like last time. Crystal understood this. Meredith promised she would also abstain until then. Crystal would need to come up with some story to put off Darrell for the next three days. What she did not know was that Meredith had plans for her, too.

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On the appointed evening, Meredith got Darrell over to the house by telling him that Crystal and he should use the Anderson's workout room in the basement while she was out the evening. This was not something that had been offered up before. Even though he did not often pass up an opportunity to get some exercise, Darrell was reluctant. This was the night they were to have sex again after several days of agreed-upon abstinence. Crystal had suggested it would be fun to get extra horny and have a long night's romp.

Addressing Darrell's reluctance, she suggested that they go try out Ryan's and Meredith's workout room, and because Meredith was out, they could get good and sweaty and have some hot sex down there. It would offer some interesting opportunities and possibilities for some new fun positions. Darrell agreed and was a little hopeful that Meredith would catch them in the act. Despite her threats to call on him to service her, nothing had happened between them since the night of the swap. He was both disappointed and relieved by that. It could have caused some awkward moments with Crystal.

At seven o'clock, Darrell and Crystal walked over to the Anderson's house and headed down to the basement. There was an impressive collection of equipment. There were free weights, including a bench press bench and squat rack, some dip bars, a universal weight machine, a treadmill, a stationary bike, miscellaneous yoga pads, and other equipment.

"Wow. Quite the gym, who would have guessed," said Crystal.

"Meredith must use it. She's pretty fit. Ryan, I'm not so sure about, but some of this gear is mostly used by serious weightlifters."

"Those free weights look dusty," Crystal observed.

"What do you think?" Darrell asked.

"Let's not kill ourselves. We should work out enough to buff up and get a sweat going, but then I want to fool around. Some of these benches have great potential. Forty-minute workout? Oh, and we ditch the workout clothes. I don't know what we were thinking." In about fifty minutes, Meredith was due, and she needed to get things rolling by then, but only just.

"Maybe. It might not last that long. Seeing you all sweating and naked is going to get me extra horny," he said.

"Try to hold out, okay."

"What if I can't?"

"We can call it off then and try another night."

"You serious?"

"Yeah. This is about self-control. I want to see if we can do it. The sex will be more passionate--don't you think?"

"Oh, I think I'll already be plenty passionate. I don't want to, but I'll give it a go. Anyway, I certainly can hold out forty minutes. I don't think you can."

Darrell turned his back and stomped off toward a rack of free weights. She was grateful that he didn't call her bluff about canceling the evening off. He might have been right; it was going to be tough for her, but he didn't have to be so snotty about it. It didn't matter; he was stumbling into their trap.

Crystal, who had rarely ever used weights, felt her muscles getting weaker and knew she would be sore as could be tomorrow or the next day. She moved to the treadmill and watched Darrell as he worked with some of the free weights and on the weight machine. His muscles were tight, defining his naked, glistening body, and she was getting aroused. Was 40 minutes up yet, fuck? Time was moving too slowly for her. The abstinence, combined with the beauty and sexiness of his body, was making her question the next steps. If it were not for Meredith's pending appearance, she would discard the plan and take him right then. At least she would try to move things forward. Darrell had not used the bench press, and she saw an opportunity. The bench was set in the inclined position, which was perfect.

"Hey Darrell, can you show me how to use the bench press? I'm curious about it in the inclined position. I'll spot you."

Ending his silence, he said, "Alright." He loaded up the bar with what Crystal thought was an impossible weight, but he did eight reps without much effort. He had said that he used to lift weights, but she had not realized how strong he was.

"Damn, I'm impressed. Man, you are sexy, all pumped up and sweaty." She sat on the bench facing him and bent forward, and they kissed, long and deep.

When she broke apart from him, she said, "You know what this equipment makes me think of?"

"Not sure, but it has potential."

"Remember what we did the first time we were together?"

"Yeah, you tied me up and tortured me."

"Would you let me do that again? Just a little. This time you can eat me or fuck me in the end, maybe even tie me up some. There is no way tonight I would be able to resist you having your way with me," she said slyly with a sexy pout. "I know what Meredith did was similar, and you enjoyed that. We should give it a go. Let me try."

"I just can't do that. I want you too bad right now. I've even forgotten about what you said to me earlier."

"What did I say?" she asked.

"You said that you would call it off if I didn't do as you said. I didn't like the threat."

"Hmm. You are still here. Is it because you are really horny?" She reached between his legs and grabbed his cock, gently pulling on it.

"Oh shit. Yeah," he said.

"I'm just not that horny." She said in what was a huge lie. "I think the workout took it out of me. It would help if I could tie you up a little."

After what Meredith had done to him, why not? He didn't think Crystal could conjure up anything like that. He still didn't like being dominated, but it was Crystal whom he trusted. "How can I resist," he said, "especially if it gets you horny."

"You can't. That's the whole idea. Can you remove the weights? Let's use this bench to start."

While he was disassembling the weights, she was collecting a couple of jump ropes, making a scene, inspecting them, and coiling them up. When he was done and had sat down again, she kissed him and then told him to lay back on the inclined bench. With the jump ropes, she tied each wrist to one of the supports. Her watch was the only thing she was wearing, having already kicked off her shoes. It was 7:41, perfect; she had a few minutes. Now she got rid of the watch. She slowly walked over to where her shoes sat and placed the watch in one of them. She returned with the same slow pace as he watched.

"What do you think? Do you like what you see? I think that exercising with you has paid off."

"As I said, you were a 10; now you are a 10+ and sexy as hell."

"Thank you, but you are exaggerating."

"It's the way I see it; your body is so sexy."

"So, you want it?"

"Oh, fuck yeah."

"I want you to show me how much you want it tonight. I promise I'll return the favor. Will you do that?"

"Of course I will."

"Good."

She sat down close in front of him and placed her legs over the top of his. With some passion, she started to kiss his neck and stick her tongue in his ear. Abruptly, she grabbed his cock and balls with her right hand and said, "We are going to have some fun with this." There was a noise outside the door that got Darrell's attention, and she felt his response to her pause, but she continued. When the door opened, she pulled on his cock a little harder, and Meredith stepped through the door in a long bathrobe.

"And what is going on here?"

"Just having a little fun," Crystal said.

Darrell was confused and aroused at being caught by Meredith. But then things got even more curious.

"Crystal, thanks for inviting me," said Meredith casually. "You see, Darrell, I don't like how you have been treating Crystal here. It's not as we talked about, and I warned you about backsliding. We're going to see if we can correct your attitude."

"How has he been this evening, Crystal?"

"Oh, he got real pissy when I told him he had to wait to fuck me."

"Well, we'll make him pay for that."

At this point, Darrell, a little panic showing on his face, tried his bonds.

"That won't work. That was Crystal's first lesson. We didn't want you getting free right at the start," said Meredith a little coolly. She pulled a duffel bag in from the hallway. She unzipped it and pulled out two lengths of rope, which she tossed to Crystal and said, "Use one to tie his ankles to the bench legs and one around his waist to hold him down. Do a good job."

When she was done with the new bindings, Meredith checked them all and said, "Adequate. You ready for step two?"

She thought that the inspection of her work was a little harsh but said, "I'm ready."

Meredith reached into her bag and pulled out a baggy with several pills and a water bottle.

"Darrell, you know what this is."

"Yes."

"Crystal. Stick this between his lips and make him swallow it."

"What is it?" Crystal asked.

"You'll see. Now feed it to him."

She fed it to him, and he swallowed it without a fuss.

"Tell you what, Crystal, why don't you take one too. It is safe, and you may not even feel any effect." Next, Meredith pulled out a pair of soft leather handcuffs attached to a long chain and walked up to her.

"Crystal, for this to work, I need to bind you. Just for a little bit to get things rolling. Only these handcuffs." And without waiting for her approval, Meredith was closing the cuffs around her wrists. She did it quickly, and Crystal, being stunned enough by the unexpected turn, didn't object until it was too late.

"What's this for?" asked Crystal, a little unnerved.

"I just need you to be a bystander for a bit." She was pulled over to the weight machine, five feet away, and the fine chain was looped over the frame and fastened. Her arms were pulled up over her head with the chain fastenings out of her reach. She was surprised by this turn of events; she was as bound as Darrell now. But her alarm was subsiding, and she was becoming very aroused. The wetness on the inside of her legs was increasing. Next, she went to Darrell, pulled another leather contraption from the bag, walked around him, and forced a gag into his mouth, fastening behind his head.

"Well, that should hold you guys for a few minutes. I need to be in the proper attire," announced Meredith, who disappeared out of the room.

"Darrell. Is this what she did to you last time," asked Crystal. She saw Darrell nod a yes and then shake his head no. She took this as something similar but different. She tested her chain and was quite sure she was not getting loose. This oddly aroused her, with her juices surely starting to leak down her leg. Darrell, tied to the bench, aroused her. Despite being outraged by Meredith changing the game on her, she was looking forward to what was to come.

It must have been ten or fifteen minutes before Meredith returned. Crystal watched Darrell's eyes focus unblinkingly. If he hadn't been gagged, she was sure his mouth would dropped wide open. She had to admire Meredith in black leather, the pushup bra that displayed her naked breast, G-string, and garter belt attached to her black stockings. The costume was completed by high heels.

"The heels are a necessary touch." She ignored Crystal and said, "What do you think, Darrell? Remember your manners."

He nodded his head with meaning.

"Oh, let me remove the gag so you can pay tribute to me correctly."

Crystal was impressed by how Meredith made taking the gag off such a sexy operation. Running her fingers with delicate touch up his body to the back of his head, removing the gag, and lightly kissing him on the lips.

"You are gorgeous, Mistress, a goddess," he said.

She reached into the bag and pulled out a flogger. At least, that is what Crystal thought they were called. It was about 18 inches long in total with a six-inch-long handle and maybe 30 quarter-inch wide strips of leather. Crystal thought, what else is she going to pull out?

Meredith looked at Darrell and said, "Hmm," and reached in and pulled out a small bag. She sat this on the floor next to Darrell and then walked over to Crystal.

"Any questions, my dear?"

"Several. What was the pill to start with?"

Meredith slapped her across the thigh with the flogger, and she said, "I don't like that tone. I said I would teach you, but I didn't say how. If you behave, we might do some hands-on lessons, but for now, you're standing here, bound like a side of meat. In addition, did you hear what Darrell called me?"

"Mistress?"

"Yep. What do you think you are going to call me?"

"Mistress."

"Good girl, you catch on quickly. Let me hear you say you understand."

"Yes, Mistress, I understand."

She turned and walked back to Darrell. Crystal appreciated the sexiness of her outfit and had a new appreciation for her body. She was not alarmed by this turn of events; she just really turned on.