Cross Contamination Pt 13

Cross Contamination Part 13: So Close, Yet So Far

"You've got this, Kissy," said Peter warmly, patting her on the shoulder. "Kelsey and I have your back. Next time we see you, you'll be a winner. Everyone in the school will know it. Renee Cross is going down!"

Cassie smiled back at him, feeling fortified by his confidence and enthusiasm.

But she was still a little nervous. She had talked a big game about defeating the cheerleader initiation and showing Renee that she wasn't afraid, but now that the day of the initiation had arrived, she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

Cassie knew better than most how ingeniously creative and twisted her former friend could be. Submitting herself to whatever demeaning humiliation Renee could come up with was like putting her head in a lion's mouth. But that wasn't Cassie's chief concern. After all, the entire point of going through with the initiation was to show she could handle whatever the cruel queen of the high school could throw at her.

The bigger concern by far was the sexual fascination with Renee that Cassie had never managed to kick. Something about the sexy, mocha-skinned temptress turned Cassie on like a switch. That was what made her nervous. Renee knew how horny she could make Cassie, and she was smart and ruthless enough to take advantage of that fully in their little contest of wills today.

Cassie looked over Peter's shoulder to Kelsey, her once-lost, but now-reinstated best friend. Kelsy looked as cute as ever, with her slim, graceful body leaned back against her locker. But right now her big green eyes were stormy and her brows were slightly crinkled, the way they got when she was holding something back. Kelsey clearly shared some of the same worries Cassie had. Cassie felt a warm wave of affection for her oldest friend. Cassie blushed and shook her head, trying to fight down the sudden hot, sticky memory of kneeling between Kelsey's slender legs, slurping at her tight, juicy pussy. That had been a mistake, caused by Renee's perverse influence. They had both forgotten about it. She and Kelsey were normal friends now.

"It's going to be fine," said Cassie firmly over Peter's shoulder. Kelsey looked up into her eyes, startled. "I'm going to take everything Renee throws at me, and then we won't have to worry about her anymore. Everyone's finally going to realize she can be beaten."

Kelsey flashed her a weak smile. "Yeah. I know Kissy," she said with a good approximation of confidence. "Knock 'em dead." It was obvious that Kelsey was still a little worried, but reassuring her helped Cassie feel more confident.

Cassie straightened her shoulders, gripped her gym bag, and put on a determined smile. "Ok, guys," she said, nodding to her two best friends. "Thanks for all your help. Time to do this. I'll text you afterward to tell you how I kicked the wicked witch's ass."

She left her friends behind, turned on her heel, and headed for the gym, ready for the worst Renee could throw at her.

...

Kelsey watched Kissy stride confidently toward her doom, the smile sliding off her face as Kissy pushed open the door to the gym and passed out of sight.

Fuck. She knew she didn't have any choice, but that still didn't make it betraying her best friend any easier.

'Welp!" said Peter eagerly, rubbing his hands together with an eager smile. "So much for the easy part! Let's head to the boy's locker room."

"I know," snapped Kelsey irritably, sweeping past him down the hall. "You don't have to remind me. And you also don't have to be so fucking chipper about it. We're stabbing our friend in the back today, remember?"

Peter scoffed and hustled to catch up. "Well YOU don't have to be a bitch," he said sulkily. "Maybe I should tell Mistress Renee that your heart isn't in this..."

"Like she would give a fuck," said Kelsey wearily, pushing open the door to the boys' locker room and gesturing Peter inside. "She only cares if we do as we're told."

...

When Cassie entered the gym, the entire cheer squad was waiting for her.

They were all dressed in their game uniforms, hair perfect, makeup immaculate. The very image of flawless, dominant, popular femininity. In the center of the group stood Renee. Confident, sexy, and poised, with a faint look of amusement on her perfect face. Melissa stood at her side, an arrogant sneer on her lips.

If Renee was trying to make Cassie feel awkward and inferior with this little show of force, it worked. The entire squad watched her silently as she made her way across the gym floor, her shoes squeaking loudly in the silence.

Finally, she stood in front of Renee, nervous but defiant, feeling the eyes of the entire gorgeous cheerleading squad falling on her like a heavy weight.

"So you decided to come, Kissy," said Renee, her lips curving up into a mysterious smile. Cassie felt like she could fall into the wicked cheer captain's warm brown eyes. "I wasn't sure that you had the guts... but I'm glad you did." Cassie frowned. Daring to show up to her initiation was supposed to be a blow against Renee, but her gorgeous enemy was giving the strong impression that she was pleased to see Cassie.

Whatever. It was a bluff. Cassie pushed aside her moment of doubt and squared her shoulders. Renee might feel confident now, but that was only because she was underestimating Cassie's resolve. Renee would change her tune soon enough... once Cassie defeated the worst trials she could come up with.

"That's right," said Cassie, loud and clear, fixing Renee with a piercing gaze. "I'm ready to become a full cheerleader, as promised. Can we get started? I want to deal with whatever lame challenge you have planned as quickly as possible."

Renee's expression of smug delight didn't shift. The gorgeous, evil brat clearly didn't believe Cassie's bravado. Being this close to Renee again and holding her full attention was intoxicating. Cassie tried as hard as she could to not run her eyes down Renee's wickedly curvy body, drinking in her chest and hips, temptingly displayed by her cheerleader uniform. It was easy to hate Renee in the abstract. Sitting and thinking about what Renee had done to her, Cassie understood how Renee had pushed her further and further down paths that she didn't want to go. But it was a lot harder to remember that standing here, staring into Renee's captivating eyes, tracing the curves of her plump, pillowy, smirking lips...

Renee raised one perfect hand and snapped her fingers. "You heard the woman!" she said with a twist of amusement in her voice. "She wants to face the initiation head-on. Let's give her what she wants. Mel, show our potential member to the locker room. I'll be right behind you."

With a predatory grin, the tall, shapely blonde moved forward from Renee's side, gesturing Cassie forward toward the women's changing room. The rest of the team trailed after them, oddly quiet, but with expressions of giddy anticipation that tied Cassie's stomach in knots.

Cassie looked over her shoulder as they crossed the gym to see Renee standing with her phone in hand, apparently texting someone with a smile on her face.

...

Peter looked down at his phone and excitedly said. "They're just getting started now. So we've got maybe thirty minutes tops. Time for final checks."

Kelsey sighed and turned toward the room filled with a dozen or so senior boys. They were most of the varsity squad of the football team, and they had the swaggering, muscle-headed attitudes to prove it. Their charm wasn't improved by the fact that they were currently all horny as fuck.

Kelsey couldn't believe that Renee had made this her job.

"Ok, so," she said wearily, "One more time. Rules. Go."

"No talking, or laughing, or noises of any kind," said one boy in a sing-song voice.

"Uh-huh," said Kelsey. "And?"

'No video," added another teenage Neanderthal grudgingly.

"Yep, you'll have to buy the official edited version with blurred faces just like everyone else," piped up Peter. Kesley gave him a withering glare. Thanks for your input, little guy.

"And most importantly...?" prompted Kelsey, pointing around the room with a fierce glare.

"No sex," grumbled the assembled meat-heads.

Kelsey could tell by the sullen glares that some of the boys might try to challenge that particular rule. Especially Bass Rivera. The huge offensive lineman had a nasty look in his eyes and a twist to his lip that made Kelsey think that he planned to have his cock deep inside Cassie by the end of the night no matter what anyone said. The huge mountain of a man was like a living collection of everything that was wrong with masculinity. Aggressive, crude, and unapologetically horny. Kelsey knew that, somehow, Bass had dated some of the hottest girls in school, and was never without some cute thing on his arm. She didn't understand it, personally. Sure, Bass had muscles to spare, and his face was decent-looking. But Jesus, ladies, have some standards!

He intimidated Kelsey a little, but if he misbehaved after the initiation started, that was Renee's problem to deal with. And Kelsey had no doubt that Renee could handle even Bass with no issues.

"That's right," said Kelsey, tearing her eyes away from Bass and addressing the group, "and remember: it's not me setting these rules, it's Renee fucking Cross. So if you want her to be upset with you, be my fucking guest." That shut the grumbling up. These boys were idiots, but not messing with Renee was the very first lesson that anyone attending Riverside High learned.

It was a shame that her best friend, the smartest girl in school, had never bothered to learn it.

...

Daren looked at himself carefully in the mirror, turning from side to side.

He wasn't normally this obsessed with looking good, but tonight, every detail was important. Tonight, Daren was taking Gina out for a date. And then, afterward, for the first time in what felt like forever, they would have sex.

The very fact that Daren was so excited to take his wife out for dinner and have sex with her was a little pathetic in and of itself. Both of those things were frequent occurrences for any average man and wife. But Gina and Daren's relationship had ceased to be average a while ago, and even something as simple as taking his wife to a restaurant and having sex with her could be crucial for them as a couple.

Daren adjusted his painfully stiff erection for what felt like the dozenth time, making sure to avoid the sensitive head. He was on a special release from chastity for tonight only. Daren had been successful so far in not thinking too hard about how he had earned his release... It was freeing and exhilarating, but Daren wasn't quite prepared for how sensitive his long stint in captivity had made his penis. Even brushing up against his underwear seemed to set him off.

He had been debating whether it would be a good idea to masturbate... just to take the edge off a little, but he was worried that once he got started, it would be difficult to stop. And the last thing he wanted was to be spent and limp when it came time to make love to Gina...

Daren picked up the gift bag on the counter and took out the new bottle of cologne. It wasn't the same brand that Victor used; that had been far too expensive. But the sales clerk had assured him it was a VERY good knockoff. Daren tried to fight down his anxiety as he dabbed the new cologne onto his neck. He was well aware that Victor was poisoning Gina's mind against him. He trusted Gina. She was a strong and intelligent woman who was more than capable of resisting such manipulation.

But that didn't mean that she couldn't use a little help.

Tonight was Daren's chance to present his counter-argument. To show Gina why he was the one she had chosen. To leave her with fresh, positive memories that would push back on Victor's dismissive insults.

Victor had already manipulated his wife into some sort of twisted sex contract. The battle for Gina's body had concluded in a humiliating loss for both Daren and his wife. But Daren could feel in his bones that Victor wanted Gina's heart and mind as well. And that battle was one he couldn't afford to lose.

Daren tried to look brave and confident in the mirror. He nearly pulled it off... he thought. He tried to adjust the boner tenting his pants one last time to make it less noticeable, and turned to leave the bathroom.

...

"Oooh, there's my handsome man!" said Gina enthusiastically, smiling warmly at Daren over her shoulder in the mirror as she put on her earrings. Daren smiled back, his chest puffing out subtly as he absorbed the compliment.

Well good, he ought to appreciate it. Gina was only going along with this evening for his benefit.

Well, that was sort of a harsh way to put it. Obviously Gina would be happy to have a romantic night out with her husband in normal circumstances. It was just that right now was maybe the worst time imaginable.

Gina had decided to keep the fact that she had just been fired from Daren for the time being. It wasn't an easy decision: after all, supposedly they had just confessed all of their darkest secrets to each other and started a clean slate. But even though Gina knew that telling Daren was the right thing to do, she just couldn't bring herself to do it. Daren would no doubt panic and get stressed, which would only add to the difficulty of the situation. He wasn't exactly the most reliable in a crisis. She would tell him after she had found a new job and the issue was dealt with. Hopefully, Victor would find her something soon...

That was another reason it was difficult to come clean with Daren about her temporary unemployment. For the past three days, Gina had been kissing Daren goodbye and heading straight to Victor's house rather than work. Victor claimed that he would be able to use his connections to secure Gina a job that perfectly matched her skillset. More importantly, he insisted that he would be able to get her hired without her new employer asking too many questions about how she left her last job. That was really the key; otherwise Gina would be happy to go job hunting without assistance.

The daily meetings were supposed to be strategy sessions and updates on Victor's efforts to find her a job. But instead, each meeting had devolved into sweaty, passionate sex. It was humiliating; Gina found it impossible to control herself. It would be one thing if Victor commanded her to give him sexual favors: she was still under the blackmail-enforced contract after all. But frustratingly, he didn't even need to. All it took was a little light flirtation from him in his deep, powerful voice, and Gina began blushing, growing hot and wet between her thighs.

So now Gina was keeping two dirty secrets from her poor husband. Not only was she not going to work, she was having illicit trysts with his boss on a daily basis. Right after finally coming clean about her coerced sexual relationship with Victor, she was straight back to keeping it a secret. For now at least.

All of this combined to make her on edge, stressed, and guilty. Not exactly a perfect mood for a romantic evening. But she understood that Daren needed this. He had been emasculated viciously over and over in the past few months. He needed the opportunity to show that he was her man. Particularly in bed. Gina was still a little appalled that her husband had let a girl his daughter's age trap him in chastity. But that was why this couldn't be put off any longer. Frustratingly, Daren hadn't been able to negotiate a full release, just a temporary one. So if they didn't fuck tonight, Daren would be out of luck. Daren really needed to step up and handle Victor's bratty daughter. Maybe Gina should have a word with her...

But regardless, Gina also wanted the opportunity to feel closer to Daren. Sexually speaking, she had practically been eating, drinking, and breathing pure Victor for over a month. She badly needed to reacquaint herself with her husband's tender, respectful lovemaking. In just a few weeks, her contract with Victor would be over, and she could finally pick up the pieces of their shattered relationship. Tonight would be a big first step toward that.

Even if she was in a rotten mood for it.

"You still haven't told me where we're going," said Gina warmly, moving up behind her husband and wrapping her arms around him. "Is it a surprise?"

Daren laughed and turned to kiss her as he put on his tie. "Not anymore! We're going to Cassa Rossa, I know Italian is your favorite."

Gina raised her eyebrows. He was right, it was her favorite. But Cassa Rossa was the same place Victor had taken her for their first date, the one he had won from her in a game of truth or dare. The choice was unexpectedly bold. Daren might be biting off a little more than he could chew by inviting a direct comparison with Gina's dominant affair partner.

But maybe boldness was called for here. Daren was desperate for her to see him as a man. He wanted his wife to place him in the same class as Victor. Gina wanted that for him as well. She would do everything she could to see him in that light.

"I'm impressed!" she said, squeezing her husband tight with a crooked smile. "Thanks for this, Daren. I'm looking forward to being... taken care of my man tonight." her hand slipped down to Daren's crotch to give it a quick, teasing rub. She was surprised to find her husband already fully erect. Wow! He was really excited for this.

"I love you, Gina," said Daren in an intense voice, a faint blush staining his cheeks as he subtly pushed his hips forward into her hand.

"I love you too, honey," she murmured, dropping her hand from her husband's stiffy awkwardly and turning away to fetch her heels from the closet. Daren let out a small sound of disappointment as she abruptly pulled away, but left things at that.

They had to leave in just a minute or two to make their reservation time, that was why she didn't want to go any further with Daren sexually right now. It had nothing to do with the way his erect cock felt strangely small in her hand.

...

Renee was feeling on top of the world.

Silly little Kissy had caused her stress for a few days with her foolish rebellion, but today it would end with the chesty slut's humiliating public defeat. And poor Kissy didn't even realize how public it would end up being...

Renee entered the girl's locker room to see Kissy standing stiff and nervous in the center of a circle of cheerleaders with an unconvincing expression of determination painted on her face. Renee stalked forward, taking her place at the front of the crowd and smirking as Kissy's wide blue eyes flickered down to her sweet body once again. The horny little slut couldn't help herself. How exactly did she expect to win if she couldn't keep her libido on a tight leash? The Harlowe family's talent for self-delusion never ceased to amaze Renee.

"Enough intimidation tactics Renee," said Kissy firmly, her eyes shining with the arousal and fear she thought she was concealing, "Are you going to start whatever fucking game you have planned, or are you going to spend more time trying to scare me?"

Renee grinned widely. Now that Kissy had played right into her hands, Renee didn't mind a little bravado from her victim. It would just make it that much sweeter when she groveled later. "We can start any time you want, Kissy," she said nonchalantly, "but you'll have to get naked before your initiation can begin."

Renee watched carefully as Kissy absorbed her opening move. The cute, dark-haired beauty's eyes widened for a moment, then a faint blush stained her cheeks. This was where a smart girl would refuse, possibly ditch the entire initiation entirely. Kissy ought to know by this point how mentally weak she was when she got horny. In fact, a truly smart girl would have realized ahead of time that this initiation would be erotic torture, and wouldn't have sprung the trap in the first place.