(c) 2011 by Cactus Juggler
I lay there on the floor next to Giselle, my pretty, slender, blond friend. We were both undergraduate art students at the university, and at the moment we were also both tied up with lengths of clothesline. The carpet in Reyna's apartment felt rough on my cheek as I lay there glaring at Giselle.
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It had all start three weeks before, though I guess it goes farther back than that. Giselle, Reyna and I were all close friends. Reyna is older than we are, she's in her first year of the university's law school. At times, the age difference really shows, too. Our Hispanic friend sometimes has to play the moderator between us.
Giselle and I have a tendency to get into heated arguments, sometimes to the point that we stop talking to each other for a while. Most of our problems come from our constant competition. We're both painters, and we always have some classes together. The nature of art school is pretty competitive, and it spills over into our personal relationships.
We'd all been out drinking together when I'd made fun of Giselle's last painting for a class we had together. The teacher had been harsh on her, and I couldn't help gloating about my own superior performance. Fueled by alcohol, the argument snowballed pretty fast.
Giselle got so mad that she said she would bet anything that a room full of people would pick her work over mine. She said that that's what we should do, both paint something and then get a group of people to pick one or the other. She claimed that it would be a better test than having one snobby art teacher make the call. Then she told me that if we could do that she'd eat my pussy if she lost, but that she wouldn't. That the public would pick her, and then I'd have to eat her pussy to pay off the bet.
I couldn't believe how crazy she was getting. She'd always talking about trying sex with a woman, so it was no surprise that she would fantasize about putting a ribbon on showing me up in that way. I was sure my work was better, though. Even though I'd never had sex with a woman either, I found myself more than a little turned on by the idea of her having to go down on me after I proved I was better. It was all just silly ranting though, because there was no way either of us would pay up even if we did make the bet.
"That's stupid--you'd never go through with it after you lost," I told her.
That's when Reyna stepped in. She'd silently been watching us with an amused look up until then.
"I know how you could do it, so the loser would have no choice but to pay up," she said.
We both looked at her.
"I'll pick a subject to paint. And a date to have it done by, say the first of the month. On that day, you bring your paintings over to my apartment and I'll tie both of you up. I'll look at your pictures and judge them, and then I'll just untie the winner and leave you two alone. Fair enough?"
She smiled at us, and then I was surprised to hear Giselle agree. It was crazy, but it also sort of made sense. Reyna was the only common friend of ours that didn't know anything, or care for that matter, about art. With Giselle already having jumped into the deal, I couldn't back down.
That's how we ended up tied up on Reyna's floor next to each other three weeks later.
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Reyna was standing over by her kitchen table, where she'd put both of our wrapped up pictures. I heard paper tearing as she opened them up, and then there was a long pause.
"Wow, these are both really good." She looked down at both of us. I smiled hopefully at her, but from the impassive look on her face I knew I couldn't sway her.
I looked over at Giselle, and she looked daggers back at me. Reyna looked at the paintings again and then turned back to us. "I can't decide, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to declare a draw."
A draw? Giselle and I looked back to each other, and I could tell she was just as unhappy with Reyna's decision as I was. We wanted to settle this, for once and for all. Then Reyna began to get undressed.
"Reyna! What are you doing?" Giselle asked.
"At the casino, when there's a push, the house collects all bets, right?" Now Giselle and I were looking up at her stripping and back to each other in disbelief. Reyna held her panties as if she was going to drop them onto the pile of clothing at her feet, but then changed her mind.
"So, who wants to pay up first?" Still holding her underwear in her hand, she put her other hand behind her back and looked down at me. "One, or two?"