"Master Ray. Goddess." She greeted them, unsure what to say or if she should speak at all.
They laughed together for a quick second before Ray said:
"Well done, Jamie! You look the part!"
"Fucking 'eh she does!" Shannon chimed in, "A slave girl outfit for a future slave? You can only fucking hope so, but that won't hurt your chances."
Jamie smiled widely and beamed inside as Shannon repeated her thoughts from a moment ago.
"Now, where is my dinner?" Ray said.
"It's done Master. I wasn't sure how to serve it, my thought was to put it on the table and let you help yourselves, but I didn't want to imply you should eat at the table."
Ray looked at Shannon and they laughed again, Ray then said.
"Put it all on the table, then you can serve us directly."
"Yes Master." Jamie said as she moved over the food.
She served Ray first, spooning a moderate portion of pasta in pesto alfredo sauce and slices of pan-fried chicken. She then added some seasoned green beans and a slice of garlic bruschetta bread and put a house salad next to his plate and placed Italian, Ranch, and French dressing between them. She then poured him a tall glass of sweet tea she brewed while the chicken was cooking. She repeated with Shannon. She hovered her head over the plate, smelled it deeply, and said:
"What the fuck is this?"
Again, the F word had no animosity in it, just a reminder of the way she talked. Jamie gave her details of what was in every dish just in case either was allergic to anything. She silently scolded herself for not asking about food allergies.
They began to eat and started to ignore her, so she backed up a bit and stood close, but not too close, as they ate and small talked.
"Jamie." Ray said.
"Yes Master?" she said in a tone that implied a question.
"More pasta and bread." he said flatly.
She obeyed, then backed away again.
They continued to eat and talk about their days and patients Ray had seen that day. Shannon offered her two cents on a married pair in couple's therapy under Ray, Jamie began to get the impression these two had been in therapy with Ray for a while.
"Dessert?" Ray said.
"I hope you like it. I know it's not typical with a meal like this, but I made chocolate chip cookies and bought ice cream. Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite."
"Fucking ice cream, I can't. I think I've eaten too God damn much already. One cookie." Shannon commanded.
Jamie brought her the tray and she selected a cookie, Ray took two. She backed away when the conversation went back to Ray's therapy sessions. Without saying anything to her, they got up to leave and walked back the way they entered from. Jamie wasn't sure what to do when Shannon cheerfully said:
"Well, fucking come on. You can clean this shit up later."
Jamie began to walk over when Ray said:
"Wait, don't move."
She stopped after only taking one step. He walked over, stood directly in front of her, looked up at her towering form, held out his hand, and said:
"Your chain."
She was confused at first. 'My chain?' she thought. He looked at her boobs, then down to her toes, and back up at her when she realized she was wearing this silly chain to this silly hard plastic collar. She grabbed it, brought up the end, and placed it in his hand.
"Here Master...." She stuttered. "Sorry Master." she offered sheepishly for not realizing early what He wanted.
It was 7:18.
He turned and walked away without words, Shannon let out a laugh and said "Well played baby!", and he pulled her chain and brought her along. She immediately felt hot between her legs. Despite this, her mind protested:
'What the fuck Jamie, you collared and leashed yourself and gave it to him? All he has done is beat the shit out of you, twice, and now you're his puppy?!' Anxiety welled up inside as she walked to keep pace with her Master and avoid further pulls on her collar. 'I'm collared for him? By my own choice? I paid 70 bucks to be his pet on a leash?! His bitch to call to heel?!'
Nerves followed the anxiety, panic followed nerves as she walked through a hallway she wasn't sure she had ever seen before. They ended in the large room with a massive curved screen TV surrounded by a huge U shape of sectional couches, recliners, chairs, and end table. It looked like the room by the wrestling ring/workout room, but it was distinctly different. There was a fridge, bar, six barstools, sink, and the biggest blender Jamie had ever seen in a "mini" kitchen in the back of the room, a kitchen table, and an open door to a bathroom.
The panic subsided when Shannon and Ray both sat on a sectional couch and Ray reclined and put his bare feet up while Shannon sat Indian style on a middle cushion and said:
"I should have gotten another glass of tea." And looked right into her eyes. The look commanded obedience.
"Let me, Goddess. Master would you like tea?" she said through nerves and panic, unsure what was about to happen.
"Sure, light ice." He replied as he dropped her chain and she left for the tea. This helped the panic, having a task to focus on, but her inner thoughts continued:
'Now I'm getting them tea? She didn't even ask! I just did it! What is wrong with me?'
She got the tea, light ice for both as she assumed the mini kitchen would have ice, and she returned.