Ezmerelda and Dan were in the same college, were in the same advanced chemistry class, and were even in the same study group of ten students preparing for the midterm final. But they had never actually spoken or interacted with each other, up until the incident at that study group review session, the incident which later became known as the C30H54N2Cl stable compound debate.
I'll spare you the boring chemical details, but the bottom line was that Ezmerelda took a firm position that the molecular formula could never be stable, while Dan took on a similarly firm position that she was completely wrong. As it turns out, their first interaction mostly involved them yelling at each other in front of the study group.
Ezmerelda was a fiery, hot-blooded latina beauty with long, curly, black hair, an olive complexion, and a body that was guaranteed to turn heads. Dan was more the quiet, reserved type, with short cropped hair, horn rimmed glasses and very likely to go unnoticed in a crowd. He was, however, a bit stubborn, and he refused to back down.
Which led to an uncomfortable moment in front of the group of ten which was only ended when the group decided to call it a night. It didn't end for them though, as Ezmerelda ran into Dan outside and couldn't help but challenge him again.
"I'd be willing to bet you're wrong about that stable compound," she said sharply.
"Well then, you'd lose that bet," mumbled Dan, almost to himself.
"I can promise you this, I'll do better on the test than you," she said. "I'd be willing to bet on that."
Dan peered at her through his glasses. She looked serious. "Okay, I'll take that bet," he said. "But I don't have any money."
Ezmerelda contemplated the stakes. "Loser has to be slave for a day to the winner," she said.
Dan had never had a slave for a day. He was pretty confident he would win, he was near the top of the class. They shook hands in agreement and hurried home for a few more hours of study.
Two days after the midterm, Dan walked up to the professor's door to see the posted grades, and who should he run into but a beaming Ezmerelda.
"This is the address to my apartment," she grinned, handing him a card. "I'll see you there at 8 am Saturday. I have a long list of things for my slave to do."
Dan looked at the posted grades in disbelief, and sure enough, Ezmerelda had won the bet. By two points. She looked mighty pleased walking away. Like she had a long list of onerous duties ahead for her slave.
Dan was a man of his word though, so he showed up at 8 am at her apartment, ready for his indentured service. Ezmerelda met him at the door.
"Welcome, my slave," she smiled. "First off, I need you to respond the same way each time I ask you to do something. First, bow your head, then sayβas you wish, Queen Ezmerelda."
Wow, this was going to be a long day, thought Dan. "Okay, whatever," he said.
"I'm sorry, what?" she asked.
Dan grimaced. "I mean, as you wish, Queen Ezmerelda."
"Excellent, slave," she said. "You can start by washing my car."
Dan groaned, gave another lackluster "as you wish, Queen Ezmerelda," and got to work.
And work he did. After washing the car, he cleaned the grill, fixed her bike, and then she put him to work on household chores. The highlight of the morning was when he did a load of laundry and got to see some of Ezmerelda's frilly underwear. The only other upside was getting to work in the apartment with Ezmerelda walking around in a short black skirt and a tank top. He tried not to stare but she was stunningly hot, even when she was treating him like her bitch.
He was on his hands and knees dusting the baseboards and trying not to stare at Ezmerelda when the doorbell rang. It was her friend Gia, who came in, sat down and started to talk before she even saw Dan on the floor on the other side of the room. Gia was a brown haired beauty with equally beautiful legs and a killer body, dressed casually in a pair of cutoff jeans and a sweatshirt.
She whispered at Ezmerelda, loud enough for Dan to hear. "Did you know there was a guy on your floor?" she asked.
"Yes, this is my man-servant for a day, Dan, he lost a bet on a test and has to be my slave for the day," she said.
Gia looked over at Dan who waved subserviently. "So let me get this straight," she said. "You have a man-slave for a day, a man-slave who is, by the way, not too bad to look at, and all you have him doing is cleaning your floors?"
Ezmerelda caught the allusion and almost blushed. She hadn't thought of Dan being particularly attractive before, but he did look pretty good in shorts and a t-shirt. Of course that may just have been because all men look good cleaning your house.
"What would you have him do?" Ezmerelda asked, and almost immediately regretted the question.
Gia rolled her eyes at her. "At the very least, I'd make him do the cleaning without a shirt on," she giggled.