To some I would suspect our romance is not exciting. We are both fifty. I am a married teacher, the lighter red of the two of us, with long red hair, a muscular frame saved from manishness by rather opulent curves that leave me working out constantly to keep fit from drifting to fat. My Lady is of an age and height with gentle curves belonging on a Greek statue, but a B cup to my G, in every way the Lady to my peasant farm girl.
My Lady and I had been shopping. As we wandered through the store she was babbling happily, and I was floating along, pushing the cart and springing to grab whatever she decided we required. I was drinking in her cheerful burbling like the finest champagne and growing somewhat giddy with it. She has been trying to teach me to keep some sort of decorum in public. I am told that since Victoria is no longer on the throne, that curtseying when accepting instructions in the grocery store is considered improper. I am working on not embarrassing her in public.
"Honestly pet, there is a time and a place for such displays. If you act that way in public every time, what will people think." My Lady offered conversationally, watching the clerk's face as I hastened to bag and order things in the cart, so that you would not have to lift anything heavier than your card to pay
Seeing me blush and smile, and realizing with a sigh this was not going to discourage me, she turned it into a command I could recognize, and order I could obey.
"Brat!" My Lady chided, swatting my bottom, my yoga pants concealing very little as my muscular ass stretched them to a thinness little different from body paint.
"Yes My Lady!" I offered cheerfully, smiling at her unrepentantly, seeking the clerk's eyes widen and her begin to blush as well, realizing our relationship.
Raising my chin to meet hers, My Lady smiled but offered in her firm voice.
"Now pet, such displays are a treat. When I choose to take ownership of you before the whole world, it is a treat. Pets do not get treats every day, or they are not special. You want special treats from your Lady, don't you Jan?"
Pressing the hand she had on my chin with both of mine, I pressed it to my cheek, before releasing it and adopting a more proper public pose. My Lady chuckled softly, the teenage check out girl's eyes were very wide above her mask.
Loading all the groceries into my car, I smiled shyly beneath my mask as My Lady watched me work. It seems like a silly thing, but to work under her eyes excites me. The most pedestrian task, undertaken under her eyes is itself both an offering and a flirtation. To do what she wills is an offering, to do it joyfully, mindfully, respectfully, even worshipfully is a flirtation.
I know there are true brats who defy their Lady, seeking to force their owner to bring them to heel just to feel their owner's dominance. I can't do that. I try My Lady's patience enough. I know I sometimes respond too eagerly, want too much. I guard every day against being a burden, of demanding too much attention, too much of her time and energy with my needs. I do not seek to defy her. I am just not as skilled as I should be, and too often require her direction so that I may improve in her service.
She indulges me shamelessly.
My Lady looked at her phone, then looked at the sky. She smiled. You can tell me all you want about how masks take away social cues, but that is among strangers. When my lady smiles, I see it in her eyes, as I do when she frowns. A good pet reads those signs instinctively, learning their language with all the care and fanaticism of a monk pouring over holy scripture for secrets only the select may know.
"I think its time for a treat Jan. I will take you for ice cream." With that, she walked directly from the car down the street where the large ice cream cone statue out front argued the ice cream parlour was open, despite the season and Covid-19 restrictions.
As we entered, she gestured me to the display, and told me simply.
"Whatever you like Jan, or is it Wendy who wants to be rewarded?" My Lady asked.
I am Jan. Wife, mother, teacher. Yet for My Lady, sometimes she asks me to be Wendy, who does not have such duties, or any thoughts beyond being pleasing for her Lady. Wendy who has no shame, only hunger to serve."
"Wendy!" I begged. "If it please My Lady."
She nodded and gestured for me pick my ice cream. I chose Tiger tail, the black licorice and orange combination had the stripes of a tiger and the contrasting flavours had always been a treat for me. It's only real draw back is it is messy, and stains.