Erika was smitten with Jamie from the first moment she had seen the girl. Over the next few weeks the two women became inseparable as Erika invited her out to dinner and then back to her home. Some evenings were filled with concerts, plays, and the symphony as Jamie was exposed to Erika's more cultured environment.
While Jamie enjoyed the social excursions, and her relationship with Erika became deeper and deeper, something was still missing. Jamie knew her feelings for Erika were growing stronger each day but she wondered if this was the right thing -falling in love with the first woman she had really met since she broke up with Dave.
As Jamie sat outside at the wine bar with Kat and Taylor, her thoughts were of Erika as she lay next to her in bed. The older woman's hands lovingly strolling Jamie's soft skin as they would kiss, slowly, softly.
"Hey, have you heard a word I have said," Kat teased staring into Jamie's ice blue eyes.
"I'm sorry," Jamie apologized, blushing a bit at being caught day dreaming.
"I was asking if you can attend a reception that Claire is giving Thursday evening. After all, you are the guest of honor," Kat smiled.
Jamie knew that Kat was referring to the unveiling of a couple of black and white prints that Claire Duncan had commissioned Kat to shoot with her and Tiffany.
"Invite Erika along," Kat added.
Taylor studied the look on Jamie's face. A look of concern and trepidation.
"She doesn't know does she?" Taylor remarked. "Erika doesn't know about your modeling does she?" she pressed softly.
"No," Jamie responded as she took a sip of her merlot.
"You're shitting me," Kat chuckled. "Your lover doesn't know you have a dark side? That you're into S&M. Are you serious?" She teased.
"It just hasn't come up," Jamie responded defensively.
"You guys have been going out for about six weeks now haven't you. In all that time you've never explored that?" Kat inquired.
"Erika's not really into that. She's, well... she's more conservative," Jamie reasoned.
"How do you know unless you go there? I bet she'd love to tie you up and do naughty things to you," Kat teased as Jamie felt herself blush. "Look, you're going to have to go there some time. I mean you spend a lot of time with her. Hell, you're practically living over there. Ask her to Claire's. You have to let her know some time," Kat instructed more than encouraged.
Jamie did exactly that asking Erika if she would attend a drop in for a friend. Erika said she'd be delighted as the two dressed for the evening. Erika wore a backless black dress and looked gorgeous as Jamie slipped on a beige cocktail dress which slit down the side exposing her leg and like Erika's dress plunged both in the back and front.
It had been months since Jamie had worn a bra and her breasts were really on display in the dress but Erika approved of her choice and encouraged her. Jamie also knew the lesbian pride tat on her shoulder would really stand out.
She thought about telling Erika several times about the prints. That the party was Claire's first chance to show off her new pieces -- pictures of she and Tiffany engaged in their afternoon of S&M. She wasn't sure which two photos Claire had selected but Jamie had seen them all and they were very sexually graphic. Photos in black and white with Tiffany, a beautiful African American woman, as Tiffany dominated her.
Each time she started to confess, she lost her nerve. She just could not tell Erika about her dark side. Her need to be used, to submit to a strong willed woman. To be forced to do things that might seem perverse to others... but something Jamie craved deep down inside.
Claire lived in a beautiful home and Jamie was surprised at the cars outside and the people already there when they arrived. The reception was very upscale as a young lady took their wraps and led them to Claire. Jamie had never met the woman who had paid a considerable amount for her photos.
"Jamie," Claire gushed as she kissed the woman on the cheek at their first meeting. Almost as if they had been old friends as Claire, her eyes sparkling, then turned toward Erika. "And you must be Erika. Katherine has told me so much about you. I'm glad you both could come."
Jamie looked around the room to see who she knew. She eyed Kat and Taylor in the corner talking to a couple of women but outside of them she didn't recognize anyone.
It was her first trip to Claire's and she let her eyes wander around the expensive trappings. The furniture seemed mostly modern and she noticed the prints and paintings on the wall. All of them of women, mostly with other women in some sexual act. She quickly scanned the room for her picture but didn't see it as the waitress brought over a tray of Champagne. Both she and Erika took a glass as the bubbling liquid steadied her nerves
Erika recognized someone and asked if Jamie would mind if she approached her. "Don't go anywhere, I want to introduce you," Erika said as her fingers trailed over Jamie's as they parted.
Jamie continued to walk around the room, the den, an expansive dining room filled with all kinds of delectable goodies, and then into a gorgeous living room when she spotted it. Actually there were two pints, and she was drawn to it right away. A couple of women were standing in front of the prints admiring them as Jamie tried to hold her ground just a short distance away.
The black and white pictures were framed and matted and were about 24" x 36" and while small, did not lack detail. One had Jamie on her knees nude except for the black leather collar and restraints around her wrists and ankles. Towering over her was Tiffany who tilted her head down as she allowed a strand of saliva to dangle over Jamie's open mouth in an act of ultimate submission.
The contrast of Tiffany's dark brown skin and Jamie's white features encased in black leather really set the picture off. She could overhear the women talking about how erotic the photo was as they were drawn to a second photo of Jamie tied down to a bed, her wrists tied to the headboard by the leather restraints as Tiffany, wearing a black strapon, drove a long dildo into her pussy.
