Authors note: Thank-you to everyone who read the previous chapter of this story, your feedback is much appreciated. Again whereas some things in the story are inspired by my own life this work is purely fictional.
When I woke up in the morning I was buzzing with excitement. I made myself a cup of tea and grabbed a bowl of cereal, practically dancing all the way to the kitchen. The same thing kept repeating, over and over in my mind.
I have a mentor. Veronica is my mentor.
That wasn't the only thing to be excited about. The previous day had been my last day of college before the half term break. I had a whole week where I could do nothing but paint and message Veronica if I wanted. That's pretty much what I intended to do.
I took my cup of tea and my breakfast over to my computer desk and checked my messages. I practically bounced out of my chair when I saw that I had a message from Veronica.
Samantha
I have a couple of ground rules to put in place before we start your lessons. First of all, while I am teaching you, you will refer to me as Miss Veronica. Secondly, you must never lie to me. I will never lie to you so I expect the same amount of respect, and I cannot teach you effectively if you lie to me.
If you follow these two main rules I'm sure we'll get along fine. I may implement more rules later down the line but I want to get a feel for what interests you in this aspect first. My goal here is to prepare you for this lifestyle. I will teach you what to expect, the ins and outs of areas that interest you, and most importantly how to be safe in this lifestyle.
I help me teach you please complete the following form. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
V
The form she referred to was a form of different fetishes, with check boxes ranging from one to five. The form explained that a one was not interested at all, ever. A five would be extremely interested. It seemed simple enough, just a bit lengthy, and some of the fetishes on here I'd never even heard of. I guess I'll have to ask Veronica a lot of questions about these, I thought to myself.
It took me a while to complete the form and as I suspected I had to ask Veronica to explain what a few were. Golden Showers was one that I couldn't even guess what it meant. Veronica explained that it was the act of urinating on someone. I rated that a one. I am not okay with peoples bodily wastes being all over me. Age play was another that confused me. To me it sounded like engaging in sexual acts with someone under age. Veronica happily corrected me that no, age play is when someone dresses and acts like a child and another person is the parent figure. She used this to explain something important to me.
No one who is engaging in a healthy kink relationship will ever engage in these activities with someone who is under age. If ever there was a person who was under age seen at any events, or had a profile on this site, they would be immediately banned, and told to return only when they are of age. The youngest age I know of where a person will be allowed into this community is eighteen. The age may vary depending on where you are, but the youngest I know of it being is eighteen.
It made sense to me. Once I had finished with the form Veronica informed me that it would take her a little bit to go over everything and figure out where to go next. So I made myself some lunch and did some painting while waiting for her reply.
My painting was of a woman, stood up with her hands bound above her head attached to a fixture in the ceiling. She was gagged with a ball gag, and another woman was stood at her side, flogger in hand. This painting was much better than my previous sketch and I happily took a picture of it and uploaded it to my profile once again.
By this point Veronica had messaged back. I was eager to see what she had in store for me.
Samantha
I do apologise but going over your completed form is going to take me longer than expected. So in the mean time I would like you to research 'Safe, Sane and Consensual' and write me a brief summary as to the meaning of it.
V
I was a little disappointed that she was pretty much leaving me to my own devices but I was curious as to the meaning behind this phrase. I had heard it mentioned numerous times before but never really looked into what it was about.
It didn't take much research for me to find out. Turns out that this is a popular phrase within the kink community that sums up the basic fundamentals for a successful and healthy BDSM relationship.
Safe was pretty self explanatory. Making sure that all parties within a play session are safe. For example if someone is bound making sure they are tied with a quick release knot so in the event of an emergency they can be released without delay and using a safeword at all times.
Sane confused me to begin with but once I started reading up on it, it made sense. Making sure that everyone conducts themselves in a sane and sensible manner. For example if you are spanking someone, don't do it while you are angry as this could come out and you could act more violently than either party wanted.
Consensual was obvious. All parties have to consent to everything that happens. If a party doesn't consent that's when what is happening becomes abuse. Just because you consented to one thing doesn't mean you have to consent to another.
I wrote up my findings and sent them to Veronica. I hoped she was happy with my research. I wasn't too sure what she was expecting of me yet, and whether what I had wrote would be enough as I had been pretty brief.
I made myself a sandwich for lunch while waiting for her to reply. All the while worrying that it wouldn't be good enough. I couldn't fathom why I wanted to impress this woman so badly. It just seemed to me, in all our communication, that she was so well educated, well spoken and very intelligent. It was understandable that I felt a bit inferior.
After finishing my lunch I saw that Veronica had replied. Reading her message I let out a sigh of relief.
Samantha