Tales from the Club - Natalie 2
This story is stand-alone, though it might be better appreciated if you were to read
TFTC: Natalie
first.
I don't know how other people do it, but I carry a story idea around in my head for a period of time, sometimes a few weeks, sometimes much longer. Then, when it feels ready, I sit down and start writing. The story usually comes out in a rush. Seriously, the story starts writing itself as fast as I can type, seemingly demanding to be written. There are some inevitable backtracks and restarts along the way, but by and large the gets to the end without much re-writing. (Maybe that shows detrimentally; if so, sorry.) The one exception was
Mom's Gift
, the second half of which was terrible in the first draft, resulting in the story going in a completely different direction in the second, after a week on the shelf.
When I finished
Natalie
I really wasn't sure where she was going to come down. When I got the following feedback from
Mermaid_Above_Water
(blessings upon her) a few says ago, I decided to get off the pot.
Oh, that is not fair I gotta know what happens. I don't see her jumping right in to the hard kinks but I see her fucking her husband in one of the rooms and after a while adding others. I also see her liked being watched since she likes watching.
So, here you have my idea of what happens after Natalie's first visit to New Xanadu.
Keep in mind that this is all made up. If you (and especially you,
Mermaid
, since you've already suggested one path, and there's no reason your guess isn't as good as mine) have a different idea of where Natalie goes after the first story, please feel free to grab those story elements and run with them.
If you don't feel like writing, as always, your votes, suggestions for further story lines and, especially, your comments are greatly appreciated.
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I had an e-mail from Luke waiting for me on Sunday:
Natalie is still making up her mind, but I want to thank you for the best sex of my life on Friday night. Too bad we didn't use the lube, but thanks for trying.
After that I didn't hear from either of them for three weeks. When I did it was an e-mail that went straight to the point:
How about next Friday night, 6pm? If not then, the following Friday, same time?
Tantalizingly, it came from Natalie's e-mail account, and not from Luke's. There was really nothing to think about. I wrote back:
This Friday is fine. Just you, or you and Luke?
She must have been sitting at her computer, as the reply came back instantly:
Both of us. You as our guide, please. We can add people as needed.
I responded equally quickly.
It would be my pleasure. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Friday at six I was on desk duty in my formal clothes when Natalie and Luke arrived. They both seemed a little tense as I processed them-in and directed them to the changing rooms. I asked Natalie if she needed any help or directions, and when she said "No," I accompanied Luke to the men's changing room.
As we were getting into our club tunics I asked Luke, "Want to tell me what's going on?"
He was somewhat dejected, clearly apprehensive, when he said, "All I know is that Natalie said that after tonight our lives will go in a different direction What that means, or what she has in mind for tonight she wouldn't say. I just hope that, at the very least, we'll still be married. Beyond that, I can hope for the stars, but I'll try to be happy with whatever she decides."
I tried to brighten him up a little. I said, "Look, based on my own experience, if she had decided to divorce you, you'd have gotten the papers already. I didn't add "Unless she's really, really pissed at you." Instead I said "I think that her being here is a good sign. My advice would be to keep your eyes on the stars and go with the flow."
Maybe that did some good. Luke seemed a little less dejected when he said, "Yeah, that's what I figured." And, after a pause, "Look John, I'll take all the help I can get here. Please?"
I said, "Of course," as I handed him his white Venetian half-mask.
When we got to the lounge, Natalie had not yet arrived. Given how take-charge she'd been about everything up to now, I decided not to order her a drink, though I had asked Ron to make sure that we had another bottle of the 18-year Jameson on hand, since that seemed to be what she liked. Instead, Luke and I grabbed some iced teas and had a seat.
The wait was worth it. When Natalie came in, instead of the fluffy robe of her first visit, she was wearing a lacy-half-cup bustier with matching bikini bottoms. Garter straps from the bustier held up lace-topped stockings which were encased at the other end in 3-inch heels.
Luke and I both gasped when she came in. Apparently this was as new and unexpected for him as it was for me.
"Got your attention, have I boys? Good." Natalie said. "Now, rule one. No touching without permission. Agreed?"
"Yes, counselor," I said. Luke just breathed out a "Yes."
"Good, now for rule two. This is my night and I have a big decision to make. I want you to agree that anything that I say goes. How about it?"
Luke immediately said, "Yes, dear." I wasn't so sure. "'Anything'?" I asked.
"Are you suggesting that I'm asking too much? Luke's been fucking around and lying to me for years, and for the past couple of those you've been helping him. I think it's my turn to be in charge. You have a reputation for being empathetic and sympathetic toward women. If you can't see it from my point of view and agree that maybe you guys owe me for that, you're not the man I thought you were."
Natalie had worked up quite a bit of color delivering her speech, and I felt the need to slow things down. "Wow, Natalie, that's pretty heavy," I said. "I'd appreciate a minute to collect my thoughts. Would you let me get you something to drink while I do that?'
"Of course, John," she said as she sat down. "I'm not trying to be a bitch here. I'm just asking that you guys treat me as an equal, and under the circumstances that seems to involve some catch-up being in charge. Now, a finger and a half of that excellent whiskey that you served last time would be very nice, please."
I asked Luke if he wanted anything else and he said he didn't. So I brought Natalie her Jameson and a Diet Coke for myself. I sat down right across from Natalie and, looking her straight in the eye, said "I'd like to back up a bit, Natalie. I don't know why you're here. I thought maybe it was for you to look more at the idea of at least cutting Luke some slack. Then when I saw what you were wearing, I thought maybe you'd decided to jump cross the line and join him as a full-fledged swinger.
"But what I'm hearing now sounds more like maybe you're looking for revenge sex. That's something I don't believe in. I think its destructive and degrading, and if that's why you're here, I'm going to check out of the rest of your evening."
Natalie started to say something but I cut her off. "And I don't believe in writing blank checks, either. It's an essential part of our operation here that everyone has the right to say 'No' at any time, and have that 'No' respected. So I'm not going to agree to your 'Anything' in advance. Now, can we talk this out or should I head off on my own?"