As fall progressed into winter, Ted and Emily continued to meet at church, but less frequently because of Kayla's text the night of the talent show. Ted had taken to risking being seen alone with Emily in public, but only in out-of-the-way places.
Many trips were made to the smaller outlying towns for dinner dates, movies, and walks, and Ted used his imaginary "old school buddy" as cover often. Sierra was used for cover during the day when they wanted to meet in town.
Ted and Sierra didn't follow up on their indiscretion from the first night the three of them went to the beach, although Sierra wished they had. She played the scene from that night many times in her head as she masturbated over the next weeks, and was envious of the relationship that appeared to be growing between Ted and her best friend Emily.
Emily hadn't cut her hair since Ted suggested she let it grow, and it was starting to brush at her shoulders now. She asked Ted often if he liked it better that way, and he would casually say he did. Inwardly he savored how compliant she was becoming. He decided the next thing he'd change about her appearance was her hair color. Something radically different.
Ted sometimes took pictures of Emily himself when they were alone together. He had gotten much bolder and no longer deleted his text conversations, and also had several nude photos of Emily on his phone. He was also building up an impressive collection on his computer, stored in the innocent-looking folder called "Study Notes". These pictures included photos he had taken with his phone, ones sent from Emily's phone, and sets she had emailed that were taken with her father's camera.
Ted had taken Emily to one of the smaller, more secluded beaches today. Tourist season had long since come and gone and the weather was cool, but comfortable. Emily usually wore a light sweater or windbreaker when they walked. Today was warmer than usual and the windbreaker had been left in Ted's car. As they made their way down a boardwalk through the high, grass-covered dunes to the beach, Ted stopped and took out his phone.
"I want a picture, Angel. You look pretty," he said.
It didn't take much to make Emily happy when she was with Ted. She had come to anticipate each time he called her by name, or the names he had given her like "Angel" or "baby" and they filled her with little-girl glee. She leaned against the railing and smiled for Ted as he took a couple of shots.
"Now show me some skin," he said, grinning.
Emily didn't hesitate; she didn't even look around first. She had grown accustomed to taking Ted's word when he said it was safe, and she didn't question him. There was also the thrill of possibly being seen.
She grabbed the edges of her shirt and rolled it up her belly, grasping the bottom of her bra as she reached the elastic, and then pulled both garments up to her neck in a pose worthy of any Mardi Gras participant. Ted snapped a few more pictures of his smiling, obedient girl, and then told her to fix her clothes so they could go on to the beach.
As they walked, Ted told her he thought he'd like her to try something different with her hair soon.
"Okay, what did you have in mind?"
"Have you ever been blonde?" he asked casually.
"Gosh, no, haha! Would you like me to go blonde?" she was surprised but willing.
"Yes, try it. I want to see what it looks like." Ted was pleased that she didn't argue at all.
"Did you see the newest comments today?" Ted was referring to what people were saying about the pictures he had posted at the Fap2Me website. By this time he had posted all of the pictures she had sent him, about thirty in all, many of her topless, wearing only her panties.
No pictures fully revealed her breasts, and Ted had complimented her tasteful poses. He told her pictures like that were often much more arousing to a man than simply baring all immediately, as they enjoyed the build-up and anticipated more.
