As the waitress left their table with their lunch selections, Steve took a sip from his iced tea.
Placing the cold glass back on the paper napkin, he looked at Terry and asked, "So did you enjoy the party?"
Terry's cheeks flushed as she remembered the party, two weeks ago. The erotic sensations rushed back and she remembered walking nearly naked across the parking lot, covered in the dried cum of unknown admirers.
Terry smiled and said, "It was an unforgettable evening."
Steve glanced at James who was looking intently at Terry. He too remembered the evening.
Steve continued, "What do you remember most?"
Terry paused to consider her answer. She knew Steve well enough by now to know that these questions were important to him. Terry also assumed that the answers would determine future adventures.
"If I have to choose one thing only, I would say that it was when I was surrounded by all those excited men...it was as if I was the center of attention," Terry answered.
Now Steve was silent. Terry knew that he was considering her answer.
James nervously swirled his iced tea glass and although Terry told him about the evening he was only imaging what the scene must have looked like.
After a moment Steve asked, "Did you enjoy being the center of attention....in a sexual context like that?"
"Yes, I really did," Terry answered almost without thinking. "It was exciting knowing that those young men were stimulated by seeing me...and at the same time, I was on the verge of cumming from the Sybian and trying to concentrate on satisfying you."
Steve smiled and again after a pause asked, "Did you feel submissive?"
As was becoming almost common-place in her conversations with Steve, he asked he one question that she was most unsure of ass she thought about the events of that evening.
Terry paused as she framed her answer.
"I have thought about this quite a bit and honestly I did not feel submissive...but that seems so illogical," she added. Continuing she said, "I mean, I was in a situation that broke almost every imaginable standard of decorum, yet I allowed myself to just enjoy the sensations."
"The part that confuses me the most is that I did not feel submissive, in fact I felt empowered. I felt like I was in control of the situation because I could simply stop the action if I wanted to. Everyone else there was basing their actions on mine, which seems the opposite of a submissive situation."
"Does that even make sense?" Terry asked, obviously struggling to understand her feelings of the event.
Steve, settled back against the padded upholstery of the booth. He slowly smiled. It reminded Terry of the kind of smiles she had when one of her students in one of her classes, arrived at exactly the correct answer she intended in true Socratic education.
The waitress returned with a large tray and began setting plates in front of them as she referred to her notes to make sure she gave each of them the correct order. After making sure they had everything they needed for a nice meal, she smiled and left.
They began to sample their choices and the conversation paused while they began to eat.
After several mouthfuls, Steve, looked at Terry and resumed their line of thought.
"I had two sisters, slightly younger than me and I watched as they grew up," he began. "Our parents wanted us to be good citizens and show respect and kindness to others and have good manners of course, but there was a lot more involved with my sisters, I soon realized."
"In my opinion, women are challenged with so much more social conditioning and it creates conflict as they grow into their sensual beings," he continued.
After a few more mouthfuls, he continued, "In a way I felt sorry as I watched my sisters struggle with becoming ladies and good girls, yet they obviously enjoyed the attention and sensations from enjoying their sexuality." "There were fights with my parents and they did all the things teenage girls do like changing some aspect of their outfit after leaving the house with their girlfriends or dates."
"They all knew what it meant to be "lady-like" or cute or even sexy but there was always the undefined extreme to be avoided." "Whether it was my parents or their female peers, being a "slut" crossed some imaginary line," Steve said with a sly smile.
"To my parents it might just be too much make up or a skirt that was too short, but in their discussions with their girlfriends it was the behavior of one of their peers, perhaps too forward in seeking the attention of a boy....usually the same one they themselves were trying to impress," he added.
Terry smiled and knew exactly what Steve was describing, thinking back to her teen years with parents and friends.
"Much later. I became fascinated with that conflict and my theory is that it keeps women from truly enjoying healthy aspects of whom they are." "As I began to understand, I tested my theories on women and relationships and had some success and felt that I was honestly helping women," he said.
"I admit that it is a big turn on for me to see a lady embrace her sexuality, and it takes relationships to a more cerebral lever than just the purely physical... not that there aren't time for just raw physical enjoyment of course," he smiled.
The three of them drifted back to their meals, all three of them in thought but from totally different perspectives.
The attentive waitress cleared their plates and refilled glasses as she took Steve's credit card from the table.
Steve looked at Terry and James and said, "We have taken a few steps toward another level in your relationship and your interpretation of the party evening shows me you could benefit and understand going to the higher levels I feel I could help you achieve...if you are willing."
Terry felt the warmth fold over her cheeks again and she looked at Steve, wondering what he saw ahead and then looked at James. James was wide-eyed and looking back and forth between Steve and Terry, his mind racing and he met Terry's gaze and simply nodded slightly.
Terry felt empowered but hesitant. She knew that Steve could show her things and help her understand her feelings like no other man but she also knew her life would be changed. As she thought more, she felt that she would regret forever if she did not take this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Terry looked once more at James and in that instant, he knew she was going to accept. He looked down at the table.
Terry looked at Steve and nodded.
The waitress returned with the credit card receipt and Steve smiled and signed his copy. She thanked them and left them to their conversation.
Steve looked at Terry and began, "I have found that for a woman to truly understand and enjoy her incredible sexual and sensual gifts, she needs to understand the conflict between the social ideals of "lady-like" behaviors and to understand and embrace the "Slut" that is inside."
Terry smiled and Steve continued.
"I feel that a woman should be able, without fear, to follow the instincts she has to enjoy her body and understand that it does not place her in an undesirable or submissive position and serve as a stigma with other women." "Being able to expand to the entire range of sensuality makes her the envy of other women, even if they won't admit it and in the eyes of men take her to levels they may not understand."
"I will guide you safely through levels you may have been too conditioned to attempt in the past and then on to levels you never knew you were capable of." "Each time you will find you can return empowered and enlightened from the experience." "You will either return to your past norm or adapt to a new norm that is best for you."
"Are you still willing?" "Because although I will attempt to move you in steps that are reasonable, they are nevertheless, significant departures from what you have lived so far," Steve concluded.
Terry, without looking at James, said, "Yes, I am ready."
Steve paused for a moment and then began a series of questions.
"When you think of behavior that your conditioning would describe as "slutty" what specifically do you think about?" he asked.
Terry was taken aback with the question, but she was becoming more comfortable with Steve's direct approach. She also knew that Steve was challenging her to think though things she never considered before.
Terry responded, "The first thing that comes to mind is when a woman sells her body, like a hooker or even a stripper."
Steve smiled as if he expected her answer.
Steve said, "That is the first thing that most women say." "In my opinion though, the financial or commercial aspect of things like that takes them to an entirely different place." "When a woman trades her sensuality for financial gain, I feel she is responding to a financial stimulus, granted one that is generally stigmatized in society, but the motivation is not a sensual one."
Terry thought about what Steve was saying and began to see the distinction he was making.