This story is in the same universe as 'Melting', 'Cover' and several other stories posted elsewhere. It pulls elements from a number of other authors, including, but not limited to, Vanderbilt, trilby else, Tabico, sara castle, A Strange Geek and flibinite. So if it seems a little familiar, I do apologize, but hopefully it is still enjoyable anyways.
As a fair warning, this is a mind control story with sexual content, not a sex story with mind control content.
Disclaimer: This story contains scenes of consensual and non-consensual sex between females and depictions of sexual slavery. If you are under 18 or offended by this type of material please do not continue. Otherwise, please read on and enjoy! Also, any resemblance of the characters in this work to people living, dead or fictitious is unintentional and purely coincidental.
Best Intentions Ch. 1
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*****
Bailey pulled the surfboard out of the water as she waded up to the beach. She tossed it and caught a fiberglass edge neatly to crook it under her arm. She shook out her short, brown hair, teasing it with her free hand. Her sister Maya might keep telling her to try it long, but Bailey liked the utilitarian cut. And it was cute, whatever Maya said.
Well, Courtney had said so too, and that had worked out
so very well
in the end.
Bailey squelched that line of thinking before it could go any further. The whole point of coming out to the ocean was to forget about things like that. It counted as meditation, floating on the board and waiting for just the right wave to drop into.
Forget Courtney forget Courtney don't think about Courtney...
It wasn't going to work. She sighed. There really wasn't anything to do about it. A month out and she still wasn't doing any better. She wasn't going to forget her ex anytime soon.
"Hi Bails. I... I guess you're wondering where I was last night."
"Oh no Courtney. It wasn't like we had plans, like it was our anniversary or anything!"
Bailey closed her eyes, willing the thoughts away again. She focused on the sounds of the ocean behind her; the waves rolling in, the gulls crying out, the kids laughing...
"I just needed something a little different, Bails. You can be so... well, normal."
"I thought you liked that about me. You'd always said, no more goths, no freaks, no lipsticks..."
Bailey clenched her teeth. She strained, tensing her muscles, trying to fight back the emotional tide threatening to crush her.
"Oh, hi, Cat." Courtney looked surprised, like it wasn't a setup. "You'd said..." She held the bridge of her nose. "Nevermind. Bails, Cat. Cat, Bailey."
Biker? Tats? Piercings? "Uh, hi. Sorry..."
"Sorry babe, had so much fun last night that I cleared up my afternoon so we could get an early start. Am I interrupting something?" said that... woman.
Wait... "Last night?"
She didn't buckle this time. It was an improvement. Every day for the last month she'd crumpled on the ground after coming out of the water. The experience was new; she'd surfed for years, both the ocean and relationships, and never had something like this happen.
Courtney had been the
one
.
"Hey, Bails!"
She opened her eyes, startled. Coming over the sea wall were a few friends from the university. Navi was waving, probably hoping to get her to join them. He was one of those that thought if a lesbian met the right man, she'd go straight. He
knew
that he was the right man for her and she just hadn't figured it out yet.
Navi walked up. "Come on, join us," he said, indicating the group. "We have horseshoes." He flicked his eyebrows. "I'll even let you kick my ass again!"
"Sorry Navi. I'm gonna pass. I'm heading back to the lab."
"Oh, Miss Doctoral Student too good for her friends now?" Navi laughed. "All this time in the lab isn't good for you. You need to get out."
"Hi Bails!" Nia stepped up, smiling with her entire face.
An entire conversation with Courtney about hot Japanese schoolgirls flashed through Bailey's head. She nearly wretched.
"She doesn't want to come," said Navi. "Going back to the lab, she says."
"Oh, no you don't, girl," said Nia, smile gone. "I'm not letting you use the lab as an excuse to be depressed about that bitch. You're coming with us." The smile came back as she reached for Bailey's arm.
"No, no, really guys, let me go to the lab, please, I really have work to do..."
Nia looked at her. "She's serious, Navi."
"Yes, I can see that."
"We'll let you go on one condition. Party. Tonight. Up on the hill." Nia pointed behind her. "Mansion. You are coming, no choice."
Bailey sighed. That was Nia, who wouldn't leave it alone until Bailey had agreed, so she put on a fake smile and said, "Okay, deal. I don't promise to have fun, though." She could just come down with something later.
"Oh yes, you do!" Nia said. "I'll text when I'm on the way to get you. See you then!"
Bailey smiled for at least a few seconds more. Nia pulled a resisting Navi, who was still looking over his shoulder at Bailey, towards the rest of their friends. He waved before finally turning. Then Bailey's smile was gone. She wasn't ready for a crowd, not yet. Courtney had been the social butterfly of the two, always Bailey's shield against too much attention.
Bailey nearly crumpled. She walked to her bike and hooked the board in the carrier, wiping tears off her cheeks.
*****
Bailey was still on the couch in her sweats when Nia texted that she was on her way. She didn't move until Nia rang the doorbell.
"Hi Nia," said Bailey as the door opened.
"Hi Bails!" Nia leaned in for a hug. "I see you really went all out tonight." She gestured at the outfit. "Depressed lesbian chic." Nia had on a LBD.
"Oh get over it."
"Come on, Bails! Rich people, beautiful house, beach views... try, at least for tonight? Please?" Nia batted her eyes. Bailey cracked a smile; they'd been playful for years. Once she'd hoped Nia might be bi-curious, but Bailey had given up on it.
"I'll try," Bailey said, sounding a little defeated. She tossed on some shorts and a t-shirt, did her usual light make-up job and slid on her Tevas while Nia waited.
"Oh, fine. I'll take that. Let's go!" Nia pulled Bailey out of the apartment towards the elevator. The walkways were covered but open to the courtyard. The tan speckling needed an update and the cement was cracked, but the place was still too rich for Bailey's budget now that she was on her own again. It was on Nobel, a street over from the UCSD campus, and places in the area commanded top dollar. The two women rode down to street level. Nia wasn't able to get into the underground parking; she was lucky to have found a spot on the street that was relatively close. Many places had multiple students per bedroom, which left curb space at a premium. The two women piled into Nia's Civic.
"Can this even make it up the hill?" Bailey asked. "Assuming they don't stop us at the bottom, since we're obviously too poor to even be the help..." She smiled, but couldn't work up a laugh.
"Hey!" Nia pouted. "I love my little car. Car, don't listen to her. She's mean." She stuck her tongue out at her friend and pouted.
Bailey looked at Nia's lower lip sticking out. She was so cute like that. Bailey sighed.
They took off, over to La Jolla Village Drive then to Torrey Pines. It was foggy; air heavy with moisture rolled in off the ocean and got stuck behind the hills. They fought through a little traffic heading towards Prospect and made it up to the mansions. Once, there had been regular beach houses and a few small cottages sized for the little people that played in the 'Wizard of Oz'. Now, huge modern structures dotted the side of the hills, with pillars holding them in place on the slope, and made of mostly glass to show off how rich the owner was since they could afford the view.