Jessica was touched by Karen's offer to make her a cup of tea, and eagerly accepted. The last few weeks before finals were a killer, not to mention the stress of Karen confessing her secret feelings for Jessica, as if things weren't already stressful enough. She'd worried for a few days that she'd have to move out of the dorms and make other arrangements, but Karen hadn't said anything else about it to her since, and things had gone back to normal.
Case in point: the mug of tea Karen was passing her right now. Just a friendly, considerate thing to do. She and Karen were totally fine again and, more importantly, Jessica wasn't going to have to find temporary housing for a month before she left for the summer, right during the busiest time of the year.
"Thanks," Jessica said, taking the mug. Karen gave her a brief smile before going back to her desk across the room, leaving Jessica to hers.
She took her first sip and was surprised by how good it tasted. It wasn't a flavor she could name, but it was delicious. She could feel it spreading over her tongue, wrapping it like a blanket and she followed her first sip with a second, taking a bigger gulp this time.
It didn't taste like anything she'd ever tasted before, but it was the most delicious thing she'd ever had. She couldn't stop drinking it, wanting more of that indescribable taste, wanting that warm feeling in her tongue to spread.
She finished the cup in no time at all and put the empty mug on the table in front of her. For a moment, she just sat, appreciating the buzz the drink had given her. Her whole body felt warm and tingly, and her mind, oddly sharpened. She went to turn, to ask Karen what kind of tea she'd given her, but as she did, she found she had lost the ability to move.
Oddly, this realization did not frighten her. She just kept feeling warm, and tingly about it. She couldn't turn around. This left her staring at the wall - unable even to move her head enough so she could look at her desk, or the pages of frantic notes she'd been leafing through and revising. That was alright with her - it was just such a warm, tingly situation to be in.
"The drug should be kicking in now," Karen said, from behind her, her voice surprisingly normal for the content she was conveying. Jessica heard footsteps crossing the room, and Karen's hand brushed between her shoulder blades as she grabbed the back of Jessica's chair and swiveled it around to face her.
"It's already spread through your body entirely. It won't even begin to wear off for another 12 hours, and when it does, I have more." She produced a bottle full of clear liquid from behind her back. "When it does wear off, you're going to be begging me for more. And I'll keep giving it to you, day after day, until this bottle is empty. By then, I won't need it ever again."
Jessica was still feeling warm and bubbly, but her rational waking mind was fighting its way out of the haze, freeing itself enough that she felt the first stings of fear and betrayal.
"The interesting thing about this drug is that the chemical it creates is replicable by the human body," Karen said with a smirk. "Every time I dose you, the drug is seeping into your brain, teaching it its composition, teaching your brain to secrete it. After a month's worth of doses, your brain will keep producing this drug, this feeling for the rest of your life."
Inside her mind, Jessica was screaming, but her body didn't seem to care. It was just sitting in the chair compliantly, buzzing with that warm, delicious feeling. It didn't seem to care that Jessica was outraged by her friend's betrayal. Nor did it care that Jessica was terrified by how permanent the drug sounded. It just hummed away with warmth. It was like a battery, holding a charge which hadn't been used yet.
"The best part of this drug is, it makes your brain super focused and ready to learn," Karen said, still smirking at Jessica. "If I did order you to study, you would have a photographic memory of each page of your notes. But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to force your brain to make more fun connections - more useful neural pathways for my purposes. You see, I haven't even shown you the best part about this drug yet," Karen continued, barely able to suppress the look of glee in her eyes.
"Jessica, stand up," Karen instructed. To her surprise, Jessica's body complied with Karen, her legs lifting her from the chair, until she was standing before Karen. When at last she was standing, to her horror she felt a throb of pleasure between her legs. If she could have moved, she would have covered herself reflexively with her hands - she had not been expecting that, and it made her feel incredibly exposed down there, even though she was fully clothed.
Karen leaned in close to Jessica's ear, and Jessica could feel Karen's breath on her neck. "The best part is, it rewards you when you obey." Her body shivered involuntarily at that word, against her control. Karen pulled back, still smirking. "You have no choice but to obey me now, and it's going to feel so good for you when you do. You're even primed to get a little spike every time you hear about - or even think about - obedience."
Again, at that word, Jessica shivered, and involuntarily, her thighs clenched together, over her throbbing cunt. She'd never felt pleasure like this before. She wasn't really a sexual person, and most of her masturbatory attempts had ended in frustration- this new pleasure was uncomfortable for her.
"Now, Jessica - strip for me." Karen instructed, and the look of hunger in her eyes was impossible to miss.
Jessica wanted to scream again, but her arms were already moving, lifting her t-shirt over her head, exposing her bra to Karen's sight. This time, as she moved through the command, instead of a throb upon completion, she felt a low-level presence of arousal throughout the entire motion. It started as a low hum, but the longer she took doing the task, the more it grew. At last when she stood before Karen naked, it crested - before she got an even bigger pulse of arousal, ending the task.
"Do you see, now?" Karen asked, the excitement in her eyes clear. "The drug is training you. You're becoming better and better at being rewarded for obedience, the longer it is in your system." Jessica let out a little whimper at that word again. In her mind, she was still mad, but it was starting to be drowned out by the feelings in her body.
