"It's good to see ya, bud!" Jeremy said sitting across a table at a diner from Ty. "It's been a while."
"Yeah," Ty said. "Good to see you too."
Jeremy and Ty roomed together in college and since then have stayed friends. They used to get together every few days or so to play video games, but hadn't seen in each other in nearly a month.
The waitress - a young redhead with mysterious blue eyes, freckles and a resting bitch face - handed the boys some menus. She did not look like she was having the best day.
"You know what you want?" she said skipping any pleasantries.
"Just a couple of chocolate milkshakes," Ty said handing her back his menu.
She conspicuously rolled her eyes, grabbed the menus and left. Jeremy chuckled a bit.
"Someone's not having a great day," Jeremy said. "Anyway, how are things? You must be keeping busy."
"I'm sorry I've been so M.I.A. lately," Ty said. "But I gotta tell you some stuff and it's gonna sound crazy. So, before I start I need you to promise me you won't make any judgments til I'm done. Cool?"
Jeremy gave Ty a friendly and suspicious look. He wasn't sure if Ty was kidding or not, but he was intrigued. Jeremy waved his hands in a conciliatory way.
"Okay," Jeremy said. "I'm all ears." He mimed zipping his mouth shut.
The waitress returned, put the chocolate shakes down at the edge of the table instead of in front of the boys. She quickly turned and walked away without saying anything. Ty took in a deep breath.
"It all started four Saturdays ago..." Ty said. He proceeded to tell Jeremy the story of his online date that began as an epic fail and somehow turned into the best day of his life.
To his credit, Jeremy didn't say a word. He just listened as Ty continued.
"And ever since then, I've slept with a different woman every day," Ty said. "There's a lot more to tell, but the gist of it all is that I can make a woman do whatever I want."
Jeremy sat silent for a moment letting it all sink in. He wanted to believe his friend, but at the same time he just couldn't. It was too outlandish.
"Ty," Jeremy began, "I...I consider you a really close friend. But I'm legit concerned that maybe you've got some head trauma or something. Maybe there's a tapeworm or something that's causing you to hallucinate. Whatever it is, maybe you should go to a doctor and get checked out."
Ty wasn't surprised, but he did feel a bit frustrated. He'd debated whether or not to tell Jeremy at all, but finally decided to because he needed to tell someone. And of all the people he could talk to, Jeremy was the one he felt had the best chance at believing him.
"I know how it sounds," Ty said. Four weeks ago, if you'd told me the same thing, I'd probably think you're crazy too..."
"I never said you were crazy," Jeremy interrupted.
"It's okay," Ty said. "You think I'm hallucinating. But I can prove it to you."
"How?" Jeremy said raising his eyebrows curiously.
"Watch this," Ty said after a moment's thought.
He looked over at the waitress who stood behind the counter staring at her phone. Ty waved his hand and soon got her attention. She made an unfriendly face, put her phone down and walked over to them.
"Y'all need something?" she said with an edge of impatience.
"You like talking to us," Ty said. "You enjoy being around me and my friend."
Jeremy nearly did a double take as he saw the girl's face change in an instant. Her eyes and mouth relaxed into a genuinely pleasant visage.
"Yeah," she said. "I didn't realize it before, but you guys are pretty great."
"Come sit next to me," Ty said scooting over a bit to make room.
She did. Jeremy stared at her unsure what exactly to think. If she was faking this, she certainly was an excellent actress.
"Why are you being nice to us now when you'd been rude to us earlier?" Jeremy said.
"I'm super sorry, y'all," she said looking guilty. "I've been texting my boyfriend ever since I started my shift and he's being a real dick. I just texted him and said I wanted to break up. I've just had a chip on my shoulder all day. But I never should have taken it out on you two. I mean, you guys are so great."
"How old are you and what's your name?" Ty said.
"I turned eighteen last month. That's when I started working here. My name is McKenzie."
"That's a nice name," Jeremy said.
"Love your red hair," Ty said.
"Thank you," McKenzie said.
"Is your bush red too?" Ty said. Jeremy's eyes widened in shock. He stared daggers into his friend.
"Ty!" Jeremy reprimanded.
"It's okay, Jeremy," Ty said. "She's completely comfortable talking about anything with us. She feels safe and pleasant around us. And even a bit horny too."
McKenzie felt a surprise jolt in her loins. Her pussy became a little damp as soon as she heard Ty say 'horny.' And it was true. The idea of a getting fucked did sound good now that she thought about it.
"I don't have a bush," she said matter of factly. "My boyfriend...er...ex boyfriend now, I guess. He hates pubes so I shave it for him."
Jeremy giggled. He'd never talked about a woman's pubes with her after having just met. In fact, he couldn't ever remember talking with a woman about her pubes period.
Of the two, Ty was worse with the ladies than Jeremy, but it wasn't by much. Jeremy hadn't had a lot of success with the ladies in high school. He'd dated one girl in college for two semesters, but after they broke up he never hooked up with another girl until a year ago when he managed to hook up with an ugly bridesmaid at a wedding.
"Are you on birth control and do you have an STDs?" Ty said.
"Yes to birth control. No to STDs," she said.
"When do you get off work, McKenzie?" Ty said.
"About half an hour," she said.
"What are your plans?" he said.
"I was gonna go to my boyfriend's house, but I guess now I'll just go home."
"No," Ty said. "You're hanging with us."
"Okay!" she said with the enthusiasm of a child agreeing to an ice cream cone.
"She is?" Jeremy said.
"Yep," Ty said taking out a pen and writing on a napkin. He handed her the napkin. "McKenzie, you're go to this address after work. That's where we'll be. Don't tell anyone where you're going. Does that sound good?"
"This is perfect," she said. "I didn't wanna go home anyway. And you guys are awesome. I'll head that way as soon as I'm done here." She smiled at the two boys before getting up and walking back to the counter.
Ty smiled at Jeremy and placed a $20 bill on the table. Jeremy looked at the bill confused. It was double what the milkshakes would cost. And as long as he'd known, Ty had always been very tight with money. He never offered to pick up the check, even if it was just two drinks.
"Let's go," Ty said. "I'll drive."
Jeremy sat in the passenger seat of Ty's car still dumbfounded. He had a million questions, but wasn't even sure where to begin.
"Do you want to bang McKenzie?" Ty said it as if he was asking if Jeremy wanted to borrow a comic book.
"I mean..." Jeremy began. "Sure. She's real cute. But I just met her."
"She'll do whatever I want her to do," Ty said. "If I want her to fuck you ten ways from Sunday then she'll do it."
"So, you'll just tell her to strip her clothes and do me and she will?"
"Exactly," Ty said.
"Isn't that rape?" Jeremy said.
"It's an excellent question," Ty said. "After hooking up with five or six different chicks I started to ask myself the same thing. But I really don't think it could be. And here's why. It's not like the girls I've been with really didn't want to fuck me. They may have not wanted to before I spoke to them, but I actually changed their minds."
"I don't know, bud," Jeremy said. "This seems shady."
"Think about it like this," Ty said. "You remember the movie Beetlejuice?"
"Sure," Jeremy said. "I've seen it a million times when I was a kid. What does that jave to do with anything?"
"The scene where Beetlejuice makes them all dance to Calypso music," Ty said. "In that scene it was clear that the people weren't in control of their bodies, right?"
"Sure."
"This isn't the same thing," Ty said. "I'm not forcing their bodies to do something their mind doesn't want to do. I'm literally changing what their mind wants. The girls are not only in control of their bodies, but they're excited about it."
"I guess," Jeremy said. "But...I'm still not sure."
"Okay," Ty said. "Think about it like this. Earlier McKenzie was in a bad mood. She wasn't doing well at her job. She hated her boyfriend. And after I said a few words to her she felt good. She smiled. Her whole day got better just because I told her too. Could anyone else have made her change attitudes on a dime like that?"
"I suppose not," Jeremy said.
"What's something you hate doing?" Ty said.
"I dunno," Jeremy said. "I hate going to the dentist."
"Okay," Ty said. "Imagine if someone told you that they could make the dentist enjoyable just by brainwashing you. Someone says, 'you're about to have a great time at the dentist' and all of the sudden you spend the next hour of your life loving getting your teeth cleaned rather than hating it."