Author's note: I think I'm going to continue this story until I feel it has run its course... or I get bored with it. Whichever comes first lol. As always I appreciate any feedback. If anyone is interested in being an editor/proofreading my stories message me thru here, or if you know someone who is too. Once again any characters participating in sexual acts are 18 yrs or older. Also special thanks to Menoetes for some great advice :D
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I woke up the next morning to the sound of my alarm telling me to get up, and get ready for work. Although given my pounding headache it sounded like a siren foretelling nuclear war. My head felt like I'd slept with it in a vice grip that was way too tight. Fortunately the house was quiet with everyone being gone. After I showered, and had breakfast I was back to feeling pretty close to normal again. It felt sort of like that muscle soreness you get when you've worked out too hard. Now I knew what the warning signs for pushing to hard were, and what the results could be. So I considered it fair trade.
As I was finishing getting ready for work, and about to head out. I felt the connection to Isabela... activate. She must have just pulled into the driveway. She only had morning classes on Monday. I decided to peek into her mind to see what was there. Once again I got the vibe of a Queen walking down the street. The collar, and chain were still there. Her outfit made me smile though.
Normally in her vibes the royal outfits she wore were very old school. dresses with full sleeves, long trains, collars up her neck to her chin, and the like. So the only skin you could see was her face and hands essentially. Today though her outfit was different. The sleeves stopped just passed her shoulders about mid upper arm. She had gloves on that went just above her elbow. However, they were white made from a material that when the light hit it, right appeared transparent. Her dress didn't have a long train. Instead it stopped just above her ankle, and with the heels she had on you could see the tops of her feet to where her ankle was. There was also no collar on the dress. In fact there was a pretty deep neckline allowing a good amount of cleavage to be seen. It was progress, but nowhere near where I intended her to end up. I didn't alter the vibe though as I wasn't feeling back to full yet, and didn't want to miss work. Or worse.
I timed it so I opened the door to leave when she was a few feet from the front door. She froze for a second when she saw me. I felt a flurry of emotions. Surprise, confusion, fear, anger, and a few others. Then she defaulted to condescension. I could feel her thinking to herself "He needs to move out of my way. He's beneath me."
I may not have been able to alter vibes at the moment, but that doesn't mean I wasn't up for changing her thoughts. I changed it to "I'm in his way. I'm so far beneath him I should move aside for him. I should never be in his way." As I made the change I'd started walking towards her. When I'd finished she stepped aside into the grass before I got to her. I also felt the sensation of getting hit in the face with a very firm pillow.
The fact she actually moved surprised both of us for a second. Enough so I almost tripped over the sidewalk. She collected herself, and made for the door. I heard her inner monologue to herself again though "Why would I move that piece of shit? He isn't worth any effort from me."
My pent up rage towards her probably caused my reaction. Instead of editing the thought I added to it. "However, if he's not worth any effort then why am I wearing his collar, and chain? Doesn't that mean all my effort should be for him?" The force of adding to the thought wasn't much worse than editing it, but combined with my not being at full strength it did cause a small trickle of blood to come from my nose. I made it to my car without her seeing it.
I felt her confusion, and panic within herself as I started my car. However, buried underneath that I also felt the beginnings of excitement mixed with curiosity. I used the drive to clean my nose, and think about what exactly I wanted from Isabela.
While I'd come up with an idea and run through all the ways to achieve it, pros, cons, and other outcomes deciding which ones I liked best. I knew that no matter what I did it wouldn't ever come out exactly as expected. I was mainly trying to come up with a general end goal to work towards. Eventually I came upon a result that I liked.
During my shift I made sure to do everything I could to help my recovery. I rehydrated, ate some good snacks, took some ibuprofen, and things of that nature. I avoided using my gifts at work. I wanted to be able to alter one vibe, and one thought for today after I got home. I figured that would be about my limit for today given how far I'd gone yesterday, and what I'd already done this morning.
My shift passed without much of note. Until one of the closers/overnight stockers was 30 minutes late. I offered to stay for 30 mins. A little more OT was always worth it. As a result I got home close to 9pm. I felt the connection to Isabela as I pulled into the driveway. Then I felt something I hadn't felt yet as I walked up to the door. It felt like someone had jerked on the chain from the other end. I was puzzling through the meaning, and implications as I walked through the door.
"Someone's ears must have been burning." My dad said as I closed the door behind me.
"Huh?" was my reply.
"Your sister was just asking when you were coming home literally right before you came in the door." He said.