Dangerous hobby
PART 1
"Come on Elizabeth; it is Friday, letΒ΄s go to the mall, we need to buy something to wear at Mark's party; it is going to be huge, you know his house."
Elizabeth knew his house indeed; his mansion was just across the street from her equally luxurious home. She hesitated for a moment. Maybe she should go with the girls and forget about her new, stupid pastime, but she knew that if she missed it, she would regret it all week long; after all, it happened only on Friday afternoons.
"You know I like to start my homework on Fridays so I can keep my good grades."
"What a wasteful way to spend your High school senior year," said Melissa exasperated. "You don't need perfect grades, your parents could pay your tuition anywhere."
"But I need..." Elizabeth started talking, but Melissa interrupted her.
"I need to be admitted at Princeton," said Melissa imitating Elizabeth's posh voice tone.
"Well, it is your call, hope you don't repent someday."
Elizabeth blushed slightly but managed to hide the impact of that phrase on herself, and maybe in a self-defense mechanism, she replied.
"Hope you don't repent either."
She immediately regretted her words. Melissa and Laura were her best friends. They had been classmates since elementary, but they weren't as rich, or as beautiful as Elizabeth.
Elizabeth didn't want to be judgmental, but she sometimes thought that her friends should be trying harder to get the scholarships that they needed, but they seemed to be at ease with the idea of studying in community colleges, if at all.
She felt that her outstanding wealth, her dedication to the school, and her demure behavior, somewhat alienated her from her classmates, even from her closest friends.
"Sorry, it was a joke, I call you tomorrow", she said, but despite Melissa's smile, she could sense that her friend was hurt, after all, they had talked about the subject several times.
She left the school building in a hurry. She was almost running. Then she saw her, walking just a few meters ahead. She was Paola Hernandez, a senior like herself, and she was also an attractive girl, but that was probably where the similarities ended. Their origin was pretty different, while Elizabeth was the only daughter of a very successful white couple, Paola was of Mexican heritage, the second daughter of a blue-collar worker that she barely knew; she was always tight on money. And while Elizabeth had always shined at school, Paola barely passed grades, always lagging behind. Their style was also a big contrast, Elizabeth was a slender blonde that emanated elegance and class, especially when she dressed up, but even now wearing jeans and snickers she managed to look wealthy and stylish; Paola, on the other side, had a curvaceous hourglass figure that the cheap yellow cotton sundress that clung to her body didn't conceal at all. Her dark straight hair went to the middle of her back, and while Elizabeth's walk and style showed her high education, Paola's exuded some kind of wild sexiness.
Elizabeth followed Paola from afar. She had discovered Paola's secret just three weeks ago. Elizabeth started remembering her casual encounter with Paola.
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Elizabeth's parents were expending a couple of months in Europe, and Elizabeth being so ecologically conscious as she was, decided to walk to school at least a couple of days a week instead of using her red mustang. That Friday she tried to find a shortcut to her home and she walked out of her usual route; soon she found herself walking thru a rundown strip mall, she realized that the shortest path isn't always the best. She was trying to figure her way home when she saw Paola walking a few yards ahead, still carrying her ragged blue backpack.
She was deciding if she should approach her to ask for directions. She had seen Paola in school many times they took History together, but she hadn't crossed a word with her. Their social circles simply didn't collide at all and they hadn't been yet forced to work on a project together.
Elizabeth was still undecided, she wasn't classist, but it was so uncommon in her little society to trespass social barriers that despite her rational beliefs in equality, (she considered herself a leftist) in real life she felt pretty uncomfortable talking to 'them'. Then her thoughts were interrupted as she saw a man approaching Paola. The man looked middle class or a bit better and was probably in his forties, he even showed some gray in his hair.
To Elizabeth's surprise, after a little talk, the man held Paola's hand and both walked away. Elizabeth couldn't avoid following her classmate. She was so curious, "Was he her boyfriend?" she thought feasting on the juicy gossip, "gross, he is too old".
They turned to the back of the strip mall, There was an aisle with a vending machine and several doors. She saw the man putting some bills in the vending machine, and it delivered a keycard. He used it to enter one of the doors.
Elizabeth was mesmerized, was her classmate going to fuck with her old boyfriend in these hourly rate rooms. She was too curious to back up. She approached the room door trying to listen but she was too afraid to be discovered peeping. So she put some bills in the vending machine, selected one hour, and the room next to the one her classmate occupied and it blurted another keycard.
With trembling hands, she entered the room. It was so forbidden to be in that cheap room made for sex. The place was scarcely furnished; it had a nice queen-size bed and a bedside table. If there was still doubt of what these rooms were for, there was a big circular mirror in the ceiling, and the back wall was fully covered by another mirror. The back wall had also a door covered with a mirror, It didn't have a handle which made it even more discrete. It was designed to permit the access of the cleaning lady from inside the building, so there was no way that they could collide with the customers in the aisle or something. It was reasonably clean but the idea of people having sex there, made Elizabeth feel both repulsed and excited. She had never done anything so kinky, so forbidden. She approached her ear to the wall. It was a cheap one, so she could hear the muted voices of her neighbors.
"Lily", said the man which surprised Elizabeth, "Is it her second name or what?", she thought.
"It would be the usual fare?"
"Yes sir $250 for your full fantasy", said Paola sexily.
"Did you bring the school uniform and the wood ruler?"