CW: nonconsent, impregnation
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I thought, as I lay on a guest bed in the Sigma house and pretended to be passed out, that everything was going according to plan.
Sigma Lambda Tau has a big induction ceremony every year, and according to rumor the girls who'd pledged would do dangerous sexual dares in front of the partygoers. The pledges would either get in or get pregnant. My roommate worked in the health clinic on campus, and she said that the Sigmas were responsible for a quarter of the student pregnancies.
I wanted to write an exposé about their inductions, one that would reveal their dirty secrets and knock them from their spot at the top of the campus social hierarchy. I didn't like them, but I figured that once people found out about the truth about them, more people would agree with me. But since the rumors were so fanciful, I knew that I would need solid evidence. The Sigmas knew what I looked like, so if I showed up during inductions I'd get caught. So, I formulated a plan.
First, I'd arrived early, when there weren't many people and the Sigmas were mostly distracted with preparations. I'd pretended to be just another partygoer, wandering around with a drink in my hand. And, when everyone was distracted, I'd put small video cameras in the rooms where the inductions were going to be.
Before I'd launched this plan, opinions had been mixed on whether it was a good idea. My editor at the campus newspaper, when I'd suggested the idea, had said "absolutely the fuck not." My roommate had told me that crossing the Sigmas was a terrible idea. The Sigma spokesperson who I talked to said that their induction ceremonies were live events only, and that anyone who tried to record them would be asked to leave at best. On the other hand, I thought it was genius.
I knew I'd need to collect the cameras afterwards, but I didn't want to be too obvious while the new Sigmas were getting inducted. So I got several drinks, and pretended to get sloshed. An hour or so in, and I had been staggering and slurring my words, and a half hour after that I had sat down and pretended to pass out.
"First one already?" one of the Sigmas had said as she'd gently shaken me.
"People go crazy early in the year," a second girl near my ankles had replied. "Do you need a hand getting her into a room?"
The first Sigma had given me an experimental lift. "Nah, she's a lightweight in more ways than one."
I managed not to bristle as she got me over her shoulder and carried me through the hall. I usually hate it when people talk about how short or slender I am, but I could bite my tongue this once.
She'd carried me into a guest room and deposited me on one of the beds, on the side closest to the door. She'd slipped a sleeping mask over my eyes, and its soft presence blotted out the lamp in the corner of the room. The door had locked behind her when she left, and I'd allowed myself to smile.
I should have just focused on steady breathing, in case someone opened the door, but I let my mind wander. I imagined what people would say when I published the story - my editor admitting that my daring had paid off, and the other students impressed by me, and newspapers hearing about it and hiring me once I graduated. I shouldn't have been counting my chickens, I supposed, but the eggs had so much promise.
The door clicked open. I had a moment of panic, then forced my breathing to stay slow and even. I knew what sleep looked like, and I figured that drunken sleep wasn't that different. I felt my chest gently rise and fall as two sets of footsteps stepped into the room. It was probably two Sigmas carrying another drunk girl, and I just hoped I wouldn't be sharing the bed.
"Lock the door," a girl's voice said. She had a Scottish accent, and judging by the source of her voice she was pretty tall.
I heard a click, then the footsteps drew closer.
"Elsie, there's someone here," a guy's voice said. His voice was warm and eager, as though he really wanted to be telling her better news.
"That's fine," Elsie said. "It's a king bed."
I could almost hear his hesitation, and my heart raced. The idea that they might have sex right next to me was shocking, but I supposed that it was tamer than most of the Sigma induction activities. I tried to keep my breathing even and keep the rest of my body from reacting to the idea.
"What if she wakes up?" he asked.
I heard footsteps draw close on my side of the bed, and felt the warmth of Elsie's breath as she leaned close to me.
"I don't think she'll wake up," she said softly. "She's drunk on something. Maybe power."
"No, you're drunk on power," he replied.
She chuckled. "I'm tipsy on power," she insisted. "I've still got my head." I heard a single footstep as she walked closer to him, then a soft kiss.
"I have reasons for everything I do, accomplice," she said. "Tell me that you'll trust me."
He only hesitated for a moment, and he might have been smiling. "I trust you, Elsie."
"Mmmm," she said, purring like a tiger. She pulled him back in for more kissing, the sound soft but unmistakable. It occurred to me that this was just another private Sigma behavior that I was spying on for future exposés, and I barely managed to stop myself from grinning.
Abruptly, Elsie reached out for something to lean on as she kissed her accomplice, and she grabbed my ankle. I managed not to pull away. I expected her to let go, but she squeezed me as she kissed the guy, caressing my leg as though I was the one she was embracing. Her fingers were strong, and I felt a warmth start to spread through me. Well, I told myself, a little bit of groping was a small price to pay for the story of the decade.
"Race you to naked?" Elsie asked.
There was a pause, then Elsie moved her hand, and I heard the rustle of clothing.
It should have been easy. They weren't touching me, and I was certain they were about to be distracted, and I didn't have to do anything but lie there and wait. My heart was racing, though, and my breath was fluttering, and my pussy was roused further by every snap of elastic and every breathless gasp and sly giggle that reached me. It occurred to me that the most awkward part of the evening might be listening without being able to touch myself.
The bed next to me shifted once and then twice. I tried to piece out who was where by the way the bed moved beneath me - I was pretty sure it was Elsie next to me, propped halfway up against the pillows and almost close enough to touch me, while her accomplice knelt between her legs. But I couldn't know for certain until I heard them speak.
"Come on," she said, and I could hear her smile. "Show me what that mouth do."
"You already know," he chuckled.