The party wasn't too bad. It was slightly too loud with way too much good food and drink, but on the whole it was a good party, Beatrix realized as she sat down on Keaton's couch. She had to admit to feeling slightly woozy, which wasn't a great thing.
One by one, the other party-goers left. The people she knew left early, so she'd have to drive herself home.
"No you don't!" Keaton insisted when she said as much. "You've had too many. It would be dangerous. Stay here tonight."
"I can't impose on you like that!" Beatrix protested. Besides, she barely knew her coworker.
"Neither can I let you drive yourself home in your state."
"I'm not drunk!" she insisted. Just a little light-headed.
"You know full well that you don't have to be drunk to be under the influence! You've told me that before!"
Beatrix sighed.
The last guest rose to leave. "I could drive you home," he offered.
She shook her head. "I guess I'm staying here. I will need my hoverbil tomorrow. Thanks anyway."
Then they were alone.
"Are you any good at tying knots?" he asked.
"Sure. What did you need?"
"If I wanted to play a little kinky in the bedroom with my girlfriend, which knots would I use?" Keaton asked.
"I would probably choose a slip knot so that it would come loose easily when you were ready," Beatrix suggested.
"Can you show me?"
"Of course."
"The ropes are in my bedroom," Keaton excused and walked out of the room.
Beatrix followed, curious now. He was sitting on his bed, trying to tie a rope. She sat next to him and took the rope from him. She quickly tied it. "Around the tree and back into the hole again," she quoted as she tied.
"And it will hold a leg nicely?" he asked, slipping it around her ankle and pulling it tight.
"Yes," she replied.
"And the other? I'm not sure I'll remember that knot."
She did it again. "You should probably learn it if you want to play with bondage."
He slipped it around her other ankle and pulled it tight.
"And if I wanted to tie her hands?" he asked.
"You could use the same knots."
"Together? Behind her? Like this?" he asked, putting Beatrix's arms behind her.
"Not sure. Maybe just wrap the rope around them and tie a basic square knot," she suggested. A rope wrapped around her wrists.
"Like that?" he asked.
"Something like that."
"And if I wanted to gag her so she couldn't scream?" he asked.
"I don't know," she admitted, unsure she wanted to keep playing this game. "Untie my wrists now, please."