To Party or not to party?
"Why would tell her about him," Lucky awoke to the sounds of Cheryl yelling from outside of her room. He rolled over and placed his arm on the empty bed.
"Why are you so determined to hide him," he heard the familiar voice of Vicky call back with a determined voice to match Cheryl's anger. "You have a gift for a man, and I'm telling you that he could mean something bigger than you're giving him credit for."
"He's not yours to control," Cheryl shot back. "He's mine."
Lucky could guess what they were arguing about at this point. Terra told him that Vicky had been talking with the reporter about him who had caught her attention. Vicky had probably come by to give her friend a heads up on what events might take place that night at the party.
"You're right," he heard Vicky sigh in admission. "But maybe it's not right for him to be anybody's. Hell Cheryl, you're the one who use to talk about it night being right and now here you are on the other side of the fence as soon as you buy your own."
"He's mine Vicky," Cheryl stated pointedly. "Why do you care about this subject so much all of a sudden. Your job revolves around men being owned and has never said anything even close to this before."
There was a long silence before he heard Vicky respond.
"I've got to know him while training him and he's helped me realize what we are doing," she explained. "I'm not trying to hurt you."
"Well you did," Cheryl shot back. He could hear the front door open and then close again a few moments before the door to her bedroom opened and she stepped in. "Did you hear all that?"
"I heard some," he admitted. "I don't want to cause trouble for you."
She seemed to be on the verge of tears as she walked over and sat down on the bed next to him as he sat up. She looked off as if she was looking at something beyond the walls of her room for a long moment before finally speaking again.
"You're not going to the party tonight," she stated with a nod of determination. "You'll have to stay here tonight. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it has to be."
"I understand," he said as he looked away from his master and out the window where Terra had been spying on him. He wasn't sure what he expected, but Terra would know what to do here. He had no idea how to bypass the order. He didn't think he'd be able to talk her into changing her mind. Was it mission failure so early?
"You are mine," she stated as she turned to look into his eyes."You are mine and I will keep you that way."
Lucky looked deeply into her eyes and could see how much her words actually meant to her at that moment. It would take an army to pull him away from her and he didn't have an army. A large part of him didn't want to go anyway. He was quite content being with his master. She was kind to him, and he really enjoyed having sex with her almost daily. He smiled back at her as he placed his hand on her knee.
"I wouldn't have it any other way," he stated in a whisper causing a small tear to fall from her eye and run down her cheek. He slid his finger across her cheek to catch her tear, which drew her face closer to his until their lips were connected in a passionate kiss.
"I always thought it was crazy when I read about women who fell in love with men in the history books," she said as she pulled her face back and rested her head to his with her forehead."But I think I'm actually falling in love with you."
Lucky's eyes shot wide open from her words. Falling in love with a man?! That was something he had never heard of. Men were property. Men were toys. Men were tools. Men were not of the same value as women so how could she think she was falling in love with him? Project Lucky was supposed to confuse women into thinking he was great. It was supposed to create a false simulated love, but for a woman to come out and say it was near treason to the current world.
"I'm sorry," she said as she turned her head from him. "I bet I sound like a completely insane person."
She started to get up from the bed and walk away, but Lucky grabbed her wrist and held her in place. She turned to look into his eyes once more. He could see the moisture in her eyes swelling up and pulled her into his arms. He squeezed her gently as she began to cry into his chest.
"What's wrong with me," she cried as he began stroking her back. "What am I going through?"
"I think the real question is," Lucky began. "What's wrong with the rest of the world."
She stopped crying as she pulled back from him and looked into his eyes. Wonderment spread across her face as she studied him. She slowly began to smile as she wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"You are incredible," she laughed as she stood from the bed. "Thank you for being here."
"Thank you for buying me," he corrected with a smile. Maybe he could convince her otherwise. She stared down at him for a moment before walking out of the room.
Once Cheryl had closed her bedroom door behind her, Lucky once again looked out the window again. Terra would be proud of him. He wished she were there. He wanted to see her again just out the window if nothing else.
"Breakfast is ready," Cheryl called from the dining room, causing Lucky to walk out and meet her.
She had a smile on her face as she placed his plate of eggs and bacon down before setting in her own seat. She gestured for him to come set down.
"I need to get some chores out in town done before the party tonight and I won't have time to make it back here before leaving," she began as she took a bite of eggs from her fork. "I'm sure you'll be fine here, but just wanted to let you know."
She really meant to not let him go. Thoughts of what he could say raced through his mind and he even almost started to say something when he looked up to see her staring at him as if that's exactly what she was expecting. She had a look of almost anger as she readied herself for a comeback. That's when he knew that nothing he could say would change her mind.
Terra might not be as proud of him as he had hoped.
"I understand," he said as he took a bite of eggs and acted as though he had nothing else to really say on the matter. "I just hope you have a good time."