Not far in the future...
It was nearly six when David's car finally rolled into his drive, dark at this time of year. The control panel indicated that the house computer had connected with the vehicle a block ago and the garage was already open, the lights on. It had been another busy day and late night, and likely no better on Megan's end. His girlfriend was an administrator at the hospital and David himself was IT support for the city. Both their schedules of late had been somewhat ridiculous and he was struggling not to appear as exhausted as he felt.
"Cia," he said addressing the house AI, "is Megan home yet?"
"Yes. David." Cia replied, a female voice with a touch of a British accent. "She arrived quite early today. Miss Vinera is also inside. Shall I dock the car into the garage for you?"
"Yes, thank you." David lifted his hands free of the controls to allow the AI to guide the car forward. "Anything new?"
"Yes." The computer replied. "Was your day pleasant?"
David blinked as the car glided into the garage. "No worse than usual, I guess. So what is it that's new?"
"I think your day may become more pleasant if I allow you to find out for yourself." Cia said with an amused tone.
David raised one eyebrow. Cia had been custom programed, exclusively by him, and he often wondered if he had given her a bit too much personality. "More pleasant, eh? Then perhaps Meg didn't have the same kind of day I had."
"I think I can assure you not." Cia replied, her tone still amused. The vehicle shut down an the door opened, while the garage closed behind it. "You will have to ask her yourself."
"Hmm." David climbed from the car. "You sure are being mysterious."
"I am what I am required to be." Cia replied. "Are you dissatisfied with my performance? Perhaps you should speak with my programmer." Her tone was teasing.
"Times like this I think he might have done too good a job." David sighed as he entered the house proper. "Meg!" He called as he slid the door shut. "The house is being oblique again."
"Oh, and who's fault is that do you suppose." Came the reply from somewhere out of sight; the bedroom from the sound of it.
"Granted. How was your day?" He returned. "And is Nat here? Cia mentioned her."
"Oh, yeah... Nat's, um, here." Megan stammered. "Day was fine. I even got off a little early. Nat came over too... help... me with...something."
"And how'd that go?" David set his tool bag down on a shelf by the door and made his way into the kitchen proper.
"Varying degrees of success." Came the response. "I... have a surprise for you!"
"Mmm, I'm intrigued." David said. "Good surprise or bad?"
"I guess you'll have to decide for yourself." Megan said. "Just... stay there please. I'll be out in a moment."
"Ok?" David raised an eyebrow. Meg sounded uncertain, which was unusual for her. She tended to be pretty confident. She also sounded calm, however, so he did as she asked.
"Just wait." Megan pressed. "I'll explain it all in a bit."
David shrugged and moved to get himself a glass of water. He was most of the way through it, when he heard movement down the hall. Slightly clumsy, slow movement, which caught his attention. Meg was athletic and fairly graceful. He turned to the hall to see her enter and blinked twice.
His girlfriend was 5'7", with a slim build, moderately sized breasts, and pixieish cut, light brown hair. And currently, she was naked. Well, not quite, though her modesty was completely unprotected. On her face, was a sparkly domino mask, pink with flared points past her eyes, and on her feet, a pair of obnoxious, florescent green platform heels. They pushed her height up past David's 6 feet, and did honestly amazing things to her already attractive legs and hips. It was the footwear, it seem that accounted for her lack of grace traversing the hall as she was using her left arm and the wall to balance herself. Her right arm, however was upraised with her palm and fingers pressed to her forehead above the mask.
"Nice shoes, masked woman." David quipped with a grin. "Orthopedic?"
"Quite the opposite, I assure you." returned Megan. "Plus, they're a little big. I borrowed them from Nat."
"I see." said David. "From her more... 'exotic' days. And where is Miss Vinera?"
"Oh, we'll get to her." said Megan with an eye roll. "She's... Not going anywhere for the moment." Megan took a breath. "So I wanted to surprise you. We've both been so busy lately. Not much in the way of free time with each other. I was starting to miss you..."
"Agreed." David sighed. "And I do love the wardrobe choice. I was surprised
"So was I a little, I did intend to have a little more on, but we'll get to that. So the other day at work, I saw something and thought 'Dave would think that was neat'. So I looked into it. Got the specs, talked to Nat, and we came up with a kinky plan for you and I this weekend."
"Involving stripper gear." grinned David. "I am engaged. Tell me more."
"So I pulled a few strings, got the afternoon off, and acquired a container of NA-425." Megan grinned back slyly.
"I'm not familiar with that code." David said, raising an eyebrow.
"I didn't think you would be." said Megan "It's pretty new and a little outside your area of expertise. What it is, is a medical grade nano-adhesive."
David let out a low whistle. "I've read about the research. Stuff like that is cutting edge. I'd love a look at the control code. Wait... Nano-adhesive." He reached forward and grabbed her right wrist, giving it a tug. Her head bobbed slightly but stayed fully connected to her hand. "Well, that makes sense all of a sudden. Was that on purpose?"
"Not... really... Kind of? We were playing with it a bit." His girlfriend's cheeks colored. "The mask and shoes too." Megan said with a smile. "And you'll get your chance at the code. Cia has a copy. She incorporated it, and now can operate the 425. which is where we hit a snag." She wiggled her elbow. "*Your* house..."
"Oh now she's my house?" teased David.
"She was always your house." Megan returned. "Your house talked me into Admin locking the release command. So picture two hot, half dressed girls playing with a nano super-adhesive and all of a sudden they can't remove it," she put her free hand to her cheek, making an 'O' with her mouth, "without the house Admin." She stepped forward and playfully jabbed him in the chest with a finger. "You." She rolled her eyes but couldn't suppress a grin. "We... need an adult."
"I see." David said with a smirk. "We? Oh. Nat is 'not going anywhere at the moment'?
"Yeah, we'll... get to her. After I got the 425, I had Nat bring over some of her old stuff and we started messing with it. My hand got stuck to my head." Megan's face became serious, and her voice dropped. "And the story we're going with is that she got some on her hands helping me with the shoes."
"The story." David's expression changed appropriately.
"You know she's been... struggling since her mom died and she separated from Lauren." Megan kept her tone low. "I could see it today. Bad. But then, I had this little mishap," she wiggled her right arm, "and she seemed a little more like her old self for a moment. Then Cia suggested Admin locking the release so we couldn't unstick anything, and she seemed to latch on to that too. I was hoping she could stay tonight. For the company. I talked her into attaching her hands to the dresser, which was surprisingly easy considering she knew we couldn't get her free until you got home. An excuse to keep her here more than anything." She ran her left hand nervously through her hair.
"Well, I mean of course she can stay." David said. "The guest room is all set and...
"I was thinking... that we wouldn't need... the guest room." said Megan with a furrowed brow.
"Oh?" David lifted his eyes and met her gaze, suddenly catching on. "Oh! You mean... with us?" He received a small nod in reply. "Um, well... ok then. I mean I don't want to presume anything, but..." He exhaled. "So enlighten me then. What is your plan?"
"You know that she and I had kind of a thing in college." Megan said.