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“A safe word is a word which is easily recognizable as not belonging in the scene,” Angel said, taking over the explanation. “Mine is ‘uncle,’ like in ‘say uncle.’ Saying ‘no’ doesn’t get me shit, but if I say my safe word, Adam will stop whatever he’s doing immediately. Although the only time I’ve ever had to use it is when he accidentally made one of my wrist restraints too tight and my hand started to tingle.” She rolled her eyes and exchanged a grin with Jessica. “He practically panicked when I said it, thinking he was being too rough with me, and then you should have seen the way he acted over my wrist. All I wanted was for him to loosen the cuff, not stop the scene entirely. Now I know better and I say ‘yellow’ if I have something I need to tell him like that, so he doesn’t freak out.”
Their easygoing demeanor was just as reassuring as what they were telling her. In the privacy of the locker room, with no one else around, it wasn’t like they could be pressured by their men or their friendship with Rick. This felt like girl talk, the kind she would have with her sisters—if her sisters ever talked about stuff like this.
“Safe words can mean different things to different couples,” said Jessica, leaning forward earnestly. Which gave Maria an incredible view of her breasts. Not that Maria normally noticed things like other women’s boobs, but in the corsets Jessica and Angel were wearing it was hard not to notice when either of them leaned forward. She couldn’t help but wonder what Rick’s reaction would be if she wore something like that. “For all of us, it stops the scene, but for some people a safe word is just like ‘pause.’ Like when Angel says yellow. I know in some of the Master-slave relationships it can actually end the relationship entirely, so it’s really rare for it to happen, but the choice is always in the submissives’ hands. From what I’ve seen of Christina and Paul, I’m not sure what he could possibly do to get her to safe word. She’s kind of an extreme masochist, and she likes rougher role play.”
“Yeah, tell me about it,” Hilary said, and Maria turned her head to look at the pretty blonde. She was wrinkling her nose, but her soft brown eyes were filled with amusement. “First time I saw them together, he had her hog-tied and she was screaming ‘rape’ while everyone watched. I was lucky. We came in at the end of their scene, so she orgasmed about thirty seconds later, otherwise I might have been traumatized, even with Liam reassuring me she was fine.”
“What is her safe word?” Angel asked the other two, sounding curious. “Does anyone know?” Hilary and Jessica shook their heads. “I might have to ask her sometime.”
“So... she likes pretending she’s being raped?” Maria asked, still a little confused.
Angel gave her a lopsided smile. “Yeah. I don’t get it either, but Stronghold’s very much ‘to each their own.’ All the dominants and submissives have their own personal kinks, and a lot of them are looking for a partner whose kinks match theirs. We can tell you with absolute certainty Rick’s kinks don’t involve anything extreme. There’s not a lot of secrets here, and especially in our group of friends.”
“What do you mean, his kinks?” Maria asked, a little worried about what Angel might consider extreme. Not because Angel seemed untrustworthy, but because Maria didn’t have a barometer for this kind of thing.
“Well, all the guys are kind of into different things, although they also have a lot of similarities,” Angel said. “Adam’s got a major thing for spanking and bondage—“
“Also, he’s a complete ass man,” Jessica interjected with a giggle. “And I don’t just mean to look at.” Out of the corner of her eye, Maria could see Hilary make a face, her own head was trying to catch up with exactly what Jessica meant.
“You guys are going to scare the newbie,” Hilary said, her tone slightly scolding although she also sounded amused. She turned to Maria. “Liam’s not at all into anal sex, fortunately, because no matter how much these two talk it up I’m not really interested. We do a little bit of anal play with toys and stuff sometimes, but that’s about as far as I want to go and thankfully that’s all he wants too.”
“What if he wanted more?” Maria asked, almost surprising herself by asking a question now.
Listening to this conversation was fascinating, still girl talk, but worlds away from anything she’d ever talked about with her sisters. And it really was helping her that all three of them were so open, although she still wasn’t sure if this was the kind of thing for her. She felt like she was soaking up the knowledge, storing it all away for further contemplation.
Hilary made a face. “I guess if he really wanted it, I’d try it, but if I didn’t like it, that would be that. We don’t have the kind of relationship which includes me doing things I don’t like, although some people are turned on by that. Like Christina.”
“I like it when Justin and Chris push me,” Jessica said, blushing a little bit. “But they never do anything I can’t handle, although there are certain things we don’t do very often.”
“So... you’re with both of them?” Maria asked, hoping her voice didn’t sound judgmental. She truly wasn’t trying to judge, it was just she’d never heard of such a thing, although it did explain the dynamics she’d seen earlier.
“Oh good grief, he really didn’t tell you anything,” Hilary muttered.
“Yes, I’m with both of them,” Jessica said, her voice even. Obviously she was used to people not being entirely sure what to make of such a revelation. She’d blushed over talking about them pushing her boundaries but not about the fact that she was in a relationship with two men. “Last summer I went to this um... kink school basically, like a summer camp but for adults who want to learn about sex and different kinds of kink, and they were both instructors there.” She rolled her eyes. “Little did I know. We all worked at the same company back then, and they knew I was going to be there. I was so pissed off when I got home and realized they’d known who I was all along... but we really connected at school and they both wanted to date me, and they were sure they wouldn’t break up their friendship over trying to date me, but I just couldn’t choose between them. Didn’t help that they taught the ménage a trois class together at the school, so I knew how good it could be with both of them. It’s not always easy, but we’re making it work.”
“Wow...” Maria blinked, trying to assimilate all the information just handed to her. The others waited patiently, although she got the feeling that mostly they were waiting for her reaction to Jessica’s unusual relationship. Hey, she didn’t think it was what she would want for herself, although now that she thought about it some aspects seemed like they could be pretty fascinating, but she didn’t know what her mother and sisters would say. They’d probably have a meltdown of nuclear proportions. “I think I could use a school like that, after today. Would’ve helped a lot anyway.”
Relaxing at Maria’s acceptance of everything she’d just been told, Jessica grinned at her in a conspiratorial way. “It was pretty fantastic... although it was also kind of weird. At first, I felt a little slutty, because I was having sex with someone different in almost every class, but it was a lot of fun too. I don’t think I could be where I am today if I hadn’t gone, it really opened up my mind.”
“Tell me about it... and then she comes home and she’s all bondage this, bondage that...”
“Like you hadn’t already been reading all the dirty books on my e-reader,” Jessica said laughing, shaking her finger at Hilary. Her hazel eyes sparkled at the memory.
“So then I get dragged to Stronghold,” Hilary said, ignoring Jessica. “Met Liam... he was a total jerk at first and then the next thing I know I’m asking for an Introductory Scene, probably half because he told me to stay away from the club. Of course, Patrick made sure Liam was assigned to me to do the scene, and we did some role play... and then I was hooked. Both on the lifestyle and on him. We just clicked with what we like. He’s more into ordering me around and making me hold still while he teases me until I’m ready to beg him to let me cum than anything else, although we both really do have a good time with the role play.” The dopey grin on her face was so cute, and yet so at odds with her words. It was incredibly charming. “It’s fun.”
The look the three women exchanged then was the kind Maria sometimes had with her sisters. Not a conversation, just a camaraderie, a sharing of something special. They were all completely different in looks and—apparently—interests, but they all had the same self-satisfied, content expressions of women who were happy.
Expressions she recognized from her sisters’ faces. So apparently it didn’t matter whether a relationship was more conventional or a little bit kinky, it could still affect a woman the same way. That was nice to know... that was, if she was going to stick around Rick.
She was still mad she was discovering all of this now from his friends, rather than from him. Not to mention that, even with their explanations and evident happiness, she didn’t know if this kind of thing was for her.
“What are Rick’s... um... kinks?” she asked, a little hesitantly. “He said he wanted to spank me...”
“Oh good, so he’s communicating a little bit, at least.” The new voice made Maria jump, along with the other three. She couldn’t see Hilary’s face, but both Angel and Jessica beamed at the woman who was coming towards them, having somehow slipped silently into the room without any of them noticing. The stunning redhead was the same woman Maria had seen in the locker room the first time she was there, the one who had smiled at her encouragingly. The same smile was on her face as she straddled the bench next to Jessica.
The tight leather pants she was wearing didn’t look like they should be that flexible, but she didn’t even wince as she settled down. Her top was leather too, showing off an expanse of pale midriff as well as a generous amount of cleavage. Somehow the combination was both sexy and intimidating.
The woman held out her hand, and Maria automatically took it without thinking.
