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“When did you know?”
“How far along are you?”
“Was it an accident?”
“How do you feel?”
“Who else knows?”
“One at a time,” Jackie laughed, waving her hands at them, but her eyes sparkled with happiness. “I’m only a month along, which is why I hadn’t told any of you yet, thanks Maria.” Maria just grinned and shrugged. “No, we weren’t trying, but we aren’t upset, we’re ecstatic.”
Her hand resting on her belly, Jackie was absolutely glowing. All of them were. After all, this was going to be the first kid in the family. God... their mom was going to explode with excitement. No wonder Jackie hadn’t told any of them yet, she and David had probably wanted to just enjoy the news for themselves.
“Now... I’ll tell Mom and Dad tomorrow, but no telling anyone else,” Jackie said, pointing her finger at each sister in turn and reiterating Maria’s own thoughts. “Except your husbands,” she said, adding the modification for Ava and Lara. “We’re not announcing til the third month. Although, I guess I can tell Daniel he should tell his sister and parents now, too.”
Baby talk eventually devolved into wedding talk for Lara, all of which Maria was both a part of and completely separate from. The strangest mix of delight, awe, and a little bit of melancholy filled her. Spending time with her sisters was wonderful. Finding out she was going to be an aunt was even more so. So why the melancholy?
Maybe it was just that her sisters all seemed so much farther ahead in their lives than she was, especially now with Jackie pregnant. They’d spent a lot of time talking about Lara’s wedding and even more time talking about Jackie’s pregnancy. In the back of her head, as content as Maria was with her life, she’d always kind of figured she’d at least be engaged, if not married, by the time any of her sisters started having babies. It wasn’t a competition, but it just bought up the question, why wasn’t she further ahead in her life?
Not to mention, it also made her worry even more about her reactions to Rick and her upcoming introduction to kink. Would she be able to separate her multitude of desires? Her desire for him, her desire for what her sisters had, and her already confused sexual desires? It just suddenly felt like there was a lot hinging on Thursday evening.
Fortunately, none of her sisters noticed anything strange about her behavior. They finally settled down enough to watch The Little Mermaid—although they spent half the time talking over the movie. When they weren’t singing along.
In between movies, Maria went into Jackie’s kitchen to reload the snacks and get another drink. After a minute, Jackie followed her in, leaving Ava and Lara chattering away about wedding stuff again in the other room.
“Hey. So... I want an update,” Jackie said, poking Maria’s side and nearly making her drop the bag of chips she was holding.
“An update?” Maria asked, momentarily confused.
“Yeah.” Jackie hopped up onto the counter, watching Maria refill the tray of goodies. “An update on this date. So, you’re gonna give the spanking thing a try?”
“I don’t know,” Maria said, averting her eyes as she felt a hot blush spreading up into her cheeks. She felt like a bad older sister, like she was setting a bad example, even though she knew it was kind of stupid. It was just habit to try and do everything correctly, to not let her sisters know when she was doing something that... well, wasn’t on the straight and narrow. Which was why she still wasn’t going to tell Jackie she was going to a kinky sex club as her ‘date.’ “It’s just a date to... you know, see if we’re compatible.”
Except she had a feeling she probably was going to be getting spanked. It seemed very likely. But she didn’t know for sure, so she wasn’t lying exactly.
“Well, I’m glad you’re not just giving up on him,” Jackie said, snagging a grape from the tray and popping into her mouth. “Every relationship has things you have to compromise on, and a little spanking shouldn’t be a deal breaker. Who knows, it might even be exciting.” Now it was Maria’s turn to give Jackie a suspicious look. Her younger sister grinned. “I’m not saying I’ve tried it. It’s just I would have never thought I’d find it sexy to do anything with my feet... but Daniel’s reactions make it sexy for me.”
“I just wonder if I’m going to have to compromise too much,” Maria said, hedging her answer a little bit. “You know? Like, what if I’m just doing it because I like Rick?”
“What’s wrong with that?” Jackie asked. “As long as he’s not asking you to do something you actively dislike. Maybe you’ll try it and you’ll hate it, and he’ll have to decide if he likes you enough to go without. Or maybe you’ll try it and not hate it, but not love it, and just tolerate it for his sake. Like I tolerate Daniel’s yearly depression over the Redskins.” She rolled her eyes. “I wish he would just cheer for the Ravens, he’d be a much happier man.”
Maria laughed. “I’m not sure if we can compare being a Redskins fan to getting a spanking.”
“But you see my point.”
“Yeah...” Maria picked up the tray, fully loaded with food again. “I’ll think about it.”
And she would. Her sister had made some good points, which applied to everything Rick wanted, not just spanking. Not that she really thought she was going to hate anything he did to her, at least she hoped not, but she had worried about things she didn’t love. On the other hand, she could put up with one or two kinks that maybe she didn’t love but didn’t hate either. There were some she definitely wouldn’t do. Those were called “hard limits,” as she’d discovered during her research.
Ugh. She wished it was just Thursday already so she could stop worrying over it in her head.
14
It felt like nervous energy was fizzing through Rick’s veins in place of blood as he knocked on Maria’s door.
They’d fallen back into their habit of spending time together at the pool in the morning, to the point where Adam never expected to see him before ten on the days when Rick came in to help out, but things had changed a bit. Both of them were flirtatious, but more cautious about pushing the line, knowing they were waiting for the evening at Stronghold. Now that the day was finally here, Rick felt a jumpy tension in the pit of his stomach that had made getting through the day almost unbearable. Especially after Patrick had sent him her survey. For the most part it looked like she was willing to try a lot of things, although he wasn’t sure how much was because she wanted to make sure she didn’t automatically dismiss something he might want to do, and her hard limits were definitely along the same line as his. Just thinking about all the things she was apparently willing to let him try with her had left him distracted and horny.
He took a lengthy and goal-oriented shower, and even though he didn’t have a hard-on anymore, his leathers felt tighter than usual, and not just because his cock was looking forward to finally getting a chance at Maria.
