Chapter 02: Karen
Mel and I had slept together about once a week since the night she'd signed off on my membership in Sigma Eps' boytoy corps. This was the third week since it happened, and although we'd talked about it, I hadn't been contacted for my next "test".
It didn't really bother me. Nice as it might have been to be part of a group that got to fuck the lust-crazed sisters of Sigma Eps, I was grateful for Mel's presence in my bed, and I saw little point in being pushy.
She woke me that morning with a kiss. I cracked open one eye to see that she was already dressed in her usual painted-on jeans and a crop-top. She grinned and kissed me again. "I'm off, lover. I'll talk to you later today, or maybe tonight."
I grunted out a goodbye, my voice thick with sleep, and fell back as she let herself out.
Fifteen minutes later, the alarm went off. I called down the wrath of Heaven on the infernal machine, but got out of bed and grabbed a quick shower. Ten minutes later, feeling a bit more human, I got dressed and grabbed my books, thinking to grab some breakfast at the Student Union before my first class.
It was while I was unenthusiastically consuming the alleged Western omelet on my plate that I noticed a piece of paper poking from between the pages of my History book. I pulled it out and found that it was a small envelope, and inside it was a folded piece of paper.
Nick -
Melanie has informed me that she's sponsoring you for membership in our male auxiliaries. If you'd care to drop by around 5:00 this afternoon, I'll be happy to explain the privileges and responsibilities of membership. Don't be late!
Karen
Her address and phone number were printed below her signature.
I stuck it back in the book and pondered on it during the rest of breakfast. It nagged at me off and on throughout the day, and my curiosity was screaming at me by the time I stood outside Karen's place. I rang the bell and Karen opened the door, dressed in jeans and a Sigma Eps t-shirt. I was a little shocked; I'd gone to high school with Karen, and just like Melanie, I didn't think she knew me from Adam.
She smiled. "Hi, Nick. C'mon in."
I followed her into a house that had been converted to individual apartments. I learned later that the landlady was a former Sigma Eps sister, and her rules about men in the apartments were consequently more relaxed than in most boarding houses.
Karen's apartment turned out to be a studio apartment, and I whistled. I could fit my entire apartment into one of the closets here. Karen grinned. "RHIP."
"Huh?"
"Rank has its privileges." She sat down on a low couch, motioning for me to join her. "Mel told me you were pretty good that night." She winked. "Wow - whod'a thunk it? The biggest geek in high school becomes a superstud."
"Hardly a superstud," I winced.
"Don't be so modest. Mel is a hell of a lover herself - at least so I'm told - and she spoke pretty damn highly of your skills."
"Glad to know it." I let my eyes run over Karen. She hadn't changed much. Same shapely ass, same long legs - though not nearly as long as Mel's - same deep cleavage, same dark hair, same flirty smile. Her nipples were clearly defined through the thin t-shirt. She noticed me noticing her and grinned again.
"You
have
changed. You'd never have had the nerve to give me a once-over like that in high school."
"Yeah, well, I paid enough for the privilege." I was silent, thinking of Sarah. Where was she now, what was she doing? Did she ever think of me? Was there even the remotest possibility that she might still care for me? Karen's voice jogged me out of my reverie.
"Well, as you might have guessed, I'm your new test, Nick. Get my vote and you'll have four more to go. I won't be as easy to please as Mel, though, I can promise you that."
"So when would you like to start?"
"Impatient? Put your hormones on hold, Nicky, and listen to me. You might not want to test with me after I explain some things."
I raked her body with my eyes again. "That's hard to believe, but I'll listen."
Karen met my eyes levelly, looking slightly amused. "Well, I'll get straight to the point. Do you know what BDSM is?"
"I know what the letters stand for, but not much more. I'm pretty sure my ideas on the subject consist of popular stereotypes. Why don't you tell me what it is as it applies to
you
?"
"Fair enough." She leaned back against the arm of the couch, stretched out her legs till her feet were in my lap. "Take my shoes off, would you?"
I untied her laces, pulled her shoes off. She plopped them back in my lap. "Okay, first of all, I'm into BDSM. I'm not a sadist, but I am a Domme. What that means at its simplest is that when we're together, I'm in charge. I say what we do, when we do it, how we do it. You do as you're told without argument and without hesitation, no matter what it is. Anything else will earn you punishment."
"Whips and chains?"
"Something like that." She stretched out her legs. "Kiss my feet."
"What?"
"Don't question, just do it!" She snatched a riding crop from God knows where and brought it down on my hand, hard. I stared stupidly at the red mark on the back of my hand. "Don't sit there gawking! Kiss my feet!"
I hastily bent my head and kissed her feet - first the right, then the left. The crop came down to sting my left shoulder. "Not like that! With enthusiasm! It is a privilege to be my slut! Demonstrate your devotion to your mistress! Kiss my feet, you stupid bastard!"
I kissed her feet again, this time letting my mouth make love to her feet, one at a time. I kissed her toes individually, ran my palm along the arch, massaged it gently. She smiled. "That's more like it. And that, Nicky, is a sample of what it will be like trying to please me tonight. Do you have the balls to try?"
I sat thinking, my mind racing.
"Speak up!" The crop hit my other shoulder. The answer just popped out.
"Yes, Mistress."
She smiled, almost purring as she spoke. "Good slut. Then let me explain the rules for tonight." She rubbed the arch of her foot against my crotch. "First, and most important, is obedience. You will do what you're told, when you're told, in precisely the way you're told. You will not think for yourself unless I specifically tell you to. Second: if you fail to obey, or if you fail to obey quickly enough or enthusiastically enough, you will be punished. Third: even if you follow my orders instantly and to the letter, I may choose to punish you, just because I feel like it. Is that clear, slut?"
"I think so, Mistress."