Note to readers: this is the 9th part of a series - it should make sense and be readable by itself, but if you like it (or if you don't for reasons other than writing style) it may be worth reading the back story to see how Penny and Sean got to this strange place. Speaking of which, this story could be in the Loving Wives category, or veering into the BDSM area - if those sorts of stories don't turn you on, please don't go further. And, as a final word before I get on with the story - comments, favourable or critical, on content, style or anything else are much appreciated...
It is funny how things can happen at the right time. Having just spent a weekend with my girlfriend Penny and two other couples, swapping and swinging and having a very good time, I had then dropped her off so she could stay the night with another man, Peter. I was curiously jealous about that. After all she had been with him several times before, and she had been performing all sorts of sex acts with everyone over the weekend, most recently sharing a delightful time with me.
But this was the first time she was going to be with another man without me. It felt wrong. It cast our relationship in a new light.
As it turned out my father was in the kitchen when I got home, making a pot of tea, and we ended up having a long conversation.
I told him about Penny getting to flat sit for Peter for the next six months since he was off to Hong Kong in the morning. I told him that Penny and I had decided not to move in together, but I expected that I would stay over, and to be honest it would probably end up with me staying there more often than not.
He laughed wryly at that, and gave me a piercing look. "I hope you aren't asking my permission to move in with her?" he said
"No. But I know Mum might not approve, and I'd like your support there."
He laughed again. My mother was quite conservative and quietly religious. Dad was a liberal and not too secret agnostic. "Well I'm glad to hear you are taking responsibility for your own life. So what is worrying you, apart from your mother's stern glances?"
"I don't know that I want to live with her," I said in a rush.
Dad looked at me quizzically for a moment.
"Hmm. Well I suppose it is about the right time for the seven year itch to set in," he said. "Is there another girl you fancy?"
"Well, not really. There's no one I have a crush on."
"But you don't have a crush on Penny either, is that it?"
"Well..."
"Hmmn," may father nodded as well. "You have been with her a long time. And you have done a lot of growing up in that time. And you had that breakup before. It is hard for a couple to make it work again after that. The precedent is set."
"But I missed her so much when we were apart that time. And I know I would feel just as bad if we split up again. And, well, I do still fancy her, it's just ..."
"You aren't twitter-pated." said Dad, grinning.
"Yeah. I suppose."
He grinned further. "Well, maybe you will be again. It can come and go. I'm not mad about your mother all the time, but sometimes ... well anyway, I'm not going to advise you. But I trust you to not do the bad thing. You might not do the right thing of course, but I know you won't be bad. You won hurt her deliberately, and you won't use her or manipulate her. So go with your head as well as your heart. But don't worry about taking a few risks. They might pay off. After all, Your Mother and I have made it this far, despite all the odds."
I thought it was such good advice that I wrote it in my diary, which is why I can quote it now. I'm not sure now that he was right about me. I think that some of what I did with, and to, Penny was bad, and sometimes I even knew that at the time. But he was right about the importance of risk. Even when it doesn't pay off as you might hope.
As I lay in bed that night I wondered what Penny was doing. I wondered what Peter was doing to her. With her. Whatever. I imagined her face, her body, her cries and gasps, the way her eyes went wide, they way they glazed over, the way they closed and how her eyelids fluttered.
The following afternoon she met me as I came out of my last lecture. We kissed and she smiled and said "Missed you."
Peter's flat, which had become "The Flat," and soon became "Our Flat," was only five minutes walk away and we chatted as we went. There was a small shop on the corner of the street, and as we got to it Penny said "Could you grab a pint of milk, and maybe some buns? I'll go ahead and get the kettle on."
She almost skipped away. So I bought some currant squares and wandered round to the house in which the flat was, and up the stairs. Penny opened the door. I nearly dropped the shopping bag.
She stepped backwards as she threw the door wide and dropped into a deep curtsey, bowing her head as she said "Welcome home, Master."
She was naked, apart from her collar and cuffs.
It was so unexpected that I was frozen for a moment, speechless, but as she looked up shyly and smiled at me I was instantly inflamed.
I looked her up and down for a second, sweeping my gaze from her scarlet toenails to her loose brunette locks. Her skin was golden and smooth, her pubis covered in dark curls, her nipples hard and crinkled. She straightened up and posed with her hands up to her head, holding her hair up so I could see her collar. The gesture lifted her breasts and exposed her armpits where a little fluff had regrown since I banned her from shaving a few weeks before. It was a surprisingly intimate sight. She turned slowly, showing me all of her body, and saying "Does my outfit please you, Master."
I stepped over the threshold and swung the door closed behind me, moving to take her in my arms and kiss her. "I definitely approve," I said in between kisses.
Her skin was warm and soft, although I felt the hairs rise on her arms as I ran my finger down her spine and over the sensitive spot where her bottom began. Her time in the gym had firmed her muscles underneath, but she was still deliciously giving as my hand gripped her and I lifted her.
Penny's arms went round me, and her legs followed as I carried her towards the living room and directly to the bedroom door at the far side. The door was ajar, so I pushed it open and carried her straight to the bed. She swung her legs back and knelt on the duvet as we carried on kissing and she helped me off with my clothes.