Chapter 8

Lori's attitude was essentially much the same as it was the previous day, but at least this time she looked me into the eyes when she said hello. Traci was much more energetic than she usually was so early in the morning, but she grew beet red when Rose commented that even after airing the master bedroom, there was still an unmistakable scent lingering in there. I added that it was the odor of two people heads over heels in love with each other and would be in the wake of anywhere that Traci and I went. All three girls agreed that was the cheesiest comment that I had ever made, which was saying a lot. I was happy to see that Lori had agreed with Traci and Rose, but it did not last long as she resorted back to being somewhat withdrawn.

To her credit, Traci did not even hesitate when I asked Rose and her to go on ahead and that I wanted to talk to Lori alone. This must have piqued Rose's curiosity, but she left with Traci and I joined Lori up in front of the car. Again, I had to reach out and turn Lori to face me.

"Lori, I'm afraid that I can't be your Master if you continue to behave this way."

"Why not? What way?" she asked me.

"Right now, I know that you're conflicted, but when we are around others, you need to at least put on a positive face. Actually, not just a face, but you need to be positive in general. I like not to only consider you as my girlfriend's sister, but as my friend as well. That second part is why I volunteered to help you explore this sexual side of yourself, but I will be verdammt if I let it destroy what already exists between the two of us."

She blinked a couple of times and then took a deep breath. After letting it out, she said, "I'm sorry. I don't know how to behave around you. I get aroused at the thought of you controlling me, but then I get upset at being aroused and that I am not worthy to be around you."

"Well, that's just it. You are worthy to being around me and I even get aroused at the thought of controlling you. You just can't let this consume you. I want you to promise me that you will try to suppress your desire of being submissive when we are out in public. Heck, even when we are alone, I want you to try to be your regular self unless we are 'playing'," I said, adding the quote marks around playing with my fingers.

She gave a slight smile and said, "And how do I know when we are 'playing'," mimicking my quote marks.

"Well, for one, it will be after your sister gives you permission. Also, I will call you Slave and the tone of my voice will be different."

Her smile remained when she rolled her eyes and said, "In that case, never."

"Traci told me about the conversation that you had with her and your mother." I noticed the look of surprise on her face and added in a commanding voice, "Slave, don't you think your Master deserves to know this?"

The smile vanished from her face only to be replaced with a look of fear mixed with excitement. After a moment, she composed herself and said, "Oh wow, I see what you mean."

I smiled at her and told her in my regular voice that the next time I did that, it will be when we can actually continue. I informed her that I thought it would be at least a couple of months before Traci would actually let me dominate her older sister and that at least for now, we should try to resume the same type of friendship that we've had. She told me that she would try and pointed out that we needed to be getting to class. While I walked with her into the school, she asked me about the foreign word I had used during our conversation and I told her that it meant 'damned' in German. Being around me was truly an education for the girls, at least in learning how to curse in different languages. I left her at her locker and told her that I would see her at Calculus.

At least this time when we left the math class, she was walking along side me instead of a step behind. I wondered if she had even noticed what she had done the previous day, but I was not going to point it out to her. The conversation was slightly forced, but not too awkward. We parted ways when we reached the Quad and I joined the girls at the table after stopping by the salad bar.

When I sat down, Pollyanna was telling the girls about how the conversation went with her parents regarding her sexuality. Pollyanna's face was one of disbelief, but everybody else seemed amused.

"So after I get done telling them that I was gay, they actually started to laugh and they both said, 'No Duh!'. It wasn't until I started to cry that they stopped laughing and wanted to know what was wrong. They couldn't understand why I was so upset. When I asked how they knew about me, they said that they had overhead Rose and me when she would come over for sleepovers during last summer. Mom actually said that Rose sure gets loud when she climaxes!" Pollyanna exclaimed.

Rose grew red over that last comment but Michelle saved her further embarrassment when she told Pollyanna that it really was not surprising that her parents were cool about their daughter. Pollyanna replied that her parents were older than everybody else's and thought that they would be the ones to 'freak out' the most.

"Where did you tell us that you lived until you were five, Pollyanna?" asked Rose.