be
enjoying this, and I was surprised how open he was. I figured, this was my
chance to get as much information as possible. Even though I had asked
questions over dinner, at that point it was more about what I had read,
hypothetical situations. Now, here, with him, it was personal.
I took a
healthy sip and then asked “Are you going to punish me?” his eyebrows raised
and I added, “Sir?” he smiled. This would take some getting used to.
“I don’t want to scare you off, little
bird. Unless you do something particularly egregious this weekend, I wasn’t
planning on really punishing you. I was going to save that until you were more
comfortable with things.” He took a sip and then chuckled, “You look
disappointed, Jennifer. Do you want to be punished?”
“I’m going to have to work on my poker
face around you.” I said, which made him laugh again. Then he got serious.
“I hope you’re always honest with me.
It’s very important that I know how you’re feeling about whatever we do. I like
that you’re expressions show me what you’re thinking and feeling.” I nodded,
wishing my flushed cheeks would calm down. But then he said, “Answer the
question, Jennifer. Do you want to be
punished?”
Well, now the
blush certainly wasn’t going to go anywhere. I swallowed, though my mouth suddenly
felt like it was full of cotton. I took another sip and said softly, “I think I
do, Sir.”
A smile crept
onto his face, “Well then, I just might change our plans for our evening.” He
looked like a mad scientist and I wondered what I had just asked for. “Now, my
turn for a question: have you had any experience with punishment?”
“No, not really. My ex boyfriend and I
kind of tried and experimented with things, but…” I felt like I was betraying
Jim, but it wasn’t like the two of them were ever going to meet, and it
probably was important that he know just how little experience I had with this
kind of stuff so that I didn’t end up black and blue, “But he just wasn’t
really that into it, and it didn’t really do much for me.”
“I see. Yet you’re still interested in
it?” he asked and I nodded, barely able to make eye contact with him. “Why do
you think it would be different with me then?”
“I thought I’m not supposed to think with
you, Sir.” I said cheekily.
And suddenly,
his tone changed, “And I think , Jennifer,
that any more smart-ass answers like that one you will have earned you your
punishment.”
I looked down
and said softly, “I’m sorry, Sir.”
“Jennifer, look at me.” I lifted my eyes
to his. “We don’t know each other, yet. And there’s much that you don’t know
about what I like to do. Until I have a sense of your limits and experience,
it’s my responsibility to go slowly with you. This is for both of our pleasure,
little bird, remember that. I will push you, but we need to have a baseline
first. And I will teach you, which by the way, I am very much looking forward
to. But if you’re a sarcastic little tart, then I might find it necessary to go
faster than I intend. And, Jennifer, it’s not going to be me who will be on the
receiving end of those punishments. Do you understand?”
My heart was
pounding so hard I could barely even hear what he was saying. I knew my cheeks
and chest were bright red and I could feel how just those words affected me. In
all the time I had been with Jim, I never felt the pool between my legs that
this brief conversation brought on. Intellectually, I should have hated him
scolding me like a little girl. But my body loved it. I nodded and whispered,
“Yes, Sir, I understand.”
“Good. Now, take off all your clothes.”
Looking back,
I now realize that Master always said exactly what he meant. If I were to parse
his words, there would never be any question that he was completely truthful
and honest in every intention, every command. Perhaps in the beginning, I only
heard what I wanted