The Buddy System

Sally backed up and found her seat. This was getting weird fast. As far as Sally knew, Jen flirted with Troy a little before magically suspecting there was a thing going on toward her. Now, this revelation about Aiden was giving Sally a headache.

“Have you ever wondered why Aiden hangs out with Troy so much?” Jen laid a few breadcrumbs down for Sally to take.

“No. They’re sorta business partners working on cars together. Isn’t Troy helping Aiden out in the first place?” Sally puzzled.

“Aiden looks up to Troy and wants to be mentored by Troy. The cars is a nice hook to keep Troy interested” Jen explained.

“A hook, really?” Sally stifled a laugh “This I gotta hear”.

Jen, making herself a bit more comfortable by sitting up on the desk, exhaled loudly and took the pose of someone about to tell a long story. Sally leaned back and crossed her arms.

The story wasn’t long but the richness of details had Sally filled with questions and wonderment. This was a very different side of Jen.

“Let me get this straight. You want a guy to make decisions you’re perfectly capable of making for yourself… because… it feels good?” Sally couldn’t digest what she was hearing.

“Not quite. I want to trust a man to make the right choice for me because he is that into me to know what I need” Jen summarized.

“Let’s pretend I understand. What does that have to do with kink?” Sally tried to follow.

“A nice gag and a hot wax is way more fun when you know the guy will push you to your limits but never cross it” Jen blushed.

“But, what if he burns you with the wax?” Sally tried to logically attack this topic.

“That’s the whole point of the trust factor. He needs to know me so well that I won’t get burned but he pushes me enough that the pain is just right” Jen reddened.

“Assuming this makes any sense and is legal to begin with, how is Aiden getting any mentoring from Troy?” Sally needed assurance that Troy was not into this craziness that Jen had just described.

“I get a very powerful caring vibe from Troy and that really does wonders for me. Aiden gives off a weaker version of that whenever he’s around Troy and that… oh… that” trailed Jen.

“You want something weaker… I don’t understand” Sally tried to connect the dots.

“Troy wants you. I respect you. I’m not seducing him. Aiden is hot, cool, sweet, and I like him. I need to know if Aiden got it like Troy… if not, I’ll wait for someone else” Jen exhaled seemingly exhausted.

“Like what?” Sally was unsure of her mixed feelings.

“I don’t believe you don’t know what I’m talking about” Jen finished up her side of the conversation.

Sally’s fears were now feeling raw. Troy had a way of exciting her and bringing out her inner little girl to play. No matter how hard she hid from Troy, he seemed to cut through her defenses at every encounter.

The way Jen described wanting and yearning to please Aiden, that’s how she felt about Troy. It was not making any sense.

“Jen, do you ever get scared Aiden will steer you wrong?” Sally wondered out loud.

Jen looked at her friend with compassion. Jen never realized that Sally was not aware of her inner drives. Sally was always confident, composed, strong, and able to face challenges with ease.

Women like Sally, Jen thought, were dominant alpha females. They ruled with strength and finesse while making moves in full grace. For the first time, she saw that Sally was still in the vanilla paradigm.

“I’ll make a deal with you” Jen cautiously ventured.

Sally suddenly felt a wave of vigor energize her. With a nod, she waited calmly for Jen to speak.

“We need a buddy system. One where I help you get ready for Troy and you help me discover if Aiden is ready for me” Jen leveled.

Sally couldn’t speak. Internally, this made sense to her intuition. Mentally, this was the craziest thing she had ever heard. Worse, intellectually, she was resisting the notion that she wanted Troy to do things to her that were dirty and very naughty.

“Sally… you’re looking a bit pale…” Jen worried.

“I’m good. Really” Sally eyes were lost in space. An image of Troy standing over her while she was on her knees disturbed her intellect and vexed her mental confidence. Yet, something within her was unusually excited.