" Sam said with a grin that surprised even her. "I figured if you guys stayed the night that Carly would be acting, you know, all Carly-like afterward... I take it you haven't discussed any of it with her?" No, I mean I was going to when I left but I chickened out at the last minute and just left." Are you going to talk to her?" Sam asked."I was going to try again when I meet her at the Groovy Smoothie later." Melanie told her."I know Carly alright. I know that she likes you and yes, I mean. Excitement, a reflection of my need, the sadness fading. I pulled her very softly towards me, and kissed her lightly. Again she didn't really respond. So I pulled her harder into me, One hand behind her shoulder blades, cradling her into my arm, and my other hand landed hard on her bottom, through the summer dress. Her breath let out in a rush, and she shivered again. I pushed her back gently, and nodded at her. She nodded back, very shyly, but affirmatively. This is the contract between us,. When I did open my eyes, Evie was kneeling next to me, completely naked and holding a glass tumbler full of ice cubes that she'd just brought up from the bar. I had inkling what she had planned for the ice. By her knees was a largish over-night bag."Now," she said," you must trust me OK, I promise I won't hurt you." From the bag she produced some lengths of red ribbon with which she proceeded to bind my hands to the legs of the bed. I knew a little about bondage but had never been that. "My parents tried to shield me when I was growing up. They were very poor, they had to fight for every peso they could get but they loved me very much. Yet it was a vey difficult life." I felt like a heel, though I wasn't sure why. "When I was little they could hide me; dress me as a boy and send me to school. But as I grew older...and my body began to change......" she looked down at her body. I thought it was a very nice body, a very nice body indeed. "Well, they knew they had to do.