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Tori POV
"Woah!" I said with wide eyes.
This house is massive on the inside. I was greeted with this lovely hanging chandelier lamp hanging over our heads. On our left was a white staircase with brown accents and the stairs have a brown and tan carpet on them. The floors are wooden with a rectangular light brown and dark brown rug under our feet by the door. On our right, hanged a larger portrait of a tree on an island and under it is a short, rounded wooden table. Going up the stairs, there are paintings and a few lamps hanging on the wall.
An unfunny feeling came over me. I haven't seen the rest of the house yet and I already feel unworthy to be in this house. "I feel so underdress right now." I grimace.
A hand popped up on my shoulder, making me jump out of my thoughts, "Pretty fancy, huh?" Beck asks me, reading my mind. I nod my head and look to see the Jade disappeared.
"Yeah, where did Jade go?" I asked as I look to see where she walked off to. "She went to go stuff set up and to give you a minute to take this all in. I pretty much had the same reaction as you when I first came here."
"So, you had the feeling of unworthiness too?" I asked, looking up at him from under my lashes.
He sighs and wraps his arm around me, "Every time I walk into this house but you know what makes that feeling go away?" I lay my head on his chest.
I shake my head, "No, what?"
"The thought that this beautiful girl will never make me feel like less than her equal." He tips my head up by my chin, "And she will do the same for you. Just remember that." He smiles causing a small smile fall upon my lips. The sound of a throat clearing behind me causes me to turn around.
Jade is leaning against the doorway with her arms crossed and a look of adoration gracing her face along with hesitation and nervousness, "Are we all good?" I turn to Beck and bite my bottom lip. He tilts his head with a look that says "Well...are we?"
I turn back to Jade and walk towards her with my normal smile. I lightly grab her arm with both of my hands and slide one down to grab onto hers, "Show me around?" I asked excitedly which cause her to chuckle and roll her eyes, "Come on, Little Sassy. We got to hurry up before dinner gets down." She says as she pulls me out the of the entry point.
"But we just got here? How did dinner already start to cook?" I asked confused.
"Well, we have a maid, named Lucille, who been around since I was a kid and before she left for the night, I asked her if she minds cooking up a lasagna that should be close to done about the time we got here." She said low like she is afraid to tell me that she has a maid. I give her hand a little squeeze.
She smiles and then give me a quick show of living room, dining room, and the kitchen area. All three areas are color coordinated with browns, tans, and white just like the entry point of the house. They look so uninformed, neat and distant like nobody really lives here. The total opposite of Jade and her personality. "It really shows that Jade had no say in how the house looks." I thought a bitterly to myself as I look around. Beck follow behind us throughout the house tour. He would give small tidbits here and there for anything that Jade forgot to mention but he was mostly quiet.
About time she finishes showing me around the main area of the house, dinner was ready for us to eat. I try to help Jade but she was very adamant on me sitting down at the table and let her and Beck handle everything. After a bit of pouting from me, she did allow me to bring the salad and basket of bread to the table with me. I thanked God that the table was pretty small, so I'm not sitting at a large table by myself.
Jade and Beck came out to the dining room. Beck is holding the pan with what I'm assuming is the lasagna. Jade is carrying out three plates, three wine glasses and a bottle that look like it could be wine.
Jade took one look at my face and laugh, "Don't worry Vega, this is only Sparkling Grape Cider." She turned the label towards for me to see. "Lucille would never buy us alcohol. She would shut that down so fast if I even tried to ask her to." I smile in relief.
Jade sat down on one side of me while Beck is on the other side of me. We set up our plates as Jade pour the cider in each of our glasses. I waited until they both are ready to eat to take a bite of my lasagna. I close my eyes and let out a small moan. Both Beck and Jade chuckle at my reaction. I open my eyes and blush.
"I can't say that I blame you for your reaction. Lucille's cooking is always the best." Jade says before taking a bite herself.
We continue eating with some talk in between bites and sips of cider. Halfway through the meal, Beck cleared his throat to get our attention.
"So, Tori. I know that you know that we have brought you out here for a very important reason and I think now is the time that we tell you." He starts out, his voice is soft but firm. My heart starts to race while my stomach is fluttering with butterflies.
He took a minute to gather his thoughts. I bite on my fork in anticipation. "We partake in a certain lifestyle...that is not...I guess normal to other people."
"What type of lifestyle?" I asked confused.
"So, I'm pretty sure that you are aware that Jade is...known to have a bad attitude, right?" He asked. I nod my head but turn to give Jade an apologetic look but she smiles and grabs my hand to give it a small kiss on the back of it. I smile back at her and turn back to Beck, "Well, when we started dating it was a lot worse compared to now and Jade hated out of control she gotten with it. So, she asked me to help her curve it. We did some research and came across a lifestyle called Domestic Discipline."
"Domestic Discipline? What is that exactly?" I asked.
"It is the practice between two consenting life partners in which the head of the household (HoH) takes necessary measures to achieve a healthy relationship dynamic. Beck has set up a set of rules that we have agreed upon on that I must follow. If I should break any of them, and depending on the severity of it, I would get punished using the punishment that we also agreed on." Jade explained.
My mind is racing from all of this information coming my way, "Wait...punishments? As in groundings and spankings?"
"Well, spanking was something that we did try to use but it wasn't having the desired effect that either one of us wanted. So, we had to take it out the list of punishments." Beck chuckle softly. Jade rolled her eyes and smirk. "And yes, groundings are a thing
"Okay? Umm...why do you guys feel like I need to know this?" I bite my lip as I look back and forth at them. They both went back to being completely serious again.
Beck sat up in his seat, "The reason why we wanted to tell you about this because we want you to join us into this and we both feel that you have shown some submissive characteristics."
"What is a submissive?" I wonder out loud.
"That is a role for someone who let the other person leads. The person who has the lead is called a dominant which Beck is called." Jade chimed in.
"So, does this mean that you want me to give up all control over to you? Isn't this you basically asking me to give up my free will?" I asked Beck. He shakes his head no and grabs my other free hand, "No, I'm not asking you to change who you or to give up all your free will. I'm asking you to let me be the guide in your life. To give you a rest from having to worry about every little thing in your life."
I look at both of my hands in theirs and I look at both of their faces. I sigh, "Well, at least it wasn't vampires." I giggle. Both of them rolled their eyes and Jade mumbled a small. "What were you thinking with that?"
"I think that it's best for me to think about this...it sounds like this is a bigger commitment that goes pass a normal triad relationship. Let me sleep on it and we can talk some more about it in the morning. Is that okay?" I look at them both. Worried that I might upset them.
They both give me a soft smile, "Yeah, that is perfectly fine with the both of us. There are some things that I'm pretty sure that you want to ask about and we can explain everything that we know along with some explanations on how we deal with this type of lifestyle." Jade speaks up.
"I would like that...Just so you guys know that I still want to continue this relationship out between the three of us. I don't want to give us up for nothing." I pull them into a big hug, they both mumble agreements into the curves of my neck.
When they pull away, Beck says enthusiastically, "Okay, let's finish up this fantastic food." Causing me and Jade to laugh and nod in agreement.
What do you guys think? Did I miss anything from the explanation or did I catch everything? More of the talk will happen soon in a different chapter.I want to give a huge thank you to DaBillmann (a writer on ) for helping me write this chapter. Again, he has been super helpful and he gave me some of the dialogues that I used :).Also, for anybody who knows about this lifestyle, can you give out some possible ideas for punishments and/or rules that would seem helpful? I have a few ideas for some and I would love to have some more. Thank you :)