Tossing things from the drawer onto the bed and onto the floor as she glanced back at her laptop Stephanie knew this was going to take forever to clean up but her mind was going crazy and she was all over the place.

As soon as her computer had finished booting up she abandoned her lingerie and took a seat in front of it to begin her research.

Arriving home from work Cody knew Stephanie was home as her car was in the drive but as he entered the house the entire lower level was pitch black which meant she was upstairs so he headed upstairs to find her. Reaching her bedroom he gasped at the sight in front of him, "Holy shit, what happened to your lingerie drawer? Did a bomb go off in it?"

Scrambling up from her seat she began putting it all away again, "No, I was just looking for something."

Her behaviour was scattered, she was all over the place and although this wasn't entirely unusual for her she was never this bad. Making his way over to her computer he leant down to read the screen, "What the hell are these silver balls all about?"

Practically running over to him she slammed the lid of her laptop down, "It doesn't matter, it is none of your business."

Eyeing her oddly he was confused, "Are you okay?"

Nodding her head she went back to tidying, "I'm fine."

Deciding to leave her to it he made his way back towards the door, "I'm going to make a start on dinner so you can clean up this mess." As he exited the room he muttered, "And be weird all by yourself."

As soon as Cody left she at back down and opened her laptop again to continue reading.

When the website came to an end she closed it before she moved away from her laptop, she didn't want to be in this room any more so made her way downstairs to apologise for being funny with Cody and to see if there was anything he wanted her to do.

Making dinner he was not expecting her to make an appearance until he called to tell her it was done so he was quite surprised when she walked through the kitchen door, "Well hello."

Leaning on the counter she frowned, "I'm sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have taken my weird mood out on you."

Shrugging his shoulders he set the spoon that was currently in his hand down on the counter, "It's okay. What's going on? Why do you seem so weird?"

"There is not enough wine in this state for me to be able to explain it all to you."

Tilting his head to the side he was beginning to think that Hunter actually wasn't any good for her, "Is Hunter really worth all of this anguish? Maybe you should tell him that you aren't prepared to continue this until he is out of jail if it is always going to leave you in this state."

Sighing heavily she didn't know what to say to him because he didn't understand, "It's not Hunter, it's me."

Crossing his arms he leant back against the counter, "Bullshit. Hunter has a part to play in this so don't act like he is an angel in all of this and you are the problem."

"I never said he was an angel but this is new to me and it is really difficult for me to wrap my head around and as each stage happens I freak out before I figure it out in my head and then it's fine."

As he listened to the words coming out of his mouth he immediately picked up on the part where she mentioned 'each stage happening', "What stage happened today Steph? Whatever it was you're clearly not ready for it."

Biting down on her lip she looked down at the floor, she couldn't and shouldn't share this with him because he really didn't need to know where things were going.

Putting his hand over hers he squeezed it gently, "You haven't got anybody else to talk to so just talk to me, you look like you need it."

Lifting her head to look in his eyes she sighed hating the way he looked so compassionate, "I'm working overtime on Saturday night, I don't know what happened but the words were out of my mouth before I thought of it and I told Hunter we could have sex and now he wants me completely naked and to handcuff me to the top of the bed and tie my ankles to the bottom of the bed and also to gag and blindfold me and I agreed to it. I wanted to put off sex because of my feelings for him but now I actually want that but things have gotten complicated because the boys asked me if I had a boyfriend and I admitted that I had a boyfriend and when I apologised to Hunter for calling him my boyfriend he got all funny about why I thought he would be mad and when I said boyfriends involved feelings and what we had did not and would not ever have feelings involved but then he asked if things would really be so bad if feelings did become involved and then he asked if I did have or could have feelings for him and I told him I didn't want to talk about it until after we had had sex on Saturday."

The second she paused he said, "And breathe."

Panting gently as she tried to regain her breathing after just talking pretty much without taking a proper breath, it did feel good to get it all off her chest though.

Giving her a minute to get herself together and to process all of the information she had unloaded, part of it he really didn't want to get involved with but would, "Surely he has to get your permission to tie you up and gag you so you can say no."

Biting her lip she looked at him nervously, "I already said yes, it just came out because I didn't want to disappoint him."

Sighing Cody didn't know what he could say to that, "Well maybe he will let you pull out of some or all of it or maybe you could bargain with him and delay that until a future time? I told you he had feelings for you though didn't I? That's why he wants to know if you or do or could or whatever have feelings for him because he has them for you and when you called him your boyfriend and then apologised for it it made him think. Is there anything else bothering you? I mean why are you looking up silver balls and making the lingerie monster throw up all over your room?"

Laughing she looked at him strangely, "The lingerie monster?"

Shrugging his shoulders there wasn't a whole lot to say, "It sounded funny, what can I say?"

"Uh . . . I started so I may aswell finish. The 'lingerie monster' threw up in my room because I was looking for the perfect set to wear on Saturday, the silver balls thing was because he wants me to smuggle them into jail as he wants to use them as a punishment."

His eyes widened at the idea, "You could get in so much shit for smuggling stuff into jail."

Sighing she nodded, "I know but it's only some silver balls, it's not contraband, nobody else can use them and he can't use them for anything but punishment on me."

She made a good point and one he found difficult to argue with, "Well played. I guess it is all about whether you want them to be used on you or not. I could help you pick out some lingerie if you want. What is his favourite colour lingerie or don't you know?"

Chewing on her lip Cody made a good point, it was all about whether she wanted it and if she didn't there was nothing he could do about it, "I thought about that earlier but then I came home and panicked and yeah, thanks for the reminder. He has never told me what his favourite colour is but if I was to go on how he looked at me then I would definitely say darker colours."

"That's settled then, after dinner we will go and look through all of your dark coloured lingerie sets and pick out the best one as we want you at your sexiest for him."

Blushing she smacked his arm, "Stop it."

Pulling away from her he smiled, "It's nice seeing you smiling. I stand by you need a fellow submissive to talk to though."

Sighing heavily she nodded her head, "The more the days are passing the more I agree with you. I am contemplating asking Hunter if I could maybe talk to Shawn's partner, I'm sure he mentioned him having one so maybe she'll help as she knows Hunter too so it will be a win/win situation."

Cody really liked that idea, "I think that's the best idea you have had all week."

"Ugh, you are the worst friend ever being so mean to me. When is my dinner going to be ready servant?"

Poking his tongue out at her he deliberately didn't answer her.

An hour later and dinner had been eaten and the dishes were in the dishwasher so they were now in her bedroom.

Standing by her bed Cody wasn't sure how to tackle this, "Okay so I'm not going to be a perv and be hands on with your lingerie so why don't you just line up all of the black or dark coloured lingeries on your bed and put the rest away whilst I go and sit and relax in the chair over there?"

Lining all of her lingerie up on the bed she fiddled with her hands, "So what do you reckon?"

Looking at them all he looked at Stephanie, "So I'm no lingerie expert and I don't really know what a man likes on a woman but I like the look of the last but one on the right."

Gulping that is what she was thinking too, "Me too. It is the sexiest lingerie I own, the thought of him seeing me in it both terrifies and excites me."

Walking over to her he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tightly, "If he tries anything then you always have pepper spray but I don't think he will, I think he will be a true gentleman, or well as gentlemanly as a Dom can be. Do you want to forget about him and come and watch a movie with me or would you prefer to have a bath and go to bed?"

The state her brain was in tonight there was no way she would get any sleep if she went to bed so she went for the best option, "I'll come and watch a movie with you."

Smiling he motioned to the bed, "You put this stuff away and I'll go and get it all ready."

Watching her best friend leave she then turned to tidy off her bed, just one more day of work and then it was the big day.

Standing on the landing Hunter leant on the railing outside of his cell when he felt a presence beside him, "Can I help you?"

She hadn't stopped thinking about it, she had woken up in the middle of the night from a nightmare about it so she had decided that no matter what the consequences were she was going to have to tell him no.

Approaching him his body language was so relaxed, it terrified her to think that the reason he was so relaxed was because of all that she had agreed to. Leaning on the railing beside him she couldn't help but sigh heavily dreading this talk, "Can we talk in your cell please?"

Pushing himself away from the railing he looked at the stress in her body language, this was not going to be good, "Sure." Turning around he walked into his cell a took a seat and waited for her to join him.

He was short with her, he knew exactly what she was coming to talk to him about and she wondered if this was the point all of his other relationships had gotten to before they had bailed also. Following him into his cell she shut the door and took a seat beside him on the bed.

Watching her as she joined him he couldn't put his finger on what was going on, it wasn't good but it wasn't devastating either, "What can I do for you?"

Turning to look at him she rested her hands on her bent leg, "You know what I agreed to yesterday?"

"Which part? The sex or the extras?"

He had a point with his question, she hadn't been explicit with him, "The extras. I haven't done anything since I left you yesterday but think about it all and no matter what the repercussions are or what punishment you want to give me I can't do it tomorrow, I will happily do all of that on the second or third time that we have sex but I am not willing to do it all tomorrow. I am happy and comfortable to be handcuffed, I expected it, but beyond that I just don't want to go that far yet as I want to see you, to be able to speak to you and to be able to wrap my legs around you for our first time."

Confused by her speech he couldn't wrap his head around it, "So you want to have sex and are happy to be handcuffed but you don't want your legs tied or to be gagged and blindfolded?"

Nodding her head the words were out of her mouth before she thought about it, "I'm looking forward to it."

Side lining the talk on what she wasn't comfortable with he had to get an answer to the new burning question, "You're looking forward to what?"

She was already blushing at the fact that she had said she was looking forward to it but for him now to ask about it embarrassed her to the core, "I'm looking forward to tomorrow."

"What about tomorrow?" He knew she was trying to avoid saying it but he really wanted to make her squirm and actually say it.

Shrinking under his gaze she felt like he was torturing her on purpose, "I know you're trying to kill me and you're succeeding but to answer your question I'm looking forward to . . . to the . . . I don't know how to word it like a lady but the part where it's just you and me here in this cell and we go all the way."

Sniggering he couldn't help but wonder if it was simply about being a lady or if there was more to it than that, "You don't need to be a lady, I just want honesty and let's be honest here, I'm not looking for a prim and proper lady so it doesn't matter how you say it."

Okay so what she had said wasn't good enough so she had to just blurt it out before she died of embarrassment, "I'm looking forward to having sex with you. Happy now?"

Hearing her say the words made his day so much brighter, "Even if I were to say that I wanted to go through with my plans anyway would you still look forward to it then?"

Biting her lip she nodded her head, "Yes. Even if it is not what I want then at that moment I'm still looking forward to it as an experience. Can you tell me today what you're going to do though please? I don't think I can wait until tomorrow."

"Confession time. I was never going to do all of those things to you, handcuffing you was a definite but truthfully there was no chance of the rest happening. The only reason I said the rest was because I felt like I needed to test you to make sure that you were serious about this before I went all of the way with you so you passed the test with flying colours and I will keep to the original plan with no repercussions for you."

Unsure whether to be relieved or mad that he tested her when she thought about it she understood why he had to test her, he had been hurt so much by people pulling away him wanting to make sure she was serious made perfect sense.

The silence made him nervous, "And now you're mad and are going to leave me anyway."

Shaking her head she quickly grabbed his hand with both of hers and held it in her lap, "No, not at all. I was just thinking about how much sense it made for you to test me after your past so I understand. There is something else I wanted to talk to you about too, well technically two things. The first thing I wanted to talk about was about getting the silver balls, I am willing to do it, the second thing is that I am sure you mentioned that Shawn had a partner, would it be possible for me to like talk to her and make friends with her please? I think I need somebody kind of in the know to be able to talk to. I understand if you say no."

He couldn't believe his luck, she was genuinely taking this so seriously, "You're in it for the long haul aren't you?"

Nodding her head she played with his fingers not sure if that was good or bad, "All the way, well you know until you get bored of me or whatever."

Leaning closer he pressed a soft kiss to the side of her mouth, "You are so fucking hot, it is taking everything in me to wait until tomorrow to fuck you. To answer your question though, Shawn has a submissive wife called Rebecca, I am okay with you talking to her but you just need to ask his permission first when he visits and I'll ask him about taking you to my house to get the silver balls."

Blushing she didn't know why he found her so hot but it made her feel so special, "I'm not hot in the slightest but thank you for saying it. I will talk with Shawn when he visits but for now I need to leave, I will see you later."

Before he let her leave he leant closer and slipped his hand around her neck and pulled her closer kissing her passionately on the mouth briefly before he pulled away, "Just a small sampler for tomorrow."

Standing up when he released her she was going to be on fire all day now, "I can't wait Master."

Walking towards the door she paused and looked back at him blushing at the fire in his eyes, fuck, she had it so bad for him.