Tossing Mandy's thong aside onto the floor, Sonya felt her pulse racing at the stunning sight on the bed in front of her. Mandy's naked body was such a treat to behold.
"Christ, you're so beautiful," Sonya breathed adoringly.
"I bet you'd like me even better if I was tied to the bed," Mandy said, speaking in the innocent tone that she had already realised she could use to fire her lover up at a moment's notice.
"Funny you should say that. I was thinking exactly the same thing. And look what we have here." Sonya picked up a half-used roll of silver duct tape from the end of the bed. They had found it in a small box of odds and ends that Mandy had brought with her when she had moved into the apartment.
Without needing to be told, Mandy put her right wrist up against one of the bed frame's bars. "You want to tie me like this?"
Sonya crawled up the bed, stretching a length of tape from the roll. "That's exactly what I want to do," she said eagerly. She stuck the loose end to Mandy's wrist and wound the roll around the frame a couple of times. She was experienced at applying bondage, able to find the sweet spot between secure and painful.
Tearing the roll free, Sonya repeated the process on Mandy's left wrist. In a matter of moments, her hands were out of action.
Testing her bonds, Mandy discovered that she was unable to move, and that she was secured well enough that struggling likely wouldn't achieve much of anything. "I can't move," she confirmed, saying it for the purpose of turning Sonya on. "I've never been tied up before."
"Then I bet you haven't been gagged, either?"
"I haven't," Mandy said, preparing herself to experience it for the first time. She did feel a little nervous about it, but she was willing to let herself go and trust Sonya.
Sonya gave her a fulsome kiss on the lips before tearing a long strip of tape from the roll. "I'll do it now. Remember, if you're not comfortable, start thrashing about and making noise. I'll untie you straight away."
"I don't want you to untie me. I want you to gag me and fuck me."
"I swear you're going to kill me, Mandy Rose," Sonya said, quivering in delight. "Okay, let's put this on you."
Mandy closed her mouth and pursed her lips invitingly just before Sonya pressed the tape over them. She used her fingers to smooth it down, making sure it sealed nice and tight.
"Mmmm," Mandy sighed quietly, looking at Sonya with wide defenceless-looking eyes.
"You're a great actress," Sonya said, lusting for her more and more by the second. "To make sure that tape doesn't come off, I'm going to use my preferred method. Trust me?"
Mandy didn't know what she meant, but she made a muffled sound to give her consent.
Stretching more tape from the roll, Sonya stuck it to Mandy's cheek and proceeded to wrap it around her head, pulling it tight over her already sealed mouth.
Gasping in surprise, Mandy felt her gag was now much tighter, pressing in on her cheeks. She hadn't tried yet, but she felt like Sonya knew it wouldn't be coming off until she chose to remove it.
"You okay?" Sonya asked, being cautious as it was Mandy's first time.
"Mmm hmm," was the muffled response.
"Perfect," Sonya said, surprising Mandy by getting off the bed. "Give me like, two minutes. I'll be right back. There's someone I need you to meet. Two minutes, I promise."
Furrowing her brow in confusion, Mandy didn't bother attempting to say anything as Sonya walked out of the room. She didn't know what was going on, and attempting to move her wrists confirmed that there wasn't much she could do about it.
Focusing on breathing calmly, Mandy tried to listen to what was going on. She could hear Sonya moving around in the next room, going through her possessions.
A couple of minutes later, as promised, Sonya made her way back to the bedroom. She was now dressed only in her best black lace underwear set, and had put her hair up.
Reaching the bedroom doorway, Sonya stood and looked at her bound and gagged lover. "Well, hello," she said in a firmer voice than usual. "My name is Daria. I'm Sonya's alter ego, and in case you haven't figured it out yet, which I'm sure you have, I like to tie up my lovers before pleasuring them."
"Dmmia?" Mandy moaned into the tape, squirming in anticipation of what the beautiful goddess in front of her might be about to do.
"Yes, Daria," Sonya said. "You know, Sonya mentioned to me something you said to her. Something like, 'Put your hair up and square up?' I think I prefer, 'Put your hair up and tape up.' It fits much better, don't you think?"
Sonya revelled in the excited noises coming from Mandy, who clearly very much approved of the Daria roleplay. She didn't even know yet that Daria was actually her middle name.
Now that she had set the scene and built up the excitement, Sonya knew it was at last time for them to get what they both wanted. She enjoyed pleasuring a bound and gagged girlfriend almost as much as they enjoyed it themselves. And on this occasion, she had one more thing to help her heighten the pleasure even more for Mandy.
"What do we have here?" Sonya said, walking over to the bed. The rubber gloves that she had been wearing when they had first come into the room were sitting on the end of the bed. She picked them up, attention on Mandy for her reaction.
Mandy's breathing quickened and she whimpered longingly, eyes wide in anticipation.
"You like these, huh?" Sonya asked as she put the gloves on.
"Mmmmph," Mandy moaned, frustrated in the extreme that she could do nothing more than lie there and wait.
"Luckily for you, like I said, Daria enjoys pleasuring her captives," Sonya said as she got on the bed. She could easily have put a hand straight between Mandy's legs, but wanted to make her wait for that.
Instead, Sonya moved to straddle Mandy. Leaning forward, she began to kiss Mandy's neck while simultaneously massaging her breasts and pinching her nipples, knowing that she would be getting off on the feel of the gloves on her skin.
Sonya kept that up for several minutes, revelling in the moans of pleasure coming from her lover. Eventually, she sat up. "You sound like you're ready to come?" she said in her Daria voice.
"Plmmm," Mandy begged, urging Sonya with her eyes as best she could.
"Alright, I'll make you come. But I want it to be good. I want to see you squirt."
Mandy made another pleading noise, spreading her legs for Sonya's easy access.
"Another good thing about these gloves?" Sonya said thoughtfully. "These textures they've got on the fingers. I bet they'll help me get you off even better."
Sonya slipped a couple of fingers into Mandy's soaking wet entrance and started with the vigorous action that she was accustomed to using with a lover who was more than ready to come.
Before long, Mandy was moaning loudly into her gag, straining against her bonds and convulsing as her orgasm approached.
"That's it. Come," Sonya ordered.
Mandy complied, crying out in ecstasy. Sonya was still relentless, continuing to finger her, pushing her further over the edge until fluid was squirting all over her hand and the bed cover.
"There we go," Sonya said. "Good girl. You came just like I told you to. But Daria isn't satisfied with one orgasm. No. Tonight, you're going to come over and over until you can't come any more."
The next morning, Sonya couldn't stop thinking about the night before. She and Mandy had such a good connection with each other already, it really was quite remarkable. Although they hadn't said it, it felt like true love.
The only problem was that after two days of brutal training and two nights of nonstop sex, Sonya felt like she was running on empty by the time they arrived at the Performance Centre. That night, there was going to need to be a lot less fucking and a lot more sleeping.
Upon arrival, the group of ten trainees were all greeted in the reception area by Coach Paige, who told them to go through and assemble in the main hall. They had been told the day before that they were going to do something different, it was just a question of what it was going to be.
With the group all ready and waiting, Paige entered the hall with William Regal walking beside her. There was no sign of the other coaches.
"What's this about?" Sonya asked quietly, referring to Regal's presence. He was dressed in a suit, so he plainly wasn't going to be getting in a ring to train them.
"Promo class, I bet," Dakota said.
"Oh, that makes sense," Mandy said. "I've been looking forward to that."
Sonya had too. Coming in with a background in acting, she figured that promos would be an area where she was a step ahead of some of some of the other recruits.
"Okay, good morning everyone," Paige said, standing in front of them with Regal beside her. "I'm sure I don't have to introduce you to William Regal. He's the NXT General Manager on-screen, and here at the Performance Centre, he's our promo coach. Today, you'll be taking turns to work with him one on one. Meanwhile, the other nine people will be working over there." She pointed to a far corner of the room, where one of the rings had been completely dissembled. A couple of men in black jeans and NXT t-shirts were standing by it. "You'll be learning how to put together a ring."
"And make sure you pay attention," Regal said. "Because we have TV tapings at Full Sail tonight, and you'll be the ones setting up the arena."
Murmurs went around the group, mainly positive in nature. Sonya looked forward to it. She was not afraid of hard work, and being at Full Sail for TV tapings for the first time would be awesome. She hoped they would get the chance to meet the NXT roster, who had obviously been told not to come to the Performance Centre for the past few days while the recruits settled in.
"Amazing," Mandy said quietly to Sonya. "I hope we get to meet people, especially Bayley. She's so awesome."
Sonya hadn't watched much of NXT before signing for WWE, but she knew Bayley was the current NXT Women's Champion, one of the best talents on the brand, one of the most popular up and coming stars, and by all accounts one of the nicest people you could possibly meet. "I hope so too," she said.
"Alright, let's get to it," Paige said. "First up with Mr Regal, why don't we have..." She looked around the group, considering who to pick. "Sonya. The rest of you, with me."
Wow, me first, Sonya thought excitedly as she stepped forward.
"Sonya, follow me," Regal said with a smile as they met for the first time.
They made small talk as they walked across the main hall, through the gym and through a door to the area where the offices were. Regal opened the first door in the hallway they entered, and held it open for Sonya to follow him in.
Walking into the room, Sonya found it was quite small, and contained nothing but a comfortable office chair. Regal took a seat in. "Stand over there, please," he said, motioning opposite him.
Sonya felt a little self conscious as she moved over to the requested place. It suddenly felt like an audition rather than a class. She realised that was deliberate. The idea, after all, was to teach them to speak confidently in front of people.
"As I'm sure you're aware, being able to cut a good promo is a vital part of being a successful WWE superstar on the main roster," Regal said. "As part of your training, I'm going help you learn how to do it to the best of your ability. I put it like that because with the best will in the world, some trained athletes are not good or charismatic speakers. Others have a real, natural talent for it. Either way, I'll help you realise your full potential."
"Sounds good," Sonya said, trying to project confidence without sounding arrogant.
"Why don't you tell me what it means to you to become an NXT superstar?"
"It means a lot to me. It's an opportunity..."
"I meant cut a promo and tell me what it means to you," Regal cut in, a friendly smile on his face. "Look at me. Pretend I'm the cameraman filming you."
Sonya laughed at her own expense. "Of course, sorry." She changed her tone to speak more loudly and clearly, as if to a TV audience. She thought up what she wanted to say as she went. "This is my first week as an NXT superstar. It's the start of what I hope will be a long journey for me, but at the same time, it's also the end of a journey. I've moved from New Jersey to Florida, to LA, and now back to Florida. I've waited tables. I've tended bars. I've trained eight hours a day to try and make it as an MMA fighter. And after all of that? I ended up broke and facing the prospect of living in my car. So what does it mean to me to be here in NXT? It means everything. It is the only chance I have to put a roof over my head. It is the only chance I have to make something of my life. It is a chance I can't afford to waste, and I will not waste it."
Regal had listened with his face impassive, but as soon as she was done he nodded his approval. "Sonya, that's a very good start."
A/N: Thank you to everyone who left a review on the previous chapter, and shout out to sb1266and Ads611 for correctly predicting the promo class.
Next time we may see the recruits meeting some of the current NXT roster. We know Bayley is there, but who else do you think we might see?