Be Mine Ch9
Nikki found that she slept a lot the next day. Feeling clean for the first time in days, she had spent the previous night in Stephanie's bed, which was softer, warmer and better in every way in comparison to the bed down in the basement. She'd had a good night sleep for sure, thanks in part to the bed, but it was also the fact that she had been held for the whole night. She had to admit, there was something about being held that she really liked. It put everything out of her mind. There was no issues, no fears, no problems. Nikki knew that she had even the one to get Stephanie to hold her the previous night, and she was ok with that. She wanted to be able to leave the house, do what she wanted. But that wasn't happening as long as Stephanie kept her tied to the bed or locked in the house. However, Stephanie had done nothing to treat her like a hostage, or a captive, pretty much since she woke up in restraint. She now was convinced there was no reason to be afraid, no reason to resist, and no reason not to enjoy herself. She may have been a little dozy from sleep, but she couldn't remember the last time anyone treated her as well as she had been in the last week. Stephanie had surprised her at every turn. But in a good way. Everything she had experienced made her feel relaxed and almost happy. Every hour she spent tied up made it feel more and more normal. The only part she now really hated was peeling it off, it always stung.
The sound of the front door surprised Nikki, it was a bit earlier than Stephanie normally got back from work, and she was coming up the stairs at speed. Nikki laid flat with her head up so the first thing Stephanie saw was her face. She was naked under the covers, but even that didn't bother her when Stephanie lit up at the sight of her there.
"Baby, you look so good in my bed. And you're a picture too, a masterpiece." She grabbed her phone and snapped a picture. Bringing it to Nikki, she saw that she did look quite cute in the photo. Nikki looked away but Stephanie brought her head back around. "Don't be embarrassed, you look so sweet here. Nobody could deny it. You are the most perfect creature on this planet, and I get to see you in my bed every day now. I'm so lucky, and I need to do everything I can to make sure I get to get this sight every day. It's why you deserve everything I've got for you." Nikki's expression changed to one of confusion, then surprise when Stephanie stepped out the door and brought in a number of shopping bags, some white, some pink, and one brown paper bag, lower quality than the others. Nikki thought she recognised the others but couldn't move to find out.
"I'll let you off the bed to enjoy your new toys. But you'll keep the tape on, and you have to pick your favourites. I'm not telling you why until you choose though. Nikki nodded, hoping that her 'toys' were what she thought. Stephanie cut her wrists free and pulled more tape off the roll, smiling as Nikki held her wrists together to be retied together as she was told. She then scooted to the edge of the bed.
"Don't you care that you're naked?" Stephanie asked, making Nikki blush and try to cover herself. Stephanie didn't take her eyes off of her the whole time. "Nikki, you don't have to be embarrassed with me. I've seen the goods, I've touched the goods. I've tasted the goods. And at every turn I've liked what I've experienced. You are everything I dreamed of before I met you, everything I wanted after I met you, and everything I want for the rest of my life. That means I don't want you to get sick, and I owe you some new panties." Stephanie picked up one of the pink bags, and Nikki recognised the logo of her favourite underwear store. Stephanie emptied out the contents in front of Nikki, who moved through it, finding three pairs in different colours, each with a matching bra. Basic, but would do the job for her. She checked the labels on and me of the bras and saw Stephanie got her size right.
This didn't go unnoticed by Stephanie, who dangled a second bag on her finger. "You think I'd get it wrong? I know you Nikki, I know everything about you. But you aren't the only person who checked me on it. A very helpful girl led me to pick these out for you.
"Hi, welcome to Victoria's Secret. I'm Alexa. Now you seem to be doing quite well, but I thought I might be able to help." The bubbly blonde woman came almost out of nowhere, partly due to being short in height, and startled Stephanie.
"Thanks but I think I'm ok." Was her reply.
"Ok, but I'm here if you need me, and I'm worried that you might need a different size. These won't fit you very well."
"That's kind, of you, but they aren't for me."
"Oh, ok then. I'm sorry. I assumed you were here for yourself."
"Well I never said I wasn't. I'm going to get the full enjoyment out of what I buy. I'm shopping for the gorgeous woman I get to call mine."
This stopped the blonde in her tracks as she coordinated everything that she had just been told, eventually it all clicked into place. "Ohhhhhh. So it's for your girlfriend. Now, you have the right girl in front of you. I can help you find things that you'll love seeing as much as you'd love wearing it yourself."
"Oh really? How can you do that?"
"By reputation. I've helped women pick for themselves and for others . Same with guys. I tell you, trust me and you'll get the result you both are looking for."
Stephanie flipped her hair back, wanting to continue to press the claims made by this woman she's just met, thinking she had her sales patter beaten. "Yeah, you've helped men shopping for themselves?"
Alexa wasn't stumped in any way. "Yeah, they're more awkward to talk about it, and not all admit it, but they appreciate the help even more." She said as deadpan as could be, surprising Stephanie.
"Ok then, lead on my dear, what do you think will work for me and my love?"
Alexa led Stephanie to the far end of the store, to a big wall display. "This is a brand new range, I think it's the sexiest line we have ever produced. Just between us girls, it's what I'm wearing right now. It feels great, and believe me, if you saw it, your eyes would be out on stalks." Alexa pulled her shirt aside and showed Stephanie a bra strap matching a bra hanging up next to them. "See? I promise your girlfriend will love it so much you'll both be back to see me. I think we could be quite the threesome." The look in Alexa's eye was lost on Stephanie, who picked some items from the range off the racks. "You've certainly made a sale here. I'll take all of this. She'll love it."
Alexa gave Stephanie an enticing smile. "If you want to be sure, I'd be happy to show you all of it in the fitting rooms."
"I thought that was a strange offer, it might...what?" Stephanie realised that even though, she had shown Nikki all of the new items she had bought for her in the store, she was giving her a look that could kill at twenty paces. "Nikki? Why are you mad? The tape gagging Nikki didn't hide the frown and the anger in her eyes, Nikki turned away and laid back on the bed.
"Don't turn your back on me Nikki, it's not right. It's rude. Look at me. Dammit Nikki, I said look at me!" Stephanie pulled Nikki onto her back and got on top, holding her by the wrists. Nikki's expression had turned to one of fear, which went a long way to diffuse the tension. "Why did you do that? You hurt me, and I'd just given you gifts, and told you a funny story about the girl in the store. Wasn't it funny? How she knew just what I'd want? How she was eager to prove it by showing off the product?"
Nikki frowned again at that moment and Stephanie stopped. She put the pieces together. "Do you have a problem with how she wanted to help me? Nikki, I didn't go into the changing room with her... oh my god...baby, are you jealous? No, don't even try and deny it. You're so jealous of her."
Nikki stopped looking angry and looked confused and sad, she knew that was right and she didn't like the fact. Another woman showing interest in Stephanie could have been her ticket out, but instead of being disappointed, she felt relieved.
Stephanie helped Nikki sit up so they were face to face. "I don't get how you would think that I would ever look at someone else. Have I not made it clear that I would die for your love, kill for your love and would never let anyone in between us, including friendly store clerks. Haven't I?"
Nikki saw that Stephanie was getting more and more worked up. She didn't want that, and nodded her agreement.
"So don't do that to me! Let me love you, let me spoil you. Here, there's more still. In fact, you should hear what I told the woman in this store about you."
Hi there! Are you looking at this one? Great choice, it's brand new in this season, it was very popular at the big fashion shows and is going to be very popular. There's only a certain number of these being made, so get in now."
Stephanie looked to see that another blonde assistant had approached her in the small designer boutique she had entered. "Hi...Renee, yes I am interested, but not for me. It's for my girlfriend. I want to spoil her, and she loves her fashion. I don't care about cost, I want her to have everything she wants."
"Well that's great, so what's her size, I'll make sure we have this and see what else I can show you."
"She's a size 4, she's petite and slim and absolutely breathtaking. You have a challenge. If you can find me things that look as breathtaking as she does, I will buy them."
"Well this fits the bill right?" Renee held up the dress that Stephanie first looked at.
"Do you think I believe that's as beautiful as my Nikki?"
"I don't think anything could, certainly not to you. But she will love this, and anything else you think is good enough, let's see what we can do." Renee hit the jackpot for herself with that sentence, since she was on commission.
"So here are the results." Stephanie said as she brought out the white bag. Her tones was excited , as was Nikki's reaction internally as again she recognised the logo on the bag, somewhere way out of her price range, but she loved it. As each dress came out, Nikki picked them up, felt them, held them against herself, until the third and final one took her breath away. It was gorgeous, unlike anything she had owned, or anything she ever hoped to own. She manoeuvred herself as best she could to try and see what it looked like against her in the mirror, it wasn't easy, but she was desperate to see. Just as she got close, Stephanie stood in her way.
"Well it looks as though I know which one you liked best." Nikki nodded enthusiastically. "Great, that means I've got to take it away."
Stephanie whipped the dress out of Nikki's fingers with ease as she didn't have a good grip and she was taken completely by surprise. Her face fell, she felt hurt and angry.
"Don't be sad my darling, I'm not taking it away forever. I just needed to know which one you liked best. Did you have a favourite underwear set too?" Nikki nodded and picked up a pair of panties and bra from the new range Stephanie was told about. She took it from Nikki with a look of desire. "You'll look great in these you know. I can't wait to see it. Tomorrow can't come soon enough." Noticing Nikki's uncertain expression she continued. "It's Friday tomorrow, you know what that means don't you? It's date night! I know we can't go out, but I'm hoping you'll join me for dinner, and then we can watch movies all night and relax, just us. You had a good night last time, I know you did, so I want to recreate it just for you. I adore your company and I want to give you a good dinner and an enjoyable evening. You wouldn't turn me down would you?"
Nikki thought hard about it, considering their last evening like that ended with a needle in her neck, but after everything since, plus being bought gifts she loved, couldn't find a way to say no, so she shook her head to confirm she wasn't turn down the invitation.
Stephanie clapped her hands in joy. "Ooohhhh! You'll love it, I promise. I already got the food, I'm roasting a duck, serving with all the trimmings, and my sauce will do, mmmm, wonderful things to you, I promise. Then, anything you want on Netflix. If we fall asleep on the couch, then so be it." Nikki had to admit it sounded good to her, even though she wasn't able to smile, Stephanie saw the tape moving on her mouth.
"You like it! You really like it! Oh, I'm so glad, and I've got one last surprise for you, one you can have now." Stephanie went over to Nikki and cut off the tape on her wrists. Immediately Stephanie noticed the look of confusion on Nikki's face.
"Don't worry honey, just get ready to sleep." Stephanie nodded towards the other underwear on the bed, and Nikki quickly dressed herself in a matching colour bra and panties set.
Stephanie produced the brown bag from the floor and put it on the bed. "Now, I may have gotten carried away, but I stopped by Strowmans hardware on the way home. I was worrying that we might have not had much tape left, and you know how much I love knowing you're here, you know, waiting for me, depending on me, oh it makes my heart beat fast just saying it, and you're right here. But I'm off track. I asked him for some really strong tape, and you know what he did? He turned to me, snorted and just said "Gorilla"."
Nikki frowned, upset at what she thought, but she did exactly what Stephanie hoped, evident from the smile.
"Ha! You thought he called me a gorilla didn't you! I did too at first, but it turned out it's the name." Stephanie said as she emptied the final bag out and half a dozen rolls fell out, each baring the words 'Gorilla tape' and complete with a gorilla picture on the packaging. Each roll was a different colour.
"You see Nikki?" Stephanie asked rhetorically. "I want you to always think you look good, even though to me, you're always beautiful. Now, the tape can be matched to your outfit, or at least co-ordinated. You can feel pretty all the time. Like now, I can use the white tape and it will match your new underwear. Now lie down my love." Nikki took a second to adjust her position on the bed, but Stephanie took control and pushed her onto her back, then moving her arms into position on the headboard as she wrapped the tape around. Nikki could tell this stuff was a lot stronger, the advice she was given had been very good advice. Nikki squirmed as she couldn't move her arms at all, the tape allowed for less movement than ever. She struggled for comfort as Stephanie completed the task and the two of them locked eyes on each other and Nikki stopped moving. Her thoughts became very confused and she didn't know how she wanted to react.
"You really are the sexiest thing." Stephanie said as she cuddled up to Nikki, ready to sleep. "I can't wait for tomorrow night."
Those words, and looking into Stephanie eyes, calmed Nikki down. She had realised that she had been left free for just a moment, that she had a chance to run, but she didn't take it. She wondered what could have been, and she wondered why she didn't try. She tried to be honest with herself, but she struggled to make sense of everything that just happened between them. The way the tape looked, the way it felt, the look they shared, the words that were said.
But she knew they had a date the next night. There was no better opportunity to figure it all out.
A/N: Thanks for reading.