Chapter 75

Girl Talk

Ana POV

We stop laughing and are quiet while we're catching our breath. I look at the girls and say, "Guys, I want to tell you something but you have to PROMISE not to say anything to ANYONE."

Rhi and Kate look at each other then back at me, curious and confused. "What's up?" Kate asks.

"Do you remember when we were talking in the bathroom about rope burns?" I ask, not expecting an answer. Unfortunately, Rhi perked up and I could see the interest and excitement grow across her face.

"You didn't!" She exclaims. When I don't say anything she continues, "You DID! Oh my god Ana! I KNEW there was a freak hiding inside you!"

I laugh. Kate's mouth is dropped open and her face is turning red from embarrassment. I swear she acts like she's some prude. What the hell?

Rhi looks at Kate, "Why are you turning red Kate? Haven't you and Elliot gotten freaky before? I mean, he seems like the adventurous type." She laughs as Kate turns even more red. When Kate doesn't reply Rhi smiles wickedly, "I'll just have to text Elliot to take control and…"

Kate cuts her off. "Absolutely NOT! Don't you DARE!" She drops her head and covers her face with her hands. "I'd die of embarrassment if you did that!"

Rhi glances at me and winks and grabs Kate's phone. "Hmm… AH! There's his number!" She pretends to send him a text and I can't stop the laugh that comes out.

"RHI! DON'T YOU DARE!" She yells nearly jumping over the table to grab her phone.

Rhi laughs loudly and lets her have it. Poor Kate's face is the color of a cherry and I swear she's going to have a heart attack.

"Rhi, leave her alone. You're going to make her pass out." I say, laughing. Picking up the bottle of tequila, I grab her glass and fill it up. "Here. Drink this. I think you need it."

"Hey! Don't forget us!" Rhi pushes her glass next to mine. "Line 'em up!"

I roll my eyes, "Typical you."

Rhi laughs, "What? Can't let anyone drink alone. Those are the rules whenever alcohol is involved."

Rolling my eyes again, I laugh and proceed to fill her glass and mine. "Since when? You made that up, didn't you?" I accuse her, shaking my head.

She laughs, "It figures you would think that. It's true though. It's an age-old tradition in the bar scene, not clubs, dive bars." Raising her glass she eyes Kate and I. "Drink up bitches! This isn't the South. This isn't tea either so no sipping! Let's GO!" She downs hers and Kate and I follow soon after.

"Jeeze Rhi, we're going to be trashed before too long. If anything happens I'm blaming it on you!" I laugh. However, I need all the liquid courage I can find for this conversation.

She laughs, "I'll take the blame. I'm usually the one that get's blamed anyway." She smirks, "I'm usually the one that starts everything too." She winks and laughs.

"No, that's ok. I'll just accept it, considering you know more than I do about drinking." I laugh. Nodding, I add, "I'll just take your word for it."

Rhi sits back and looks back at me expectantly. "So…? What happened?"

I can't back out now, I've already started the whole mess. Which I'm regretting right about now. "OK, so you guys know when I met Christian he pursued me pretty hard, right? Well, the night we went on a date I lost my virginity. He told me he didn't do relationships so sex was the main focus when we were together. The more we were together the more, shall I say, curious I became. For someone who doesn't do relationships, he quickly made it clear he didn't want me seeing anyone else. I also discovered he wasn't seeing anyone else either. It didn't take too long for me to fall in love with him. He's never said anything about his feelings but I have my suspicions and here we are today." Looking between Kate and Rhi, I can tell that they want more details. Lord knows I've had enough tequila so I give them a little bit more.

"Let me tell you I learned there are a lot of different types of ropes that can be used and each one of them has different uses. For example, one with natural fibers, like jute, is for a punishment type and is what causes the burns we were talking about earlier. We've used zip ties too. There's all kinds of things that can be used for bondage."

Rhi looks at me, making a rolling motion with her hand for me to hurry along. "We know. You told us. What does that have to do with rope burns?"

Kate chokes, "What do you mean WE?"

Rhi laughs at Kate. "Exactly what I said. WE. Come on, I'm sure you've thought about things that are…binding." I have to laugh at that because there's a lot you can look at and just see it being used. "Not to mention anything cylindrical to resemble…"

"STOP RIGHT THERE! Don't you DARE say another word!" Kate shrieks and looks mortified.

"You know, they look like dil…" Rhi continues laughing. I can't hold it together any longer when I see Kate cover her ears and close her eyes and I start laughing harder.

"Then again, they can also look like butt…" Rhi continues, this time straight faced. How the hell she manages to keep a straight face is beyond me.

"AAAAAH!" Kate yells, pulling a pillow over her head in an attempt to cover her ears. Yeah, like that's going to stop Rhi and her mouth.

"Especially bottles of wine." Rhi stops and nearly falls over laughing. Turning her head to look at me she asks, "Hey Ana? When you hear a phone on vibrate do you ever think of an actual vibrator?"

That's it. I'm done. I fall over laughing. Between Kate's embarrassment and trying to stop Rhi from talking and Rhi continuing I can't contain myself any longer.

I feel something hit my face and open my eyes to see Kate plugging her ears which makes me laugh harder. Finally, after a few more minutes of uncontrolled laughter, Rhi and I are trying to catch our breath and I hear Kate ask, "Are you two quite finished? I hope you guys choke on your laughs."

When I look up at her, she's glaring but trying to hide her smile and contain her own laughter.

"Come on Kate, you seriously can't be that much of a prude!" I say, taking a much-needed breath of air.

Kate rolls her eyes, "I'm not a prude but good grief you guys sometimes I want to smack you both." Turning her glare to Rhi she points and says, "Alex is right. YOU are trouble."

Sitting up, Rhi laughs and smiles an innocent smile, "You love me though. You wouldn't have me any other way."

Kate throws another pillow at her and laughs. "God you're a mess."

Finally, after a few minutes, Rhi and I compose ourselves enough to continue our conversation.

"Kate, earlier you mentioned wanting to learn more, I was just helping out." Rhi says, innocently.

"Ugh." Kate looks so flustered. It's awesome. "I can't believe I'm saying this but Ana? Pour another drink. You two wear me out and I need all the help I can get to deal with you."

Rhi slaps her thigh with her good hand. "Yay! Drink! Drink! Drink!"

Pouring more tequila into our glasses we say another toast and down our drinks. I'm not about to admit this but I'm way past three-sheets-to-the-wind. As a matter of fact, I'm on the clothesline hanging from one clothespin by a string.

Taking a deep breath, I continue, "Anyway, Christian and I have talked a little about role play and I've seriously thought about it. I've been trying to research the subjects to make an 'informed' decision."

Kate doesn't say anything but Rhi does. "Ana, I'm ok with the kinky stuff but the thing I have a major problem with is the control that is given to someone else in those situations. Please don't put yourself in any situation where you have no control or way out." She pauses for a moment. "Believe me, being left with no control and no way out is not a good thing."

I totally understand and agree with her. "He seems really into the subject and asked me before we came here if I'd be interested. I told him I'd think about it. After some thinking, I decided to say no. I hope he still wants to be together but we need to discuss the whole thing. I need to know if he is willing to leave that part out and continue with what we've been doing. Otherwise, we're done." I look at Rhi. "Besides, after what you've gone through, I can't imagine ever letting anyone control everything. Fuck that." Enough of the heavy stuff. This will get them going again. "Having a huge dick in me, and I DO mean HUGE, isn't worth that bullshit." I lean back and grin.

Rhi and Kate yell in unison, "OH MY GOD!"

"Why would you say that? Now I have to bleach my brain because I have images… AAAH!" Kate covers her eyes and I can't help laughing. "Ana, I do believe the tumbler of Patron has dissolved your filter and you're turning into Rhi!"

After a few more minutes of laughter, Kate says, with a smirk and a gleam in her eyes, "That being said, I think there's a HUGE possibility that Elliot and Grey share DNA because Elliot is HUGE too!"

Kate and I look at Rhi who looks back at us and smiles, "Well girls, it looks like we've all hit the jackpot on that one!"

We dissolve into laughter once again. This feels good. This is the way our vacation should have been from day one.

After we settle down and catch our breath I pick up the bottle, that's now almost empty, and start pouring the rest into our glasses. I shrug when Rhi looks at me with an eyebrow raised. "We might as well finish off the bottle."

After we finish our drinks, I ask Rhi, "What time does Alex have to leave?" I'm curious because he's still in the bedroom and it's getting late.

She looks at me and smiles like a kid on Christmas. "Jack told him to take the night off because he hasn't slept since our nap yesterday."

I smile, "That's great news! We should have eaten more before drinking like we just did. I think you should go see if Alex is awake so we can figure out what we're going to do for dinner."

As Rhi is getting ready to stand up, our phones suddenly go off and we look at each other questioningly.

"I wonder what that's about?" I say.

Rhi shrugs and Kate is already looking at her phone. Her eyes get wide, "WHAT THE FUCK?" She exclaims.

"What's wrong Kate?" I ask.

She hands me her phone and shows me a picture of Alex and Rhi in front of the fountain with him holding the straw, him touching her face and them kissing. They are the same pictures Kate and I took but from different angles.

"Rhi, there are new pictures of you and Alex on the internet again. They're the same ones Kate and I took." I look at her before continuing, "We would never post these. EVER. You know that." After a brief moment, I say, "It looks like the treasure hunt has picked up speed and more people are watching you guys."

Kate adds, "We'll have to do better to keep you guys on the down low."

Rhi grabs Kate's phone and her eyes get wide. After a minute she says, "This is kind of creepy in a sense, but…" She gets a mischievous smile on her face and a glint in her eyes.

"Rhi," I say slowly, "What are you thinking? What's going on in that twisted little mind of yours?" I laugh but I admit I'm a little concerned with what she's thinking. "I know that smile. You're up to something."