Chained (When Bondage Meets Innocence) (14 page)

Tyler chuckled, thinking to himself how sexy she was when she was mad.

“
This is your place,” he said rationally. “You had to come back sooner or later.”

Krista mentally kicked herself. Of course this was her apartment.

“
So you were prepared to wait, indefinitely?” she asked.

“
I don’t know about indefinitely,” he said calmly. “I do eventually have to go to work, but for the rest of the weekend at least.”

Krista took a deep breath and counted to five, determined not to let Tyler push her buttons. Clearly he was baiting her and she didn’t know why. Whatever game he was playing, she didn’t know the rules.

“
And your girlfriend, she’s okay with that?” Krista asked.

“
She knows I’m here,” Tyler said. “In fact, she knows all about you.”

“
Oh,” Krista said abruptly, trying to reason everything out. At least he wasn’t lying to the girlfriend. She figured that made it at least marginally better, although she wasn’t sure where that left her.

“
So you two have an open relationship or something?”

“
Not exactly,” Tyler said. “She and I haven’t outlined the terms of our relationship yet. We just started seeing each other.”

“
Okay,” Krista said as her anger started to slip away in the face of mounting confusion. “Is she your sub? Is that why she would be willing to be in a relationship with you when you are here with me?”

“
I think she wants to be,” Tyler said.

Krista was disgusted. She didn’t care how submissive you were, you shouldn’t have to put up with your boyfriend going out and being with other women. Course she heard about women all the time that knew their husbands were cheating on them, women who didn’t even have the benefit of mind-blowing sex as a consolation. It didn’t matter, though. Tyler was going too far.

“
Just because you are dominant in the bedroom, doesn’t give you the right to walk all over this girl,” Krista said. “I wouldn’t let you do it to me and you shouldn’t do it to her. It’s not right.”

“
Not even if it’s what she wants?” Tyler asked.

“
I refuse to believe that she wanted you to spend the weekend with me, engaged in… everything we’ve been doing,” Krista snapped, once again glaring at Tyler.

Tyler looked warily at the pillow in Krista’s hands. The way she was squeezing and twisting it, the seams would bust before much longer.

“
She did want it,” he said, looking over at her. “She’s been looking forward to it all week.”

“
If you two are hoping for a ménage a trois or something, you’ve got another thing coming. I don’t swing that way.”

“
I don’t know,” Tyler said, humor once again glinting his eyes. “Under the right circumstances you might be surprised to find which ways you swing. And a ménage a trois isn’t always about being with someone from the same sex. Sometimes it’s not about that at all.”

“
So that’s what you’ve been doing?” Krista asked. “Prepping me for a ménage a trois with you and your girlfriend?”

“
No, I don’t think she’s interested in that,” Tyler said. “I just wanted to clarify, for future reference.”

“
So then what the hell’s going on Tyler?” Krista asked. “Where do I fit into this grand scheme and why would I want to?”

Tyler stood and walked over to the loveseat, laughing as he sat down beside her.

“
Why are you laughing?” Krista asked. “This isn’t funny Tyler.”

Tyler just laughed harder.

“
Stop laughing,” Krista said, hitting him with the pillow. “What’s so funny?”

“
It’s you, dummy,” Tyler said, still laughing. “The girl I’m in a relationship with is you!”

“
You JERK!!!!” Krista screamed, raining a torrent of blows on Tyler’s head.

“
Come on,” Tyler said, holding up his hands in defense. “I thought you’d be happy to find out there wasn’t someone else.”

“
Oh my god, you’re an asshole,” Krista screamed hitting Tyler repeatedly with the pillow. “You just let me think…”

“
The worst,” Tyler said, still laughing. He grabbed the pillow out of her hands and tossed it over to the couch. Scooting closer, he pulled Krista into the crook of his arm and smiled down at her.

“
It wasn’t intentional,” Tyler said. “It just sort of happened that way and got out of hand before I could even get the soap rinsed off me. Next thing I knew, I was walking around your apartment looking for you. Then when you came back, I couldn’t resist. You were so cute – simmering in righteous indignation. Plus, you’re really sexy when you’re mad.”

Krista turned towards him and punched him in the shoulder.

“
Oww,” Tyler said, grabbing his shoulder and faking injury. When Krista didn’t appear to be even slightly remorseful, he grabbed her and pulled her onto his lap, pinning her arms to her sides.

“
Woman, I’m trying to tell you I want to date you. For someone who was so upset about another woman, you don’t seem very interested in taking me off the market. Maybe I should go find someone to make you jealous. See if that brings you around.”

“
Don’t you dare,” Krista huffed, squirming. “You already owe me for this. Don’t dig your hole any deeper.”

“
Depends on how you plan to make me pay,” Tyler said, cautiously letting go of Krista’s arms.

Krista turned slowly in Tyler’s lap until she could straddle him. With one leg on each side, she pushed up onto her knees brushing her mouth against the corner of his lips.

“
That was a dirty trick,” Krista said, punctuating each word with a kiss. “I think I will keep this IOU until something equally dirty comes along.”

Krista hopped off of Tyler’s lap and walked to the kitchen to get another cup of coffee. Despite his trick, Krista felt giddy inside, like Christmas had come early.

“
How do you feel about a picnic in the park?” Tyler asked. “We could maybe bring a football or a Frisbee? Then I could take you out for dinner and do something else after. There’s a martini bar near the park or we could go back to Chained. Either is fine.”

“
Actually that sounds fun,” Krista said. “But forget the Frisbee. I stink at it.”

“
You got it,” Tyler said. “We can go to Quiznos or Subway for the food and then by my house for a football.”

Krista smiled, knowing she had a trick up her sleeve.

“
Actually,” she said. “I have a football.”

Krista walked to the hallway closet and pulled a well-worn football from the shelf. She spun it around expertly on the palm of her hand as she walked back, drawing a raised eyebrow from Tyler.

“
Clearly, you have some experience with that,” Tyler said, impressed.

Krista made a non-committal sound figuring she knew exactly how to get back at him for his trick. She walked to the bathroom to pull out her sunblock before returning to the living room.

“
You will have to rub me down,” she said coyly. “I burn otherwise.”

“
I don’t think that will be a problem,” Tyler said.

“
Cool, let me just throw some things together to wear later, and we can be on our way,” Krista said.

“
So how was it,” Heather asked as she answered the phone.

“
Not even a hello, for your dear friend?” Krista said. “I’m hurt.”

“
Hey you,” Heather said. “Now back to my original question. You ditched me and our plan to try that new bottle of wine on the pretext that sex was eminent. So how was it?”

“
Awww,” Krista replied. “You missed me.”

“
Of course I missed you,” Heather said. “But that still doesn’t answer my question. The last time we talked you practically had an orgasm just talking about Tyler. Did he not show up? What happened?”

“
Oh he came alright,” Krista said, laughingly. “And so did I, too many times to count. Long story short, he came, we fucked and now we’re dating.”

“
What about our history together makes you think I would be satisfied with a long story short?” Heather asked.

“
I promise I’ll give you more details later,” Krista said. “But I only have a few minutes. He went inside to grab sandwiches from Subway and then we’re going for a picnic in the park.”

“
Awww,” Heather said. “That’s so romantic.”

“
Ummm, not exactly,” Krista said.

“
What do you mean?” Heather asked.

“
We brought a football…” Krista replied.

“
Don’t you think it’s a little early in the relationship for you to scare him off?” Heather asked. “I mean you just started dating him.”

“
It was his idea,” Krista said innocently. “And my only other option was a Frisbee.”

“
Did you at least warn him that you used to be a quarterback for a coed football team in Philadelphia?” Heather asked.

“
Not exactly,” Krista said evasively.

“
Not exactly, Krista?” Heather asked. “Or not at all?”

“
Kind of not at all,” Krista said. “but I did show off a little when I pulled my football out of the closet. That counts right?”

“
Krista, you have to do something to warn him besides that stupid spin trick. Guys are weird about football. More importantly, no guy wants to get shot down in the middle of a busy park when they were expecting to do a little showing off of their own to impress a girl.”

“
You don’t think maybe he might be impressed?” Krista asked. “I mean isn’t it possible that he has enough confidence not to be threatened by a girl who can play football?”

“
Krista, when has that ever been your experience?” Heather asked. “From the male perspective, it’s bad enough that you can out throw them most of the time since they’re supposed to be big, strong, manly men. But if you add to that your accuracy, it’s a double whammy. If you don’t warn him, it’s going to backfire.”

“
But guys are always complaining that girls aren’t interested in sports,” Krista said. “And I totally owe him one.

“
You’re missing the most important part,” Heather said. “Guys want girls who are interested in sports so they can watch the games without the chick nagging them to death or getting offended. That doesn’t mean they want a girl who is better at sports than they are. In the four years you played quarterback for that team, you lost, what three games total.”

“
Well yeah, but it’s not like I won the games by myself,” Krista said, pouting a little. “We were a team. And what if he’s just as good at football?” Krista asked. “I mean he did suggest it after all.”

“
Maybe he is good, Krista,” Heather said. “In which case, it won’t hurt at all to just throw it out there. It’ll give you something to talk about.”

“
But he owes me one,” she said.

Krista explained the shower fiasco and his little joke that morning.

“
He totally deserves it,” Krista said.

“
Maybe,” Heather said. “I still don’t think it’s a good idea though. Just mention that you used to play beforehand. That way, he will have some time to come up with an excuse to save face, like a sprained wrist or his shoulder is acting up.”

“
You know how I feel about it when guys do that,” Krista said.

“
Yeah, I do,” Heather replied. “But between what Hannah and you have told me about this guy, he’s exactly what you need. Seems pretty pointless to start off screwing with his ego. You remember the Justin debacle don’t you? You thought you’d show off a bit for him and his friends, next thing you know he can’t get it up.”

“
I remember,” Krista said. “He didn’t seem to have nearly as strong of a personality as Tyler does though.”

“
It’s your choice,” Heather said. “Just think about it. Anyway, I gotta run, but I’m expecting a full report with details next Friday when we do the wine thing.”

“
I will,” Krista said.

“
Bye,” Heather said.

Krista pressed the button on her cell phone that would end the call. Now she just needed to ring Tiffini and let her know that Tyler was coming to their workout tomorrow. They’d discussed it over breakfast and he was cool with the idea.

She called Tiffini, but it went straight to voicemail. Krista left a message and hung up. Tiffini might call her back today, but probably not. It wouldn’t really matter since she’d see her in the next day anyway, but Krista didn’t want to just show up with Tyler in tow. Maybe she’d try again later tonight.

“
That looks like a good spot,” Krista said, pointing to a nice shady spot under a tree near a wide open area where several people were engaged in various activities including a few guys playing football. “We can set up the picnic there and then toss the football around out there.”

“
I was thinking the same thing,” Tyler said as he walked to where Krista had pointed and set the basket down on the soft grass. After Tyler spread the blanket on the grass, Krista sat down facing away from the people that were playing in the large open area. She turned towards Tyler and handed him the sunblock.

“
You promised,” Krista said.

“
That I did,” Tyler said.