Curious Business (18+)

Lovely Lady

Hi! Wow! It has been so long. I will be honest, I lost my password and then just kind of forgot. Well, I got logged in and was so happy to see the support I have gotten! I just reread through all of this and there are things I'm not happy with about the story, but I will keep pushing because I feel like this has potential. Leave a comment below, would you go to one of these seminars? (I have and they are pretty fun and informative!) Enjoy this extra long chapter as my apology. Stay Birdy!

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"So, let's go over a quick outline for the class. The class is two hours long, we will have about 30 people in attendance. I'm not expecting many walk ins. The class is titled The Basics: Rewards and Punishments. Please keep in mind this is a beginner class, we can talk about doing an advanced one at a later date. I'm sure you two have your own schedule, so would you mind going over what that schedule means, so I can stay in the loop. Payment, It will be split 4 ways between the three of you and Bondesque of course." Joanna said pointing at a clip board almost frantically.

"Calm yourself. We've done this before, we can do it again and again and again." Daniel replied.

"We will start with a brief introduction of everyone, talk about Bondesque itself, and go over what the class is really about. Then we will get into why rewards and punishments are necessary.  Then we will get into reading your partner and making sure that no matter the reward or punishment, it is benefitting you both. After that we will demonstrate different types of rewards and punishments and how some of those can be both. Then we will let Clara speak for a bit about what she looks for in those situations. Finally, we will close with questions." Elias said, like he had gone over it several times in his head, which he probably had.

"I have to speak?"

"Yes. You HAVE to speak" Daniel said sarcastically. "It's not a challenge, you get to talk about yourself, we know you're good at that." He winked at me. "Elias told me all your limits, so you don't need to worry about me, darling."

Elias was sitting next to me on the couch in the green room. Grasping his hands tightly. In his lap. This felt like a bigger deal than what it is. I suppose it was, as this was such a huge part of their business. I could hear people moving about in the theatre room, all socializing. My heart was racing, my skin was clammy. I don't know if I could do this. I always enjoyed unintentionally putting on a show for the world, but this was intentional. This was as intentional as it got. The worst part of it all was that I had no idea what it all involved. My mood quickly shifted. I needed to be confident and make Elias proud. No. I needed to make Elias AND Daniel proud.

"You ready Princess?" Daniel asked me while untying the black silk robe I had on. 

I looked at Elias, who smiled at me. Almost giving me permission to speak to Daniel.

"Yes Master."

"I think we should do a special entrance. What do you think Elias?" Daniel asked

"It could help set the mood. Clara has such great legs in those heels, I don't want her to crawl. Clara, one foot in front of the other, swaying your hips, very dramatic. Hands up, like in position 2. Almost like you're carrying trays in both your hands. Show me."

"Yes Sir." I walked down the hallway, exactly how he told me, holding the imaginary trays.

"More dramatic in the hips Clara!" He shouted at me. "Take a left at the next door!" 

I took the left and it opened up into the theatre. I paused for a moment, while the audience went silent. I knew I had to keep going. This wasn't the moment to fuck up. I kept dramatically walking and swaying to the middle of the room. I stood in front of the table and took a deep breathe. This was all fine. I'm doing fine.