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  "I could do casual," he said. "We don't need the rope."

  "Steven," I said. "It's not the rope. And you don't want casual. This campus is full of smart girls who are going to appreciate a smart guy like you, and you need to find one who wants the same type of relationship you want. That's just not me."

  He looked down.

  "I'm sorry," he said eventually.

  "I am too. I didn't handle this very well. I'm still learning my way."

  I turned to go, then turned around. "Steven, if you want some advice. Don't show any girls the rope, at least not until you know them a lot better than you know me. It'll freak them out."

  "Why? It's just for fun. I loved it when you tied me up."

  "I know, but what's the worst I was likely to do to you?"

  He thought about it then shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe drawn something on my face?"

  "Right. Embarrassing until you get it washed off, but no real harm, right?"

  "I guess," he said.

  "And what's the worst thing that you could do to a girl once you have her tied up?" I looked at him quite pointedly.

  He didn't get what I meant at first, but eventually he figured it out. "But I wouldn't! It's just for fun!"

  "How is she supposed to know that, Steven?" I asked quietly.

  As I slipped out of his room, closing the door behind me, I left him looking at me forlornly.

  * * *

  Sunday evening after the dorm floor meeting found us back in Janice and Kelly's room. Kelly had made snicker doodles this weekend. Present were Janice, Kelly, Erica, Molly and I. We sat around teasing each other and eating cookies before Kelly asked, "So, who has something juicy to share?"

  Molly chimed right in. "Shane does!"

  I groaned and hid my face. "Molly, I told you about that in confidence!"

  "Oh, come on," said Kelly. "It's just us girls."

  "Besides," said Janice. "What happens in Janice and Kelly's room-"

  "Stays in Janice and Kelly's room!" Janice and Kelly said together, laughing.

  I just continued to hide my face, hoping it would all go away, but Kelly started pulling my hands away. "Come on, you know you'll feel better once you've told us."

  "Have another of Kelly's cookies," said Janice, holding out the plate.

  "Plying me with sugar won't get my secrets!" I claimed dramatically. I took two more cookies while everyone laughed.

  "Okay, fine!" I said after eating the first one. "I've been casually seeing a guy, but he got a little too serious, so I broke up with him. The end." I bit into the second cookie.

  Janice, Kelly and Erica all looked at Molly to see if that was the entire story. She shook her head, and all four faces turned back to me. "Tell them about last Saturday, Shane," Molly said.

  I looked at her coldly. "I'm going to get you," I said. "When you least expect it, expect it!"

  I received four droll looks, so I knew my threat wasn't intimidating anyone. "Okay, fine, it was no big deal, but I kind of tied him up last Saturday."

  "What?" said Erica.

  "Little Miss Muffet has a wild side!" crowed Janice.

  I glared at Molly again. She made an "it wasn't me" gesture.

  "Let me get this straight," said Erica. "You were seeing him casually, but you tied him up. And you say he was getting too serious?"

  "It's not like we were naked!" I said. "I just teased him for a while."

  Molly was laughing quietly. Janice was bouncing around with glee. Erica looked shocked. But Kelly just looked thoughtful. "Did you have fun?" she asked.

  "Well, I guess," I said. I thought about it then said wistfully, "It was really sort of a trip, actually, knowing I could do whatever I wanted to him and he couldn't have stopped me." I paused. "But I just tickled him a lot and kissed him enough to keep him well teased."

  "Did he have fun?" Kelly asked.

  "Did he have fun?" I repeated after her. "Oh, I'll say. You know what he did?" I didn't wait for anyone to respond. "He went out and bought some rope. And then he invited me back to his room against last night."

  "He didn't!" said Kelly.

  "Oh yes, he did. And he said it was my turn."

  "Oh my god!" said Erica. "He's totally a stalker."

  "It wasn't like that," I said. "He wasn't stalking me or getting all creepy. He's really a decent guy. He just thought that he'd had so much fun, that I would too. When I told him No, he stopped."

  By this time Janice had calmed down. "So you didn't let him tie you up?" I shook my head. "Why not? Were you afraid he'd go too far?"

  "The thought crossed my mind, but no. I think he'd have done to me what I had done to him, more or less. I just..." I tried to find the words. "I guess I just didn't want some guy to have that kind of power of me. It was fun when I had the power, but I couldn't see letting a guy do that to me."

  "Some girls like getting tied up," Kelly said. "It's a pretty common fantasy."

  At this point, Janice stood up then walked over to her desk and pulled something out from her desk drawer. I couldn't see what it was as she kept it hidden from me, but Kelly saw it and put on an odd grin.

  "You enjoyed tying a guy up," Janice said. "But you won't let a guy tie you up. How are you going to know what it feels like?"

  Janice came over and sat next to me, staring into my eyes. She had pretty eyes, and I stared back.

  That's when she slowly brought her hand from behind her back. In her hand was a big roll of duct tape.

  "Molly won't let anyone hurt you," Janice said quietly. "And it's just us girls."

  I started to crab walk backwards away from her but quickly bumped into Kelly, who had moved in behind me while I'd been distracted by Janice. Kelly clasped me by the arms while Janice moved closer. I looked over my shoulder at Kelly. She was looking at me intently, but she was smiling softly, too. I had the feeling she knew what I was thinking.

  Which would have made one of us.

  I looked over at Molly. She had grown quiet and was just waiting, waiting to see what I would do, I guess. I gave her a questioning look, wondering if this was okay. She cocked her head for a moment, then looked straight at me and nodded her head once.

  This was all her fault, and I wasn't sure why I was asking her opinion, but I guess I trusted her.

  I looked over at Erica, but she just looked confused and wide eyed, not at all sure what was really going on.

  Then I looked at Janice. She was crowding me, but not touching me yet. She was letting me decide.

  "You won't hurt me?" I asked quietly.

  "Of course not," Janice said gently. Then she slowly reached out, clasped my right hand, and pulled it out to point straight in front of me. Kelly continued to hold both my arms, my left pressed lightly to my side, and she was leaning against my back slightly. I could feel her warmth through the back of my white blouse.

  I meekly held my right arm straight out while Janice plucked at the roll of tape. She freed the end then wrapped the tape twice around the sleeve of my blouse at my wrist. She then moved my hand down to my side and started wrapping the tape around my body, first around my back, around my left wrist, then around my front and back to my right wrist. She had to lean very close to me as she was passing the tape from one hand to the other behind my back. Her hair smelled lovely.

  She continued to wrap me up with the tape, eventually wrapping it around me 5 or 6 times. I was completely wrapped in tape from my wrists to my elbows with my arms pressed tightly against my sides. I could wriggle my fingers but that was about all.

  Every time she passed the tape around behind my back, she learned into me as if she was hugging me. I felt her breath on my neck, I could smell her hair, and I could feel her body pressed against mine. She took her time, working slowly, and every time she pulled away from me, she watched my eyes, smiling a small smile.

  I looked over at Molly, wondering if she would be laughing, but she was watching quietly, not saying anything. I couldn't read her body language.

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sp; Erica finally started to get into it. "Don't forget her legs!" she said in encouragement.

  "Don't worry," said Janice without breaking eye contact with me. "I won't forget anything."

  Once my arms were wrapped to her satisfaction, Janice tore the tape and pressed the end firmly to me. She gave my arms a playful tug, finding them well secured. Then she began to move away from me, down to where my legs were stretched out in front of me. One hand slid along my leg as she did so.

  She took one foot and wrapped the tape around my ankle on the outside of my jeans. She then pressed both legs together, side-by-side, and began wrapping my legs with the tape. She started with the ankles but eventually lifted both my legs and set them on her shoulder, tipping me back until I was leaning against Kelly. Kelly held me comfortably while Janice wrapped my legs around and around until she had covered them to well above the knees. Then she gently set my legs back on the floor, set the tape aside, and admired her handiwork.

  I couldn't take my eyes off of her.

  At this point, Molly had moved back so she was leaning against one of the beds. Erica was sitting on her haunches not far from Molly's feet. I was leaning with Kelly behind me, my body rotated so my feet faced left of Molly. Janice was kneeling at my feet, gazing at me. Then she looked past me and exchanged a wordless look with Kelly.

  Kelly leaned her head to my left ear, the one facing away from Molly and Erica. She whispered quietly into my ear, "Are you okay?"

  Her breath tickled.

  My heart was pounding, but I wasn't scared. I nodded. Then I looked over my shoulder at her. She leaned back slightly, so our faces were just a few inches apart. I smiled for her, just a quick smile, then turned back, wondering what Janice was going to do next.

  I wasn't wearing shoes, but I had a pair of socks on. Janice grasped one of my feet and started pulling the sock off. "This would have been easier if I'd done this before I taped you up," she said after a moment, laughing. By the time she got the sock off, I was already starting to squirm.

  I have very ticklish feet.

  She began to work on the other sock.

  Erica finally woke from her dazed stupor. "Picture time!" she declared, pulling out her phone.

  "No." said Molly firmly.

  Erica was ignoring her but was messing with her phone, trying to find the camera app.

  "Put it away," Molly said.

  "I want a picture! This is fun!" said Erica.

  "Erica," Molly said. "What happens in Janice and Kelly's room-"

  "Stays in Janice and Kelly's room!" we all said, the rest of us laughing. Molly remained serious.

  "Spoilsport," Erica finally said, putting her phone away. Nodding, Molly settled back.

  Janice finally got my second sock off and was examining my feet. I assumed she was going to start tickling them, and I tried backing up into Kelly, but Kelly just held me where I was.

  "Your toes are naked," Janice said. She got up and went to her dresser. While Janice was away, Erica moved closer. She reached out and ran a fingernail up the bottom of my right foot.

  I jerked away and squealed. Kelly held me in place, so I couldn't go far, but I managed to move my feet away from Erica's outstretched hands.

  Erica grinned at me, but she moved aside as Janice returned with several bottles of nail polish.

  "Let's see," she said, examining bottles, one after another. "We have Passion Pink. Such a lovely color." She set the bottle next to her and picked up the next. "Ah, a lovely shade of violet called DS Temptation. Very fitting, I think." She set that bottle down next to the pink. "This one is black onyx. Here we have chick flick cherry. And ..." she sorted through the remaining bottles. A blue called DS Magic. These will be perfect." She had sorted the bottles into two sets. "Feet, please," she said, looking at me.

  I moved my feet back where she could reach them. She pulled them closer then selected the blue polish. She leaned over my feet and carefully painted the nails of each of my big toes. She capped the bottle and examined her handwork before looking at me. "Those have to dry before we move onto the next toe," she said. "Wave them around a little so they dry faster."

  I tried waving my toes, but with the way my legs were so completely taped together, I didn't have any mobility.

  "You call that waving your toes?" Janice asked. "Here, let me help." And with that she reached out and began mercilessly tickling my feet.

  I jumped. I squirmed. I squealed. In between all that, I begged her to stop. But Kelly just held me while Janice tickled my feet. I looked over at Molly for help, but she was sitting back, watching, with a huge grin on her face. The tickling went on for what seemed like an eternity, but I'm sure was only a minute or two.

  Finally Janice stopped tickling. Instead, she just held my feet still. As I calmed down and got my breathing back under control, I noticed how nice her hands felt. She was just gently massaging my feet, and it helped me to calm down.

  She leaned over, blew on my toes for a moment, then selected the next bottle. "Passion Pink now," she said. She carefully painted the second toe on each foot, capped the bottle, set it aside, then looked at me. "I'm sure you know the drill," she said.

  "Oh god, no," I told her. "Please, Janice..."

  She grinned and started tickling.

  I screeched and tried to pull away, so she grabbed my legs, pulled them out straight, then spun around and sat on them, her back towards me so she was facing my feet. "Ah, ah, ah," she said. "The polish has to dry." She began tickling again.

  I bucked. I squirmed. I screeched. I begged.

  "She's very loud," Kelly said.

  "What's that?" asked Janice. "I can't hear you over Shane's screaming." She stopped tickling and looked over her shoulder at Kelly.

  "Please stop," I said. Janice ignored me.

  "She's very loud," Kelly said again. "Someone might be studying."

  "Hmm." Janice said, considering.

  Kelly whispered into my ear so no else could hear. "Still okay?"

  I cocked my head so she knew I had heard her. By asking me if I was okay, Kelly was giving me an out. While I was helpless, I felt safe with her arms wrapped around me. I nodded. Kelly quietly kissed my ear.

  I felt my emotions explode.

  Janice watched the entire exchange. She smiled at us, then said, "I know just the thing."

  She stood up, releasing my legs, and walked to her closet. She came back with the belt from her bathrobe. She took three steps until she was standing over me, one foot on either side of my legs, and dropped the belt in my lap. I watched it fall, then looked back at her, wondering what she was going to do. She waited until she was sure she had my attention, then leaned down and reached underneath her skirt. She wriggled a little bit then slowly removed her undies, maintaining eye contact with me the entire time.

  Holding her undies in one hand, she knelt down, straddling my legs, sitting on my knees.

  "Open your mouth," she ordered.

  I clamped my mouth shut!

  In response, Janice reached up and grasped my hair in her hand, holding my head still. "Open," she said again, holding the panties a few inches from my tightly closed lips.

  I shook my head no, as much as I could with her holding my hair so tightly.

  "Open up," she said, "Or I'll go get a magic marker and draw a tattoo on your face."

  "You wouldn't," I said through gritted teeth. "What happens..." I clamped my lips back together.

  "Oh honey," Janice said. "There are exceptions to every rule."

  Kelly's breath tickled my ear. She spoke quietly, as if she was speaking just to me, but loudly enough I knew Erica and Molly could hear her, too. "She never bluffs, Shane. I found out the hard way our freshman year. She threatened me with a face tattoo, and when I called her bluff, I spent a week with a Hello Kitty drawing on my cheek."

  I looked over my shoulder at her, Janice easing her hold in my hair to allow me to turn my head. Kelly was wearing a serious expression and was nodding at me. I whimpered a
little. Janice gently but insistently used my hair to turn me back to face her.

  "Last chance," she said. "Open." Janice used her index finger to press gently down on my lower lip, helping to urge me to open my mouth.

  I slowly opened.

  "Play nice," Kelly quietly whispered in my ear. "No biting."

  Janice tilted my head up a little then slowly began filling my mouth with her undies. I could smell her scent and then taste her for a moment. Janice poked the last of the undies into my mouth with her finger then used her thumb on my chin to gently close my mouth with my lips wrapped around her finger. We stayed that way for just a moment before she slowly removed her finger from my mouth. Janice looked down, clasped the bathrobe belt, then wrapped it around my head, sliding between my lips and teeth, then wrapped it around again. She pulled it taut enough to serve as a gag but not so tight as to be uncomfortable. She tied a knot, then sat back on my legs.

  "You're safe here," Kelly whispered to me. I settled into her arms just a little bit more to let her know I trusted her. She gave me a soft squeeze, too subtle for anyone else to notice.

  Janice reached out and grasped my chin with her hand and used it to turn my face to one side, then the other. She smiled at me and caressed my cheek with her fingers as she pulled away. Somehow I got the impression she was trying to tell me something, but I didn't know what it was.

  Janice scooched backwards past my feet then looked down at them. "Oh, they're dry." She turned to the remaining three bottles of polish. "Time for the DS Temptation." She selected the bottle of violet polish and painted the middle toe of each foot, finishing each toe with a dramatic touch. She capped the bottle and examined her work. "Very pretty," she declared.

  She looked at me.

  "I bet you think I'm going to tickle you feet again, don't you?"

  I nodded, wide eyed, and tried to shrink back further into Kelly. Kelly bumped me once, pushing me back the three inches I'd managed to retreat.

  "Well, I'm not." Janice said. "That would be too predictable."

  She crawled forward over my legs then sat on my knees again.