“Because last week you were dependent on us. You might have said yes because of that, and not because you wanted to. But now you’ve got plenty of money in the bank, a job on the way, and a place to go if you need one. You are free tochoosewhat works for you.”
“I’ve never heard about this kind of relationship before. I didn’t know they existed,” Lisa admitted. She still wasn’t sure this was real.
“They exist. Just like asexual subs and Doms exist. Maybe people don’t talk about them enough, but they are out there. You just need to decide whether this is what you need. Take some time and think about it. Let us know. There’s absolutely no ru—”
“Yes.” The word flew from her mouth before she even realized she was going to say it. But after a few seconds she realized it was the right answer, and she repeated it. “Yes, I want to stay. I want to be your sub, and part of your family.” She put as much decisiveness as she could into her tone, though she wasn’t sure which of them she was trying to convince.
It was scary to enter a new situation like this. She wasn’t at all sure it would work, but she wanted it to.
“Yes! See, Daddy! I told you she’d say yes!” Maya clapped her hands and then threw both arms around Lisa’s neck. “This is going to be the best thing ever!”
It was obvious that Maya was fine with it anyway. She couldn’t have said yes if she had even the slightest doubt that her friend wasn’t okay with sharing.
She hugged Maya back, full of gratitude and excitement. She wasn’t sure how any of it was going to work out, but after months of being sad and morose about her life, it seemed like everything was on an upswing. She could barely contain the happiness.
“You know, now that you’ve agreed to be my sub, we really should talk about that whole spying incident. That was definitely inappropriate behavior,” Rick said, just tossing the words out calmly as if he wasn’t aware of the effect they’d have on her.
But when she looked up and met his eyes, it was obvious he did know. “I—I mean, I’m not sure that you can… can back date punishments like that. Um…” She trailed off, feeling flushed and full of anticipation.
“Oh, I don’t know. Seems fair enough. Pretty sure we all agreed that if you had a Dom some punishment would be owed, right?”
“I…”
“Right?” The tone was a little harder. The question more demanding.
“Yes… uh, Sir.”
“That’s my girl. But don’t worry, we’ll take care of it later. After we talk about rules and limits and cover the basics. I want to make sure we’re all on the same page here.” He smiled. It was full of reassurance.
Maya simply looked giddy over the whole thing.
And Lisa felt… she felt like she could walk on clouds. Her stomach was doing little flips and her head was full of floaty endorphins.
It seemed like she finally had everything she needed, with people who accepted her for who she was and not who they wanted her to be. She was about to start her life over and this time…thistime she had a family to help when things got rough. She’d already learned to trust Rick and Maya, and that was a huge step for her.
She wasn’t dumb enough to think everything would be perfect. Nothing ever was. But she was finally going to be exploring the things she’d been craving for most of her life. She had a feeling itwouldall work out.
Maya would probably insist on it.
The End.
