Day Six: The End in Sight

On the sixth day Clara woke up with a pit in her stomach. At first she didn't know what was the cause. Drifting through layers of awareness, she felt the comfortable blankets of the bed wrapped around her body. Alex was sleeping beside her, his soft breathing was a constant refrain. She could feel the collar wrapped around her throat still. She was naked of course. For a moment she sighed, remembering the antics of the day before. Her body felt spent now even after a night of sleep. Her womanhood ached from the use it had been put to during the week and she felt tired. The last six days were everything she could have hoped for and more but they had taken their toll from her and she just wanted to rest.

Though she hadn't mentioned it, Clara was sure that Lilly felt the same and even Alex was tired now. The three of them had gone to places they never could have imagined before but now they were all but spent.

Except...

Clara realised why she felt so uneasy. It was day six now. She'd promised Alex seven days of slavery. Tomorrow would be her final day as a ****. She thought for a moment. She didn't know what to make of it. The Clara who had first stripped naked for Alex on the day of his party seemed like a totally different person to who she was now. She felt like she had changed. Grown. Become someone new. But at the same time she was nearing the end of the game. Somehow she didn't doubt that she and Alex would still be a couple when it was done. They would still have fun. But this felt special, this felt like something that they would never really be able to re-capture.

Carefully she drew the blankets off her body and swivelled so she was sitting by the side of the bed. Her toes touched the ground and she rose to her feet. Alex continued to sleep behind her. He must have been tired. Clara shook her head. A small smile tugged at her mouth as she remembered everything they had done for the past week.

But now it was almost over.

She left Alex sleeping in the bedroom and went to take a shower. The hot water kicked up a steamy haze which filled the room. She looked a herself in the mirror, seeing her body. She was slim and lithe, her breasts were a bit below average. Her hair was dark, and her face had always struck her as plain. The water drummed behind her.

She was just about to step into the shower when she heard a knock on the door. Clara's eyes flicked outwards. Looking for a towel to wrap around her body but then she realised how foolish that was. It wasn't like they hadn't both seen everything already. She moved to the door, ignoring how the idea of exposing herself made her womanhood thrill. It opened a moment later to reveal Lilly standing in the doorway. She looked frazzled, her blond hair was no longer bound in a ponytail but rather flowing freely. Like Alex and like Clara herself, she seemed tired. Tired but happy.

"Occupied?" Lilly asked with a grin.

"Not for you." Clara said after only a moment of thought. "You've seen everything anyway."

Lilly laughed and stepped into the bathroom. The door closed behind her as the swirling fog enveloped them both.

"Alex still asleep?"

"Yeah." Clara said. "He was pretty spent."

"And you?" Lilly asked. The question sounded casual but had undertones of a more serious discussion. "How do you feel?"

"I feel..." Clara considered. "I feel excited. Worried. Anticipating. This whole thing was only for a week you know? And the week is nearly up. I'm looking forward to whatever we finish with but then it's going to be over."

"You've enjoyed everything so far?"

"Y-yeah..." Clara felt her cheeks flush with blood. It was a weird thing for nice, innocent Clara to say. She knew she had a reputation as the girl next door. Admitting that she had loved everything that had happened went against her instincts. It made her feel embarrassed to enjoy that sort of thing. It was the sort of thing that only bad girls were meant to enjoy.

Lilly must have read her thoughts.

"You know there's nothing wrong about what we're doing right?"

"O-of course!" Clara said. "It's just, well, this is still so new to me. I feel like I'm treading water. Finding parts of myself I didn't know existed."

"Like the fact that you're also into girls?"

"Yeah," Clara said. She was trying to ignore how close Lilly had gotten and the fact that the older woman was still naked. "That was a bit of a surprise."

Lilly giggled.

"I mean, according to what you and Alex have both said you've fantasised about me a fair amount. Is it really that surprising?"

"I always fantasised about being used alongside you." Clara said. "I didn't think that you were also part of my desires until much later. I think...um, is it bad that I fantasised about you? I really do respect you, Lilly. You were my role model when I was young. It feels weird for me to want to fuck you now."

"Bad? I don't think so." Lilly ran one finger down her chest, tweaking her nipple with a grin as she saw Clara's growing arousal. "I'm pretty damned sexy you know. But seriously. I suppose it's more flattering than anything. I always thought you were kind of cute too but I never acted on it. The two of us were on different levels of authority. It wouldn't have been right. It was only when I came to the city and that relationship of mentor and student ended that I would have considered something like this. Even then, if it had been purely you and me... I probably would have said no."

"Really?" Clara blinked. She felt somehow offended. "Am I not good enough?"

"What? No, nothing like that!" Lilly shook her head. "Its just that based on our past, I feel like we'd never actually know if we were matching each other or just our fantasies of each other. You always saw me as this cool, level-headed leader that could do anything. I saw you as an adorable innocent. Even though we're both older now, both more experienced, I'd feel that there was always the chance of slipping back into that if we ended up in a relationship with each other. Of course if you randomly just wanted to fuck, that would probably be different."

She grinned as she said it and Clara felt the blood rush to her face. She totally meant it too. If she hadn't been so tired, she probably would have said something then and there. Instead, she turned to the mirror, looking at her own reflection once more.

"Feeling kind of beat up?" Lilly asked, coming up behind her. Clara nodded.

"Yeah," She admitted. "Kind of used up. It's been what, five days now? I feel like I need some recovery time before the final finale."

"Alex said the same thing." Lilly said. "Today we're probably going to be taking it slowly."

"That's good at least." Clara sighed. "Kind of disappointing too."

"Believe me girl, you're going to have plenty more chances to have fun." Lilly said. "With or without Alex."

"I know that." Clara protested. "It's just...well..."

She shook her head.

"Nevermind."

"Nah, I get you." Lilly said. "I may be joking around but i know you're a lot less used to this than me. This is your first time being really serious isn't it? You want to savour every moment of it. Your body needs a day to rest and recover itself but you only have two days left. You need it but you don't want it."

She seemed to think for a moment and then spoke again.

"Alex probably wouldn't want me to mention it but we do have big plans for the last day."

"Big plans?"

"Bigger than anything else we've done yet."

The words sent a thrill coursing down Clara's spine. She wondered what it could be, what could be more than everything they had done so far? She was minded to ask but realised that Lilly would say no more.

"I actually have something that might help." Lilly reached for an item that was sitting beside the sink. A moment later she brandished it with a grin of victory. Clara frowned and peered at it.

"It's a cream?"

"Not just a cream!" Lilly said. "I had Alex get it in when I came aboard. It's my own personal little tool. It moisturises, reduces aches and pains. It is full of nutrients that help your body to recover faster. Whenever I do something like this I always make sure to have some."

"That sounds pretty good actually." Clara conceded.

"See? I always know what to do. Slight problem though, you have to apply it to the affected areas. Which in your case is...well..."

"Between my legs..." Clara felt herself colour. Then she shook her head and chided herself for being silly. "It's fine. We've done a lot worse together right? Still I should probably have my shower first."

She indicated the water which was coursing through the cubicle.

"Fair enough." Lilly said. "You want me to go and give you some privacy"

"Privacy?" Clara laughed. Lilly joined in after a moment.

"You know what I meant."