Everyone's a bit sore and it's time to go home

That morning you happily wake up with Jane hugging you with a smile on her face as she mumbles something in her sleep. You're obviously not going to just leave her so you just wait for her to wake up. You try to make out what she is saying in her sleep but all you hear is occasionally your name and the words "thank you"

A good half hour after you woke up Jane wakes up and looks into your eyes "good morning, master" she happily greets you. "good morning love" you reply "time for breakfast?"

Jane happily nods and gets up and walks outside, still in her underwear. She greats your friend as you awkwardly crawl out of your tent. You're greeted by Ashley who says "ah, the man of the hour, you made me real sore John, good job"

You all laugh "I'm honestly so fucking sore as well, shall we cancel our hike for today?" you ask. The girls groan their approval. "But I'm not doing any crawling or fucking today either" says Ashley "me neither" says Jane. "how are you sore?" you ask "you weren't that involved". "no, but I'm not used to hiking" is the answer you get.

You three pack you stuff slowly with all making pained groans. Once everything has been packed you all pile into the car and your friend drops you off at your apartment.

You and Jane walk into the apartment and she kisses your cheek and looks at the clock "we took our sweet time, it's late already, I'll get started on dinner" she says dutifully. You check your phone and realize something and happily yell "Jane, I've got a free day tomorrow, is there anything you want to do?" you ask happily.

"umm, maybe one thing sir, but only if you'll allow it" she says. "of course I will" you respond "okay, could we go to a restaurant?" she asks shyly. "of course" you answer.

You have dinner together and watch a movie then crawl into bed.

You fall asleep with Jane lying next to you but she seems to be scared of something. That's the last thing you think before falling asleep. You're woken up violently by Jane kicking your leg while letting out a combination scream/sob "Jane what the!?" you yell before realizing she seams to be having or had a very vivid nightmare. You try to get on top of her and calm her down but as you roll over she screams and scratches your cheek. You yell and jump off the bed and leave the bedroom. Jane must have kicked quite had because your leg feels bruised. You lie down on the couch and a good five minutes later you're back asleep.

You wake up and don't see Jane in the living room so you carefully walk to the bedroom door. You slowly open the door and there you find Jane, sitting in her cage, sobbing. You notice she's actually locked the cage and put the key on the bed before locking herself in.

You grab the key and slowly approach the cage "hey sweetie" you say to your girlfriend. She looks up at you with teary eyes and a face that has clearly been crying for a while. "Good morning master" she greets you. "how are you feeling?" You ask her.

"horrible sir, I'm so sorry for what I did" she sobs. You put the key in the lock of the cage "Is that why you locked yourself in there Jane?" you ask her while fiddling with the lock. She shakes her head "no sir, it's so you can punish me" she says as she retreats against the back of her cage "please don't kick me out! I'll be your slave! I'll be good I promise!" she sobs.

"Jane, I'm not gonna kick you out" you say as you open the cage. Jane reluctantly leaves her cage and sits at your feet kneeling "did you have a nightmare?" you ask her. She nods, seemingly calmed down since you're not mad. "yes" she sobs. "and could you tell me what happened that made you attack me?" you ask.

"in my nightmare I was in my old master's home again and I was in my cage, and I could feel I'd just been lashed" Jane explains sobbing "and my old master was there, but you we're also there, and you kissed Maria and you were all telling me how worthless I am, and I got so angry in my dream that I broke my cage and attacked, and that was probably when I woke up and hurt you"

You kneel in front of Jane "but you do realize that dream isn't real, right" you ask as you hug Jane who cuddles into you "I know, I know" she says "are you going to punish me?" she asks, cramping up again. You shake your head "no, not for something you did because you were scared, you're still my good girlfriend"

"still good?" she asks "no sir, I wasn't good, I haven't been good" she says, laying against your chest. "you were scared Jane, you panicked" you tell her. "but I'm always scared, that doesn't mean I can hurt you" she sobs

"you're always scared?" you ask "scared you're playing a sick joke on me" she explains, "that one day you'll arrive here with my old master or you'll start whipping and flogging me like my old master, that I'll be an animal again"

"Jane, your old master is in prison, you don't need to be afraid, I promise, I love you" you tell her