Sure, why not.

"Ok," Laura said. "Let's assume you're right. Then we have no way of knowing what's actually normal. You could do anything and I won't be able to tell it's out of the ordinary, right?"

Kate responded with a harsh swat on the ass, chuckling as Laura squeaked in surprise, then continued to wait for a response. "Seems like it. And the reverse must be true."

Laura had unbuttoned her officemate's shirt and was roughly massaging her breasts. "I think so. So here's a thought experiment. If I told you I'm doing something grossly unprofessional right now, would you believe me? Please take off your bra."

"I mean, I guess?" Kate replied as she reached around her back to unclasp her brassiere. "It really doesn't seem like you're doing anything wrong."

"Can you guess?"

"Mmm, this is making it hard to concentrate." Kate was getting flushed now, her nipples rising against Laura's palms. "Oh, is it that you asked me to take off my bra instead of taking it off for me?"

Laura laughed at that. "Kind of. I really shouldn't be touching your chest at all, let alone stripping you and massaging your tits." She paused. "Come to think of it, even saying 'tits' is pretty inappropriate. Now you do me!"

Kate shrugged, her breasts jiggling slightly in Laura's hands. "Ok, hmmm. How about this?" She repeatedly slapped Laura lightly in the face, ending with a boop on the nose. She then reached under her officemate's probing hands and began to reciprocate her massage.

"How about what?" Laura asked. Kate was incredulous.

"I slapped you around and now I'm feeling you up! How is that not obviously inappropriate?"

"That's a good question," Laura said. "I don't know the answer. It feels perfectly normal to me. Mmmm, it feels good, too. So feeling me up - that's abnormal?"

Kate pinched a nipple and Laura twitched with surprise. "I'd say so. I mean, to you, feeling me up is weird, right? We're doing the same thing to each other and each of us can recognize that our own behavior is weird, but-"

She was cut off as Laura surged forward for a kiss. When it was over, Kate spoke again.

"We can really take advantage of this and have some fun, but I think out of mutual respect we shouldn't use it on each other. From here on out, we don't try to pull the wool over each other's eyes on this. Agreed?"

Laura thought about it. She told herself that she might use it every now and then, but only in ways that benefit Kate. "Sure. We'll have each other's backs. And fronts," she added with a grin.

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this chapter was written by SG, reposted and edited with permission