From Admirer to Owner

Joanne and Danny had been friends since childhood. It had been a sweet and innocent friendship until they had hit puberty, at which time Danny had started to develop an interest in women and Joanne had started to develop into a beautiful woman. It was around that point in her life that she started to notice a remarkable new power she had gained to get guys to do anything she wanted, simply by smiling at them, giggling at their jokes, touching them on the arm occasionally and giving them the false impression she might find them attractive. It wasn't that Joanne was a bad person, it was just so easy and felt completely harmless to her. It was a skill she had often used on Danny, even though he was her friend and she had no romantic interest in him. As a result of her meaningless flirting Danny thought he had fallen in love with Joanne, though deep down it was probably just good old fashioned lust.

"Hey, is that a new ring, Jo? It's pretty!" Danny asked. The pair had met up for a friendly drink and were now sitting on the swings they used to play on together as kids in a local park. Joanne paused for a brief moment as a strange feeling washed over her. It was caused by a curse activating that now allowed Danny to command her as he wished until she satisfied his deepest sexual desires. But neither of them knew that.

"Yeah, some guy sent it to me" Joanne answered dismissively "We had a couple of dates, nothing happened and now he is obsessed with me. It's a bit creepy."

Danny had no doubt that, knowing Joanne, the poor guy would have been given every reason to think something was going to happen. He also noted she had still decided to keep and wear the expensive looking ring. But he didn't care. Because tonight was the night he was going to try and make her into more than just his friend. He had waited long enough, the timing was perfect and a couple of beers had given him the courage he needed.

"So, Jo, I hope this isn't weird, but I've always thought you were beautiful, we get on great and I wondered if you would like to go for a drink with me tomorrow. Not as friends but maybe, like, as a date?"

"Oh.." Joanne was a little taken aback. Of course she had known her friend had a crush on her. She had used that knowledge to her advantage many times over the years. She just didn't think he would ever have the balls to tell her. Romantically, she had no interest in Danny whatsoever. She wanted some super rich, hot guy to sweep her off her feet and give her the life of luxury she desired. As sweet as he was that was never going to be Danny. Joanne had all sorts of nice lines she used in these kind of situations about not wanting to spoil the friendship or loving him like a brother. Instead she simply found herself saying "Okay!"

"What? Really?" Danny had been sure he was going to be shot down. If he had known it would have been this easy to ask Joanne out he would have done it years ago.

"Sure, pick me up at eight" Joanne climbed down from the swing, smiled weakly and walked away. What was she doing? Why had she agreed to this? That wasn't what she was supposed to say! She knew she had made things awkward now but figured she could still let Danny down gently when they met up tomorrow. But, thanks to the ring, that wasn't going to be an option for her. Danny was going to get more from his date with Joanne than he ever could have hoped for.