Dinner. And BDSM talk.

A/N: Sorry that it took a month for me to continue this, university and work hit me hard the last few weeks so I didn't have much time to write. This chapter is longer and most of it is talk about 'what comes next' between the protagonists. If you don't care for the explanation and the discussion between the gals about the future of their relationship, you CAN skip it, but the story will be better if you don't. Also, this will probably be one of the last chapters in which there is little sexual activity. From this chapter on, more 'stuff' will happen. Also, I'm not quite sure this chapter turned out the way I liked, so there might be changes coming later. Will update. Anyway, SO, here it is. Enjoy!

Saturday, July 4th.

"Damn that smells good." Madelynn said as she walked into the large room that served as their kitchen and living room.

-"Thanks!" Celine replied. She had left the room before Madelynn had and was already putting filled plates on the table. The girls sat down and started eating. At first they were silent. As they filled their bellies with the spaghetti Celine had made, the girls started chatting.

"Excited for uni, Celine?"

Celine nodded, her mouth still full of food. After half emptying her mouth Celine replied. "Yea! Really excited. Actually getting to do something that interests me after the generic bullshit we get in high school. I'm just glad I got past the Numerus Fixus without issue."

"I'm glad you did. Otherwise we'd not be sharing this room" Madelynn said with a sigh of relief.

-"I'm glad as well, these years are going to be a blast!" Celine almost cheered. "Are you excited to begin your study of old dusty stuff?" Celine teased.

"You know that's a stereotype, right?" Madelynn smiled back. "And besides, Archaeology is mostly science anyway!" she defended herself.

-"Yea yea, I know. I do envy your interest in history." Celine said.

"Really?" Madelynn looked at her friend with suspicion.

-"Of course not. I hate history hahaha" Celine laughed out loud, and Madelynn joined her.

-"Oh, before I forget" Celine continued after her laughter died down. "There is a welcome party at the quad tonight. Wanna go?"

"Yea sure!" Madelynn looked genuinely excited when she replied. Madelynn had always been a massive fan of parties, unlike Celine who tended to stay in.

"But, I believe you first owe me a talk about something?" Madelynn hinted.

-"Right you are. Where do we begin?"

"Uh... I don't know. You're the expert" Madelynn smiled. Her brilliant green eyes gleaming as she was radiating genuine excitement for the talk ahead.

-"Well, I'm not an expert in any sense!" Celine replied. "I read up about it and know SOME things."

"Well, talk to me, knowledgeable amateur" Madelynn grinned.

-"Alright. I'll start at the beginning. So, what we've been doing falls under a sexual preference widely called BDSM." Celine started. "BDSM is a contraction of a few abbreviations. It stands for Bondage & Discipline, Domination & Submission and Sadism & Masochism." Madelynn nodded when Celine looked at her, searching her for sign that Madelynn was following what she was saying. "We've been dabbling a bit in the first part, bondage. But that's only a small part of the whole context. Before I go on, let me prepare you to the fact that BDSM is largely a sexual thing."

"That's alright." Madelynn replied before Celine could go on.

-"Alright, good. So, when we're looking at the whole BDSM context the main thing you need to understand is that it's pretty much all about the exchange of power. There are three types of roles in a BDSM context, namely the dominant, the one who holds the power" Celine said this while quoting with her fingers, "and the submissive, who surrenders control to the dominant. Then there is the switch, which is someone who tends to, well, switch between those roles. Following me so far?"

Madelynn nodded to the question. Madelynn looked intently at her friend, the story she was telling was obviously intriguing her. Where she was sitting back in her chair before, Madelynn now sat leaned forward.

-"So, bondage and discipline is the first abbreviation in the term BDSM. Bondage is often used as a way to physically manifest the power exchange between two people. The dominant has absolute power over the submissive when they are tied up, and the submissive actually feels as if they have handed the power over to the dominant. The feeling of helplessness is often what drives a submissive into the bondage aspect of BDSM. The next is discipline, the rules of the power exchange can be enforced and the observing of the rules improved by discipline. Discipline usually comes in the form of a punishment when the rules have been broken by the submissive. But it also comes in the form of the dominant giving rewards when the rules are followed" Celine explained.

"That sounds... intriguing" Madelynn said. "What kind of punishments or rewards are we talking about?"

-"Well, spanking for one isn't an uncommon punishment. Things like flogging and whipping come to mind. Other non-pain punishments I can think of now is orgasm denial for instance" Celine blushed when she said the last part. "And where orgasm denial is a punishment, the allowance of one might be a reward. But it can be other things as well. I've read that people in a full-time BDSM relationship use things as simple as getting a dessert after dinner as a reward."

Madelynn was getting flustered by the explanation Celine was giving, and it was showing by the red hue in her face, which was a stark contrast with her green eyes. "That all sounds..."

-"Hot?" Celine finished the sentence for her best friend before she could. Madelynn only nodded.

-"The second abbreviation in BDSM is Domination and Submission. Basically, that's something I already explained. It's the core of BDSM, the power exchange between two, or more, individuals. The master and the ****, so to speak." At the mention of ****, Madelynn shifted in her seat. It wasn't an uncomfortable shift, but an excited one, trying to hide it. However for her efforts to hide it, Celine noticed it.

-"The last abbreviations in BDSM are Sadism and Masochism, which is one of the less usual ones as far as I've been able to read. Sadism is where a person likes to inflict pain on another, masochism is the other way around, it means the person enjoys to receive pain. That enjoyment can even be so intense that people get sexual satisfaction from it."

-"So, what do you think about it so far?"

"I uhm... Am still taking it in, mostly. But I'm rather interested in pretty much everything you said just now."

-"Would you eh... want to explore the BDSM stuff more.. with me?" Celine managed to sputter out, her face bright red. She was staring at the table, avoiding the gaze of her friend. Madelynn noticed this and couldn't keep her mischievous streak in.

"I don't know... You did say it's a sexual thing" Madelynn grinned. Celine's gaze instantly shot up to Madelynn's in shock, her face even more red than it was before.

-"I.. I didn't... I..." Celine started mumbling. Then she saw Madelynn's face, a massive grin plastered all over it.

-"Oh you little shit!" Celine yelled at her while Madelynn broke out in laughter.

"I'm sorry Celine I had to!" Madelynn defended herself.

-"I know Maddy." Celine's shock was now replaced with a smile. "But yea, would you? And it wouldn't have to be sexual if you don't want it to be" Celine added hastily.

"I know Celine, calm down, it's alright" Madelynn began. "You know this is hard for me too, so bear with me." Celine nodded in agreement. "The times you have tied me up before, which isn't all that many, it has left a mark on me. It awakened some feelings within me I didn't know were there. And I have to admit, the times I was tied up I enjoyed a lot... In a sexual way." Madelynn was silent for a few seconds, which felt like ages to Celine. "The sexual energy I get when tied up is something I do want to explore. And..."

-"Yes?" Celine probed.

"And I want to explore it with you. Maybe even sexually. If you'd want to." Madelynn finished, it was her turn to flustered now.

-"I'd like that."

"I am still quite unsure, let's start with taking things slow, alright? Madelynn adds to which Celine nodded.

"Of course Maddy. There is still a lot of things to go over if we really want to get into this. A standard first step to get into BDSM is defining roles and setting up a list of limits."

"The roles were dominant, submissive and switch, right?"

-"Yea. So, which role are you? Just keep in mind that even though you might lean toward a specific role right now, that doesn't mean you're only that role, it can change over time and there is nothing wrong with that."

"Oh I definitely feel like I'm a submissive" Madelynn said in a matter-of-fact kind of way.

-"Alright. I'm the dominant, and you're the submissive, do you agree to that dynamic between us? Remember, this isn't set in stone and we can change it any time." Madelynn nodded.

"Yes, I do." Even though Madelynn answered the question, she raised an eyebrow at Celine, a non-verbal request for an explanation.

-"I ask because one of the main mantra's of the BDSM community is SSC, which means Safe, Sane and Consensual. That question was for the consent part of SSC."

"And what about limits?" Madelynn asked "What kind of limits?"

-"Well, there is 2 sorts of limits. Soft limits and hard limits. Soft limits tell me what you do not like and would rather not do, but are okay with if I do end up doing it. So, as an example, if tickling is a soft limit, it tells me you don't like tickling, but it wouldn't hurt if I tickle you anyway. In that case, I'll try to avoid it. A hard limit basically just means 'no, this is not happening' for stuff you ABSOLUTELY don't want to do or have done to you."

"Alright, I understand."

-"Write down your limits later, we have to go to the party soon."

"Oh right, that's still a thing. I do still have questions though, and kind of want to keep talking for a bit."

-"Oh the party doesn't start for another 2 hours, we've got time. What questions do you have Maddy?"

"Well... When you were talking about discipline, you were talking about 'rules', what kind of rules were you talking about?"

-"That depends per dynamic. In a BDSM dynamic, the dominant might set rules for the submissive they have to follow during agreed upon times or all the time in a 24/7 dynamic. Rules can be simple like whenever the submissive addresses the dominant they have to say sir or miss. Or they have to ask permission for daily things like going to the bathroom. The rules can also be things like the submissive isn't allowed to wear certain types of clothing. Things like that. They can be anything the people involved in the dynamic can agree on."

"Aha" Madelynn said, nodding. "I understand. That sounds interesting." Apparently, Madelynn was imagining some things related to what her friend just said, as she was biting her lip with a red blush spread across her face.

-"What're you thinking about Maddy?" Celine grinned.

"Oh nothing. Something for later. Let's get ready for the party, we can talk more later."