The Aftermath

Tammy became aware of a growing commotion that was playing out behind her, then turned around and was shocked by the scene that greeted her. Craig had been knocked out cold, and was sprawled on the ground with Emily standing over him. Had she done that? It suddenly occurred to Tammy that she may have jumped the gun in revealing the curse to her coding friends. Of course, she had not been aware of the command that had been given to Emily before the party that had prepared her to take **** measures to shut Craig up when she needed to. Or even that it was possible for her to be given commands by Jessie's father.

"Sorry Tammy, what do you mean we've claimed you?" Philip asked in confusion.

"And Haley and Kelly?" Martin added.

"And that all three of you are cursed?" Carl wanted to know.

"What? Don't tell me you didn't get the joke?" Tammy tried to laugh it off "You must have never seen the movie I was spoofing I guess. Anyway, ignore my dumb sense of humour. I'd better go and check Craig is okay"

She rushed back over to the scene she had left in even more of a hurry not long ago to see Emily kneeling down next to Craig and checking his pulse.

"What happened?" Tammy asked one of her friends, who had been there for the whole thing.

"I don't know, he was so drunk I think he just kind of fell over"

Of course none of the many witnesses would remember the expert high roundhouse kick they had seen Emily deliver to Craig. She and her master had gotten pretty good at figuring out how to word commands in advance after twenty years.

"He's breathing okay" Emily announced with relief. Maisie had only wanted to shut Craig up, not hurt him, but he hadn't ended up giving her much choice "Someone should call an ambulance though just to be on the safe side"

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"That was a weird end to the evening" Haley declared as she sat with her four cousins in her Aunt Holly's place once everyone else had left "I kinda missed all the drama but it sounded like Craig was being a real dick before he took a fall. Jess, are you not cold like that?"

"Yes, but there's not much I can do. Master commanded me to stay naked until he said otherwise" Jessie sighed "Can someone turn the heating up a little?"

"Hey, imagine if he went into a coma for like a year. Or he woke up and his brain was so messed up he forgot how to ever speak again and you were stuck like that" Kelly laughed before realising nobody else was amused "What? I said imagine if. It isn't actually going to happen!"

"I doubt they will keep him in there for more than a day or two, and you're welcome to stay here as long as you need to" Tammy offered.

"Thanks, though it kind of sucks I'll have no way of explaining to your Dad why I've become a temporary nudist. Plus everyone at college has seen me naked now and probably thinks I'm an attention seeking slut who does whatever Master tells me"

"Craig also commanded her to call him Master until he said otherwise" Emily explained..

"Yeah, so that's not going to seem weird on top of me being nude all the time" Jessie exhaled.

"Just think Jess, you're probably the first naked woman those dorks from the coding club have ever seen in real life" Kelly posited.

Tammy jolted a little. She really wanted to not think about those three for now. She was pretty sure she had said enough for the curse to have triggered for them, but hoped they hadn't realised the control they now had over her and two of her cousins. She decided not to say anything about that for now. There had been enough drama for one evening already, and there might be nothing to worry about.

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"That was the hospital. Craig hit his head quite badly" Tammy explained to her cousin as she came off the phone the next morning "They think he'll be fine, but they want to keep him in there for a few days just for observation. His parents have quite extensive health insurance it seems"

"Shit! I have stuff to do. I can't just hang around here naked for the next few days!" Jessie fretted. She was sitting cross legged on the couch with a cushion over her crotch "Have we thought of a single excuse to say to your Dad for why I'm like this?"

"There really isn't a good one is there?" Tammy shook her head apologetically.

Then the doorbell went.

"Fuck, is that them already? I can't deal with this yet!" Jessie panicked as she sprinted up the stairs.

Tammy walked to the door and opened it to reveal not her parents but Philip.

"Oh, hello" she greeted him politely but clearly without enthusiasm.

"Hi, I think we need to talk" he told her.

"Yeah, it's not a good time actually. My parents will be back soon"

"Tammy, come to my place with me now so we can talk" he asked again.

"Okay, I'll come with you now" she nodded as she left with him.

A little while later Jessie ventured down the stairs, wondering what was going on.

"Tammy, where the fuck are you?" she muttered as she paced up and down "You're seriously leaving me here naked and alone for when your parents get back? Awesome!"

And at that point, the doorbell went again.