Mr Grey's Dinner Party

I had known Amanda for a little over two years. We had met in the drama club at our University and became best friends almost immediately. She was an All-American girl: intelligent, friendly, serious, artistic yet practical, and of course beautiful.

Amanda was very social yet never seemed to have the time or desire to find a boyfriend. That's why I felt it so strange when she began dating Marcus, a much older man. They met through friends and shared an interest in classical music and the ballet. He was involved in the arts and was very generous to the artistic community with his considerable wealth. He was also many times older than she was. I never learned his exact age but he must have been in his early fifties. A tall, articulate and immaculately dressed man, he was friendly enough but I had always sensed an aloofness around him that left me feeling vaguely uneasy. Amanda seemed to act differently around him, a little quieter even a little submissive which is quite different from her normally outgoing and impulsive nature. But, she seemed happy and their relationship didn't seem to take up a lot of her time.

About the time Amanda started seeing Marcus I became interested in BDSM. I had run across some erotic bondage imagery while surfing the net and found it strangely arousing. I thought that my interest would be limited solely to surfing the net until I mentioned it to Amanda one afternoon.

"Really, are you really interested in it?" she asked, her eyes widening in surprise. "Didn't picture you as someone who would find that exciting."

"Well, yeah. Something about being bound helpless at the hands of a merciless pervert, just gets my heart a flutter" I giggled. "But seriously, It's harmless fun, it's not something I would try myself or anything."

"Would you if you had the chance?" she asked.

"Sure, I guess. I'd try anything once if it was safe"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"Of course, have I ever let you down?" I smiled, anticipating a bit of juicy gossip.

Amanda leaned closer and whispered "Marcus and I are into it."

"Really! Are you serious? Wow!" I said, not being able to hide my surprise.

"It's the truth. I really enjoy it, but obviously it's not something I advertise, especially to my friends and family. I doubt many people would understand" she answered.

"Well, your secret is safe as always with me. In truth I kind of envy you. Sometimes I wish I had a secret life"

"Would you be interested in trying?"

I looked into her eyes and saw that she was serious. "What do you have in mind?"

"Marcus is having a special dinner party next month." Amanda began slowly. "He thinks quite highly of you, and if you promise to keep everything secret I'm sure I can convince him to invite you. It's all very safe and quite kinky."

Wow, this was quite an opportunity I thought. Amanda was being serious and I trusted her completely... so, "Sure Amanda, I'd love to. Do I have to dress up? Whips and Chains and leather Cat Suits?"

"No, nothing like that" she smiled, obviously pleased that I wanted to attend "I'll let you know after I talk to Marcus"

After that we said our goodbyes and I headed off to my first class of the afternoon.