Part 10 - Ella Called
Thessela is still nervous and if it weren't for those few loops of silken rope she would not be able to keep her hands still. Her fingers would be tugging at the hem of her skirt and more.
How does Ella manage it? Kneeling there so patiently without any restraint at all. Will I learn that?
She looks to her wrist, to the whiter band where her watch would usually be. Nothing there but the loops of silken rope. And she remembers why she decided that, tonight, time was something best forgotten.
But it is easier now. To kneel quietly, to keep still and allow her mind to wander. To try to guess things. How long will we wait? What will happen when he opens the door? What will he expect of me?
Thessela glances to her side. Towards Ella. Her friend shows no signs of impatience at the wait at all. To Thess she looks so calm, serene. Her face looking towards the door though her eyes look to the paving at the door's foot where she will first notice it open.
Yes. So calm, so serene now but there was turmoil there, deep inside Ella before Thess arrived. The turmoil as her mind pondered how she had crossed a boundary and how she might pay. But, after a while, Ella understood that this was not something she need worry about.
Ella's lips move though there is no sound, "this girl is in Your hands now. her transgression Yours to judge. her punishment Yours to decide. Yours to mete out."
Two thoughts remain briefly. Thess. Will He accept her? How will Thess respond? But, again, Ella realises that He will take that responsibility. It is not for me to even think about now.
In her submission Ella is freed of the turmoil.
Then, finally, a faint click as the lock is turned and the door swings open on silent hinges.
That voice so familiar. "ella"
Ella rises and Thessela moves to follow until that firm voice.
"thessela. Wait."
Ella steps into the hall beyond the door and, as she takes those steps, one foot placed carefully directly in front of the other to accentuate the rocking of her hips, Thessela's eyes are drawn upwards, to her friend's naked bottom that undulates so erotically.
"Goddess. So beautiful. But Goddess? How can she walk like that? Naked, her bottom moving like that in front of a man and yet show no embarassment at all. Why does it arouse me like this? Why do I so want to go with her?"
The man follows, the door closes and Thessela is left feeling so very alone. Vulnerable again to doubts.
She glances over her shoulder. The car is still there. The driver still holding the car door open. A way out still open.
Thessela looks down at her wrists and the black silken rope. She thinks of a naked Ella walking so erotically and so unashamed. She breathes deeply and closes her eyes. She wants so desperately to know what lies beyond that door.
She will wait.