Everyone in it is 18+ and everyone outside should be as well. The history here is important for the entire story going forward.
Spellbinders Saga
By Arthur N. Owen
Volume II: Double or Nothing, Chapter 5: Welcome and Thanks
David Wilson stared at the gorgeous naked form of Regina Abernathy. He’d seen her sexy body so many times, but never got tired of looking at what he considered the hottest female form in Los Angeles County that didn’t belong to a celebrity. Regina had hit him last for rounds that night, and four words later was the mindlessly obedient slave he knew and appreciated, eagerly obeying his command to strip. While David screwing a beautiful, hypnotized woman was something that happened now on more nights than it didn’t, tonight’s situation was unique in that it was the first time in three weeks that he was having sex without his girlfriend joining in (or at least being nearby fucking another girl). Instead, Kelly was at her sorority’s monthly meeting tonight, and David knew better than to crash it again, even if he could put the entire sorority under and make them forget he was there. Kelly had implied (with an extremely thin veil) she was planning to drop all of them (save for Monique, who would be programmed to find Louis and fuck him until he stopped caring why she wasn’t at the meeting) and have another orgy as soon as the opportunity presented itself. As per their agreement, Kelly knew that David had to trigger Regina before she left for the Thanksgiving weekend (and was unlikely to resist using her once she was under) and David knew about the sorority’s meeting and what Kelly was planning on doing there. His conscience was as clear as it could be in this life, and he commanded the rapt RA as soon as he himself was naked. “Regina, Ride me.“
“Yes, Master!” Moments later, she was on top of him on her bed, magnificent breasts bouncing with every movement of her luscious body. David flipped them over when he felt his orgasm build, not wanting to risk her reciprocal one causing her to collapse on top of him and smother him with her cleavage. His face was buried in said cleavage anyway as soon as he was on top, but at least he could breathe. Regina’s reciprocal orgasm began before David’s ended, causing their screams to chorus.
“Regina, I’m going to fuck your tits.” said David. David did not consider any tits at University of California, Berkeley as fuckable as Regina’s. (Abigail’s were a close second, but she was gay so it was never going to happen). Regina was already pulling her breasts apart so there was room for his cock between them, and gave the tip of it a blow job as well. As before, her bodacious boobs had him ready to go faster than he expected, so he pulled out just before he came, spraying all over her tits and face. After cleaning her up enough to make it to the shower, David decided to get down to business, the pleasure clearly out of the way.” “Regina, what are your plans for Thanksgiving?”
“I am heading to my parents’ home outside San Diego Wednesday night, Master. I plan on returning to campus either Saturday night or Sunday midday, depending on which day my sister Alex wants to celebrate her birthday.” Regina said in the happy monotone that was familiar and startling at the same time.
David was planning on being back around the same time, but after Regina’s last withdrawal episode, he didn’t want to take any chances. “Regina, I am going to give you my number. You will give it the heading ‘Dorm neighbor.’ Get out your phone and enter it.”
“Yes, Master.” Regina retrieved her phone from her discarded shorts, then wrote it in as David dictated it.
“Good girl. Now call my number so I can grab yours.”
“Yes, Master.” His phone rang. David simply put her contact heading as “RA”, which represented both Regina’s job title and initials. It was risky to have master and slave share contact information, but the fact that she was his RA and dorm neighbor made it somewhat plausible.
“Regina, whenever you get a call from this number, you will find a way to be alone before answering. You will also put the phone on speaker as soon as you pick up, understand?”
“Yes, Master.”
“Also, when you wake up after receiving a call from this number, you will not remember the call taking place unless otherwise commanded to, understand?”
“Yes, Master.”
David started to redress. “Regina, put your robe on. After you wake up, you will have an urge to take a shower, not paying any attention to why and how you are dirty. You will simply remember studying for the time that I have been here, that I was never here at all. After you shower, you will go to bed and sleep until you would normally wake up. Regina, what happens when you wake up?”
“Whenever I leave the wonderful relaxed state, all memories of it remain there until Master allows me to return. I will believe whatever Master tells me occurred and ignore all evidence to the contrary.”
“Good girl. Wake up five seconds after you are dressed or I am gone, whichever comes later. Goodnight, gorgeous.” David, now dressed again, left.
“Goodnight, Master!”
The next (Monday) morning, Monique and Louis were grinning from ear to ear, but that was nothing compared to Kelly, who practically levitated into the dining hall. “How was the sorority meeting?” David asked her.
“Started out boring, as usual. Erica announced that we’re doing our annual volunteer event in Santa Barbara, the week after the semester ends. She claims it’s a last chance for us to get in good with Santa, even though two of the sisters are Jewish. I use the term ‘volunteer’ loosely, because she won’t let anyone skip it entirely except Monique with her sister’s wedding.” Then Kelly’s mischievous smile returned. “But the end of the meeting was incredible. The only thing better than Erica eating me out and getting speared by the magic strap-on is it happening to the whole sorority! If more meetings ended in orgies, they’d be way better attended. So how was Red with Two D’s?“
“About as good as you’d expect. Regina may be the hottest woman we know, and is brainwashed to be enthusiastic about anything she’s told to do, but it’s just not as much fun without you there.”
“Aww, I missed you too!” said Kelly, kissing his cheek. “It’s a lot more work having the only functioning brain in such a big group! Not to mention that a strap-on is not easy to put on or take off by yourself.“
“Then I guess when we spend Thanksgiving apart we’ll be bored to tears and extra thankful we’re in each other’s lives once we get back to campus!“
“Umm...About that.” said Kelly sheepishly. “Rebecca called me this morning to say that her baby boy Benjy is sick, so they won’t be coming. Not getting to see my cute little nephew makes the journey back to San Fran a lot less worthwhile, no offence to Dad and the others. I was wondering if I could spend Thanksgiving with you and yours?“
David was smiling as wide as Monique and Louis had been earlier. “I thought you’d never ask. I’ll have to clear it with Mom, but I doubt she’ll say no. They live on the other side of LA county, so the trip is only an hour each way instead of four. I just hope your family isn’t too disappointed.“
“Rebecca already promised to Zoom with Dad so he could see his adorable grandson.” explained Kelly “I’m sure he’ll be fine if I do the same and introduce you to them.”
“You’ll be meeting my family, so it’s only fair.” said David. “I’d love to.” He pulled her into a kiss, which her reaction to said all that needed to be said.
Both of their families accepted the arrangement, so three days later, David was driving “his” (it was on his parents’ insurance) Civic through Los Angeles (“driving” being a relative term, with all of the traffic, but still) Kelly next to him. “You said it would take one hour.” Kelly groaned. “We’re almost at an hour, but not almost at your folks. I’m starting to regret my decision...“
“If you think you can do a better job, then switch with me!” snapped David.
“You’re kidding, right? I’m months out of practice. If I get behind the wheel, the only relatives we’ll see for Thanksgiving are my mom and Big Ben!“
“You need to understand that your complaints about the traffic have as much of an effect as complaints about Regina’s lack of autonomy in bed!”
“Please don’t bring up Red with Two D’s. We have a better chance of sex together than apart, but I’d rather not think about how bland it will be even if we can get around your family.“
“So sex is bland if it’s just the two of us?” said David, a bit annoyed.
“OF COURSE NOT!” said Kelly. “I just meant that with all those people around we can’t do all the interesting stuff that comes from your brain and gets put into mine, because we’ll make too much noise and mess!“
“Oh, so you’re blaming the situation, not me. That makes me feel better. You know, I have to be awake to drive, but I can put you under and let you sleep until we get there.“
“Thanks, but no thanks. I want us on a hypno-hiatus until we can get to your bedroom. Don’t want to risk exposure.”
“Eh, it’s a moot point now anyway.” David had turned onto the exit which let him out of downtown, meaning most of the traffic was now behind them. “Twenty more minutes tops.”
“Okay, final stretch, anything important I should know about your family?” asked Kelly
“You already know my dad’s a lawyer. My mom’s a drug rep, Drunkle Jacob hasn’t kept a job for more than six months to my knowledge, NEVER call him that, and my little brother is a horny geek. Anything else I’ll let them tell you, including the big secret about why my dad and grandfather hated each other.“
“He’s not my uncle, so it’s kind of a moot point. The story about your dad and grandpa has been scaring me a tiny bit since you first brought it up. It’ll be something I’m going to wish I didn’t know after I learn it, won’t it?“
“Most likely, but if we’re going to go to the next level of this relationship, it’s something you need to know.“
Soon they were pulling into the driveway. Steven Wilson, who looked like a leaner version of his elder brother with glasses, was the first to greet them. “Long time no see, bro.” he said, hugging David. “This must be Kelly. Very nice to meet you.“
“Nice to meet you too, Steven.” Kelly said, shaking his hand. She noticed David shoot his brother a suspicious look.
“Didn’t think you’d bring anyone home this soon, but she’s not my type. Not endowed enough. Besides, you know I promised. Melanie’s Law is in effect.” said Steven before running away, thinking (correctly) that he might have said too much.
“I don’t know if his comments should make me feel relieved or insulted, and what the hell is Melanie’s Law?” asked Kelly.
“In layman’s terms, it’s a pact between us stating that I cannot be held responsible for any actions against Steven if he hits on a woman that I bring home. I’ll explain who Melanie was later on. They know that I’m bringing my girlfriend to Thanksgiving, but they don’t know much about you beyond your name.“
Kelly’s meeting with the rest of the family was much less eventful. John Wilson, who looked like an older, fitter version of one of his sons, was happy to know that Kelly was faithful to his son (though between David and Kelly, “faithful” was very difficult to define). Melissa Wilson, who was slightly overweight and had brown hair and blue eyes, was just happy that David was dating someone, let alone a girl as pretty as Kelly was. Jacob Wilson, who looked like a highly-out-of-shape version of his brother with gray eyes and more gray hair (despite being the younger of the two). He gave her a hug that she quickly tired of, and would have kneed his groin had David not pried them apart. Kelly had quickly charmed them all.
The first course of the meal went well until Jacob, who had not been given a wine glass, was asked to pass the bottle. Instead, he drank it directly until it was empty (it had been half empty prior). “So how long did he last this time?” asked David.
“Nine days. It’s not seven o’clock yet so today doesn’t count.” answered Stephen. “I never should have told Mom to put it out.”
“You guys are clocking his sobriety, right?” asked Kelly. All their heads nodded. “What’s his record?”
Melissa answered, ashamed. “Twenty-five, but he spent most of that time in jail.”
“Kelly wouldn’t blame me for all the drinking if she knew why.” slurred Jacob
“David promised I would get to know all the secrets tonight, so tell me!” demanded Kelly.
“Fine.” said John. “Jacob is only my half-brother. He’s the product of an affair my father had.“
“His biological mom died in childbirth, so the State dropped him on their doorstep.” continued Steven. “Grandpa Knees said no but Grandma Amanda, who by all rights should have wanted nothing to do with that baby, insisted they adopt and raise him.“
“Your grandfather’s name was ‘Knees’?” asked Kelly.
“Short for ‘Ebeneezer’.” said David. “’Knees’ comes from the fact that almost everyone inexplicably deferred to him.“
“So your grandfather had an affair and would have abandoned the product of it if your grandmother had not intervened.” said Kelly. “I can see why that would make your old man hate his old man.“
“To be honest, I could have forgiven him if Jacob’s biological mother had been the only dalliance.” said John, his anger starting to become evident. “She wasn’t. Not by a long shot. There were dozens, maybe hundreds of women. Even he probably didn’t know the exact number. I doubt he cared if they knew he was married, or even if we knew what he was doing, and he certainly didn’t seem to care when Jacob and I found Mother in the bathtub WITH HER WRISTS SLIT!!!!” John was starting to cry and Melissa got up and hugged him. Jacob was crying too.
David spoke, having been holding in a breath throughout his father’s rant. He turned to see that Kelly was as well. “Bottom line, as far as Dad’s concerned, his father murdered his mother and got away with it. This is why he absolutely hates anyone who cheats. It’s also why he went into law, so he could find some way to get justice for his mother.“
“I’m so sorry.” said Kelly. “Sorry that happened to you, and sorry that I made you bring it up.”
“If it’s any consolation, I held him while we both burst into tears after hearing that story for the first time, and Tom vomited.” said Melissa.
“Wait, David said you took your boys to see the old man on his deathbed. Were you trying to reconcile?” asked Kelly.
“Oh, nothing could be further from the truth.” said Steven. “Meeting Grandpa was more of a...cautionary tale.”
“He wanted to make sure that we treated any future women we landed with more respect than he treated Grandma, although that’s kind of a low bar now that I think about it.” added David.
“Also, I wanted to gloat on what he had thrown away by alienating me and Jacob and that I’d had him declared mentally incompetent.” finished John.
“What was so important about saying he was senile?” asked Kelly.
“Grandpa Knees wanted to change his will at the last minute.” explained Melissa. “All of his money, which was a seven-figure sum, was going to go to some right-wing nut job’s political campaign. This guy didn’t have a chance to win even with all that cash, and he had no connection to any member of our family as far as I know. The old man just wanted to spite his sons.“
Jacob finished. “I may not know as much about the law as my big brother, but I do know that since he was declared mentally incompetent, the change to the will was voided, so John and I split everything.“
“I finally was able to deny him something.” said John proudly. “All my life, no one ever said ‘no’ to Knees Wilson. It felt good knowing the last thing he learned was that his son kept him from pettily blowing the inheritance. It wasn’t real justice for Mother, but it was enough.“
“Hard to call that a ‘happy’ ending” said Kelly. “Can we drop this gruesome subject now?”
“Thought you’d never ask.” said John. “Turkey Time!”
An hour and a half later, David and Kelly were upstairs in his room, stuffed. “Based on previous experience, we have about an hour before dessert.” he said.
“Tell me the details of Melanie’s Law, then we’ll Zoom my family.” said Kelly.
“Melanie’s Law is named after Melanie McAllister, a girl I went to high school with. Until Regina, she was the hottest female I’d ever met. Senior year she was my lab partner, so we had to meet over the weekend to finish an assignment. I knew she was out of my league, but I was hoping she’d put in a good word for me with one of her friends if we did well. Anyway, she came to my house to work on the assignment, and Steven answered the door. To say their meeting did not go well is a MASSIVE understatement.” said David.
“What did he do?”
“Hit on her so disgustingly that she took off before even going inside, assignment be damned!” said David. “My dad had to explain the whole situation to the teacher, backed up by Melanie’s account and her own parents’ corroboration, or we would have failed. The teacher allowed us to make it up, and we managed a ‘B’ working on it after school at Melanie’s place, but she demanded-and received-a change of lab partners as soon as it was turned in and never spoke to me again.“
“Can you really blame her?“
“Of course I don’t blame her. Steven is another story, though. Dad grounded him for a month and looked the other way when I gave him a black eye. Thus was implemented Melanie’s Law. He can’t hit on any woman I bring home, for any reason, or I’ll kill him. The law’s been in place for almost two years, but you are the first person it’s applied to.“
“When you consider why the law was implemented, that doesn’t surprise me.” said Kelly. “Funny how things work out. If this situation had happened a year later, Melanie would be the one who was lucky to have you as a lab partner. She’d also be the one who got ‘experimented’ on.“
“I have no idea where she went to college, but I know it’s not Berkeley.” said David. “Call your parents, I need to return the favor.“
Kelly was dialing her father with one hand and setting up her laptop with Zoom with the other. “Hi, Daddy” she said into the phone. “I miss you too. Dinner was good, but a tiny bit awkward. Trust me, you’re better off not knowing. How cute is he? Awww, I’m glad you got to see him, maybe I’ll Zoom them tomorrow. Since I met David’s family, he wants to meet you guys, can we Zoom now? Let them be, you and Tori will be enough for now. See you in a minute.” She hung up and turned to David. “The tryptophan put Petey out, so Holly’s taking care of him. It will just be Dad and Tori.”
“That’s fine. I plan to be with you long enough to meet the rest of them in person, hot stuff.”
“I plan to be with you long enough for that as well, big boy.” she said as she started the Zoom meeting.
David could only see the top half of Dan and Tori Stone, but it was still telling. His impression of Dan was a geek that had been bullied, so he resolved to get in to the best shape possible so it wouldn’t happen again. Tori looked like Kelly if she had been a cheerleader instead of a Sexy Ninja. The same blonde hair, blue eyes, elfin face and mischievous smile, but the hair was half a foot longer. Tori also appeared to be taller than her older sister and at least a full cup size larger. Kelly introduced them. “David, this is my father Dan and my little sister Tori. Dad, Tori, this is my boyfriend, David.”
“Nice to meet you.” said Dan and David at the same time.
“You must really like her, David.” said Tori with a smirk. “I didn’t think she’d land anybody before graduation. Not after the whole Sexy Ninja thing.“
David blushed slightly. “Actually, that was why I was interested in Kelly.“
“Just don’t do to her what the last guy did.” said Dan. To quote my late father-in-law, ‘As long as she’s happy, I’ll be happy, understand?’“
“Daddy, that is completely unnecessary.” said Kelly before a wicked grin came over her face. “David is fully aware that in such an event, any retribution queue forms behind me!” Dan and Tori laughed at this, so David laughed, too. “So, how was the game this morning?“
“Very exciting.” said Dan. “Close from start to finish. We were ahead by only two points at the two-minute warning, but all of a sudden two of the opposing players started hitting each other. They lost a timeout and next thing you know, the game was over. For some reason, our captain gave Tori the game ball. I don’t understand why, she ended things with him in June...” Tori had taken on a sheepish grin. Suddenly it dawned on him what had happened on the field (his position in the bleachers made him unable to see the cheerleaders when they weren’t cheering). “VICTORIA AMBER STONE, WHAT DID YOU DO!?” he roared.
“Oh my god, she flashed the field again?” said Kelly, trying not to laugh.
“Again!?” said David, incredulous.
“Depends on your definition.” said Tori. “I had my bra on the first time, so it only was worth a detention. Today I was just stretching and showing off my leg and pulled up my skirt to adjust my panties...”
“LALALA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!!” said Dan, hands on his ears.
“I don’t know much about football, but how the HELL does that not result in a penalty for your team?” asked David.
“Simple.” answered Tori. “The refs’ power ends where the turf does. As long as I don’t go onto the field, it’s no different than the band playing too loud or a real cheer routine. I’m sure the other team’s cheerleaders could try the same thing, but none of them had the inkling or the capability...“
“HOW have you not been kicked off the squad?” asked Dan.
“Daddy, I’m the co-captain, and the other captain is my best friend. The cheer coach only cares about results, which I’ve never failed to provide. Who do you think is going to remove me?” Tori actually sounded proud of what she had done. “Forty percent of the students don’t care one way or the other about the football team, and thus my actions. “Seventy percent of the students who care are male and would probably wish I, or other cheerleaders, did it more often. Thus, you have one in five at school at best who disapprove of what I have done.“
“I see which Stone sister inherited their father’s talent for math.” said David.
“It’s good to know that I’m not the embarrassing sister for a change.” said Kelly. “The Sexy Ninja pictures have FINALLY got some competition.“
“Why did the best-behaved one have to miss this?” groaned Dan.
Unbeknownst to all four of them, Steven had been listening in on the entire conversation. He had also peeked in and seen Tori on the screen. As he was an unathletic nerd, cheerleaders populated all of Steven’s fantasies. The image of the sexy little sister of his brother’s girlfriend, combined with her unapologetic descriptions of flashing the football team’s opponents to distract them, meant that the perfect cheerleader of Steven Wilson’s dreams now looked exactly like Tori Stone. The subject had now changed to how David and Kelly got together (Steven knew it involved an evil mind-controller that David had freed Kelly from, but the rest he did not know or care) and he left David’s doorway-only to hear their mother calling “DESSERT TIME!” He quickly went back to his own room across the hall, (but not before hearing them ending the call), and made it look like he had been there the whole time, just in case.
After an apple pie and assorted cookies, David and Kelly went back to his room. “Is ‘Amber’ really your sister’s middle name?” asked David.
“Yeah, our paternal grandmother Pearl was a geologist, and after marrying a man named ‘Stone’ it kind of came with the territory. My middle name is Sapphire, Rebecca’s is Ruby. Peter’s is Jasper, which is a type of rock but can pass for normal. My aunts are ‘Emmy’—short for ‘Emerald’ and ‘Lexie’—short for ‘Alexandrite’” Kelly explained. “Since Mom was choosing first names, she couldn’t object to Dad’s choices for middle names.“
“’Dan’ isn’t a gemstone.” said David.
“It’s short for ‘Danburite’. Or at least it was, he had it legally changed to ‘Daniel’ after high school. At least his sisters’ names were somewhat normal; even shortening it to ‘Dan’ didn’t stop the hazing.“
“I guess he was stuck between a rock and a hard place?”
“Never use that line around members of my family. It stopped being funny generations ago.” warned Kelly.
“Well, let’s rock each other’s worlds unless that line is off-limits too!” said David.
“No, I’ll allow it.” said Kelly. “The issue is discovery. You and me together is nothing they wouldn’t expect to happen, but they might be suspicious about how well you satisfy me...“
“Thinking about my parents thinking about my sex life is about as enjoyable as thinking about theirs.“
“Sorry.” said Kelly. “Point still stands.”
“I have a solution.” said David. “I call it Conservation of Screams.”
“Sounds like more programming. Describe it.”
“Essentially, you will be unable to make any noise during sex. The noise will be stockpiled until later, when you can expel it in a single scream by pinching yourself.”
“How do we explain the big scream?”
“My dad’s home office is soundproofed, in case he needs to interview someone really terrified.“
“Then why don’t we just fuck in there?“
“Because the inevitable mess is easier to explain away in my room, and I’m really not supposed to use the office in the first place!“
Kelly sat down on David’s bed. “Permission granted. I hope your parents don’t mind if we share your bed tonight.”
David unlatched a rollaway mattress that had been in a corner of the room. “Put them together and no one will be the wiser.” After Kelly helped him set the beds up, he went to close his door. “Special Instructions.”
As always, Kelly collapsed backwards upon hearing her trigger. David had only seconds to admire her sweetly reposed face and the anticipatory grin before she popped back up and said “Set it up, I’m beyond ready to go!” in a mildly annoyed fashion.
“What, did you use up all your patience on my parents?”
“Pretty much. You like it when I’m eager to fuck you.“
“Too true. Kelly, from now on if I say ‘Conservation of screams’, you will be unable to make any noise above a normal tone during sex, no matter how much you enjoy it. The screams you cannot make will be stored until you pinch yourself, at which point you will utter a single cathartic scream that is the sum total of the ones that had been stockpiled. This will also serve to stop the programming until you hear the command again. Now take it all off so we can get to it!“
“Sir, Yes, Sir!” said Kelly with a grin as she hopped off the bed and quickly pulled off her dress. Kelly quickly pinched herself twice to cancel the trance. As soon as they were naked, Kelly put David between herself and the bed. “So, what else is in store for tonight.“
David kissed her. “Doublemint. No Orgasm Function tonight, there’s only so much I can explain away even if my parents know what we’re doing. For starters, you having a super-sore throat in the morning from the kind of screams that come with it. Then there’s damage to the rollaway bed, it’s really not designed to be fucked on...” Kelly had heard enough, and silenced David in their favorite way-with makeouts. She weighed him onto the bed with her on top before leaving his mouth.
“Enough words, big boy. Time for action!” she said before maneuvering onto his cock.
“I never had a girl in this bed ‘til now, and I’ve slept in it since I was 13!” said David. “I’ll NEVER be more thankful at Thanksgiving than today!”
“Thanks for saving me from PaternOH! Thanks for standing up to You-Know-WhOOOOOOH. Thanks for helping provide the BEST SEX I’VE EVER HAD!” David could tell when Kelly’s screams would have been, even if she couldn’t make them.
“You’re welCOMING COMING COMING!” David roared. Kelly’s expressions of gratitude (not to be confused with Eleanor’s, no blowjob occurred despite a similar effect) had him hard again before he even realized it.
“Wait, how COMING TOOO you don’t need to hide your screams?” asked Kelly between thrusts and grunts.
“My parents expect me to enjoy this more than you dOOOOOOOH!” David flipped them over so he could do the thrusting.
“Hard to argue with that one. SO HARD AND SO GOOD!”
“Thank you for being reasonable when I told you the truth. Thank you for considering my secret life to be a turn-on. Thank you for being in my life and being willing TOOOO DOOOO THIIIIIIIS!” David screamed with his own orgasm and Kelly was right behind him. After they had recovered a little bit, David laid out what would happen next. “I’m not supposed to use Dad’s office without telling him first. When Steven was fifteen months old, I accidentally locked him in there. He was too small to reach the doorknob on his own or move a chair to help him reach it, and obviously the room prevented Mom from hearing him cry or calming him down.“
“Locked him in?” asked Kelly.
“Accidentally. I told Mom after a minute or two, but I didn’t realize that Dad, who was at work at the time, had the only key to open the room from the outside. Boy, was he upset when he had to leave an ongoing trial to liberate Steven. I couldn’t watch TV for a week!“
“Then why did you even bring the soundproof room up if we can’t use it?“
“We can use it. We just can’t leave evidence that we did. Clean up as much as you can sans shower and get dressed.“
Five minutes later, David led Kelly to his father’s office. “Don’t sit down if you can help it.” he warned. “There’s an intercom on the desk, but it automatically shuts off when the door is open. Wait until I close the door to pinch yourself.”
“Got it.” said Kelly. She went inside and he closed the door. Less than a minute later, David heard the scream, muffled through the soundproofing material, but still audible, unlike when his baby brother had been trapped. Said baby brother also heard the muffled scream and came by.
“She’s in there, isn’t she? What the hell are you thinking?” said a confused Steven. “And you said you couldn’t hear me when I was locked in there!“
“Technically you weren’t locked in, you were just incapable of opening the door and Mom and I were locked out.” said David with a smirk. “And I swear on Grandma’s grave, I couldn’t hear you!“
“I just hope they can’t hear her downstairs!” said Steven. “Don’t worry, I didn’t see or hear a thing and I will stick to that story!” he said as he went back to his room.
Kelly then opened the door. “Are we good?” she asked.
“Not sure. I could still hear you, and so could Steven, though he promised to plead ignorance if it matters.” said David.
“Soundproof, my ass!” said Kelly as they walked back to David’s room.
“No, it worked. I’m pretty sure my parents would have come upstairs if it hadn’t. I’m guessing that without soundproofing, they would have heard you back on campus!“
“Maybe there are different levels of soundproofing available.” suggested Kelly.
“Yeah, and my dad’s a lawyer, not a rock musician!”