“I hadn’t thought of that. Thank you, Tania, that’s perfectly acceptable.” Josef gave the sales girl a very small smile, and he saw the blush come over her face. At the same time, he heard her heart quicken in her chest.
He knew the girl had a little crush on him, it was quite plain to see. He moved back to his seat at the table and waited. Soon there would be a gaggle of females in their living space. Not something that had happened before.
Josef was going to lock himself away in his office and try to work. He wasn’t sure he would be very successful, though. His thoughts continually turning to Peri and what would happen in a few hours from now.
“So what’s the plan for today?” Gabe asked, as he finally finished his food. His question was directed to Josef.
“We will have an early dinner here. Then we will proceed with our bonding. Is that okay with you, Peri?” Josef watched her face intently for any sign that this wasn’t what she wanted.
What he saw was her eyes widen and her pupils dilate before she nodded her head.
“Is there anything in particular you want or shall I order for you?” Josef queried, and Peri found it hard to answer.
Mainly because she was finding it difficult to breathe. Her heart had picked up speed, as her excitement crept in. She tried to speak, but knew it would come out as a squeak, so she tried something else.
‘You choose’ – she pushed the thought towards Josef, and the smile he gave her proved he had received it.
“Okay, Peri, I’ll choose. I must say that was rather ingenious of you.”
Peri gave a slight nod of her head and stood up, heading towards her room and a waiting Tania, who was clearly excited herself. She grabbed Peri as soon as she was near enough to pull her into the room.
“Oh, Peri! This is so exciting! You’re going to get pampered and a haircut ...”
Peri interrupted her friend. “I don’t want a lot cut off it. I like my hair long.”
Tania was nodding furiously. “Oh, not a lot’s coming off, Peri, it’s gorgeous. BUT it does need tidying up and if a few layers are cut into it, then it’ll sit absolutely lovely.”
Peri frowned, she wasn’t sure about this hairdresser malarkey at all. Jeez, she was getting waxed ‘down there’, wasn’t that enough?
“Don’t look so worried, Peri. I’ll make sure nothing drastic is done.” It was obvious Tania could see the reluctance in her, but she also knew what a good cut could do to a hairstyle.
With that the bedroom door opened and Gabe stood, again with a cheeky grin. “Your entourage is here, Peri!”
Gabe moved and four women walked through, carrying a host of items. There was a portable beautician’s bed, which a large man brought in, then set it up and left.
The women started to move around the room, setting things up. Peri was astounded at the amount of things they had brought. What on earth were they planning on doing to her?
Tania beamed and chattered away, but Peri didn’t catch much of it. She was too busy looking at everything these women had brought into her bedroom. Some of the things looked like items to be found in a torture chamber.
Peri took a deep breath to try and calm herself. This was supposed to be fun? She didn’t feel like that, not at this moment.
Chapter 6
As the women were setting things up, Peri moved to her wardrobe and pulled out a pair of shorts and a sleeveless blouse, one that buttoned fully down the front. She could undo it as required, but keep her back covered. She had no intention of any of these women seeing her scars.
Peri went to the bathroom and put her clothes on, then straightened her back and walked through. She wasn’t going to feel weird, embarrassed, no, she was a strong Witch and it was about time she started acting like one.
The massage table was now set up and lying flat and Tania was ordering the others around, as if it was second nature to her. Peri smiled and Tania lifted her head, caught her eyes, and smiled back. Peri thought Tania was gorgeous, put together, and confident, something that Peri was going to achieve herself.
“Right, Peri, first of all the waxing, we’ll get that out of the way first and then get to all the good bits. So, take this towel and go and take those shorts off, and your underwear.” Tania handed Peri a large, white, fluffy towel and a teeny paper thong, with a smile on her face.
Peri took them and moved back to the bathroom, took her bottom half off, put on the teeny paper thong, wrapped the towel around her waist and went back through. She got onto the table and wiggled about a bit with the towel, so it was just lying across her. She was more than a little nervous, but hid it well, and she looked at the other women in her room. The room seemed very crowded with them all in it and all the paraphernalia they had brought with them.
A tall, thin, very pale woman moved a small trolley over next to the bed. It had everything she needed to do her part. A long extension plugged into a socket on the wall, to keep the wax at the correct temperature and make it easier to use. The others in the room, apart from Tania, were getting their own things ready, which Peri was a little relieved at. At least they weren’t going to be standing around watching, as she was getting her ‘privates’ waxed.
Tania stood at Peri’s side and took hold of one of her hands. “Have you decided what you want?”
“Yeah, that Hollywood one you spoke of.” Peri thought if she was going to do this, she may as well go the full hog. Get it all off.
“Okay, Peri, at times I’ll want you to pull on your skin to keep it taut, I’ll place your hand where I want it and you just tug on your skin. Right, let’s get started.”
Peri took a deep breath and tried to relax, get through this part at least. She was sure this would be the worst part and hoped it didn’t hurt as much as she had imagined it would.
*****
Josef and Gabe heard everything, of course, and Gabe had a huge smile on his face, as soon as he heard Peri saying she was getting a Hollywood. He much preferred his women to be bare and was glad that Peri had decided to do that.
He couldn’t wait to place his mouth over her bare mound and bring her to orgasm with his tongue.
Josef hissed at Peri’s words, he too enjoying a bareness in that area. He couldn’t wait to see it, lick it, caress it, knowing the pleasure he would give his little Witch.
Josef decided to get the menu and order the meal for later. He needed to do something other than concentrate on what was happening in the room. If he didn’t, he would burst in and grab his little Peri.
After asking what Gabe wanted to eat later, Josef placed the order and went to his office, hoping that some distance would distract him from the bedroom.
He would double check his plans were all in place for after the bonding. He needed everything to go, as he had ordered, and it never hurt to let those working for him know the consequences, if anything didn’t go as he wished.
Josef had a slight smile on his face, as he picked up the phone to instill some fear into certain people.
*****
The waxing was finished and Peri relaxed visibly, even though it hadn’t been nearly as bad as she had envisioned. It felt strange not to have any hair ‘down there’, but it also felt, as Tania had said, clean. Peri thought she would be keeping this up and wondered how often she should get it done.
As she thought that, the lady was putting her things away and turned to Peri with a smile. “If you want to keep it like that, I would suggest every three weeks, maybe four, it depends on how quickly your hair grows. Whenever you want it done again, just call down and I’ll fit you in, obviously I’ll come here. It’s not a problem, Peri. I’ve got to get back downstairs, we’re really busy today, so enjoy the rest of your pamper.”
With that Peri’s query was answered, and the lady wheeled her small trolley and the tools of her trade towards the door. Tania moved to open the door and Gabe was on the other side with a huge smile on his face.
The Wolf tried to sneak a look inside, but Tania giggled and pushed him back. “No peeking!” she squealed, and Gabe moved to hand the waxer a huge tip before letting her out of the apartment.
Tania closed the door quickly, to stop Gabe attempting once more to gain entrance, or take a look inside.
“That Gabe is so cheeky! He was trying to get a look inside.”
“I know, he’s a very naughty Wolf!” Peri was half-laughing, now getting into this pamper business. At the moment, she was sitting up and getting her nails done.
One girl was at her feet and another at her hands, working to fix the state her hands were in. Peri thought they were in for a tough job, she had never bothered with such things before, not even using a hand cream.
“What color are you going to get?” Tania asked, as she fiddled with the large selection of polishes the girls had brought up from the spa.
“Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. Wait, let me think.” Peri scrunched up her face, what color should she get? A thought sprang into her mind, the silk nightie that she had bought before, it was red with black lace and very, very short.
“Red,” Peri said, with a smile on her face, and Tania started pulling out all the red colors. When her hands were full, she moved beside Peri, on the opposite side of the table that the girl doing the manicure was sitting.
“Which one? There’s so many different shades.” Tania held the bottles of polish out towards Peri, who frowned. Jeez, how many shades of red could you get?
“Tania, could you do me a favor? Just inside the dressing area is a small chest of drawers, in the bottom one is a red silk nightie, can you bring it out please?” Peri realized she wasn’t even embarrassed at asking Tania to do this, maybe her confidence was growing.
Tania moved quickly to get the nightie, and she found it immediately, folded neatly in the drawer.
“Here, let’s see what shade matches best.” Tania held the piece of silk in one of her hands while lifting each polish bottle and holding it next to the nightie. On the fifth try, both she and Peri giggled. “That’s it,” Tania said, as Peri nodded her head.
“I had forgotten about you getting this, Peri, it’s absolutely gorgeous, the guys are gonna freak when they see you in this!” Tania was still smiling, when every one of them in the room heard a rather weird sound. One that was a bit like a growl, one that Peri knew.
Gabe! He must be listening in.
“Gabe! Stop it – go away and stop eavesdropping!” Peri shouted, and then laughed. She was beginning to enjoy herself. Her excitement at what was coming later had her all but grinning like a madwoman.
The nails done, then a massage, a rather strange massage, but a massage all the same. After all, Peri wouldn’t take her shirt off and wouldn’t let them touch her back. She still enjoyed it, though, and her body was soft and smooth by the end of it.
Peri was also aware that she hadn’t given a toss, if the masseuse thought she was strange for not taking her top off. Peri just didn’t care what she thought, and that feeling was extremely liberating.
Next the hair. The hairdresser had been sitting quietly in the corner, flipping through a magazine she had brought with her, knowing she would be hanging around until the rest of the girls had done their own jobs. As people started to leave, first the waxing girl, then one of the nail girls, and now the masseuse, who was also the girl who did her toenails, she knew it was time for her to do her part.
She put the magazine in her large bag and moved forward. “I think it’s best if we do this part in the bathroom. It will be easier to clean up the hair cuttings afterward. Is that okay?”
Peri only nodded and got down from the table, wrapping the towel completely around her bottom half, as she did so. Tania moved to the bathroom, saw a white, wooden chair in the corner and moved it to the center of the large area. Peri walked in with the hairdresser on her heels.
“I’m not sure if you want me to do your hair now, or do you want a shower first? If you shower afterward, the steam will probably ruin your hair.” She placed her bag with everything she would need onto the extremely large sink unit and waited for Peri to decide.
“Oh, I hadn’t thought on that, I’ll shower now, I won’t be long.” Peri started to usher the two girls out of the bathroom.
“Don’t have a hot shower, Peri, after waxing you shouldn’t really shower for a bit, but if you do, don’t make it hot or you could have a reaction, a rash, or something. I know I've done it before and trust me, the rash was a right pain, itchy and sore for days. Certainly dampened the mood that night and kinda defeated the purpose of me getting it in the first place!”
“Okay,” Peri said, and closed the door, ridding herself of her few pieces of clothing and stepping into the enormous shower. She turned the temperature down, so that the water was lukewarm but not cold. She washed herself thoroughly and felt all around her now-bare mound. It was quite weird not having hair there, but she also thought her skin was more sensitized than it had been. She wondered what it would feel like when one or other of her men touched it, kissed it, made love to it.
Peri gave herself a shake. She was getting herself worked up, and she turned the water to a colder temperature to cool her growing heat. She finished washing her hair and got out, a little chilled now, she retrieved a fluffy gown from the heater and put it on. Yeah, that felt so much better.
She wrapped a small towel around her head and moved to the door, opening it, and getting the other two back in.
Peri sat on the chair and the hairdresser went to work. “Remember, I don’t want a lot off my length, I like my long hair,” Peri said, more than once.
On the third time, Tania shushed her. “Quiet, Peri, we know that, a tidy up at the bottom, some shaping around the front, some layers put in, and it’ll be fabulous. Stop stressing.”
Peri giggled, she had never had a girlfriend before, and this was nice. Tania had no preconceived ideas about her and wasn’t scared to tell her to shush, if the need arose. After all she had done to help her today, Peri liked Tania all the more.
The hairdresser seemed to take ages and Peri was getting more than a little antsy, moving about in her chair and sighing.
“Nearly done, Peri,” Tania said, and Peri was glad, she had enjoyed all the pampering, but it seemed to have gone on for hours.
The hairdresser switched off the hairdryer and took a step back. “Okay, have a look,” she said, and Peri turned her head towards the large mirror over the sink units.
Peri looked carefully, saw something that she wasn’t sure was even her own reflection.
Her long hair sat around her face, as if framing it, and its luster belied the years of abuse she had put it through. Peri placed a finger in the ringlet at her jaw, felt the softness, and a tear escaped from one of her eyes.
“You look beautiful, Peri, absolutely gorgeous.” Tania had known what a good cut would do to the already fabulous mane of hair Peri had, and she had been right. The girl was stunning in the extreme, but Tania could tell Peri couldn’t quite believe it. She saw a tear running down one side of her face.
“Hey, don’t cry, come on, I’ll do your makeup and then I’ll leave you in peace.”
Tania pulled Peri in for a little hug before taking her back through to the dressing table and sitting her down on the stool in front, leaving the hairdresser to clean up in the bathroom.
Tania went to work on Peri, aware that Josef wasn’t keen on a too made-up look, using all her skill to make Peri look amazing while making it look as natural as she could.
As she was still working, the hairdresser came out and made to leave. “Wait!” Peri said quickly. “Sorry, I didn’t thank you. I love it, thanks very much.”
The hairdresser smiled. “No trouble, when you want a trim just let me know.” With that, the woman left the room.
“All finished, are you getting dressed now?” Tania asked, and Peri looked at the c
lock, dear goodness, it was mid-afternoon! She had been in the room for hours, and as she thought that, her stomach rumbled with hunger.
“Not dressed, no,” Peri said with a small smile, and Tania giggled.
“Oh, you are naughty,” Tania said, as she retrieved the silk nightie from the bed and handed it to Peri.
Peri handled the delicate material in her hands and held it to her chest. “Hold on,” Peri said, and darted into the bathroom to put the red silk nightie on.
She felt the material against her skin and loved it, the sheer decadence of the garment making her smile. Peri slipped a fluffy robe on top, tied it in the middle, and then she went through to the bedroom again. Tania was getting her bag and readying to leave.
“Thanks, Tania, for everything. I mean it, I really appreciate your help. I’ve never had a friend before, so it means a lot. After all the stuff with the bonding and my father is over, I hope we can spend some time together.”
Peri looked at Tania and returned the girl’s smile. “Oh, you bet, Peri. Just let me know when things have died down a bit, and I’ll come with some girly DVDs and popcorn. We can have a girly night, you provide the wine, though.”
“You’re on!” Peri said with a huge smile, giving Tania a quick cuddle, as they moved to the bedroom door.
*****
Gabe was in his usual place on the sofa, as they went through, but stood up as they appeared.
“Wait, Josef says to give you this, and he also said ‘No argument’.” Gabe handed Tania an envelope, which she took, although she had a frown on her face.
“Okay, this time I’ll take it, but you need to tell him that this has to stop. Peri’s my friend, and I don’t get paid for friendship. In fact it’s rather annoying, and I will not accept anything more. Okay?” Tania stared into the handsome face of the Wolf, and his smile vanished.
“Fine, Tania, I’ll let him know.” Gabe thought the girl was a little offended, and he could understand that, completely.
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