The builder came round this morning to dump some tools and get keys and double-check he was okay to start and that I’d moved everything out of the way. Then I packed all the things I’d need for a week and got a cab to Ha and Lily’s today. They were all giggly when I got there and they showed me to my room (which I’ve slept in before) and then said I had ten minutes to come down to the kitchen for the first house meeting between the three of us.

They were still giggling when I came down and they said that if I was going to be living there then I had to follow the rules. I said they had to tell me the rules and they said no, I had to agree to them first, and then they’d tell me them, or else I’d be out on the street tonight. I said fine, and they made me raise my hand and solemnly swear to follow the house rules.

Then they went through them:

1. No running in the corridor. (They don’t actually have a corridor.)
2. Put dirty cups, plates and cutlery in the dishwasher
3. Don’t unload the dishwasher first thing in the morning because it wakes Lily up
4. No sharing of these rules outside the household
5. No clothing to be worn at any time indoors, except for the following exempted persons:
   1. Ha
   2. Lily

It made me instantly horny just from the way they said it.

So then they said, sorry, rules are rules, and I’m currently breaking rule 5, so they were going to have to confiscate everything I was wearing. And I made a big act of being sorry, because I didn’t know the rules so perhaps I should be let off, and they said ‘fraid not, because I’d agreed to them and now it was out of their hands.

My heart was thumping as I undressed in front of them. I was only wearing socks, trousers and a top anyway so it didn’t take long, and within a minute I was sitting naked with them. It’s not like I haven’t sat naked with them before, but somehow it felt different, because they’d “made” me do it rather than me making the leap myself. I don’t know why it was a surprise, of course, because Ha had already joked about it enough.

Ha whispered into Lily’s ear and Lily laughed and took the sheet of rules back, picked up her pencil and wrote on the bottom before handing it back to me:

6.For the duration of my stay I’m to address my hosts as Mistress Lily and Mistress Ha
7. I must follow any instructions given to me by my mistresses without question

Then Ha said I had to sign it. I said what if I don’t, and she said that I’d be thrown out onto the street without my clothes. So I signed it, but my hand was shaking because they’d gotten me so turned on already.

I wondered what was next, but Ha (Mistress Ha) told me I had to help her by chopping vegetables for dinner. So that’s what I did. Then I ate dinner with them, in the nude, and we watched some Netflix, and now it’s time for bed.

I diligently did my run with Mel this morning. Or rather, at the same time as Mel, because she still disappears off into the distance. And then I came home to a message from Ana saying it would be nice to have lunch next week. I kind of wonder if she’s going to be laying down some ground rules about what I can and can’t do with Mark! I said I’d love to, although I’m not really sure now. We’ll just have to see.

I’ve ended up spending the rest of the day preparing this work proposal thing to send off to the Belarusian company next Thursday. It feels kind of sad doing work on a Saturday, but at least life’s moving forwards.

I was kind of surprised Ellie could make it on short notice but we had a few drinks after work.

Being nosey, and somehow feeling like I’m kind of her mentor, I asked loads of questions about: what was it like, is he wild on the inside to make up for being quiet on the outside etc etc. Disappointingly it turns out he’s not, and their sex has been very conventional, and she says it’s not really all she hoped for, but she really likes him so it’ll have to do. That doesn’t sound like a great recipe long term.

Anyway, I told her loads of gossip. Firstly all about Russ and Alison, and she listened with a big open mouth and we wondered how many people everywhere have these secret sex lives that you’d never guess. And I had to admit that I was one of them, although she said she could have guessed that already, but then I told her about Mark and Ana, and she was completely floored. And she also said she was really jealous, not just about how much fun it sounded, but that nobody seemed possessive about each other between us. She said the idea of a threesome sounded like a load of fun but she could never stand Stephen making eyes at another woman, let alone anything else. She knew it was okay with me because we were friends, and I had to ask her if she was suggesting a threesome, and she said definitely not! Which is probably the right choice as Stephen is definitely not the type.

I said I was quite jealous that she and Stephen seemed to be going steady, because I could do with some steadiness in my life right now.

After all that we had some dinner and I was home soon after ten.

It was a long day at work, putting together the proposal and doing everything else. It feels a waste that the nights are getting longer but so are my working hours!

Oh, but some good news is I got a message from Ellie, and she’s still seeing Stephen, and he’s even “done the deed” as they say, so she’s kind of happy about that. I suggested meeting up for a drink tomorrow evening to gossip so I can’t wait to hear more.

The meeting went really well, and although I just about recognised the guy who knew me by name I still have no idea whether he saw me during the clothed part of the night or the naked part! It’s not something you can really ask in a work meeting: “Excuse me, but when we met, was I by any chance stark nude?” Anyway, we’ve got to put some proposals to them, so that’s my next week of work carved out (on top of everything else).

I was really tired by the time I got to Pilates this evening, but somehow it’s kind of invigorating.