Drinks and Talking

After everything that had happened at the club, as much as Maria had been hoping to stay there and have some fun, her and Juliet decided that it would be better to go back to Maria's apartment and they could continue talking there and create a more muted type of fun.

Maria was of course disappointed because after dressing up and everything, she had hardly been able to enjoy herself before the mood was ruined. She didn't let it dampen her too much as she made Juliet stop so that she could pick up some drinks that they could enjoy while talking.

Juliet hadn't thought it was going to be a very wise idea for her friend to drink as she had work the next morning. However, she was assured that it would be perfectly fine as her shift was starting two hours later than normal which would give her enough time to adjust in the morning on matter how she felt.

Maria's apartment was styled in a mix between librarian with books lining shelves and other places they could fit along with pictures and wall décor that had library quotes. She had also collected quite a number of library related items. The walls had been painted a light lilac. To match this she had put up rose quartz curtains. Her furniture was fairly plain minus the few fluffy furry pillows she had which were an assortment of pinks and purples. The style always felt a little over the top for Juliet, but she had gotten used it over time the longer that they had been friends.

Maria made sure that her friend got comfortable on the sofa while she went to go fetch some glasses so that they could get started. Juliet kicked off her shoes to get more comfortable and to give her feet some extra space before they began to hurt.

"It's not like that is the first time something like that has happened at a club before. For some reason though, it just put me off. Maybe because you're going to be working there and I don't want that kind of thing to happen to you." Maria began the conversation as she popped the top on the bottle of Kinky and began to pour it. She had gotten blue and fruit punch because they could never agree on which flavor was better.

"I don't really think something like that is anything that you're going to have to worry about happening to me. From what I understand, I will be working behind the scenes and only in the main part of the club on my spare time when I want to be. On that topic though, you really think that it's going to be safe for me to work there with me?" Juliet asked as she picked up the glass and took a sip. The first few drinks she took slowly so that she could get used to the feeling of the burn as the alcohol went down her throat.

"I see what you mean about how intense he is. I kind honestly thought you were being hyper critical, but I can see why you would be hesitant to work with him because of his attitude. As far as whether or not he's trust worthy, I think so. I can't really see why a guy like that would go through so much trouble of setting up a work contract with a girl who he is aware isn't interested in him if he was planning anything sneaky." Maria replied as she talked Juliet through her thought process.

"Though, I still really think that you're missing out here. He's not bad on the eyes even if his personality isn't on par." Juliet shot her friend a look when she said this and rolled her eyes.

"I already told you, work and a relationship don't mix well for me right now. Plus, he's not the kind of guy that I would be interested in anyways."

"Hmm, I don't know. I think you should just see how it plays out. The bdsm scene is a bit different. It shouldn't be too hard for you to get used to though since you'll be approaching it from a none-sexual approach first." Maria kicked off her own shoes, her glass unlike her friends was already half empty.

"I still don't really understand about all of that. Like I told you, he said I should look some stuff up about it so that I could get a better idea of what he was talking about, but what I ended up finding didn't really help me." Juliet sighed as she took another sip.

She wasn't really sure why she had agreed to come back with her friend to her apartment aside from the fact that there was still more she wanted to talk about with her work predicament and partly because she felt like she owed it to her friend since she had drug her along with her to the club because she needed a second opinion despite knowing that she had work the next morning.

"Probably because you didn't know what it was you should be looking for. Most of the stuff related to the lifestyle is sexual in nature because that is the base of the relationship. Depending on what the person is looking for though, it does have its perks." Maria flashed her friend a grin when she said this as she reached for her phone she had set on the table.

"You're not going to expose me to anything that I will regret seeing, are you?" Juliet asked feeling a little apprehensive as her friend tapped away on her phone before shifting closer so that they both could see what she was looking at.

"Not at all. I am just showing you some harmless stuff and I will send you some links I think you would benefit reading from. Being a librarian in these type of situations has its perks as well because I unlike you know what to look for." Maria assured her phone as she began to scroll through the page that was open on her phone.

She hadn't been lying when she said that what she was going to show her was mostly harmless. At least more so compared to the stuff that Juliet had stumbled upon when she was trying to understand what Richard had been talking about.

Most of it was pictures showing people in different relationship dynamics or scenes. However, it was for evident it was for display or learning purposes as both parties were still wearing their clothes thus aside from some of the outfits that exposed a fair amount of skin, there was no sexual displays or nudity to be seen.

"Before you get ahead of yourself though, you won't be expected to do much of this. This is for fully committed couples in the lifestyle. Since you're just signing a none sexual work contract, what you're going to be doing will be much more limited and probably will mostly revolve around being used for demonstration." Maria reassured her friend when she saw the look that was on her face while looking over some of the pictures and captions.

"What type of demonstration though?" Juliet asked, still feeling a little apprehensive.

"Probably related to how to correctly interact with a submissive and what to and not to do. He'll also probably use you to show of different formal positions and such. It can be different for everyone though, so some of it you'll just have to wait and see what he brings when you start." Maria moved her phone so that she could focus on the screen and did some more brief searching before she sent her friend a few links she thought would helpful for her to supplement what she didn't know.

"Why don't we though take a break from all this work talk and what not and have some fun while we can. Tell me more about the club owner and whoever that other girl was and I'll tell you about some interesting gossip I've been hearing at the other club." She told Juliet as she began to fill their glasses again. She was probably going to regret it in the morning, but at least for tonight she could crash on the sofa, even if she wasn't that fond of the fluffy pillows. Taking a drink Juliet prepared to launch into an explanation of who they were and how she met them.