Four months after the anniversary.
"Right? We have to go,” Annie beamed.
"No, f-ing way. She's coming to Philly?" Ashley's excitement was loud per usual. Loud enough for Sam to hear even though she wasn't on speaker.
"What's she so excited about?" Sam interjected as he shaved in the bathroom.
"Dr. Carly is hosting a seminar series here in Philly next month," Annie offered over the din of AAA's enthusiasm.
"I'm rescheduling my meetings today. To-day. And booking a flight. Can I stay with you guys? The company will only cover me one night. We'll make a long weekend of it!"
Annie gave her husband a pleading glance.
"Of course she should stay here. You don't have to ask."
Annie planted a kiss on Sam's ear and bounded off like a schoolgirl chattering away about registration and attire. Truth be told, Sam was a little excited too.
**********
Two weeks prior.
Annie and Ashley had been texting non-stop since their reunion. Annie had also been guarding her phone more than usual. And little by little, it was clear-ish to Sam that they were chattering about: a) a women's guru of some kind; and b) their husbands.
Sam didn't really know Marc, beyond that he was some kind of orthopedist or something and that Ashley and he had gone through some rough times. But the texts and phone calls seemed to reflect that he was 'behaving' and that the 'program' had done wonders for him.
For a little while, Sam assumed the jerk had cheated on his wife. That was until he discovered what he later called 'The Plot.'
It started with a message from Ash that popped up on Annie's phone while he was making dinner.
"I bet he is! Getting a deep stretch like that sounds delish'... as long as he's with the program! - Ash."
Sam didn't jump to any conclusions, but it was eyebrow raising to say the least. The screen lit up again as Sam stared with a furrowed brow.
"...I think I might have Marc take my butt if he meets my benchmarks. Lol! I'm crazy! I know. -Ash."
"What... the ...fuck?" escaped his mouth.
"What's that honey?" Annie chimed from the living room.
"You, umm, Ash is texting you."
It was quiet and still for a long, long moment before Annie softly walked into the kitchen. She was a little pink in her lovely face, but her eyes were resolved. He hadn't seen this expression before and his heart jumped into his throat.
"What did she say, love?" Annie's voice was low. Her eyes scanned Sam; half nervous, half devilish. A hint of a grin came and went. She wasn't embarrassed, she was excited.
"Uh, something about deep stretching and a program. And then getting fucked in the ass by Marc, I think." Sam tried to sound assertive and calm, but a thousand thoughts were racing through his head. He pushed the phone across the counter to Annie.
Annie read the messages, laughing out loud at AAA's inelegant description of anal sex.
"You're 'amazing,' of course he loves the program! I have to go, Sam's been nosy. What to do? -An " Annie texted back while Sam waited and wondered.
"Are you spying on me Mister?" Annie demurred, slinking around the corner of the counter and holding her phone behind her back.
"No, of course not," Sam shook his head curtly.
"I want to show you something. If you're good, I think you'll like it. But promise me you won't freak out until you've seen it all."
"An, you... I'm already kind of freaked out."
Her darling husband was usually such a good talker. She'd been putting his tongue to better use lately. "Cat got your tongue," took on a new meaning, she mused. She was happy with herself that he was this vulnerable. Annie didn't want to upset him, but this was a good way to formally introduce him to Dr. Carly.
She put her hand on his crotch, just like Carly advised during any difficult conversation with a lover, rubbed his bulge up and down and whispered, "you want to see my texts?" waving her phone at him.
"You don't have to..." Sam began.
"I think we do. Let's look at these together."
Annie scrolled through her expansive thread with AAA for a good spot and pointed:
"So happy for you guys Ash! It sounds so crazy at first, but of course he was going to like it! Xoxo -An."
"Marc and I haven't been this close in ages. How is S taking to it? You're probably a bit ahead of me! Lol! - Ash."
"Honestly, he's been a bit unruly, kind of a setback. Fun setback, but Dr. C has a session devoted to just this stage - An."
"??? -Ash."
"S took me in the shower last night. Had me up against the glass gasping. It was hot. But... -An."
Sam was a bit taken aback that she'd shared some of their exploits with Ashley. It didn't bother him he supposed, girl-talk was probably a lot more explicit than most men knew. But the "stage" thing was weird.
"..but what girly?!? Sounds hot! - Ash."
"'Give them an inch of pussy... - An."
"Seminar 4! So true! - Ash."
"No, overall S's been great. The program works- we cum so hard! He's a beast, but it's better when I make the rules! - An."
Now Sam was getting aroused. He had no idea what "Seminar 4" was, but every man loves to hear that he's a good lover, especially between her hot friend and his even hotter wife.
"He'd better listen- I bet he has a long ... Just sayin' - Ash."
"AAA! Stop! ... the program helps me use it! Xoxo - An."
Sam was indeed getting big from the sordid dialogue and stimulation when she sat him down in front of her laptop and slipped headphones over his ears. Just as Carly predicted, any defensiveness he might have shown was compromised by his male sexual ego. It was time to show him. Well, show part of it anyway.
She went about finishing dinner, occasionally peeking over to see him stroke his burgeoning cock until she heard him issue a muzzled groan and shoot several thick ropes of cum all over himself.
"That's the first of many hun. You'll really learn to love it," Annie proudly offered.
A new text came in:
"Uh oh! Sounds like a teachable moment. You have the kitty cat, you make the rules! - Ash."
"Exactly," thought Annie. She had a lot of work to do.
********
In the weeks that followed the reveal to Sam her secret (at least the details) was still safe because Dr. C had thought of everything. Her site featured a “Spouse Section." In Sam's case, it was a series of webinars for straight, traditionally aggressive men. Therein were cleverly tweaked versions of the all the videos Annie loved so much. They still featured the good doctor's theories about women’s sexual empowerment, even dominance. But the messages were caged in a way to capture men’s attention – advising that women need to know they’re safe to be wild, sensual and carefree, and that the best way to make them feel safe is to follow their lead.
There was less talking and the sex was even more gratuitous in these sessions, featuring visually graphic rewards for men who followed the guidance of their women.
For example, the same couple in one of Annie’s videos, the willowy Asian woman (Kim), and the built, tough-looking man were featured. Just like the other version, the man became very aggressive with Kim, pleasuring her, but firmly trying to insert himself in the driver’s seat. Just like in Annie’s video, Mr. Tough Guy had Kim bent over, going hard right out of the gate. Annie suspected they had even goaded him, maybe teased him into proving himself or something. His machismo was turned all the way up. It even looked like the guy had been hitting the gym even harder.
"Women are so beautiful, so strong,” Dr. Carly purred. “Look at her take that cock. Look at her absorb all that fucking!" Carly exclaimed before quieting down again. "She deserves to cum.," she whispered." "Your woman deserves to cum doesn’t she? Trust her. Follow her. Worship. Her.”
Just like in Annie’s video, the tables were turned, but this time Kim had a toy instead of her fingers and she basically rode Mr. Tough Guy’s ass with it until his cock looked like it would burst. He wasn't the only one who seemed ready to rumble in the sheets.
He moaned and groaned while Kim looked fiercely at the camera and fucked him hard while stroking his cock with her other hand. Then she proclaimed, "my pussy, my rules," through gritted teeth with the sexiest snarl the gorgeous girl could muster. When she had absolute control, Kim mounted his big dick.
It was evocative stuff, seeing Kim's bikini-waxed sex stretch wide to accommodate the fat cock. It left her clit very exposed and she rode him up and down slowly until she barked at him to fuck her hard. After she gushed all over him Kim finished him off by directing his spasming dick to shoot into her mouth. Annie liked it better her way for the most part, though Sam responded very well to this scene in the weeks that followed his introduction.
All throughout, Carly's musical voice bored into the observer. "Good. You’re so strong. Serving your strong, beautiful woman makes her cum. When she cums, you cum. She has the pussy, she makes the rules.”
Annie’s secret favorites in the cleverly distorted series for men (Dr. Carly instructed women to watch their spouses videos with them at least once to ensure a focused viewing) had wives commanding stud husbands to fuck them and another woman at the same time.
There was just something about the way Dr. Carly presented it. A few months ago, Annie might have found it arousing if the action was hot, but not like she did now. Now, she found herself (and Sam) routinely getting off as the wives on screen shouted orders to husbands and the generally more submissive women.
It was smart because it made husbands like Sam feel like the videos were for him, appealing to male threesome fantasies, while conditioning them further to obey their wives' sexual demands. Annie's admiration of Carly's acumen had really expanded with the spouse series. She found herself thinking about Carly more and more, just appreciating what she was doing for her, Annie, and herself, Carly.
Dr. Carly narrated one particularly salacious scene with a middle aged married couple and a younger woman that was very affirming for both Annie and Sam. It was a cheesy setup meant to lure in guys for sure, but it rang all kinds of bells.
In the scene, a very sophisticated-looking, well-dressed, blonde women, somewhat shorter and curvier is counseling a younger woman; taller, pretty too but a little skinny. They're talking about sex. Specifically the younger woman's lack of experience. She feels anxious about it, like she'll never find someone because she's not very confident in the bedroom.
"As women in a patriarchy, we have been conditioned to see each other as sexual threats. Threats regardless of circumstance. This type of rivalry is toxic. Toxic to women, toxic to men." Dr. Carly sounded stern, almost angry.
"In a matriarchy, women can compete without seeing each other as threats because we establish a nurturing order. Competition is healthy, but also helpful," the doctor continued.
"Have you ever seen really supportive cheerleaders at female athletic events?" She rhetorically queried. "I have. I've studied the dynamic closely. In that context, the support is so genuine, the happiness for one another so real. And if you watch for the things I've watched for, the sexual dynamics are soooo healthy and instructive."
The blond woman was undressing. Peeling off her expensive, slightly conservative clothes and unveiling a full chested body in a white lace bra and visibly damp cunt, uninhibited in crotchless panties.
"The cheerleaders, male and female are often still the object of sexual attention by the athletes. They're just female athletes instead of males. Alpha and omega girls riding the natural highs of sport and victory to sexual satisfaction with the betas, the cheerleaders," Carly explained.
Annie often found herself nodding at this point, recalling how a few of her high school teammates dabbled in lesbianism. It wasn't talked about then, but most of those girls went after "betas" in high school and college, but ended up marrying manly kind of guys they met later in college. It all made a lot more sense the way Dr. Carly put it.
The older woman took off the younger's clothes to reveal a more girlish set of undergarments- cotton bikini briefs and a sports bra. The blonde woman,Leah, kissed the brunette, Hannah, tenderly several times before sliding her tongue in her mouth at the same moment she slid her hands down her underwear. Hannah seemed weak in the knees, but excited.
She was guided to sit on the couch while the shorter woman turned around, bent over and thrust her bottom against Hannah's face. "Oh god," thought Annie, barely minding Sam as the younger woman tentatively placed her hands on the perfectly curved ass of Leah. Unsure of what to do next, Hannah murmured something.
Looking half-amused, half-impatient Leah reached behind her and gently moved her young friend's mouth to up against her bare and waiting pussy. She smiled, closed her eyes, wiggled her hips, and released a hiss as Hannah's curious lips and tongue explored what was clearly depicted as her first taste of a woman.
"An alpha or omega woman has so much to give. She can be a teacher, a guide, a force of pleasure and stability for men AND other women," Carly emphasized.
Leah's legs were starting to shake as the tricky position yielded delicious results. Sam marveled at her strength to stay bent over unsupported for so long. As Leah pushed backwards, she bit her lip and hummed as a rich orgasm washed over her.
"Your women deserve the rich rewards their bodies hold inside them. Why should their men hold the only key?" Carly interjected.
Very quickly the pace escalated with Leah positioning the two women to scissor each other, rubbing their respective wet and sticky pussies all other each other. Annie learned in another Seminar that this was called "tribbing," an important way that any woman could bond with another, especially where there wasn't a clear dominant party. The scene was enticing, though both women looked visibly pleasures but frustrated. It was designed to make men feel important after all.
Hence entered the husband, Matt, or "Mr. Kemp as Hannah called him. It wasn't quite clear whether it was fiction or not, especially because Leah and Matt seemed like a real couple, there was a self-evident love there. He was also was already naked and hard, like he'd been watching for a while, like Sam. Mrs. Kemp called the shots from the get go.
She invited him over, sucked on his cock, and then without much fanfare said, "ready?" to Hannah.
The girl nodded and Leah firmly gripped and guided her husband's cockhead to the steaming entrance of young Hannah, who seemed shocked by the size. Mr. Kemp didn't make a move. He'd been trained well.
He was a bit older than his Mrs. and had a shaved head, and a broad-shouldered man's body that left little doubt that was experienced. The contrast was captivating as Mrs. Kemp moved herself behind Hannah so that she was holding her, massaging he breasts and watching as Mr. Kemp' hard-on awaited further orders.
"Fuck her Matt." She hissed.
"Mmmnnnahhh," Hannah gasped as she opened for Mr. Kemp. "Oh Leah, it feels so big!"
Mrs. Kemp's demeanor had hardened a bit, clearly taking perverse delight in her command of the affair. But she was still encouraging, "Does it feel good sweetie?"
"Uh-huh. It's big and, uhnnnn, it feels warm."
"Good. Now fuck him back a little, move your hips," she instructed.
Annie loved how much Leah sounded like Carly in that moment. She was doing such a good job. Maybe they weren't actors after all? Maybe they were just really advanced practitioners.
Hannah pushed back and swiveled, quickly getting the hang of it and taking more and more of Mr. Kemp in her palpably tight honeycomb. "Ohhhh... she moaned.
Annie wasn't sure whether to envy or pity the girl for having her first cock, pussy and threesome happen all at once (if it was real). But the first time she saw the scene she made Sam fuck her from behind slowly while they watched. This was also an approved technique for husbands with stamina to make it all the way through. It was a powerful reinforcement according to Dr. Carly, though Annie had a fleeting thought that Sam wasn't the only one getting "reinforced."
"Watch him go in and out of you," Leah mentored. "Then make eye contact. Say how you feel."
Hannah did as she was told, with Leah caressing her or gently tweaking her nipples in approval. Mr. Kemp received a subtle nod from Mrs. Kemp and began to pump faster, harder.
As an orgasm built and Hannah's eyes closed, Leah whispered something inaudible. The girl smiled and nodded as she yielded more, and wrapped her legs around Mr. Kemp.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Kemp propped a pillow behind Hannah in her stead and proceeded to straddle the girl's face, quite deliberately presenting her glistening sex.
Hannah obliged, eliciting a deeply satisfied grunt from both of the Kemps.
Mr. Kemp was now slamming into Hannah, holding onto Mrs. Kemp's hands and she ground her sopping pussy on Hannah's mouth. The muffled, primal sounds of Hannah cumming sent Sam over the edge the first time, but for Annie it was something she heard a beat later.
"This positioning really let's these little betas know who's in charge," growled Carly.
The tone of that comment shocked and resonated with Annie .It didn't seem very nurturing on the surface. Then again, it also made sense. Everything Carly says makes sense. On repeated viewings Annie thought she could hear off-camera sounds that suggested maybe Dr. Carly enjoyed this seminar as much as the husbands were meant to.
The depravity concluded with another unreal moment. The trio had switched configurations several times. Mrs. Kemp could probably sense that Mr. Kemp needed to finish so she arranged to ride on top of him while Hannah rode his face. The passionate kissing between the women was intense as they both came, but then Mr. Kemp came inside his wife. And then Mrs. Kemp slid off her husband. And then she beckoned Hannah over. And then Hannah, without much prompting went down on Mrs. Kemp while the older woman stroked her hair.
Annie understood. It was a little crazy by most standards, but it completed the cycle. Mrs. Kemp was in charge, and they were all better for it.
"That's... Cripes!" Sam exclaimed the first time they saw it, more guffawed than anything else. But it was things like this that made his cock stir at the thought at a women's live seminar with Dr. Carly. The $300 for three hours seemed like a bargain if he and Annie were going to have the mind-blowing sex this whole thing apparently inspired. He might even get a shot at her ass.
The only worry for Sam was AAA's impact on the situation. Annie expressing her wild side was one thing, AAA's wild side? That could get hairy.
She was even friendlier with both of them than ever and was getting really suggestive with him. Annie didn't seem bothered, but the last thing he wanted to see was a falling out or some kind of tension between good friends because AAA took this "program" too far.
*******
The seminar had filled up fast. Faster than she thought it would, but Annie was ready early the first day registration opened in Philly. She ended up getting a 1-4 slot on Saturday, which was perfect for Ashley and Sam too. Sam would take the kids for the day, Ash was meeting some clients for dinner, and her parents were taking the kids that night. Perfect! She could go with AAA, try new techniques out with Sam, and have Sunday to recover.
Neither she nor Ashley were quite sure what to expect. The seminar ad was unusually sparse:
"Small Group Seminars with Dr. C"
"Learn, Share & Grow with Personal Instruction and Be Ready to Sweat!"
"Athletic or Yoga Attired Recommended"
The weeks passed quickly leading up to it and Annie was a bundles of nerves and excitement the Friday night beforehand. She'd employed all her online detective skills to no avail to learn more. Dr. Carly's site had a member's section with forums and message boards, but you had to be invited like in the early Facebook days. She figured she'd spent at least $200 on webinars over the past four months alone, plus another $300 on the live seminar. Come on Dr. C!
After a restless night of anticipation Ashley saw off Sam and the kids and waited impatiently for Ashley. Fifteen minutes later Ashley pulled up in a Honda CRV.
"Hey bitch!" AAA, shouted without rolling down the window. She was Triple A'ing already.
"Oh boy, here we go," thought Annie as she hustled out to the car. She noticed a curmudgeonly neighbor look on disapprovingly. "Not today!" Annie said to herself as she waived Mrs. Fitzgerald off dismissively.
"Hey!!!" Ashley greeted her with a big hug.
"Let's roll!" Annie replied as AAA cranked up 'Fight Song' on the radio.
Ash and An were both planners, so they ended up arriving 40 minutes early and all charged up as they drove by the long brick building hosting the seminar. Ashley kept going and turned left at a stop sign, looking around like she was casing the neighborhood.
"Do you have some place you want to park or something?" Annie was a bit of a backseat driver.
"Something like that," Ashley smirked. "It's a rental after all." She drove another block until she found a garage.
"This is a pretty safe neighborhood if you want to park closer.
"I got it. I got it."
AAA proceed to drive several levels up, past a number of open spaces before she settled on a spot and parked. She winked at Annie and fished around for something in her pocketbook and pulled out what Annie presumed was a joint.
Annie looked like a deer caught in headlights as Ashley lit it and primed the joint.
"Sorry Annie. I haven't felt this young in years, but I have got to relax!" Ash took a long drag and gestured for Annie to take a hit.
"I couldn't..." she stammered.
Ashley slowly exhaled the pungent, thick smoke and smiled at her friend. As it inevitably wafted over Annie too, she felt a mixture of fear, sheepishness, and anger.
It wasn't that she minded that anyone else smoked, though she was a bit surprised that a mother coming up on 40 was hotboxing in the car. It wasn't even that smoking was that different from the margaritas they'd had last week.
Rather, her deeply entrenched lawfulness couldn't let go of something that wasn't even illegal anymore. And knowing that made her feel naive, and then pissed at AAA for pushing her buttons, especially right before their seminar. Annie's consternation was clear on her face. She felt embarrassingly nervous, which was the opposite of what she needed.
"Annie you shared something really special with me- something totally out there and crazy. This," Ashley said , taking a mother quick puff, "is nothing compared to the rabbit hole you took me down. And I'm excited, but nervous as all get out to walk into a seminar with a sex therapist and a couple strangers."
Her big brown eyes were playful but so sincere, so.... Triple A.
"Ok," Annie sighed, "maybe just a little, but let's not get confused, you're the crazy one." She delicately took the simmering joint from Ash and studied it. God, Sam would be shocked by this way more than any of the sex they'd have or would have.
AAA laughed. "It's not a teacup filled with plutonium! This is good stuff LEGAL stuff," she said with great confidence, "it's not some college skunk weed."
Annie was going to get her back for this. "Ok, ok! How do I do this?"
For the next 15 minutes the girls smoked and talked. Talked mostly about normal stuff, not Dr. Carly, not sexual revolutions; books, movies, kids, Sam's bad singing in the shower, Marc's awful showing in a charity basketball game, a new show on HBO, going back to Europe one day.
As the weed kicked in, Annie tried to pay attention to how it affected her. On one hand she was definitely more relaxed, and on the other, she felt like she her body was really... in key or in tune? Maybe? As if she was in harmony, that thing that happens when the right notes play together, but with her senses. Right?
And the stereotypical happened too. Everything was funnier and music sounded better. So when "Fight Song" came on the radio AGAIN she and Ashley cracked up and then sang at the top of their lungs:
This time this is my fight song!
Take back my life song!
Prove I'm alright song!
My powers turned on,
Starting right now I'll be strong.
I'll play my fight song!
And I don't really care,
If nobody else believes,
Cause I've still got,
A lot of fight left in me.
It was a good thing AAA had more experience with this kind of thing, because she noticed the time and got them moving. The fresh, crisp air was just what they needed to temper their high and balance out the relaxing buzzed sensation with what lay ahead for them. Annie had never understood why some teammates would smoke prior to a game before. She still wouldn't, but the appeal was a bit clearer now, she didn't feel sleepy or lazy and any nerves she had before were gone.
Accordingly, Annie and Ashley both strode with a cheerful curiosity into the vestibule area of seminar's location. A quaint temporary sign confirmed it was the right place.
As they entered a cute young woman holding a clipboard dressed in what looked like a stylish, trim, uniform dress, opened a frosted glass door for them leading to a tight reception area. Her jet black hair was pulled back tight into a ponytail, and a closer look revealed her mao-style top was fastened by buttons on left collarbone and a sash on her hip. The whole 'sexy lab assistant/masseuse' look was completed by matching yoga pants and black framed glasses.
"Welcome ladies," she sang. "I'm Lauren. I'll be assisting Dr. Venner today."
Right. Dr. Venner, Annie and Ashley recalled.
"It's ok. You can call her Dr. Carly," Lauren offered. "She likes that. Let me just confirm your registration and payment information."
While Lauren processed their credit cards, a small flock of women exited another door into the waiting area. They were all guzzling water bottles and laughing, holding hands and exchanging cell phone numbers. The tallest, and fittest of the foursome eyed Ash and Annie up and down for a moment and stepped towards them.
"Have fun girls, we sure did!" she announced. "Here's one for both of you, if you're local," she continued pressing a business card into each of their hands and abruptly leaving with her friends.
Even without the weed, it might have made them laugh, but with it, Annie and AAA fought to control their giggling in front of the unphased Lauren.
"Ok, you're all set! Everyone's here so, if you need to use the locker room, we'll wait for you in the studio," Lauren prodded.
Four of them were in the session together. According to the website, all classes must have four. In theirs, it was Annie, Triple A, a much younger Asian woman named Jen, barely bigger than the tiny Ash, and a curly redheaded woman probably a few years older, Sian. "What a neat name," Annie noted.
Each was dressed in yoga clothes or close to it per course instructions, but Jen might as well have been wearing athletic lingerie. The visibly thin material fit so tightly and was so revealing that Annie and Ashley exchanged "the look" as they called it, not so much disapproving, but as if to say, "really?"
The first thing Annie noticed about the class itself was that there was only one chair in the room. A black, leather high back armchair. Weird. No podium or even a stage like the lectures she'd seen online. Of course, this was a seminar series, and Dr. Carly was anything but conventional.
There were what appeared to be four squat leather cubes about six feet from the chair, though they were arranged in two rows of two, which seemed unnecessary for the size of the room.
On either side of the arm chair were two big screens, blank for now, but glowing in the soft low-lighting of the room. As the women walked forward, unsure where to go or what to do, Annie felt the bounce in the floor, which was covered in rubber tiles like from a gym or studio. Finally, she saw that opposite the chair was a wall of mirrors with an old ballet bar.
"Hi, I'm Jen. This is my second session. I'm sure you guys are going to do great."
Well, it seemed pretty clear who was going to have her hand up first during Q & A.
"Annie, my first time. Do you live in Philly? I thought this was just the second day of her tour here," replied Annie with an extended hand.
"I live in Baltimore, so I went to a D.C. Seminar last month. Unbelievable. I've got some pretty high benchmarks, so I thought, why not?"
"This is the City of Brotherly Love right? I'm Ashley," Triple A intervened. She knew Annie's competitive juices were going to get her into it with this girl if she didn't lighten the mood.
"Hi," Jen turned towards Ashley. "My gosh aren't you both gorgeous, you'll have to share your secrets!"
Sian was more reserved (and sweeter, and more genuine) the girls agreed later, but she let Jen drone on for a long time and seemed pleased as punch to follow her around as she pointed out various differences between this space and the location in D.C.
After introductions were over Jen approached a cube in the front and kind of rubbed it, like it was a pet.