Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:30:02 -0400
From: Barry Gold <barry.gold69@gmail.com>
Subject: Sarah and Allison: Life

Sarah & Allison
Life


Foreword:

The series of 5 stories that begins with 'Life' is a departure. In addition
to introducing new characters, the parents are much more involved. I would
appreciate any comments you have. My thanks to Lady Shay. She is the
creator of Rikki Laveque.

-Donal


Sarah and Allison had made it a habit to devote at least a half-hour to
each other when they got home after school, usually starting with a
shower. After some time in the shower and a short soak in the Jacuzzi, with
some gentle lovemaking, they finished doing each other's hair, dressed, and
headed for the kitchen.

What started as a way to show both sets of parents that they were growing
up and taking on more responsibility, they now did as a matter of
pride. The girls had always helped out as much as they could in getting
dinner ready. It may have been something as simple as setting the table. If
they didn't know how to cook something, they would watch, learn, and
help. They started doing the cooking if they knew how to prepare what was
on the menu. When they could, they would shoo the parents out of the
kitchen, and cook, set, serve, and wash.

Just after they started, the doorbell rang. Sarah opened the door to find
Rikki Laveque standing there. She turned and waved to a car pulling away;
Sarah assumed it was her mother. "Hey, Rikki. Glad you could come. Allison
is in the kitchen. Follow me."

Rikki was a recent transfer to West Catholic, Allison's school. In just a
short time, she had shown herself to be a ferocious defender for the soccer
team and it was rumored that she was an outstanding shooting guard in
basketball too. "My mom told me to be sure to thank you for inviting me to
dinner and she would be back about 9 pm to pick me up."

"Don't think anything about it. Our parents think there's something wrong
if we don't invite someone to dinner at least once a week."

Rikki set her bookbag down on the table, "Hello, Allison. Fierce practice
today, hunh."

"Hey, yourself. You'd think we were playing for the State Championship
tomorrow. Hungry?"

"You bet. How can I help?"

They set Rikki to work on the salad. All three girls worked on their
homework as dinner came together; salad, main course, drinks. Sarah and
Allison both realized that they needed to learn how to cook well. If they
went away to college, a home-cooked meal would be a welcome change from the
cafeteria or fast food. And it turned out that they enjoyed the creative
process. Involving Rikki let her feel a part of things.





They heard Sarah's mom drive up. Sarah took Rikki with her and met her mom
at the door with a hug and a kiss. "Evening, momster. How was your day?"

"Busy, darling. We had appointments all day at the office and I got called
to the hospital for an emergency."

"I hope the emergency turned out OK?" Sarah knew that her mom wouldn't
discuss the details of her patients and she knew better than to ask.

"For now. Hopefully longer."

"I want you to meet a new friend of Allison's, Rikki Laveque. She's a
recent transfer and on the soccer team."

"Welcome, Rikki. I'm glad you could join us."

"Thanks for having me, Dr. Black."

"Go sit down in the living room, Mom. I'll bring the mail and something to
drink. Do you want coffee or tea?"

"Coffee, please. Thanks, darling," and turned towards the living room.

Sarah checked with Allison while she poured the coffee, "How long till we
eat, sunshine?"

"About a half-hour." Rikki stayed to help Allison while Sarah returned to
the living room, set the cup on the table beside her mom, and handed her
the mail. She sat on the footstool in front of her mom, drew her feet up,
took her shoes off, and started massaging them.





Sarah's dad drove up a few minutes later. Allison, with Rikki, met him at
the door with a hug and a kiss on the cheek, "Good evening, Mr. Black. How
was your day?"

"Evening, punkin," hugging her back. "Long. I was at the courthouse all
day."

"I want to introduce you to Rikki Laveque. She's a recent transfer and on
the soccer team with me."

"Welcome, Rikki. How do you like our idyllic slice of the world?"

"Thank you, sir. I like it fine so far. Allison has kind of taken me under
her wing."

"That's our Ally."

"Sarah and your wife are in the living room. Dinner will be in about 20
minutes. Would you like tea or coffee to drink?"

"Coffee, please. Thanks, Ally."

"My pleasure." Allison poured a cup and set it down beside Sarah's dad. She
sat on the footstool in front of him, pulled up his feet, took off his
shoes, and started massaging his feet like Sarah was doing to her
mom. Rikki sat on the couch. Sarah's mom passed her dad a few pieces of
mail that were addressed to him. After 15 minutes of massage and
companionable conversation that included Rikki, she put his shoes back on,
"Let's go, sunshine." To Sarah's parents, "Dinner will be in about five
minutes, if you want to wash up." Sarah and Allison gathered up Rikki and
walked out hand-in-hand.

"We'll be right there, darling."

Dinner was done amidst a continuation of the conversation started in the
living room. Sarah and Allison served and accepted the compliments about
their improved cooking skills. Rikki was suitably appreciative over the
quality of everything. They went over everyone's schedule for the rest of
the week and worked out any conflicts, who was cooking, who was shopping,
etc. Afterwards, the girls cleaned up and hit the books. Rikki's mom
arrived about 9 pm. Allison walked her out and went home herself with a
kiss and hug from everyone.





A few days later Sarah and Allison were at Allison's house. After showering
and a short make-out session, they started on their homework. Allison's mom
was out grocery shopping and was going to cook tonight. When she got back,
Sarah and Allison put the groceries away while she started cooking. When
Allison was in the other room, Sarah whispered to Allison's mom, "Join us
in the living room when you get a moment?"

"Sure, Honey. What's up?"

"I want to finish my hypnosis project with Allison and I promised my mom
that I would have one of you in the room with us whenever I did. I want to
check her trigger and then I would appreciate it if you would check mine."

"I think I can handle that. I'll be there in a few minutes."





Sarah joined Allison in the living room. She sat astride Allison's lap and
began gently kissing her. Sarah heard Allison's mom enter the
room. Finishing the kiss, she reached up and caressed the back of Allison's
neck, "Quiet beach, darling." Allison closed her eyes and slumped back
against the couch cushion. Sarah took a moment to reinforce the trigger
before caressing Allison's neck again, "Sleep now, darling."

Sarah felt, rather than heard Allison's mom come up behind her. She felt a
hand caress the back of her neck and Allison's mom whisper in her ear,
"Forest glade, darling." Sarah ended up with her arms around Allison's neck
and her chin nestled against Allison's shoulder. Sarah's mom and she had
talked about what Sarah was doing, so Allison's mom knew how to reinforce
her trigger. Then she caressed Sarah's neck again, "Sleep now, darling."
She left the girls where they were and went back to finish dinner. She woke
them when it was time to set the table.





Allison piped up during dinner, "You hypnotized me again, didn't you?"

Sarah looked a little sheepish, "What makes you think that?"

"Well, one moment I was kissing you and the next, Mom was waking us up to
set the table. It reminded me of the first time at your house. You did
hypnotize me, didn't you?"

"No. Actually you did it to yourself. I just activated your trigger. I
wanted to finish my Biology project and had to check it again."

"Did I pass?"

"Both of us did. Now I write up the report and turn it in."

"You promised to let me read the report before you turned it in."

"I remember."





"What's this about hypnosis?" wondered Allison's dad.

"You remember, dear," Allison's mom answered. "I told you about the
relaxation exercise Sarah did with Allison."

"I remember that. But Sarah said something about a school project?"

"It started out as a Biology lesson on bio-feedback and the techniques
involved. One of the topics we covered was hypnosis. I experimented on
myself, for which I was roundly yelled at by my mom," when Sarah saw the
look of concern on Allison's dad's face. "I understand that I was very
lucky. When Allison had trouble sleeping, I talked to both moms. They
agreed that I could try the relaxation exercise. They watched while I
worked with Allison."

Allison's mom continued, "Sarah was very good. She put Allison under
quickly and tried to resolve things. She implanted a trigger that would
allow Allison to sleep. Allison herself, Sarah, her mom, or I could
activate it. It seemed to work. Allison started sleeping better, but Sarah
didn't know how long the trigger would last."

Sarah took up from there: "I had already talked to my Biology teacher about
doing an extra credit report on the initial work I did. I got permission to
include Allison if I wanted to. No names would be used and the report would
not be for general distribution. I waited to see how long the trigger would
last before finishing up. Would you like a demonstration, Mr. White?"

"Yes, I believe I would." When dinner was done and the dishes had been put
in to soak, everyone adjourned to the living room.





"Would you like Allison or me to be the subject?"

"Sarah, would you do the honors?"

"No problem. Would you work with me, Mrs. White?"

"It would be my pleasure, honey." Sarah sat on the couch. Allison's mom sat
beside her. Allison and her dad pulled up chairs. Reaching up to caress the
back of Sarah's neck, Allison's mom whispered, "Forest glade, darling."
Sarah appeared to fall bonelessly against the couch cushion. "Sarah, can
you hear me?"

Quietly, "Yes."

"Can you describe where you are?"

"I found an opening in a grove of trees while on a walk. The trees were
close together and the only way in or out was by the one trail. I can hear
the wind rustling through the branches, the birds are singing, and the sun
is shining. It was so restful that I remembered it. Sometimes I dreamed
about when I was having a bad day." It was obvious from her toneless voice
that there was something different about Sarah.

"Sarah, I want you to come back to us now. At the count of three, you will
open your eyes, feeling refreshed. You're getting up, one. You're moving
towards the opening in the trees, two. You're back on the trail, three."

Sarah's eyes fluttered open. Allison asked, "How're you feeling, munchkin?"

"Fine, sunshine. Let me answer some of your questions, Mr. White. Each of
us has a different trigger. If you tried to use Allison's or my trigger, we
would ignore you, since you're not one of the people 'authorized' to
activate it. If we didn't feel safe, we would ignore even one of the
'authorized' people. If one of the 'authorized' people put us under and
instructed us to do something we wouldn't normally do, we would ignore
it. Do you have any other questions, Mr. White?"

"Just one. How easy is it to modify the trigger?"

"I can change who is 'authorized' to activate the trigger. I can remove the
trigger altogether. I can change the trigger phrase, but it may not
work. The decision is up to the three of you."

Allison's mom spoke up, "Alice and I have talked about this and we think
it's safe, otherwise we would've had taken the triggers out already. What
Sarah did has a safe history. We have an understanding with them that they
won't do anything without one of us in the same room. Besides, as Alice
said, it gives us a way to get the girls out of our hair if they're being
particularly bratty about something."

"Moooooom."

Allison's dad laughed so hard that he was gasping. "I guess we'll leave
things as they are for now."

"Thank you for your confidence, Mr. White."


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