Page 79 of Slick Handling

We started the day by going for a quick checkup. Joy had been concerned that my heat might come harder and sooner. Since I was around Alpha’s on a regular basis for the first time in my life it made sense. Having a blood panel done would give us a sense of when my heat would hit.

They recommended birth control, since I wasn’t officially bonded in a pack yet. It would be a shot that would work for three months and would just protect against pregnancy without making my hormones go too crazy.

Mama Joy said it was my choice so I got it despite the fact I was still a virgin. Something that did come up in the appointment.

A lot of questions were asked about if I felt safe and if the pack was treating me okay. Talks about sex always made me feel uncomfortable because I had expected to lose my virginity on my wedding night to my husband. That’s how things had been done growing up. Now that sex was more open I was trying to understand the big deal of it.

That’s why I wanted to explore with my toys first. See if any of it was worth trying the real thing. Maybe explore a little bit more with Griffin in the shower too.

It was a series of uncomfortable questions and talks about my body being made to take Alpha’s. Something that I didn’t fully understand, but nodded to anyway.

After that, Mama Joy said we should get brunch. This is my new favorite meal because they mix juice with champagne. It’s like getting the best of all words. Plus, they had crepes that were so delicious. I can’t wait to tell the pack about it tonight.

After we had brunch, she took me to a spa.

Hours were spent getting waxed, our hair washed and styled, nails painted, and drinking more champagne.

Did I mention how much I liked champagne?

It’s so good.

And it smells like McKinley!

The best.

Then we had lunch where we had more champagne with our food. Just a glass because we were giggly and had our arms wound around each other by the time we had gotten out of there.

Being around Joy was pure happiness. She joked and laughed. Told me about what it was like courting her pack. The way she spoke made it seem like there was no topic that was off topic.

So I told her about how my underwear had been stolen.

She nodded solemnly at that and took my hand, tugging me towards a lingerie store.

“My pack used to take my underwear. With Vaughn having just been in rut I bet he scented you and felt compatible. He probably used your underwear to help him through it.” She explained.

The way she said it was with such a casual shrug. As if it was a normal thing that happened. A fact of life.

I didn’t get it.

“What do you mean to help him through it?” She turned from where she was holding up a silky white robe. Her eyes widening as she seemed to understand that I didn’t know what was happening.

“Clover baby, you know Alpha’s have ruts like Omega’s have heats? So instead of hurting and aching for a knot they want to knot their Omega. Vaughn was using your panties as a place to come because he was scenting you and wanted you.” My whole body is tight at the explanation.

Knots. Heats. Ruts.

All my heats have just made me sleepy and feverish. I haven’t wanted to feel relief. Not like the relief the buzzing toy gave me from the shop. That was different. Was my next heat going to be asking an Alpha to knot me?

Did knots look the rubber bits on the toys I saw? Did they really stay inside me?

“Can you explain exactly how a heat works with a knot?” Joy blinks several times before taking my hand and leading me over to where the silky satin lingerie is.

She grabs several pieces and then asks a sales woman to start a room. I’m so confused as my measurements are taken and Joy asks for a rack of things as we’re building up the wardrobe.

Ushering me inside the room, she has me sit down, and sits next to me on the small bench.

“I figured we’d get a little more privacy in here.” She offers me a smile and I feel relief knowing she’s not mad at me for my questions. “I know you learned a little bit about this stuff so I’m just going to go over everything for you. I want to say first that sex is completely normal and is a very common reaction in scent compatible partners. I had plenty of sex before my pack with people that didn’t even smell good, but when I met everyone in my pack that’s when things got even better.”

I can’t imagine having sex with anyone that isn’t in Pack Mathers. That realization makes me squirm.

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