As James made his way over to Elspeth, who smirked at him, the young man couldn’t help but speak his mind. “You knew she had a boyfriend, didn’t you?”
As soon as he said it, James felt fear that Elspeth would unleash her fury on him for speaking back. Instead however, she shrugged. “I mean I tried to call you back over here before you made an ass out of yourself, didn’t I? And, also, refer to me as ‘mistress’, as per our agreement.”
James wasn’t sure what “agreement” they had made that involved him calling her that, sine it felt more like something she had forced on him. But, considering how her using him as a test subject had resulted in the four girls he was about to choose from, he figured it was well worth it, and that referring to her as ‘Mistress’ was the least he could do for the opportunity.
“But anyway. I wanted to call you over here before I bring down this wonderful illusion Claire has created. You remember how I told you not to go in the water, to keep the soot on?”
James gave himself a quick once over before remembering what Elspeth meant. “Oh, right. Yeah. Mistress. I do.”
“The reason I did so was to give you a very special opportunity. One that requires you to be dirty, specifically for a long enough time for the girls to have no doubt gained some sympathy for how long you’ve been covered in this filthy black mess.”
James has a feeling that he knew the general direction of where this was going, and he casually covered his groin while feeling his heart rate rise.
“Y-Yes, Mistress?”
“I sent the girls to go clean up after Suzanne’s blunder. I could see on your face you were disappointed that you couldn’t go with them.” James was impressed, albeit currently embarrassed, at Elspeth’s ability to not only hold authority over but also read people.
“But I want you to know: that option can still be made available to you.”
James felt his face hearing up, an excited but nervous whimper escaping his lips while Elspeth continued.
“Before dinner at the school, which is a half hour after my class, the girls go to the showers to rinse up before supper, which you’ll spend with the girl of your choice at my home, if you remember my promise. And given the quality of this illusion, I take it the girls will be ready to rinse themselves off in order to get the sand and dry saltwater off of them. And even then, I can’t think of a single one of my students who can say no to one of the hot showers the school provides them with!”
James managed a few words, his throat dry and tensed. “So..... mistress..... you’ll-?”
“I’ll ask them if they’d be so kind as to wash you off, yes. I figure very few of them will mind, and that given how you’ve been such a trooper with exposing yourself to them throughout the lesson, I take it they’ll have no hang ups about doing the same for a few minutes! Just don’t try anything..... not that I think you will!”
James couldn’t believe his ears. Every since he had hit puberty, this had been a fantasy of his. Well, not THIS specific scenario, obviously, but the general idea of it. Being washed by beautiful naked girls..... it sounded too good to be true. But what if it was?
A number of thoughts entered James’s mind. The first being, was this a trick if Elspeth’s? Was she testing him or luring him into some sort of cruel trap? And furthermore, if she was being genuine, what would the girls say?Clearly all of them would be comfortable with it, but what if none of them were? What if they all felt disgusted that he would even think about going into the shower room with them? What if Alexandra, Meghan, Melanie, and Roxanne all hated him for it, And what about girls from other classes? Like that girl who had chased him out of the locker room after Leah’s teleportation prank?
James weighed his options, and finally gave his answer: