Zolette was standing in the bathroom freaking out at the situation she was in. She was alone in her home with a complete stranger. Yes, she knew his name and he does go to her school, but he is a stranger, nonetheless. Thoughts were flashing through her mind a million miles a second, “What if he is just like that man? What if he did all that just for a chance to sleep with me? No, he wouldn’t put his life at risk just to sleep with me... Would he?” She put her face in her hands, Would I be willing to sleep with him? Hell, I don’t even know how old he is. She tried to think of that situation and she surprisingly was able to think of it without panicking. Normally she would see that man’s sneer and hear his voice over the silhouette of whoever she was having a fantasy about. With Zeke she didn’t have that problem. She could see him covering her body with his, furiously pumping into her.

She stifled a moan and the jolt of pleasure the thought sent through her body as she gripped the counter. She took a few breaths the calm herself. She looked back at the mirror and smiled, “I will just have to wait and see what he really wants. I don’t really want to give myself to him just because he saved me, but he does deserve something. I mean, he killed someone for me.” She ran her hands down her skirt and stood straight before walking out of the bathroom. When she entered the living room, she saw Zeke sprawled out on her couch fast asleep.

She smiled at the sight and shook her head, “He must have really tired himself out.” She went to the hallway and pulled out a blanket and then covered him up. She smiled at him again and then kissed him on the forehead, “Thank you, so much Zeke.” She leaned up and then went to her room to sleep. She laid down in bed after stripping down to her underwear, “Maybe I will be able to have a normal boyfriend. Maybe he could be someone who would actually love me, not just my body. I thought I may have found that in Spud and I tried my hardest to keep information about my situation from getting to him, but alas. He cheated on me before he could find out. I guess it’s better this way. At least now people won’t find out and think that I'm a slut. I didn’t want to do anything with that man. I cried myself to sleep more times than I can count.” She rolled over and covered her head up with the blanket before going to sleep. She fell asleep in minutes for the first time in months.

***

Zeke rolled over and grunted, “Ugh, this couch is shit.” There was a giggle, “Well sorry my furniture isn’t up to your standards.” He opened his eyes and quickly sat up. Standing near the coffee table was the beautiful Zolette Star, wearing a purple apron with a plate in her hands. She smiled at him, “Hopefully you find my cooking a lot better than you find my couch.” She leaned down and placed the plate in front of him. Zeke caught an eyeful of cleavage before he quickly looked down at the plate. He didn’t want to come off as a perverted creep right after what happened to her.

She noticed his gaze and a sour feeling briefly spread through her body before it was replaced with one of happiness. He only glanced at her abundant cleavage before instantly zoning in on the plate. She could tell he wanted to stare, but she could also tell that he didn’t want to, out of consideration for her. After so many months of servicing that man against her will, she honestly was still okay with any sexual action towards the opposite sex. She abhorred blackmail, coercion, mind control, rape, and slavery though. Of course, she hated those things beforehand, but these last couple of months have cemented that hate in stone.

She honestly had the best sleep in months last night and when she saw Zeke still sleeping on the couch a feeling of happiness and contentment spread throughout her body. She decided at that moment to try her hand at cooking some breakfast. She knew the basics of cooking and could make scrambled eggs and pancakes, but she wanted to try other things today like bacon and sausage. Thinking of sausage, she quickly looked down towards Zeke’s crotch and the sight she saw made her breath quicken.

His pants were being pushed out in the tell-tell sign of an erection. She could see the outline of his tool through the leg of his pants. She stood there staring for a few minutes before she was scared into the kitchen by him moving. She quickly dashed into the kitchen and leaned against the counter to catch her breath. She glanced back into the living room, “What the fuck was that? Did he take a sausage roll from the freezer and stick it into his pants to catch me off guard?” She quickly pulled out a roll of sausage while counting the other ones. They were all there and her mind instantly went blank.

She came back from the memory with the sound of Zeke speaking to her, “Uhm, Zoe?” She shook her head and looked down. He had a piece of sausage on his fork and was staring at her. She looked down and realized that one of her hands was in her skirt while the other was under her shirt groping her breast. She froze and then looked at Zeke before dashing out of the room and into her bedroom. She locked the door behind her and then buried her head into her pillow, “What the hell is wrong with me! I’m twenty-five years old and I'm acting like a horny teenager!”

***

Zeke watched in fascination as Zolette got a dreamy far off look on her face before she reached a hand into her skirt and another hand into her shirt. She started to play with herself and when Zeke cleared his throat, and she snapped out of whatever she was imagining, she quickly left the room. Zeke watched her sprint to her room and slam the door behind her. He felt sorry for her. He also felt a little ticked at himself. After all she went through, he still stared at her when she started to play with herself. He honestly didn’t know why she did it and from her reaction neither did she. He did know that he felt like shit getting turned on by her after what she went through.

He sighed and then put his fork down before getting up to walk towards her room. When he got to the door he knocked gently, “Zoe, are you okay?” There was a muffled, “Yes.” That came from inside the room. Zeke frowned, “Can I come in?” There was some movement for a few minutes before he heard her quietly speak, “Come in.” Zeke pushed the door open and saw Zoe sitting in the middle of her bed with her knees to her chest. He caught a glimpse of her panties before he forced his gaze to her face.

***

Zoe quickly put somethings away before climbing onto her bed and trying to hide her face in her knees. After she told him he could come in he saw him catch a glimpse between her legs before his eyes glued themselves on to her. This caused her heart to beat a little faster. “What are you doing Zoe? Why are you purposely trying to entice him into looking at you? Do you want his attention that bad? Has your torment over the months turned you into some wonton hussy?”, she thought to herself. She stared back into his eyes as he started to speak, “I wanted to see if you were okay. I know a lot happened yesterday and after a second ago I wanted to apologize.”

She furrowed her brows, “Apologize? Why would he want to apologize for? What has he done that needs apologizing for? He saved me from that horrible man and his men. He as freed me from their servitude. I owe him more than he knows for that.” She said as much, “What do you have to apologize for? Are you sorry for saving me? Are you sorry for freeing me from those animals?” I started to worry, but my fears where quickly replaced by a warm emotion at what his reply was, “No.”, he said. “I’m not sorry for saving you and I will never regret it even if you didn’t want saving. I’m sorry for the way I have acted around you since then. The looks I have thrown at your body the thoughts I have had. I’m a normal man and while that may not be an excuse for the way I have acted it is the only one I have. I am a man and you are a very beautiful woman. I find you attractive in so many ways.”

When he finished speaking, she was literally shaking where she was sitting. She was so excited and actually felt cared for, for once in her life. She was trying to keep herself from just jumping into his arms. She didn’t want to seem like a wonton hussy and she also couldn’t explain why she felt the way she did. She like Zeke. Even though they had literally just met the other day, she like him, a lot. She couldn’t say it was love as she wasn’t really one to believe in love at first sight. She could say that she like him very much.

He all of a sudden looked hurt and he reeled back, “I’m sorry. I’ll leave, but before I go take my number and call me if anything happens or you want to talk.” He placed a piece of paper on the dresser by the door before he turned to leave the room. Zoe was distraught, “Why is he leaving!? What happened? He did nothing wrong!” Before she could even register what was happening, she was off the bed and sprinting towards him.

***

Zeke was cursing himself on the inside as he laid the piece of paper on the dresser, “Way to go dumbass. You try to help and just fuck it up even more. The poor girl is shaking so much because of how scared she is and you just had to go and confess that you like her.” He went to walk out of the room when someone crashed into his back and wrapped their arms around his waist. He knew who it was as there was only one other person in the room with him. His thoughts were in turmoil, “What’s going on? Assassins are easier to understand than women are. I honestly would rather take on ten of them at one time than try to understand a woman.” There was a muffled reply from behind him, “Don’t go.” He stopped moving and tried to turn around in her arms. She loosened a bit but when he was completely turned, she tightened her grip like a vice.

She looked up at him, “Stay, with me. I don’t want to be alone right now and the truth is, I like you too. I thought you were handsome when we first met and the way you acted was cute. Don’t get me wrong and think that it’s only because you saved me, granted you saving me has a lot to do with it, but not all. It was sort of more like icing on the cake. No normal person would put themselves in harm's way like that for someone else. No normal person would be unhesitant to kill someone for that person either.” She looked into his eyes, “I like you for a whole lot of reasons including those, but one of the main reasons is because you didn’t look at me like I was a piece of meat. Even when I bent over to place your tray of food on the table you only glance. When I sat on the bed with my knees to my face and you could see my underwear, you only glanced then too.”

She smiled at him, “You have been such a gentleman and I can’t fault you for glancing you are a young man after all.” He blushed at this and Zoe giggled, “See, you are so adorably cute.” She grabbed his face and then pulled him down some. Their lips met and she kissed him with a soul searing passion. He closed his eyes and let himself be drawn into the kiss. He felt her tongue try and gain entrance into his mouth, licking along his teeth and gums until he opened up and allowed her entrance. The kiss lasted for wat felt like a lifetime before she pulled back from him. He opened his eyes and saw her licking her lips before smiling, “I hope that answers any questions you may have about how I feel.”

Zeke nodded his head and then moved in for another kiss. She happily obliged and they kissed again for a few minutes. This one wasn’t as fierce or as passionate though. It was more of a slow and loving kiss shared between two people who really cared for each other. When they separated this time, he smiled at her, “So what now?” She smiled back, “Well, we go on about our normal live. Except this time, I have a boyfriend who is actually worth the time and effort to have a relationship with.”

He smiled at her again, “Boyfriend huh?” She giggled and smacked his chest, “What else would you be you jerk.” He laughed and then encircled his arms around her, “I think I like that title.” He kissed her on the forehead and they both went back into the living room. Zeke sat down at his cold breakfast and Zoe sat down beside him. She laid her head on his shoulder while he ate. It felt so good leaning next to him she was thinking. She felt happy and content as he finished the breakfast that she made for him. He leaned back and belched, “Oh, sorry. The food was just so good.”

She blushed, “You’re just saying that because you have to now.” He grinned and put and arm around her, “I meant it babe; the food was great.” She practically glowed at his praised and giggled before trying to snuggle into the crook of his arm. A few minutes later and Zeke’s phone was going off. He looked at it and sighed, “Well time to go to school.” Zoe pouted, “Can’t we skip today?” Zeke laughed and pulled her up with him, “Not today sweetheart. I’m excited to be able to drive my gorgeous girlfriend to class.

Zoe grinned and then quickly went to her room to get ready while Zeke started the car. Zeke was standing by the car when another vehicle pulled up. Zoe was locking the door when she turned around and saw the car. Zeke could see her turn pale as a ghost when she saw it. A big portly looking guy got out of the car and started yelling at her, “Zolette Star! Get over here right now young lady!” Zeke had a feeling he knew who the guy was just from that sentence alone.” Zoe walked down the stairs and then went straight to Zeke. She grabbed onto his arm and he could feel her shaking.

Zeke looked over at the guy, “Hello sir. My name is Ezekiel Mors, Zoe’s boyfriend, you must be her father.” As much as I didn’t want to, I tried being civil towards the bastard. He looked me up and down and then glance at my outstretched hand before snorting, “I don’t care who you are boy. I need to talk to my daughter. Did she tell you about her night job? Did she tell you about how she makes money with her body? How does it feel to know you’ve been cucked boy?”

Zeke couldn’t help but laugh, “I don’t think it’s considered a job when you are forced to do it. I also don’t think that she wants to talk to you right now.” Her dad laughed, “So what if she is forced to do it. She is still sleeping with people behind your back kid. She has been paying off her debt to me for all the years I have had to deal with her spoilt ass.” Zeke was boiling with rage and trying hard to suppress it, “I think it’d be best if you left now.” He had his phone run a facial scan on him and project the information to his Hud. He frowned at the information listed while her dad spoke, “I leave when I damn well please kid and that is after I have had a talk with my daughter. One of her clients never called and reported that he was satisfied last night. Some of her other clients are, concerned about the quality of service now.”

Zeke sneered, “Listen here Demetri, she isn’t going anywhere with you. Not now, not ever. She is done with you and if you know what is good for you, you are done with her too. Figure some other way to pay your debts off. Also, I think that you might be leaving against your will here in a few minutes anyways.” Demetri stiffened up before he spoke, “Oh yeah? Who is going to make me leave, you? I’d like to see you try kid. I dealt with punks twice your size back in the war.” Zeke sneered again, “If you listen closely you will find out why.”

Listen he did, and when he heard the far-off sound of sirens he started to panic. He glared at Zeke, “You notified the cops! I did nothing wrong, so I will just be told to be on my way. This solves nothing for you or the little slut behind you...” He sounded like he was going to say more, but he was interrupted by Zeke’s fist colliding with his face. Demetri fell on his ass and held his nose, “What the fuck! You assaulted me!” Zeke squatted down and glared at him, “So what. I decked you, big deal. I think the warrant out for your arrest on child molestation is more of a concern for the cops coming that me punching you. Hell, they may even thank me for it.”

Zeke grabbed him by the hair and pulled him close, “If you ever think about contacting Zoe again, I will kill you. Slowly.” Zeke had pulled a knife from his pant leg and had pushed it up against Demetri’s groin, “I’ll start with these wastes of space and move my way down, then back up. I’ll pull your toe nails and cut off your toes. I’ll feed them too you after that. I may feed your nuts to you as well, just because. I’ll work through your fingers, gouge out your eyes, and then finish by cutting your tongue off. Finally, I will let you choke to death on the pitiful excuse of an appendage you call a cock. Zoe is mine and I protect what is mine, do I make myself clear?”

Demetri had literally soiled himself as he nodded his head. Zeke smiled, “Good. Now as for the other ‘Clients’ I’ll deal with them when the time comes.” By this time the first squad car had pulled up and Zeke had put the knife away. A pair of officers sprinted up and grabbed Demetri. They put him in cuffs and then led the man to their squad car. One of the officers questioned Zeke and Zoe before letting them go. They watched the squad car take off into the distance before Zoe could actually stop shaking.

Zeke turned towards her and pulled her into his embrace. She held onto him like he was her last lifeline. Zeke kissed her on the head, “I think we are going to move forward a little in our relationship.” She looked up at him with a questioning gaze, along with a little fear. He smiled at her and the fear ebbed away, “Don’t worry. I just don’t think it’s safe for you here anymore. I want you to move in with me, I have plenty of room.” Her eyes widened a bit, “Move in with you? I can’t do that. I don’t want to be a burden to anyone, not anymore.”

Zeke laughed, “You won’t be a burden, I promise. I got plenty of room and I would absolutely love the company of my gorgeous girlfriend.” She stared at him for a few minutes before she broke out into a smile, “I would love to move in with you.” Zeke smiled and a part of him was amazed at how fast this was moving, while a part of him didn’t give a shit. He kissed her on the lips, “Do you still want me to drive you to class or would you rather get your stuff moved over?” Her decision was instantaneous as she dashed back into the building and sprinted to her room. Zeke laughed again and walked in to see what help he could offer.

***

Victoria was driving after her first class for the day. Her girlfriend never showed up for their first class and she was kind of worried. Zoe was rarely late for class and she began to worry if her ex-boyfriend may have done something to her. Spud was really pissed off when she wouldn’t try and force her to have sex with him. She would never do that, she loved her too much. Zoe has had a rough life. Her dad was a chronic gambler and pervert. She has had to use her body to help pay off his debts and there wasn’t anything I could do about it. The debts were held by a rival family that were right next to them in the family rankings. It hurt her deeply to know what she was going through, while also not being able to help.

Victoria wished constantly that something or someone would come along that would help free Zoe from her torment. She would gladly give herself to them as well if they could help. Well, if Zoe was okay with it that is. There was a point in time a little over a year ago where she was told that she was being saved for the genius child of the Morningstar family. With them out of the way and her family on top though, she was able to see and be with who she wanted. That’s honestly how she was able to meet Zoe. She pulled up in front of Zoe’s place and saw her dad’s car there along with a familiar looking Chevelle. She quickly parked and then rushed into the house, “Zoe, baby where are you!?”.

Zoe came from her room and saw her, “Vi! What are you doing here?” Victoria rushed into Zoe’s arms and gave her a scorching kiss, which she happily returned. There was a noise from the doorway to Zoe’s room that brought Victoria back to reality. She looked over towards the sound and she saw the guy she met yesterday named Ezekiel. Her eyes widened and she quickly put Zoe behind her, “Zoe, look out!” Zoe tried to say something, but Victoria quickly interrupted her, “What do you want with my girlfriend!?”

Ezekiel raised an eyebrow, “Your girlfriend?” Victoria glared, “Yeah, my girlfriend. It’s 2043 and girls are still allowed to be lesbian, or bi-sexual in our case. Ezekiel laughed and shook his head, “I’m not saying that women aren’t allowed to like or love other women, but I just didn’t know that my girlfriend had a girlfriend as well.” Victoria widened her eyes, “Wait. Your girlfriend?” Zoe finally managed to worm her way around Victoria, and she grabbed onto Zeke’s arm. She kissed him on the cheek and looked at Victoria, “I was trying to tell you before you went all protective on me. Meet Ezekiel Mors, my boyfriend.” Victoria was looking back and forth between the two before she sighed and sat down, “Well, shit.”