Lisa sat on the couch in her living room, half watching the TV, half watching the clock on the wall above it; 6:15pm. Lisa was a young woman, about three weeks shy of her 24th birthday. She was short, with a small, round bust and shapely legs. Her shoulder length dark blond hair was held back with a hair band. That evening, she was wearing light blue shorts and a white t-shirt.

She was paying little attention to an ad for car insurance, when the apartment doorbell rang. Her eyes widened, a smile crossed her face. Turning off the TV, she raced to the front door and opened it.

"Hey, Lisa!" The two girls standing in the halfway outside said in unison. The first was Amber, a tall, thin girl, about 23 years old, with dark black hair, tied back in a ponytail. She had a pair of glasses perched on a freckled nose. Beside her was Amber's roommate, Kimberly. Kim was a short 24-and-a-half year old, but her cute round face, modest bust and height made her look much younger. The other girls teased her whenever she got carded at the clubs. It didn't help that her light reddish-brown hair was braided in pigtails. Amber had on a tank-top and jean shorts with tennis shoes, while Kimberly had on a t-shirt that bared her midriff, a white skirt and

"Come on in!" Lisa said, stepping aside. "Megan's visiting family this weekend and Helen is out with her friends, so we should have the place to ourselves for the weekend." She led her two visitors into the kitchen and got out drinks for the three. "We're just waiting for Beth now..."

Beth arrived about fifteen minutes later. "Sorry 'bout that." She said when Lisa answered the door. "Traffic was pretty bad." Beth was the youngest of the four at 21. Her curly black hair was cut short. She had on a vest over a tube top and shorts, which showed off her toned body and smooth dark brown skin. She was carrying a duffel bag slung over one shoulder.

Lisa led Beth into the kitchen where the other two were waiting. While Lisa got Beth a drink, the younger girl unzipped the duffel bag and poured out the contents onto a counter beside the table: pairs of handcuffs; metal and leather, gags; ballgags, ring gags, bit gags, a pair of leather hoods, and near the bottom several large vibrators, plugs and wands. The other three girls looked over the pile of bondage toys with grins

"Alright," Beth said, pulling a deck of cards out of a side pocket on the bag. "Before we begin, here are the rules: we play five-card draw poker. Whoever has the highest hand gets to pick one item from the pile and put it on the girl with the lowest hand." She opened the pack and began shuffling the cards. "You can choose and fold, if you like, but you have to choose something from the pile and put it on yourself. Got it?"

"Right." Lisa said. "Let's get started!" Amber and Kim nodded.

Beth quickly dealt out hands to the other three and herself. Lisa looked over her cards. She had four low cards, of all four suits and the King of Diamonds. She threw the other four cards in the middle, hoping for something better, but to her disappointment, when Beth dealt her four new cards, they weren't any better.

Fortunately, Lisa's king was enough to put her over Amber, who didn't even have a face card. Kim grinned, showing off her two pair. While Beth gathered the cards up and began shuffling them together again, Kim stood and walked over to the pile of bondage gear. Grinning, she picked one of the ballgags. "Open wide, Amber!" She teased, walking back. Seeing what was in her roommate's hand, Amber groaned, but opened her mouth so the other girl could stuff the large rubber ball between her teeth.

"ussst aaait nnntlll itttsss uurr urrrnnnn!" Amber grunted as Kim tightened the leather straps, forcing the ball deeper into her friend's mouth before buckling it tight.

Beth dealt the cards again. Lisa got a pair of fours. She discarded the other three cards and got another four in return. That bumped her up over Amber's pair of nines. Beth managed to get an Ace, which left Kim the loser.

"Let's see..." Lisa said, walking over to the table. "How about this..." She turned, showing the other three what she'd picked: one of the large vibrators. Kim's face flushed red as the other two laughed, Amber's giggles oddly distorted by the rubber plug in her mouth.

"Oh come on, guys..." Kim protested.

"Come on Kim, fairs fair!" Beth said cheerfully.

"Fine." Kim said standing and snatching the silver-plated bullet out of Lisa's hand. She walked out of the room, to the apartment's bathroom.

"You have to turn it on to!" Lisa called after her. Kim called back with something rude. A minute later she returned and sat down.

"H-hap-py now?" she asked, obviously distracted by something.

The next hand, Beth folded after discarding her entire hand and getting worse back. She grabbed a pair of handcuffs and locked them on her wrists in front of her and kept dealing, albeit slower than before. Amber lost again, to Lisa, who found another pair of cuffs for her to wear. On the next hand, her luck ran out. Kim grabbed one of the hoods. It had a built in gag and blindfold. Kim slid the large rubber plug into Lisa's mouth and pulled the rest of the hood around her head. She left the blindfold pulled up, so Lisa could see, but tightened the collar of the hood snug and locked it on with a

The four girls played hand after hand. Lisa had her hands cuffed in front of her. Amber had hers trapped in a metal bondage-fiddle, the other end locked shut around her neck with a padlock. Beth was given a ring gag, Kim one of the other ballgags. After a few rounds, she was allowed to go back to the bathroom and switch the vibrator off, her moans were starting to get distracting, though it remained lodged between her legs. On the next hand, she lost and had a pair of thumb cuffs put on her.

Beth dealt the next round of cards. Amber leaned forward and scrabbled to pick them up. Lisa and Kim checked their own. They both ended up with a pair each. Beth won with a straight. Grinning, she walked over to the pile. "Mmmmbrrr..." she teased through her gag. Held in her cuffed hands was a pair of metal clamps dangling from a metal chain. Amber groaned into her gag but stood to let Beth pull up her tank top. She grunted sharply into her gag twice as Beth closed the nipple clamps down on her

The girls had been playing for over two hours now. Both Beth and Lisa had their ankles cuffed as well as their hands. Kim had her elbows cuffed together. Amber had one of the leather belts secured around her legs, above the knees. Lisa was the unlucky recipient of Beth's other vibrator. She groaned softly into her gag as she took her place back at the table, feeling the hard metal intruder buzzing away deep inside her as she sat down.

Kim lost the last hand and found herself sporting another pair of nipple clamps to match her friend, when the girls decided to call it a night. "oood aamme!" the four grunted to each other. Beth got to her feet and shuffled over to the bag, as fast as the short chain joining her feet together allowed the young woman. She searched through the bag's pockets, then began digging through the pile of gear.

"oooh sshhhht..." they heard her grunt into her gag. She turned to the other three. "eeh eeeys!" she said, talking around the metal ring between her teeth. "Iiii ccnnnt fffnd eeh aaammmmnd eey!"

"aaaht!" The other three groaned at the same time. They struggled to their feet and hobbled over to the counter. Together, the four searched through the pile. They'd played games with Beth's toys before, they knew what they were looking for: a small metal key ring with half a dozen small keys, silver and brass colored, that went with her handcuffs and the padlocks on their gags. No luck.

"ooh Oood..." Beth swore. "eet mssst ee ack tt Ii ppprrtmmnt..."

Lisa and Kim glanced at each other, looks of horror on their faces. Amber swore, her gag proving an effective censor. Beth's apartment was all the way across town...on the fifth floor. Lisa glanced at the others. There was no way any of them could drive Beth's car, walk up to her apartment, find the keys and get back...at least not without incredible embarrassment.

"ook, I cnn clll ii oomaate, een shhhee ettts ack. shheee cnnn brrrng eh eeys ovvrr eerrre." Beth told them.

They all knew Beth's roommate, Dana. She was at least aware of the games the four of them played. Having her find them like this was far from ideal...but still far better than driving across down handcuffed and gagged... "nnnn ooeess eeeh eettt ack?” Lisa asked.

Beth shrugged sheepishly, face turning red. 'ooommmarro orrrnnng..." she muttered

Lisa sighed. "elll..." she said. “oook ikke ah ssseepppoovvvrr..."