With finals week upon us, Nicole, Ashley, and I tended to use my campus apartment as a study spot. I often laid out snacks and made sure it was a comfy environment to work in.

None of us shared many classes in common so we couldn't really study off of each other. I’m interested in becoming a teacher, Nicole fancies being a writer or nurse, and Ashley wants to be in theater or work in radio.

With all of our different goals, plus our other random classes such as math or English credits, we were hard at work.

Ashley's a smart girl and has made really good grades in her short time after transferring to our college. Nicole can be smart when she puts her mind to it but lacks motivation. I'm pretty well rounded in my grades and tend to be happy with the results.

Nicole struggles in math and with neither me or Ashley being good at math, it made it challenging to keep her engaged or fixated on doing well in her exam. Ashely pulled me aside as she had come up with a plan.

"Have you guys had any sessions together recently" Ashley asked quietly out in the hallway. "We had a lot over spring break and a couple here and there but we've had no time sense like late April." Ashely began to ponder and pace down the tan-lit hallway and stroke the carpeted floors with her shoes.

She approached me again as if a lightbulb went off in her head saying, "What about a reward system!?" I was puzzled and had Ashely explain what she meant. "Every time Nicole gets a question right or solves a problem, you do something for her or let her do something to you!"

I began to see what would work out schedule wise. If I had light exams on Thursday and it was Tuesday night. I wouldn't have to worry about cutting into any study time (not that I needed it). I looked to Ashely and agreed to her idea, hoping that would encourage Nicole.

It was evening now and Ashley had left to get dinner and go to bed for her early exam. She winked at me before leaving and I ushered her away with hands to get her to leave and stop teasing me.

It was just me and Nicole now.

I got up and went into my bedroom. I looked around through my closet and found what I thought we be most enticing. I grabbed a Lacey black teddy top with matching panties, stockings, and garter belt.

I entered the living room where Nicole sat at the table with her nose stuck in a book. I stood there wondering if she was actually being studious and was considering changing back until she saw me.

"What are you wearing? You're not going to bed like that are you?" Nicole had said basically laughing while she said it. My cheeks flushed red with embarrassment and I started to fidget in the doorway to my bedroom. "N-No, this is...for...to help you out...and stuff".

Nicole froze for a second, she didn't really understand what I meant. "What are you talking about? I thought we weren't gonna have any sessions because of finals and all that." I nodded in agreement but couldn't stop fidgeting. "It's for your studying and you know I think it will...um...make sure you know the material."

"You know" Nicole said smugly, "It's normally the other way around where you tie me up and force me to study while being a total dome right?" I started to think I was right in thinking Ashely's plan sounded odd. "You also know Steph, that if I tie you up as a reward, I could just restrain and gag you and then not study or something because you can't stop me."

My felt so embarrassed that I went along with Ashely's plan. Ashley can be a bit of an airhead sometimes. Still, I was determined to follow it through because I wanted to see her succeed and do well on her exam.

"Well that’s fine!" I said while still flushed with embarrassment, "I know you won't restrain me just to not study because you're better than that!" Nicole had stood up and walked towards me, "Oh, really?" She said while moving more quickly.

Before I knew it, Nicole had pushed me onto my bed and crossed my arms behind my back. She reached for a pair of vinyl light blue tape and quickly wrapped my hands tightly behind my back.

"Nicole stop, no, this isn't the point of this!!" I yelled and kicked as I tried to break free from Nicole's grasp. I had stupidly laid out some bondage stuff for Nicole to use if my dumb plan had gone through correctly. Now Nicole was utilizing it to retrain me to her liking.

"You should have seen this coming!" Nicole had said as she moved to my ankles and quickly started to wrap them up as well. I pushed and pulled on my restraints and tried to free myself to no avail.

"Nicole please let me go this wasn't what I wan--mmpprphh?!" Nicole quickly shoved some rolled socks into my mouth and wrapped the tape around my mouth. "Luckily this tape is good and won't hurt you or your hair so you should be grateful that I'm so generous" Nicole said while she layered the tape on my gag.

Nicole kept me pinned to my bed as she rolled the tape around my legs and thighs and kept it as tight as possible. She pulled me closer to her and wrapped the tape around my chest and waist to keep my arms taped down to my back.

I complained and attempted to scream through my thick gag but knew Nicole wasn't gonna listen. She pushed me onto my bed and cleaned up the stuff I had laid out. After cleaning she placed a pair of scissors on the opposite side of the bed.

"If you can get out of this in the next hour, I'll study all night and buy you dinner for the rest of the week to make it up to you." It was a lofty goal and I wasn't very good at escaping my bonds unless it was self-bondage. "MMMmmphhh!" was all I could say.

Nicole kissed my gagged mouth and left my bedroom closing the bedroom door. I started my struggle and tried to see what wiggle room I had. I was laid out across the bed and the scissors were on the bottom corner.

I didn't want to risk anything so I started to struggle lightly and see what was still flexible. I was able to bend my knees but my arms and wrists were completely restrained to my back so there was no wiggle room from the waist up.

I wanted to sit up-right and get off of the side of the bed. This way I could hop around the room and get the scissors with my fingers. I started to move away towards the edge and put my legs over the side. "mmm hmmm, mmmph mmm mmrph."

I had lowed my legs and all my weight started to slide me off of the bed. I yelled through my gag but over-reacted as I only slowly slid the floor. I giggled and started to squirm on the floor, trying to get some movement in.

I could feel the tape wrapped tightly around my body. My outfit was so revealing and a lot of the tape was on my bare skin. I loved the feeling but was still upset at being tied up against my will again. I wriggled and moved around the corner of the bed.

Once I reached the base, I saw the scissors at the opposite corner. I rolled over onto my back and placed my feet against the bed. The bed wasn't high so I was able to get my feet and push the scissors off. It the carpeted floor and didn't hit me luckily.

I rolled over again, placing my back against the bed and sitting up right. I mumbled and groaned through my gag as I tried to get the scissors into position to free the tape keeping my hands taped down to my waist.

This was the hard part and it too forever as it was nearly impossible to angle and use the scissors correctly while your hands are taped behind your back. I had to rub the scissors against my skin until I was able to find a gap in the tape to slid them in. Once I had to right spot, I carefully closed the scissors to cut the tape.

The tape wasn't tough like duct tape so cutting it was easy once I could get the scissors in alignment. I got my hands free from being tape down which gave me more room to move my arms.

I moaned through my gag as the tape was still stuck to my bare skin and the feeling of freeing myself even slowly was a feeling close to bliss. I continued to drop and pick up the scissors while trying to place the scissors in a way to free my hands.

If I free my hands, I'm in the clear and can easily free myself. After countless trial and error, I cut the tape on my hands and didn't injure myself once. I took a breather and freed my arms and removed my gag. Once I spit my gag out, I took the longest breath and was so happy to be free...well almost.

I continued to remove the bindings and clean them up. Once I got everything put away I quietly changed into some pajama pants and a t-shirt. I fixed my hair as the tape didn't do anything too harsh to it and it just needed some light combing. Once I was cleaned up and free, I noticed the time.

It took my three hours to get free.

"So much for freeing myself in an hour and getting that reward" I said while putting my comb down.

I was proud that I escaped regardless but couldn't imagine how long it took me to get free from all of that. It got me thinking of the bindings I've been put it and how impossible those were. I also imagined how impossible it would be without the scissors to help me.

I quietly opened my door to see if Nicole was still in my living room. She tied me up pretty late in the night and now it was super late. She hadn't come to untie me yet so maybe she went home. It got me mad that she would just leave me like that as it was dangerous and rude.

To my surprise, Nicole had fallen asleep studying. It looks like she was secretly studying really hard while I was tied up in the other room. I saw her written notes and saw the effort she was going through. It made me so proud and I instantly forgave her for her attacking me.

I laid a blanket on her and let her sleep. She looked at peace and I decided to go to bed myself.