If there had been a private room available, she would have agreed to another scene, even though part of her was worried it would be moving too quickly. If there was no private room available, she’d ask to wait till next week when they could have one reserved.

Yeah, they could have played in the Dungeon, but that wouldn’t be leaving things to fate. This way she hadn’t had to endlessly go over all the possible outcomes of playing or not playing and make a decision. Much easier.

“So how’s married life?” she asked Hilary as they headed towards the bathroom. Although Hilary was always friendly, they hadn’t really spent much one on one time together. Ellie had initially been friendliest with Sharon before Lexie and Angel started pulling her into their group of friends and inviting her to everything. Now she felt like she was probably closest to the two of them, as Sharon hadn’t been spending quite as much time with the group since she’d started dating Brian, a newer Dom at Stronghold who tended to hang out with the other guys he’d had the new Dom class with.

“Good!” Hilary said cheerfully. Fortunately, Hilary was very friendly, even if she was kind of a prude about sex stuff - which everyone loved to tease her about when she was in the club. Her outfits were becoming more daring though; tonight she was wearing a hot pink bandage dress which barely covered her ass and dipped low in front to show off a lot of cleavage. Sometimes she wore corsets or lingerie, but they usually covered more than this dress did. “We’ve decided to start looking for a house.”

“Oh, good!” Ellie said. She felt a little awkward since she didn’t really know what to talk to Hilary about when it was just them.

“Yeah,” Hilary said, pushing open the bathroom door. Ellie followed her inside. “I mean, we’ve been pretty comfortable in the apartment, but it’s just starting to feel like a black hole for our money... plus I’d like some more space. Every time I go to Jessica’s I get house-envy now.”

Ellie giggled. Since Jessica lived with two men, they lived in a fairly large house, so she could definitely understand the envy.

“Plus, you know, if babies happen,” Hilary said with a wink before heading into a stall. Her voice echoed against the walls and ceiling as Ellie moved into her own stall. It always amused her how girls could happily just talk through the entire bathroom process, ignoring the bodily functions that were happening. “We’re not planning on it yet, but I’d rather be settled into a house by the time we are.”

“That makes sense.”

Geez. Marriage. Babies. Things Ellie wanted and yet...

“So what about you and Michael?” The toilet in Hilary’s stall flushed.