The alarmed look Michael gave her after her serene response made her giggle again. His brows came together in a scowl which wasn’t nearly as threatening as he thought it was, since she could see the amusement sparkling in his eyes. A little growl rose in his throat as he pulled her closer. “Are you trying to get yourself spanked, pretty girl?”

An imp rose up inside of her, along with a need. Last night at Stronghold he’d spanked her before inserting her plug, for being such a good girl. It had been more frustrating than anything else, especially when they’d returned to her house for more vanilla sex - which was fun and enjoyable, but it still left part of her unsatisfied, even if emotionally she was more satisfied than ever. The needs inside of her were becoming more and more insistent, and he had to feel the same way.

“Maybe, pretty boy,” she said, tugging on a lock of his hair.

A light went on in his eyes, sadistic and predatory enough to take her breath away and Ellie quailed as she realized she might have just bitten off a little more than she could chew. Awakened a beast she didn’t really have any control over.

“Michael, Ellie, what about you two?”

Michael’s fingers dug into Ellie’s soft curves as he turned to answer Adam, letting her know she wasn’t off the hook.

“We can help set up,” Michael said. “And clean up. Who’s going to officiate?”

“Sam,” Adam said, naming one of Angel’s old roommates. Ellie had heard about them but never met any of them. Michael had though, and he jerked in surprise.

“Sam?”

Adam sighed, but his lips curved up in a reluctant grin. “He’s apparently a Dudeist and got his certification to be a qualified Dudeist officiant.”

“Dudeist?” Maria asked sounding confused.

“As in the Dude,” Jake said, as if that cleared everything up, and it did for some of them. Maria still looked confused and she wasn’t the only one - Jessica and Hilary also had wrinkled brows. “The Dude. The Big Lebowski.”

“Oh honey, we are definitely having another movie night,” Rick said, shaking his head at his girlfriend. “No Star Wars and now no Dude? Your cultural education has been sadly neglected.”

Maria snorted. “I’m not the one who had never seen Clue.”

“You’d never seen Clue?!” Sharon was horrified as she looked at Rick, her hands raising upwards as her voice went high and squeaky. “Flames... Flames, on the side of my face.”