## Surprised by Joy - Surprise Back

Post by AlexUSA » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:24 pm

It was shortly after the girls began their second semester of college that Jenny had her birthday. It was, like most birthdays, mainly an excuse to hang out with friends. Being the weekend, Jenny had a particular goal: to go sledding.
Sledding was the greatest thing in the world for her. Nothing quite matched the feel of the wintery air blowing in your face as you zoom down the hill. There were enough hills, but most of them saw heavy action. There were appropriate hills on campus, but they all emptied into streets or came dangerously close to buildings.
This would involve going off campus. Jenny played with Google Street View until she found the spot. She walked by during the week, and it looked safe and fast. There were no ruts, and it was public land. Now, she had to get her friends to go. There were a few trees behind it, but that was all.
"I'd love to!!" responded Joyce
"I have HW..." came from Bridget.
"Sure!" from Nichole.
"I would, but I have a lab to write," from Joy.
"Cool!" responded Lauren.
Jenny was a little disappointed that neither Joy or Joyce would be there, but she got them to both promise to come by later in the day to hang out. Three out of five is still 60%, so Jenny was happy with the outcome of it.
In the morning, Jenny went down and stuffed her and Nichole's clothes in the dryer for a few minutes. Soon, the clothes were toasty warm, and the girls put on their coats, hats, and scarves to go out into the snow. They grabbed their sleds before leaving.
They walked along happily even if they were quiet. Jenny had on black sweat pants, a pink sweatshirt, a pink coat, a white hat, and a brown scarf wrapped over her face with her hair in a pink ponytail. Nichole had pale blue sweat pants, a gray wool sweater, grey earmuffs, and a white scarf. Along the way, they talked about the hill.
"How tall is it?"
"Not tall, but it is steep."
"Good slope and grading."
"Oh, we will sweat just going up it."
"Trees?"
"None at all! It is perfect!"
"This is going to be awesome!"
When Nichole and Jenny got to the hill, there was a Jeep parked at the bottom of the hill with two figures in it. It was immediately recognizable as Lauren's Jeep, and sure enough she and Joyce came out of it. Lauren had on black sweats, a white long-sleeve t-shirt, a thick black jacket, and white earmuffs with her hair up in a bun. Joyce had on blue jeans, a navy blue school sweatshirt, a pale blue hoody, and a pale blue winter hat.
"Happy birthday, Jen!" Lauren said throwing an arm around Jenny.
"Thanks," she said.
"Do you have sleds?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"I don't... we don't have snow in Florida."
The girls stopped for a moment. They had never really contemplated this, but it was absolutely dumbfounding that there were people, fellow Americans even, who had never gone sledding before, and maybe never even seen snow! This left the girls speechless, and Lauren just shook her head and laughed.
"You should try to live in a place where freezing weather is an emergency!" Lauren warned them.
"Yeah, but it's summer all year!" Nichole responded.
"95 and feels like 1000 because it is so muggy!"
"That sounds nasty."
"It's gross."
There was now a mutual understanding: that the weather is awful eveywhere, and they were glad that Bridget wasn't there to be the all-knowing weather girl. The girls beheld the challenge before them of sledding down this hill. Sledding it was one thing, but there was another contest afoot: to see what person(s) could get the greatest distance.
The girls walked up the hill. They weren't at the top yet when all of a sudden Jenny felt a splat from behind that knocked her on her face in the snow. Bridget got one too. They both turned around to see Lauren laughing as she played with snow in her fingers. Suddenly, the game had changed.
"You are so dead!" Jenny shouted with a laugh as she gathered snow.
"Not if you can't catch me!" she responded.
Soon, Lauren was being chased in and out of the trees. Nichole laughed and took a video of her friends going berserk having a snowball fight. Lauren had the agility that comes from softball, and Jenny had the speed of an athletics person. Finally, Lauren came out of the trees toward the hill, with Jenny in pursuit.
"I'm gonna get you!" Jenny said jumping onto Lauren.
"Not here! Ohhh!" she cried out.
They landed on a sled and down they went. They didn't have time to get seated as the sled zoomed to its destination. As soon as it stopped, they sat up, looked around, and laughed.
"That was fun!" Lauren said.
"Wasn't it? But first!" Jenny said, pushing Lauren into the snow.
Lauren got more than she wanted of the white powder. Jenny got off Lauren's back, raced up the hill with the sled, and Lauren could only laugh. The girls kept sledding for well over an hour. No one could beat the distance Lauren and Jenny set on the first "sled," however.
When all was done, Lauren brought the girls back in her Jeep. Jenny texted Joy as they drove.
"Mind if we crash at your place? Our dorm is too loud."
"Nope, come on over, birthday girl."
"Tkx."
Jenny and Nichole grabbed their bags and hopped back into Lauren's Jeep. Lauren dumped them off near the building before going back to her place. The girls entered Joy's dorm room, where she and Bridget were doing HW. After birthday greetings, the girls settled in.
Jenny went into the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and took a photo of herself. She posted it on Facebook as her "birthday selfie." She couldn't believe that she was already 19! In birthday fashion, finished her HW first.
"Mind if I take a nap on your bunk, Joy?"
"Not at all. Go right ahead. Besides, that gives us time to prepare your surprise!"
"A surprise?!"
"You'll see!"
"OK!" she said and left.
"And what a surprise!" Joy muttered under her breath after Jenny was gone.
Jenny lay down on the bed. She was tired from the excitement. She would get herself a nice cup of mint cocoa later, and she'd put marshmallows and drink while it was nice and hot. She'd curl up under a blanket on her bunk then. Sleep overpowered Jenny, and soon she was snoozing away.
Last edited by AlexUSA on Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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### Re: Surprised by Joy

Post by kalinori » Wed Sep 16, 2015 10:40 pm

Very interesting beginning. I can't wait to see what surprise they have for Jenny. Well done!

### Re: Surprised by Joy- Surprise!!!

Post by AlexUSA » Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:41 pm

Jenny awoke from nap and stretched out her arms. She opened her eyes before noticing that her arms were already stretched out, up, and behind her head as she lay on the bed. She tried to stretch her legs and couldn't move them. Then she heard the rattle... she was handcuffed to the bed!
Jenny looked down and saw ropes binding her ankles and then running to the other side of the bed. Each hand was cuffed behind her. She was getting ready to say something when suddenly Joy jumped on her and clamped a hand over mouth.
"Hmm mmph gmp!" came out instead.
"Shhhhh!" Joy hushed as Nichole came over to help.
"Mmmph mmm mmmppp!" Jenny protested.
"Stop fighting," Nichole said as she handed Jenny a folded camouflage bandana.
"This will stop you," Joy said quickly shoving the bandana in and tightly cleave gagging Jenny. She took out a roll of gray tape and put strips over Jenny's mouth until her mouth, cheeks, and chin were covered.
"Mmmum dmmph kppp!"
"Now we don't want you to know what we are doing," Joy added folding a red bandana into a wide band. Nichole did the same with a pink one.
"Mmph?!"
"This will keep you from smelling what we make!" Joy replied tying the bandana securely over Jenny's nose while Nichole tied her thighs.
"Mmmmmph!" she replied furiously.
"Nichole is here if that becomes too much!" Joy said.
"Mmmph! Gmm lll mmmph!" she threatened.
"Be happy I didn't hogtie you or blindfold you!" she warned taking a photo of her bound friend.
"Mmm..." Jenny quieted down as Joy shut the door.
"Don't worry!" Nichole said, plugging her phone into the outlet behind the bed.
Nichole wedged the phone into the bunk above so that Jenny could see the screen. She surfed through until she found a TV show Jenny liked, and put it up from her online account. She sat down in a chair next to Jenny and played around on her computer, keeping Joy updated.
Jenny didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She knew Joy really was planning a special surprise, but this extra surprise was a bit much on her birthday. She would prefer at least if she wasn't gagged. Joy had apparently done something to make the bandana on her nose to smell, but mint was Jenny's favorite scent and kept her nostrils open.
This was, however, the essence of a birthday. People do special things, and, if need be, they will take you out of the way if necessary to maintain the element of surprise. Jenny though about the various she liked that could be made and would make her happy: cakes, pies, cookies, etc. This and the TV show kept her happy for a little while as she lay there: tied, cuffed, gagged, and nose blocked.
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Joy and Joyce were hard at work making mini apple pies, which they could serve warm on this wintery day. Bridget had the stuff to make mint hot chocolate. This was all working out perfectly, and they worked swiftly but quietly.
"Check this out!" Joy said showing the photo of Jenny.
"You have her good!" Bridget said.
"She's helpless there!" Joyce noted, seeing the cuffs.
"I had to make sure she couldn't escape."
"She will get you for this."
"Yeah, but it's my best friend's birthday."
"So you'll take what she gives?"
"That is what friends are for!"
"You are both a bully and pushover with things."
"That is the world of give and take."
"You are sure this won't come back to haunt us?" Bridget asked.
"I am sure."
"They are ready!" Joyce said.
"Put them in the oven!" Joy replied.
"OK!"
"Joyce, they are so pretty!" Bridget noted.
"They are great! You are so talented!" Joy added.
"Well thanks. I try my best. I love art."
"It shows!"
"I watched a lot of Food Network when I was little."
"Well now what?" Bridget asked.
"We wait."
"And?"
"Finish our HW."
"I did my HW already."
"Go spot a cloud then."
"Hey, I don't tell you to go play in traffic!"
"No, but I am a chemical engineer anyways."
"Well Joy is!""
"But I'm not, so nyeh!" Joyce quipped back sticking out her tongue.
Bridget rolled her eyes and left. She was a typical meteorologist, seeing no distinction between the various engineering programs around her. There is irony in it as meteorologists are essentially atmospheric engineers, but it is what it is.
Joyce and Joy sat down to finish their HW. Calculus, chemisty, literature, and compter programming classes make for a busy time indeed. But it would be done in a few minutes... or so they hoped...
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Jenny felt like the time was taking forever to go by. It is hard when the only things to do are watch a 4in TV or sleep. She pulled her legs a little but to no avail. She rattled a little. She decided the promise of reward as worth the nuisance. She wished she could talk and smell though. Breathing is difficult with a taped mouth and a blocked nose, but at least she didn't have allergies. And she determined to get back at Joy later.
She pictured herself as a damsel-in-distress, but then she realized she wasn't in much distress. It was a fun little situation, and it made her smile as best as she could. The feeling of being cared about was really nice, but she wanted to stretch sooo badly. At least in a hogtie she can roll around. Jenny turned and looked at Nichole.
"Mmmph!" she finally called out.
"Everything OK?"
"Uh," she shrugged.
"Bored there?"
"Umm hmm!" she nodded.
"Want to do something else?"
"Hhmmm!" she nodded.
"Want to be freed?"
"Rrrr!"
"No."
"Grrr!"
"But I can change the show... how about a sitcom?"
"Hm. Mmm!" she though and nodded.
"That should keep you happier."
"Nkkth [Thanks]!" she said and went to watching the sitcom...
"No prob!"
"I wish I could smell what they are doing in the kitchen," she thought as she snorted in laughter at a punchline.
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"Just short!" Joyce whined when the timer went off.
But the pies were done. Joyce took out her little pieces of art and set them to cool. They, together, cleaned their stuff off the table. It was time for a birthday party! Joy went to retrieve Jenny while Joyce and Bridget prepared the party.
Joy walked into the room and noted the spaced-out figures. Nichole was engrossed in her computer and Jenny in her sitcom. Joy interrupted the "silence."
"It's time!"
"OK!" Nichole said quickly grabbing her phone and computer and leaving.
"Mm?"
"It is!"
"Mmm!" Jenny mmphed happily.
"But you have to stay bound!"
"Ohhhh..."
"You'll see!"
Joy first untied Jenny's ankles and thighs. She sat Jenny up, uncuffed on wrist, then the other, and cuffed them behind her. Joy then pulled off the tape covering Jenny's mouth in one piece and slid the wet camouflage bandana down to her neck.
"Thanks!" Jenny said thinking it was over.
"Not yet!" Joy said slapping the tape back on.
"Mmmph?!"
"You can smell from your mouth. Stand up!"
"Mm!" Jenny complied.
"Now then!" Joy followed up
Joy took the pink bandana and blindfolded her with it, knotting it under Jenny's pony tail. She led her out to the kitchen and up to her chair. Joy turned her to face the wrong way before sliding the blindfold up into her hair. She uncuffed Jenny and knotted the red bandana on her nose, holding the ends still.
"Now wait!"
"Mm?"
"You must keep your mouth closed and remove the tape
Jenny slowly unpeeled the tape. As soon as it was off, she wadded the tape into a ball and tossed it backwards, perfectly smacking Joy in the face.
"Ow!" Joy said as Jenny smiled. "Ready!?"
"Mm hmm!"
"Turn around!" Joy said pulling away the red cloth.
Jenny spun around and let out a gasp. It was her favorite things: apple pie and hot chocolate. No wonder the efforts! They had to keep her from smelling all this good food! Jenny was speechless and blurted out a "Thank you!"
"Happy birthday!" her friends shouted.
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### Surprised by Joy - Surprise Back

Post by AlexUSA » Sat Sep 19, 2015 5:45 pm

Jenny was extremely happy with what was before her. She sat down, took a deep breath, and repeated herself. Joy put the pair of handcuffs and red bandana that were in her hands on the small counter.
"Thank you so much! This is perfect!"
"We're glad you like it! We wanted to make the perfect wintery dessert!" Joyce replied.
"But how did you know?"
"Your roommate," Nichole replied with a smile.
"It wasn't easy though!" Bridget added.
"Why?" Jenny asked.
"Well," Joy began, "Simply put, we didn't plan on you being here."
"Ohhh..."
"So we eliminated you," Nichole added.
"While you were sleeping," Joy continued, "Nichole and I handcuffed you to the bed. Tying your ankles without waking you was hard though!"
"I felt nothing until I woke up!"
"And then we couldn't have you smelling the food, so we had to sort of muzzle you."
"That explains the bizarre way you blocked my nose."
The girls began to eat their hot apple pies and drink their cocoa. There were 6 pies, so of course Jenny got the second. The cocoa was perfect to warm the whole body on a day that was so wintery there were flurries falling outside.
Jenny had plans though. She was plotting how to get back at Joy as she played with the pair of handcuffs that was in her hand. Everything she needed was at her disposal, and then: the perfect idea! She stood up and began to hug each of her friends. When she got to Joy, she readied.
"Thanks, Joy, for your part in all this!" she said gripping Joy tightly and pinning her arms.
"It was a lot of fun to do it."
"And it was fun for me too!" Jenny replied as she cuffed one of Joy's wrists.
"You're welcome! Hey!" Joy responded as the cuff attached to her other wrist.
"Perfect! Now the day is perfect!" Jenny replied taking the red bandana from the counter and cleave gagging Joy!"
"Gmph! Ey! Wha ih I oo?" Joy asked in fake surprise.
"Y'know, stuff in the bedroom earlier," Jenny responded as took the pink bandana off her head and blindfolded Joy.
"What are you doing?" Nichole asked.
"You'll see. Bring the chair!"
Jenny led Joy toward the "living room" where there was a small hotel style couch and TV, although those minus the TV were provided by the school. Nichole put the chair down, and Jenny sat Joy down on it. Jenny took the camouflage bandana from her neck and tied it around Joy's knees before using the other cuffs on Joy's ankles. Jenny went away and came back with cotton balls and duct tape.
"Now, Joy, because I couldn't speak or smell while you made my surprise, I take away your senses of sight and sound for an hour so that you won't know what video games we're playing. Fair?"
"Hmm!" Joy nodded.
"Good!"
"Anything for friendship," Joy thought.
She took off the red blindfold and stuffed the cotton in Joy's ears and taped over it. Jenny retied the blindfold tightly over Joy's head to hold the tape down. She took the pink scarf from Joy's mouth and used it to tie Joy's wrists. She uncuffed Joy, pulled her newly bound wrists down, clipped one end of the cuffs between Joy's wrists, and cuffed the other end into the base of the chair.
"Can you hear me now?" Jenny asked in a medium tone.
"I don't think she hears you," Bridget responded.
Jenny returned the picture favor. The girls just watched silently. After a while, Joy spoke up.
"Is anyone here?" she asked, surprised by the internal echo from her blocked ears.
"Yes," Nichole responded digging a finger into Joy's side.
"Yup!" she said with a laugh.
"Who wants to join her?" Jenny asked.
No one responded, so they sat down to some fun. Joy sat there taking her punishment. She sat there enjoying the silence although it got boring after a while, and she understood how Jenny felt. But it was fun in its own way even if she was oblivious to what her friends were doing.
For Jemny, it was the most interesting birthday she had ever had!
THE END
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