Fucking for Science 2
by Deirdre Bonneval
Copyright 2012 Deirdre Bonneval
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“Let me get this straight,” Alex said, as she locked the front door to the bar. “They pay you for sex?” She tossed the keys into her bag and joined Nicole as they began walking back to their apartment.
“Well, not exactly.”
“You go there to have sex, then you get paid for it. That's what you said.”
“No, no. That makes it sound like I'm a prostitute or something. It's not like that.” Nicole insisted. They crossed the street, not bothering to even check for oncoming cars. At two AM there were not many of those around. “It's not about sex. You're testing products, you know, helping their research. Helping science, really.”
Alex shook her head in disbelief. “But at the end of the day you get paid for having sex with people. Sounds like prostitution to me.”
“Well, it's not.” Nicole snapped. “And it's really good money. You're the one always bitching about the low pay and late hours at the bar. You have a class at eight tomorrow morning and you've only just left work.”
“I could skip class, though.” Alex offered. “I hardly think that's reason enough to prostitute myself.” she teased Nicole, who was now visibly irritated. They rounded a corner.
“Look, it's not prostitution, okay? And even if it was it's not like there's anything wrong with that.” Alex rolled her eyes, but Nicole continued. “This is a legitimate company. I've seen their products in lots of shops. There's like hundreds of employees there, they could never get away with anything like that.” Alex didn't respond and they walked in silence for a while. Nicole looked up; she could just barely see the moon through the street lamps' bright light. She calmed down. “I'm telling you, it's a great job. Just come with me tomorrow and see for yourself. If you still think the same afterwards you're welcome to call me a whore all you like.”
“I'm gonna call you a whore anyway.” Alex laughed.
They arrived at the front door to their building and Alex reached into her bag, fumbling around for the key.
“So will you come or not?” Nicole asked.
“All right, sheesh,” Alex turned the key and pushed open the door. “I'll come.”
The next day they arrived fifteen minutes early, as Nicole wanted to show Alex around the building a bit. She'd already done eight more sessions since the first one and knew her way around. She showed her some of the displays where the company's most successful products laid side by side. And she showed her the break room, the garden, and even some of the labs – though only from outside, as they could not enter them.
“Are you sure you're just a volunteer and not secretly a PR representative or something?” Alex joked.
“I just want you to see that it's a proper, legit business.”
“We'll see.”
Nicole didn't bother to knock as they entered Dr. Davis' office. He was, as always, sitting in front of his computer, intently studying the screen. “Yes, I'll be with you in a moment.” he said, eyes unmoved. Nicole sat on the bed, smiling, and motioned for Alex to sit next to her. Alex did. She surveyed the room.
“Nice office.” Dr. Davis didn't respond.
“This is where I did my first session,” Nicole said, “But I think today we'll be going to a bigger room. One of the labs. Right Ryan?”
“Mm...” he mumbled. “Yes...”
Nicole turned to Alex and shrugged, as if apologizing on his behalf. They sat in uncomfortable silence for a few more minutes, fingers tapping, while Dr. Davis wrapped up his computer work. Finally he got up, smiling at them. “All right! Sorry for keeping you waiting. Please follow me.” He stepped out, holding the door for them. They followed.
For five minutes they wandered through twisted hallways and countless doors. Alex admired the size of the building as they walked. It fit Nicole's descriptions. Full of people, busy, successful. Legit, yes. It had to be, surely. She didn't think she could find her way back to the front desk on her own, really.
“So Alex,” Dr. Davis interrupted the silence, and Alex raised her eyebrows in surprise. “I assume Nicole has told you more or less what kind of research we do here?”
“More or less, yeah. It's about sex, or sex toys.” Alex glanced at Nicole, who smiled at her, somewhat embarrassed.
“Yes. Essentially anything that can help us improve our products. Our volunteers do a lot of testing and we analyze their experiences and adjust our products accordingly.” They arrived at an elevator and Dr. Davis pressed the Up button. They waited.
“How did you know my name was Alex?”
Dr. Davis turned to her, surprised. “Well, Nicole told us she was going to bring you along.” He looked at Nicole, who tried in vain to hide her rapidly reddening face.
“Oh, she did?” Alex was more amused than annoyed, and, relishing Nicole's discomfort, seized the opportunity to tease her further. “So you've been planning to bring me here for a while then? This must be another one of her ploys to get me naked.” She grinned at Dr. Davis. “She's been trying to do that for a long time. Even drilled a hole in our shower wall at home.”