Ariana

12: Roadtrip

Intro

Ariana and Kate have been married for a little over a year. Ariana Birch-Inoue has just turned 27. Kate Birch is 29 years old.

Ariana is born Japanese and has a petite body with a sweet face with dark innocent looking eyes. Her appearance is often the envy of men, and some women. A small B-cup sits on her chest and she stands about 140cm tall. Her hair is cut short similar to an inverted bob cut. This is very similar to what her favorite anime character has.

She came to Canada at age 7 with her mother after her father died in an accident. Ariana prefers to stay at home and busies herself with household chores and her online contract work.

Kate on the other hand is a typical Canadian born blonde hottie. Her shoulder length hair is of the dark blonde variety. She's much taller than Ariana and stands about 175cm tall. Her slender body, also with a B-cup, firm legs and a round butt from going to the gym complement her look.

Kate used to be much more outgoing, with her coworkers on lunch breaks, sometimes a work event. But ever since she quit her job and started working from home she sort of lost contact with most of the people she knew.

Both women work together from home. Doing administration work or other financial related tasks. Ariana also does English to Japanese translations as she is quite adept at both languages.

Together they make an attractive couple and they're generally inseparable from each other. Especially Ariana, who sees Kate as the center point of her life. Kate sort of saved her from herself and the world by taking her in, this sparked a mutual attraction which quickly evolved their relationship from friendly co-workers to lovers.

In the year prior they went on a camping trip and after that they finally bought and renovated a camper, or RV, to travel in more comfort, with only moderate success.

1 - Stuck in the corner

Ariana is sitting in the corner. She has been stuck here all morning, unsure how much longer she has to be here. Kate has been ignoring her for most of the morning.

For the hundredth time Ariana pulls on the padlock of the chastity belt with her free hand, but it’s firmly strapped in place and Ariana can't escape from her vibrating tormentor.

A deep sigh and frustrated groan escapes the poor woman.

Kate sits on the couch and grumbles in anger as she’s put on hold yet again with the insurance company. She’s been on the phone, queue hopping for the past 2 hours. Nobody seems to know who she or Ariana is or what she wants. She’s tired of being treated like a moron and tired of repeating herself. Wishing she could reach through the phone and strangle whoever is on the other end.

“Hello Miss Birch, Thanks for waiting. So what’s been stolen? And how did it happen?”

“For the 5th time! A scooter, it got stolen from the Yorkdale parking. I don’t know how…” Kate groans at yet another representative.

“And where is that?” The voice on the phone asks.

“The Yorkdale shopping center in Toronto.” Kate sighs. “Come ooon, I told you everything 4 times already. Just read the report before asking stupid questions and do something useful! Why is this such a hassle?”

Kate is very very upset with Ariana. Her scooter had been stolen the day before. Ariana had come home in a taxi and didn’t tell Kate until this morning. According to her she had parked the scooter in front of the bank and didn’t put the lock on it and left the key in the ignition just as she always does when she just needs quick cash from the ATM.

Three minutes later the vehicle was gone.

Kate had been furious at Ariana for being so careless, but more so that she didn’t tell her immediately. The whole situation and how Ariana casually took her loss had upset Kate so much that she actually felt tempted to slap some sense into her lover.

Normally if Ariana screws something up Kate threatens with some kind of joke punishment and neither of them take it really seriously. The result is often that they end up doing something silly followed by make-up sex. But Ariana had never made an expensive mistake like this before.

Because Kate is not a mean partner Ariana had gone along with her punishment, thinking it would be no big deal.

This time Kate’s punishment is quite real. She had Ariana step into their leather chastity belt adding a vibrator at the last second. She then handcuffed her to a radiator pipe. Ariana had quickly resigned to sitting down. And just as she thought this was it Kate had returned with the ballgag and some vet-wrap. She had used the vet-wrap to tie Ariana's ankles together and forced the ball-gag into her wife's mouth as well.

Ariana had meekly let Kate do her thing but now regrets not resisting. Normally she would enjoy this kind of treatment for sure. Kate taking control and teasing her always makes for a good day. It’s why they have bondage stuff in the first place. But she misjudged just how angry Kate is.

“The scooter is registered to an Ariana Ee-noh-ey? Correct?” The phone croaks, mispronouncing the Japanese last name.

“Yeees, Ariana Birch-Inoue, my wife.” Kate sighs.

“Right, and can she come to the phone?”

“No, she’s, ehh, unavailable right now.” Kate hesitates.

“Alright then. Oh yes, I see the report now. I think we have all the information required. Someone will be in touch.”

click

“Oh ok, how long will th…” Kate starts to ask, but the line is dead.

‘What the fuck is wrong with those morons.’ Kate angrily thinks and throws a couch cushion at Ariana, who squeals.

“Hear that, dumbass? Two hours of this, only to get hung up on.” Kate shouts at Ariana.

Ariana mumbles something, sounding apologetic.

“Oh shut the fuck up! I don’t want to hear it!” And with that Kate marches out of the room leaving Ariana alone.

‘Surely it’s been long enough?’ Ariana thinks with a fuzzy mind. Her body tries to eject the vibrator but it’s firmly stuck in place. She leans against the wall pitying herself.

It’s only just past lunchtime. 3 hours or so she has been sitting here. Ariana grabs the pillow Kate threw at her and sits on that. A tiny bit more comfortable. The vibrator kicks up a notch in strength and Ariana groans. ‘Oh fucking fuck. Noooo!’ She thinks frustrated as the front door slams shut.

‘Did she leave?’ Ariana thinks with worry. ‘Mmmphing’ her dismay out loud, but there is no response.

Kate has indeed left and is heading downstairs to meet with Lisa, her sister. She needs to be away from Ariana for a while and wants to vent about what happened. Hoping it will calm her down and smooth out her anger.

Arriving at the shopping center where they’re supposed to meet at Starbucks she sees a pink and black scooter parked just around the corner of the bank.

“What the fuck… Isn’t that…?” Kate mutters.

Looking closer she sees it’s indeed Ariana’s scooter, with a sign from the shopping center to report to the customer information desk.

Curious, Kate heads over to the information booth and asks about the scooter.

“Ah yes, that’s yours?” The attendant asks.

“Yea, well, no. It’s my partners. I can show you the registration.” Kate responds.

“Oh that’s fine.” The man explains uninterestedly, ”Any proof of ownership will do. We saw on the CCTV who parked it, so we can match a photo ID too if that’s easier.”

“Oh, right, one sec…” Kate browses her Google drive, thinking Ariana’s scans of their papers finally come in handy.

Seeing Ariana’s passport and the scooter registration the man nods and gives Kate the key. “Someone found the key in the ignition,” He explains, “And please move it right away, there’s no parking allowed around the bank. If it’s not gone by the end of the day we’ll have the city tow it.” He urges her.

Kate promises to get right on it and heads back to the scooter. ‘That stupid dumbo…’ Kate fumes, thinking Ariana must’ve parked the scooter and promptly forgot where she put it. Kate moves the scooter to a nearby parking spot and goes looking for Lisa, dropping the sign off at the information desk on her way.

Meanwhile Ariana is none too happy. The vibrator buzzes away mercilessly and her mind turns to mush. Her whole being revolves around the vibrator. She feels incredibly guilty for losing her scooter and knows she screwed up big-time. But more and more she just wants to orgasm and escape.

Kate is usually a very lenient and casual partner. And Ariana considers herself extremely lucky to have found a lover in her. Ever since they’re together she’s had meaning in her life and it’s all because of Kate’s guidance and their strong bond. 

‘She’s very unkate-like today.’ Ariana thinks with what little of her brain is still capable of coherent thoughts and she is worried about what happens when she’s released.

At Starbucks Kate and Lisa have a large coffee and a donut each. Lisa insists on treating her sister. Kate then tells her what happened, and then that she got the scooter back just now. Lisa has trouble not laughing at Kate’s angry face.

“Remember you thought you had your skateboard stolen when you were a kid but really you just put it somewhere and forgot?” Lisa smirks. “C’mon sis, lighten up. It’s all good now, right? Shit happens…”

“And we both know what a silly goose Ariana can be. She was probably distracted by a bird or, or I don’t know, something…” Lisa thinks.

“Yea, no. I know… It’s just how she handled it and I’ve made a report with the police and those fuckheads at the insurance company who can’t put one and one together. I’m just super frustrated.” Kate growls.

‘Not to mention I tied up my wife and she’s being tortured by a vibrator…’ She thinks to herself. Wishing she could teleport home and free her poor lover.

“Oh ok, but just explain what happened or lie and tell them the scooter got moved by someone or something.” Lisa suggests in a more serious tone.

“Yea, I guess.” Kate sighs, not looking forward to those phone calls. Lisa’s outsider view helps for perspective and things don’t seem so bad now. They talk for a while but eventually Lisa has to get back to work and Kate can make her escape. She’d been increasingly antsy to get home to release Ariana. But she also wants to pretend she’s still angry, as Lisa can’t know what she did to her wife of-course.

When they say their goodbyes Kate jumps on Ariana’s scooter and races home hoping no cops see her as she doesn’t have a helmet or a license for it. Luckily she makes it home without delay and practically runs into the elevator and impatiently bashes buttons until the thing goes to the 12th floor.

2 - Sweet nothings

Ariana finally managed to achieve an orgasm and then another, and another. Every orgasm she gets is drawn out by the damned vibrator and her pleasures are short lived. The continued vibrations cause yet another orgasm. Ariana bumps her head into the wall as she arches her back and tenses up with her toes painfully curled. Spasming uncomfortably for a few seconds before she finally slumps over her pillow. 

Breathing deeply while tears stream over her cheeks.

"Fuuuuuucking hell!" Ariana whimpers as the vibrator relentlessly continues. Minutes later her tired body can’t help itself and yet another orgasm crashes over her causing Ariana to thrash around again. Her bound body trembles uncontrollably.

Kate has made her point. She’s a stupid girl who can’t do anything. Groaning in her misery she feels another orgasm build and more tears well up in her eyes.

Seemingly hours later she hears the front door when Kate comes home and Ariana moans desperately to draw her attention.

Before she can finish her frantic call for help Kate comes into view tapping on her phone and the vibrator stops. The clicking of the handcuffs are heard and Kate kneels next to her hugging her tightly. “I’m back babe! I’m so so so sorry…” Kate profusely apologizes.

Hearing Kate’s apologetic voice a wave of relief overtakes Ariana and she again bursts in tears.

A stroking sensation on her cheek while another hand tugs on the gag strap and soon her mouth is free. Kate works diligently and removes the vet-wrap around her ankles and finally unlocks the chastity belt.

When Kate is finally done freeing her wife Ariana looks up with teary eyes and tries to form a sentence but her mind is gone.

Kate hugs her tightly while whispering sweet nothings.

“Kate, what? Drink…” Ariana finally manages with a croaky voice.

“Shh shh, everything is alright. I’m super sorry babe.” Kate sighs. “Look…” Kate dangles the scooter key in front of her eyes. “I found it.”

Ariana’s eyes light up, “wah?” She mumbles but doesn’t really understand what Kate is saying.

Kate helps her sit up and massages her shoulders and arms. “Come, get to bed and rest.” She pulls Ariana’s tired body along to the bedroom and tucks her into bed.

The vibrator slips out and with a plasticy clunk drops on the tiled floor, leaving a drippy trail as it rolls to the side.

Ariana lets it all happen, she’s so relieved to get rid of the vibrator she doesn’t care for anything else. Everything happens in a blur. She’s put into bed and with a firm kiss on her forehead is left alone. Seconds later Ariana falls asleep, her last thought is that Kate is a mean bitch.

Ariana sleeps through dinner and stays in bed all evening. 

The next morning Ariana sits in the kitchen with a bowl of cereal. She feels sore from the day before and doesn’t feel like doing anything. Everything hurts.

Kate won’t stop apologizing and it’s getting tiresome. She had made her peace with her ordeal the previous night and she wishes Kate would shut the hell up about it and leave her alone.

“Kate. It’s fine.” She urges her wife to also move on.

“I love you babe, really… I was out of li…” Kate starts making her excuses for the 10th time.

Ariana slaps her hand on the kitchen table and yells, “ENOUGH! SHUT UP ALREADY! I SAID I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT!”

Kate abruptly shuts up. Looking startled at her wife. “Fine… I’m just sorry.” She quietly says.

Ariana stares at Kate with murder in her eyes for a moment but says nothing more and walks out of the kitchen without finishing her cereal. Lying in bed Ariana listens to what Kate is doing. She hears the dishes being done, the toilet flushes, and then there are no more sounds.

She sighs, thinking back to yesterday. How helpless she felt and how she didn’t really mind being stuck aside from that damn vibrator, and for how many orgasms? A hundred at least…

A faint smile creeps over her face and she nods off.

Kate meanwhile sits in their home office trying to get some work done. She wants to give Ariana some space but she's constantly thinking about her outburst. When her work is finished she finally can bring up the energy to call the police and the insurance company to report that the scooter is back and everything was a stupid misunderstanding. When that’s done almost an hour later, it’s high time to make peace with Ariana. 

Entering the bedroom Kate sits on the edge of the bed looking at Ariana’s face. She gently strokes Ariana’s cheek.

“Hey…” Ariana quietly says vaguely smiling at Kate.

“Hi babe. Feeling better?”

Ariana nods.

“Still upset?” Kate asks.

Ariana shakes her head.

Kate bends down and whispers into her ear, “What I did was stupid. I probably should’ve just slapped you and gotten it over with.” She pauses and smiles, “But I love you… very much.”

She presses a kiss on Ariana's cheek.

"That’s so mean to say it like that. Like hitting me is any better…” Ariana looks weird at her, “And why did you say it’s alright yesterday?" She looks confused.

"I went to Yorkdale to vent to Lisa and your scooter was there around the corner of the bank." Kate explains.

"Oh…" Ariana says, that’s not where she left it.

"I left it on the sidewalk though… next to the door… How can that be?" Ariana grumbles.

"I don’t know sweetie, don’t worry about it. Get some rest ok?" Kate assures her.

The girls sit in bed for a while, Kate is stroking Ariana’s hair and staring out the window and Ariana lies quiet in her embrace feeling sorry for herself.

All these problems because some ‘helpful’ asshole moved her scooter. So very unfair, She thinks.

“Kate? When are we going away in the adventure home?” She wants to know.

“I don’t know babe… We have a lot going on lately and there’s work.”

“But we can do that from a campsite, right? Far from everyone? I'm so tired of the world."

"Then stay inside for a few days and decompress…" Kate thinks.

"Just get a Starlink and we can go anywhere.” Ariana suggests. Hoping they can get lost someplace without people for a while.

'What’s a star link?’ Kate thinks. “I’ll think about it.” She promises with a smile.

Ariana nods and closes her eyes.

3 - Adventure time

Kate has been pampering her wife for the last week, and Ariana feels very spoiled. Every morning Kate had made her breakfast and she could pick what movies to watch, and Kate even did many chores around their home that usually are Ariana’s responsibility. 

She’s spoiled even more when a large box shows up with a Starlink dish in it.

Kate had ordered it seeing its promise of high speed internet pretty much anywhere. She doesn’t like that it’s an Elon Musk product though. She thinks he’s an overhyped idiot. But, fast wireless internet in their camper does sound like a good deal so she had set her prejudice aside and ordered the kit.

Soon after, Ariana has a demo set up on the balcony and is watching Youtube in high resolution on her phone with it. “Look Kate, it’s already working…” She calls out to her lover.

Kate comes to take a look and hangs over Ariana’s shoulder seeing the smooth video playback. “Alright then. And how does it work on the go?”

“Same way baby, just put the satellite outside,” She gestures at the satellite receiver dish, “And connect it to this.” She points at a smaller device. “And then Wifi comes out and we can go online.”

Kate smiles, thinking it sounds too good to be true.

“Well, let’s try it in some outdoorsy place sometime soon. Where do you want to go?” She asks.

Ariana thinks for a second, “We should go to Mexico, drive south to Cabo, under California.”

“Mexico huh…” Kate laughs, remembering how excited Ariana had been to visit the country when they went to Yucatan.

“Yea but this is different from where we were before, there’s desert and mountains. It’ll be fun…” Ariana thinks.

“That's very far, sweetie, we have to cross Canada and then the US.” Kate hesitates.

“Uh-huh…” Ariana confirms unfazed.

Kate sits quiet, twirling a strand of hair that’s sticking up from Ariana’s scalp. She was thinking more like heading towards Nova Scotia or something a little closer to home. Search for an iceberg. Look at seals. Or maybe head north into the Quebec wilderness.

“Come oooon Kate, our big adventure!” Ariana sees her hesitation. “We can check out all the beaches there and see something new for a change. Always visiting forests is OK, but we’ve done that so many times already.”

“We've only done that twice, and we’ve never been to Nova Scotia…” Kate tries.

“It’s too cold there.” Ariana immediately rejects the idea. “Anywhere here is too cold.”

"Hmm" Kate thinks for a moment. “Fine, fuck it, but no promises that we’ll actually make it. We’ll head south and see where we end up.” Kate relents.

Ariana giggles and jumps onto Kate. Kissing her intensely. “Thank you, thank you, thank you! It’ll be great! I promise.”

‘What am I agreeing to…’ Kate thinks to herself.

That night Kate sits at her desk wearing just underwear, a long T-shirt and fluffy slippers. She’s staring at Google Maps trying to decide if they should drive via Vancouver and then straight down or enter the USA through Michigan when Ariana sneaks up on her and licks her neck. 

Kate flinches from the wet touch.

“Whatcha doing?” Ariana wants to know.

“I’m trying to decide on where to cross the USA.” Kate says.

“Oh, just pick the quickest route, right?” Ariana says. She points at the map. “Somewhere here, and then straight across to Los Angeles?”

Kate nods, “Yea ok. That’ll work.”

“Come…” Ariana pulls on Kate’s arm. She’s not at all interested in how they’ll drive through the USA.

“Yea in a minute, I’ll finish up here.” Kate says, not paying attention to what Ariana is doing behind her.

Ariana sighs and crawls down on her knees and scoots under the desk. Kate conveniently sits with her legs apart, so all she has to do is stick her head between them.

Kate is busy and types city names into Maps. “Aaand go!” She mumbles at the screen, clicking on the ‘calculate route’ button.

Ariana also goes, scooting forward, she pushes her tongue against Kate’s panties. Worming it around trying to distract her wife.

Kate tenses up for a moment and inhales sharply, grinning at her silly wife’s attentions. Undeterred, Ariana pushes her panties aside and probes her lover's crotch with her tongue, licking at Kate’s lips.

Kate ‘mmphs’ softly but otherwise pretends nothing is happening. Her horniness is rapidly growing though and she can’t focus on her computer for long. Leaning back she lets Ariana do her thing. Her breathing becomes more ragged with every stroke of Ariana’s tongue and she gropes at her left breast, kneading it firmly through her shirt.

Ariana manages to give Kate her orgasm, and Kate squeezes her legs together catching Ariana’s head and hooks her feet together so she has her in a bit of a headlock.

Ariana ‘mmm’s’ for air while Kate enjoys her orgasm with a deep sigh followed by a low moan. Her pleasure is strengthened by the rush of power. When she finally has had enough she lets go of Ariana’s head and slumps in her chair looking down at her lover who sits panting between her thighs and grins at her goofy face.

“Whoa, trippy…” Ariana manages when she catches her breath, then slaps Kate’s leg, “Meanie! I couldn’t breathe!”

Leaning forward she ruffles her lover's hair and smiles at her with a nod. “I know…” Kate whispers.

Ariana climbs up between Kate’s knees and sits on her lap and rests her head on her wife’s shoulder wondering if Kate will return the favor, but she’s tardy as always after having an orgasm. So Ariana has little hope.

4 - Preparing the adventure home

The next day the women start preparing for the road trip. Kate decided to change the engine oil. She saw on Youtube how easy it supposedly is to do yourself, just undo the bolt and drain it. 

Unfortunately she didn’t consider the amount of oil and only brought a small cup, something you eat yogurt from. She also didn't anticipate the oil to jet out of the engine with force. As such she ends up spilling everything on herself and the garage floor

She shrieks and after a futile attempt to stop the flow she gives up and slithers from under the adventure home covered in black goop. Her left arm and part of her shirt is drenched in oil and the rest went on the floor.

Ariana can’t stop laughing at her poor lover, she's holding on to herself doubling over and laughs until she has tears in her eyes. When the concierge shows up to see who's making such a racket in the garage she quickly shuts up. He sees the massive oil spill and scolds the girls for ruining his floor. 

He’s none too pleased with the mess Kate made and curses at her for not bringing a large tub. Or better yet, have an expert service her vehicle.

Kate sits next to the camper and looks sad at the mess and tries to clean her arm but it’s no use. She only gets more dirty the more she tries to clean up.

Coming back with a bucket of sand and a shovel the concierge tells Kate how to clean up the oil spill and finally gives her a scrubbing soap to clean herself.

Kate quietly disappears.

Ariana meanwhile avoids the concierge and tries to install the Starlink modem in the camper, but not seeing a good spot to put it she decides to just put the whole thing in the storage area above the driver seat.

Next she cleans the kitchen area, changes the bedsheets and more of such things.

An hour later Kate comes back, the left side of her body is all itchy and her skin red from the oil and scratchy soap.

“Geez what a fucking mess, I’ll never do that again…” Kate complains. “And now we can’t drive… There’s no oil in the engine.”

“So just fill it, right? Or ask Garret to help. He likes cars.” Ariana suggests.

Kate nods and kisses Ariana, who eagerly kisses her back. They stumble into the bedroom and fall onto the bed.

This time Kate makes sure Ariana has all the pleasure and brings her to a quick orgasm. Kate holds her lover down by simply sitting on her torso while fingering her at a quick pace. Ariana squirms and giggles until she tenses up and orgasms with a loud moan.

“Oh yes! Kate, yes! Ohhhhhh!” She moans, completely forgetting the open windows.

Dana, their downstairs neighbor and former friend, hears the lovemaking echoing through the parking garage. She’s sneaking into the building through the garage to avoid the concierge as she’s late with the rent yet again. She smirks, wishing she has a steady girlfriend herself.

Ariana spots the open window and clamps her hands down on her mouth and ‘hmph’s’ for Kate to close it. Her head red with shame.

Now it’s Kate’s turn to laugh and she teases Ariana, wondering how many people heard her moans. She herself doesn’t care much if people hear their sex noises. Or if someone sees a glimpse of nakedness. But Ariana is much more of a prude.

After closing the window she whispers into Ariana’s ear “You’re such a dirty little slut, the whole building probably heard you…” And laughs at her wifes embarrassed face, quickly assuring her she saw no-one and that probably no-one heard her.

“Come, let’s finish up so we can leave next week.” Kate urges Ariana to make a move and climbs out of bed to freshen up.

The next day Garret has a hearty laugh when he hears about Kate’s oil spill and he promises to help the ladies that afternoon. He and his girlfriend Chloe show up around 4pm and Kate explains the problem and he scoots under the camper to assess the task ahead.

Chloe and Ariana catch up, they haven't spoken for almost a year. And both Ariana and Kate feel a bit awkward seeing her again. 

Ariana still feels she ruined their friendship after their sleepover.

Chloe is a former colleague of Kate when she worked at a hotel. The two had become friends and after some initial friction she also befriended Ariana, who even spent a few days with Chloe when Kate thought she needed some alone time to get her head straight from stress overload.

Chloe wants to know everything about the camper and what the two women are planning which quickly breaks the ice.

“Mexico huh?” She laughs at the wild plan. “Planning on getting kidnapped?”

Neither Kate or Ariana have thought about that.

“Do you speak Mexican?” Chloe asks next.

Neither of the girls speak any Spanish.

“And if you’re in a lonesome desert, where do you get food?”

The women didn’t think of that either.

Ariana doesn’t think too much of it, if it’s truly dangerous or difficult nobody would live there, she assures the three of them.

“And everybody speaks English for pretty women.” She jokes.

Chloe shakes her head and smiles, half wishing she could just willy-nilly go on an adventure. And half thinking they’re nuts for going to Mexico.

“Well, keep me posted ok? Then if you disappear at least someone knows you two are missing…”

“That’s a very good idea Chloe. Thanks!” Kate smiles at her. “I’ll email you whenever I get a chance.”

Garret sticks his head inside the camper, “Hey Kate? I need a clamp to remove the oil filter. Where is your toolset?”

Kate thinks for a second, “We just have some pliers and a screwdriver I think. Can you do without?”

“Well, I can jam a screwdriver into it and twist it that way, but it’ll be messy.”

“Ugh,” Kate sighs, “Just do what you have to do and let me know the cost… But try to minimize any mess.”

“Right,” Garret grins, seeing a chance for some new tools for his own garage. “Ariana, wanna come along to the parts shop?”

Ariana looks at Kate who nods. “Yea sure… Can we stop at Walmart too?” She asks.

Garret agrees and the two head out in Garrett's car.

“So what’s this about living in this thing?” Chloe asks with genuine interest.

“Oh yea, that’s an idea I got from some guests at the hotel. But so far not much has come of it. We only went on one trip so far…” Kate vaguely explains.

Chloe smirks. “Not really a plan then?”

“It kinda is, but I guess life just keeps getting in the way…” Kate sighs. “I dunno, I think it’s a fun idea, but we've never done anything like it. So it's scary.”

Chloe nods with understanding.

Kate continues, “And Ariana is such a comfort creature, if I don’t tell her it’s going to happen she’ll never take the initiative, just because change takes effort.”

“I see, but then you should just do it and don’t wait for her to make that decision. I can totally picture you two chasing the horizon and going offline for weeks. I mean, you’re kinda wild together.” She laughs at the idea.

Kate nods, “Wild? Not like that… But yea that’s kind of the idea. We have a starlink though.”

“Tsk tsk, fancy you.” Chloe laughs, unsure what a star link is. “Hey, here’s an idea… We should come along.”

“Ehh, it's kind of a 2 person deal…” Kate stammers.

“Yea no, I mean in our own RV. Garret would love it too, I’m sure.” Chloe fantasizes.

“Oh like so, you have a RV? Didn’t know that.” Kate replies.

Chloe laughs at her obvious relief. “Nah, but I think it’d be fun to have one.”

“Well, we’re thinking about leaving next week. So you’d have to hurry.” Kate sets the impossible deadline.

“Mmhm…” Chloe nods thoughtfully. “This must’ve cost a pretty penny, huh?”

“It’s not that bad, we got a good deal on it. But new ones are way expensive, yes.” Kate says. She’s not at all sure if Chloe and Garret tagging along on their adventure is such a good idea.

“Maybe you should catch up sometime and visit when you get yours.” Kate suggests. “We’ll camp together for a few days out in the woods or something…”

“Yea, yea… That’s nice too.” Chloe agrees, completely missing Kate’s reluctance.

5 - Tied up in thoughts

At the auto parts store Garret immediately heads for the counter to get someone to help him and leaves Ariana on her own.

Ariana looks super out of place in her girly outfit, a knee length skirt, slippers and a thin shirt. This is a world she is completely unfamiliar with. Even the way the store works is weird to her with a big counter lined with computers and shop clerks. Supposedly you place your order there while making stupid car jokes.

She wanders around the store and looks at the types of oil seeing there is a type for scooters and mopeds. She doesn’t recall ever doing an oil change on her scooter, but hopes it’s included with the service she has done when the engine light comes on.

Her attention is then drawn to the rack of tow straps and ratchet-straps. Immediately her mind wanders and she subconsciously places her feet together so Garret can strap her legs together at her ankles and knees. Balancing on her ‘tied’ legs she imagines Garret tightening a loop around her wrists and tying the excess strap tight around her narrow waist.

But then Garret would do something mean and pull another strap around her elbows and ratchet it tight. The ominous click-clacking of the ratchet drawing her elbows together until they touch. He’d praise her on her flexibility while tying the excess strap around her torso keeping her arms against her body. 

She’d squirm in her bonds trying to get comfortable while Garret calls Kate to come get her trussed up wife.

It’s a silly fantasy and she quickly gets lost in her little world.

With a dreamy look on her face she stands quietly fantasizing about the many ways the various parts and accessories can be used to restrain her.

When Kate arrives she scoops her up and throws her into the trunk of the car to finally end up in the Adventure Home where Kate keeps her tied up for days.

A quiet whimper escapes her as Garret's hand lands on her shoulder. “Hey dreamer, you ok?”

Ariana looks at him with wanton eyes. “What?!” She snaps, her happy fantasy interrupted.

Garret hesitates, “Ehh, I found what we need and some extra stuff. Kate said to just bill you guys…”

“Oh ok, do you need me to pay?” She asks and Garret nods, gesturing to the counter where a pile of stuff awaits and without thinking she pays for everything Garret is getting.

Garret follows her absent minded behavior but says nothing for now. She only needed to pay for a new filter and the grippy thing to remove the old one. And now she paid for his new gloves and a toolset as well…

‘Oh well. We’ll sort that out later, or not…’ He smirks, pulling a face to the store clerk who stares at the pair trying to figure out why a manly guy like Garret needs a girl to pay for his car.

“That it?” she asks Garret, who confirms. “Yea if you guys have oil…”

Ariana doesn’t know and Garret calls Kate. Kate already has oil. He then sends a quick message to Kate asking if Ariana is on medication or is high or something.

To which she gets a frown emoji and a ‘No! Why?’

‘I’ll explain when we get back.’ Garret types.

The shop worker hears the short phone call and considers that maybe his customer is helping the women with their car.

“To Walmart?” He asks Ariana who’s looking like she’s in her own world again.

“Huhwhat?” Ariana replies, her thoughts of Kate being a meanie with a rubber isolation strip interrupted. She rubs her left butt cheek where she just got whacked by Kate in her thoughts.

“Helloooo, supermarket? Still need to go there? Are you sure you’re alright?” Garret asks with a playful laugh.

“Yea I’m fine. Let’s go… boss.” Ariana says.

‘Boss huh… if only…’ Garret grins.

They leave the store and head to the supermarket.

Garret is a cheerful guy most of the time. There is never a dull moment in his imagination but seeing Ariana acting this weird has him worried.

He’s not really friends with her and only knows Ariana because she used to work for the same company as he does. Instead he’s friends with Kate, who used to work there too. Smart and practical women are more his thing. But he always liked Ariana for the selfish reason that she’s cute like only a Japanese girl can be. Her naive and rebellious demeanor at the office had always been funny to him.

“What’s going on in that head of yours?” He asks her.

“Nothing…” Ariana mumbles.

“Why’d you call me boss just now?” He curiously continues.

“Ehh, I did? No I didn’t…” She looks caught.

“You did, hey I don’t mind ok? Chloe calls me stuff sometimes too. But try to focus… It’s not a good look to be this distracted in public.” Garret warns her.

“Mmmmok,” comes her unsophisticated response. ‘Not a good look for you maybe…’ She thinks without caring too much about what people think of her.

At the supermarket Ariana has long forgotten what she wanted to go there for but to not look weird she decides to buy a box of donuts as a little treat for the 4 of them. And a 6 pack of bottles of coca cola.

Back at home Kate pulls Ariana aside and asks her if he’s OK. Ariana hugs Kate tight and tells her about her horny thoughts. How she imagined that she got tied up with ratchet straps and tossed in a car trunk and Kate smiles at her.

“It was like a sex shop in there Kate. Many things could be used for bondage and whipping and teasing…” Ariana whispers.

Kate laughs. “Silly, you had Garret all worried.”

Garret had disappeared under the camper to do the oil. Chloe sits near his feet on the ground babbling about her idea to also get a RV and follow Kate and Ariana into Mexico. Something he’s not interested in at all.

30 minutes later the oil change is complete and Garret emerges from under the vehicle covered in specks of rust and oil.

Chloe cleans him up to her best ability and the two stare at each other. “I want to fuck an anime girl…” Garret whispers.

“Garret!” Chloe blushes, playfully slapping his arm.

“What, just wear one of your cosplay things.” He argues.

“Let’s not. I’ll wear my princess dress if you want.”

Chloe is very protective of her cosplay outfits and still vividly remembers one of her latex Evangelion catsuits splitting at a seam while they had sex.

Garret grins, “Yeah? Oh, I’ll royally screw you… Milady.”

He laughs at his silly wordplay and calls out to Kate and Ariana, “Hey guys? Oil’s done, need anything else?”

Kate sticks her head out of the door, “Oh, cool. Thanks! I’ll do a test drive soon. Or won’t that be necessary?”

“Just run the engine for a few minutes before you drive, but it should be good to go.” Garret shrugs. “Well, then we’ll be off.”

With that he smacks Chloe on her butt, “Come milady! Time to become a princess.” And before anyone can say their goodbyes the couple is out of sight.

Kate looks after them with a weird look on her face. ‘Chloe certainly isn’t a princess.’ She thinks. But she knows nothing of her cosplay hobby.

“Hey guys, I got donuts.” Ariana announces.

“Double for us babe, they’re gone already.” Kate turns around and hugs her girl. “We can leave any time now I guess.”

The thought makes her nervous.

6 - Departure

Next Tuesday is the day. Kate had more or less made a route. More a bunch of cities acting as waypoints to drive through, or around. Mostly so that they don’t accidentally end up in Florida or something. And heading south into Mexico is easy… Apparently there is only one paved road from the border to the southern tip of Baja, where Cabo is.

Cabo is their arbitrarily chosen target for the road trip. More than 5500 Kilometers away.

Kate is hoping she can drive some 600-800 kilometers per day. Making for a 5 or 6 day drive through the United States. And then the actual adventure can begin at the Tecate border crossing or there-abouts.

Ariana is excited to head out and even got up super early that morning to help prepare the last things. She’s not a morning person at all and she’s endlessly yawning and not very helpful.

“Come babe, just grab things for breakfast yeah?” Kate directs her wife from task to task.

“Muhhh” Ariana groans and stuffs a box of cereal and some other breakfast things into a plastic crate they’re going to use for groceries along the way.

Half an hour later they’re ready and Kate parks Ariana at the dining table in the RV with a cup of juice. She herself checks everything one last time and finally sits next to Ariana.

“Hey zombie… I’m ready to go, are you?” Kate pokes her in the side.

Ariana nods.

“Did you bring your swimsuit?” Kate asks.

She nods again.

“Slippers?”

Another nod.

“Your good mood and happy thoughts?”

A faint shake of her head.

“Hmm.” Kate grumbles. “Well better find it, we’re off…”

She kisses Ariana on her cheek and starts to get up.

The idea is that Ariana is going to keep up with work using their fancy satellite internet while Kate drives. Money needs to keep coming in after-all. And skipping out on several weeks of work during the trip is not good.

Just as she’s standing Ariana leans into Kate and holds her lover around her waist. Nestling her head against her stomach.

“Love you baby, It’s going to be fun…” She mumbles into Kate’s stomach.

“Uh-huh.” Kate grins, “You better enjoy yourself, we’re going to Mexico for you…”

“I will, I’ll sleep some more first.” Ariana assures her.

Kate shakes her head and plonks down in the driver seat.

She maneuvers the camper out of the garage and on her way out spots the concierge. Waving at him he waves back motioning for her to stop.

“Morning Kate. Going on a trip?”

“Hello, Yea, we’re heading to Mexico. A few weeks at least.”

“I see,” He nods. “Well, good luck with that. And be careful!" he smiles.

“We will, cya, the border awaits!” Kate calls out, revving up the engine.

With a wave he steps back and continues his rounds, shaking his head at the ugly oil stain on the garage floor.

Kate is humming a tune to herself as she navigates the streets of Toronto, pointing the Adventure Home to Detroit.

The drive is mostly uneventful, Ariana had disappeared into the bedroom and traffic is not too bad. At the border just north of Detroit she shows their passports and is pretty much waved through and into the United States.

And that’s a good thing too as Ariana had chained herself to the bed. An inspection surely would have raised some eyebrows and prompted many awkward questions.

Lunchtime came and went but Kate didn’t feel like eating and she charges on past Detroit towards Indianapolis. Arriving near the big city in the late afternoon where she finds a campsite for the night.

Remembering she also brought her wife, who hadn’t come out of the bedroom all day, she checks on Ariana. Fully expecting Ariana to have finished her work, or reading a book or something.

Ariana sits in the middle of the bed fidgeting with the chain that she has looped around her ankles and padlocked shut. Her feet are a weird purple color and she sits quietly cursing the lock for not opening.

“What the hell are you doing?” Kate calls out, staring at her feet.

Ariana stops her escape attempts and looks sheepishly at Kate. “Oh, Kate… Please help me. I didn’t want to bother you with this but I can’t get out and it’s way too tight.”

“That’s… what the fuck? It’s no bother, what did you do?” Kate kneels next to her lover.

“I just locked it and went to sleep, but it hurts and I can’t get out.” Ariana sort of explains.

“And you’ve been struggling with this all day?”

Ariana nods, “Most of the afternoon.”

“Babe… Honey…” Kate sighs not finding the right words for how unbelievably stupid she thinks this is.

“Give me the keys…” She finally demands.

Ariana hands her the keyring and Kate tries them all but none work. “What the…” She tries again and pushes each key deep into the lock. On the 3rd key the lock churns and finally it clicks open.

Both let out a sigh of relief.

Ariana scoots forward and hugs Kate. “You’re the best, Kate. My hero…” She places little kisses on Kate's neck and face.

“And you’re a dummy… If you get stuck and it hurts just call out for me ok?” Kate critiques her, “Here, massage your feet until they feel normal again.” She shows Ariana how to knead her ankles.

Ariana says nothing and feels dumb. Not a good first day of their big trip.

Kate kisses her again, “Take it easy ok? And throw away that lock. I’ll go get dinner. We’re near Indianapolis.”

Ariana nods.

Kate disappears cursing under her breath for never being able to have anything go normal and heads out on foot to look for a takeout restaurant, thinking they should have a bicycle for this kind of thing.

Ariana rubs her ankles and tries to make the ugly marks the chain made in her skin go away. Her feet tingle and prick from the blood finally being able to flow freely again.

“I’ll never tie myself up again…” She grumbles. Kate can do that or it’s not happening. She decides.

A few minutes later she can limp through the camper and set the table, assuming Kate will be back soon.

Kate comes back some 30 minutes later with a huge paper bag filled with Taco Bell. “Look babe, Mexican food.” She jokes. “How are your feet?”

They’re almost back to normal, but her ankles are bruised. Kate tells her to wear socks when they go out…

“Yea ok,” Ariana agrees, dejected. “I’m so stupid huh. You think so I’m sure…”

“No babe, just careless…” Kate leans against her as they sit eating.

“Uh-huh…” Ariana forces a smile with her mouth full.

That night the women watch a movie and Ariana has to put Kate to bed because she can’t stay awake. Ariana then switches movies and watches her favorite, Ghost in the Shell, and snuggles up to Kate after, feeling a lot better already.

The next morning Kate wants to drive towards Oklahoma and see how far they can get. Ariana makes some toast with honey and a few bacon strips for her while Kate makes the bed and stows away some of the loose stuff that’s laying around. Today she’s going to stick with Kate and enjoy the adventure. Kate asks her to put a destination in the GPS for the last large highway junction before Oklahoma city.

“Almost 1200 kilometers Kate. Are you sure?” Ariana asks.

“No, but we’ll see. Are there other cities before Oklahoma?” She wants to know, already knowing anywhere with a campsite or parking area should be fine.

“Ehh… yea. Lots.” Ariana vaguely answers.

“Alright, let’s see how far we get.” Kate thinks out loud.

20 minutes later they’re ready to go and Kate navigates back to the interstate.

Ariana pokes her while driving, teasing her a bit. But Kate waves her away, she needs to focus on the road. “Do some work sweetie, you missed yesterday already. Don’t miss your deadlines.”

“Yeah yeah, later” Ariana mumbles. She’s not in the mood for work and just wants to sit near Kate and enjoy the scenery. It’s her first time on the road in America after all…

They have a hotdog lunch near the St. Louis Arch where Kate realizes that they didn’t plan anything to do along the way in the United States. “Hey Ariana, we’re in such a rush to get across that we didn’t think to plan anything for this part of the trip.”

“I down cawe muh” Ariana mumbles with her mouth full of hotdog.

“What?” Kate frowns.

“I don’t care much… I just want to see Baja California and visit all the beaches.” Ariana claims.

“What is it with you and Mexico?” Kate laughs.

Ariana shrugs, “It’s just fascinating. Cactus and tacos… Dunno…”

“Oh well, if you see something you want to see, just let me know.”

After their lunch they pose for some pictures near the St. Louis Arch and enjoy the park surrounding it. When they’re done playing tourist they continue their journey. 

With their current average speed Kate estimates that if she pushes herself they should be able to reach Oklahoma city in the evening.

Ariana makes sandwiches for dinner and the girls don’t even stop, eating while driving. Ariana feeds Kate her cheese and cucumber sandwich, spills a drink over her and they both laugh at being clumsy. 

They don’t quite make it to Oklahoma City and around 8PM Kate has had enough. On the outskirts of a town called Vinita they find a spot in the corner of the Walmart parking area. It's conveniently near the highway and they set up camp for the night.

Kate is exhausted and after a glass of wine heads to bed. Ariana feels like sleeping too. She’d been catering to Kate all day. After feeling each other up for a few minutes the energy isn’t really there and Kate nods off with Ariana slumped over her torso.

The next morning Kate wakes up with a moan, looking down she sees Ariana’s head bobbing up and down as she’s licking and fingering her lover.

“Mmmmhey” Kate whispers.

Ariana comes up, “Hi baby,” she says cheerful and quickly continues pleasuring her wife.

Minutes later Kate has a quiet orgasm with a deep sigh and a ‘mmmph’.

Ariana wipes her face and fingers on her shirt and scoots up to Kate.

“Hey! Lover!” She cheerfully quips.

Kate smiles at her “A very good morning, you’re awake early…”

“Not really, it’s already 9am…” Ariana says.

“Oh, hmm.” Kate responds and stretches with a groan, feeling all relaxed.

Then there’s a knock on the door.

Ariana gets out of bed and peeks through the window.

“It’s the police, Kate.” She hushes.

“Oh, just send them away…” Kate yawns, uncaring.

Ariana quickly gets dressed in a long t-shirt and when there’s another, more urgent sounding, pounding on the door she yanks it open. “Morning…” She yawns.

The cops stare at Ariana with her messy hair and basic outfit. They’re not very friendly and want her gone.

“There’s no camping here, miss, move to a campsite if you’re planning on staying in the area.”

“Oh ok.” Ariana replies, and wants to close the door.

“Hey, did you hear us? You can’t stay here.” The officer on the left repeats.

“Yea yea… I heard.” Ariana groans, the cold air coming in past her legs is not so pleasant.

Kate comes to the door, “Morning officers. What’s the problem?”

“Walmart wants you gone. You’re on their property.”

“Oh, right, we’ll make some tea and leave right after.”

“As soon as possible yea?”

“I guess they don’t want us to buy groceries here then… Is there another supermarket around here?” Kate asks, not knowing the town's name.

“There’s Carter’s down the street but you can’t park there either.”

“So unfriendly…” Kate says thinking this town sucks.

“We’ll be back shortly to see that you’re gone.” One of the policemen informs her.

“You do that, Thanks.” Kate frowns and closes the door. “Ariana, get ready, we have to leave.”

Ariana is already busy with freshening up and stowing loose items. “Bunch of unfriendly people here huh?”

“Yea I guess…” Kate sighs. “Can you make some tea and toast?”

“Of-course…”

Kate gets properly dressed and after a quick breakfast they’re on the highway again.

They zip past Tulsa, through Oklahoma City and they find themselves in a town called Amarillo in Texas where they park at a restaurant called ‘Joe Taco’. Asking for a spot to stay overnight they’re allowed to stay in the parking lot on the condition that they eat at the restaurant.

A fine deal they both agree.

Kate has chicken tacos with rice, Ariana wants a burrito and they share a quesadilla. With their stomachs full, they spend the evening in the restaurant drinking a few beers.

Kate tries to read her book for a bit but that gets more and more difficult with each beer she drinks. Ariana gives up on beer after her first and switches to her favorite soda, coca cola. She’s playing games on her phone and doesn’t really enjoy the noise and people around her. Wishing Kate would finish her book so they can retire to the quiet of the Adventure home.

At the end of the evening when they pay for the huge bill they racked up, a very pleased restaurant manager shows them where to park on the now empty parking across 3 parking spaces. They're hidden behind the building and can use the wifi if they want.

The next day Kate is awake early and sneaks out of bed to make an early start at 6am. Ariana wakes up when the camper starts moving. Rubbing her eyes she looks around wondering where she is for a few moments.

‘6:27 huh…’ She yawns and drops back down on the pillows.

A few hours pass and Ariana tries to sleep, but the road is not very good and Kate has to swerve many times to avoid cracks and holes in the road. Ariana sneaks up behind Kate and pokes her in the side with a hushed “Boo!”

Kate shrieks and almost drives off the road. “Ariana, fucking hell! Don’t do that when I’m driving!” She curses at her wife.

“Sorry… I just missed you…” Ariana says, she drops in the passenger seat with her feet propped up on the dashboard. “Where are we?”

“We’re almost in Roswell, I figured we could spot some aliens or something.” Kate tells her quickly looking sideways to Ariana who looks a bit sad.

“Hey you ok? Did you sleep OK?” She asks Ariana.

“Yea I’m fine. I'm just bored and you’re always driving. I feel like we didn’t hug for days.” Ariana complains.

Kate frowns. “You wanted to get to Mexico quickly, remember…”

Ariana mmm’s, feeling moody. “Is this a desert? I See no cactus…” She’s looking around at the seemingly endless nothingness around them.

“Yea I guess. Looks boring huh?” Kate says focused on the next pothole.

7 - Chasing aliens

When they’re near Roswell they stop at the Roswell marker to take a few photos at the UFO sign and Kate explains the idea she had this morning. Which is, to look for a RV park or camping and take a break for a day or 2. Explore town a bit and relax.

That’s all fine Ariana thinks, but she really just wants to be more intimate with Kate during the day. She didn’t anticipate the long drives to be this boring as a passenger.

“I’ll find a place to stay.” She announces with a smile.

Minutes later she’s tapping on the GPS to direct Kate towards their new parking spot, a RV park on the edge of the city.

Kate has another idea, and when they’re situated on their assigned spot she starts to explain it but Ariana is not interested in talking though and kisses her. She raises on her tiptoes and presses her lips on Kate's. With her arms wrapped around her lover she lets her hands roam over her back. Lifting her right leg up a little as she leans into Kate pushing her against the kitchen counter.

Kate is a bit overwhelmed by Ariana’s sudden advance but soon gets it and kisses back and wraps her own arm around Ariana’s shoulders, pulling her close.

Ariana veers up and Kate catches her butt as she wraps her legs around Kate’s waist.

“Mmm love me Kate…” Ariana softly moans between kisses.

Just as Kate starts to move towards the bedroom carrying her cutie there is a loud knock on the door.

“Oh fucking hell… Go away!” Ariana groans.

Kate stops to turn but Ariana insists she ignores the door and kisses her again. “Who has anything useful or important to say to us here…” She argues.

“Maybe it’s the campsite guy.” Kate thinks, and turns for the door with Ariana still hanging off her torso like a little monkey.

“Kate, no… please. I need you…” Ariana hushes.

Another knock on the door. Louder this time.

“I’ll just see who it is.” Kate grins, she reaches for the door and looks down over Ariana’s shoulder at a large man wearing some kind of blue and orange aloha shirt and a straw hat on his head.

“Howdy northern neighbor! Welcome to Roswell!” 

Ariana hears the drawling southern accent of a man and she rolls her eyes. “Told you, waste of time…” She whispers.

“Eh, hi… hello.” Kate replies, not sure what to make of this guy.

“We’re throwin’ steaks on the grill and have cold beer. Care to join us?” The man asks without introducing himself.

“We’re kinda in the middle of something…” Kate starts, feeling Ariana fidget with her bra strap through her shirt.

“Your daughter is fine? Tired is she?” The man interrupts her

Ariana wiggles in Kate her arm, “I’m not a kid!” she calls out.

“My wife actually.” Kate informs the man, forcing a smile.

“Riiight.” The man frowns, followed by an awkward silence.

“But maybe another time. Thanks, bye.” Kate forces another smile and starts to close the door not waiting for a response. Ariana is getting heavy.

“How about never,” Ariana whispers, “Geez what an accent.” She places kisses on Kate's neck.

The women giggle and Kate carries her lover to the bedroom. Her horny mood ruined, Ariana fantasizes that they can’t sit in peace in the evening sun with a neighbor like that. Kate is not so sure but hopes Ariana is wrong. Putting Ariana in bed she lies next to her leaning on her elbow. “So about my idea…” She leans in and kisses Ariana on her nose.

“Mm?” Ariana studies her face.

“How about we buy a bicycle, something with a luggage carrier so we can both ride it…” Kate floats the idea.

“I don’t know how to ride a bicycle…” Ariana smiles.

“Oh, but I can…” Kate frowns. “You’ve never ridden a bicycle?”

Ariana shakes her head, “Never as the driver. Why do you want one?”

“Well, mostly because it’s practical. We can ride it around town to explore or to restaurants.” Kate explains, “But also for errands. If we put the groceries crate on it… It’ll be easy.”

“Hmm, yea I guess. From here to the city center is far…” Ariana thinks.

“Yeah, kinda.” Kate agrees. “But with a bicycle… Easy.”

“And in Mexico we can ride it on the beach… Well, you…” Ariana thinks.

Kate nods.

That afternoon the women head to town in a taxi where they eat in a UFO themed diner. Kate has a big cheeseburger and Ariana tries grilled chicken with bean soup and rice.

After eating they laugh at the silly alien themed establishments and museum but quickly get bored with it. 

Ariana doesn’t believe that aliens look like the ones that are in every store and Kate thinks it makes no sense to dedicate a whole town to an event that doesn’t even have a confirmed UFO crash.

They do come across a bicycle store that sells 2nd hand bikes though. Mostly mountain bikes, but they have a few city bikes too. Along with a simple bike rack that connects to a vehicle hitch.

Ariana insists on the pink model and sits on it as she steps around with it laughing like a kid, looking silly. Both the sales guy and Kate laugh at her goofy face and 20 minutes later they have a bicycle.

Ariana sits sideways on the back holding on to Kate while holding the rack that's resting on her knees.

As promised by the sales guy, the rack just sticks onto the hitch tube and it fits fine. Kate is very pleased with the setup and straps the bicycle to it for the night. 2 spaces over she sees aloha-shirt-man look at her like she’s the alien in town. With a quick wave she goes inside.

Ariana finally gets her much needed intimacy as the women squeeze into their tiny shower cabin and Kate presses their bodies together with one arm while fingering her wife to a clumsy orgasm. Ariana buries her face between Kate’s breasts, muffling her moaning.

“Oh Kate, mmmm” She moans louder and louder as Kate squeezes her arm around her.

Suddenly Ariana tenses up and she has her orgasm with her arms wrapped around Kate she holds her tightly while enjoying her happy feelings.

“Love you sweetie,” Kate whispers in her ear.

Ariana whispers back, “Love you more…”

After a few moments they stumble out of the shower and they towel each other dry. Ariana clings to Kate like a wet t-shirt, refusing to let her go.

“Hey what’s gotten into you?” Kate wonders.

“Nothing, I just enjoy being close to you and smelling and feeling you.” Ariana mumbles. “You know that…”

Kate steers them to the tv area and they plop down on the couch with a roll of biscuits. Ariana nestles against her lover and after sharing some biscuits, cuddles and kisses they eventually fall asleep. Kate sleeps well into the morning again and wakes up from the smell of bacon. “Mmm, morning…” She mumbles lazily.

“Kate! Kate!” Ariana calls out to her, sounding excited. “I rode the bike, I learned it this morning, it’s great. I can drive you around too!”

“Oh? That’s great sweetie.” Kate smiles while looking out of the window.

“Look, I only fell once. But then I went to the supermarket and it went fine.” Ariana shows a big scrape on her knee which looks like it hurts a lot.

“Whoa, no other damages?” Kate asks worriedly. “That looks painful.”

“No, it's fine. I put disinfectant on it and a bandaid, but it keeps bleeding and it fell off.” Ariana explains.

“Sit down sweetie, I’ll bandage it.” Kate instructs her. She stretches with a groan. “What time is it?”

“Almost 11 I think…” Ariana sits next to Kate. “You really need a lot of sleep huh?”

“Yea I guess,” Kate confirms.

Driving 8+ hours a day and basically being mission control the whole time has been taking its toll on her. On her way to the bedroom to get the medkit she sees a torn up pair of leggings on the floor, a rag covered in blood in the trash and more traces of Ariana learning to ride a bicycle.

“How long did you practice for?” Kate wants to know.

“Oh I went around the camper but fell in the gravel. Then I went on the driveway and it’s much easier so I just went to the supermarket down the road. I almost got hit by a car too.”

‘Geez’ Kate thinks. And then says smiling, “Sounds like you’re a danger to everyone, better I ride next time…” 

Kneeling down in front of her reckless partner she inspects the wound on her knee which is basically a golf ball sized patch of ugliness where there used to be skin. Fairly superficial.

“And your leggings?” Kate asks.

“Ruined… Ouch!” Ariana flinches when Kate touches her knee.

“Ok, there's a piece of fabric in the wound. I’ll remove it, but it’ll sting, try not to yell.” Kate warns her. She squeezes around the wound and with a pair of pincers fishes a shred of legging out of it.

Ariana howls in pain. “Kate stop! Fuck that hurts. It’s broken?!”

“I think we’ll need to amputate…” Kate frowns, briefly enjoying Ariana’s frightened look. “Riiight here.” She makes a chopping motion 10 cm above her knee and laughs. “You’ll be fine. It’s just a scrape I think.”

She then cleans the wound and sprays it with disinfectant and wraps a thick bandage around the knee. “There, all done. We’ll replace it every day, you remember how that works from before…”

Ariana has had to deal with bandages before when she got hurt last year.

“And here…” Kate digs through the medkit, “One or 2 of these every 4 hours when it hurts. I think… Read the package.” She hands ibuprofen to Ariana.

Ariana nods, trying not to show tears. “It really hurts now Kate.”

Kate ‘hmms’ and hugs her wife. “But you learned to ride a bike… So it’s not all bad.”

Ariana nods and smiles. Kissing Kate in her neck. “Thank you baby, you always take such good care of me.” She mumbles. “Supernurse…”

Squeezing Ariana tight she whispers, “Silly girl… Shall I finish making breakfast?” She offers.

Ariana nods eagerly. “We can sit outside, I put the chairs there.”

“Alright then, go enjoy the sun, I’ll be out in a bit.” Kate tells her.

She looks after Ariana as she limps to the door and shakes her head. Next she puts away the medical bag and throws out all the remains of the mishap. The leggings in the trash, trash bag out the door. And she finishes making breakfast, or early lunch.

Earlier that morning Ariana had started to make camp. She extended the awning and put the chairs and internet under it. The signal is pretty good, but not as fast as before. No high resolution video…

Aloha-shirt-man walks past and waves at her, but stops dead in his tracks asking if she’s OK, pointing at her knee and the trickle of blood coming through the bandage.

“Oh fuck…” Ariana mutters, “Kate it’s still bleeding!” She calls out.

The man bends down and pokes Ariana’s knee which has her flinch. “What happened to you girlie?” He asks.

“I fell down with the bike this morning sir.” Ariana says with a sad voice.

“Oh that was you? That was a nasty fall. Got a medkit?” He gets up and sticks his head inside the camper looking for Kate, who almost knees him in the face, coming out with the medkit.

“Get out of the way.” She pushes past the man to help Ariana.

“Let me fix her up, I used to be a medic in the army.” He motions at the medical gear.

Kate hesitates. She doesn’t like nosy guys and looks at Ariana who shrugs. Ariana wishes she’d never tried to use the bike seeing all this commotion around her now.

“Fine, but be careful…” Kate hands over the med kit and heads back inside to get tissues.

Without a word he turns and gets to work, peeling off the bandage Kate put on less than 30 minutes ago. “Too tight, wrong type. Should’ve used gauze.” He quietly criticizes Kate's handiwork.

Ariana looks at what he’s doing, grimacing every time he touches her knee.

“Oh that’s not too bad…” He says when the wound comes into view.

He throws the dirty bandage aside and makes an absorbing pad from gauze and rewraps Ariana’s knee. Immediately her pain lessens and the bandage sits comfortable on her leg now.

“Oh, that feels better already. Thanks!” She whispers, obvious relief in her voice.

The man smiles at her. “Now it won’t soak through and the rough bandage doesn’t rub and cause pain… I’m Ron by the way.” He holds out his hand.

“Ariana…” She weakly shakes his hand. “She’s Kate.”

He smiles, “I heard.”

Kate comes outside, “Need anything? Towels? Water?”

“No, it’s already done.” Ron says. “The bandage was way too tight, causing pain and blood to come through. It’s better like this.”

“Ehh, ok. Thanks.” She approaches the two, “I’m Kate, not a nurse.”

“Ron. Field medic, US Army, retired.” He finally introduces himself to her. “Over there, at our RV, there’s my wife, Judy.”

Kate looks at the RV a few spots over but doesn’t see anyone.

“Do you always welcome new people?” Ariana asks over her shoulder.

“Oh no, just Winnebago owners.” He smiles at her, turning his back to Kate. “They make the best RVs I believe. Ours is a Winnebago too.”

“Oh ok. Do you want a drink?” Ariana tries to sit up. She owes Ron at least that for his help.

“Stay sweetie I’ll get something, don’t exert yourself.” Kate pushes her down. “We have coca cola or fruit juice.” She offers Ron.

“Oh, ehh, that’s not necessary. But thanks!” Ron hesitates. On second thought he doesn’t like Kate much, her cold attitude is not very welcoming.

“I’ll have juice, Kate,” Ariana chirps. “And all the bacon… Remember I was cooking?”

“Yea yeah, I’ll finish it, do you want eggs too or something?” Kate asks.

“No, just bacon.” Ariana decides. And to Ron, “Kate is the best ever, she always takes such good care of me.”

Ron smiles and thinks of a way to make his escape. He needs to get to the bank and didn’t really plan on hanging around. “Alright then, well, I have to take care of some things. Cya around…” He announces.

And before Ariana can counter he gets up and leaves with a final wave. Kate comes back out with a pile of bacon and drinks for them both.

“So? How is it now?” She asks.

“What’s wrong Kate? You’re so moody…” Ariana looks questioningly at her.

“Yesterday you hated his voice and now you offer him drinks?” She grumbles.

“Oh don’t be jealous baby, look how good he bandaged my leg… It doesn’t hurt anymore, either.”

“Come here…” She beckons Kate closer and hugs her. “You’re always my supernurse you know?” She whispers in her ear.

“My super friend, and super lover, and super coworker and super everything!”

This flatters Kate enough that she leans into Ariana kissing her until they're out of breath. “I love you so much babe, but I wish you would be a bit more careful sometimes. You know? I hate to see you hurt.”

“You’re just scared you’ll lose me.” Ariana laughs at her serious face.

“Yes of-course! I don't want to be without you ever again…” Kate whispers.

The two sit quietly, eating bacon strips while looking at each other. Kate had wanted to use the bicycle to head into town for dinner. But with Ariana unable to walk properly they decide on another lazy afternoon and night at the camper.

Ariana enjoys the sun while reading her book. Kate catches up on her emails and things. She lets Chloe know that they’re getting somewhat close to Mexico and frowns at the one like she got on her instagram photo that she posted the day before.

She’ll never understand how some women get thousands of likes for posting similar photos as her but whatever cute and scenic shots she puts up are always ignored.

8 - The final stretch to Mexico

The next day Ariana feels a lot more mobile already. Her knee only hurts when something touches it very close to the wound.

She’s limping around trying to be useful with packing up and preparing for today's drive. Kate urges her to take it easy and threatens to tie her to the bed if she doesn’t listen. But Ariana doesn’t want to hear it and insists on helping.

Today Kate wants to get to Tucson at least, but if it’s not too late or tiresome she’ll go further. Around 8AM they’re ready to depart and Kate tells Ariana to wait in the passenger seat.

“Here hold these.” Kate hands Ariana her phone and a large bottle of coca cola. “Don’t move, ok?”

Ariana frowns as Kate disappears into the bedroom. Then there is a flash in front of her eyes and something tightens around her waist.

A faint ‘zzznntt’ sound and a plasticy click as Kate tightens the luggage strap around her lover, securing her to the seat.

“Woop! Gotcha!” Kate laughs, leaning over the backrest. “You’re on cola duty today.”

“Kaahaaate! Whyyyy?! I was going to sleep more.” Ariana whines, she’s not at all in the mood for bondage games.

“Shush girl or I’ll get the gag too.” Kate threatens.

Ariana quickly shuts up as people will be able to see her wearing a gag. A most unwelcome idea.

To add to Ariana’s helplessness Kate straps her ankles together and to the seat as well. And a final strap goes around her torso, above her breasts. Nothing too tight, but she’s now forced to sit upright and can’t move other than her arms and her head.

“I’ll escape!” Ariana grumbles.

“I doubt that sweetie,” Kate smirks. “You’re ready?”

“I guess…” Ariana says struggling in her bonds.

Kate takes her seat and once they’re on the smoother road she orders a coke from Ariana.

Back on the campsite, Ron, the medic, comes back from his morning walk carrying a large brisket. Intent to make another attempt to invite Kate and Ariana for a barbecue dinner. Thinking he can make friends with the strange couple after-all. Or at least with that cute asian girl, but he’s disappointed to see their camper gone.

Kate makes quick work of the road and speeds along the empty landscape towards Las Cruces, making chit-chat with her lover.

Ariana suddenly asks, “Do we have any weapons?”

“Huhwhat? No, why?” Kate replies.

“For in Mexico… Lot’s of banditos there apparently…” She holds up her phone showing a headline that american cars were being targeted near the border the day before.

“Where is that?” Kate looks all worried.

“In ehh, between Reynosa and Matamoros.” Ariana says.

“But where is that?” Kate asks again. “Where we are headed?”

“On the east coast.” Ariana says.

“Oh…” Relief sounding in Kate’s voice. “That’s not relevant right? Search for Tecate or Baja California instead.”

Some searching later Ariana comes with the worrying news that regularly all along the border foreigners are robbed or worse…

‘What are we getting into…’ Kate thinks frowning at the road ahead.

Ariana busies herself with watching videos of the Mexican army chasing down cartel cars and shooting at them at night and is more fascinated than scared. “Look Kate, it's like a war…” She holds up her phone again showing a video of a helmet camera of a soldier shooting a roof mounted machine gun at a car speeding by on the highway.

“And where is that?” Kate wonders. “East coast again?”

“Sonora? I think…” Ariana says. “5 years ago…”

“Crap…” Kate says under her breath. “Ehh, can you search for the safest place to enter Mexico?”

Ariana gets on it. Searching for news and border crossings. “Not Juarez… Not Nogales… No… Not here… No… Here, So-noy-ta,” comes the solution a few minutes later, “I think…”

"Why?" Kate wants to know.

"I see no news about it. So nothing happens there I guess." Ariana grins.

They enter Las Cruces around lunchtime and park near the McDonalds. There’s a supermarket and ice cream shop on the same lot too. High time to go over some border tactics and get lunch.

“Kate let me go please, I want ice cream.” Ariana looks longingly at her.

“I’ll get ice cream, you rest your leg.” Kate tells her.

“Kate! I want to walk and stretch my legs. I’m not a cripple.” She fumbles with her arms trying to reach the buckle behind the seat, not even coming close to touching it.

“But you are mine to keep.” Kate teases her with a smile. But she bends down and unclips the buckles. “Show me the border crossing before you go, ok?”

Ariana copies 'Sonoyta' into Telegram messenger so Kate can take a look. She's not sure what the worry is, they’re not Americans after all and the news only mentions them being bothered.

“Do you want ice cream too? Which one?” Ariana asks.

“Yea vanilla or something…” Kate says, staring at street view.

Ariana hangs over her back, “There’s no vanilla at Dairy Queen…”

“Chocolate then, just pick something.” Kate mumbles absentminded.

Ariana ‘hmms’ and bites her lover's ear. “I’ll be back…”

“What?” Kate says, but Ariana is already gone. Looking out the window she sees her lover walk across the parking lot.

A few minutes later she decides Sonoyta is indeed looking like a good place to enter Mexico. It’s a small town, so less queues, she assumes. And on the Mexico side she saw several army outposts along the way. In her mind that must mean it’s safe.

Ariana comes back with 2 large cups of ice cream with bits of Chocolate and Strawberry.

“Well? Found the route?” She asks with her mouth full.

Kate nods and shows her the revised plan. “They have fuel there? And campsites?”

Kate assumes so.

Having finished their ice creams, the women eat at McDonalds. Chicken nuggets for Ariana and a cheeseburger for Kate and they stock up at the supermarket after.

Ariana stows their shoppings in the cabinets and Kate continues driving. Around 5PM they pass through Tucson and Kate checks with Ariana what she’s doing.

Ariana is actually doing some work today, sitting in bed with her laptop. The starlink next to it.

“That works while driving?” Kate wonders.

“Not really, it’s constantly searching for the signal.” Ariana complains.

“Hey, it’s almost dinner time, but if you want we can drive a bit further.” Kate informs her.

Ariana shrugs, “Are we near Mexico yet?”

“Yea kinda, we’ve been close for a few hours.” Kate says, “But if we drive a bit more we can cross the border tomorrow.”

“Oh, then continue I suppose.” Ariana is immediately excited to finally get into Mexico.

Kate laughs, “You’re not scared at all huh? All that shooting and chaos?”

“No, I know you’ll protect me. It’ll be fine.” Ariana matter of factly says.

“Sweetie…” Kate sits next to her, “I’m not a superhero ok? If some asshole wants to rob us, it’s going to happen… I can’t stop that.”

“It’ll be fine.” Ariana seems to not want to hear about the potential dangers.

Kate sighs, “Alright, well, think about dinner ok? I don’t think there will be restaurants where we end up tonight.”

“Already planned baby. I’m making soup.” Ariana tells her with a smile.

Kate leans into Ariana, wrapping her arm around her shoulder thinking she’s so sure of Kate protecting her. It’s almost scary.

“I love you Ariana…” She whispers.

“Love you more…” Ariana leans her head against Kate’s. “I hate this internet today… It’s too slow.”

“Try again when we stop driving ok?” Kate suggests. “Maybe we’ll find a better internet spot.”

“Mmhm” Ariana agrees.

Kate heads for the bedroom door.

“Hey Kate!”

“Yes?” She looks over her shoulder. “What is it?”

“Nothing. You’re pretty.” Ariana grins at her.

Kate smiles and heads to the front.

That night they camp in a small town called ‘Why’. Not bothering with a campsite they park near a gas station. Kate maneuvers the camper to the edge of the open lot next to some bushes and calls it a day. She drove for almost 12 hours today.

“Tooooo much driving”, she declares with a big yawn.

Ariana makes a late dinner with tomato soup and toast. And soon they’re soundly asleep. Tomorrow they’ll head south and into Mexico.

9 - The real adventure begins

The next morning Kate wakes early from the noise of trucks. Peeking outside she sees they’re surrounded by big semi trucks.

Bending down she kisses her lover on the cheek, Ariana is still vast asleep and only stirs. Getting out of bed trying to not wake her lover she heads to the kitchen and makes tea. In just her panties she sits at the dining table with her legs pulled up and leans against the wall looking outside through a little gap in the blinds.

‘Everything is brown and dusty and bland’ She thinks. It’s interesting and boring at the same time.

Finishing her tea she has a silly idea and heads into the bedroom where Ariana is still asleep. From her little bedside drawer she grabs the remote vibrator and slips it into Ariana’s panties so it rests on her vagina. She then straps her wrists together with the leather cuffs and attaches it to the bed’s headboard.

After that she gets dressed, just a simple tank-top with no bra and a pair of shorts. And heads for the convenience store for a last look at American civilization.

As she clicks the door shut she presses 1 on the vibrator app on her phone, smirking at how Ariana would moan in her sleep and heads for the store.

Reacting to the vibrator, Ariana ‘mmmm’s in her sleep with a blissful smile on her face.

“Yes Kate…” She mumbles into the empty room.

As Kate enters the store she presses 3 in her app and pockets her phone.

Ariana moans in response with a loud “oomph”, her eyes shoot open.

“Fuuuuck…” She groans, feeling the medium strong vibrations on her crotch. Making fists with her hands as if she’s grabbing something.

In the store Kate is advised that she can exchange US dollars for pesos there. When she asks if she can’t use her card in Mexico she gets a smirk and condescending answer that Mexico is ‘of-course’ a mostly cash country.

“No need to be rude…” Kate argues. “Do you take Canadian?”

“Oh you’re not even American?” The woman behind the counter grumbles.

Kate sighs, “Never mind, does the ATM work?” She points at the machine in the corner.

“Did Yesterday.”

Kate presses 4 in her app and starts pressing buttons on the ATM machine to see if it works.

Ariana squeals as the vibrations increase and lies helplessly in bed enduring her torture wondering where Kate is. In the store the ATM turns on and Kate gets some US dollars from it. Which she exchanges at the counter for Mexican pesos. Pleased with that she presses 2 in her app and collects a load of chocolate bars. A bag of croissants and 2 cinnamon rolls.

The more she puts on the counter to buy, the friendlier the store clerk gets.

Just as Kate steps outside, Ariana shudders and with a “oooohmm’ an orgasm rolls over her. Prolonged by the continued vibrations.

When Kate reaches the door of the camper she presses 8 in the vibrator app and opens the door. Just in time to hear Ariana scream.

A 2nd orgasm crashes over Ariana, she arches her back and curls her toes as the orgasm rampages through her. Kate laughs as she hears the loud yelp and quickly turns the vibrator off. Putting her shopping on the table and checks on Ariana.

“Morning babe!” She casually announces her arrival.

“Kate!” Ariana pants, “What the fuck?”

Kate laughs at her bewildered look. “Had a nice dream?”

“I didn’t know you brought the vibrator.”

Kate simply smiles at her.

Ariana tugs on her restraints and bucks her hips in an attempt to escape.

Kate strokes her face and hugs her tightly. “Did you sleep ok?”

“It was OK. Until you turned the vibrator all the way up.” Ariana whispers into Kate’s shoulder.

Kate laughs heartily at that. “Oh you’re such a good submissive sometimes…” Kate gives her the questionable compliment. “Silly, how was it? I changed the intensity many times. Did you feel that?”

“I did…” Ariana whispers. “Where were you?”

“In the store… I never knew the signal went that far.” Kate smiles.

Ariana says nothing and stares at the ceiling. “I’m hungry…” She announces after a few moments.

“I got breakfast, go freshen up.” Kate tells her as she unclips the cuffs from the wall. “Jam or cheese?” She asks, looking at Ariana’s butt as she gets up.

Soon they sit eating crummy old croissants with jam, with a kit kat each for dessert.

Ariana’s leg is healing well and she doesn’t limp anymore. The scrape has dried up nicely and no longer needs a bandage.

When they’re about done Ariana has a clever idea, to bring a bat as a weapon. She pulls Kate along to the convenience store where they find a wooden baseball bat.

Playfully swinging it at Kate she almost knocks over a rack with maps. “See, we’ll kill anyone who tries to ruin our fun!” She assures her.

Kate thinks that won’t protect them much but admits that having something of a weapon might come in handy. If for no other reason than to scare rabid dogs away or something.

The shop lady overhears Ariana and tells them that hairspray or deodorant can work as a sort of pepper spray. Hoping the women will buy some of her overpriced ones. But Kate thinks the bat is enough for now.

They fuel up at the gas station and they’re on their way south to the border soon after.

At the border there is a short queue of cars waiting to cross. But soon they’ve left the USA and Kate is trying to understand why she needs to pay a tip on the Mexican side. “Tip for what? We just got here…” She mumbles with a frustrated look, thinking the infamous Mexican corruption starts right at the border.

She doesn’t speak a word of Spanish and nobody seems to want to speak English.

A man overhears her and informs her that a TIP in this case is a temporary import permit for their vehicle, not a tip like you pay for service. And with that cleared up it goes fairly quickly. 2 tourist visas and a cursory inspection of the camper and half an hour later they’re on their way again. Kate figured they should stop in Puerto Penasco for the night, Their first beach location where they can swim in the Sea of Cortez.

It’s a short drive and they both agree that stopping to camp before lunch is a bit silly. So they decide to just take a break. Having parked, Ariana runs to the sea in her swimsuit but recoils from the ice cold water. And sits on the edge of the water pitying herself. Cold water is not part of the plan as she had been looking forward to swimming in nice warm water for a few days already. 

Kate meanwhile saunters after her looking curiously around at the big hotels. She’s carrying their towels and arrives at the water line a few minutes later.

“No swimming?” She pokes Ariana in her shoulder with her foot.

“You go…” Ariana says.

Kate frowns and tries the water. When she’s ankle deep she’s had enough. “Geez, that's colder than winter…” She pulls a face.

“Right? Isn’t this supposed to be tropical? What a sham!” Ariana complains.

Kate laughs at her sad wife. “But it’s northern Mexico… I’m sure it’s better down south. Come, I want fish, let’s get something to eat.”

She pulls Ariana to her feet and the two head hand in hand for a restaurant that overlooks the beach.

After their lunch they fuel up again and head west. Following the coast. Ariana finally sees her first ever sandy desert and thinks it looks just like the Sahara desert.

But then Kate brakes hard and stops 10 meters in front of a heap of sand that blocks most of the road.

“I guess that’s what those signs were for?” Kate thinks.

They passed some big warning signs with a drawing of wind and a bump on it along with a warning in Spanish a few kilometers back.

Ariana gets out of the camper and scouts ahead. About half a lane is usable so she motions for Kate to follow her in the camper. 50 meters down the road there is no more sand blocking the road.

Kate leaves Ariana in the dust and with a roaring engine she plows through the last 20 meters.

Ariana sees Kate take off and shouts after her, “Hey!”

Kate sees her distress and grins, parking the camper just past the sanded area and gets out herself.

Ariana comes running and crashes into Kate who catches her in her arms. “Oh, there you are. I knew I forgot something…” Kate laughs.

“Not funny Kate!” Ariana slaps Kate’s arm.

They hug for a few moments and decide to climb a dune so they can see the desert better. Hand in hand they start the trek but halfway up the 30 meter incline they give up. The loose sand is very hot and difficult to walk on.

Kate takes a picture of the camper from up there, which looks all dramatic surrounded by sand and the almost blocked road behind it.

“Whoa, there is nothing here, anywhere…” She hears Ariana. “See? No towers, no trees, no high things. Just sand…”

Kate looks around and sees no sign of civilization other than the road. Not having seen a car since they left Puerto Penasco she realizes they’re very much alone.

“Surely someone is out here…” She imagines.

“No Kate, it’s just us.” Ariana giggles, “Or do you see someone?”

“If you’re so sure, I dare you to walk back without your top on.” Kate laughs.

“Pfft!” Ariana snorts. “You do it…” She dares Kate back.

“Sure, watch me!” Kate casually says and pulls her shirt over her head and starts to walk down.

“Hey cheater, bra too!” Ariana giggles.

Kate throws her shirt and bra at Ariana and continues her way down.

When she’s halfway down a car races by, barely slowing down for the sand on the road. The driver honks at the girls with a huge grin on his face and Kate sprints to get to cover.

“Oh fucking hell!” She shouts at Ariana. “The one car we see today and it’s now? Unbelievable!”

Ariana can’t stop laughing at Kate’s angry face. And rushes inside smacking the door shut behind her.

“Hey!” She hears from outside. “Let me in!” Kate demands.

“What’s the password?” Ariana wants to know.

“Ariana, please, what if someone sees me…” Kate pleads.

“Passwooohoord…” Ariana demands with a giggle.

“Urgh! There is no password!” Kate has no idea what the password would be, should there be one, and pulls on the door again, which opens without resistance.

Rolling her eyes she steps inside and finds her shirt on the table next to the door. Ariana is pouring drinks for them.

“Let’s go find a town huh?” Ariana suggests, is there one nearby?

According to the GPS there isn’t, the next town is several hours away.

Looking at the sun Kate decides they should continue right away and try to reach it before dark.

That afternoon they roll up to a small village called El Golfo de Santa Clara and are surprised by the basicness of it all.

Not sure what to do, they clog up the gas station for a good while, while trying to decide where to stay for the night. Not seeing anything they like.

“This is very different from where we were before.” Kate grumbles.

Ultimately Ariana doesn’t care much and just wants to make camp on a beach nearby. Who cares if the town looks like crap.

“What’s a ‘Mirador’?” Kate wants to know. Signs keep pointing at the sea with the word Mirador on it. Ariana looks it up and learns it’s a viewpoint.

Driving there they find a bit of a developed area with a small boardwalk and touristy letters spelling the name of the town.

Kate smirks, “What tourist would want to take their picture here.”

“We do!” Ariana says, “Put the camper there and we’ll take a picture at every sign we see, in every town.”

Kate maneuvers the camper to be somewhat in front of the letter sign, blocking the road and they take their pictures.

Cruising the town they discover a beach with a restaurant near it on the other side and Kate decides to take a rest here. Parking the Adventure Home on solid looking sand with the door pointing at the sea.

“Beach life… Activated!” She declares. Minutes later they run to the sea and without thinking Ariana jumps in, splashing flat on her face into the freezing water.

Kate is a bit more careful and wades in, knee deep.

When Ariana comes up cursing the cold water she grabs onto Kate and tries to pull her down but Kate stands firm.

“It’s so cold everywhere Kate, whyyy?” Ariana whines, but Kate doesn’t know. They huddle under a towel sitting on the edge of the water staring across it. Kate sits between Ariana’s legs in front of her.

“There are mountains on the horizon, look…” Kate points at a few blurry black shapes across the water. “Maybe in a few days we’ll sit there and point this way.”

“That’s Mexico too?” Ariana wonders.

“Probably.” Kate thinks.

Ariana leans her head against Kate’s shoulder roaming her hand over her back. “Whoops!” She makes a surprised noise as she unsnaps Kate’s bikini strap in the back.

“Ariana! Behave.” Kate tenses up, but under the towel nobody can see what’s happening.

“Oh Kate, nobody is here.” Ariana leans in for a kiss on her lover's neck and fondles her breasts.

Kate softly ‘mmm’s’ enjoying the touch.

“See? You like it.” Ariana laughs while gently pinching her hard nipples.

Kate says nothing and with a quiet moan leans into Ariana until she’s flat on her back, she then turns around and kisses Ariana passionately.

The women start making love on the beach and for a few moments they forget the world around them. But when a car drives past them less than 100 meters away they snap back to reality, remembering they’re right next to a town.

“Come!” Kate hushes and they hurry to the camper to continue their love making.

10 - Heading south

That evening Kate makes Ariana wear her steel collar. Ariana doesn’t really mind, but once more notices she’s not in the mood for it.

“Kate, what does it mean? Every time we do something with bondage I find I don’t really want it…” Ariana sounds worried.

“What do you mean sweetie?” Kate wonders.

“Well, like now, you put on the collar and I used to find it exciting. To submit or whatever. But lately not so.” Ariana explains.

“Oh…” Kate says while putting away the screwdriver.

Kate had already noticed a reluctance from Ariana for a long time. Less sex, less kinky stuff. Ever since they experimented with mummification and Kate had a bit of a breakdown over Ariana’s overindulgence into it.

“Just like a few days ago when you tied me to the car seat. It’s like I’m never in the mood for it.” Ariana continues.

“Maybe you’re growing out of it?” Kate suggests. “You’re turning into boring me…”

“You’re not boring…” Ariana counters.

“So, should I remove the collar?” Kate tries. She kinda prefers their more vanilla life anyway.

“Dunno, what do you think?” Ariana wants to know.

“Honestly… It’s kinda fun sometimes, but mostly because it makes you happy. But if you leave the choice to me I don’t care for it all that much.” Kate says, “You know what…”

“Yea ok…” Ariana sighs. “But you like being the boss right?”

“Yea, true…” Kate agrees, “But I also think we don’t really need bondage for that. I mean, it's fun sometimes, but if you just follow my lead and we do things together. Like we’re doing on this trip… That’s good enough for me. You know?”

Ariana nods. “Maybe we did too much?”

Kate shrugs, “Don’t worry about it ok? We’ll do something kinky sometimes… Or not… Just as we want. I’ll think of some things too and we’ll see how it goes.”

Kate feels that making Ariana wear the collar while she’s not into it is an unnecessary burden and removes it before they fall asleep.

The next day Kate sleeps until late in the morning. Ariana is already up and about. She made a simple breakfast for Kate and went exploring along the beach. Wearing her swimsuit and jeans shorts she borrowed from Kate. She saunters along the water looking at a few birds and wonders how a desert can be right on the edge of a sea.

A couple of fishermen in the distance wave at her. She waves back shouting “Olaa!” at them. It’s pretty much the only Spanish word she knows other than ‘Si’ and ‘Gracias’.

Around 10AM Kate wakes up and reaches for Ariana, but she’s alone. Sitting up with a sleepy head she instantly misses her lover. Minutes later she stumbles out of the bedroom wishing Ariana a good morning. But she isn’t in the living area either.

A nicely made up plate with a cheese and cucumber sandwich and a fried sausage with a glass of orange juice awaits her on the table though.

Smiling at the simple gesture Kate heads outside to sit in the morning sun with her food.

In the distance a small person is walking around, ‘Maybe that’s Ariana?’ She thinks. Sitting in the sand, leaning against the wheel of the camper she eats her breakfast and enjoys the view. Nice and quiet.

Ariana returns an hour or so later, she has found some shells.

Kate has put chairs out and extended the awning and now sits under it reading her book. And Ariana quietly joins her. “Hey…” She simply says.

Kate reaches out and holds her hand, “Hey babe. Went for a walk? How was it?”

“It’s so peaceful here. I like it.” Ariana says.

Kate thinks so too, nobody bothered her all morning. Thinking back about some of the restrictions on where to park or what to do while they were in the USA. It’s nice here, like nobody cares what anyone does.

“How is the town?” She wants to know.

“Super boring…” Ariana assures her. “I’m not sure why anyone lives here… There is nothing to do. Not even a supermarket.”

Kate laughs and imagines that maybe everyone is escaping city life.

They spend a lazy afternoon on the beach and finish it off by eating tacos in the nearby restaurant.

Back in the camper they lie in bed, “Hey, about before,” Kate starts. “Do you really not enjoy bondage anymore?”

“I don’t know Kate. Why?”

“Weeeelll, I thought about what you said, maybe you’re too willing… And eh, maybe you need to be forced? Remember you like to be helpless.” Kate explains.

“Forced? Hmm… I don't think so.” But Ariana has no good answer to that.

The next day the women pack up and head further west into Baja California. On the state border they encounter their first military checkpoint which has Kate all anxious. She saw these places on the map and thought it’d be safe. But seeing all the guns and fortifications, it doesn’t inspire safety.

A dozen or so soldiers loiter around, all in full combat gear. A humvee is parked with a massive machine gun on the roof that points straight at them. It’s unmanned, but still. There are 2 cars in line before them.

Look Kate, they have sandbag forts. Ariana is fascinated with the whole setup and doesn’t look worried at all. More excited.

When it’s their turn a few minutes later a soldier motions for them to move up and stop under a covered area.

“Pretend we don’t speak spanish and they’ll let us through…” Ariana assures her. 

She read that online.

“There’s no pretending, we do not speak spanish…” Kate hisses back.

Ariana giggles and tells her to relax.

The soldier who gestured at them looks through the windshield and Kate forces a smile. And Ariana yells “Olaaa!” through the open window with a wave.

A brief smile and a moment later they’re let through. Kate stomps on the accelerator and they boink over the speed bumps.

Ariana laughs at her, “You’d make a terrible smuggler!”

“I just don’t like guns pointing at me…” Kate mumbles, feeling uncomfortable.

Kate navigates the road swerving over both lanes trying to avoid the sometimes knee deep potholes and they drive all morning to the west until the road ends on a T-junction.

“Left!” Ariana knows.

Kate checks the GPS and turns left, “Well, it’ll be this road for the next 1500 kilometers I guess…” She traces her finger over the GPS screen.

Ariana is excited to see the landscape and leans out of the window. “It looks like mars!” She yells at Kate against the wind.

Kate hears something like ‘Shook my arse’ and reaches over the center console she pinches Ariana’s butt which gets her a surprised squeal in return.

When Ariana pulls her head inside and sits straight she grins at Kate. “Don’t you think?” She asks.

“Think what?” Kate wants to know with a smirk.

“It looks like Mars here… No?”

“Yea I guess, but isn’t Mars red?” Kate inquires.

“I’m sure it’s similar to here.” Ariana thinks.

They continue through the desolate landscape briefly stopping once to look at the mountains a few kilometers from the road. Kate worries for fuel and asks Ariana to check where the next town is but there is no cellular signal so Maps doesn’t load.

According to the GPS there is a town called San Felipe, almost 100 kilometers ahead. Ariana informs Kate after some fidgeting with the screen.

“And a fuel station?” Kate inquires.

“Mmmm, 2 I think, in town.”

Kate ‘hmm’s’ and looks at the fuel indicator which suggests they only have 83 kilometers of fuel left.

“Should have gotten fuel…” She grumbles to herself.

Ariana doesn’t care much and thinks it’s an adventure after all. If anything it’ll be exciting to get stranded.

30 kilometers before San Felipe there is another military checkpoint. These guys aren’t so easy on the girls and ask where they’re going and if they have drugs or weapons in the vehicle.

Both of them stare at the soldiers not getting what they’re asking. After some back and forth where Kate just repeats they don’t speak Spanish and when she points in the direction of San Felipe the soldier gives up and waves them through.

“See, it works!” Ariana declares victory, “Just be dumb and they give up.”

Kate thinks they just got lucky.

With a sputtering engine, running on fumes they coast into town and they come to a stop on the incline into the gas station.

“Nononono! C’mooooon, 5 meters more!” Kate whines. But the engine shuts off and doesn’t start anymore.

They’re ‘stranded’.

The fuel pump attendant gestures for them to come in and Ariana yells out the window, “No more fuel! Heeeelp!”

The men laugh at the silly gringos and 10 minutes later they’re properly situated at a fuel pump. The attendant had poured a liter bottle with fuel in the tank and is now filling it up further.

Kate instructs Ariana to locate the next fuel station so they can plan ahead a little and she is now keeping an eye on what’s going on around the camper.

One attendant is checking the air in the tires. Another is wiping the windshield. And Kate doesn’t know how to politely refuse all this service as nobody seems to speak English.

Ariana marks all fuel stations she can find, and looks for a place to stay for the night. There are some RV parks along the beach. Sneaking up on Kate, from behind she grabs her lover around her waist and rests her head against her shoulder blades. “Booo!” She hushes.

Kate flinches but recognizes Ariana and relaxes again. “I guess they all want money now?” She wonders.

Ariana looks at what Kate means and looking around her lover’s arm sees the men work on the camper. “Yep. A dollar each at least…” She knows.

“I hate tipping for unwanted services,” Kate grumbles.

Ariana squeezes Kate, “Then stick a tip into me soon, huh…” she insinuates.

Kate smiles.

A few minutes and a handful of dollars later Ariana directs Kate to the RV park she picked. Simply picking the one with the biggest most colorful sign turned out to be a good choice and they get a nice spot right next to the beach. Kate lets out a deep sigh as she turns off the engine.

She’s exhausted.

Ariana hangs over the driver seat backrest and kisses Kate on her ear and neck.

“Let’s go eat grilled fish…” Is her suggestion for dinner.

11 - Beach day

The next day Ariana wakes up from a sensation on her legs. Opening her eyes slightly she sees Kate doing something on her feet.

“Kate… Hey.” She whispers trying to stretch her arms wide. She’s still very sleepy.

“Morning…” Kate replies with a grin finishing her bondage. She swipes a strand of hair behind her ear and looks at Ariana.

Ariana can’t stretch and fidgets for a few seconds before giving up. Her arms are stuck in a box-tie on her back. Her forearms are tied parallel to each other across her back and her upper arms are held to her sides with a simple luggage-strap around her torso, one just above and one just below her breasts.

It’s a simple tie, fairly comfortable and it renders her arms completely useless. She has never been tied like this.

Ariana helplessly alternates between making a fist and stretching her fingers. Testing her bondage.

“What are you doing baby?” She asks her lover.

“We’re going to the beach today.” Kate announces.

“Oh… Like this? What time is it?” Ariana wonders.

“Yea, don’t you worry. You’ll see. It’s almost 6AM.” Kate vaguely replies.

‘Damn, too early…’ Ariana yawns thinking with a sleepy head.

“Let me know when we go ok?” Ariana mumbles, closing her eyes. She assumes that Kate will let her free when it’s time.

Kate has other plans and smiles at her as she strokes her cheek, kissing Ariana on the nose. “I will, maybe…”

She then heads outside and steps onto the beach with a small shovel in her hand. And gets to work near the camper.

First she digs a small trench, about half a meter wide and deep. And one and a half meters long. The sand is soft and she can just scrape most of it out so it doesn't take too long. Next to the hole she plants a chair with her beach towel draped over it.

And finally she heads back inside to get Ariana who is vast asleep with her mouth agape.

‘Excellent…’ Kate smirks at her cute wife.

Very gently she scoops her from the bed with one arm across the back and the other under the knees and maneuvers out of the camper.

Ariana is oblivious to what’s happening when she’s laid down in the little trench. Kate props her up against the short end in a sort of reclined position and looks at her for a moment, considering if her idea is not too wild or stupid. But decides it’ll be fine and she slips the vibrator in Ariana’s panties and scoops sand back into the hole, covering her.

Soon only Ariana’s shoulders and head stick out from the sand. Her head leaning against a pile of sand in her back acting as a backrest. 

Kate smiles at her handiwork and makes a simple cereal breakfast and tea for herself, sitting in the chair next to Ariana with her book. The sun is coming up and it turns the morning sky orange. Kate enjoys the first rays of sunlight. The sunrise over the beach is quite beautiful. When the light hits Ariana she wrinkles her nose and wakes up with a snort and a moan. Confused, she looks around.

“Uhm…” She mumbles and quickly discovers she can’t move much.

Kate ruffles her hair, “Hey lover. Good morning!”

Looking up at Kate Ariana is unsure what to say. This is not how she thought her day would start. “What did you do?” She wants to know.

“Oh nothing much, I buried you. Don’t worry about it.” Kate assures her.

Ariana ‘hmmphs’ but says nothing. Under the sand she’s flexing her muscles but there isn't much movement at all with almost half a meter of sand on top of her and her legs tied together.

“I need to pee Kate.” Ariana announces.

“You’ll figure something out…” Kate grins without looking up from her book.

“But…” Ariana starts.

“It’s a beach sweetie, I’m sure nobody cares if you pee…” Kate interrupts her.

“But…” Ariana says again. “…that’s so dirty.”

Kate looks down and grins at her frown but says nothing.

Ariana sits quiet for a few moments looking around awkwardly. There are other people on the beach. Men working on little boats. Some guy is carting stuff around. And Kate expects her to just pee and sit in it?

‘Oh, fuck it…’ Ariana grumbles in her mind and relieves herself.

Kate notices her elated look, “See? Nobody cares…”

Ariana looks at her helplessly, not sure if she enjoys this weird game.

“You’re so weird Kate!” Ariana accuses her. Followed by, “I’m hungry. Can I have some toast?”

“Sure, anything you need.”

“With jam and orange juice?” Ariana updates her order.

“Yeah, cereal too? Or tea? I made tea…” Kate offers.

“Oh, Toast and tea is fine.” Ariana changes her mind.

Kate puts her book down and heads inside while Ariana looks nervously around. Nobody is paying attention to her at all. But she feels watched anyway.

Suddenly the vibrator starts on a low hum and Ariana shrieks in surprise.

“Kate!” She calls out. “People can see me you knohooow…” Her voice pitches up as Kate momentarily increases the vibrations.

Kate doesn’t respond and returns some 5 minutes later with a few slices of toast covered in Jam and a hot cup of tea. She sits down on the sand that covers Ariana’s legs.

“Here, open wide… Here comes the airplane.”

And she mimics the sound of an engine as the toast ‘flies’ into Ariana’s mouth.

“I’m not a baby Kate!” Ariana refuses. “And please turn off the vibrator, please…”

“Fine, fine…” Kate sniggers and feeds her her toast in silence. But the vibrator keeps buzzing away on its lowest setting.

The last big bite she sticks between her own lips and bends down for Ariana to bite on it from the other end. They stare into each other’s eyes as Kate lets go of the toast.

Ariana devours the last bit of toast and enjoys the sweet taste. She loves strawberry jam.

“Good girl…” Kate compliments her with a kiss on her lips.

Then Kate has her drink her cup of tea through a straw and with that, breakfast is finished.

“Now work on your tan OK?” Kate instructs her. “I’ll be right there if you need anything.” She points at the chair and moments later sits down with her laptop on her lap. Tapping furiously on it trying to do some work.

Ariana sits quiet for a while enjoying the scenery. If not for that damn vibrator distracting her it would be so relaxing to be stuck here. The water looks nice and blue, there are some dark colored hills to the left. The town is to the right, she remembers, but it's hidden behind a curve in the beach.

“How will you let me out when there are people nearby?” She asks Kate after a while.

“I guess we’ll wait until it's dark.” Kate grins.

Ariana is not looking forward to sitting tied up in the sand for more than 12 hours. Much less so with the vibrator teasing her. She sits simmering in her ever growing horniness for a minute.

“Need help with your work?” She asks next.

“No, I’ve got it.” Kate declines.

Ariana lets her head rest against the sand in her back, thinking about something she can do. But all she can do is sit there, exist and endure the vibrator. She feels useless… And after a while she’s simply bored.

“I’m bored Kate…” Ariana says. “Isn’t there anything I can do?”

“If you can, you can do the dishes.” Kate suggests. "Or go for a swim… Oooor read a book."

Ariana ‘hmmms’. She wiggles in the sand trying to get out but there is no leverage.

“And eh, shouldn’t I work too?”

“Yea, if you can type with your nose…” Kate smirks at her.

“Never mind…” Ariana gives up. She knows Kate, whatever she says will get her a silly response.

A little while later Kate takes a break from her work and sits on Ariana’s sandy lap tickling her ear and nose while increasing the vibrations.

“Kate, no…” Ariana giggles. Jerking her head left and right trying to avoid Kate’s fingers.

But Kate has no trouble tickling and teasing her and finishes with a sloppy kiss on her lips. Ariana is a panting mess, taking short breaths having exerted herself, but the vibrator is taking its toll as well. It’s keeping her on edge and drives her nuts. 

Kate meanwhile sits on her and rests her head on her shoulder. “You’re so sweet today. And comfy… I love it.” 

Ariana grimaces and they look at the water for a bit while making small talk about Mexico and how they love each other.

“Turn off the vibrator please…” Ariana’s voice trembles.

But Kate ignores her and just keeps talking about mundane things. Moments later Ariana tenses up as her forced orgasm overwhelms her. She tries very hard not to show it but she can’t help but let out a slow moan. 

What’s worse, Kate ignores it and the vibrator continues its torture unabated.

Around lunchtime Kate suddenly decides it’s been enough. She turns off the vibrator and starts digging Ariana out. Leaning her forward in the trench Kate undoes her bondage and massages her arms.

“How do you feel?” She asks Ariana.

“I feel filthy… Sore. Tired. Hot.” Ariana complains, “I sat in my pee all day.”

“Oh, yea…” Kate already forgot about that. “Wait here. I’ll be right back.”

Ariana sits in her pit in her dirty tshirt and panties. Looking around nervously hoping nobody comes too close. But the beach seems deserted.

Kate returns wearing her swimsuit and drops Ariana’s on her head. She’s holding up a large beach towel as a shield. “Quick get changed, we’ll get you cleaned up in the sea.”

Kate shields her lover from the world as Ariana awkwardly switches her shirt and underwear for the swimsuit. A minute later Kate chases after a giggling Ariana as they run to the sea and plunge into the cold water without thinking.

“HRRRR!” Ariana grimaces. “So cold.”

Kate holds on to Ariana from behind her and rubs her vagina under water. “I’ll make you clean.”

Ariana is still feeling horny from the last 4 or so hours and immediately gives in to Kate’s advances. But she’s scared to show it in public.

“Kate… Everyone can see us.” She hisses.

Kate ignores her worries and rubs Ariana’s crotch while groping her breasts with her other hand. 

“I love you babe. So so much.” Is all she has to say while enjoying touching her. 

They sit in the knee deep water as Ariana gives up trying to be decent and leans into Kate with her eyes closed. Letting out a stifled moan as she orgasms soon after. 

“ohmmnoooo, yes! I love you Kate!” She mumbles. “You’re amazing every day!”

“Not as amazing as you sweetie.” Kate whispers back.

They stay in San Felipe for a few more days and when they think they’ve seen everything they head further south.

Desert beach

On the day of departure the women stock up on groceries, water and fuel and head south. Kate has entered a few beaches to check out on the GPS.

The next town is over 8 hours away. Kate thinks Baja California is a lonely place to get lost in.

Ariana loves the idea of not having people nearby, she has been pretty much a recluse for years and thinks most people suck anyway. But Kate likes to be more social, or at least to see people.

They’ve been driving for a few hours when Kate turns into the path to a beach Ariana had picked as their next stop. She slowly leaves the pavement and steers onto the dirt road, but as soon as the tires leave the asphalt they sink into the sand.

Standing next to the front left wheel they stare at it. “What the hell!” Kate sighs. They never anticipated getting stuck.

“So what now? We dig the sand away?” Ariana wants to know.

“Yea I guess, but I’ll try to back up first.” Is her idea, “You can push if you want…” Kate smirks.

“OK!” Ariana leans on the hood of the camper.

Kate laughs at her, “Silly, as if you could even move this thing… Come, watch for traffic and I’ll see if I can reverse.”

Ariana sticks out her tongue and stands on the road to watch for the occasional traffic they’d been encountering.

Luckily for the women the rear wheels are still on solid ground and Kate can back out on the 3rd attempt.

“Well, that went well.” Kate looks happy. “But I guess we need a tank to get to that beach.”

10 minutes further along the main road, a tiny fuel station appears. It appears to only sell gasoline and no diesel. More importantly, behind it is a decent road supposedly heading to the coast.

A little supermarket and restaurant are located opposite the T-junction.

“Try here Kate! Look, it’s a real road.” Ariana suggests.

Kate agrees with a “mmhm” and turns into the road, which isn’t actually paved but it’s pounded gravel. Good enough. At the end is indeed the sea with a bit of beach, and a campground full of Americans that seem to live there. Dozens of campers and caravans are littered around and by the looks of it they’ve been there for months or even years.

“Aww, that’s no fun… So many people.” Ariana stares at the busy area. There is music coming from 3 directions and kids and dogs are running around everywhere.

Off to the right it’s more quiet and they slowly drive in that direction and find an abandoned lot a little ways down the beach. An old shabby gate leans against a pole. Blocking half of the entrance.

“Guess we’ll make our own camping. Open the gate babe, we’ll take this place.”

Ariana jumps out and pulls the fence to the ground so Kate can drive over it onto the gravelly lot. Ariana walks ahead to check for sand and indicates that the rocky ground ends midway through the lot, so Kate stops there.

They have their almost private beach.

While Kate sets up camp for the day Ariana makes a late lunch and they sit under the awning looking at the nice azure water in the distance and the little waves hitting the coarse gravelly beach.

If they don’t look to the left and ignore what the people there are doing it’s like they’re the only ones here.

Ariana goes sunbathing and soon falls asleep, dreaming about Kate kissing her all over her body. And Kate heads out on the bicycle to see what the supermarket is all about and try to get an idea on if they’re actually allowed to stay on their lot.

Just as they reach the fence a patrol from the Guardia Nacional (A militarized police organization acting as the country's federal police force.) drives past and they all look approvingly at the cute blonde, one waves at her with a smile.

‘More police soldiers…’ Kate thinks. Not too happy to see the heavily armed men. They’re more interested in her and that she’s an attractive woman than that she might be trespassing and don’t seem to care that she's coming out of the gated lot. So that settles that.

Riding her bike she explores the area a bit. Enjoying her time alone. From the top of a low hill she gets the chance to overlook the area. The camper is tiny from up there. Then it’s back down and past the lot towards the busy campground. Just past it is what looks like an airstrip for small airplanes and a hotel or some kind of apartment building.

After riding the gravel road back to the highway she explores the supermarket which turns out to be a typical camping store not unlike those in Canada.

She buys a bag of charcoal, some skewers and a bag of marshmallows and heads back to Ariana.

Ariana meanwhile feels the sun beat down on her and thinks it’s too hot so she sets up the starlink and watches Youtube videos on her laptop under the awning while enjoying a cold drink.

The women stay a few days at the beach enjoying their marshmallows and the beach a lot. The water is a better temperature, too. Ariana finally enjoys swimming and goes every day.

When their food supply starts to run low on the 4th day they head out and continue their trek south. Not wanting to restock too much from the expensive store.

Learning to drive

Having driven for an hour and not having seen any other cars so far, Kate thinks this is as good a time as any to give some driving lessons.

“Hey Ariana? Do you still want to learn how to drive this thing?” She calls out to Ariana who is busy in the kitchen.

“Eh, you think it’s ok?” Comes the uncertain reply.

“I don’t think anyone in Mexico cares if you have a driver's license and there is nobody else on the road. So why not?” Kate says.

“Yea ok. But you’ll watch out for me, right?” Ariana is suddenly nervous, even though it was initially her idea to learn to drive. She had floated the idea on their previous trip.

Kate stops the camper and wants to get up but Ariana pushes her down and sits on her lap instead.

“So you can help me do it.” Ariana argues.

“Ehm, yea sure… Let’s try.” Kate hesitates.

Kate points out which pedal does what and where to look for the mirrors and things like that. Ariana then pushes the accelerator down and the adventure home roars and shoots forward.

“Whoooohooooo!” Ariana cheers. Almost steering them into the ditch before quickly correcting their course and ending up on the opposing lane.

Kate sighs inwardly.

“Hey! Be careful! Let go of the gas and slow down so you can regain control.” Kate sternly says.

Ariana lifts her foot and tries to measure how far she has to push it down to drive a normal speed but she can’t really get a feel for it.

“This is so weird, it’s too fast or too slow…” Ariana complains after a while. Her scooter is so much easier to control. The handy twist throttle works much better, she thinks.

“Just watch the speedometer, aim for 50 kilometers per hour for now… You don’t have to go full throttle.” Kate tells her. She then helps steer the camper in a straight line in their lane and pushes on Ariana’s foot on the gas pedal. The speedometer hovers around 50 km/h now.

“See? Just like this. Now hold it and go straight.” Kate instructs her.

This goes easier and soon Ariana only needs help in narrow turns where they work the pedals together so they slow down sufficiently.

“Kaahaate you said it’s easy… It’s not!” Ariana whines.

“But look!” Kate encourages her. “You’re doing it.”

“No I’m not… You do most of it!” Ariana rebukes and she lets go of the gas and they ride out their speed until the adventure home comes to a halt.

“Well?” Kate wants to know. “What do you think?”

“You can drive.” Ariana mumbles. “I don’t like it…”

Kate frowns at her for giving up so easily but says nothing and wraps her arms around her waist.

“Thanks for trying sweetie… Maybe try again another time?” She mumbles into Ariana’s back.

But Ariana refuses.

Kate continues on driving while Ariana goes to take a nap. Turning left on an unexpected T-Junction she again thinks this’ll be the one road until Cabo. A kilometer later she stomps on the brakes and they come to a halt with skidding tires. 10 or 20 meters in front of them a small tornado scoots over the road.

A panicked scream comes from the back as Ariana rolls out of bed. “Kate! What the fuck are you doing!? ?” Ariana shouts. A moment later she limps to the front rubbing her arm.

“Look! It's a tornado…” Kate shouts back. She’s looking fearful at the little whirlwind of sand. “It came right over the road.”

“Whoa, that’s so cool… I’ll take a selfie!” Ariana excitedly calls out.

Before Kate can stop her she’s out the side door and chases the little tornado of dust.

“Ariana! Come back, that’s dangerous!” Kate calls after her but Ariana is caught up in her little adventure and doesn’t hear it.

Before she can get a good shot, it dissipates and it’s gone moments later.

Kate parks the adventure home on a little siding 100 meters down the road and stretches her legs as she walks back to Ariana, the two meet somewhere in the middle.

Kate hugs her firmly. “Don’t run after tornados ok? That’s not safe.” She whispers at her.

“Yeah ok. I didn’t get a good picture anyway. Look…” Ariana holds up her phone showing a blur of black hair, half of her face and a brown smear in the background.

Walking back hand in hand they see more ‘tornadoes’ in the distance, they’re actually called dust devils but they don’t know that. Any spinny-wind-phenomenon is a tornado in their mind.

“Let's take a break here and drink cola.” Ariana suggests. She wants to watch the tornados some more.

“Yea sure.” Kate agrees, picking a spot with a big rock to sit on.

They sit each holding a big glass of cola. Waiting and watching for more dust devils.

“Do you miss home?” Ariana wants to know.

“Some days, yes.” Kate tells her. “You?”

Ariana shakes her head no. “Not really, but I like the shower at home more. And the bigger kitchen is better. And the internet is much much better.”

Kate smirks, thinking Ariana actually misses the comforts of home a lot if she has a list at the ready.

“So we turn around then?” Kate laughs. “Go home?”

“No…” Ariana simply says.

“Why not?”

“I like it here too. Our big adventure.” Ariana says, looking at Kate.

“Yeah ok, even if it’s less comfortable?” Kate says, sticking her tongue out at Ariana.

“Mmhm. It’s fun, right? And I like that you’re the leader and always know what to do.”

“Oh…” Kate reaches over to Ariana and rubs her leg. “But I’m the leader at home too, remember?”

“Yeah but it’s different.” Ariana stares in the distance, her energetic vibe from before seems to have disappeared completely.

Kate ‘hmm’s’ and playfully punches her shoulder. “Hey, cheer up OK? If you like it so much there is no need to be moody like this.”

“Actually I miss home, a lot…” Ariana admits after a few moments.

Kate says nothing and scoots closer to her lover so she can wrap her arm around her shoulders.

“I thought you like Mexico.” Kate worries.

“No, yea. It’s just different. I dunno. But I really want to see the beach in Cabo. The water there is so nice.”

“Well, that’s something to look forward to I guess.” Kate squeezes Ariana in her arm. “Come, let’s continue before it gets too late.”

As they continue their drive Kate argues with herself that she should have pushed harder to go to Nova Scotia or something, in familiar Canada. She likes her country with its forests and lakes. Plenty of adventure to be had there.

Without thinking Kate turns left again onto a smaller road and at the end of the day they end up in a little town called Bahia de Los Angeles.

Ariana drops in her seat and looks around. “Where are we?”

“The end of the world, it appears.” Kate looks around unimpressed with the basic town.

Driving through it they look around for a place to park but see nothing they like. Then the road kinda ends, turning into a gravelly path. Checking the GPS Kate finally realizes they’re not on the main road and that if they want to get further south they have to either drive back several hours to where she turned left from the main road, or follow the gravel path ahead and rejoin the main road after a few hundred kilometers.

“Oh, hell…” She grumbles and parks on an empty lot near a messy beach.

“What is this place Kate? It looks deserted.”

“I don’t know sweetie, I might have taken a wrong turn.” Kate sighs, she’s annoyed at herself for going the wrong way. She’s tired and wants to see trees.

“I’m going to lie down. Wake me when dinner is ready.” And without another word Kate disappears into the bedroom and is asleep moments later.

Ariana looks after her not sure why Kate is suddenly so grumpy and considers joining her for a moment. But she feels Kate wants to be alone. Instead she goes to check out their new location. On the next lot there is a mini-mart selling a few things. And behind it is the beach. Wandering along the shoreline she finds a fishing pier and a boat ramp. A few closed down restaurants are near it.

Kate meanwhile dreams of camping in a forest and chasing after squirrels.

Ariana has seen enough, she returns to the camper and locks up before joining Kate, who mumbles something unintelligible and pulls Ariana close. Later that night they wake up, having slept through dinner they’re both hungry. Kate feels a bit more cheerful but has come to the conclusion that she doesn’t like the landscape much. Boring browns and nothingness. It’s not her thing.

A short discussion turns up that Ariana thinks it’s fine and she actually likes the change of scenery. They talk about it while they make a simple dinner and sit next to the camper eating their last rice and sausages. Back inside, the women playfully chase after each other throughout the camper. Pinching noses and nipples when they can and finally they end up on their little couch hugging and kissing.

The next day Ariana sits in her seat with her collar around her neck. Her hands are balled up to a fist and Kate had wrapped a few strips of duct-tape around them. She had then slipped the vibrator in her panties on a low buzz. She was instructed to keep quiet until lunchtime.

The game is that every time Ariana mentions her predicament or complains about it Kate will extend her time with an hour.

Wanting to fuel up, the women soon discover that Bahia de Los Angeles has 2 fuel stations. Unfortunately, neither has fuel this morning. But with the promise of fuel on the main road Kate is now driving the almost 2 hours back there.

For the first half hour Ariana had paced back and forth through the camper like a caged animal pawing at her crotch trying to get rid of the vibrator but she can’t get a grip and now sits simmering in her seat trying hard not to utter a word.

She’s not enjoying herself. Kate is making smalltalk and pretends everything is normal, it drives Ariana mad. 

“So, how’s the trip so far?” Kate had asked.

“Ehh, fine…” Came Ariana’s simple answer.

“And what do you think of Mexico?”

“Yea, It’s also fine.”

“And the weather has been nice huh?” Kate would ask her mundane questions.

Ariana can’t stand it as Kate goes on and on and her answers become shorter and shorter. She has been leaning her head on the dashboard for the last 5 kilometers trying to ignore her vibrator and not mention her horny misery to Kate but it’s tough going. A low moan escapes her every few seconds.

Kate soon takes pity and stops the vehicle to help her lover. The game does nothing for Kate and clearly Ariana is not into it either.

“Come babe…” She grabs Ariana’s wrist and pulls her along and out of the camper. When they’re behind a few rocks Kate taps 4 on her phone and the vibrator can be heard buzzing in the silence of the desert.

Ariana shrieks and moans loudly trying to cover her mouth as she looks bewildered at Kate who grins at her. Tapping off.

A look of relief washes over poor Ariana but Kate isn’t done yet. She hugs the girl and whispers in her ear “Get naked.”

“Kate, no… Please.”

“You once said I could do whatever I wanted, even against your will.” Kate keeps whispering.

“No I didn’t.” Ariana rejects the questionable statement.

“You did, wheel you around the shopping center in a suitcase? Ring any bells?” Kate smiles.

“But then nobody sees me.” Ariana tries.

“There’s nobody here to see you either…”

Ariana has no answer for that and leans quietly into Kate’s embrace for a few moments.

“Fine… Have your fun. But I don’t want to do this.” Ariana resigns.

Kate grins and stares into her eyes as she slowly pulls Ariana’s shirt over her head. She then sucks on Ariana’s left nipple for a few moments.

A quiet ‘mmph’ escapes Ariana.

Kate goes further down and pulls her shorts and panties down, briefly stroking her vagina lips before sucking on them for a few moments. Ariana shudders and ‘mmmphs’ again. She’s finally getting into it, finding an out for her horniness.

“Are you sure you don’t want it?” Kate wants to know.

The vibrator falls in the sand as Kate continues her advances on her lover and moments later they sit making love in the sand, Kate her hands roaming over Ariana’s chest. Kneading her breasts.

“Oh Kate…” Ariana gasps, kissing her more eagerly.

Kate pulls Ariana closer so she sits between her legs with her back against her torso and she reaches around to grope her left boob and finger and rub Ariana with her other hand.

“Ooohmmmm” Ariana moans out loud now, she leans into Kate with her eyes closed. Her orgasm is nearing.

“Cum for me babe, cum, cum like you never did before…” Kate encourages her.

“Fuuuuuuuuck…” Ariana groans as her body tenses up and bucks in Kate’s hold. Moments later she goes limp and the girls sit in the sand. Ariana is panting heavily. Kate holds her like a teddy bear whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

“Sometimes I hate you Kate… But I love you also.” Ariana quietly says absentmindedly.

They sit like this for a few minutes, Ariana dreamily staring at the mountains in the distance. Her heart is racing and she tries to calm down. Their peace and quiet is interrupted by a short woop-woop of a siren from the road. A man shouts something that sounds like a hello or something similar.

“Quick get dressed.” Kate hisses as she scrambles to get up.

Ariana holds up her taped stumps looking worried. “How, Kate… Fuck!”

“Oh, shit…” Kate had forgotten about the tape and rips it off her hands causing Ariana to grimace.

“Here, shorts, shirt… Hurry.” She rushes Ariana.

“Here… Hello!” She calls out. Stepping around the rock formation.

4 officers of the Municipal Police turn to her with a questioning look.

“Buenas dias, ¿necesitas ayuda?” One of the men asks.

“No habalo Spanish.” Kate stammers. A bit overwhelmed by the police officer's appearance.

Ariana steps around the rock as well, she looks sweaty and disheveled and they both step forward toward the camper but the cops stop them.

“Inspeccion.” One says with a stern face.

“What?” Kate sounds alarmed.

2 policemen enter the camper and look around in the room while the other 2 keep an eye on the confused women.

Kate starts to protest but Ariana grabs her arm and squeezes. Like they usually do to warn each other of danger.

A couple of uncomfortable minutes later the cops come out with Kate’s wine bottle and their cans of coca cola and with a simple “Adios” they disappear in their car, into the direction of the coast.

“What the fuck was that about?!” Kate is dumbfounded.

“Corrupt cops.” Ariana mumbles.

“Quick, get in, we’re getting the fuck out of here!” Kate urges her. “And check everything, if they didn’t steal anything else.”

Ariana jumps into the camper. Their laptops and phones are still there. Loose change seems in place but their paper money is gone too. Almost four thousand pesos, or just over $250 Canadian Dollars, unaccounted for.

“Kate, just some money. But the rest is here I think.” Arian reports 15 minutes later.

Kate feels numb and is driving top speed, not paying attention to anything but the centerline of the road. At the end of the road where it meets the main road Kate races straight across the T-Junction without looking for traffic and comes to a halt with skidding tires in the gravelly parking lot of the abandoned gas station that’s there.

She sits a moment staring over the steering wheel and bursts into tears. Tension finally breaks and she can’t hold her emotions any longer.

Ariana is not sure what to do with that. Kate rarely breaks down like this. She worms her way onto Kate’s lap, jammed between her and the steering wheel and awkwardly hugs her wife.

“Kate, it’s ok… They’re gone…” She tries to calm her down but it’s not really working.

Kate cries for a good 10 minutes holding on to Ariana before she finally calms down and with a “Fuck this country!” she stares out of the window with a defeated look.

“Kate, it’s just some bad cops… Calm down.” Ariana hates today too, but doesn’t want to condemn Mexico for one bad police patrol. She places little kisses on Kate’s face and neck.

“And what? Who do we report this to?” Kate shouts over Ariana’s shoulder. Anger is taking over now.

“To them… Maybe?” Ariana points at a few Guardia Nacional patrol cars parked across the road.

“We don’t even speak the fucking language.” Kate rages on. “I wish we would have gone to Nova Scotia like I wanted all along!”

“That’s not fair baby.” Ariana says feeling Kate is trying to blame her for what happened.

“Yea and so what…” Kate starts to say but holds her tongue before she can say something mean to Ariana.

“What?” Ariana wants to know.

“Nothing…” Kate calms down and squeezes Ariana. “Vacations shouldn’t suck…” She finally says.

Kate parks the camper a bit better on the edge of the tiny sliver of civilization around the T-Junction and sits outside feeling angry at the world and all its injustices.

Ariana is upset with Kate for making her feel it’s her fault and she goes for a walk and takes a look at an abandoned gas station building. Maybe she can bring up the courage to talk to the soldiers and see what’s up. Maybe they can help. 

There isn’t much to do around here. There is a run down taco place, some guys selling fuel from barrels in their trucks and a tire repair shop.

Sitting on an old wheel, Ariana types sentences in her translation app, and practices what she would say to the Guardia Nacional soldiers. But finally decides to just show them the translated text and see what happens.

Writing the simple text: ‘Cops stole our wine and money. Please help.’

With a nervous “Hola” Ariana approaches the 2 pickup trucks and asks for help. One of the men reads her message and mutters something like “Puta Madre!” He points at the directions they came from. “En el carretera?” (On the road?)

Ariana nods.

He then turns to his colleagues, starting a heated discussion.

“Quanto? Much how?” Another soldier asks. He likes cute Ariana.

“Much, $250 dollar. But pesos.” Ariana says.

More heated discussion and finally he and 5 men drive off in the direction Kate and Ariana had come from.

“Espera aqui. We check.” The first soldier says with a reassuring smile.

Ariana nods, not sure what’s going to happen and points at her camper. “I’ll wait there. Ok?”

“Si! Claro.” Comes the simple acknowledgement.

“Thank you!” Ariana says, smiling at the soldiers and she heads back to Kate.

Kate had seen Ariana’s interaction from her spot at the camper and shakes her head. ‘What a waste of time…’ She thinks, having no trust for anything Mexican today.

“Kate! Kate! I think they’re going after them!” She calls out as she approaches the adventure home. “I think they want us to wait here. But I’m not sure.”

“That’s fine. I’m not in the mood to drive anyway.” Kate grumbles.

20 minutes later the other patrol car also heads into the direction they had come from and the girls are seemingly alone.

“See, waste of time. Now they’re all gone.” Kate scoffs.

“Just wait OK? We’ll continue tomorrow if nothing happens.”

“And the gas here? What a fucking joke.” Kate scoffs.

“You can buy fuel there and there…” Ariana points at the 2 trucks parked a little ways down the road.

“Oh…” Kate falls quiet.

Evening comes, and other than the occasional truck or car racing past not much happens.

Ariana sits outside and watches the orange sunset. Kate sits inside feeling sorry for herself for going on this dumb adventure. Being robbed, by police no less, hit her hard.

Later that evening the duo sits on their couch watching silly Youtube videos via Starlink as the blue and reds from a police car light up the area. Kate reaches for the bat but Ariana peeks outside and recognizes the white and black cars from the Guardia Nacional.

“It’s not the police Kate, relax.” She assures Kate. “Look, they’re white cars.”

A knock on the door and Ariana opens it. Looking outside she recognizes the 2 men she talked to before.

“Hey, ola.” She waves. Kate says nothing.

“Buenas noches!” One of them greets back.

“Did you find our money?” She asks.

“Si,” the man replies. “We find…” He holds up a plastic supermarket bag filled with money.

Ariana wants to reach for it but changes her mind. “Come inside…” She invites the soldier.

“Kate look! They found it!” She calls out to her.

Inside, Kate finally starts paying attention. Something good is happening. After some back and forth Kate is allowed to count the money and thinks it’s enough. About $20 is missing, but getting most of it back is good enough for now. She also notices that it’s not the same money as they had, there are lots of 20 and 50 peso bills while they they had a whole stack of 200 peso notes before.

Ariana types in her app and writes; ‘it’s almost everything!’ And smiles broadly at the men who nod.

They don’t want to hear about reports, no signatures, no nothing.

Kate shakes the hands of the men and keeps saying “Gracias, gracias!”

And with a “Al servirlos!” (At your service) They’re ready to depart. While mounting up on their vehicles they hear Ariana cheer from inside the camper.

Kate’s deceit

The next day Kate wakes up at the crack of dawn and feels a lot better. The worst of her negativity is gone. Ariana sleeps with a smile next to her, which pleases her even more. She stumbles outside in her sleeping shorts before realizing she’s basically naked in a parking lot.

Quickly stepping back inside she stretches with a groan and makes some tea. Today is going to be a good day, she promises herself. She made the decision to drive them straight back to the USA. A thought that fills her with joy and energy. Humming a quiet tune to herself she sits in her corner at the table staring outside through the crack in the curtain sipping hot tea.

‘Fucking sandpit!’ She thinks, another reason to get the hell out of here. She’s already looking forward to see trees and things she understands.

Getting dressed she looks at the fuel guys and their prices. One is setting up his car and a sign just as she walks past. At the little taco restaurant she orders 2 breakfasts with scrambled eggs, sausage and tortillas. 

Back at the camper Ariana is about to make breakfast.

“Goooood morning.” Kate announces, pressing a kiss on Ariana’s forehead.

“Hey Kate, feeling better today?”

“Yea lots, I’ve decided we’re going home. And I bought some breakfast, look.” Kate announces.

“Oh, nice. What did you get?”

“Egg and sausage. The only thing they have.” Kate smirks.

After eating and grinning at each other it’s time to go. They buy 20 cola bottles worth of diesel. Kate guesstimates it’ll be enough to reach the next real fuel station, which supposedly is about 250 km up the road, and off they go.

They’re headed north to Ensenada. A city close to the USA border. Ariana doesn’t seem to notice they’re heading the ‘wrong’ way.

Several hours later Kate gets her excitement of the day when they drive along a dry riverbed which is lined with thick bushes and some small trees.

“Ariana! Come look!” Kate yells to the back. “It’s an oasis!”

Kate is so excited to see green that she almost drives off the road. Swerving back onto the right lane she lets the camper ride out its speed and drives slowly along the green area.

Ariana comes to the front yawning. “Whaddup?”

“Look, trees, leaves! Color!” Kate excitedly points around her. They haven’t seen trees and bushes other than the odd palm tree or dried out shrubs for over 2 weeks.

Ariana shrugs and drops in her seat up front. “Yea ok, that’s nice.” She leans on the doorframe while looking outside. Continuing their journey Ariana is looking out of the window to the sky, thinking something is wrong with the position of the sun. In the late afternoon they enter a small farmers town called El Rosario and Ariana finally realizes they’re not heading south.

“Kate? Why is the sun behind us?” She asks innocently.

“Because we’re north of the equator sweetie.” Kate explains.

“Yes but, if we’re going south…” Ariana hesitates. “Shouldn’t it be in front of us?”

“We’re not heading south Ariana.” Kate says as if that explains everything.

“Oh…”

And then a few moments later. “You’re driving to America!?” She demands to know.

“I told you, we’re going home. Via a different route though.”

“You didn’t tell me! And what about Cabo?” Ariana sounds upset.

“We’ll fly there some time.” Kate promises, “I’m sick of Mexico, we’re going back to civilization.”

“Kate, what the fuck! Tell me if you make decisions like that! I want to see the beach in Cabo!” Ariana yells.

“We’ll go to LA instead, they have a beach there too… And then we’ll drive up to Portland or something and find our way home from there.” Kate calmly tells her. ‘And we’ll get rid of this camper and its hotels from here on out.’ She thinks.

But that’s a discussion for later.

Ariana gets up and bends over to Kate’s ear, “I hate you…” She whispers, and disappears into the bedroom slamming the sliding door shut.

“Ariana!” Kate calls after her, but there is no reply.

Coming around a sharp bend in the road she turns right, and then into the gas station that’s a 100 meters past it and parks on the back half of the lot.

“Ariana, hey, talk to me.” Kate calls out as she looks into the bedroom. But Ariana isn’t there. “What the…” She mutters.

Kate checks the shower and the toilet, but Ariana isn’t there either.

“Where the hell did she go?” Kate murmurs.

Kate is still trying to wrap her head around Ariana running away when she sticks her head out of the bedroom and sneers, “You can sleep on the couch tonight! I don’t want to see you for a while!” And with that Ariana smacks the door closed.

Kate stares at the closed door hearing it being locked and thinks she’s going insane. Ariana magically appearing and disappearing… How can that be?

Ariana had been on her knees next to the bed to pick up the phone charger, just as Kate looked through the door.

Leaning against the door Kate listens for clues as to what Ariana is doing but nothing is heard. “Hey Ariana, sweetie, I’m sorry if you’re upset but I told you this morning we’re going home and you said something like ‘oh nice’. Anyway, come out when you’re done being angry. I’ll be in the restaurant next door, I’ll wait for you with dinner.”

Getting no reply, Kate turns on her heels and goes to check out the restaurant. Seeing they have all kinds of wine she orders a glass, hoping Ariana will join her soon.

Ariana meanwhile sits in bed with her headphones in, typing angry messages to Lisa, Kate’s sister, looking for her support to make Kate change her mind. But Lisa just sends a silly meme of some guy throwing his arms in the air in a “oh well” gesture.

She’s not in the mood to mediate any kind of argument. Especially not when this is how she finds out the women are in Mexico and is now expected to help with something as trivial as a changed travel plan.

Looking in her phone's location sharing she sees that Kate is a 100 meters down the road and she sneaks out to make a quick dinner for herself, a fried egg with cheese on bread. She then spends her evening in bed watching movies while feeling betrayed.

Kate has a slightly better time, there is some music in the restaurant. Around 7PM she decides Ariana isn’t going to join her and orders spicy chicken with rice and tortillas. The food is excellent and affordable.

Over the evening she accepts several drinks from other travellers and eventually heads back to the camper on unsteady drunken feet.

Ariana is keenly aware of Kate returning. And when Kate drops next to her in bed stinking of alcohol, a silly revenge pops into her head.

When Kate stops moving, Ariana reaches for her collar and locks Kate to the bed with it. “You’re my hostage now…” She whispers to her sleeping wife. Ariana doesn’t know where the key is but she’s pretty sure it isn’t in the bedroom.

Stepping out for a drink she decides she doesn’t want to sleep next to Kate, she’s still angry, and makes her nest on the couch. Minutes later she falls asleep and dreams of keeping Kate tied to the bed for days and tickling her every day until she gives in and drives to Cabo.

The next morning Ariana wakes up with a start when a stroking sensation crosses her cheek. Her eyes shoot open and she looks up at Kate’s serious face.

“We need to talk, girl.” Kate says not too friendly.

“Kate, hey…” Ariana mumbles with a yawn. ‘How did she get free?’

“You found the key already?” She tries with a faint smile.

Sitting up she’s acutely aware of a chain clinking around her and the collar shifting around her neck. It would appear that she’s the hostage now.

“I’ve been thinking, Ariana. About us.” Kate starts.

“Kate, I, uh…” Ariana mumbles while inspecting the chain.

“Shut up!” Kate interupts her, “Let me speak.”

Ariana swallows nervously, not sure what Kate wants.

“Couple of things.“ Kate starts. “First, I told you before to never ever tie me up. This is the 3rd time, if I have to tell you again I’ll slap you.”

She looks menacing at Ariana.

“Second, you don’t get to hate me or dismiss me over a simple miscommunication.” Kate raises her finger shushing Ariana. “And third, do you have any idea how I feel? How much effort I put into this trip for you or what I’m going through? Did you ever stop and wonder how I’m doing?”

Kate looks very upset now.

“Ehh…” Ariana stammers, “I said I’m sorry, I just wanted to visit Cabo.”

“Yes, it’s always what you want isn’t it?” Kate explodes, “You know, I should just go home right now, it would be so easy. Just hop on a plane and I can be home in a few hours and enjoy my private time, and you and do whatever the fuck you want!” Kant rants on. “Go to fucking Cabo! Have your fun. And when you’re finally done being selfish maybe you can manage to consider my wellbeing?”

“What? What do you mean Kate?” Ariana looks fearful now. “You’re leaving me?”

Kate doesn’t reply to that and gets up and makes tea for herself. Ariana stares at the floor for a moment. When Kate comes into view again Ariana wants to follow her and hug her but she’s stuck on the couch with the short chain. She can’t go further than 2 steps.

“Kate. I… Don't leave me ok? Come here… I’m sorry, we’ll do whatever you want from now on. Right?” Ariana is on the brink of crying.

When Kate ignores her Ariana gets really upset.

“Fine, go home then if I’m such a bother to you. But then you’re the selfish one.” Ariana quietly says.

Kate keeps ignoring her and stares out of the window.

“KATE! FUCKING LEAVE AND GO HOME!” Ariana shouts across the room and she rattles her chain.

“Don’t be stupid, you can’t even drive this thing! Who do you go to for help if not me?” Kate wonders.

“What do you care? I’m just ruining everything for you, right? Do you hear yourself? You’re the selfish dickhead here! Not me!” Ariana yells at her.

“So if you really think that then just leave so you can be happy…” Ariana bursts out in tears and sits sobbing on the floor.

‘Jesus Christ, what a day, and it’s not even 7am…’ Kate thinks. Their argument is not going at all like she expected. Ariana usually is much more agreeable and compliant but now it sounds like they’re about to get a divorce.

Kate finishes her tea and asserts herself, standing tall in front of Ariana. Towering over her and says, “I’m not leaving. Now shut up and stop acting like a child or you’ll stay there on the couch for the remainder of the trip.”

“WHAT?!” Ariana snaps at her. “I’m your prisoner now?”

“You’re my wife Ariana, you should know better than to think that I would abandon you.” Kate argues.

“But I always do what you want. Why are you like this?” Ariana whines.

“Except when you don’t…” Kate informs her. “YOU insisted on going to Mexico, against my better judgment. YOU always want stupid kinky sex, again against my better judgement. YOU always want to stay home. And if it’s not something you want, it’s something you cause! YOU lost your scooter and I had to fix it because you didn’t care enough to even tell me. YOU made me lose 2 of my jobs that actually had a future. YOU always need help or whatever after you screw something up. YOU, YOU always YOU!”

She takes a deep breath, “When did you ever have to fix my ex boyfriends, or have anything to worry about except what’s for dinner? Well?”

Kate is relentless in her attack and in her anger doesn’t really think about what she’s saying.

“Oh fuck you Kate!” Ariana punches at Kate’s shin, “You really need to check yourself!” She defends herself. “You quit your jobs, without even telling me beforehand, you just did that on your own. And I helped you many times, with your dad, with your burnout, with your work… You usually like our sex… I think. And I gave up my life for you, my routines, my, my…”

“Your life?” Kate interupts her, and scoffs, “That empty existence of misery you always complained about? Without me you’d probably have killed yourself or ended up as some guy's doormat… Is that what you want?”

“Ohhh you! That’s so not fair!” Ariana balls her fists in helpless anger. She knows full well what Kate did for her over the last 4 years.

“Fine!” Ariana growls, crossing her arms. “Then I’m not talking to you anymore.”

“Whatever…” Kate casually retorts as if she’s glad.

They both sit staring angrily out the window for a few minutes, the tension so thick you couldn’t even cut it with a knife.

Heading home

The morning passes very slowly. Kate had gotten dressed and cleaned up around the camper a little while ago. She then hopped behind the wheel and they’ve been driving for the better part of the morning.

Neither of them had spoken a word since their fight. The whole situation saddens Kate immensely but she doesn’t know what to say or do to fix anything right now.

Ariana had curled up on the couch and has been quietly crying. She also has no idea what to do and just wants to go home by now.

It’s their first ever real fight where they actually are at odds. Ariana isn’t even sure what the issue is other than Kate being unhappy for some reason and deciding to go home without telling her.

It’s very windy today and the wind howls around the camper. Parking on a siding on the road overlooking a valley she turns to Ariana. “So what will it be? Do you still want me to leave?” Kate wants to know. 

She’s sounding much more calm and friendly than this morning.

“I want to go home!” Ariana mumbles in the pillow she’s been hugging for the last 3 hours.

Kate sighs, “Me too.”

Finally something they agree on.

“And visiting LA or Las Vegas or whatever?” Kate tries.

“As long as you can stand it to have me around… But I just want to go home.” Ariana sulks.

Sighing again Kate kneels next to her lover and rests her hand on her shoulder.

“Hey, if you’re going to be like this at least tell me that you still love me. It’s a tiny camper if we hate each other?” Kate whispers. “I still love you… A lot. I was just upset.”

“Can you remove the chain?” Ariana wants to know.

“Sure.” Kate agrees.

2 clicks later the chain is removed from the hook in the wall and the collar.

“Thanks…” Ariana quietly says. She’s sitting up rubbing her neck.

“You should weld it shut on me…” Ariana says with downcast eyes. Remembering how Brad, her blacksmith friend, used to joke about welding things onto her.

“What do you mean?” Kate grins at Ariana finally talking to her.

“The collar. Weld it shut. I’ll wear it for you, forever. You can decide everything then and I have no say.” Ariana admits defeat to her submissive nature once again.

“Like a slave?” Kate curiously asks.

Ariana nods. “I’ll be your slave… You made it clear that you want it too. No more decisions for me, I can’t handle it huh? I’ll just screw up our lives. Such a failure.”

Her voice is barely audible.

“Ariana, babe, that’s not what I said… You’re not my slave and certainly not a failure. And you don’t screw up our lives. I don’t think so anyway.” Kate assures her.

“But you said…” Ariana insists.

“I was upset, sweetie. I said a lot of things. We’re just cooped up in this camper for too long.” Kate rejects the notion.

“Still, you should do it anyway.” Ariana meekly says.

“A permanent collar? Tell you what.” Kate makes the compromise, “If you can find a collar like that we’ll consider it.”

Kate assumes such a collar doesn’t exist, because why would it? Who would want that… And immediately forgets about the silly idea.

Ariana nods. “And you? What do I do for you Kate? It’s all about you now, right?”

“Huh? No it’s not.” Kate voices her surprise.

“Yea you said, you’re tired of everything being about me. So I should do what you want. So tell me what you want from me, anything, I’ll do it.”

“Ehm…” Kate has no idea really. She was just angry. “I think you misunderstood sweetie, don’t worry about it.”

They sit quiet for a moment.

Ariana changes the subject, “I’ll make dinner I guess? What do you want to eat?”

“Lunch first, I want steak with a lasagna and bacon on top.” Kate makes her silly request. Remembering that that was Ariana’s joke wish for a good meal after their camping trip in the woods.

They both smile and finally Ariana can bring herself to hug Kate sensing her love once again.

She really clamps down on her.

“I’ll find a collar Kate.” She whispers. “I’ll be your slave and you can do whatever you want.”

‘Uh oh.’ Is all Kate can think. Because that’s not at all what she intended for with their fight.

“Don’t worry about that sweetie, just know that I love you very much ok?” Kate whispers to her.

“I love you too Kate. Don’t leave me.”

“That’s alright.” Kate assures her hugging her wife tightly.

Kate parks Ariana in the driver's seat with the instruction to find the road to LA and from there to home and put it in the GPS.

Kate considers their vacation thoroughly ruined so as far as she is concerned the first order of business is to get home and get past it.

When they’re done putting a route in the GPS they step outside and look out over the valley ahead. The road is snaking its way through it as a black ribbon.

“That’s not bad for a view, eh?” Kate asks Ariana.

When she looks to her left to see why Ariana isn’t responding Ariana is looking up at her with big uncertain eyes, she has no interest in the view.

Kate and Ariana stare at each other and Kate can’t let go of the thought of Ariana truly wanting to submit to her this time. She’d been trying to for years. Every now and then the fantasy had popped up. And every time Kate had sort of refused and assured Ariana their current relationship was just fine.

She feels oddly at peace with Ariana’s idea of a permanent collar, even though she doesn’t really believe it’ll happen. It’s a fascinating but dumb idea.

Back into the USA

The girls decide that they’re going to cross the border at Tecate and avoid the busyness at Tijuana. After that they plan on driving to LA and finally fulfill their longstanding wish to swim at Santa Monica beach and walk on the famous pier and some more touristy things like that.

Over the next few days Ariana is a different woman. Her happy attitude from the past few weeks is gone. Her anger towards Kate seems to have disappeared and she quietly follows Kate’s lead and doesn’t show much initiative.

Whenever Kate asks if she’s OK she gets the simple response that she’s fine.

When they have sex Ariana doesn’t really participate in it and simply does what Kate expects of her.

Kate finds it all very frustrating but doesn’t really know what to do with it or how to bring it up without starting another fight.

Today they’re driving through San Diego where she sees a sign for the ‘Birch Aquarium’ and laughs at it. Their last name is Birch too. And Kate decides to check it out.

30 minutes later they’re parked in the Aquariums parking lot and Kate pokes Ariana in the shoulder.

“Hey, are you sure you’re alright?” She asks for the 100th time in the past few days.

“I’m fine.” Comes the quiet reply for the 100th time.

“I feel you’re not… Is it something I said when we were fighting?” Kate pushes ahead.

“No… Yea… What you said… I don’t think my life was miserable before we hooked up… I didn’t mean to give you that impression.”

“Ok…” Kate doesn’t remember saying that but thinks it’s mean if she did.

“And I’m scared of you…” Ariana admits.

“Oh? Why?” Kate wants to know.

“You said you’ll hit me. And that you’ll kick me out?” Ariana sniffles.

Kate doesn’t remember saying that either.

“Don’t worry about it, ok?” She tries to assure Ariana.

“Of-course I’m worried about that, Kate… I don’t want another abusive partner. Hasn’t it been enough? And we’re married, how will I get away from it this time?”

“But I don’t abuse you… I’m not like that. You know that…” Kate frowns.

“Then don’t say such things!” Ariana calls her out.

“We both said things without thinking I’m sure.” Kate says.

“I didn’t…” Ariana quietly says.

“Oh so you meant everything you said?” Kate wonders.

“Yes.” Ariana confirms. “Otherwise I wouldn’t say it. Promise you won’t hurt me, OK?”

Kate ‘hmms’ as she doesn’t think she’s a bad person.

“Of-course I won’t hurt you, you’re my wife!” She finally says. “Forget about it. Come, let’s go watch fishes.”

They walk hand in hand towards the entrance.

Inside Ariana feels a bit more at ease and spends most of the time looking at the penguins. She really likes seeing them waddle around and zip around effortlessly in the water.

From San Siego they head over to Los Angeles, and more precisely Santa Monica where they intend to spend a few days on and around the beach.

“Hey hey, no campers in the parking lot!” The attendant remarks.

But Kate doesn’t want to hear it. “We’ll just be here for 2 nights or so. Let us in!”

“Can’t allow it!” The guy insists. “Day visits only.”

“Fine, for the afternoon then?” Kate grumbles.

‘We’re back in the land of restrictions and nonsense…’ she thinks, frustrated.

“That’s fine.” The man relents. “Make sure you’re gone before 7PM.”

“Sure…” Kate slyly smiles at him.

An hour later when they walk past the booth with some groceries, another person is sitting there.

“When someone says something just tell them the first guy said we could stay for a few nights.” Kate grins at Ariana. “Fuck the rules…” She laughs.

“Yea ok.” Ariana looks uncertain, not wanting trouble.

When a few spaces open up Kate turns the camper so the door points to the sea and they set up a bit of camp by extending the awning.

“Do you like it here?” Kate wants to know.

“The beach looks nice.” Ariana confirms.

“Good, go have fun. I’ll deal with all this.” She gestures at the camper.

“Yea ok.” Ariana disappears inside to put on her swimsuit.

Coming out in her jeans shorts and navy blue swimsuit Kate can’t contain herself and grabs Ariana from behind who squeals in surprise.

“You look so cute.” She whispers in Ariana’s ear. “I wish you could be happy like at home.”

“Then don’t be mean to me…” Ariana retorts with a hushed voice.

Kate looks hurt but doesn’t say anything. She clearly has some ways to go to earn Ariana’s trust again.

“Just love me Kate and don’t be mean or angry, it’s all I ask.” Ariana says, wiggling free from Kate’s hold. “I’ll be at the water.”

Kate looks longingly after her for a moment and continues setting up the camper and is pleased to see that they have a very strong signal on the starlink. She needs to catch up on work.

Finding herself

Ariana is glad to be away from the camper for a bit. She sits near the pier wiggling her toes in the water staring at a bottle floating around.

‘I should just run away…’ She contemplates for a moment. ‘Far away, find a better partner.’ She doesn’t want to forgive Kate for the things she said when she was angry. And what’s worse Kate doesn’t even remember she said it.

Another part of her argues for her to make peace with Kate and tough it out. Everyone fights sometimes is the rationalization. It also tells her to not think badly about Kate. She’s the best partner and friend she’s had in forever after-all.

Yet another part of her tells her to stay as she is and quietly follow Kate’s lead from now on. Use the current situation to slip into a completely passive role. This is the part of her that made her want to submit to any partner for as long as she can remember. It’s always lingering under the surface but now it tries to take over her thought process.

The internal struggle drains all of her energy. Ariana hates it and she knows she can’t talk to anyone about it as nobody will understand.

Her thoughts are interrupted by squeaking brakes and the clattering sound of a bicycle being thrown to the ground. Then there is a man’s voice. “Ariana? Oh my… It’s you isn’t it?”

Ariana looks up with sad eyes but doesn’t recognize the guy and ignores him.

“I knew it. It IS you. God damn what a weird coincidence.” The man sounds very cheerful.

“Not interested, I’m married.” Ariana mumbles. “Leave me al…”

She stops mid-sentence. “How do you know my name?” She looks suspicious at the guy.

“I’m Barry, we met in Florida a few years back.” He answers while sitting down next to her. “How are you?”

“I don’t know anyone in Florida…” Ariana rejects him.

“The lifeguard? You sat down near my tower, I treated your neck, remember?” He jogs her mind.

“Oh, right…” Ariana remembers that, but not his face or name.

“Anyway, I always really liked you and tried to find you for ages. Online, in Miami, I asked around everywhere. I even looked at AirBNB and hotel reviews. But I never found any trace of you. And now here you are.”

“Stalker!” Ariana quietly says, “What do you want?”

“Honestly? You…” Barry smiles at her. “Go out with me. Let’s catch up. Come on, don’t say no.”

“Can’t. I’m married.”

“Oh…” Barry’s smile disappears. “But you’re not happy? Or why are you sitting here alone with a face like you just ate a sour grape.”

Ariana vaguely smiles at him, “Just having a fight with my wife…”

“Your wife huh? Where is she? I'll tell her what a dumbo she is for making you sad.” Barry jokingly offers.

“She’ll be angry again if she knows about you.” Ariana sadly says.

“Oh, she’s the jealous type?” Barry concludes, perceptive as always.

Ariana nods.

“Well, then you should tell her yourself, you know? Own that fight. Win it, show her you’re in charge.” Barry suggests.

Not getting a response he then asks. “How is your neck? All better? It’s been what? 2 years?”

“Three, and it’s fine. Look, no scars, just like you said.” Ariana tilts her head and shows him her neck.

Barry scoots closer and looks at it, seeing perfectly smooth brown skin. He resists the strong urge to touch her.

“You’re so cute. You’re sure you’re married? You have no ring…” He flirts with her.

“Barry, please…” Ariana grimaces but leans against him with her back to his arm.

Just like back in Miami, she likes his positive caring energy.

Barry ignores his manners and wraps his arm around her shoulders, so it's loosely around her neck. Ariana tenses up for a moment but doesn’t reject him.

They sit quietly for a few moments.

“Why are you here?” She asks him.

“Hah, I moved here last year. But I don’t like it at all. Miami was much nicer in many ways.” He explains, “Nicer girls too. But seeing you makes it all worth it. It’s meant to be, right?”

“Oh… You’re a lifeguard here too?”

“Yea, well not here, but on a different beach. Past the harbor.” He points to the south. “I give surf lessons too…”

“That’s cool.” Ariana says.

“And you? You live here? I’ve always wondered where you’re from.”

“Toronto…” Ariana says.

“Oh yea, Canada. But really Japan, right?”

“I was born in Japan. I’m from Oita Prefecture.”

“Oh right, cool.” Barry replies. He makes it sound like he knows where that is or what a prefecture is.

“Will you come with me?” Ariana suddenly asks. “Let’s go tell Kate what a dumbo she is.”

Telling a stranger she’s married several times has her realize she needs to stick with Kate.

“Ehhhh…” Barry hesitates, “You’re sure that’s smart?”

“No. But I can’t win a fight alone.” Ariana admits.

Barry ‘hmms’ but doesn’t seem eager to help.

Ariana pushes his arm from her shoulders and gets up. “Can you help me? Please?”

“I don’t even know why you’re fighting. What would I say? And what if she’ll be more upset with you?”

Barry looks for an out, this is not what he envisioned, if nothing else he wants Ariana to throw herself at him and they’d go on dates and fall in love. He has been fantasizing about her for years.

Instead he’s being recruited to resolve a fight between her and her partner.

“Yea, no, but good luck with that.” He refuses. “I’ve been thinking about you often since we first met. When I saw you just now I was so happy. I want to go on a date with you… Not fix your marriage.”

“I see.” Ariana remembers everything now. How he helped her with her neck, and how they chatted like long time friends for a while before he tried to make a move back then too. “But I remember I told you to forget about me.” She smiles innocently at him.

“I can’t OK?” He bursts out, “Everyone I meet I compare to you and nobody is good enough.”

“Barry, please. That’s so stu…” She interrupts herself, “You, ehh, you don’t know me at all. I’ll better go.”

Ariana starts to walk away but he grabs her arm.

“I just think you’re a really good woman to be with and I can’t forget about you. I don’t care if you think that’s stupid.” He blurts out.

Ariana steps closer and hugs him. “Thanks for that. You’re really nice too I’m sure. But you should find another girl. Go to Japan if you like women like me. You’ll find someone.”

Barry nods.

“Start in Oita in Oita if you think I’m pretty. That’s where I’m from. There will be women that are similar to me I’m sure.” She encourages him.

“Oita in Oita?” Barry wonders.

“The city and prefecture have the same name. A prefecture is like a county.” Ariana explains hearing his confusion.

“Ah?” Barry doesn’t sound too happy. “It’s not just about your looks! You’re just so nice and fun. And pretty, for sure…” His voice trails away savoring her touch and smell.

“Anyway, I have to get back to Kate.” Ariana frees herself from his embrace, “Thanks for remembering me, it means a lot.“

Barry dumbly holds her arms and looks down on her.

After a few moments Ariana turns and walks away before they end up kissing again.

“Ariana!” He calls after her. “Tell your Kate she’s a big dumbo, OK? I’ll go to Oita Oita for my next vacation. Thanks!”

“Īdesu yo. Jā ne!” (Will do. Cya!) Ariana replies and she disappears behind the pier pillars with a wave. She’s going to hug her dumbo and tell her she loves her.

Arriving at the camper Kate is arguing with 2 cops and a 3rd person.

“Oh there she is. See, I told you I’m not some lonely bum…” Kate fumes. “Hey babe!” She waves at Ariana.

“Hey, what’s up?!” She joins Kate standing on her tip-toes and kisses her on the cheek.

“Well either way,” one of the policemen starts, “This is a parking lot and not a camping. So move your RV or we’ll tow it.”

The 3rd person nods in agreement. Probably a parking attendant or something.

Kate looks at Ariana who looks much more alive than earlier that afternoon and sighs, “Barely 3 days in the country and I already despise it here… Give us an hour and we’ll go someplace else. You can keep your stupid beach all to yourself…”

She pulls Ariana inside the camper smacking the door closed behind them.

Inside she hugs Ariana, “Hey, welcome back!” She whispers at her. “I see you found yourself? Feeling better?”

Ariana nods. “Bar… Eh, you’re a dumbo Kate. Always making trouble with everyone…” she accuses her.

Kate laughs. “Yea well, it’s not like they can do anything about it. We’re not from around here.”

“They can still arrest you, you know?” Ariana cautions her.

Kate Hmms and says, “You’re right. I’m sorry. So, what did you do? You look much better. Did you have a good time clearing your head?”

“I eh, did some thinking and I realized I can’t be without you. No matter how much of a bitch you are sometimes.” Ariana says with downcast eyes, expecting a reprimand for her words.

Instead Kate just laughs and ruffles her hair. “Damn straight, just as I can’t live without my silly wife either.”

She leans her forehead against Ariana’s and they grin at each other. As they so often do.

Someone slaps repeatedly on the door. “Hey! You two. Tow truck is on its way, if you’re not gone in 20 minutes we’ll remove you.”

Kate rolls her eyes. “Welcome to America…” She sighs. And through the door she shouts, “OK OK, I Said we’ll leave right? Geez.”

Ariana peeks outside a minute later but nobody is in sight. So she steps outside and folds up the awning and puts the starlink inside.

10 minutes later they’re ready to go and Kate drives off the lot ignoring the signals from the parking attendants and the police throwing her parking ticket out the window and joins the traffic on the coastal highway heading northbound.

“So uh, do you really think I’m a bitch?” Kate asks.

“Maybe…” Ariana evades the question.

Kate frowns but doesn’t say anything.