Scarlett's eyes slowly opened. Next to her, softly snoring, was Candy. The blonde bombshell still wore the fuzzy handcuff attached to one wrist that Scarlett had attached early on in their love-making. Candy had earned the key by bringing the starlet to her second orgasm of the evening. That's when things had gotten really interesting.
Muscles aching, Scarlett stretched and sat up. Even her night that Candy and Jon had shared together didn't compare with what she'd experienced the previous night. It was all about control, Scarlett had discovered. Once she took control, once she was dominant, she could put away the hurt she'd been feeling and focus on the present. Focus on her pleasure.
And focus she did. Clothes had been torn, positions had been tried, fantasies had been lived out. Scarlett couldn't wait for the next time she had time for Candy. She wondered if Jon would be interested in exploring a relationship with Scarlett in charge. That would really be the best of both worlds.
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she glanced at the clock on the side-table. It was blinking 12:00.
"Shit," she said, scrambling for her phone and powering it up. She'd gotten into the habit of turning it off at night, relying on her alarm instead.
1:46 pm read the digital read-out.
"Fuck," she said again, realizing that she'd missed her call-time by seven hours. SEVEN HOURS.
Scarlett had a reputation of being reliable, good to work with. She'd never missed a day before! Frantically she threw on whatever clothes she could find, some hers, some Candy's. She didn't care. The only thing that mattered was that she got into her car and on her way to the set. Things like this could spiral into a very bad career move.
"You're just going to have to do it," Joss said.
"What do you mean, do it?" Jon asked.
"I saw what you did yesterday, and Scarlett's two hours late and not answering her phone. We're already behind on shooting, and can't lose the daylight. You can play the part just as easily as she could, and nobody will know the difference."
"But I'm just the stunt double!" Jon tried to explain.
"You WERE the stunt double," Joss said firmly, "Now we'll double-bill you as Black Widow with Scarlett. I saw Variety, you're hot, the press will eat this up. It'll be great publicity."
Jon was just about to turn it down emphatically, when he felt that conflicted feeling he'd been having so many times since Karyn had made her wish the day before. He opened his mouth to try to find a way out, but what came out...
"I'll do it," Jon said, smiling, using his best wish-induced Scarlett Johansson voice, "but I'll need a raise."
"Anything you want," Joss said, "Just get on your mark. You've got your big Bruce Banner in the farmhouse scene coming up."
