The Coffee Shop Pt. 05

"I hope you will pardon me for saying this, but something just doesn't seem right." I said quietly, as I looked from one good looking hunky cop to the other. I didn't have time to take a good close look at the policemen, other than to note that they seemed physically fit and attractive. I needed to determine why the policemen were still on edge. I had a couple of ideas, but that was all. Something just didn't feel right to me, and over the years I'd learned to trust my instincts.

"What makes you say that?" Andy asked as he turned and looked at me. "Don't you trust me? Isn't my vouching for these brother officers good enough for you? I trust them. So should you." Andy seemed just a bit miffed with me that I would question the motives of his fellow officers. If I wasn't careful I could offend him and our two guests, with the result of no hypnotized cops for the evening. Not a very desirable outcome, but something still didn't feel right.

"Of course I trust you, Andy. I also trust your judgment," I reassured Andy as I threw a quick soft smile at him. "Nevertheless, something about this situation doesn't sit right with me. Something is missing. There is something that you or these police officers haven't told me. I don't know what it is, but it's important enough to cause them to feel uncomfortable with me, and to not trust me. Hypnosis is not possible without trust between the volunteer and the hypnotist. It seems clear to me that both of our guests have reservations about this undertaking and I would like to know what the problem is. Hopefully it can be addressed; otherwise we are all wasting our time."

"You're gay, aren't you?" Larry asked me bluntly.

"Yes, I am," I answered. I had half expected the question so I wasn't surprised by it. "Does that make you uncomfortable?"


"To be honest, yes," Larry said with a gulp. "How do I know you won't try something when you've got me under? I'm not stupid. I know that gay guys have a thing for cops. The idea of hypnotizing a cop is probably a turn on for you, and it's the real reason why you want to do this, isn't it?"

"So that's what all this is about is it?" I said with a sigh. "Of course I want to hypnotize a cop. Cops are for the most part are very attractive to me. However, I am not about to hypnotize you Larry, so I can screw your ass," I answered sarcastically. "Hypnosis doesn't work that way. I thought I explained that to you."

"So you say, and how can I know you're telling me the truth?" Larry asked.

"I don't think that Albert would allow anything like that to happen, nor would Andy for that matter," I said as I tried to alleviate his fears.

"I suppose not," Larry admitted. "But I'm not comfortable with a gay hypnotist."

"Then we best call this off," I said to Larry. "If you are not 100% sure you want to do hypnosis with me, then there really is no point in even trying." I could see that a potentially fun evening was evaporating in front of my eyes. I could use my super hypnosis powers to change Larry's mind, but that wouldn't be right. I sighed dejectedly, and stood up. I offered my right hand to Larry.

"Wait. Maybe I can help," Andy called out to Larry and Albert as they stood up preparing to leave.

"How?" I asked puzzled, as I looked over at Andy.

"Larry, Albert, if you promise that this information will not leave this room, I am willing to tell you something that should put your fears at rest," Andy declared. "I am going to call on your honor as fellow police officers, to give me your word that you will never tell another soul what I am about to tell you."

"Very dramatic, Andy," Larry said with a large dollop of sarcasm in his voice. "But I can see you are serious about this, whatever this information is. So, I agree. How about you Albert?"

"I agree as well, but only because I'm curious," Albert replied.

"You have nothing to fear from Paul," Andy said. "He and I are both gay. We are partners. He hypnotized me and dry humped me just before you two arrived." Andy blushed as he described our recent activities to Larry and Albert. I was surprised at Andy. It was not like him to reveal such private information to strangers, even if they were fellow policemen. "Paul's committed to me. He likes to hypnotize other men, but he doesn't fool around with them. He made me that promise and he has kept it. I trust him with my life, my love and my heart. You can trust him, I assure you."

"You're a queer?" Larry blurted out, astonished at Andy's admission.

"I'm a police officer, just like you, actually," Andy replied with just a touch of heat in his voice. "I just happen to be a homosexual. I know how much hypnosis can help with the stress of being a cop. I know firsthand that Paul is a good hypnotist. He can help you, if you will let him."

"I never would have guessed," Albert declared as he looked at Andy. "You seem so butch."


"The only difference is what goes on in the bedroom," Andy said with a sigh. "Well that and it's not easy finding someone to confide in or to have a relationship with."

"Tell me about it," Albert said as he nodded his head at Andy, and sighed.

"Say what?" I cried out as I picked up on Albert' admission. "You're gay too?"

"Hell no!" Albert yelled back at me. "I was merely agreeing that cops have trouble with relationships due to the nature of our jobs."

"Oh, my mistake," I apologized as I looked at Albert. "So, do you want to have a session or not, Larry?" I asked.

"I'll give it a try, but I should warn you that I have my doubts about all this," Larry said as he sat back down on the love seat. "Still, Andy seems to trust you. I trust you enough to try this, and Albert will be here to watch my back."

"All right then, let's begin," I said as I stood up and walked over to where Larry and Albert were sitting. "Larry, stand up, look me dead in the eyes and tell me that you agree to let me hypnotize you." I said in a commanding tone of voice. The creepy feeling at the back of my head had faded away. The danger had passed. Apparently, the danger had been that Larry and perhaps Albert were homophobic. I don't always know what the danger is when I get that creepy feeling, but I've learned to trust it.

"You've got to be kidding," Larry said with a laugh as he sat there in front of me.

"No, I'm not kidding," I said sternly. "I don't trust someone unless they look me in the eyes when they talk to me. If you can't do that, when you tell me that you have agreed to let me hypnotize me, then you don't really mean it, and you're just wasting my time."

"Fine. Whatever." Larry said with a sigh as he stood up in front of me. He was a few inches taller than I was, so I had to look up slightly to meet his eyes. He looked down and locked his eyes with mine. "I hereby state that I agree to let you try to hypnotize me."

As Larry's eyes locked onto mine, I projected my super hypnosis power into his mind. Thoughts are much faster than words, so I was able to send several long commands while essentially ignoring what Larry was saying to me. "Larry, the suggestions I am about to give you will work almost immediately. You will find that each suggest takes hold of your mind easily. The more suggestions I give you the deeper you fall into hypnosis. You will feel pleasure in listening to my instructions and carrying them out. You will tell me when a suggestion feels wrong to you, or when you feel uncomfortable carrying out my instructions. You will give up control to me only if you truly wish to do so. When next told to sit down you will cross your legs."

"Thank you Larry. Please sit back down," I said as I broke eye contact, turned around and headed back to my chair. I sat down and made myself comfortable, as I looked over at Larry, who had sat back down in his chair and crossed his right leg up over his left, just as he had been instructed. I was pleased to see the confirmation that my super hypnosis powers worked on Larry.

"Albert, could you come here for a second, please?" I ask him.

"Okay, but why?" Albert asked as he stood up and walked over to stand in front of me. He looked down at me in puzzlement.


I looked up at him and looked him in the eyes as I said to him, "Albert, I don't want Larry to feel crowded or self conscious, so it would be best if you stood a little away from him"

Thinking quickly, I sent out a few quick mental commands. "Albert, the induction I am about to perform on Larry will affect you as well. However, you will not feel any of the effects or show any responses to the suggestions I give Larry. You will not enter into the wonderful state of hypnosis until you hear me say the phrase 'you join Larry'. You will remain standing, comfortable awake and alert until then, content to watch Larry being hypnotized. When told to stand behind me you will tap my right shoulder three times when you are standing behind me."

Albert looked down at me and blinked his eyes a couple of times as my mental commands entered his mind. "I suppose that makes sense," he agreed doubtfully. "So where do you want me then? Not on the bed I hope." He said with a grin.

It was nice to see that Albert had a sense of humor about the situation. "Perhaps you could stand behind me so that you can see what is going on, and so that Larry can see you. I'd like to use your badge as a focal point for Larry."

"Okay, if you say so," Albert agreed as he walked over to stand behind me. "But I feel kind of silly just standing here." He commented. I felt three soft taps on my right shoulder. I smiled as I realized that Albert was just as responsive to my super hypnosis powers as Larry. This was going to be a fun evening.

"Please sit with your feet flat on the floor, your hands in your lap and make sure that you are comfortable, Larry" I instructed him.

Larry uncrossed his legs and positioned himself as I had directed.

"Now I would like you to look at the badge on Albert's uniform shirt. I would like you to stare at it without straining your eyes. Just try to look at it. Just look at the badge and let everything else in the room just fade into the background of your awareness. You know exactly where you are right now. You know who is in this room with you and you know that you are safe,"

The start of an induction is always my favorite part of hypnosis. It is the gradual changes in the subject that I find so stimulating.

"When you find that you can look at the badge on Albert' uniform shirt easily and effortlessly, just nod your head or say the word yes," I said to him as I pitched my voice into the well practiced smooth and soothing tones that I used during an induction. "Listen to my words and let them help to focus your attention on the badge that you see. Let all the other sounds in the room just fade into the background of your awareness, Larry. In hypnosis you are always aware of what is going on. You are never asleep. Hypnosis is a heightened state of awareness, caused by your attention being focused on one thing to the exclusion of everything else."

Larry's head dipped briefly while I was speaking, which was a good sign.


"Slowly now, Larry, take a long slow deep breath, hold it for a moment of time and let it out in a long slow deep sigh," I said to him. Larry immediately did as I said. "Take another deep breath and let it out in a long slow sigh, and as you do you may notice that you feel just a bit more calm, a bit more relaxed than you did a few minutes ago when we started this induction. There is nothing magical or mysterious about this reaction. It is simply your body responding to the effort involved in taking a very deep breath. The relaxation comes from the release of tension across your chest, back and midriff as you exhale."

Larry exhaled the second breath just as I finished speaking to him.

"It is simple and it feels good, doesn't it Larry?" I asked him as I looked at him.

"Yes, it does feel good," Larry responded.

"By focusing your attention on that shiny badge, you are actually able to hear my words more clearly because you are using your powerful ability to concentrate. It is like when you watch a really good movie or a sporting event, you are able to ignore and forget about everything else. The more you concentrate the easier it becomes, and the easier it becomes the more you concentrate. When you can feel that happen, when you feel yourself able to concentrate on my words just a bit more then you were before, you respond with the word 'yes' or you nod your head, whichever is easier for you to do."

"Yes," Larry said as soon as I finished speaking. It seemed that my super hypnosis commands were working just as I'd hoped.

"Eyes focused on the badge now, to the exclusion of everything but the sound of my voice and the words that I am saying to you. Let the soothing smooth tone of my voice help you to become more focused and to better follow and understand the meaning of my words as I speak them to you. Soon and very soon indeed you will feel that deep down in your body there is a tiny little bit of calm and relaxation that you never noticed before. It has always been there, but you have been too busy to noticed it. But now with my help you can focus your concentration and feel that bit of relaxation and calm down deep in your body. When you feel it, when you are aware of it, you respond with a 'yes' and continue to stare at the badge,"

Larry blinked his eyes a couple of times but didn't say anything.

"You do not have to wait for me pause when you wish to respond, Larry," I told him. "Just say 'yes' the second that you feel that bit of relaxation in your body. There will be times when I do pause to let your mind assimilate the suggestions I am giving you. These brief moments of quiet will actually help your ability to concentrate and focus your attention on the badge that you are staring at."

"Yes, Larry said.

"Soon and very soon indeed, you will find it becomes easier to stare as the badge, and when that happens you respond, as before, with the word 'yes'. When you feel that bit of relaxation in your body start to increase and spread out just a bit as I am talking to you, you respond with the word 'yes'. The mind and body can do some amazing things when you allow them to work together as you are doing now. You..."

"Yes, yes," said Larry cutting off my words.

"Think only of the badge that you are staring at. Become aware of its shape and how the light reflects off of it. And as you do, the feeling of relaxation in your body grows and spreads outward. Soon your entire midriff will feel relaxed and calm. The instant that happens you know how to respond, because with each response the feeling of relaxation and comfort becomes more profound."


"Yes, Larry said a half second later.

"The more you stare at that wonderfully shiny badge the more relaxed and comfortable your body feels. And that feeling of relaxation moves down from your midriff to your waist and then to your stomach and to your hips"

"Yes, Larry replied.

"It feels so nice now to keep staring at the badge and to let yourself go, doesn't it?" I asked him.

"Yes, it does," Larry replied. He was wonderfully focused on the badge and still able to respond with more than one word answers.

"It feels so good to feel your body relaxing that you want that feeling to move down your hips, to your thighs and then to your knees. So you keep staring at the badge and listening to my words because you know that they help you to go down deeper and feel more relaxed and comfortable."

"Yes, feels so good," Larry said as his face started to take on a lightly blank look.

"The relaxation moves down your knees to your ankles and now to your feet. You can feel that deep relaxation spreading down your feet, your heels and even down to each toe on your feet. When you feel your legs and lower body are relaxed and comfortable, you take a long slow deep breath and let it out easily and effortlessly. That simple deep breath taking you down deeper and deeper,"

"Deeper, yes," Larry agreed. A second later he took a deep breath and let out. As he did the expression on his face became blank as if his mind were becoming empty.

"Now that your lower body is relaxed and comfortable, the deep relaxation that you so desire begins to move up your body from your waist. As it does so and spread across your chest, you will notice a change in your breathing. When your breathing becomes deep and rhythmic, really pleasant you respond and just continue to go deeper, because that's all you want to do right now."

"Yes, I want to go deeper," Larry admitted. "Feels so good."

"Up your chest to your shoulders, relaxing your shoulders and making you sink back deeper into the loveseat," I suggested to him.

Larry immediately leaned back into the loveseat and slouched down a bit. "Yes," he said.

"Now that relaxation pours down from your shoulders into each arm filling your arms up with relaxation. Like water filling up a glass the relaxation fills your fingers, then your hands and your wrists, moving up your arms to your elbows and from there back up to your shoulders. You arms are so relaxed now Larry that they are starting to feel like there are helium filled balloons attached to your wrists. The deeper you go, the lighter your arms feel and the lighter your arms feels the deeper you go. Always going deeper always feeling better."

"Yes," Larry said as both his arms started to lift off his lap and rise into the air.


"The higher your arms rise, the deeper you go and the deeper you go the higher your arms rise. When you arms are floating fully straight up as high as they can go, you will be pulled up onto your feet. Your legs will be strong and secure beneath you, well able to support your weight. When you are standing up you will do down ten times deeper into relaxation and hypnosis than you are now. Your head and neck will be as relaxed as the rest of your body, and your neck will easily be able to hold your head up so you can keep looking at that lovely shiny badge."

"Yes, deeper and lighter," Larry replied as his arms continued to rise. "Must keep looking at the badge."

I smiled as I watched Larry's arms rise higher and higher. It was delightful to see his face become even blanker as he slipped down deeper into hypnosis. His arms were nearly pointed straight up now.

"Just keep looking at the badge and let yourself go," I encouraged him as his arms stretched up even higher. Larry struggled to his feet as he stood up, his arms straight up in the air. A few seconds later Larry was standing up, looking relaxed and comfortable as he kept staring at the badge on Albert's uniform shirt. Only the blank look on his face and the fact that Larry's arms were straight up in the air gave any indicated that he was in a hypnotic trance.

"Very good, Larry," I congratulated him. "No doesn't it feel wonderful to be in a deep hypnotic trance?

"Yes, feels wonderful," Larry agreed.

I stood up and walked over to him. Larry didn't react. He was staring at the badge to the exclusion of everything else just as I had intended. "Larry when I touch your forehead you arms will drop to your sides, your eyes will close and your head will drop to your chest. You will remain standing comfortably, as you drop down even deeper into hypnosis. You will be in a special place in your mind where you are comfortable, safe and secure. Your mind will be at peace, calm and clear. You will respond easily and quickly to all of my suggestions and will find that each time you do respond to my suggestions, your feeling of peace and joy increases just a bit. Do you understand?"

"Yes," Larry replied softly.

"Do you want me to touch your forehead and send you down into this very deep state of hypnosis?" I teased him. I knew what his answer would be. I was just dragging out the induction a bit.