Part2: Hillaryâs After School Job
Three weekday evenings a week and every other weekend Hillary worked at a clothing store called Ups and Downs. Hillary absolutely hated to work, but because her mother refused to give her money to buy the things she needed to make her Renaissance Faire costume and other things she liked to make, she had to work. The job of selling clothing only paid minimum wage, but it was better than nothing at all. And right now she desperately needed cash if she was going to be able to complete the dress she was making for the prom. Tom was sure to forget all about Allison when he saw Hillary in her new creation!
The young woman leaned against an overfull clothing rack, staring into space as she always did. She was supposed to be dusting and straightening the racks, but Hillary saw no point, as they would only get messed up when customers came into the store. And besides, the manager, Sara, was out on her dinner break so it was okay for her to slack off. Smiling to herself, she thought about how she'd tricked Allison that afternoon. Everyone thought Allison was so smart; probably the smartest girl in school, so Hillary was very proud of her deception.
Serves her right! she thought, suppressing a snicker. By rights Tom should be hers. She'd bagged him long before he'd ever noticed Allison.
"Excuse me," a voice cut through Hillary's selfish thoughts. She turned to see a young woman with an armload of clothing.
"What do you want?" snapped Hillary, annoyed that the pretty young woman dared interrupt her moment of happiness. What was worse, the dress on the top of the girl's pile was the one that Hillary wanted and was the last one in her size! Because of store policy employees weren't allowed to put things on hold, and Hillary wouldn't have the cash for the dress until Friday. She'd done her best to hide it behind some particularly ugly dresses that no one even looked twice at, but this girl had apparently found it anyway.
"Do you work here?" the young woman asked.
"No, I'm just hanging around for no good reason," the young salesclerk answered snidely.
If anyone who worked with Hillary had heard her response, they wouldn't have been surprised at all. They would have known that she always worked under the principle - the customer is always wrong; although the pretty young consumer was shocked to have been answered in such a haughty manner, and was also instantly infuriated.
"Well excuse me, but I wondered as I didn't notice you doing even the slightest modicum of work since I entered the store," she snapped in return.
"That's no concern of yours, and besides most people would notice that I'm wearing a name tag," Hillary answered in her especially whiny voice that she used when she was feeling frustrated.
"Oh, let me see," the young customer answered and leaned over still holding her armload of clothing. "What's that say?" she spoke while making a big production out of peering at the nametag. "Hillassy? Or is that Whorary?"
Hillary flushed angrily, but for once held her temperâŠand her tongue. "Is there something I could possibly help you with?" she asked in a supercilious tone.
"Yes, there is," the girl answered in an equally snotty voice. "Is there a limit on how many items I can take into the dressing rooms?"
"No, there isn't, but you would have known that if you had taken the time to read the sign at the front counter. But I hope you're not thinking of trying on that dress on top," Hillary continued while reaching out and attempting to remove it from the customers arms.
The young woman straightened up and attempted to step back. "Oh, why is that, may I ask?"
"Because it would accentuate your already heavy looking body. In fact, if you were to wear that, I would advise you to wear a sign that says - don't attack me. I'm not Godzilla."
And Hillary again attempted to wrest the dress away, this time a little more forcefully. "Why you," the young woman sputtered and she tried to maintain hold of the dress.
It was here that Hillary made her unfortunate tactical mistake when she pulled on the dress even harder. Besides ripping the dress completely asunder, the young customer was thrown on to the floor face first.
What Hillary didn't realize at the time, the young woman, whose name was Peggy, was a black belt in Karate and booked no physical molestation from anyone, ever. Hillary was furious that the outfit had been ruined due to the customer's stubbornness and turned to her and sarcastically asked, "Ooh, did you hurt your widdle face?"
In the time it took to blink an eye Peggy was on her feet. WHAP! Her palm connected with Hillary's freckled face. "No, but you did!" hissed Peggy.
"That's it! I'm calling security!" screeched Hillary; her face turning as deep red as her cheaply dyed hair. She tried to barge past the infuriated customer, but to no avail. Peggy was too quick for Hillary and immediately twisted her into a headlock and began dragging her back toward the dressing rooms. Hillary attempted to struggle but Peggy kept her well under control.
"As it seems your manager is not around," said Peggy calmly, "I will have to be the one to teach you a lesson." And then opening the door, she shoved Hillary into the stall.
"Wh-what are you going to do?" asked Hillary, cowering into a corner.
In response Peggy said nothing but ripped off Hillary's white cotton blouse in one swift, graceful motion. Then without pausing she bent down and yanked off Hillaryâs horrid square-toed platform boots that she wore with everything. An acrid smell immediately filled the enclosed area.
"Oh! That's disgusting!" growled Peggy. "Don't you know how to bathe, you filthy little beast?"
Hillary just whimpered from her corner.
Next came Hillary's pants. Peggy grabbed them by the legs and pulled, flipping Hillary upside down and cracking her head against the side of the booth. Although there was nothing inside to damage, it knocked Hillary out for a few minutes.
When the young woman awakened she found herself completely naked and alone in the dressing stall. Peggy had stripped Hillary of all clothing including her panties and bra. Her clothes were gone and all that was left of them was the pile of toilet paper, which had been stuffed into her bra (she'd used a whole roll that day!). Peeking out, Hillary saw that several customers were browsing the shop. And worse, Sara had just returned from her break with an ice cream sundae the size of Hillary's head.
Sara stopped short when she noticed the clothing strewn all over the floor, the ripped dress, and that Hillary was nowhere to be seen.
"Hillary!" bellowed Sara, startling the customers. One rather timid young woman ran from the store. Hillary, now terrified, closed the door of the stall, hoping that Sara would not look for her there. Seeing no way out of her predicament but to run, Hillary began wrapping herself in the toilet paper in an attempt to cover her flabby nakedness.
Having done the best she could, Hillary bolted out of the stall and past Sara who was so startled she dropped her ice cream. It hit the floor with a loud FLOP and sent its contents in a circular pattern around it, completely covering many articles of clothing. Unfortunately Hillary was not quick in any sense of the word. Sara reached out and grasped a handful of her nappy red hair causing the younger woman's head to snap back. Hillary lost her balance and fell backwards landing flat on her ass. The manager immediately pulled Hillary back to a standing position by her hair.
"What the HELL do you think you are doing, Hillary?" Sara barked.
Unfortunately for all bystanders the makeshift toilet paper dress veritably disintegrated around her. Hillary was too busy trying to cover her nakedness with her hands to answer Sara's question.
Sara began to push Hillary toward her office. Once in there, Sara stood at the door keeping her eyes on the customers to assure that no merchandise was stolen. Of course this meant that not only could everyone hear what Sara was saying to Hillary, but also her nakedness was still in full view. Several young men who'd been attracted by the commotion had entered the store for a quick peak, but immediately lost interest and departed when they saw how hideously ugly Hillary was.
"I don't want to know what you think you are doing, but you will no longer be doing it in my store!" said Sara. "You are not only fired, but your paycheck will be withheld in order to pay for all the merchandise you destroyed!"
"But it wasn't my fault!" whined Hillary,
"Oh please! What do you take me for, a fool?" snapped Sara. "I've seen how you expose yourself for the sake of attention. This is apparently one of your acts. Do you have a crush on one of the security guards now?"
"No! Really! It was a customer, she-"
"Enough! Get out of my store!" Sara pointed toward the exit imperiously.
Hillary looked around in panic. "But I have no clothes. I can't go out like this!"
Sara rolled her eyes. "Fine," she said in an exasperated manner. Grabbing a roll of garbage bags she tore one off and handed it to Hillary. "Here, now get OUT!"
The garbage bag was of the clear type used for security purposes in stores to prevent theft, and so did little to hide Hillary's nudity. But having no other choice, Hillary ripped a hole in the bottom of the bag for her head. Then slipping it over her head, she grabbed her handbag from Sara's desk (thank god she still had that) and ran for the exit.
Just as she was about to exit the store Hillary saw her favorite boots sitting on the clearance shoe rack. She assumed the girl must have distributed the rest of her clothes around the store, too. But Hillary didnât bother to look. She grabbed her precious footwear and ran, praying to make it to her car without any more trouble.
But Hillary's prayer was not to be answered this day. Just moments before Hillary came tearing around the bend to pass the fountain; a child had dropped a banana peel. Not looking where she was going, Hillary stepped on it and went sliding for several yards before SPLASH! She landed face first in the fountain.
Sputtering and coughing Hillary attempted to pull herself from the water. Unfortunately she had not ripped armholes in the garbage bag, and this impeded her ability to extricate herself from the slimy water. Attempting to ignore the shouts of disgust by all the mall shoppers as she ripped the bag off herself, thereby exposing her nudity to everyone once again, Hillary tried to climb from the pool. This time she slipped on the sheet of algae growing on the floor of the fountain.
"Slut!" "Whore!" "Someone should call the police!" "How about the dog pound instead?" The insults assaulted Hillary from all around her. Tears filled her eyes and her vision began to swim. She felt just about to faint when she felt a strong arm reach out and support her. Thankful, she clung to it and allowed the person to assist her from the fountain.
Stepping up out of the pool and dripping wet, Hillary began to offer her thanks and then stopped. Leering down at her was Charles with a malicious look on his face.
Charles Reardon was the biggest, meanest, blackest security guard anyone had ever known. Having been fired from the police force for abuse of power, Charles took his mall job far too seriously. He resented having to work as a "rent-a-cop", and therefore was cold and rude to every mall employee. The owners of the mall would not fire him, however, for he was the only security guard who actually had the gall to apprehend shoplifters and so, he was able to get away with abusing his position.
"Well, well, Hillary, what are you doing running around the mall without any clothes on? I think Iâll have to call the police and have you arrested for indecent exposure." He grinned at her, his huge, muscular hand still wrapped around her elbow.
"Oh p-please don't!" cried Hillary, "It'll never happen again!" Hillary realized that because she was now eighteen she wouldnât receive a mere slap on the wrist as she did when she was a minor. This could mean
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