I'm in town, looking for a birthday present for my girlfriend. I want to get her a leather skirt, partly because she once expressed a wish for one, but mostly because I like the thought of her wearing leather. I find a little shop specialising in leather and suede clothes. The smell of leather strikes me as I go in and close the door.
The assistant is a young woman with long brown hair, attractive in an inelegant sort of way. Her baggy green 'overalls' do not help, in my conventional eyes, but I daresay they are the height of fashion. She has a bored, sullen expression, and I get the feeling that she does not get many customers. I nearly go out again.
I always feel slightly embarassed buying women's clothes, expecting shopkeepers to suspect me of being a transvestite or some such. Especially things like underwear and leather skirts.
'I'm looking for a leather skirt - for my girlfriend. She's about a size 10.'*
[*Note to the international reader: this is UK sizing. I haven't a clue what it means.]
She moves languidly over to the rail.
'Yes, we've got the midi length - mid calf, for 65 pounds, knee length - actually it's just below the knee - for 45 pounds, or mini for 30 pounds.'
I hesitate. 'How long is the knee length? Can I see?'
She takes one off the rail and holds it against her. 'It comes just below my knee. I'm about average.'
'I don't know - my girlfriend's not very tall.'
'Tell you what, I'll put it on. You can't get much of an idea like this.'
I am about to protest, but she walks to the door and locks it, turning the sign to 'closed'. She disappears into the back and reappears in a couple of minutes wearing the black skirt. She looks completely different, much more feminine. Her legs are bare and she has taken her shoes off. I can see the shape of her breasts loose under the white T-shirt.
'I think it'll be too long.' I stumble over the words, for some reason. 'She's not as tall as you.'
'Let's try the mini.' She flashes a smile at me, which makes my heart miss a beat. Obviously my body knows more than my head.
I expect her to go into the changing room again, but instead she casually unzips the skirt and steps out of it. I gape at her small white briefs, but she is unconcerned. She pulls on a mini skirt, making a great play of smoothing it down over her hips, then knots the front of her T-shirt so that her stomach is bare. The skirt is shorter than I expect, over halfway up her thigh, and with a slit at the front. It is very tight.
She poses for me, turning this way and that, hands on hips. 'What do you think?'
I can't take my eyes off her legs and bottom. I feel my trousers becoming distended with a fierce erection.