With apologies to Joe Cocker. My proofreader enjoyed this story best when he had the Joe Cocler Song âYou Can Leave Your Hat Onâ ready to play as he read this. If you want to do this, hit play the same time the âheroineâ does in the story.
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Another long day at work. You finish up, wondering what the evening will bring. Gathering your things, you put on your raincoat and head out to your car.
You open the door, climb in, and notice a slip of paper underneath your windshield. Rolling down your window, you retrieve the paper and open it up. âMeet me on South Emerald Street. 1324A.â You smile and shake your head, wondering what Iâm up to as you start your car, pull out of the parking lot, and head to the address.
When you reach 1324 Emerald and discover that itâs a hair-dresserâs. Huh? But you notice a door to the side of the store proclaiming â1324Aâ. Bingo.
Heading up the stairs, you find the door at the top open. You step into the dim room and look around. Itâs almost like a small store-room, except that itâs carpeted. The place is mostly bare save for a single chair in the middle of the room, support poles running from the floor to the ceiling here and there throughout the large space, and a small bed against a side wall. But you donât see me.
You catch a movement out of the corner of your eye, and look right. Iâm wearing my gray raincoat, black hose and pumps, and a black chauffeurâs cap. I give you an almost-shy smile, and then hit the play button on the small stereo at my feet. The music starts. I walk toward you and around you twice, giving you a hungry look, before Joe Cocker starts to sing.
âBaby, take off your coat, real slowâ
I walk across the room, to the beat of the music, untying the belt. I grab both sides of the coat, one in each hand, and swing one arm backwards, then the other, flipping the coat off of each shoulder, and then I let it fall to the floor, revealing the little black dress underneath. I walk over to a chair sitting in the center of the room and primly sit down.
âAnd take off your shoes, Iâll take off your shoesâ
I kick the black pumps off my feet, and then raise one leg, then the other, to smooth the stockings up my legs. Then I stand beside the chair.
âBaby, take off your dress, yes, yes, yesâ
I unzip the black scrap of materiel, pull the dress down to my feet, and step out of it. My black bra and panties are an enticing contrast against my creamy skin.
âYou can leave your hat on. You can leave your hat on...â
I toss the dress to land on top of my coat. Then I drop my head, my hands on my thighs. I slowly run my hands up my body as I roll my head up. I reach my shoulders and raise my hands over my head to the music, throw my head back, and arch my back, thrusting my breasts forward.
âYou can leave your hat on.â
I lower my hands, placing my right hand on the back of the chair and walking around it touching my fingers to my hat in a silent salute to you. I stride to the light switch on the wall.
âGo over there, turn on the light... no, all the lights.â
I flip on the lights, you smile, liking the fact that youâll clearly be able to see everything for the rest of this show.
âCome over here, stand on that chair. Yes, thatâs right.â
I move back to, and step up onto the chair to the beat of the music, and then step to the beat, rolling my head forward then side to side, causing my hair to dance with the music. The hat stays put.
âRaise your arms in the air...â
I again caress my body for you, doing a step-dance on the chair, until my arms are above my head.
â...Now shake them.â
I shake my arms and my breasts bounce enticingly within the confines of my bra. Then I drop my arms.
âNow give me a reason to live, you give me a reason to live, you give me a reason to live...â
I continue my step dance, swaying my hips, and raising an arm to point at you. Then I abruptly turn, place my foot on the back of the chair, and tilt the chair, riding it until the back hits the floor.
âYou give me a reason to live.â
I step off of the back of the chair, and dance my way over to one of the support poles. I hold onto it, put my right leg around it, and swing on the pole, letting my hair form a cape on the back of my head.
âSweet Darling, you can leave your hat onâ
I stop swinging, place my legs on either side of the pole, and slide my pelvis down the pole while Iâm leaning away, holding on with both hands.