It was a long standing rule of thumb, back in the day, that if a guy was looking for a girl to "hook up" with, and the idea of meeting some equally drunk chick at a Pub or the local Biker Bar was just a bit repulsive, or if a drugged out Coke Head at the local Club also seemed a bit counterproductive, the logical alternative was, surprisingly, the local grocery store. Mid-week, later in the evening, sometimes after midnight. They, whoever "they" were, swore it worked. You came off looking solid, not a drunken asshole, probably employed, maybe even a responsible homeowner, probably not married, so, pretty much a bit of desirable meat. It was said that, "Chicks like that shit." I pretty much thought it was a bit of semi-logical bullshit. The theory had its merits, of course, but crap like that never, ever, worked for me. A run of very good luck usually consisted of hitting two successive green lights when running late for something important, and that really didn't happen too often.
My wife was killed in a traffic accident a couple of years ago at the tender age of 38, and it has taken me a very long time to get over it. In fact, I never really did get over it. Looking for "love" was never on my radar, I just didn't have the time for it. Nor did I really care.
Anyway, working evenings sort of forces me to do my shopping late, after work. Stores are empty, the only employees are the stock people and the random cashier, when I could find her. Shopping was easy, especially on weekday nights.
So, when the fridge started getting empty a few weeks ago I loaded up on cash and headed for the local "Save-a-Bunch" warehouse style grocery store after a long and rather boring day at work.
I picked up a cart that didn't squeak too awfully much and headed down the first long, deserted, aisle and started picking up some of the things I had come for off of the high shelves. Out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of a pair of the most beautiful legs I had ever seen peeking out of a very short skirt and attached to a perfectly round bottom. Everything on top of that was of equal perfection, all the way to the top of the long auburn hair that tumbled down her shoulders, cascading over a perfect pair of round breasts. She was stretching as far as she could to retrieve some product or other from one of the higher shelves, but despite the high heels she wore, her short stature prevented her from achieving the desired goal.
Of course, being the Knight without Shining Armor that I am, I naturally offered her my assistance.
"Hi," I said, "what is it you need up there? Maybe I can reach it for you."
She turned towards me with a red lipped smile and pointed towards a box of tissues.
"Those," she said, ignoring the dozen or so boxes on the shelf at waist level in front of her, and I grabbed the box she had pointed to. "Thank you," she almost whispered, her voice a smooth as taffy music I hadn't heard in a very long time. I looked into her deep green eyes and they sparkled, they truly sparkled.
She belonged, if one can say such a thing nowadays, to someone else, she must. My brain, the primitive bit of it, went instantly into hyper-overdrive. An insanely beautiful, maybe 25 or 26 year old woman like that never stayed single for long. They just don't, but why this one was out shopping at 1:40AM dressed like she was late for the party of a lifetime was beyond me. It made no sense, but sure as hell, I'm not going to question her about it, because the way things are these day I could get arrested for even commenting on how gorgeous I thought she was, and I don't need any more problems in my life. But I thought it, oh yes, I sure as hell thought it. The mental picture of her naked body lying on my bed, her arms raised to me, begging me to make love to her flashed through my mind, down my spine, and ended in the biggest erection I'd had since Greta died.
"My pleasure to assist," I replied, placing the tissues into her cart with a slight bow and the best smile I could conjure up under the circumstances. I looked and sounded like a total moron, I was sure, but she smiled, looked down at my crotch and said, "I can see that."
She then wheeled her cart back towards the way I had come, and turned the corner, turning towards me just before disappearing and giving me a very pretty smile. I could swear her hips swayed just a bit more than was necessary to navigate that turn, and like a properly stunned fifteen year old kid I stood and stared, breathing harder than was probably good for me at the now empty aisle. It took me a few seconds to gather my head together, but I finally managed to grab a box of those tissues myself and continued on my way. I had a feeling I was going to need them to cry into later on that morning, remembering her smile and the flirting look at my crotch.
I turned the corner and started down the next aisle, my primitive brain still fixated on the girl, as if that were a surprise to anyone, and there she was, bent over at the waist, the already short skirt now even higher on those beautiful legs, revealing a pair of pale pink panties barely surrounding that perfect bottom, she was grabbing two cans of who knows what off of the shelf, staring at the labels as if it were important, intent on the contents.
Yes, I stared, of course I did. How in hell could I not? Legs like those aren't seen very often, and even less often by me. My face flushed I'm sure, and if there had been a blood pressure monitor hooked up to my arm I'm sure it would have pegged the meter, but I didn't stop and stare, I passed behind her like a good guy, my head shaking at the sight of her, and the knowledge that I would never have her.
"Excuse me," she said just as I passed her, "I don't mean to annoy you, but do you like canned green beans?"
"Actually, yes, I do," I said, feeling my internal temperature hit the boiling point...again, and my erection returning to bursting point.
"Well, I can't decide on these two, the French Cut or the Kitchen Sliced. Any thoughts?"
Hell yes I had thoughts! Thoughts of jerking that skirt up to her waist and chewing my way through those pink panties! Thoughts of sticking my tongue so far up her pussy that it would touch her tonsils, thoughts of ...