Chapter 1: Never Cross a Witch
"I get the impression you don't believe me."
I was getting inpatient, and was starting to feel very uncomfortable. I crossed my legs and pulled my skirt down a little subconsciously. I shifted on my chair. Opposite me sat Katherine ("with a 'K'", she said when she introduced herself ten minutes ago), drinking a gin and tonic and looking for all the world like she was really enjoying herself.
"What makes you say that, Chris?" Her voice was very seductive. Sensual even. "I get a phone call from a friend who says a friend of hers needs some help urgently but won't say what it is, then a girl shows up at my house with a pair of shiny black tights and a story that is straight out of the Twilight Zone or the X Files. What would you do?" Katherine sipped at her drink, and I reluctantly reached for mine.
"So you don't believe me?" I put my drink down and squeezed the handful of nylon hard.
"I am not saying I do or don't, I've seen a lot of pretty strange things in my time." She kicked off her heels and wriggled her toes. I could see she had very beautiful feet and well kept pedicured nails beneath the reinforced toe of her sheer nude tights. "Can you go over it again for me? I have had a long day in the studio and my wits really aren't up to much tonight."
"From the beginning?" I sighed.
"From the beginning, or even before then. Tell me why you like hosiery. How did all this start?"
I sighed again and kicked off my heels, not quite as high as Katherine's. I must admit there was quite a bit of deliciousness wriggling your toes after wearing high heels all day. The red nail varnish was easily visible through my barely black tights. But my nails weren't nearly as good as hers. She was a model after all.
"Well, I wasn't always obsessed with hosiery. I met Sophie at college and we ended up going out fairly regularly. After college it got a bit serious, with jobs and getting some proper money. We could afford to rent a flat, so we moved in together and things were great. We then got promotions, and changed jobs and could afford a mortgage on a house."
"Great, eh? Good." She said continuing to drink her G&T.
"Before I met Sophie I hadn't thought much about hosiery at all. Sophie has great legs, although she won't admit it. She never wears tights let alone stockings if she can get away with it. And never ever in the bedroom."
"Shame!" Katherine sighed. "Silly girl! If only more girls lead the way and used hosiery to seduce their partners. The world wouldn't have as half as many hang-ups today as it does."
"We were invited to a Halloween fancy dress party. I was quite excited as I had hired a brilliant costume. The rabbit from Donnie Darko. Sophie wanted to save money so she just used her Gothicky gear and went as a witch. Her miniskirt was very short, and she looked a real babe. She even wore black fishnet stockings over some tights and black high heels. She looked incredible. I was fighting off most of the blokes at the party, she was the most sexy girl there, despite Nick dressing up as a tart in a black basque and stockings.