I was sitting in a bar terrace sipping a cappuccino and enjoying the sunny morning. It was my day off, so I had decided to treat myself to a nice day of doing absolutely nothing.
The winter had been long and cold, as is customary at these latitudes, but now spring had exploded in all its glory, and this was the first day where the weather was warm enough to go outside and actually enjoy the streets of the city.
I was summing up in my mind where life had taken me so far; my job was as demanding as ever, I had a shitty boss and even worse colleagues. I was in a ton of debt due to all the fucked-up decisions I had made so far and I would have to work my ass off to get my life back on track.
The realisation that my life was slipping out of control had come to me a couple of months before, after waking up one morning in a place I didn't recognise, hung over like shit and loathing myself. I had come to the conclusion that I needed to get things under control before it was too late. I was almost 25 years old, and already it seemed to me that my options for the future were getting frighteningly thin.
I was toying in my mind with all these thoughts when I noticed a couple of young girls, roughly in their early 20s, come walking down the street towards the bar where I was sitting. They were chatting loudly, and giggling. One of the girls, a blonde with a bright summer dress, was limping slightly and leaning on the other girl for support. She seemed to be in a little pain, but nonetheless she was amused at something going on with her shoes.
Seeing these two pretty girls reminded me of how much time had passed since the last time I had had a girlfriend. Lately I'd been so focused on getting my shit straight that I had basically neglected my social life. I had all but abandoned my group of "friends" and tried to get away from their destructive lifestyle. There was no way in hell I could have gotten my life back on track if I had continued to go out with that bunch of dope heads, whose only goal in life seemed to be getting laid and getting stoned (usually not in that order).
I looked at the two girls, trying not to stare. They were very pretty, and the last thing I needed in this relaxing morning was to creep out some random girls and have my ass kicked out of the bar. The blonde was wearing what I now saw were a pair of open-toed sandals, while the other one, dark skinned with short dark hair, was wearing a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt. I was curious to see what was going on with the blonde's sandals.
The blonde girl had placed her right foot on the other girl's chair, right between her legs. Now I could see that the sandal strap had been digging a bit into the flesh of her ankle, and her friend was unstrapping them. She wiggled her toes slightly, the green nail polish strikingly brilliant in the morning sun. The two girls exchanged a very intense look while the dark girl started removing the blonde's sandal. The blonde let out a small moan and closed her eyes, while her friend started massaging her foot.
I was mesmerised. I had always been attracted to women's feet, but the scene I was witnessing was so loaded with intimacy and sexual tension that I could almost feel it on my skin.
The dark girl seemed to be into the massage as much as her friend. After a while of massaging she gazed my way and gave me a wicked smile that caught me completely by surprise. I blushed so hard my face was about to melt.
I felt like I was a pervert staring at a private moment that I had no business witnessing, so I tried to act as if I was not even there. I fished my phone from my pocket and I pretended to be intently interested in it.
At this point I had a raging boner and there was no way in hell I could just stand up and leave. I would have had to pass by the girls' table, and being the awkward fuck that I am, I was too embarrassed to even look up from my phone.
After a few minutes of fiddling with my phone, I tried to look at the girls to see what was going on, hoping to be subtle enough that they would not notice. The terrace was empty except for the three of us, and the street was very quiet. The only sound I could hear was that of their voices.
I looked in their direction, and I saw that they were both looking at me and giggling. I must have blushed again, and I felt so pathetic I wished I could just disappear from the face of the earth.
The dark girl called out to me, and I was fucking trembling.
"Hey!" she said. And there was that wicked smile again. Her friend's feet were now both on her lap, and she was still massaging them while looking at me.
"Uh, hi," I replied. I fucking hated myself so much. I felt as beta as ever.
"What are you having?" she asked me. I realised now that my cappuccino had gone cold and I had barely touched it.
"What? Oh, a cappuccino. I think."
Now they were both grinning. They exchanged a look and then the blonde girl said, "Why don't you come and sit here with us?"
I couldn't believe it. What the fuck was going on? Two beautiful young girls interested in me? This must be the fucking twilight zone. As usual my brain was trying to sabotage me by coming up with excuses to back out, but thankfully I got a hold of myself and in the most manly tone I could muster I said, "Yeah sure, why not?"
I got up from my chair trying awkwardly to hide my boner, with mixed results.