(This, my second story, like my first, has been written about, and for, a lady I've met in a chatroom (right here at Lit, actually). Believe it or not (and, trust me, I'm struggling to) she is exactly as I describe her and every bit as gorgeous. She's a 24 year-old teacher from London and so has brains as well as beauty.)
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The couple who entered the pet shop would have drawn appraising glances wherever they went, but today, one small detail ensured they drew a good deal more interest than that. I say 'couple', but most people would have assumed, because of their age difference, that they were a proud father and daughter, or a fortunate boss and his trophy secretary ... but for that 'one detail', that is.
The man was smart, grey-haired and almost certainly in his fifties. He was of average height and build, and had dark, intelligent-looking eyes. Casually dressed, he wouldn't, on his own, have attracted much attention from anyone ... except perhaps for those eyes. The young woman with him, however, was an entirely different matter. Quite simply put: she was stunning. She looked to be in her early twenties, had thick lustrous blonde hair that cascaded down past her shoulders and a figure that would cause traffic accidents wherever she went. She was wearing a buttoned, light-toffee coloured blouse, a bright red, slightly flared, just-above-the-knee length skirt, and a pair of very slender-heeled red stilettos. Ah yes: there was also the little matter of the 'one detail' that I previously mentioned: the one that really set her and her partner apart: you see, around her neck she was wearing a matching red leather collar with a fine red lead attached, which the man was casually holding in his hand.
The large shop was a labyrinth of aisles, the dividing walls festooned with all manner of paraphernalia, and it smelt, like pet shops the world over, of that peculiar cocktail of dried animal food, sawdust, leather, and the scents of strange animals.
The couple made their way in a deliberate fashion to the rear of the store and began looking at the dog supplies. Well, actually, it was the man who was doing the looking, whilst the blonde stood passively by his side, her eyes generally cast down at the floor. Now and again, she'd shoot an expectant, almost nervous-looking, glance at the man, but he ignored her, intent on his task.
The shopkeeper, a tall heavy-set man with thinning brown hair and a kindly face, had seen them come in, and had watched them go to the back of the shop. Under normal circumstances, he would have quickly approached them and enquired if they needed assistance: but this situation did not appear to fall under his definition of 'normal circumstances'; so he was reduced to just standing and staring.
The man turned away from his inspection of all the equipment and caught the shopkeeper's eye. The store man was just about to look away guiltily when the man called out.
"Do you think you could give us a hand?" he said.
Slipping easily into character, the shopkeeper called back "Certainly, Sir," and walked towards them.
When he reached the couple, the man asked"Do you have any large dog bowls?" Then added, with an indulgent smile to his blonde companion, "I should think we'd need two, don't you, my dear?"
The shopkeepers became visibly flustered and the colour rose in his cheeks. "Yes, sir. Of course, we have: they're just here," he said, indicating a large selection right beside them. He couldn't understand how the man had failed to notice them.
"Ah, yes," said the man, "Let's see ..." and he began examining the bowls. He picked up a red plastic one and held it up next to the blonde's face. "This one goes rather nicely with your lipstick ... but plastic's so tacky, isn't it? So: I don't think so," and he put it back. Next, he settled on a shiny silver one with the word 'DOG' printed on it in black letters. "This is much nicer. I don't suppose you have one with 'BITCH' on it, do you?" he asked.
The shopkeeper laughed nervously and looked from the man to the girl and back.
"No: I'm afraid not: there's not much call for them."
"No matter. I think we'll take two of these silver ones. Would you like that, pet?" he asked the girl, with another kind smile.
"Yes, Sir," she said quietly, looking into his eyes.
"Fine: we'll take two of these, then," he said to the shop man. "Could you hang onto them for me? We still need to find one or two other things."
The shopkeeper said that of course he would, and took the bowls.
"Do you sell dog food?" the man then asked.
"Yes: it's just over here," answered the bemused assistant.
The man stepped over and began studying the tins.
"They've even got some with wine in! Isn't that delightful! ... You always like beef, don't you, dear? Shall I get that?"
"Yes: beef's OK, Sir," the beautiful blonde replied, with a defiant look at the flustered shopkeeper.
"Beef it is, then," said the man, handing a tin to the sweating shop assistant. "We don't know quite how long we're going to be out for, you see," he added, as if by way of explanation. Then he turned to the assistant and said "She's very beautiful, isn't she?" tenderly stroking the woman's cheek as he spoke, which brought a dazzling smile from his lovely companion. "I'm thinking of showing her, you know. Do you think she'd get Best in Show at Crufts?" he asked with smile.
Having no idea how to answer, the assistant just mumbled something about being sure she would. The poor man was very agitated and was continually glancing around the quite shop.
"But you can't really tell from what you've seen, can you?" said the man. "She has fabulous legs, don't you, my dear? ... Why don't you show the man?"
With only the merest hesitation, the young woman slowly pulled up her skirt until her dark stocking tops became visible.
"Don't stop there," snapped the man, sounding irritated. "You know the tops of your thighs are the best bits."
Immediately, the blonde tugged her skirt up till the hem was level with the bottom of her crotch, glancing at the man for his approval. But, seeing that he was still stern-faced, she quickly pulled it right up to her waist.
The shopkeeper looked as though his eyes might pop from his head; beads of sweat ran down his forehead and his mouth hung open. He was transfixed by the sight in front of him. Her legs were indeed perfectly curved symphonies of flesh. Her silky-smooth, pure white thighs were thrown into mouth-watering contrast by the dark bands of her nylons below, and the diaphanous black panties above: a vanilla sandwich any man could spend a lifetime devouring, and, no doubt, many women, too. Her pubic hair was clearly visible through the gauzy material of her pants. And was that just the beginning of a slit? He thought it was.
"They're very firm: her thighs," said the man. "Go ahead: feel them."
After glancing around, and swallowing a number of times, the assistant reached tentatively forward and brushed one of her white thighs with his fingertips.
"No! Not like that," snapped the man. "You can't tell anything like that. Take a good grip of one, man! That's the only way to tell."
With a glance up at the woman, who was just standing there, her skirt up around her waist, in the middle of a shop, as if it were the most natural think in the world, he slowly slipped the fingers of one hand between the blonde's thighs, about three or four inches blow her crotch. Then, using his thumb, he grabbed her soft flesh and squeezed it.
"Harder." said the man.
When the assistant complied, the woman gave a small gasp.