"Enjoying the view?" the woman asks without the slightest hint of friendliness in her voice or facial expression. She is three steps ahead of me on the department store escalator, bent over adjusting her sandal, when she notices my eyes intently gazing up her skirt.
Busted!
My initial impulse is to divert my attention from her toned legs and white lacy panties and feign innocence, but instead I reply quite brazenly, "Yes, thank-you for asking, I am licking what I see very much!"
This softens her expression somewhat; she intends to embarrass me and is surprised that I readily admit my guilt. She also considers my words for a moment, wondering if I meant to say "liking" what I see, rather than "licking." She finishes adjusting her sandal, however, making no attempt to tuck her skirt closer to herself or otherwise quench my enjoyment.
She is still staring back at me with a perplexed look on her pretty face when her escalator step vanishes into the floor at the top of its ascent and her sandals skid slightly.
I climb the two steps separating us and swiftly grab her elbow just in time to prevent her from falling, and her disposition toward me softens even more.
"Thanks," she says sheepishly.
"I'm sorry I distracted you," I reply sincerely, releasing her elbow as we both take our first tentative steps onto the second floor, two complete strangers.