Note from the author: Thanks to those who offered feedback and encouraged me to continue the story. I'm glad I did and hope that you enjoy it. I always try to make my stories believable and psychological. I hope you might consider reading my non-fetish stories, too. Happy reading and thanks again for your feedback.
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I knew exactly which liquor store Jim was headed for to pick up the tequila. Kelly had asked him to get some limes as well, in order to "buy us more time," but I seemed to remember that store selling limes, too. But then again, maybe not, which would have required Jim to walk a bit more out of his way afterwards to the supermarket. These were the calculations flying through my head as Kelly and I walked back in the house to continue the foot massage on the couch. I figured Kelly and I had at least another 15 minutes alone, or potentially up to half an hour before Jim got back.
I should reiterate that Kelly and I were very good friends, but this was the first time we had spent any amount of time together without Jim. That aspect alone might have made it awkward enough for Kelly under more ordinary circumstances. But there we were, after my having just come out to her as a foot fetishist and an avid admirer of her feet in particular, on her boyfriend's couch about to... well, I wasn't yet sure; at the very least, to continue the foot massage I was giving her, and hopefully more.
Kelly and I had positioned ourselves on the couch so that we were on diagonals facing each other, as if, well, as if we were on a first date about to make out or something. But no, that was not at all the energy between us.
"So..." she led, with a curious smile on her face. In that brief yet suspenseful silence I got the feeling that she was fully aware of how madly turned on I was. Whether or not she realized it already, I was putty in her hands, so much so that I would have crawled to the ends of the earth for the privilege of kissing her feet. She delicately slipped out of her flip flops and lifted her legs, displayed generously in her little shorts. She swiveled from her hips to turn towards me and gently rested both of her gorgeous bare feet on my outer thigh.
"Where were we?" said Kelly, in a manner that toed the line between friendly and flirtatious. It was obvious that she was more than comfortable having her feet massaged. What I couldn't be so sure of was whether or not she would be game for more. When the three of us discussed my fetish earlier, there was some talk about foot jobs as this sort of "out there" sex act, but the topic of foot worship never came up. I wondered how she might respond were I to reach down and kiss her feet just once, but my courage was waning a bit.
"Well, I believe you were getting a much needed foot rub," I answered as I held her right foot and began kneading her soles with my thumbs. Again, she hummed with approval and tilted her head back. She arched her back as she sank into the couch. As she did so, the bottom of her tank top came riding up to show a bit of her midriff. She realized her belly button was showing and reached with both hands to tug her shirt back down. As she did this, her arms hugged her boobs, and a bit of cleavage emerged from her top. Right then I appreciated anew that Kelly possessed not only my ideal pair of feet, but also a downright hot little body by any standard. Jim is a lucky man, I thought. But it also occurred to me then that he can't quite appreciate Kelly the way I do - from the top of her head to the very tips of her toes.
"So..." Kelly broke the silence before things might have felt awkward. "You used to do this all the time for Lucy?" she asked, referring to my ex-girlfriend.
"Yup. I made sure she never knew though," I answered, "you know, that I like feet. It was torture at times."
"I could imagine. Must have been hard having to keep a secret like that from your girlfriend for so long," said in a sympathetic tone.
"Well, sure, that was part of it. It was also uh..." I trailed off as I continued to massage her foot.
"Also what?"
"It was also having her feet right there, so close, but not being able to... um, well... You have to fight these... urges... ugh, I don't know. This is getting embarrassing..."
"No, no, tell me. I'm totally curious. What were you so dying to do?"
"Well, nothing crazy, really," I finally came out with it, "I just wanted to... kiss them."
Kelly didn't seem shocked or disturbed at the thought of it. I imagined that she might have been surprised that it wasn't something stranger.
"Kiss...her feet? That's it?" she asked with a comforting smile.
"Yeah. Toes, especially. Every time I massaged Lucy's feet, it was like... It was like there was a gravitational pull," I explained. "It felt like my mouth was getting drawn in toward her feet, and I had to physically fight myself not to plunge in and kiss them. Like I said, torture."
I felt like I managed to explain that pretty well, all while continuing to rub Kelly's foot. By then the kneading with my thumbs had gradually shifted to a more sensual caressing of the length of her foot, up to the base of her toes.
"Well..." uttered Kelly, breaking another silence. "Are you in torture now?" she asked as a mischievous smile began to creep in at the corners of her mouth.
"Yes, I kind of am. No, well, I don't know...This is both pleasure and torture at the same time. Your feet are so perfect they're... they're driving me fucking crazy. I hope you don't mind that I'm telling you this."
"Not at all!" By this point her smile had spread ear to ear. She was glowing. Was it simply that she was flattered? No, it was more than that. Reflecting back now, I think, in that moment, she felt powerful. Of course she did. Here I was, literally at her feet, wanting nothing more in the world than to worship her, fumbling my words as I gazed in awe of perfection. There's no way Jim could ever have made her feel so empowered.
As that thought crossed my mind, I remembered something important: Jim was on his way back from the store. How many minutes had passed since Jim sent his last text? My mind was so transported I had no idea, and again, my courage was draining. It occurred to me to maybe just get up from the couch immediately, in fear that Jim might bust through the door any second.
"Shit, how long has it been since Jim texted you?" I asked breathlessly.