It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and I was at a loose end and feeling bored. With nothing else to do I decided I'd wander down to the mall and do some window-shopping. Only window-shopping as I was too broke to actually buy anything.
Now there was no way I was going to the mall dressed in a sloppy fashion, so I got changed before I went. Seeing I was in a bit of a toey mood I decided to put on some flirting clothes. Not that I was going to flirt with anyone in particular but I'd get a kick out of seeing men take surreptitious looks at me, eyeing me off.
I finished up going with tight shorts (not too tight or too short) and a short top that left me with some midriff showing. Hey, as far as I was concerned it was a case of if you've got it, flaunt it, and I most definitely had it.
The mall wasn't far, especially if I cut through the park, so I decided to walk it. The park was fairly busy, if you can call people taking it easy as being busy. I strolled along, deliberately not noticing the boys noticing me. Most of the boys were about my age, around eighteen/nineteen and quite frankly they did nothing for me. I just happen to find older men more attractive.
I'm not saying I'm dating older men. Not yet, anyway. I just find them more attractive. It's their maturity, I think. I'm eighteen myself and feel quite mature but boys my age seem so juvenile. Also, I've found boys my age tend to be a bit grabby regarding things that I consider to be mine and that they should keep their hands off of. Slightly older men would show more finesse, I'm sure.
Anyway, as I was saying, I was strolling through the park not noticing the boys. I didn't even notice when a couple of them trailed along behind me, watching me walk. Tight shorts on a curvy little bottom like mine will make boys do that.
I will admit that I was feeling somewhat smug as I walked along. It was one of those times when I was thinking, 'You want me, but you can't have me. Suck it up, suckers.'
Eventually I got to the mall and wandered around. I ran into several people I knew and we chatted for a while before going on our various ways. The girls I met would check me out at the same time as I checked them out, all of us knowing we were only there to be seen and had dressed accordingly. (Except for Janet. My god, the things that she had on. She looked like a cheap hooker trolling for customers, not that I'd tell her that. But really, that girl has no sense of fashion.)
After I'd been there for about an hour or so I started to get bored and decided I'd head on home. I was strolling through the main section of the mall when I spotted this honey walking towards me. He was tall, with dark hair. I wouldn't exactly call him handsome but he had this air of charisma about him. Whatever he had it sure made him look attractive. He was dressed in a suit and his body filled out that suit very nicely. There was something very solid about him.
I have to confess that I was sort of watching him as I walked along. I almost felt as though I knew him, there being something familiar about him. I suddenly realised that he was looking at me and smiling and my heart gave a little flip. I rather tentatively smiled back at him.
I promptly got all confused and flustered when he stopped in front of me and gave me the most charming smile. I almost totally lost it when he spoke to me.
"Hi, Debbie," he said. "Haven't seen you for a while."
I'm like, hey, what? Who are you? There was no way I was going to ask him who he was. How could I possibly not know when he knew me? My brain was bouncing about inside my skull saying, think, girl, think.
He must have seen my confusion because he laughed.
"Imagine me in jeans and a t-shirt," he told me. "I think the suit is throwing you."
Came the dawn in a blinding flash. He was Mr Jaffar, Marie's father.
"Oh, Mr Jaffar," I blurted out. "You're quite right. I just didn't recognize you with clothes on."
He was laughing and my face was bright red.
"A suit on," I mumbled. "I meant with a suit on."
"I sort of guessed that that was what you meant," he said. "Still, I won't keep you from your shopping. Nice to have seen you."
Keep me. By all means keep me. I won't mind.
I only thought that. What I said was something along the lines of it was nice to meet you, and then we parted. As he walked away all I could do was wonder when Marie's father had got so hot. Surely it wasn't just the suit that made the difference.
He went his way and I went mine, leaving the mall and strolling home through the park, again not noticing the boys watching me. Really, they were such children at times. As I neared my place it occurred to me that I really hadn't seen Marie for a while. She lived near me so why didn't I swing past and say hullo, seeing I was out and about. And despite what some people are probably thinking I wasn't doing it to see her father again. He was probably still at the mall.
I arrived at Marie's place and there was a car sitting in the drive. It appeared her father had beaten me here. I knew it was her father's car because Marie hasn't got a license yet. Go in or go home? If Marie had spotted me I'd look a complete idiot if I just turned around and walked off again. I guessed I'd better go in.
The front door was standing open do I banged on it and called out to Marie.