As gambits go, Pippa Campbell reasoned, this wasn't bad.
"Ron?"
"Yeah?"
Ron Jackson was always nervous around her, and Pippa could never figure out why. They had been friends for six months, and Pippa could tell Ron was attracted to her, but he seemed to reluctant to make the first move. Pippa wasn't used to guys being so shy, but she figured there was a surefire way to get him to overcome that shyness.
"Can I ask you for a favor?"
"Uh, sure..."
Ron seemed more nervous than ever before. Why? Pippa asked herself. I don't bite-though I might like to.
"Now, you don't have to do this if you don't want to. I don't mind if you don't want to do it."
"Uh, OK."
"But I'd really appreciate it if you did!"
Pippa loved looking at Ron's sweet face, his caramel-brown complexion, his thick mustache, his closely-cropped hair, his sexy brown eyes, his large hands. She loved how his skin looked next to his white shirt and black suit. He looked so goddamn cute...
"So, uh, what favor did you want?"
"Well, uh..."
Pippa opened her laptop and pulled up the Instagram page of the actress Kate Hudson. She clicked on a photo of Hudson, totally nude from the back, standing in front of a curtain. Her ass looked terrific. Her whole body looked terrific. Ron was becoming turned on.
"Do you like her?"
"Yeah, yeah. I loved her in that movie 'Almost Famous.' And what was that other movie she was in?"
"'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days?'"
"Yeah."
"Well, I like her, too."
"You have great taste!"
"Thank you," Pippa smiled. "So, here's what I'd like you to do. I want to do this same kind of photo for my Instagram page-sort of like a parody. I mean, I know I don't look exactly like her, but I come pretty close."
Ron smiled. Pippa loved his smile.
"And I want you to take it, because I obviously can't take it myself!"
"Uh..."
"Like I said, you don't have to do it."
"Well, I..."
"But I'd like you to do it."
"Well, uh, OK. Just with my phone?"
"Sure. Then you can send me the photos so I can post them."
"OK. So are you going to change?"
"Oh, yeah. Right here."