1.
I was stuck in my own life. I was a 32 year old young lady with a lot more to live but no where near aware of that. But events that would follow changed my whole perspective of things.
I lived in with a lazy boyfriend, he being my high school sweetheart and rushed into decisions faster than we should have. It all seemed like a fairy tale and was too good to be true. He lived life easy always depending on others. He lulled in and out of sleep all day stuck on his sofa, not bothering to bring home some money or engage in any form of work for that matter.
I knew I had to change things, I lost my job as part time secretary 2 weeks ago and we needed cash desperately.
That morning I set out dressed in my most professional dress, striped pants and white blouse hoping it would make up for being under qualified. I popped into a tuck shop to buy a pen and while walking out of it a sign caught my eye. It was a video store opening soon 2 doors away from the tuck; in the window was a sign for help wanted. Why not? I asked myself, just have a look and see what kind of work and pay it could be. I scurried through the open door.
The store had a narrow shop front but long and wide to the back of the building. I walked in and saw the new counter still covered placed nicely on the right. There was something else. I could feel a stare coming from somewhere, heavy on body. I glanced round but found no one.
"Hello, is there anybody there?"
Few more seconds of silence and a silhouette appeared from an aisle.
"Hi, how can I help you?"
It was a young Asian man, probably of Indian descent but no trace of an accent. He was young, maybe 24-25 with long black straight hair down to his shoulders and insolent deep eyes.
"Hi, yes... my name is Marie. I saw the sign in the window. Is there anyone I could talk to about the position? Can I see the manager?"
"Sure, step this way Marie."
The boy pointed to the back of the shop. All that time he did not stop looking intensely at me. Not just me, but he scrutinised every part of my body, looking up and down. I knew I had kept myself in good shape and always taken care of my appearance. My most prized asset I think is my fair skin, smooth and olive white. Was a stark contrast to my curly rind hair. My boyfriend says it was my breasts that did it for him. Well just a matter of opinion.
This boy was not exactly lusting and neither indifferent to me but there was something. I wasn't scared just nervous. Without another word, he walked down the aisle expecting me to follow. At the end of the row of empty shelves he opened a door which led to an office and motioned me in. He moved round to the other side of the table and I closed the door behind me.
"My name is Ash, please sit."
I complied sitting opposite him.
"I am opening this shop and would need some help running it. I would be here most of the time but my thing is really cell phone repairs, I just thought would be nice to have an extra income at the same time."
He sounded pretty sure of what he wanted to do with his shop.
"All I really need is just someone to man the shop, re-shelf the videos and issue them to customers. I know it's not a really exciting job and can't pay a lot right now but it's a start."
Ash seemed like he could read my mind and talk for me.
"How long hours?"
"Well, Monday to Friday 9 to 6 and Saturday 9 to 8. I could start you with £40 pounds a week and if you bring on more customers, we can always negotiate."
"Do you have any kind of customer sales experience?"
"No, but I think I could handle it. The pay is a bit low though."
"Well you could try out for a week, fully paid, if you don't like it, then it's up to you."
I thought about it, we could do with the cash plus just a week, my boyfriend wouldn't know the difference.
"Ok," I blurted, "When do I start?"
He rose up with a smile, extended his hand,
"Monday, be here at 9, oh and the attire is casual, no need to dress up!"
His last words made sense but I was convinced they meant something else. I shook his hand and left. I went back quite happy with myself and told my semi-conscious boyfriend about a new admin job I got.
'Cool' was his response before he turned over and slept again.
2.
Monday morning I dressed with enthusiasm and put on a nice knee-high pleated grey skirt and a bright lemon blouse. All did seem right that morning.
I reached the shop at 8 45 to find it open and ready. The till was bright red and the shelves all filled with DVD boxes. Ash was in the front behind the till.
"Morning," he said with a smile. I hadn't noticed but he had cute dimples on his cheeks. "That's a nice outfit!"
"Thanks," I replied. "So where do we start?" I asked.
We spent the morning in front; he showed me how to scan in the boxes and charge the customers, where to stock the returned ones and how the shelving system worked. The only thing we needed now were customers. A couple came in, and Ash showed me how to open an account and issue them their video store cards. It was interesting and fun. It felt nice doing something productive for a change. At least I didn't do anything to make me look like a fool on the first day! Ash was pleased too. By the end of the first day, we had 12 new customers already.
At 6, he asked me to lock the door and to tidy for tomorrow. He then told me to check the stock of new DVDs he had on the top shelf in the centre aisle. He said I would need the step ladder. I got the ladder and climbed up, fully determined to go home feeling wonderful. Before I knew it, Ash was under the ladder holding it while I checked the stock. The ladder wasn't wobbling and he stood there saying nothing just watching me. He glanced up my skirt and eyed my legs. He made no attempt to conceal it and put me in a tight spot not being able to cover myself up with both hands full of DVD boxes. He said nothing just admired my white panties. What an insolent lad.
"Okay, there are 9 here...should I bring them down?", I said trying to stop him.
"Ok, come down....I got you." I was trapped. He held the ladder both sides while I descended through his arms. When I reached the bottom, we had the ever slightest of contact but I could distinctly feel a hard-on pressed against me for a fraction of a second. He let go and went to the door. Now I was anxious and expecting something wrong to happen.
He unlocked and held the door open and said goodbye and that I had done a good job. I grabbed my purse from behind the till and rushed out.
"See you tomorrow!" I heard. I didn't even turn around.
I went back home and went over all the events in my mind. I had fun, new job, new meaning and independent again. The work was easy and Ash was nice to me all the time. Except for the ladder incident... Hmmmm...he did look at me with some lust today but made no moves. Come to think of it, I liked the attention I got from him; it's been such a while. I decided to go back, hoping the sexual tension wouldn't build further and of course boyfriend doesn't need to know. At least not right now.
3.
I came from a prudish conservative family, very strict on upbringing. High school however meant a lot of freedom. I had my share of boyfriends with a few eye opening sex frenzies. Some making out in the car, some groping and hand jobs, some blow jobs too. I was not an angel and never claimed to be one. But never with a non-white guy. I have seen some interracial porn before and yes the size thing did intrigue me. More shocking to me was the manner the girl would submit to the guy and how the passion and taunts would make it hornier.
The next day Ash had opened up already and waited for me to get there. Then once I was behind the till he went to his office and stayed there till lunch time when he came to relieve me for my break. Not a lot of words today I thought. But at least it's working. We had some returns and few more new customers, all of which I handled myself. By the end of the 2nd day I had mastered everything, but I felt I had done something wrong because Ash was rather distant in his own world. He was doing his thing and I felt my presence there was completely unnoticed. He closed up at 6 10 and we parted ways with goodbyes.Odd!
The next day I wore a dress, light cotton dress loose with big red flowers. That might change things. As soon as I stepped in the store, Ash told me to lock the door and come to the office. He was sitting behind and told me to sit. He was smiling; he thanked me for getting the store running and told me that he wanted to give me a raise. He went on to telling me that I had free hand as to how I want to run it and marketing for attracting new customers. He liked the low neckline of my dress; he stole glances at it every 30 seconds! He leaned over and gave me a pad. He told me to write down some ideas if I had any. I was confused, happy and tried to write something anyway. He came round the table and was standing behind me. He was looking down the hem of my dress rather than the pad and I knew it. I am sure he could see the lace of my pink bra and the outline of my full breasts. He quickly went back to his seat his face a bit reddened. That was amusing! He told me to open up the store and that he would be quite busy today.
The day was rather busy actually. Lots of people browsing, returns and new customers. Hmmm some cute ones too. Thinking of Ash looking down my dress put me on a high buzz. A few customers tried the same thing while I was filling forms on the counter too. Indeed I smiled a lot today.
4.