"I'm going to need your ID, and the sign says no one under eighteen. I can understand wanting to get your little sister a vibe of her own, but she can't come in to help you pick it out. Sorry, but you could get me shut down."
Julie looked down at me and winked as she reached for her purse. "Why is it everyone thinks I look so much younger than you do? You're only a couple months older than I am."
The guy behind the counter caught my eye roll and smirked. "I take it you've been through this before. In that case, I'm going to need ID for both of you."
Pulling my ID out, I set it on the counter for him. "First time getting carded, but I'm used to people thinking I'm twelve. I haven't really grown all that much since then."
Julie's ID got a once over to check her age, but he scrutinized mine for a minute before shaking his head. He grabbed a business card off the counter and handed it back with my ID. "I would have guessed fourteen, but that's hard to believe, even after seeing it. If you're ever looking to make some easy money, just give me a call. The name's Craig, and I own the place so anyone working here could get me a message. Looking as young as you do could finally become an advantage."
"I'm not sure that would work out too well. I'm involved with two people, and I don't think either would approve of me doing fake kiddie porn."
"I'm talking soft-core voyeur stuff, and your girlfriend could come along to verify it's legit. Teasing, upskirts, candid pantie shots, that sort of thing. Two hundred a shoot and you wouldn't be showing more than you would at the beach. If you decide you want to go a bit further, I can guarantee a thousand dollars a show with no contact or real interaction with your audience."
I stopped for a minute and looked up at him. "How exactly would that work out?"
"There's a theater for live shows in the back," he grinned, nodding toward the curtains at the back of the room. "It's basically a stage surrounded by private viewing booths with a quarter-inch of Lexan instead of glass for security. No one's back there if you want to check out the setup. If I circulate your picture, I could easily book every seat for a couple of shows. Twenty booths at a hundred bucks a head for a thirty-minute show and I always treat my performers well. You'd walk out with half the cover for your show plus whatever tips you get. These guys tip big, and you're allowing them to live out their fantasy of watching a young girl discover her sexuality, so it would translate into a nice payday for you."
"You're considering this?" Julie asked, sounding a bit surprised. "That's unexpected. We should talk this over, as there's someone else who could be affected as well. I would be worried that someone would recognize me and try approaching me outside the theater."
"She wouldn't have that problem," Craig explained. "You have to remember the clientele we're talking about have a fantasy that could get them arrested if they did it. If they did see her in a public place, most of them wouldn't approach her for fear of breaking the fantasy. They know she's at least eighteen, but your girlfriend looks young enough to let them pretend it's real and that's what they're paying for. I had a girl a few years back who could pass for fifteen. She paid for four years of post-graduate work at USC doing private shows every weekend, and she never had sex with her clients. Just think about it and call me if you want."
I just nodded as Julie put her arm around me and led me deeper into the store. "Remember when I talked about getting a job as a waitress at a bikini bar and you told me I would have to be crazy? I can't see how you're even thinking about doing something like this."
"It's a different situation," I sighed. "In a place like that, you pretty much have to let the customers cop a feel if you want decent tips. No one would be able to touch me if I did a show here, and it's really good money. That design job you found me is awesome, but I'll only be making around six hundred a month. A thousand dollars a night a couple of times a month would let you and Bruce forget about working crappy jobs. A couple of extra shows would let us build up an emergency fund in case one of the cars breaks down or something. I'm not sure I would want to do it, but it's tempting."
"I can understand that, and we'll discuss the pros and cons as a group tonight. Bruce would probably want to be here if you did go through with it, just in case someone tried to approach you after you left. Should we check out the theater area so we can see if it's secure?"
I nodded hesitantly and looked up at her, trying to read her mood. "You really wouldn't mind if I wanted to do this?"
Julie grinned and shook her head. "I've gotten to know you pretty well, so I can understand why this is so tempting to you. As odd as it sounds, you want to know what it feels like to know that men are fantasizing about you. I get it. I really do. It's a turn on to know people are looking at you with desire in their eyes. If you want to masturbate for a group of strange men, I'll support that decision as long as you're safe doing it."
I blushed and she leaned down to kiss me. "Come on, let's check out the theater, then you can decide if you still want to pay me back for finding you that design job."
"I'm going to keep doing that whatever I decide here," I told her as we moved toward the theater area. "Being able to claim that practical experience will help when I get my degree and start looking for freelance work. Are you finally going to tell me what this favor is?"
She ignored the question as we stepped into the back room. "Let's see, the booths are just big enough for one, and they would break their hand long before they broke through that glass. With the curtain pulled and the lights on in the stage room, you wouldn't be able to see much more than there was someone in the booth. It looks like there's even a locked dressing room for the performers. Maybe I should ask about doing a show or two myself? It might not be as lucrative as yours, but someone has taught me that I have a bit of an exhibitionist streak."
"I enjoy watching the two of you together, and I'm sure it would pay better than the laundry room. Would you want to do it if I decided to?"
Julie shrugged and put her hands on her breasts. "I was trying to cash in on these with the whole bikini bar idea, but I don't think I could take everything off in front of strangers. Enjoying you or Bruce watching me is a lot different from enjoying letting random strangers see me naked. We're getting away from what we stopped here for though."
"The mysterious favor? I'm still waiting to hear what it is."
"I wanted to pick up a few things for us, but until I get a job and open my bank account, my only form of payment is the credit card my parents get a statement for. It's just until I get my first paycheck and can pay you back."