"See anything you like?"
We've walked around most of the store. My fingertips have traced over silk, lace, latex, leather... after twenty-seven years I'm still a child at heart. The lesson of looking with my eyes and not with my hands will most likely forever go unlearned.
There have been things I've liked. Colors, styles, outfits. My fingers would linger on those ones, the "special ones", a bit longer than the others. I would think a bit more on them, imagining what I would look like in them for you. Would it please you to see me in it? What would it feel like against my skin? What would it feel like for it to be your fingertips brushing over the material with me inside of it?
I would have those thoughts. I would feel my reactions, reactions I couldn't stop... my eyes widening slightly, body tightening, a tension threatening to build. I would feel all of it so quickly, so intensely, that I would pull my hand away unsure of what to do with it all.
All of this is so... new. The store. The experience. The energy between us. So much new and unknown. Untried. It feels like I am at the epicenter of it all. I may appear calm but on the inside, inside my head, I'm in the middle of a raging storm and I'm not sure how to navigate the waters of my thoughts.
I can feel your eyes on me. I think I've taken longer to answer your question than what is socially acceptable. I'm pretty sure even though I display a collected exterior you have the ability to sense the war within my mind.
What if the item I like is expensive? We still haven't agreed on if I'm allowed to pay or not. There's the guilty thought that I've never had a guy interested enough to want to buy me sexy things. How many times have I listened to friends talk or read stories about this very experience I am now going through? Why didn't any of those stories talk about all of these other emotions I'm feeling? Anxiety, worry, fear, shyness, nervousness.
Why didn't those stories talk about being human?
Maybe... maybe the reason I feel these "other" emotions is because I really am broken. Too fucked up to just enjoy things as they are.
I pull away from the thought because unlike all of the other ones racing through my head, this one in painful.
I meet your eyes before looking away to the rack of lingerie we have stopped in front of. I'm worried you'll be able to see my insecurity. I'm worried about... I don't know. Being human I guess. I'm worried about your rejection. I'm worried about having a past and things I need to work through...
My hand reaches out to touch the fishnet body stocking dress hugging the mannequin next to us. The feeling of the fabric under my fingers is real and helps to ground me.
This is reality. This is where I'm at. In the present. With you. Not in my past.
I nod my head, answering your question silently before clearing my throat, hoping to find a voice that isn't one of a timid girl out of her element.
"Yeah. They have a lot of nice things here." I give myself points for sounding normal.
"What do you like the most?"
I blush even though it's a harmless question. Asking what ones I like makes me think of why I like them. Definitely not PG thoughts by any stretch of the imagination.
"Um..." I hesitate, thinking, biting my lip as my mind flashes back through everything we've seen so far. My fingers continue to absently run over the fishnet as my mind works. The texture is soft, gentle, feminine. I become more aware of my actions and how it must look with me standing here, feeling up a display model. My movement slows as my hand caresses over the mannequin's hip.
What would it feel like for your hand to do that to me? What would it feel like for your fingers to touch me, tracing lines of fire over my body? What would it feel like for your hand to grab my hip, pulling me to you as you claim me?
I try to stifle my gasp as I feel the phantom sensation of your hand on my own hip. The feeling is so strong, so thrillingly provocative that I jerk my hand back as if the cold, lifeless plastic has burned me. I try to slide my hands into my pockets, only to be reminded the pants I'm wearing have none. Of course not...
Why did I think it was a good idea to not wear my jacket? Now I'm left looking foolish along with still not knowing what to do with myself. Oh, how I wish I had something to hide in.
Exasperated with my awkwardness I fold my arms under my chest, smiling a nervous smile as I hug myself. I can't help it. Maybe it's a smile of self-preservation. I am dying of mortification after all even as I feel the lingering sensation of your hands on my hips. Does this count as a happy death at least?
"Sorry... I, um... I don't know." I fumble out. Am I allowed to have more points for still forming coherent words? I'm pretty sure that's an accomplishment, right? Maybe an "Achievement Unlocked" message?
"You like this one," you say as you place your hand on top of the metal rack beside us. You keep my thoughts here. You prevent my mind from trying to find an escape. Your words are a statement, not a question.
I hesitate before nodding in agreeance. I do like this one. A lot. I shiver slightly at the thought of the fishnet against my skin. Damn you, Brain. Damn you.
"I want to see you in it." Statement. Fact. Your words send a thrill down my spine and I can feel the wetness between my thighs increasing. How is it you can make such simple words affect me so?
"I want to wear it for you." I say the words as soon as I think them, forcing them out into the world, giving them life before rational thought can stop me. I want you to know my thoughts. All of them. I want you to know all of the naughty things you inspire in me. For the first time in what feels like eternity it feels right to speak them, even if I am breathless from a mixture of fear and desire. I want you to know even despite my cheeks burn from the blush of admitting such a thing to you. The confliction within my mind, my body, makes it all that much more intoxicating.
"Good. Let's get you in it," you say, taking one of the hangers off the rack.