“Hey man. What are you doing here?”
“We’re just hanging out. What about you?”
“Shopping for tonight. “
His friend’s eyes slid over me in a way that made me feel dirty. “Are you going to model for him, baby?”
I moved closer to him, further away from his friend. He held me tighter as if to say Don’t worry, I’ve got you.
“No, I was going to go look at some stuff while she does her thing in here.” He turned to me, hugged me tight, and said n my ear. “Take as long as you need, honey.”
“’Kay.” He kissed my forehead and walked away with his friend.
I looked around and was soon wondering through the seas of satin, lace, and silk. When I checked out, I began looking for him. I didn’t have to go far. He was sitting on a bench right in front of the store. He looked up when I reached him.
“Hey.” He smiled.
“Hey.” I pointed to the bottle in his hands. “Can I have some?”
“Yeah. Here.”
“Where’d your friend go?”
“He went to pick his girl up. I’m sorry about him, honey. He can be a real ass sometimes.”
“It’s okay. Did you want to look around some more or are you ready to go?”
“Let’s get you a bathing suit to match this, I’ll get one and we’ll get out of here, okay?” He pointed at the bag I was holding. “So what exactly did you get anyway?”
“Um stuff. So why do I need a bathing suit?”
‘There’s going to be a pool at the party, honey.”
“Oh.”
He laughed but it wasn’t at me it was just the way he was. He was still laughing when some one behind us spoke.
“It didn’t take you long to move on, did it?”
We turned around slowly. It was Lily and her friends.
“Um. . . Hey Lily.”
“Hi. So she’s your new girl huh?” The way she looked me over made me press against him. He didn’t seem to mind.
“What do you want Lily?”
“I wanted to see if this was really the bitch you wanted more than me. You’re a real slut, you know that?” The last part was for me.
“Leave her alone.” His voice held a menace I had never heard there before. I wanted to run. Everything in me was screaming to flee. I won’t leave him, not like this, not because of
“We’re just hanging out. What about you?”
“Shopping for tonight. “
His friend’s eyes slid over me in a way that made me feel dirty. “Are you going to model for him, baby?”
I moved closer to him, further away from his friend. He held me tighter as if to say Don’t worry, I’ve got you.
“No, I was going to go look at some stuff while she does her thing in here.” He turned to me, hugged me tight, and said n my ear. “Take as long as you need, honey.”
“’Kay.” He kissed my forehead and walked away with his friend.
I looked around and was soon wondering through the seas of satin, lace, and silk. When I checked out, I began looking for him. I didn’t have to go far. He was sitting on a bench right in front of the store. He looked up when I reached him.
“Hey.” He smiled.
“Hey.” I pointed to the bottle in his hands. “Can I have some?”
“Yeah. Here.”
“Where’d your friend go?”
“He went to pick his girl up. I’m sorry about him, honey. He can be a real ass sometimes.”
“It’s okay. Did you want to look around some more or are you ready to go?”
“Let’s get you a bathing suit to match this, I’ll get one and we’ll get out of here, okay?” He pointed at the bag I was holding. “So what exactly did you get anyway?”
“Um stuff. So why do I need a bathing suit?”
‘There’s going to be a pool at the party, honey.”
“Oh.”
He laughed but it wasn’t at me it was just the way he was. He was still laughing when some one behind us spoke.
“It didn’t take you long to move on, did it?”
We turned around slowly. It was Lily and her friends.
“Um. . . Hey Lily.”
“Hi. So she’s your new girl huh?” The way she looked me over made me press against him. He didn’t seem to mind.
“What do you want Lily?”
“I wanted to see if this was really the bitch you wanted more than me. You’re a real slut, you know that?” The last part was for me.
“Leave her alone.” His voice held a menace I had never heard there before. I wanted to run. Everything in me was screaming to flee. I won’t leave him, not like this, not because of
