"No." She shakes her head. "I... aren't you supposed to do this somewhere dark and quiet? Or online? It's the twenty-first century."
I lead her toward the store, pull the door open for her. "I want it now." I lean in to whisper in her ear. "I want to go straight home and use whatever we buy to make you come until you pass out."
"Oh." Her blush spreads to her chest. Her teeth sink into her lower lip. "I guess that's acceptable."
"Just acceptable?"
She nods. "Don't push your luck."
"My luck?"
"Yeah. Your luck." Her eyes go wide as she takes in the store. She presses her lips together. "I... I'm on birth control. If you... if you're sure you're clean."
"I got tested last month." A few days before her birthday. Three months earlier than scheduled. Yeah, I knew exactly what I was doing. And it was fucked. But at least I'm safe. "There hasn't been anyone for a long time."
"I want to try it without a condom. If you do." She looks up at me. "Do you?"
My cock threatens to take over. "Yeah." Why are we here? I could be fucking her in the backseat. I could feel every inch of her flesh against mine.
"Oh. Good."
"Fucking great."
"Fucking great." She moves to the racks of lingerie in front. Flips through a set of animal print thongs. "Why is cheetah print sexy?" Her voice is nervous. But it's plenty loud.
We are the only people in here, besides the salesgirl.
But still...
Her confidence fills me with a pride that goes all the way to my bones.
"Brendon?" She holds up a cheetah print thong. "Can you explain it to me?"
"It's a thong."
She laughs. "I get that part. But the animal print?"
I shrug. "Fuck if I know." I join her at the rack. Go straight to a row filled with lacy pink stuff. "Now this—" I pick out a sheer pink bra and panty set. "This is sexy."
"Why?"
"You really have to ask?"
"Have to is relative."
"It's sweet. Innocent. Angelic."
Her cheeks flush. "It's too small. I'm the next size up."
I trade it in for the next size. "I'm buying this for you."
"I thought we were here for a—" She lowers her voice. "For something else."
"You can say vibrator. They have a whole wall of them."
"An entire wall?" She scans the room for said wall. "How am I supposed to know what to get?"
"We could ask the salesgirl for help."