Chapter 8. Show Me What You've Got
"So, posh boy; how was it? Did you pull?" Sharon appeared by my side almost as soon as I'd taken my place at the pens counter.
"No, it wasn't really that kind of event."
"
'Not that kind of event'
? Ooh! Very formal! Anyway, I thought it was a school dance. Aren't they all cattle markets?"
"Not this one. Most of my classmates had already paired up. I just danced with a few of the girls, snogged one of my teachers, gave chat-up lessons to some nerdy friends and came home."
"You snogged a teacher? That never happened at my school."
"Well, this one was brilliant, hot - and leaving."
"Was it something you said?"
"No. Her husband is moving jobs, to Edinburgh. Neither of us will be at the school in two weeks, so I grabbed the opportunity to give her a kiss to tell her how much I appreciated everything she'd done for me."
"And what was that? Did she give you a blowjob?"
"Sharon, do you talk about anything other than sex?"
She shrugged. "Not often. And yesterday I made you an offer you couldn't refuse - and you refused it. So I'm annoyed, and I might go and offer it somewhere else." She put on an expression implying faux disappointment.
"As you know, it wasn't a clear offer - just a hint of an offer. And I didn't refuse, I simply said I had a prior arrangement and offered an alternative date, to which you answered 'We'll see'. Well, can we see?"
"Ooh! Are you doing law, then? Seems you think it was some kind of contract."
Just then, Darren, the assistant manager, came up to us. "Richard, some kids have made a mess in the stationery section. Go and tidy it up. And Sharon, we need you on the tills."
So for most of the morning, we saw little of each other apart from a knowing look as I went by carrying boxes and she rang up another customer's purchases. We were even on different lunch breaks, so it wasn't until after tea that we took our places behind the pens counter. Sometime after five pm, it was getting quiet in the shop, when she came and stood very close to me, the side of her body pressed against mine. Then she reached behind and stroked my bum.
"Nice arse," she said quietly. "Feels like it has some good muscles. For thrusting and stuff."
I reached behind her and surreptitiously stroked her arse. It was quite large, but firm. We stood like that for about a couple of minutes, gently stroking each other's bums, the sexual tension rising.
"Like what you feel?" she asked.
"Hmm. Could do with a smack, though."
"A smack? Why?"
"Well, you're obviously a naughty girl."
"Really? You think I'm naughty because I'm feeling your arse."
"Well, yes..." I replied. And then she bent a little lower over the counter on one elbow and slid her other hand around from my bum to cup my crotch. I had to restrain myself from jumping back.
"
Now
I'm being naughty." She turned to smirk at me. "Oh, and notice anything?"
In Smiths, back in those days, the guys wore suits with badges to show they were staff, while the women all had these standard, short-sleeved blue blouses with the W H Smith logo embroidered on them. (Yeah, it was sexist like that back then). Sharon was wearing hers but, as I could now see, nothing underneath. The fabric was being stretched by her large breasts - and dimpled by two quite prominent nipples that were very evident at this range.
"Oh yes. Naughty
and
nice. You're quite a lady, Sharon."
"Ah, well, I may be a lot of things, but a lady I'm not."
I was just considering if there was anywhere we might go where she could show me her un-ladylike skills - and I could demonstrate my ungentlemanly ones - when an announcement came over the Tannoy that the store would be closing in five minutes.
"Shit!" I breathed. "Is there anywhere we can go?"
"Well, you could go to the gents and have a wank. My boyfriend is picking me up from work. He's going to take me away for a few days, treat me like a princess - oh, and he'll probably also treat me like a slut and shag my arse off."
"It is a very nice arse. It'd be a shame to lose it," I replied, instantly jealous.
"Oh, I'm sure it'll recover in time for next week. I won't be back in 'til Wednesday." She glanced around, then leaned in and kissed me on the lips. "Try to keep it hard 'til then," she smirked. And then she walked away, as I admired the curve of her well-rounded buttocks in her short, tight black skirt.
That sight haunted me for several days. Sundays in the late 1980s were s-l-o-w. Sunday shopping didn't come in until 1994, so I went swimming, doing fifty lengths, and then some press-ups and planks for good measure, to try to distract myself from my pent-up horniness. I dived from the springboard and the highboard a few times, which attracted the attention of some cute girls around the pool. One of the things my instructor was trying to get me to do was a handstand on the high board, flipping into a complex dive. I still hadn't mastered it, so I tried a few handstands by the poolside. I was getting the hang of it, but I was disappointed to see that the girls on the other side of the pool were leaving, as the pool closed at four. By the time I'd showered, dried off and dressed, they'd disappeared, so all I could do was catch the bus back home.
"That Phoebe called for you again. She's keen, isn't she?" Dad's prurient interest irritated me, and I was annoyed that we didn't have an extension in my bedroom so I could talk privately; our only phone was, like most people's, in the hall, and everyone in the house could hear your end of the conversation. I put down my bag, grabbed a glass of water and dialled her number.
"Hey, you! How