Just a quick story. Thanks to Private_Label for the proof and edits. Enjoy.
I'd been considering making the call for days. I'd dithered unnecessarily, paused on the brink of calling innumerable times as my thumb hovered over the keypad of my mobile phone, but never actually finding the guts to press out the individual digits of the number. Now, however, steeled with resolve I pressed ahead and held the handset to my ear.
One… two… three rings indicated I had made a connection. My heart hammered and my hands trembled as the ring tone sounded in my ear and I imagined an anonymous phone ringing in response in some incorporeal universe. I was on the verge of hanging up as my nerve failed. I wouldn't go through with the scheme anyway, it was madness, but as the fates would have it I'd no sooner made that decision than the ethereal phone was suddenly manifest into the physical world and it was answered.
'Hello,' a soft female voice enquired.
'Uh…' I said. I hadn't actually thought about what I was going to say to the person that picked up the phone. I had absolutely no experience of this strange new world at all and was at a complete loss as to continue. 'Oh,' I added, 'I… er… I saw your advert.'
'Ok,' the soft voice responded, 'do you want to visit?'
I paused. Did I? did I want to visit? I suppose I did since I'd called, and suddenly I found the resolve to carry on. 'Yes,' I replied somewhat hesitantly, 'yes I would, but…' I paused to gather my thoughts.
'Would you like to know a few details?' The girl asked. The voice sounded young and so I assumed she was a girl as opposed to a more matronly woman.
'Yes,' I sighed in relief at her suggestion. At least the burden of thinking was lifted from me and I felt strangely grateful to the girl on the other end of the phone.
'Well, ' she went on. 'It's thirty for a massage; can go to eighty for full personal, and anything further we can discuss when you get here. I'm nineteen years old, blonde haired and blue eyed. I'm leggy and busty and real good fun. The service is relaxed and unhurried; usually lasts for half an hour, but once again we can discuss things when you get here.'
The girl delivered her pitch with well practiced ease. Her description was undoubtedly designed to whet the appetites of lecherous men and certainly worked on me. The 'thirty to eighty' was pounds sterling I assumed, and would be her fee for the 'full personal' service she offered. Eighty pounds was a lot of money, granted, but after making contact and hearing the girl's dulcet tones as she delivered her sales pitch – I was hooked.
'Where can I find you?' I croaked after making my instant decision.
The girl gave me an address and brief, accurate directions, and a short time later I found myself standing outside an anonymous block of flats in Guildford. In a sudden panic of paranoia I imagined wild scenarios of police observation posts and vice squad officers just waiting for me to ring the bell to the girl's address before they swooped for the arrest. I turned to leave and then halted. I paused on the brink in an agony of indecision. I could turn away now and save myself a fistful of cash, but on the other hand if I did turn away - I'd never know.
I rang the bell and after a brief pause the buzzer sounded which sounded my acceptance and signalled my entrance. I climbed the stairs to number 21 and watched as the door opened slightly. As I walked slowly towards the door I realised that the girl was obviously watching through the peephole, for just as I stepped close enough to touch it, the door swung inwards and opened fully.
I stopped with surprise when I saw the girl who stood smiling just inside beyond the threshold. Her physical description of herself had been wholly accurate, and the blonde vision in front of me was just as she'd described.
'Come in,' she said quietly with an amused glint in her eyes, and she stepped to one side to allow me in.
Dumbly, I entered and then stood awkwardly while the girl closed the door and brushed past me. I smelled the scent of her as she passed me, and I knew that I would forever associate that particular scent with the excitement of my first visit to Beth.
I followed her into a small but tidy living room and sat in the chair that was indicated to me by the blonde girl.
'So,' she said brightly, 'what's your name?'
'Phillip,' I replied, giving my real name.
'Hi, Phillip, I'm Beth.' She looked at me for a moment as though she was studying me. 'You look like a nice man, Phillip,' she continued. 'What can I do for you?'