Part 17
The next day was Friday, and Tim and Julie both started it in a great mood. Mia got to the office carrying her soft-sided briefcase and a small shopping bag. Julie clapped her hands when she saw Mia. "Oooh, are your punishment skirts in there? It looks like it's fashion show Friday!"
Mia blushed as she continued on a beeline for her office. Throughout the morning, Julie teased Mia, and Tim watched in amusement. Why couldn't both of these smart young women realize that when they tormented each other, they were only setting themselves up for karmic blowback later?
As lunchtime neared, Julie suggested that Mia have her little fashion show while they ate. Mia glowered at her, but Tim agreed that lunchtime was as good a time as any. He made Julie go out for carryout, and when she returned, they started eating, while Julie kept up her banter to embarrass Mia.
"I can't wait to see your new outfits. I think you're going to re-define 'business casual'!"
Mia looked at Tim and said, "I haven't made six mistakes yet. Do I have to put the skirts on?"
"Absolutely," Julie said. "I haven't made more than 5 mistakes in one week, but Mr.
Johnson made me try on my skirts already."
Mia said, "But no one other than Mr. Johnson saw you! So I'll try them on in front of him alone."
"Oh noβ" Julie began, but Tim saw where he could take this, and interrupted her.
"She's got a point," he said. "No one else saw you try on your skirts, so it wouldn't be fair for you to get to watch while she tries on hers."
Julie crossed her arms, a frustrated look on her pretty face.
Mia enjoyed the sudden turn of events, and decided to press her advantage, as Tim had hoped she would. "Unless you wanted to try your skirts on in front of me, too," she said, teasing Julie.
"You'd love that, wouldn't you?"
"It doesn't matter to me. I'm sure I'll see you in them soon enough, anyway."
That was too much for Julie. "I'm going to be seeing your cute little butt first!"
"Oh yeah? Then you won't mind modeling your skirts now, too!"
"Not if it means I get to watch you prancing around with half of your bare butt hanging out!"
Tim chuckled with delight as his two stubborn employees got up and stomped away, Mia to her office and Julie to her desk. Mia slammed her office door behind her, and Julie grabbed her skirts from her desk drawer and stormed past Tim. "I'm going to use the bathroom."
Tim rubbed his hands together: this was going perfectly!
In a few minutes, Julie emerged from the hallway leading to the bathroom just as Mia came out of her office. Both of them were wearing a dark skirt that was almost appropriate for an office, but much more so for a night of clubbing after work.
Taller, blonde Julie's long, bare legs seemed to go on forever. Her skirt was relatively longer than Mia's, but on her frame it was just as revealing. It came down to maybe four inches behind her bottom, revealing a long expanse of slender thighs.
Mia's skirt came down the same distance below her buttocks, and the same effect was achieved even though her shapely legs were shorter than her friends'.
"Julie, why don't you walk over to your desk and back, to get a feel for the length," Tim said.
She was blushing faintly now. She walked away from Tim and Mia, aware of their eyes on her, and of her perky bottom and the way it sent the fabric swishing against her upper thighs. She was careful to turn slowly, so as not to flip the skirt upward too much, and then returned to her desk.
"Very nice," Tim said. He turned to Mia "Your turn."
Mia was also blushing just a bit. She moved gracefully away from them, her prominent buns obvious under the clingy material. She turned just a little too quickly, and had to instinctively hold down the skirt as she began her trip back.
"You two look great," Tim said. "It's true that you'll need to be a little more careful of how you walk, and you'll have to keep bending over or stretching upward to a minimum. But you'll be fine."
Both women looked at each other, worry on their faces. Tim said, "One more skirt to model."
Each one turned away, swallowing as they did so.
This time they both stepped into the room tentatively, fighting the impulse to hide themselves. Tim whistled softly, which made them both frown. "Step right up ladies. Let's see what's in store for you if you are too mistake-prone in any given week."