All characters engaged in sexual activities are all over the age of eighteen.
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Diana looked at Gwen and Cindy standing next to her and then at Sue, Kim and Beth behind them.
"Well, here goes," Diana turned back to the big, double set of glass doors and turned her key in the lock. She grabbed the big gold door holder and swung it open and used the door jamb at the base to prop it open.
"Ladies, Paradise Books is now open for business."
Their cheers could probably be heard a block away.
Soon enough, Diana had two registers on and ready, music was playing through the store, Cindy had the machines and register all set in the café, and Gwen had her register ready for the day.
Suddenly, Sue's voice came through the headsets they were all wearing, "It feels so weird to be here and have clothes on."
The laughter could be heard throughout the store from all the women.
All six turned their heads when a woman entered the store. Diana smiled at the sight of Jesse.
"Good morning, Jesse!"
Jesse smiled and waved at Diana, who was wearing a green apron with the yellow words 'Paradise Books' displayed on the front, before heading over to the café.
Jesse pulled on a purple apron that had in gold letters with stylish script 'Cindy's' across the front and looked at Cindy expectantly.
"You timed it well, Jesse. Tony will be here in a couple of minutes with our first delivery of baked goods. Take a look at what you think of the sandwiches I'm making. By the way, you look lovely."
Jesse smiled at the words and blushed a bit before going to check out the displayed food in the case.
Diana was standing at the front of the registers readjusting the rack of Antioch bookmarks when she saw a middle aged woman peek her head through the open doors.
The woman saw Diana and smiled, "Hi. I saw the door was open as I was driving by. Are you open?"
Diana beamed a huge smile, "Yes we are; Welcome to Paradise Books!"
The woman clapped her hands, "Yah! I've been so looking forward to your store opening. I need new mysteries to read!"
Diana continued to smile, "Great. Let me take you over to the mystery section. If you don't find an author you like just let me know and I'll try to order it."
Kim gave a thumbs up to Diana from where she was at the magazine rack against the back wall straightening the titles.
Diana walked over to Kim and gave her a hug.
They both stared as the woman reached in her bag and pulled out her phone.
"Deb. The new bookstore is open. I'm in it right now. It's amazing. Are you free? They have a café and I think it's open too. Great."
The woman shut her phone off and put it back in her bag and started looking through the books on the shelves.
In just an hour they had about a dozen people shopping throughout the store. The first woman was still in the store but now over in the café enjoying drinks and Tony's baked treats with her friend.
Gwen smiled as a woman stopped over to the wall and peeked in looking around curiously.
"Hi, welcome to the Dreamlands portion of the store."
The woman flushed a little red but smiled and gave a little wave to Gwen.
"Please feel free to look around, nothing bites I promise you."
The woman relaxed a bit and gave a slight laugh. Gwen smiled more as she watched the hesitant woman walk into the store to take it all in.
Sue wearing a black apron like Gwen with 'Dreamland' scripted across it in hot pink walked over to the woman, "A lot to take in the first time."
The woman smiled, "I've never seen anything like this. I wouldn't know where to begin."
Sue laughed, "You like to read right?"
The woman nodded.
"Okay, well for your first time I would suggest looking at the books over there." The woman looked at the bookcase against the wall that Sue pointed out for her.
"You'll find romances, paranormal stories all with hotter action then regular books and how to books as well. That way you can ease into things. Or something that I love, we have games you can play with a group or that special someone."
"Games?"
"Sure. Sex and love should be about fun, don't you think?"
The woman laughed, "I never thought about it like that."
Sue put her hand on the woman's shoulder, "I think I gave you enough to think about. I'm Sue and that's Gwen if you need any help don't be afraid to let one of us know."
The woman thanked Sue and walked over to the games section.
Gwen waved Sue over with a frantic motion.
Sue walked over to get a huge hug from the beaming woman.
"That was fantastic, Sue. You were great with that woman."
Sue just smiled and hugged back, "It just feels so natural being in here doing this. I freaking LOVE working here."
Sue leaned over with Gwen to look out at the Paradise part of the store, "Wow, things are picking up."
Soon enough the woman was back at the counter with a small card game and a couple of romance novels.
"Do I pay for these here or at the other register?"
Gwen smiled, "Whatever you would prefer."
"I want to shop over in the main part of the store and get a drink."
Sue smiled, "Tell you what. You can leave these here and after you're finished in the main store you can pay for everything except the café stuff right here."
The woman gave a big smile and gave Sue her purchases and wandered back off toward the café.
While Beth was ringing the register for the steady line of customers, Diana and Kim worked the sales floor helping the constant flow of customers find their books.
Over in the café Cindy and Jesse were laughing while serving a lot of drinks. Tony's baked goods were a huge hit with many customers buying more to take home.
Even Gwen and Sue were kept busy with a steady flow of customers curious about what was on the other side of the wall.
They were able to stagger breaks without causing any log jams with customers but nobody really wanted to leave the sales floor and were anxious for when their break ended so they could get back out and play.
Before any of them knew it, Diana was making an announcement through the speakers that the store was closing in ten minutes.
Just a little after six all the women were grouped around the front as Diana locked the front doors and switched the sign to closed.