Fun With Kelly

As soon as they’d said “hi” to each other, he told Kelly that he had plans for her that day. He didn’t wait for her to say no, or say I’d rather do something else, or say anything at all, for that matter. He just told her he wanted to take her shopping, and she didn’t say a word. She just stood there a moment in a slightly stunned silence, then a smile started to grow on her face. She tried to hide it, but once he’d said the magic “S” word she couldn’t stop herself.

“Uh, like, what do you mean, “shopping”?”

“For clothes.”

Again, silence, confusion, then an effort to stifle curiosity and joy. The effort wasn’t working too well.

“I know a nice place we can go to together, right now. It’s not at the mall, it’s kinda downtown. Not too far. They have nice things, everything from shoes to lingerie and other stuff…”

Oh, yeah, he knows just how to get to me, she thought. Just when I’m starting to have my doubts about him, he drops something like this on me.

“I don’t know, I’m not sure I feel comfortable going out in public and shopping, and I don’t know if it’s such a good idea for you to…I mean, are offering to buy me stuff?”

“We can drive separate if you want. It’s down on Main, at 3rd St., north side of the road.”

“Uh, well, I might get lost or get separated.”

“OK, then I’m driving.”

Before she knew what she was doing, she was getting in his car and driving downtown with him. She rarely ventured out of her apartment dressed up, and she had only been with this man a couple of times, and yes, they had been wild, thrilling encounters, but still she wasn’t sure about him. He was older, and married (goddammit!), and hard to figure out….

But they were on their way. She felt light-headed at how fast things were moving with him. She just wasn’t sure about him. Would he ever hurt me? Guys can be such jerks. Like that whatshisface creep that one time.