"What On Earth Are You Wearing ?"

The noisy bunch of students jumped up to get off the bus as it arrived outside the mall. As Debbi extricated herself from Deacon's lap, the right leg of her shorts fell back into place, not that it covered much anyway. But the fabric of the left leg had become creased and stuck where Deacon's fingers had hiked it up, leaving Debbi's entire left buttock bared ! By now she had become used to her appearance eliciting giggles and comments and so she took no notice as they exited the bus. And none of the girls or Deacon's crew were going to inform her of her heightened exposure.

Debbi was focused on getting to a clothes shop to buy some more appropriate attire. She wasn't keen on spending unnecessarily but her current predicament did represent a necessity and she thought she would get some use out of whatever she bought eventually. The three girls did not seem to be in any hurry to get to a shop, however. Deacon and his gang drifted off with a vague promise to meet later, while the girls were idly window shopping in jewellers and shoe shops. Shoes were some way down the priority list for Debbi just now. Her fervent hope, as she skulked along warily with the girls, was that she would not bump into anyone she knew. Sadly, this hope was not to be realised.

Debbi looked up to see Karen, the head of H.R. at the company, rapidly approaching. Unfortunately, the pair made eye contact before Debbi could manage to hide herself. "Debbi ?" Karen asked incredulously, eyeing her appearance. "Oh, er, hi Karen" Debbi stuttered. "What on earth are you wearing ?" Karen could not help but blurt out. "Er,um, it's..." but then Debbi was interrupted by Jody. "Miz No-E here is getting into the swing of things for our Rag Week" she announced. "She's going to be going around doing her Miz No-E rap to help boost our charity collections !" This was the first that the horrified Debbi had heard about this.

"Miz No-E ?" queried Karen. "That's what we call her after she told us that it's Debbi with no 'e' " said Lynn. Karen laughed. "Oh, of course. We all know all about that missing 'e' " she chuckled. "These are some of the students I'm mentoring" Debbi felt obliged to explain. "Wonderful. I'm delighted the scheme's going so well" chirped Karen, who had been involved in setting it up from the company's end. "Oh, No-E's really popular with us all and great fun. So inspiring too" confirmed Lynn, as the girls began to move off. "I'll be sure to spread the word about the No-E rap so we can help swell the coffers of your collection" Karen called after them. She laughed openly as she caught sight of Debbi's rear walking away from her !