Bri returns just in time to save Mackenzie, but not her new clothes

"Did you find some shoes?" a bubbly voice asked from a few feet away. Mackenzie turned to find Bri walking back up to her, no longer holding the towel.

"Bri!" Mackenzie exclaimed with an almost palpable sense of relief.

"What's going on?" she asked curiously, having noticed the perturbed employee standing right next to Mackenzie.

"Do you know this girl?" the loss prevention professional said, jerking a thumb towards Mackenzie.

"Of course!" Bri chimed with a smile. "She's a friend! We were just stopping in to pick up a few things."

"So... I take it you're willing to pay for the items she's currently wearing, then?"

"Obviously," she chuckled. "C'mon, Mackenzie, let's go check out!"

"Not so fast!" the man said. "Customers aren't allowed to wear merchandise in the store until after it's been purchased. You'll need to take those things off."

"What?!" Mackenzie gasped.

"You heard me! It's far too easy for shoplifters to just walk out with stolen clothes on their backs. Now take those things off until after you've bought them."

"Oh, but sir, she doesn't have anything else to wear!" Bri chimed in. "Surely you can make an exception for her?"

"Rules are rules," the stubborn man said as he crossed his arms. "Off with them. Now."

"But! But then she'd be naked!" Bri shouted, garnering a few stares from nearby customers. "You can't make her strip naked like that!"

"Bri..." Mackenzie muttered, not liking the sudden amount of attention focused on her.

"Not my problem," the guard said, eyes lecherously traveling up and down Mackenzie's body. "Disrobe, miss."

"I can't believe this!" Bri said, sounding angry for the first time since Mackenzie had met her. "I knew this store was irreputable, but I had no idea just how bad it was! I refuse to give you any of my business. C'mon, Mackenzie, we're leaving!"

"Wait, what?!" Mackenzie said, flabbergasted. "Bri, wait! I need you to pay for these!"

"We don't need their shitty clothes or their perverted rules!" Bri yelled. All eyes were now on the two girls. "Just get rid of them, Mackenzie. We can go to another store and I'll buy you some actual good clothes!" She directed her last two words at the surly employee.

Mackenzie's mind was reeling. While she'd had no desire to stand naked in line at the checkout, she suddenly found herself facing the much more humiliating option of walking naked back out into the mall proper!

"No! No, Bri it's fine!" Mackenzie said, hurriedly pulling off the shirt and pants. The blushing redhead clutched them to her bare skin as best she could. "I'll wait until we buy them to put them on! It's okay!"

"Too late for them!" Bri said, calmly whisking the clothing out of Mackenzie's hands, eliciting a small yelp of surprise from her friend. Bri threw the two garments at the loss prevention officer. "You lost a valuable customer today!" she proclaimed as she ushered a stunned Mackenzie towards the store's exit. The nude girl's embarrassment reached new heights for the day as she found herself just feet away from the crowded mall area.

"Bri! Wait! I'm naked!" she freaked out slightly. "I can't go out there like this!"

"Don't worry, Mackenzie, there's a shop not far from here that'll be perfect for you! I knew we shouldn't have trusted a cheap and awful place like that. From now on we'll stick to the stores I trust, okay?"

"My... my towel! Bri where did you put my towel?" Mackenzie panicked as she emerged from the store.

"Oh, I threw that old thing away," Bri said, nonchalantly. "I told you, I'll buy you as many replacements as you want! So don't worry, okay?"

Mackenzie was gobsmacked. Did this girl really not see the problem here? Mackenzie didn't care about that towel in particular, she cared that she was now standing naked in the middle of the crowded mall! Keeping her head down, Mackenzie soon heard the first shout of surprise from somewhere close behind her. A piercing wolf whistle soon followed, which served to open the collective floodgates. A small chorus of shouts and calls erupted from around Mackenzie, ranging from shocked to appreciative to appalled at her indecent display. Why on earth had she agreed to come to the mall? She should have known things would inevitably wind up like this for her! Mackenzie endured the not unfamiliar jeers of the public for just over a minute before she heard Bri speak back up.

"Here we are!"

Mackenzie looked up finally, and noticed they were entering the infamous "Alexandra's Confidential."

"Wh- A lingerie store?!" she asked, dumbfounded. "Bri, I need real clothes!"

"Every good outfit starts with a nice matching set of underwear!" Bri said, as if it was a commonly used mantra. "And, besides, you need quite a few pairs of underwear, don't you?"

"Well, yes, but-"

"Then this is perfect! Trust me!"

Mackenzie, more **** to get (relatively) out of sight than anything else, relented and followed Bri into the store.