Dress You Up

To mark her first day as a millionaire, Leah had decided to go clothes shopping and take Andy with her. Their current relationship was a far cry from the days when he used to worship the girl secretly and silently from the other side of the classroom they had shared. Even on a week where Andy wasn't actively romancing his long term crush, Leah's fondness for him was by now off the scale - and not just because he had made her rich. As such, in addition to her own purchases, she had insisted on treating him to at least one crazily overpriced new outfit . Which is why he was currently in the, very plush looking, changing cubicle next to hers.

"I really like this one" he called out as he admired his reflection in the mirror.

"Which one? Come over here and let me see" she shouted back.

Andy walked around to Leah's cubicle and knocked on the door. She popped her head out from the opening and frowned at her friend.

"Andrew, you know how much I adore you, but you haven't got a clue what looks good on you, have you? Or even what fits properly."

"I haven't?" Andy looked down at what he had thought was a pretty snazzy new look with disappointment.

"Just trust me on this one. Elaine will never forgive me if I send you to the prom dressed like that. Find some different clothes you like the look of and come in here with me so we can do this properly."

"What? Into your changing room?" Andy repeated, more than a little taken aback, to check he had heard correctly "Is that allowed?"

"Honestly, Andy!" Leah sighed and rolled her eyes before catching the attention of a passing member of staff "Excuse me, is it okay if my boyfriend comes into my cubicle with me?"

"Yes, of course" the woman smiled back at Leah first, then Andy "We make them spacious for that very reason."

"There, happy? Now go and find some nicer clothes. Blue or black will suit you best. And what you're wearing is at least a size too big so go one lower."

Leah calling Andy her boyfriend like that had given him a real buzz, even if he knew it was fake. There was a time, not long ago, when he would have assumed a girl like that would have been embarrassed even to have been seen with a guy like him. Not only was she happy to spend most of the day in his presence, but Andy felt Leah was starting quite like acting as if they were a couple when it was just the two of them together.

He picked out a few items of clothing that fit the vague specifications his pretend girlfriend had given him, more in the hope she would approve of them than because they were what he would have considered his style. He checked the tags of his selections. The prices in this place were eye watering, and Andy felt a little bad letting Leah spend her money on him like this, after having decided not to tell her he was the second mystery jackpot winner. It would just raise too many questions about why he wasn't that excited or hadn't bothered to claim the money.

He walked back to the cubicle and knocked again.

"Welcome to my humble abode!" Leah joked as she she ushered him into the booth "Let's see what you've chosen this time, then."

She was wearing nothing beyond her underwear, like that was all fine and normal.

Andy had seen her fully naked before, of course. But some sights never lost their impact.

"Okay, these are definitely better, all of them" Leah declared as she stood, still in her black, lacy and, Andy couldn't help but notice, partially see through lingerie, scrutinising his choices "Try this shirt first with the black jeans, anything we like, I'm buying you - no arguments. Okay?"

"Okay"

Andy began to pull on his shirt. He didn't see what was so much better about it than the one he had chosen before, but if it had the Leah seal of approval it would be foolish not to go with it.

"So, we probably need to discuss tactics for the threesome" Leah told Andy as she examined a selection of dresses she had lined up, ready to try on.

"Uh, yes...uhhh" Andy spluttered, failing to retain any semblance of composure while contained in a tight and enclosed space with his semi naked high school crush as she casually organised their future sexual endeavours "I thought you were handling that?"

"I'm going to. But it's a little bit more complicated than I thought."

"Complicated how?"

"Which one do you like better?"

Leah was now holding up two different dresses. This felt weirdly like some kind of test.

"Uh, the one on the right?"

"Cool, that's what I thought too."

Okay, test apparently passed by random luck. Now back to the matter in hand.

"So, complicated how?" Andy asked again after the previous conversation failed to resume.

"What do you mean?"

"With Elaine" Andy reminded his friend "the, you know.."

Part of him still feared that if he said the word out loud he might somehow prevent it from happening.

"Oh the threesome!" Leah remembered, as if it hadn't been the most important thing in the world "Hmm,, this fit could be a little too snug for me"

"Leah?!"

"Oh yeah, the complication. She's worried that you and me might like each other a bit too much"

What would possibly give her that idea? Andy thought to himself as Leah stripped back down to her bra and panties, passed him the dress she had been wearing to hang on a nearby hook and blew him a thank you kiss.

"So that's bad then?"

"Yeah, if she thinks there's a strong emotional connection between us then the idea stops being sexy and starts being a threat to her relationship as well as her friendship."

"Right, so we're screwed then?"

"Not really. You just have to convince her you don't find me attractive."

Andy took a good look at Leah, who seemed to spend most of her time in this cubicle just standing around in her lingerie looking at all the dresses she wasn't wearing.

"I don't think that's plausible, Leah."

"Awww" she gushed "Well then we just need to come up with a reason why we can fuck but can't date."

God, she talked about fucking him so calmly, and while she was only semi-dressed too! Did she really not understand the very tangible physical impact that had on him? He moved quickly to put on the jeans he was trying out, hoping he could force them over his erection without ripping them.

"So how does that work?"

"Well, we grew up in the same place, we could make up a backstory. Like we're cousins or something."

"Cousins who are cool with fucking each other but draw the line at dating?"

"Okay Mr Judgey, it was just my first thought!" Leah replied, noting the sarcasm in Andy's voice "How about I dated your brother?"

"My brother is fourteen"

"You dated my sister?"

"Do you have a sister?"

"No"

"So what happens when Elaine finds that out?"

"Yeah. I guess that doesn't work, does it?" she paused for a moment "I have a brother?"

"No, Leah!"

"Okay then, if you don't mind me asking, what's the situation with your parents. Married? Divorced?"

"Divorced."

"Mine too. So we can just say your Mum is dating my Dad. No, wait a second. Your Dad is dating my Mum. That would be even weirder, right?"

"It would be pretty messed up yeah."

"But only to the extent that any kind of relationship between us would be out of the question. As far as a bit of one off Fresher's week fun went, we could still be attracted to each other enough to throw caution to the wind" she suddenly turned her back to him "Can you zip me up please?"

Once Andy had done as he had been asked, his friend swivelled back around and posed in her potential new dress like she was standing on the end of a runway.

"How do I look?"

"Absolutely breathtaking!"

The words just seemed to have escaped Andy's lips without his brains permission.

"I meant does it fit okay? But I'll take that" Leah smiled "I guess this one is a keeper then. You know what, I really like your outfit too. You look great in it."

"What. really?" Andy looked down at the clothes he had only tried on because they were black, blue and what he considered a size too small for him.

"Yes, you look very dashing indeed, Andrew. Highly dateable. Except your collar is a bit fucked up. Here let me fix that for you."

She stepped forward, so her lips were just inches from Andy's and her arms around his neck.

"There" she smiled "Much better"

She didn't move, Neither did he. They just looked into each others eyes as time suddenly felt like it was standing still.

Until a knock on the cubicle door broke the spell.

"You guys okay in there?"

"Yeah, I think we're done" Leah called back as she stepped away from Andy and opened the door "We'll take everything we're wearing. You can put it all on my card."

"That's a great decision" the assistant assured them "I must say, you guys make an adorable couple."

"Don't we just!" Leah agreed as she accompanied the woman to the counter.