Lunch at the food court

"That girl was so nice!" Bri said cheerily as she walked beside Mackenzie. The two girls had rejoined the packed and bustling corridor of the mall.

"Sure... nice..." Mackenzie muttered, her heart pounding. She was still more than a little distracted from her checkout experience. She could barely believe that the girl, a complete stranger, had fondled her like that in front of everyone! Sure, they couldn't have quite seen it, but that didn't change the fact that Vicky had nearly... done things to her. In the middle of the store! With her ever so delicate touch...

"Whoa-HO! Babe alert!" a man said, rousing Mackenzie from her thoughts. He abruptly turned around to begin walking alongside Mackenzie, who was still dressed in just underwear. The tiny bag clutched in front of her bra helped only marginally. "Hey there, gorgeous. You're making one hell of a fashion statement today. I dig it!"

"Not interested," Mackenzie said tersely, keeping her eyes straight ahead. She tried to come off as unbothered, but she couldn't help but flush a little redder with the man standing right beside her.

"Aw, c'mon. I'm just saying hi! What's your name?"

"Hey!" Bri said loudly. "Get lost, creep! She said she's not interested!"

The man looked surprised for a moment before his face quickly turned to a look of resentment. He turned around to walk away, loudly muttering to himself, "Fucking sluts."

"Thank you," Mackenzie said to her friend, realizing with a renewed sense of embarrassment that she was still drawing everyone's stares. "Now, uh, just how far is this store you had in mind?" Bri was about to respond when Mackenzie's stomach loudly grumbled.

"Was that your stomach?" Bri asked, astounded.

"Oh, heh, yeah..." Mackenzie said sheepishly. "I haven't eaten since yesterday, so I'm kind of starving. But that can wait until-"

"Oh my gosh! We've gotta get you some food ASAP then!"

"No, Bri, really," Mackenzie said, emphatically. "I can wait a bit longer to eat. What I really need is to get dr-"

"I'm not taking no for an answer!" Bri said, grabbing Mackenzie's arm and steering her left at the next intersection. "We can't have you feeling woozy or fainting in the middle of the mall! We're headed to the food court!"

"The food c- Wait, Bri, hang on!" Mackenzie continued to plead with her friend, but it was no use. In just a matter of minutes, Mackenzie found herself at the edge of the food court. And it was packed. Everywhere she looked, Mackenzie saw nothing but full tables and lines of people. It was a zoo! As Bri led Mackenzie over to a sandwich place, raving about how good their subs were, the redhead took some solace in the fact that she'd finally get to eat something, at least. And it was all thanks to Bri. That was more than Willow had been willing to do for her that morning.

Mackenzie's mind briefly turned back to her situation with Willow. She was still a little resentful that Willow had effectively abandoned her that morning, leaving her naked and trapped in their room, to go hang out with some random dude. But, Mackenzie still needed her to withdraw her complaint when she got back to campus. So, she resolved once again to be nothing but polite to Willow when she got back. Hopefully her friend would be in a good mood after her long date, anyway.

After waiting in line for a few minutes (and enduring more than a few passing shouts and whistles about her attire), Mackenzie was finally able to order lunch. Bri paid for both of their sandwich combos, then turned to her friend.

"Alright, I'm gonna go see if I can find us a table. You wait here and bring the food over when it's up!" And with an angelic smile, the girl was off, wading into the crowded mess of tables.

It only took a few minutes of embarrassingly standing there before the orders were ready. The employee handed Mackenzie two trays, each complete with a sizable sandwich, bag of chips, cookie, and soft drink. Mackenzie was about to ask them to try to put everything on one tray, but before she knew it the employee was already off preparing another order. Perhaps it was for the best, though. She wasn't sure everything would fit on one tray anyway. So, with her underwear bag looped around her arm and a decently heavy tray in each hand, Mackenzie turned around to look for Bri. Somehow, she was able to spot her friend excitedly waving to her on the other side of the food court. She'd somehow managed to score an empty table! Mackenzie was honestly impressed and began her trek over to the happy-go-lucky girl.

It took only a few steps before disaster struck. The slightly damaged bra Mackenzie had unknowingly been wearing broke much more drastically. The bra's right cup snapped completely free from the shoulder strap and began tipping downwards. Mackenzie had been busy concentrating on not letting the hefty trays tip in her hands while also navigating through the crowd. So, she didn't even notice it until the cup flipped completely forward, exposing her right boob. Mackenzie gasped and froze in place, not sure what to do. Both her hands were occupied, and she wasn't even sure if she could safely crouch down and set the trays on the floor without spilling the drinks. Even worse, she couldn't really hold either tray up and in front of her chest, otherwise she felt her grip might falter. With no other options, Mackenzie kept walking.

"Woo! Get those titties out, girl!" a random woman passing by shouted. A mother quickly shielded her children's view of the redhead, while the father openly gawked. A group of young men excitedly pointed their phones in her direction.

"Noooo!" Mackenzie cried in shame, picking up her pace as fast as she dared. Her unsupported and uncovered breast jiggled wildly as she zigged and zagged her way through the food court. But after another humiliating minute, she made it to the table.

"Mackenzie! I can see your boob!" Bri gasped as she arrived.

"I know! I know!" Mackenzie said as she hastily set the two trays down on the table. Then she immediately pulled the dangling bra cup back into position over her breast. "My bra just broke somehow!"

"But it can't! It's brand new!" Bri exclaimed, as if the very notion violated a law of the universe. "How could it break so quickly?"

"It must have been that bi... that girl at the checkout," Mackenzie corrected herself, not wanting to let Bri know what had actually happened there. "She was really tugging it around when she tried to scan it."

"Do you think you can fix it?" Bri asked.

"I'm not sure," Mackenzie said, trying to examine where the bra had broken apart. "Do you have any safety pins, by chance?"

"...Why would I have safety pins?" Bri asked, sounding utterly perplexed.

"In case of..." Mackenzie trailed off at her friend's confused expression. She sighed. "Never mind. Just grab me another bra from the bag, will you?" Bri obliged, rummaging around in the paper bag for a few moments before pulling out a very low cut strapless green bra.

"Not that one," Mackenzie said.

"Oh, but Mackenzie this one matches your panties!" Bri whined.

"No!" Mackenzie blushed a bit more. "Give me the pink one." That bra had a similar design to the purple one she'd been wearing, meaning it was probably the most conservative one in the bag.

Bri sighed wearily but soon did so. Mackenzie then awkwardly changed bras in the middle of the food court, managing to only expose herself for a brief moment. She unceremoniously stuffed the broken bra back into the bag as Bri began digging into her lunch.

Mackenzie glanced around the food court and saw exactly what she'd both feared and expected. People were staring at her. A lot of people. If Mackenzie wanted to finally eat, she had little choice but to do so in front of all these people. Wearing nothing but underwear. She picked up her sandwich and took a bite. It tasted absolutely delicious to the starving girl, and she began wolfing it down.

"Don't eat too fast!" Bri said, noticing this. "You'll wind up with a stomachache!"

"Issh fine," Mackenzie said, her mouth half full. She swallowed and continued, "Let's just eat quick and get to the store already."

"Suit yourself," Bri said. "But I'm not gonna wind up with an upset tummy." She took another bite of her food and began chewing it thoroughly. With a sinking feeling, Mackenzie realized that no matter how quickly she ate, she'd have to wait for Bri to finish her lunch before the two of them could go anywhere. And that meant sitting in the crowded food court for that much longer.

Mackenzie sighed and hoped her friend wasn't too slow of an eater.