Shoeholic

The young seventeen year old male employee at Shoeholic knelt on one knee between the two gorgeous blonde green eyed sisters that sat before him in the stores chairs. Around them were boxes and boxes of heels that he had gathered for him. When his mother told him to find a job for the summer or he would be working at her shoe store he thought it was the worst thing that could happen to him. More than one of his friends had made fun of him, asking if he enjoyed the discount on heels. Now though he thought it might be the best thing that could have happened to him. When the pair came in he wished he had the courage to talk to such beauties and he would have stood there frozen if his mom hadn’t given him a shove and told him to go see if the ladies needed help. Walked up behind them he cleared his throat before speaking. “Ahem.. Could I… could I maybe, I would love to help such pretty girls.” His face turned bright red, he just wanted to ask them if they wanted help and was trying to think of a way to compliment them at the same time. When they turned around the blonde in jeans had a bright smile on her face, while the skimpier one had a look he had seen a thousand times before. One that told him to go away. “Oh we would just love some help from you.” The girl paused and looked at his name tag. “Jeremy, it is so nice of you to offer and do you really think we are pretty?” His mouth started to run dry and he wondered for just a second how she knew his name before he recalled the tag on his shirt. “Yes.. ahh umm prettiest sisters I have ever seen.” The smiling girl leaned over and whispered something to the other who only gave her a glare. Whatever they were talking about it seemed it was over quickly with the one who spoke kept eye contact and nodded yes before turning back to him. “We don’t run into such cute gentlemen very often, and we would just love to have you spend time with us. Isn’t that right sis?”

The girl in the skimpy outfit seemed to change her mind about him as her expression changed to one of joy. “I do love spending time with cute boys. Jeremy I'm Bailey and this is my big sis Candi. Do you think you could help us find just the right shoes for us?” He quickly nodded his agreement and got a feel for what they wanted. “Please, please ahh, have a seat over there and I will be right back!” Jeremy took off with a quickness, looking back at the girls as they walked to the chairs he indicated to make sure they were real, and weren’t playing some trick on him. “Black heels, red heels, black heels with red, red heels with black..” He repeated to himself their instructions and his heart skipped a beat remembering the girl named Candi saying. “And bring anything you think would look good on us. It is important to have a man’s opinion.”

Bailey was not enjoying this as the boy Candi insisted they treat extra nicely with how nervous he was or her plan for them both to give him a kiss on the cheek for helping them. If something happened like this to him when he first started working at his parents store he thought it might be a day he remembered, but being on this side of it was the worst even if it was a kindness. The boy had brought around thirteen pairs of different heels for the pair of them to try on and now that they were at the end he had to decide what pair of heels he hated the least to wear to a dinner he didn’t want to go to. Bailey looked over to Candi who looked lost in thought and then down to the shoes she wore, a pair of black leather pumps with a small platform for the ball of her foot and a long thin heel that was red on the underside. He of course recognized the brand and how they were probably the most expensive of the group Jeremy had brought them. “Those look like totally amazing on you.” Bailey said to try and convince the girl to select them. If she did he would have the pleasure of looking at her legs in them that night, and would be able to get out of here that much sooner. He didn’t want to try on one more set of shoes, or have Jeremy’s hands on his calves or feet again.

“Hmm, you think so? I do like them, but I don’t know. Here you try them on so I can decide.” Candi slipped a foot from one heel before Jeremy shifted over to help remove the other. Not fighting what was going to happen anyhow, Bailey pointed his foot to the kneeling man so he could slip the shoe onto his feet. Knowing the routine Bailey stood up and strutted up and down one of the isles, well aware the young man’s eyes were on his tight pink skirt covered ass as Bailey sashayed. The heels were taller than the purple butterfly sandals, but about the same height as the red heels he wore the night before, but these had the platform. The tall heels brought Bailey up to six foot tall, a height he would have loved to have been, just not with this method. Sitting back down Bailey crossed his leg at the knee and seeing the smile on Candi’s face, Bailey looked to the teen boy. “We will take them.” He said bringing a close to her indecisiveness on what shoes to select, and now he only had to figure out his choice before she chose for him. “Say Jeremy, do you think you could give us a discount today.” Bailey had given his share of discounts to pretty girls in his time, and as the metaphor goes ‘if the shoe fits.’ The boy's grin didn’t falter, he only looked between the two girls as he stood up. “Oh yeah sure I can do that! Do ahh, could I have your phone numbers?”

Of course he couldn’t, but Bailey gave the nervous little man props for finding his backbone to ask. “Aww, you have been such a big help for us today. We would love to have your phone number. It looks like you picked out just the right pair for Bailey to wear tonight.” Slowly, very slowly Bailey looked over to Candi. “What?” Candi pointed to the shoes Bailey was wearing. “I can see how much you liked those, so we'll get them for you, and I think I know exactly what I want. Remember those black suede strappy pumps you wore on Tuesday, I think those would look perfect for me tonight.” Bailey mentally acknowledged she answered the question, just not all of it and in a way that he wasn’t sure what was going on. Had they just spent forty minutes trying on shoes for Bailey to be the only one getting a pair, and leaving with a teenage boy's phone number. When Jeremy had finished ringing the girls up for their purchase Candi had pulled him from around the counter to stand between the two girls and he felt them both kiss him on either cheek as a flash went off from a camera. “Now Jeremy, I’m sending you this photo so you can remember the fun time we had, but you have to do us a favor.” His cheeks blushing and a stupid grin on his face he nodded. “Anything!” Candi gave him a hug and spun him around so Bailey could do the same. After he had received his second embrace Candi smiled at him. “Do you think you could text us the next time you have a sale?” Jeremy eagerly nodded before she continued. “Also Bailey and I were about to go get lunch, do you think you could take a little time away from the store?” The boy's eyes grew large before looking over his shoulder at his mother who was at the other cash register. “I will ahh, be right back and find out.”

When he bolted off Bailey looked over to the bossy girl. “What is that about!?” Candi motioned toward Jeremy who was having an animated conversation with his mom. “I don’t think he has it all that good. When you were looking at your phone earlier I overheard that lady over there who is his mom say she hoped her son didn’t embarrass himself again. You know what it is like to battle with self esteem, an hour from us could help him. I can tell him something came up and we have to go if you really don’t want to though.” Candi shrugged a little. “It just seemed like something nice we could do after he saved us money. Especially after you flirted with him for a discount.” The idea of rejecting him now after his hope had been built up would make Bailey feel like a piece of shit. “You are too nice Candi, someone is going to take advantage of that.” She gave a bright smile to Bailey as she shook her head. “Nope, it is my gift and my weapon. I make others happy and they do what I want.” Bailey narrowed his eyes at her and wondered maybe for the first time, if she had manipulated him on purpose this week. He didn’t have long to consider it before a now name tag-less Jeremy came running up to them. “My mom, ahh my boss said I could have an hour off if I promised to try and get you both on our mailing list.” Candi still looked over at Bailey with that same bright smile showing some of her teeth and a raised eyebrow as if to say “Look how happy we made him.” The boy was full of excitement, still nervous, but happy. “Consider your task complete, we would both love to give you our email addresses.” Candi said, taking the boy's right hand in hers and nodding at Bailey who got the message and took his other hand before the trio left the store and headed the food court.