The next song that came on was pretty much the same as the first, only it was cash registers this time. They were in sync with the beat. It was fitting given where we were standing. Melinda cleared her throat.
"Is there something I can help you with, honey?" she asked.
The girl looked at me and then back to Melinda. "Aren't you helping him?"
I stepped to the side to make room. My penis slid along the cool, glass surface of the display. "No, uh, we're just—"
"Talking! We were just talking!" Melinda finished for me. "Come on over. What have you got?"
As the girl approached, I looked away. I peered down and casually flipped my shirt down to conceal myself. It still looked unusual but at least she couldn't see my penis through the glass as she checked out.
"What's your name, sweetie?" Melinda asked.
"Maria."
"You're very pretty, Maria."
The girl blushed and set her things down on the counter.
Melinda picked up a small pair of shorts and scanned them. "Oh yeah, these are definitely you. Did you try them on?"
"Yeah," Maria said softly.
"And?"
"They're good, I mean, I like them, yeah."
"I bet the boys will too."
Maria looked down at her sneakers.
Melinda scanned a small top and then held it up. "What do you think, Justin?"
"Uh, no—I mean yeah, that's good too."
The girl blushed.
"See?" Melinda said. "You're going to drive the boys crazy, even the cute ones like him. Do you work out?"
"Yeah, I work at a gym actually."
"Are you a trainer? You look like a trainer," Melinda asked, stuffing the shirt into a bag.
"I'm, you know, trying. I'm still in High School though and you have to be eighteen. I'm almost there though, only a few more months."
Melinda perked up. "What school do you go to?"
"Bluffwatch. I'm a senior."
"Oh! Did you hear that, Justin? A senior!"
I nodded.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Melinda asked.
"Not right now," she said quietly.
"Good for you. And guess what? This cute young man doesn't have a girlfriend either."
"Melinda!" we said together.
The woman shrugged and placed another item in the bag. Then, her face lit up. "Oh, what's this?"
Maria stepped forward. "It's nothing! I don't know how that got in there!" But when she tried to pluck the tiny black g-string from Melinda's hands, Melinda stepped back and held it up.
"No, seriously!" Maria protested. "I don't know how that got in there, it's not mine!"
Melinda smirked. "Well, I think it's cute. Did you try it on?"
Silence. Maria turned to me as if I was a lifelong friend of Melinda's. Her big, dark eyes pleaded with me to do something to help relieve her embarrassment. I held out my hand and Melinda dropped the underwear into my palm.
They were damp. The color was a little darker in the spot that fit directly between her legs. When I handed them to Maria, she snatched them up and held them down by her side and out of view.
"Thank you," she said.
"She's right you know," I started.
"What?"
I pointed to her hand. "You know, about those."
"What about them? They're not mine!" she insisted.
"They'd look good on you, that's all I mean. You don't have to, you know, be embarrassed."
Melinda's scanner beeped and she tossed another shirt in the bag while poor Maria's knuckles turned white.
"You think so?" she asked.
"Definitely. You should get them. I'm Justin by the way." I held out my hand and the nervous Hispanic girl gingerly took it.
Her palm was wet, and her grip was weak and shaky. But she didn't let go. She just held on, pressing her soft skin into mine. I could feel a small trickle of pre-cum seep into my shirt. My erection pressed harder into the display case.
Maria cleared her throat. "Maybe I will get them," she decided.
"The boys will thank you," Melinda said. "Trust me."
"Really? They hardly notice me."
"He noticed you," Melinda said, pointing. "He thinks you're pretty."
Our hands came apart and I turned back to the empty space behind the counter. Melinda's hat was down there and I could see her bouncing on her toes excitedly.
"Oh come on," Melinda complained. "You are both so silly. I mean, she's hot, right?"
"Yeah," I croaked.
"Now, imagine her wearing this under her little uniform. I was always jealous of those short skirts the Bluffwatch girls got to wear. I bet Maria here was just looking for something to wear on her first day of school, isn't that right?"
"Yeah—but I wouldn't wear this with a skirt though," Maria insisted.
Melinda smirked. "Sure, whatever you say sweetheart."
Maria blew air from her nostrils.
The scanner beeped again before the older woman folded the underwear and then carefully placed them in a smaller, separate bag. "Would you do something for me, hon?"
"Maybe... What?"
"Let's see you, let me get a good look. Spin in a circle for me."
She hesitated for a moment. Color rushed into her plain face. But she did it. She very slowly twirled about on her toes as the older woman considered—as we both ogled her. I twisted my head around and followed her round, firm butt as it came toward me.
"Can you lift your arms up?" Melinda asked.
"What? Why?"
"I just want to check something, that's all."
The girl paused with her butt pointed toward me. She raised her arms, scraping them up her sides until they were pointing straight up toward the ceiling. Light reflected off the dark, smooth surface of her lower back as if she were made of plastic. But as she reached, her starchy pants sagged below her hips.
"Ah hah!" Melinda said. "I knew it."
The girl turned her head, arms still raised.
"You're no stranger to looking good."
"What?" Maria peeped.
"Your panties, sweetie. You like flashing the boys?"
"No! You told me to do it, I didn't do it on purpose."
"Sure. But you know that literally any move you make you're going to flash someone—well, dressed like that anyway."
Maria frowned. Her cheeks puffed out like a squirrel.
"It's cute though, I used to do the same thing." Then, Melinda turned to me. "See? It's hot, right?"
The thin white line of her g-string was staring back at me. I could see her narrow waist widen at her hips but still, that didn't look like enough to keep her pants from falling. My penis twitched again. It was a larger stream this time that leaked down my belly.
Melinda turned her head and narrowed her eyes. "Justin? Are you OK? She's cute, right?"
I nodded emphatically.
"Good, I think so too." Her voice softened. "What's your favorite part about her?"
Maria finished her turn. She lowered her arms, cocked her head, and waited patiently.
"Oh, uh, she's real pretty."
"So her face?"
"Yeah, her face."
"Anything else?"
I swallowed. "And she has a nice body?"
That drew a smile from Melinda and another blush from Maria.
"Really?" the timid girl asked.
"Yeah, of course, I mean you're, you know—everything Melinda said is true," I said.
Melinda patted my arm. "There you go! See? That wasn't so hard!"
I banged my groin into the table. The girl hadn't adjusted her pants yet and a few strands of thin, black hair crept over the top of her thong. Maria tracked my gaze down her body to the space between her legs. She saw it and immediately hoisted her pants up.
"Oh my God!" she shrieked. "This is so embarrassing!"
I shot my face forward, back to the safety of Melinda. But that was even worse. The button on her jeans was open and a hand was tucked inside. I could see it fumbling around inside her pants, carefully concealed behind the counter. The stain on my clothes grew.
Maria's soft voice spoke up, "God I'm so sorry, I didn't even realize, and... And..."
"It's OK," Melinda said, "it's actually kinda hot. Have you ever thought about shaving though?"
The girl coughed. She pressed her hands into her throat like she was trying to clear her airway. "Shave?"
Melinda's eyes fluttered. The tone in her voice had gotten softer, and her volume lower. "Yeah, have you ever shaved your pussy?"
"No!" Maria insisted. "Never!"
"It's OK. I like the way you look."
Her round face nodded skeptically. "Really?"
"Do the boys like it?"
"I, uh—I don't know. I'm not really like that. I mean, there was this one boy..."
The back of Melinda's wrist collided with her zipper, forcing it down its track. Her arm dipped lower. "Oh? What did you do with him?"
Maria turned to me, then back to Melinda. Her mouth dipped open like she wanted to speak, but no words came out. Perfect white teeth lined her gums, and behind that was her small tongue trying to sound out her thoughts. Melinda casually set her other hand on the counter.
"What did you do with this boy?" she asked again.
"I, uh—he, you know—" her voice dropped "—touched me."
"Did you like it?"
She nodded. "Yeah, I mean, of course."
"Oh yeah? How did it happen? Where were you?"
"I'm not telling you!" Maria said defiantly.
"Come on, please?"
"No! It was, I dunno, dirty!"
Melinda's eyes sparkled. "Now you have to tell me!"
"I didn't even know his name, OK?" Maria confessed. But her voice softened and she reluctantly continued, "We were at a party. We'd been drinking, I mean, I barely had a sip. And I don't think he had any. I'd never even seen him before that night."
"Was he cute?"
Maria nodded.
"As cute as Justin?" Melinda asked.
"No," she replied softly. "But he was still cute. It was crazy, I couldn't think straight. He led me up to the bathroom and as soon as the door closed, we were kissing. His hands were... They were all over me."
Melinda's fingertips clawed into the glass counter. "What were you wearing?"
"I, uh, just a dress—a small dress. Seriously, it was so little. And he just raised it up. He put both hands on my ass and grabbed me. God, it felt so... So weird... I'd never felt like that before. I was, I dunno, I was so..."
"You were horny," Melinda said.
My head swam. The room spun. My shirt bunched up above my erection which now slid haphazardly over the wet, greasy surface of the glass. More cum dripped out. Melinda didn't notice.
She continued, softer, quieter, "What happened next?"
"I'm not saying! That's the dirty part!"