Chapter 27
Shopping
Los Angeles
Saturday late morning, and Amy and Luisa found themselves stood across the street from a shop that didn’t look promising. The windows along the narrow store front were entirely opaque, with a blackout film across them. The entrance looked… normal. Nothing special.
“You’re sure this is the place?” Amy asked.
Luisa looked at her phone again and then over at the shop. “Yes, this is where she recommended.”
Amy smiled and shrugged, then taking Luisa by the hand she said, “Safety in numbers, I guess? If it feels weird let’s get out of there fast though.”
Luisa nodded and they crossed the road and tried to walk nonchalantly to the door. Passing through they found themselves in a short corridor with some stairs leading down.
“Feeling brave?” Amy half-joked.
Luisa led the way, and as she got to the bottom and turned left Amy heard her exclaim quietly, “No manches…”
A few steps behind Luisa, Amy caught her up and stopped short too.
“Wow!” she said, laughing. Luisa turned to look at Amy, her eyes wide in disbelief.
The stairs opened onto a large basement shop which seemed to stock every sort of sex toy and equipment imaginable, but that wasn’t what had grabbed their intention.
Right in front of them stood a mannequin dressed in a full black latex body suit and mask, complete with zips and the works. It was just about the most extreme welcome to the shop that Amy could imagine.
Luisa asked, half nervously, half teasing, “That wasn’t what you had in mind, was it?”
“Too much too soon?” Amy joked. Luisa laughed back and gave her hand an affectionate squeeze. “Shall we have a browse?”
It was quiet at that time of day, just a couple of other customers and a few shop assistants, although Amy got the feeling this wasn’t the sort of place where you asked for much help.
They started to look around, laughing at some of the costumes that could be bought (although Amy secretly wondered what Luisa would look like in a nurse’s or maid’s uniform), and passing quickly past the lingerie (“I can get better than that for free,” was Luisa’s opinion).
After a few minutes they found the sex toys, and both women’s interest was piqued. “Do you know what we’re looking for?” Luisa asked.
“Roughly,” Amy replied, her eyes alighting on a selection of strap-ons and harnesses. “Any of these take your fancy?”
Luisa stood staring. “I’ve never used one, what do we look for?”
Amy was surprised. “You’ve been with quite a few women though, right?”
“Yes… but it’s always been quite…” She shrugged. “Vanilla I guess? Casual?” She gestured to the selection. “It wouldn’t be a good look to turn up on location somewhere packing this sort of thing.”
Amy filed that away to think about later…
the way it sounded like Luisa had what could probably be called breadth but not depth of experience with women, if it was typically about casual hookups.
Not that it mattered, but interesting to know.
She lowered her voice and said, “It’s not like I’m an expert either, but in my limited experience what is good is to think of the biggest guy that you’ve ever slept with that you enjoyed, then add a bit. Not too much, but a bit.”
Luisa stood looking for a while, judging various ones. Finally, she said, “Which do you want?”
“We can get a couple. For me, this one,” Amy replied, pointing to one that was a little over eight inches in length with a good width. “I’ve experienced bigger, but they can be challenging.” She could see that Luisa was hesitating. “Smaller is ok too though.”
“Could we get this one too,” Luisa replied, pointing to a narrower one that was closer to six inches. “To start with?”
“Of course. And let’s get this harness, it’s got a slot for a vibrator so whoever is wearing it gets some fun too.”
“I feel out of my depth a little,” Luisa confessed. “I’ll go with what you think.”
In the end Amy chose a bullet vibrator to go with the harness and also a more traditional vibrator for them to have some extra fun with.
It was when they moved on to the restraints that Luisa’s eyes lit up. “I’ve secretly been keen to try this for a while…” she admitted.
“Really? Why haven’t you?”
"Men are men... I can't imagine a man being gentle with it. Women, definitely, but I've never had, well, that sort of relationship with a woman, so…”
"We're in a relationship?" Amy teased.
Luisa laughed. "I’m starting to think so, don't you?"
"Certainly feels like it..." Amy smiled back. "So... what do you like the look of?"
"How about these?" Luisa replied, picking up a pair of handcuffs with padding for the wrists.
"They'd work, how about we get a few things? Entirely your choice what, I'm game for absolutely anything in this section."
"Really? Anything?" Luisa replied with a raised eyebrow.
"Really anything."
Luisa took that to heart over the next few minutes, choosing an assortment of restraints including some wrist and ankle cuffs, and a blindfold.
Each time she looked at Amy to gauge Amy's reaction, and Amy made sure to smile back encouragingly, partly because she wanted to make it as enjoyable as it could be, and partly because her mind was already racing ahead to what her and Luisa could do with her purchases.
"How about this?" Luisa asked, picking up a set of wrist to thigh restraints which wrapped around the thigh and then had cuffs closely attached for each wrist. "This could be fun too?"
"I'll be honest, the other things I've tried and I know we'll have fun. Those... they're new to me." Amy lowered her voice and looked at Luisa. "I like the look of them... can you try them on me first?"
Luisa blushed and grinned. "I think we'll buy them."
It didn't take long for them to pay at the till, and they found themselves out on the street again, the late morning sun high in the sky.
"I've got a few boring things to do this afternoon," Luisa said, "get my hair cut, that sort of thing. Are you ok for things to do until I see you later?"
"Definitely. There's a sun lounger at the hotel pool with my name on it, and I'll go to the gym too. Don't worry about me."
Luisa stepped close to Amy, putting her hands on Amy's hips. "Are we going to stay at my place later?" asked Luisa, looking into Amy's eyes.
"I guess so, is it closer to the party than my hotel?"
"Yes, I think so... I'd better take our shopping with me then." She kissed Amy. "You know, in case we want to use it later?"
"I think we should definitely use it later." Amy kissed Luisa this time. "I can't wait..."