A/N: It's kind of related to the last chapter, this little experience, and it was just begging to be written so I hope you enjoy it. Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed. I'm still looking for prompts as I want to keep this going as long as possible. So far I only have ideas for 13 more chapters after this one and we can do so much more than that! So review with a prompt if you've got one!
Shopping, Surprise and Seduction
Matt threw himself into the chair in exhaustion, dropping the million carrier bags hanging off his fingers onto the floor. Agreeing to accompany Jess and Emily on a shopping trip was a definite mistake. He'd spent the better part of the morning being shunted from one shop to another whilst Jess and Emily completely ignored him, gossiping about topics only God had heard of, with Emily smiling sweetly as she handed him yet another bag.
He knew she needed to go shopping and buy some clothes – after all, she couldn't keep wearing his clothes – but he had never expected Emily to be swayed by Jess' shopaholic ways.
They'd started in 'Topshop', and Jess immediately picked up a cream blouse and a leopard print, layered skirt and wordlessly handing them over to Emily. She looked doubtfully down at them before wandering uncertainly over to the dressing room to try the ensemble on. When she came out, she was grinning.
"Matt? Could you hold on to these a moment please?"
Being courteous, Matt agreed to take the skirt and shirt whilst Emily moved around the shop with Jess, collecting jeans, dresses and shoes to try on. In just one shop, Matt ended up having to fork out £150 just for a pair of jeans, a skirt, a shirt, a pair of boots and a bangle bracelet.
Then Jess directed Emily up the department store's stairs and took her into the lingerie department. Matt's face turned bright pink when Jess asked for an assistant to help them. He didn't even want to imagine what was going on behind the closed curtain of the dressing room with the measuring tape, armful of bras and underwear.
Somehow, Jess had managed to convince Emily to get a bikini instead of a swimsuit, and encouraged her to buy ten bras and numerous pairs of knickers. Luckily there was some kind of offer on the underwear, but he had to pay £100. Matt was seriously beginning to worry that Jess and Emily were going to bankrupt him at this rate.
Four shops later, he was down by over £500 pounds and carrying seven bags.
"I need a coffee," he muttered, abandoning the two girls with two hundred pounds in cash and crossing the street to go to Costa.
Meanwhile, Emily continued shopping with Jess.
"Oh, this would really suit you!" Jess declared holding up a pale pink asymmetric dress.
Emily's eyes lit up and she took the dress excitedly from her new friend to go and try it on. It was a perfect fit, floating around her knees and drawing out the pink in her cheeks.
Jess sighed happily when Emily came out to show her and gushed, "You have to get it!"
But Emily had suddenly noticed the absence of Matt and wondered whether she could really justify spending £70 on a single dress that she was unlikely to ever have need to wear.
"Where would I wear it?"
"Anywhere. This dress has so many uses, Emily. Weddings. Nights out. Restaurants. Seduction."
Emily blushed at the thought of wearing the dress purely for the benefit of seducing someone, and unbidden the image of Matt trapped on the sofa by one her feet, with his hand on her bare calf just below the hemline of the very dress she was wearing leapt into her mind.
When Matt asked what she had bought when they joined him for a slice of carrot cake and a cup of tea, Emily didn't show him any of her purchases and rattled off a list of items of clothing with little description.
"Aren't you forgetting about the d-" Jess interrupted, stopping abruptly at the wide eyed look Emily shot her. "Never mind. We didn't get the dungarees, did we? Silly me – I must be getting a bit tired. I'd probably better get home."
Jess got up and hurried off, leaving Matt and Emily surrounded by paper bags from Primark, and a host of other shops including Jane Norman, New Look, Warehouse, TK Maxx and Oasis. Matt was left rather bewildered by Jess sudden exit and Emily's lack of surprise as he drained his cup of coffee and stood up.
"We'd probably better get home too. You've got so much to unpack now," Matt told Emily, allowing himself a wry grin.
Emily took a deep breathe, trying to steady her nerves, before walking out into the living room where Matt was relaxing on the sofa after a tiring day.
When she'd made the decision, it had seemed like a good idea. But on second thoughts, it had been ridiculous and Emily worried what she would do if it didn't work.
In the end, she needn't have worried. Whilst she sat on the bed trying to work up the courage to merely open the door and sit on the sofa beside Matt, he turned off the TV and opened the bedroom door to ask Emily whether Jess had been as cavalier in skirt length with her as she was in her own style.
He was sincerely surprised to find Emily looking incredibly sexy in a lovely dress that hung off her frame perfectly, outlining her alluring curves and making her eyes smoulder. It took his breath away, whilst Emily stood up, embarrassed and shocked. No words came from her open mouth and Matt, feeling weak kneed, took her place on the bed, still staring at her in wonder.
Confused as to why Matt did not withdraw his gaze, Emily looked left and right, before realising that it was because her what she had intended was happening.
"Matt…" she breathed, moving slowly towards him.
"Hmmm?" He replied, not really focusing on listening to her at all.
Emily didn't say another word. Instead she placed a palm on either side of Matt's head, tilting it upwards and kissing him sweetly. If her boldness surprised him, Matt never said, but then again, he was too entranced by the taste and feel of her lips moving with his.
His hand reached out and stroked her hip, then the other one took her waist. Their kiss didn't break until Matt reached down with both his hands and pulled Emily by his grip under her thighs on top of him. Then after a small giggle, Emily resumed her exploration of Matt's mouth as his palms wandered over the smooth skin of her bare calves, and all the while her pink dress fluttered in the slight breeze coming through the open bedroom window.
As Matt's mouth moved down her jawline and throat, Emily found her breath catching and was quite unable to say why. His lips were moving over the exact spot where he pulse could normally be felt thrumming against her skin and his teeth grazed the spot every few seconds, marking Emily as his. Then Emily realised why her breath was uneven: she knew she needed to return the favour, and quickly ripped on his shirt, buttons flying everywhere.
"Oops," she whispered with a quiet laugh before her lips began to kiss his chest, neck and ear.
Then it was Matt's turn to find his breath hard to come by. His hands rested on her waist, unsure if she would want be comfortable with him moving them.
When Emily's teeth nipped his ear, they leapt upwards and she purred approvingly and Matt seized the chance to begin kissing her again, moving back to that spot on her neck that she so liked. It wasn't until he returned to her mouth that Matt fully appreciated the earlier shopping trip, as he remembered the time Jess and Emily had spent buying lingerie and wondered what exactly he could expect to find under the frills of the dress.
A/N: I'd love a few reviews just so I know what you all thought. And remember: prompt me.
