Chapter Five: Rue Saint-Honoré
On the last morning before my birthday, I wake up and Izzy is the only one still in bed with me. I lean over her to sneak a kiss. She opens her eyes and smiles up at me. "Good morning Clary Baby, I thought for our day together, we might want to begin by sleeping in" She grins.
"Good morning, Love. That sounds wonderful! Although, I truly doubt that your definition of 'sleeping in' actually includes much sleeping." I whisper, trailing my fingers up and down her bare arms.
"You just might be right about that, Clarissa, just maybe." She cocks a sideways smile and then, starting at the top of my head, she kisses every square inch of my body, right down to my tippy toes. This woman is fiiiine and she knows how to send a thrill right through me, every time.
"Mmmn, Baby, if this is all we do for our day together, you won't hear me complaining!" I say in my sexiest voice.
"Well, I do have something else planned for us as well, but we can book end it with time in the bedroom, if you like." She laughs.
"Oooh, I like, I like!" I smirk. "Out of curiosity though, what is the Isabelle Lightwood tour of Paris going to entail?" I can't help but ask.
"Clarissa, Clarissa. Don't you know me well enough to answer that without my help?" She smiles innocently.
"Ahh, shopping it is then!" I laugh.
Our hotel happens to be located in one of Paris's premier shopping districts, so for a day out with Isabelle, we need stray no further than our own proverbial backyard. Rue Saint-Honoré has some of the most lovely high end shops and boutiques and so that's where we stay for most of our day together.
We go to Emporio Armani first and Izzy spots an adorable little blazer which she tries on and looks tres sexy in. She also tries on two pairs of trousers which somehow not only fit and manage to show off the curve of her beautiful bum but are also somehow flexible enough that she could probably fight demons in them.
She selects four dresses for me to try on, two black ones and two navy blue ones, insisting she needs to see more of my legs. I do not protest. Somehow, by just eyeballing them, all the dresses she chooses for me actually fit and they even look awesome!
Izzy also selects a pair of boots for herself which she says will be excellent for hiding weapons in and a pair of dressier pumps. I choose something called an open toed bootie which has a tall heel (great when you're short like me) and has slits up the front. They're super cute!
Isabelle tries a white stretch t-shirt with beads and a black runway t-shirt and I like her in both of them. Then she makes me try a black t-shirt that says 'Live, Love, Life' in black sequins. I must admit it's cute and she starts mauling me in it, so I guess I'm buying that too.
We ring through our purchases and then it's on to the next stop, Whistles, where Iz makes me get a black sparkle textured cami and a black sequin panel dress, so I retaliate by making her get a metallic pleated skirt and a leopard jumpsuit. Gosh she is sexy. Every time she tries something on I just want to rip it off of her.
I pick out a bonded stripe cropped top, a suzu wrap top and a graffiti print split back vest. Isabelle gets a foil patchwork vest, a white bandeau top, and a white sequin cami top. We each get a pair of jeans, Izzy's are black skinny jeans with rips in the knees and mine are navy skinny jeans with no rips. I also opt for a leather skater skirt and Iz gets a knitted skater skirt.
I get some elastic waist skinny trousers and Isabelle gets a Lola Jackson print jumpsuit. Then we pay for everything and head to the next store. We've gotten it down to a science. First we go into each store and start off by picking things out for each other to try on. Once we've tried on each other's 'I must see you in this' selections, we pick out things we're interested in ourselves. It's a good system and we both come away happy.
We eventually decide it's time to take a lunch break and head back to our hotel so that we can drop our bags off in the Penthouse, then stop by Bar 8 to have lunch.
"Well, how are you enjoying our little outing my Darling?" Izzy asks me.
"It's been quite fun so far. I am especially enjoying watching you try on clothes Baby." I say, stroking her thigh under the table.
"Likewise, my Love, that's half the fun of shopping with you and one of the main reasons I suggested it. I get to watch you parade around in whatever skimpy little outfits I deem necessary. Which reminds me, I think we need to find a lingerie store next, don't you?" She smirks. The waitress arrives to take our drink order; Iz gets a J'aime Paris 2.0 and I order a Honey Kingston.
She proceeds to describe a lingerie store that she's heard about which isn't too far of a walk to from here. Then the waitress brings our drinks and we order the dim sum to share. Our food arrives and we chat while we lunch, about all kinds of things, such as the upcoming move to Idris and how bittersweet it is to be leaving New York behind. I tell her all about the catacombs with Jonathan and she tells me about the quest she and Jace went on in search of the perfect birthday party venue for me for tomorrow. Of course she doesn't tell me what they decided on and insists that it must remain a surprise for tomorrow.
After lunch, we make our way to the lingerie store she told me about, which is really more of a workshop than a store. An associate measures us and walks us through all of their selections, which are the materials and colors to choose from along with accessories like bows and lace that will be used in creating our custom pieces. We choose everything ourselves from scratch and then wait while they fabricate it. So we spend all afternoon here, selecting different styles and waiting while they are made for us.
Isabelle selects four different sets and I select five because I've never had anything this fancy before in my life! We each make sure to choose a gold set that we plan to save for the wedding because even though we haven't picked out our dresses yet, Shadowhunter brides always get married in gold. Other than that, we both choose something in black, something in white and something in red. I also choose a green set because as a redhead, the color green is my best friend. Plus it matches my eyes which I love!
By the time we head back to the hotel, we are so spent from our day of hard core shopping, that we head straight to the bedroom. At least, that's the excuse we give the boys but we don't do much sleeping because after seeing Isabelle in all of her new intimate apparel, I need to get my hands all over this girl's beautiful body. I know that it drives her wild whenever I kiss her thighs, so I carefully circle them with kisses, leaving tiny little hickeys all the way around them that look a lot like garters. She tells me I'm a naughty vixen and that she loves receiving them more than any of the store bought lingerie.
After a whole lot of fun in bed, we do eventually collapse from exhaustion, but first, Izzy ducks out to the living room to finalize tomorrow's plans with the boys. After all the birthday fun I've already had this week, I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!