The Gift

The instructions, shared on the blog, was simple and to the point. She was to wear her special boots and purple dress. Plain and simple.

Given it was a bit chilly out, wearing a pair of tights for warmth would not be such a bad thing. He would understand. Besides, if he didn’t, she’d set him straight.

Placing the tights on, she smiled. They had that bit of aura to them. Shiny while being dark and comforting. Why didn’t many people understand. She doesn’t ask for much and gives a lot. Just straight comfortable private goodness was all she needed.

Running her hands over her legs, she mused over the photo shoot she had taken with these. Her friend had done a marvelous job. While a rookie in photography, he had a way of dealing with his customers, clients, and models that made them feel at ease.

Maybe, if this date panned out as it should, she’d pay forward that sweet comfortable feeling. The stars had to all align perfectly first though.

Ballerina inspected the boots. They were very unique and different. Her date had been paying attention. She normally does not take gifts from men, but this guy was a bit different. He was not threatening and stayed in his lane. The boots were beautiful.

Taking her phone to snap a quick photo, she looked down and hoped the sparkle made it through. She’d first send it to her photographer to get his opinion before sending it to her date. She wanted to make sure he liked what he saw. That always made dates run more smoothly when the guy was happy.

The doorbell rang. Her phone rang too. Who was that? Her photographer was calling. The person at the door would have to wait a few extra second. Picking up the call, he announced that he was sorry for violating her cardinal rule and stopping by unannounced at the door.

She laughed. This guy felt really comfortable with her. Of course she’d let him in.

After the formalities was covered, he asked if she had a minute to redo that photo she had just texted him. Perfect. Just in time. A quick session was improvised. They had a blast and lots of fun laughing while talking about her date and taking photos.

Fortunately, he had his laptop with him. The photographer quickly edited the images and emailed them to Ballerina. She would have them for her use whenever she needed to impress.

Several photos would have to stay private, not because they showed too much, but she was not going to explain how her legs ended up perched as they were for a photo. The results spoke for themselves, but guys being guys, jealousy could be a problem she was not going to tolerate.

Feeling nicely wrapped, Ballerina headed out the door to meet her date as the photographer headed back to his side of town for his own date.

Epilogue

As the closing moments of the night arrived, her date pulled her closely to his side. The dress had worked wonders. He couldn’t keep his distance or hands off. The last test was to see how he handled watching her speed way away. The resulting huffs and puffs and surprised yelps to stop was solid gold.

Her date was marveling at how she navigated the broken sidewalk with ease in those boots. She was a legend in heels. He was just starting to understand. Her movement elegant and smooth. Like a ballerina dancing about in the moonlight.

He had to find out more about this beauty who was just moving about so elegantly. Her smile hid the fact she was glad she had hooked and reeled him in. Few got so close, he might just be worth it.

Below are a few carefully curated photos of the boots that inspired this story. A fictional story mind you.

Here is the links to the blog post (and gallery just seen) regarding this gifted ensemble. Thank you for reading, sharing, and clicking like.

The Gifts - No matter how ready you are, when the person who desires you... plans on surprising you.. be ready to blush. Gifts well selected... often disarm the toughest... and bring out the blushes.
Memories of Milestone 150 - Kevin was having a moment reverie. He had gotten to know Ballerina better and was completely drawn to her Now, to decide to call out sick and go visit her... or work and wait until the night Celebrating post 150 on the blog with a special post in honor of Ballerina's influence on this blog
Introducing Ballerina - Introducing Ballerina - the lady who will inspire a series of stories When photos inspire a set of words that become a story and a gift
The Gift - When a special pair of boots, as a gift, creates another special gift.... Ballerina heats things up for the holidays

Editorial Note: This post was originally shared on October 22, 2017 on the portfolio side of the blog. It was moved, as part of a site audit, to the main blog. Thanks

There will soon be a page on the portfolio section that will serve as a table of content for everything Ballerina