It started as a fun little joke…
“Wouldn’t it be funny if we took some photos of your feet? Maybe we could sell them online!”
Who would want to see photos of my feet? I thought to myself.
“Do you think anyone would want to see them” I asked him.
He seemed shocked by my response; “Oh, you thought I was serious?… Yeah lots of people would I think.. You have pretty feet” He added shyly, and looked down at the ground.
He was just a friend after all – we had never talked about my feet, or anything like that before… but it seemed like this wasn’t the first time he’s been thinking about this.
I looked down at my bare feet resting on a couch pillow next to him and started to move my toes around, stretch out and arch my feet. Red toenails catching the light when I curled them.
“Okay let’s try it!” I said. I thought I had pretty feet, and if other people wanted to see them, then why not!
“OKAY GREAT!” he said a little too excitedly, then quickly pulled back quickly. “I’ll grab my camera…”