On this particular morning Hayley arrived at work and was soon busy stacking shelves with new clothing lines and one of her shoes kept slipping off her heel as she knelt down to fill the lower shelves. Replacing her heel in its shoe Hayley thought about her forthcoming night out, She was to meet her friend Cass up in Town as they were going to see a show at the theatre, it was Cass?s birthday and Hayley had the tickets for the show in her bag. Her day at work was proceeding quite quickly ,and she was far too occupied to notice that one of her shoes had started flapping off her heel fairy regularly as she walked around the store.
Hayley left work about 5pm and started her journey to the station, After a few minutes Hayley stopped walking, leaned against a lamppost, looked down and removed her shoe from her right foot, she examined her shoe and noticed that the heel cup had become squashed down below the shoes heel, leaving the heel of her foot with less to grip hold of, Hayley managed to sort out her shoe and place it back on her foot, for the first time in weeks her shoe felt snug again. Unbeknown to Hayley forthcoming events were to take this very shoe away from her possession , Hayley continued her walk towards the station , until she came to the golf course.
The Golf course gave Hayley an interesting option, if she walked down passed the thirteenth green and across the practice ground she could save time on her journey to the railway station the only downside was that the field would be quite muddy and sometimes people exercised there dogs on the ground, Hayley didn?t much like dogs due to an encounter when she was a child. Hayley looked at her watch, noticed that she was running a little late and decided that it was worth the saving in time and began making her way along past the Thirteenth hole.
As she passed the tee area the path was beginning to get increasingly muddy and Hayley finding her feet sliding around in the mud wondered if she had made a mistake, Just then she heard a dog bark from somewhere behind her, Hayley nervously looked around to see a large black dog bounding toward her. Hayley started to walk more quickly and soon her walk became a run, the dog barks were getting louder and Hayleys heart raced, as she ran, the mud suddenly sucked her right foot out of the heel of her shoe, now she had two problems the large dog which was somewhere behind her and now her shoe which had started flapping off her heel again , Hayley looked down at her feet and sore her shoes which were now well muddied and clenched her toes to avoid loosing them to the mud or worse the dog, Hayley looked ahead, the gate to the main road which would surely mean safety , was only a short distance away.
Just then the dog bark seemed louder than ever and was turning into a snarl, Hayley made one last futile attempt to keep possession of her right shoe squeezing, flexing and clenching her toes but as she stepped in particularly deep patch of mud her shoe slipped completely off and Hayleys next step was to plunge her now shoeless foot into the cold slippery mud which oozed through her tights and between her toes, Hayley looked around for her shoe but only saw the large black dog almost right behind, making a lightening decision, Hayley decided to abandon her shoe where it lay and run as fast as possible to the gate and exit the practise ground
As the large gate swung back Hayley stood there, her heart was pounding and she struggled to catch her breath, looking back there was now no sign of any dog but Hayley looked down to confirm what her cold right foot was already telling her .. Her shoe was gone. Fuck my shoe, Hayley told herself, remembering that she was going straight to the railway station, to get the London bound train, as they were going to the show, Realising that she needed her lost shoe to wear for her evening out. Hayley started back across the field her cold wet muddy shoeless foot sliding in the mud, Hayley had to find her missing shoe there was no simple alternative other than going out to the show without it. Hayley continued her one shod walk back to wear she thought her shoe had slipped off but could not see her missing shoe anywhere, Hayley continued to walk back along the path looking down at her shoeless foot Hayley looked at her ruined black tights which were now completely covered in mud and had changed to a murky brown colour, Hayley stopped walking, she had walked much further down the path than intended and hadn?t come across her shoe, she turned around and started heading back toward the gate still looking franticly for her lost possession . Checking her bag for her spare pair of tights Hayley considered the possibility of actually having to make the journey up to the Theatre without her shoe, going on the train without her shoe, and even being in the theatre with out her shoe, maybe she should remove her other shoe and go barefoot in just her tights Hayley shuddered at the thought, but at least her spare pair of tights were of the reasonably thick and warm variety, and her shoe was flat and not high heeled, but surely it had to be somewhere, maybe the dog had ran away with it, like a trophy, one way or the other One shod Hayley was going to have to give up her search for her missing right flat black shoe and start her walk toward the railway station.
Standing in the middle of the practice ground, twenty two year old Hayley stood there, her long curly blonde hair blowing in the cold autumn air, She looked down to check the rest of her clothes, her cream blouse, short black skirt and leather coat were all fine, however Hayley kept looking at her feet, in particular her right foot, her shoeless right foot, What was she going to do???
As Hayley made her way along the road which would take her to the station she looked down at her muddied shoeless foot and thought again about going up to London wearing only one or maybe even no shoes, Shuddering again at the idea , there must be another option she thought but there wasn?t time to go home for another pair of shoes and it was Cass?s Birthday and she couldn?t let her down. Hayley told herself it was a shoe only a shoe not a skirt or top just a small black shoe surely girls must lost shoes before and had to carry on without, but Hayley had never heard of anyone loosing there shoes before. Hayley arrived at the railway station and quickly hurried into the ladies loo to replace her muddied tights.
Bolting the door Hayley slipped off her left shoe and slid down her skirt, at least it was clean and her blouse and make up looked ok Hayley told herself, but after changing her tights for her spare clean pair Hayley held her muddy shoe in her hand, should she wear it or not, Hayley felt the inside of her shoe it was warm and made up her mind, so she set to work on cleaning up her solitary left shoe. After washing the mud of her shoe Hayley dropped her flat ballerina shoe to the floor and slipped her left foot in, looking down at her cold jealous shoeless right foot Hayley considered again her options, but she didn?t really have many, either she wore her one left shoe or she threw it in the waste bin and proceeded with no shoes on the train all the way up to London in all the crowds of people she would be the shoeless one, Hayley realised other than ruining her best friends birthday she would have to forget about the shoe she so dearly was missing grit her teeth and try and forget about her shoe and bare it. Deciding to keep retain her one shoe Hayley walked out on to the platform trying not to think about the cold evening air blowing against her cold shoeless foot , the train arrived and she joined the train and sat down tucking her shoeless foot away out of sight.
As the train jerked to a halt Hayley woke suddenly, the doors of the train slid open and Hayley realised she had arrived, uncrossing her legs Hayley stood up, the cold train floor reminding her with some degree of surprise that she had no shoe on her right foot, Hayley sighed with the reminder of her one shod state and nervously departed the warm train carriage for the cold chilly City air. Walking along the crowded platform she hoped that nobody had noticed her less than symmetrical state, the cold ground was already laying any hope Hayley had off forgetting about her missing black flat ballerina shoe to waste as she walked remarkably quickly considering her plight out of the station and into the hustle and bustle which is the theatre district on a cold Wednesday in November, swinging her small leather handbag over her left shoulder Hayley crossed the road noticing just how annoyingly cold the metal squares which mark out the crossing on the tarmac were as she accidentally stepped on one.
Hayley had arranged to meet her friend Cassie only a block or so away but as she walked passed a branch of the ladies fashion shoe shop faith, she paused placing her cold right foot on top of her single left shoe as she peered in at the window display. Sexy winter boots were on display and Hayley felt a lone tear as she looked at the beautiful high heeled stiletto boots in the window.
Hayley pulled herself together, after all it was Cassie?s birthday, telling herself things could be worse, and continued walking until she sore a familiar short skirted, high heel booted girl with long straight brown hair waiting for her at the next corner of course it was Cassie.
Hayley Hugged her best friend whilst Cassie asked how she was , before leading her friend toward the theatre, Cassie not noticing Hayleys missing shoe due to Hayleys black tights and the fact that it was getting dark, started showing off her knee length boots which she explained she had brought for the very occasion and whilst she enjoyed looking down at her new footwear, suddenly noticed Hayleys bare foot. Thinking Hayley had removed her shoe so to try on one of her new boots Cassie started unzipping her right boot before pausing,
where?s your shoe Hayley?
Give me your shoe Hay and we can swap for a mo ,Cassie suggested, Hayley slipped her cold foot into Cassie?s warm high heeled boot, whilst balancing on her remaining boot Cassie asked again where?s your other flat, the air suddenly felt very cold and there was an eerie silence before Hayley finally admitted I don?t have it! What do you mean you must have a confused Cassie replied looking around on the pavement for Hayleys other shoe, No I lost it about two hours ago on my way home from work, but I couldn?t let you down , I have the tickets and no time to go home to change, and any way its only a shoe and its your day today! Cassie looked down at her friends single black flat shoe, Hayley had already pulled Cassies boot off her foot and eagerly handed it back to her friend who?s mouth was still wide open with shock. A confused Cassie stood there with her friend both of them standing one shod, you mean you came all this way for me without your shoe?? Oh my god, oh my god! Cassie repeated before hugging Hayley very firmly before releasing her to consider there options.
Come on Hayley urged I?m ok lets just get to the theatre, Cassie slowly zipped up her boot still looking at her friends shoeless foot, Cant we find a shoe shop, I doesn?t seem right that we continue with you like that you must be so embarrassed, isn?t your foot cold?? No I?m fine Hayley kept repeating as the girls approached the theatre, Tell you what Cassie suddenly announced, how would you like to wear my boots whilst we watch the show? Don?t be stupid Hayley remarked I would love to swap shoes with you but I only have one! Both girls looked down at there feet as Cassie explained no I will wear you single shoe, I am wearing dark colour tights as well so it wont notice, after all I didn?t notice you were missing it until I showed you my boots?, Come on I am dying to give my feet a break from my heels and you could do with a turn in fortune!.
Hayley eventually agreed and slipped off her little black shoe and swapped it for Cassie?s sexy high heeled boots. Cassie slipped on Hayleys shoe and after the shock of the cold pavement arm in arm the girls went in to the theatre to watch the show.
During the interval the girls went to the bar area to have a quick drink, Hayley was enjoying wearing Cassie?s boots and was not looking forward to giving them up, whereas Cassie although had been fine sitting in the dark in one shoe was becoming very aware of her one shod condition and soon decided too approach her friend about getting her boots back. Cassie was looking at her feet, and epically at the single tiny black ballet shoe on her left foot, trying to come up with an answer to the girls footwear muddle The bell sounded and the girls started returning to there seats, Just as Hayley was going to offer Cassie her boots back Cassie who had also been thinking about her shoe dilemma came out with an unusual but interesting idea. Why don?t we share my boots Cassie suggested, you know I wear one and you wear the other one, that way we will both be in the same predicament and on our way back to the station we can throw your single shoe away! As I cant see you getting its mate back!
This wasn?t what Hayley had in mind, she was quite prepared to wear her single shoe all the way home ,walking with a single high heel would be difficult she thought, but then it would make things fair, ok Hayley laughed that will be fun, but I?m going to keep my single shoe to wear once we get to your stop and we go our separate ways! With that Hayley turned to Cassie and asked which boot do you want??? Cassie who had been wearing Hayleys left shoe for a couple of hours and nothing on her right foot except her tights decided to wear the right boot, which Hayley unzipped before handing it to her friend. The two girls then stood up to leave Hayley stuffing her little shoe in her bag for use later. The girls who had had a couple of drinks were now less concerned about there missing footwear and hobbled together out of the theatre and headed back toward the station. Cassie and Hayley now enjoyed walking on tip toe on there bootless foot, whilst producing a very strange click,click nothing sound. As they got to the railway station and waited for there train and group of young men asked them the obvious question why are you only wearing one boot each Girls?
Cassie who was more aware of her bootless state came out with the line that as best friends we always share our clothes and on this occasion we both wanted to wear the same pair of sexy high heeled boots so we did- just one each! The men thought the girls were mad but at the same time it was quite sexy to watch two good looking girls wearing one boot each and the men couldn?t see any other shoes, and had to believe there unusual story. Finally the girls go on the train sitting side by side they both crossed there alternate leg to keep there bootless feet off the sticky dirty train floor.
As the train approached Cassie's station, she remembered that her boyfriend was meeting her, Im Sorry Hayley but im gonna need my boot back now, Cassie explained my boyfriend is picking me up and as he brought me these bbots I 'd better be wearing both of them. Cassie felt sorry for Hayley as she uplzipped her friends boot and handed it over. slipping her opposite foot back into her solitary flat shoe, Hayley and Cass both laughted thinking about there strange night, I really enjoyed tonight Hayley told her friend, having only one shoe made the night interesting , maybe we will have to go out more often with out our shoes, yeah why not!!!
