I raced through the terminal as they called the "final boarding" announcements.
"Crap, I can't miss this; it's the last flight of the night," I thought to myself with every fast step taken.
Thankfully I made it to the gate, they scanned my boarding pass and took a quick breath of relief. I walked down the empty, fluorescent light-flooded jetway, and imagined a full flight of eyeballs staring at me in disgust, wondering why the flight was delayed. So you can imagine my relief as I crossed from the jetway into the aircraft and saw a nearly empty plane. This was only a short hop from Charlotte, NC to New York LaGuardia airport, but I appreciated the extra room this late at night.
My assigned seat was in the second row; however, it was already occupied by a woman reading a book. She appeared to be young and attractive, but from my vantage point, all I could see was the top of a fabric baseball cap, some wavy dark hair, and a bit of knee skin showing through the rips in her jeans. Even though she was in my assigned seat, the rest of the row was empty, and I could have asked her to kindly move over. However, the entire first row in front was also completely empty. I didn't want to bother her, and knowing that I was the last person to board the plane, I just settled into the aisle seat of the first row, diagonally opposite her.
The flight attendants prepared the plane for takeoff, securing items and turning off the interior lights. I started to mindlessly scroll through Instagram and without even really noticing it, I hit a string of posts from the various foot fetish models I follow. One photo after the other were showing close-ups of their sexy feet, with stretched-out toes, close-ups, and other poses that highlight their feet and toes. Since no one was next to me on either side I didn't go out of my way to hide it.
The captain alerted the crew that we were next to depart, so I stowed my phone, and we raced down the runway and into the sky. Within a few minutes, the aircraft leveled out, the fasten seatbelt sign was turned off. However, the lights were remaining off for "the comfort of others." It wasn’t long after that announcement that I felt a tap on my aisle-side shoulder from behind.
I turned my head and saw the woman who was sitting in my originally assigned seat leaning forward toward me.
“Excuse me,” she said quietly, looking over the thin wire-framed glasses she was wearing to read her book. “I didn’t mean to pry, but I noticed what was on your phone before we took off.”
My mind tried to rush back, but I drew a blank, completely forgetting about the Instagram feed.
She continued, “I feel really weird asking,” she dropped her tone even quieter, “but are you, like... one of those foot fetish guys?”
I froze, somewhat horrified, but more shocked as I had never been asked the question so bluntly. I never really went out of my way to hide my fetish but had never been open about it either.
She unbuckled and shifted to the aisle seat across from me in the first row. She continued, “I’m sorry, I just happened to glance at your phone while putting my book away before takeoff and saw the photos you were browsing. My girlfriends and I were literally just talking about different fetishes this weekend, and... well, I’ve never known anyone who... you know... um, likes that.”
It took me a minute to process her comment, but I composed myself and leaned over to match her in the middle of the aisle.
Answering her question, “Yeah, yes, guilty, I guess.”
With no one else around and being caught red-handed, there was no use hiding it.
“I am attracted to women’s feet... among other things. Is there anything you were particularly interested in knowing about it?”
She relaxed a bit from the casual nature of my answer and shifted her weight on her elbow.
“Well, I don’t know,” she quietly replied, pushing a strand of her long, curly black hair behind her ear. “I... I just don’t think there is anything sexy about feet... or even my feet for that matter.”
I looked down at her legs, finding them hidden behind a pair of jeans, rolled up to the high ankle and finished off with a pair of black combat boots.
“Excuse me for saying this, but it’s hard to let your feet be sexy when they are buried inside those heavy boots,” I said with a bit of a humorous tone.
“But that’s my style,” she replied.
“I know, and it works,” I responded. “But have you ever let anyone massage or pamper your feet?”
“Eww, no!” she countered, shifting a bit back into the seat.
I didn’t say a word in response. Instead, I unbuckled my seatbelt, lifted the armrests, and slid back across my row so my back was against the window. With my hands, I motioned for her to come over and sit in the seat I was previously in. She looked at me strangely, so I motioned again, this time a bit more animated. She looked slightly confused but got up and slid herself into the aisle seat in my row. I then motioned for her to put one of her feet up on the seat.
She appeared timid but eventually did it, lifting her left leg up and placing the heel of the boot on the seat between us. I reached for the laces and slowly unlaced them, gently loosening each row from its eyelet. When it was sufficiently loosened, I wrapped my hand behind the thick heel and slowly pulled the boot up and off of her foot. She was almost paralyzed in a mix of disbelief and intrigue but didn’t stop my actions. I placed the boot on the floor and lifted her foot in my hand. She had a foot that was slightly longer than most, but I could see it was very well-shaped even though it was still wrapped in a thin, light-colored sock.
She jerked slightly as I cupped it with both hands. I calmed her down with a reassuring glance and a soft “Shhh” sound. She returned my gaze through those cute round glasses tucked under the brim of that hat. I sized up her whole face, slightly rounded with a pointy chin. Her long, curly black hair emerged from below the hat and went in multiple directions before falling down across her shoulders. Her skin was tanned, with a Latin complexion, and I could see that she was slightly biting her neutral-toned lower lip in anticipation of what I might be planning.
I returned my attention back to her foot, pressing both thumbs deep in the middle of her foot and upward, making undulating moves from heel to toe. Her socks were warm and slightly damp from being inside such a heavy boot for so long on this summer day. I alternated pressure from my thumbs to my palms, slightly squeezing the outside edge of it. I worked my way up to just below the footpad, and with a deep final push upward, pressed on a spot that spread her toes outward. I heard a slight gasp from her as her leg relaxed slightly, and her knee slumped against the seatback.
The two rows behind us were empty, and being in the front row, we had the bulkhead in front of us. I shifted one hand to the top of her foot, rubbing it slightly, while my other hand slid back down to her heel, letting the ball of it fall into my palm and kneading it in a rolling motion. My top hand explored the upper part of her foot, running across the line of her toes and tracing the outside edge back to her ankle. From there, I reached my fingers up and curled them over and into the top of her sock. I looked back at her silently, and from over her knee, she gave me a silent nod of approval. I instantly pulled the sock down, around her heel, and over her toes, revealing her bare foot.