Chapter 48: A New Look
"Thanks," Harry replied, then added as an afterthought "I'm Harry."
"Don't mention it, Harry," she returned. "I get paid on commission."
Harry gave a little snort before commenting, "Well then I guess this is your lucky day."
"You might say that," she said as she shot him a dazzling smile and gave him a wink.
Harry felt his face heat up. Was this girl flirting with him? And she wasn't flirting with the Boy-Who-Lived like some girl in the Wizarding World might do. She had no idea who that even was. She was flirting with just plain old Harry. He found that he rather enjoyed the attention when it wasn't directed at him because of something he didn't even actually do.
Jessica interrupted his thoughts as she took his hand and said, "Follow me."
She led him over to a counter and left him standing on the outside of it as she entered in a small gate that took her behind it. She ducked down for a moment before reemerging holding a tape measurer. "I'll just have to take a couple measurements to get an idea of what size you are," she informed him.
Harry nodded and said, "Alright."
She came back around to the front of the counter and said, "Stand up straight, arms at your sides." She proceeded to measure from shoulder to shoulder and the length of his arms. "Arms up," she instructed. She wrapped the tape measure around his waist and noted that measurement as well. The inseam measurement came next, and Harry found that being measured in the muggle world was a lot more intimate than being measured in the Wizarding World. When she stood up after taking the final measurement, both teens were blushing. Harry's cheeks resembled a tomato while Jessica's were only pink. For once Harry was grateful that he was wearing his cousin's enormous clothing.
"So what kind of clothes are you looking for exactly? And what's your budget?" Jessica asked as she put the measuring tape away.
"Well, I guess I'm looking for a little bit of everything. And I've got a little over 500 pounds to spend."
Jessica's eyes bulged slightly at the amount of money mentioned, but she quickly recovered herself. "Okay, so jeans, dress pants, shirts: both casual and dressy, shorts… Do you need shoes as well?"
"Yes," he replied.
"Trainers and nicer ones?" she questioned.
"Uh huh."
"Underwear?" she asked.
"Excuse me?" he retorted.
"Do you need to buy underwear as well?" she inquired with an apologetic smile.
"Oh, err," Harry began to stammer again. "Yes, I suppose I do."
"Boxers or briefs?"
Harry's face was heating up yet again. "Umm… boxers."
"Okay. Do you play any sports or anything?"
Not sure where she was going with this Harry just supplied "I jog and workout every morning. And I sometimes play sports when I'm away at school."
She smirked a little at his response and continued. "Alright, so you'll need some clothes to run and workout in as well." She paused as if mentally tallying everything she had just mentioned. "Let's get started then, shall we?"
Harry nodded absently and said, "Okay."
She led him through the various shelves and racks of clothing. Occasionally she would pick something out and either add it right to the pile or hold it up to Harry to get a better idea of how it would look on him before either adding it to the pile or putting it back. Before long Harry was holding several pairs of pants, jeans and nicer ones, a few t-shirts and some collared ones as well, a couple pairs of shorts, and a few packages with boxers inside.
"I think that's enough to get started with," she said looking at the pile of clothes in his arms. "Why don't you try those on, and I'll keep looking. Tell me what you like and don't like out of those, and I'll try to find more that suit your tastes."
"Alright," he replied. "Where do I change?"
"Right this way," she instructed and led him through a little doorway into a room with several stalls lining the wall. She opened up one of the doors and waved him into it. "You can change right in here. I'll be in and out bringing you new clothes and taking ones you don't like back. Just let me know which ones you do and don't like as you try them on. If you want a second opinion just come out wearing whatever it is, and I'll tell you what I think."
"Thanks," Harry replied with a grin as he stepped into the stall and dumped two armfuls of clothes onto a bench. He turned back toward the door and gave Jessica a small smile as he closed the door and set to work on trying on the dozens of articles of clothing before him.
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