John and Jill Ch. 07

Amyleese was so angry she started downing shots. About the time this was going on, Fred Nicholson made his way over to the girls' booth and asked Amyleese to dance. She didn't like Freddy, but thought two could play the game John and Connie were playing. As they went out on the dance floor, Amyleese grabbed Freddy into a death grip and started grinding herself into him so hard that he thought she was trying to go through the other side. John saw her out of the corner of his eye and she gave him a look of pure defiance. John noticed, but didn't really care. He was just surprised that she would dance with that spoiled asshole.

Freddy whispered into Amyleese's ear, "I have some really good weed out in my car, care to partake?"

Amyleese, who was feeling her liquor and was not thinking rationally, replied, "You betcha," as Freddy took her by the hand and walked her out the side door. Josie and Lucy didn't like the looks of this situation and followed them out to the parking lot.

The girls watched in horror as Amyleese and Freddy reached his car. He pushed her up against the car and kissed her passionately, which she willingly returned. To Freddy, this was a dream come true. He had lusted after Amyleese, like most men, forever. As Amyleese returned his wanton kiss, Freddy became bolder and reached up to caress one of Amyleese's luscious breasts. When she felt him tweak her nipple through the fabric, she finally became more aware and pushed him away. Freddy reached out and slapped her as Amyleese stood her ground and pushed him backwards into another car. Josie saw enough to know this was getting out of hand and ran in to the bar and up to Connie and John.

She just screamed, "The parking lot, now," as she led them out the side door to the lot.

As John and Connie got outside, Freddy had Amyleese up against the car again groping her. She pushed him away and hit him with her fist. Ben, the owner, had noticed the commotion on the dance floor and followed the three people out the side door of his establishment; he didn't need any trouble and wasn't going to stand for any. He always knew Freddy Nicholson was a troublemaker and had seriously thought of banning him from his bar. He saw Amyleese hit Freddy with her fist, hard enough to ring his bell.

John yelled at Freddy, "Hey asshole, you'd better leave her alone, before she really kicks your ass," as he started walking toward the couple. Freddy took one look at John and got a look of pure fear in his eyes. He reached quickly into his car. John didn't know what was coming, but he figured Freddy was grabbing something. Freddy quickly brandished what looked to be an automatic pistol and fired off six shots.

John was surprised when he didn't feel any pain from bullets, but heard a grunt behind him. Ben was inadvertently hit and dropped to the ground. Freddy ran around and jumped into his car, started up and screamed out of the parking lot, throwing gravel on everybody in his haste. Josie took out her cell phone to call 911 and got Freddy's plate number. She gave the information to the police and told them to send an ambulance to Mainstays. John was attending to Ben's wound, which was in his left thigh.

"How are you feeling, Ben?" John said as he applied pressure to the wound.

"Like I've been shot in the fucking leg, you moron."

John just laughed and said, "About five inches to the right and you could've been singing tenor in an all boys band."

"If he had shot me in the privates, I would've had to hunt him down and kill him. All this is going to do is put a crimp in my dancing."

Amyleese came over and grabbed John's shoulder and said, "How's he doing, John?"

"You started all this with your immature actions tonight, deary," he said. He looked at the other girls to his left and said, "Get her the hell out of here." Josie, Lucy and Connie shuffled Amyleese to their car and they left.

The police and an ambulance showed up to take the report and transport Ben to the university hospital. Josie's call allowed the police to put in APB out on Freddy and he was caught not two miles away after a short, uneventful, high-speed chase. A search of his car rewarded police officers with several charges, including drug and paraphernalia possession, possession of an unlicensed weapon and felony evading. These charges, coupled with assault with a deadly weapon and attempted sexual assault, assured Freddy of significant jail time. His father wasn't going to be able to sweep this under the rug.

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The next morning when John was doing his run, he passed Amyleese coming the other way, just tipped his hat and said, "Good morning Amyleese," with a casual smirk on his face.

She turned around, skated back to catch up with him and pushed him down. John got up with a look of astonishment on his face and said, "What the fuck?"

Amyleese got up in John's face and said, "That's all you've got to say to me after all that last night?"

"Well as you can see Ms. Ranskovyk, what we were both doing included momentum in opposite directions; so it wasn't exactly the time or place for conversation; now was it?"

"Well we can have it now, since were stopped in the middle of the Unitrac and no one's around."

"It still isn't the time for this kind of a conversation."

"Well, John, I want to talk about it now."

"You know I'm getting awfully tired of what you think you want. The world doesn't revolve around what you want, Amyleese. How can anybody so hot, be so damn stupid," John said a little louder than he wanted to.

"You dirty son of a bitch, who do you think you're talking to... wait a minute; did you say I was hot?"

John looked at her nonplussed and replied, "Come on Amy, you really can't be that dense. You put most of these university honeys to shame. You can't tell me you don't know that. But you act like an immature dunce. That bullshit you pulled last night got somebody hurt and could've gotten someone killed."

John took off running and yelled back over his shoulder, "See you at work, Amy."

Amyleese just stood there frozen, unsure for a moment of what to do. She finally skated back to her car and back to her apartment to get ready for work. She was sure she almost crashed her car a couple of times on the trip to work. The thoughts in her mind were swirling around a million miles an hour.

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John was busy with a customer when Amyleese arrived at work. John was taking a custom order for a present a man wanted to get for his mother. John looked extremely excited about the order and began looking through the wood in his workshop to see if he had what he needed. Things were tense between him and her the rest of the day, as they avoided each other.

Things kept up about the same with the tension growing between the two. This didn't go unnoticed to Petor, and he thought for sure he was going to have to say something to both of them. However, during this time, sales were increasing because they obviously were channeling their tension into selling furniture. It was easier for John to avoid Amyleese because he was steadily working on the custom order for that customer. Amyleese noticed him working on a carving on a thick olive wood panel he had ordered from Fenster's. Every night, he would cover it delicately with a blanket to keep the dust from it.

Curiosity got the better of her, so Amyleese went into the workshop one night after hours and pulled the cover off the carving. She had never seen anything so intricate. It was a carving of the Last Supper and she was amazed at John's craftsmanship. She just covered it up and left it, never saying a word to him about it.

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Weeks went by and the day of Amyleese's birthday arrived. Petor was very secretive leading up to her big day and she was afraid he was going to embarrass her. John just acted as if nothing special was happening on that day. She noticed, however, that John had abandoned work on his carving and was working on another project. When she came in that morning, she was blown away at what she saw.

There was a big banner that read, "Happy Birthday Amyleese." The birthday song was playing on a portable boombox that Frank had. On the floor was a six-foot plus tall object with a blanket over it. Amyleese could not even imagine what it could be.

John came over to a smiling Amyleese and said, "Now for your present Ms. Ranskovyk," as he slid the blanket off to uncover the most beautiful grandfather clock that she ever saw. It was a beautiful rich cherry with raised scrollwork flourishes of oak. She knew immediately that John had built it in the last few weeks for her. She was breathless and silent.

"If I'd known this what it take to shut her up, I would have built long ago," Petor said laughingly as the other workers busted out laughing.

She looked over at John and leapt into his arms almost knocking him over as she hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. John was taken aback by this and quickly said, "Amyleese, everybody pitched in for this, it wasn't just for me."

"Everyone in the shop knows that you put your loving touch and artistry together to build it for me. I'm not forgetting the contribution of everybody here. Thank you all so much; you have no idea what this means to me. I love my birthday present."

At that time Frank's wife, Mary, rolled out a big cake on a delivery cart with a gallon of ice cream beside it. The cake read, "Happy 25^th Birthday, Amyleese."

Amyleese looked at Petor and said, "Thanks a lot grandfather; don't you know you're not supposed to put a girls age on a cake?"

"Everyone know your age, girl. You think everyone dumb? Happy birthday granddaughter."

At that moment the door opened and John thought a customer had entered, but it could've been Amyleese's doppelganger, only shorter, with auburn hair. Petor and Amyleese looked at the woman and almost screamed together, "Erindova, you made it."

The girl responded, "You didn't think I would miss my favorite big sister's birthday did you? This is a milestone; you're a quarter of a century old. My God, that's ancient. You're nearly ready for a tomb."

"You're only a year behind me, little sister; and you're my only sister," Amyleese said as she hugged her sister, while both jumped up and down with excitement. "I can't believe you came all the way down from Chicago."

Erindova looked at the clock and said, "Dear Lord, grandfather, where did you order this beautiful clock? I've never seen such a beautiful thing in this store before."

"This wonderful man here built this for me in the back of the shop. All of the employees pitched in to pay for it," Amyleese said as she pulled her sister over to John.

"Erindova Ranskovyk, meet John Trainor, a master woodworker and top class furniture salesman."

As John took her hand, he couldn't help but compare the two sisters. Erindova's eyes were dark pools of brown and held a look of determination very deep inside. She was about four inches shorter than Amyleese with more supple curves to her body. Her breast size was about the same and she had more of a bubble butt.

"Well, Mr. Trainor, do I pass inspection? "Erindova asked as she looked into John's eyes inquisitively.

"I'm sorry Erindova; I just can't get over the resemblance between you and your sister," John stuttered in complete embarrassment.

"Yes you're right, Mr. Trainor, but she got the age and I got the smarts," the auburn haired beauty said to John rather proudly.

"How long are you here for Erin?" Amyleese asked as she still showed her excitement for her sister's arrival.

"I've got to leave tomorrow evening, I've got a long drive back."

"My you are a tall tree, aren't you?" Erin said John in a somewhat flirting way as she stood up close to him in his personal space.

This did not please Amyleese who looked at John and asked, "John, you can't say no today, it's Friday. You can certainly go out with us tonight to celebrate my birthday. Besides, I owe you a few beers for your present. It is truly beautiful. You don't know how much it means to me. Ever since I saw Mary's clock, I've really wanted one. Thank you so much."

"Okay Amy, it's a date," John said as she got a strange look on her face.

Erindova looked at her sister and said quietly, "Jesus, Amy, he's a hunk. How come you haven't latched on to him yet. I'd have gotten a hold of him and never let him out of the bedroom."

"I don't really like him, Erin."

"Bullshit girl. Anyone with eyesight at all can see you're infatuated with him."

The two girls went into the salesman's office and sat down. Amy looked at her sister seriously and said, "Erin, I'm scared to death of him."

"You're crazy girl, he's big and intimidating, but he looks like a big teddy bear."

Amyleese got a pensive look on her face and replied to her sister, "You don't understand, Erin. This man is so fantastic and so creative. I'd fall in love with him more than I ever had with Chuck. He just looks into my soul and knows me too deeply. He can read me like a book and it scares me to get into another relationship that will only end badly."

Erin just looked at her and said, "Amy, I think it's too late for that. That man already cares deeply for you. Why do you think he spent all that time building that beautiful present for you? I can look at you in a moment and see that you are already in love with him. It's all over now but the shoutin'. You need to get off your ass and go for it, girl, before some other girl does."

"Connie already is going for it, Erin. I was the stupid one that told her to do it because I was afraid of him."

"Then show him you care. Connie hasn't got him yet, has she? So you're not breaking the ho code. There's no time like the present, so you better hit it hard tonight."

"Erin, you are so naughty. Thanks for the advice, little sister."

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When Erindova and Amyleese made it to Mainstays, they noticed John had already helped Barbara Ann put two tables together with six chairs. Amyleese's friends showed up and John bought the first round. As he sat there drinking his SPG, he noticed Amyleese whispering something in Connie's ear. Connie nodded her head yes and they went back to drinking. John noticed Amyleese carrying what looked like an overnight bag stretched over her shoulder.

When the band started up, Amyleese got up and walked over to John, grabbing his hand to lead him to the dance floor. They danced the first three fast songs, but there was no reverse twerking of John from Amyleese. When a slow song started, John started to walk back to his chair and Amyleese grabbed his arm.

She said in a very thick, sensuous voice, "I won't bite, big boy, at least not in anger," as she looked deeply and pleadingly into his eyes.

John took her in his arms and they began dancing to the sensuous slow song. This rhythm was perfect for Amyleese and she began grinding into John causing his groin to come alive. The more John hardened, the closer she pulled herself. Her tall, lean body was a perfect fit for his. She pushed with her bosom and her crotch into John with increasing pressure. They kept this naughty dancing up through two songs and, as they walked back to the table, they were both clearly flushed."

Erin looked at her crimson flushed sister and said, "You go girl. You've got him on the hook, now reel 'im in. He's a big one, but keep fighting; you can do it."

Amyleese just looked at her little sister in wonderment, not believing the words coming out of her mouth. She just looked more embarrassed, as she looked at her little sister. She was even more shocked when Erindova grabbed her drink and walked over to John's chair and whispered something in his ear. He looked a little perplexed and grabbed his beer and got up, walking over to occupy the chair next to Amyleese.

"So you think I'm a hot, do you?" she asked John as he sat down.

"You bet your sweet ass I do, Amy. It is a sweet ass; all that rollerblading has created a masterpiece. I think you're a beautiful woman, Amy. However, then you speak and that kind of ruins it," John said with a huge smile on his face.

Amy couldn't be mad with him smiling at her and the compliments he gave her, no matter how crude. She gave him her room-illuminating smile and said, "I can be kind of a bitch, can't I?"

John just looked at her laughing and said, "I've seen both barrels of it."

"Let's try again John; I'm Amy Ranskovyk, glad to meet you." John took her hand and they shook. He still felt a spark. They continued dancing the entire night, especially the slow ones. John made a point to dance with the other four girls during the night as well.

Erin looked at her big sister and said, "He's a keeper Amy, just keep going."

Amy just smiled at her sister and held a determined look. "Oh I am girl, I am."

When the band quit and the bar started to close Amy looked at Connie and gave her a high sign.

Connie said rather loudly, "Erin, why don't I give you a ride home. John you can run Amy home, can't you?"

"We'll have to walk down to my place to get my vehicle, but I'd be glad to," John replied feeling a little unease, as he realized he was the object of a conspiracy on the part of the women.

All four girls gave John a kiss on the cheek and a hug as they left. John said good night to Barb and to Ben, who was walking with a cane from his injury, and he and Amy walked out the door.

As they were walking to John's building he noticed on the way that Amy had forcefully taken his hand and was holding on for dear life as she held a rather large bag on her other side. He felt an energetic excitement go through his body at her touch. He realized at that moment that he had a deep connection with this girl. He deduced immediately what their problem had been; it was sexual tension.

When they reached this building, Amy looked at him pleadingly and said, "Do I get to see your place John?"

"It's really not much, Amy, but you're welcome to take a look. Remember, I'm no housekeeper, I'm just a normal bachelor."

As they walked up the side stairs and John unlock the door, Amy stepped in and was amazed at the size of John's living quarters. John gave her a tour through the quarters and she couldn't believe the size and beauty of it. His furniture, which she knew he had built, was so beautiful and functional, but impressive. John took great pride in showing her the three bedrooms and the living and kitchen areas. She marveled at his 65 inch television and sound system. She noticed the kitchen had all the utensils and a double oven. She was also impressed by the large multihead shower in the bathroom. There was even a second bathroom not too far from the kitchen and living room. She couldn't believe these quarters.

"John when I look at this place, you are no normal bachelor. This is a big as a three-bedroom home. I mean, look at this furniture. What's downstairs, a swimming pool and bowling alley?" Amy said as she lightly giggled.

"My workshop, wood storage, a kiln and garage for my truck, your transportation for the evening," John said as he watched her get an impish look on her face.

"Who says were gone anywhere this evening?" Amy said with a sensuous voice, thick with passion.

"What do you mean, Amy?

"John, you really are a moron sometimes. What do you think this bag that I'm carrying is for? We've got some unfinished business, you and I."

She walked over and put her arms around John's neck and pulled him in for a passionate kiss that quickly grew to tongue wrestling. He responded quickly and eased his arms around her lower back to pull him to her. She felt his growing erection and looked up at him to say, "Jesus, John, is that for me?"