From Chapter 01: Michael and Amy are having breakfast the the campus café, after their American history class, and looking forward to a date tonight. Michael's regular girlfriend is out of town for a couple of weeks visiting her family. Amy as gone from pest to friend for Michael, as he realizes that she is a more complex person, than the pest he as always considered her to be. He oversimplified her!
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Reevaluation of Amy.
Part Two, The Present: (continued):
I have another cup of coffee at the café after she leaves, with my mind still filled with thoughts of Amy ... kind of a mental after-image I guess you might say! Imagine, obsessing over the little brat that bedeviled
all
of my efforts to get into her older sisters pants years ago ... with all of our passionate fumbling's, Janie and I never did have sex during our time together.
But realistically, it had less to do with a pesky little sister, and more with her wish for me to "take love easy," as the poet Yeats would say, and my unwilling agreement with her wishes. In other words, we were simply in different places back then; I was ready—she was not!
As I think about seeing Amy later today, all sorts of images come to mind. I know that despite all of her innuendoes, she is not going to allow too much intimacy and actually, it is too early for that. So, I decide just to be pleasant and just enjoy her company. She is clever and fun to be with, and I am interested in just getting to know a slightly more mature Amy.
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Part Three, The Date:
I find Amy's name among the long columns of names by the outside buzzer of her dorm, and press her little button (so to speak!).
"Friend or foe?" Says a voice I do not recognize over the squawk box. (giggling in the background)
"Friend! I'm looking for Amy Phillips."
"Hello Michael, I'm Judy—her roommate. There is a little waiting area in the lobby, I'll buzz you in."
Judy buzzes—I enter. I am sitting on a small couch that has seen better days, and is in desperate need of a good cleaning. I am in jeans and a sport coat, so no permanent damage there. I hear girlish giggles on the stairs, and as I look up, I see Amy and another girl that I assume is Judy.
Amy is wearing a soft button-up sweater and a nice pleated skirt to about three inches above her knees. Judy is wearing a cropped T-shirt with a faded image of Santana on it, pre-distressed jeans, and sports a small silver ring piercing on her lip. Judy is rather pretty, tall, and slender. As Amy approaches, I give her a brotherly hug.
"Michael, this is my roommate Judy Hotchkins. Judy, this is Michael Anderson."
I shake Judy's hand.
"Nice to finally meet you Michael, after all of Amy's stories about you and her sister." She laughs.
"Well, then you have the advantage of me Judy, but it's nice to meet you! Shall we go, Amy?"
"Yes, Michael!" She says smiling sweetly, rather like a teenager going on her first date.
"You kids have fun ... but behave yourselves, okay?" Judy says with a raucous laugh.
Amy gives her a scowl, and we walk out. I tell Amy that there is a nice flick at the campus theater, and I thought we might see that, and then have a late dinner afterward.
"Michael, can we reverse that? I'm hungry now. Let's catch a later showing, okay?"
"Fine by me, doll!"
She hugs my arm with both of hers as we walk to the campus café. We find a booth in the corner, and move together in the middle of the semi-circular seat. I see a girlfriend of Kathy's across the room and excuse myself. I walk over to greet her, and to head off any potential trouble about my stepping out on her friend.
"Hi Tammy, nice to see you, are you guys enjoying yourselves?"
"Oh hi Michael, what do you hear from Kathy?" This is her way of reminding me that I have a girlfriend.
"Talked to her yesterday, things are going well with the family, as I am sure you know. I have an old friend, actually the sister of an old girlfriend with me tonight, would you and your friends like to join us?"
Tammy is a bit of a gossip but I am sure she will decline ... as I try to convince her that my date with Amy is innocent.
"Oh, no, you guys have fun reconnecting. Nice to see you though, Michael!"
I walked back to the booth and to Amy, and as I slide in, she asks, "A friend of your girlfriends?"
"You
are
quick Amy, but yes, Tammy is a friend of Kathy's. I just wanted to fix things so we can have a nice time tonight." She smiles and wiggles her little butt in the seat to show her happiness, but frowns a little and says,
"Michael, let that be the last time we mention her name tonight. Okay?"
"Sure! You're right. Let's have fun tonight, just the two of us!" I say as she beams a wide sweet smile and starts to look over the menu.
The waitress appears, and Amy orders a chicken fingers kind of thing with fries and a beer.
"May I see your ID honey?" Says the waitress matter-of-factly.
"Okay then, just give me a coke ... I guess!"
I order the same thing as Amy including the beer since it seems like a light meal. I am not worried about drinking in front of Amy since I know she will snitch some of my beer anyway. I turn to Amy and tell her,
"You would be doing me a huge favor if we do not act like we are on a date, until we get out of here, okay honey."
"Well, seeing as you called me 'honey,' I guess I can control my 'mones ... for a while at least." Then she whispers,
"But I would really love to take your hand and put it under my skirt and between my legs ... I have very skimpy panties on tonight, Michael." She is not serious, but is just teasing me and I know it.
"Well okay, see? That's the kind of thing I'm talking about right there, and it is really more information than I need right now, doll-face. How about using that delicate little hand to pass me the salt instead?"
"Michael, you are really killing my buzz tonight, you know that?" She laughs.
"Squashing it like a bug!" I smile at her, "But, just for now."
We talk and eat, and she snitches some of my beer, and one of my chicken thingies. But, we are having a nice time and I am finding that my little 'oversimplified' friend is quite a charming date. Her mix of fun, intellect, charm, and a little naughtiness makes for a wonderful cocktail, and is quite a turn-on. I actually like being with intelligent women since they
are
more fun and ultimately better, more inventive lovers.
We manage to put up a good front for Tammy and she mostly leaves us alone. I know that I will have to call Kathy early tomorrow before Tammy does, just to reassure her, so she can enjoy being with her family. I will make a date for dinner with her on Sunday night ... somewhere nice.
For now, my little date tonight is finishing up on devouring her food, my food, and my second beer, as we are about to head out. I pay the check and leave without any notice of Tammy and her 'crowd.'
Amy and I walk around the campus for a while talking, teasing, and laughing. At one point, I guess we started holding hands. Not sure when or how it happened, but I am not minding it. We walk down a long and winding path to the overlook, since the movie feature doesn't start for a while. This is a rather remote and private place, and when we reach the quietest part, Amy puts her hands on my shoulders, and tiptoes up to kiss me, but fails to stifle a burb as I smell my purloined beer on her otherwise sweet breath.
"We're going to have to put you on the wagon, doll!"
"Oops, sorry Michael ... let me try that again." She tiptoes up again, and places a sweet kiss on my lips. This one tastes one hundred percent better!
It is not a kiss between friends and it is not a kiss between brother and sister, it is a kiss between lovers. Not between established lovers, but the sweet tentative kiss of hope ... the hope for something deeper but not exactly sure what. As far as I am concerned, Amy is still my ex-girlfriend's kid sister and the jury is way far from in, on my exact feelings for her since I am still Kathy's boyfriend.
So, this pretty girl might place me on the horns of an ethical dilemma tonight. Good ethical behavior requires that I keep Amy at arms-length tonight. Then, the image of Amy's tiny shapely ass in a pair of skimpy panties flashes in my head. I decide that maybe some amount of kissing, handholding, and light fondling (if that occurs) might be okay. It is much too early for anything heavier.
I put my hands on her hips, as the aroma of her hair and body scent fills my nose. Her sweater is of the softest material ever. My hands slide up her sides from her hips and onto her back with her pert breasts pushing into me. They are very firm and high on her chest, and I can feel her nipples through the thin material of her sweater. I feel my heart racing as I push her away, breaking both our kiss and our embrace.
"Time to head back honey," was all I can manage to say.
She nods and we head back to the campus and our chosen film feature. We walk all the way back to the theater quickly, and in complete silence.
I pay for the tickets, and Amy enters the auditorium before I do, selecting a couple of seats in a quiet dark back corner. We have a soft drink with two straws, and a small bag of popcorn to share. Amy flips the armrest between our seats back out of the way, so we can sit closer together.
We become engrossed in the film when it starts. This theater shows a lot of classic films, so we are seeing one with Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. I watch Amy as she cuddles against me, just enjoying the film and laughing at the right places. She leans her head back on my chest and whispers,
"I love Cary Grant, Michael ... he is so handsome." I just have to tease her and reply,
"I really like that Grace Kelly ... she is so hot!" then I feel a tiny elbow in my ribs and a smile on Amy's face as she continues to watch the film.
I have my arm around her, holding the popcorn with the other one. At one point Amy quietly says,
"Michael, can I see that popcorn for a minute?" I hand her the bag and she puts it on the seat next to her and says,
"Now you can use your other arm for something else!"