By way of background: We met John Hansen in the story Charlie Gets a Little. He is the very loyal and hard-working assistant to the photographer, Charlie Wentworth. Nicole is an assistant to the make-up artist on the job in that story. Johnny has scored a date for dinner with Nicole.
Johnny was a very happy camper as he stepped out of the shower and dried himself off.
He had high hopes for the evening and maybe even longer term.
Nicole was a blonde with straight, shoulder length hair and a flawless complexion which; in his imagination, extended clear down to her toes.
She was diminutive and, no other word for it, cute. She was also demure, almost to point of being shy and he was surprised when she accepted his offer to drive her home and even more surprised when she said she would have dinner with him later the next evening.
He hoped she wouldn't break if he tried to make out with her. There wasn't any doubt that it was a chance he would have to take. If she broke, she broke, but he would have to try.
Johnny put on a tweed sport coat, an open necked shirt and blue jeans. Very cool he thought. It was about as formal as he ever got.
He was actually whistling as he got into his bright red Lexus convertible and headed out to the apartment building where he had dropped Nicole off earlier in the day.
Traffic was light and it was a pleasant 30 minute drive to her apartment.
He rang the bell and she buzzed him in. Her apartment was on the second floor and when she opened it to his knock, she was standing before him, dressed in a white dress with her hair done up in a ponytail. She looked so virginal and vulnerable that for a second he didn't know whether he would be able to try and put the make on her or not. The feeling passed quickly.
"You look beautiful, Nicole."
She looked down, blushing. "You look very nice too."
"Well, thank you, but I don't think anyone will even see me as long as I'm with you."
She grinned at him.
Score one for Johnny!
He opened the car door for her and she thanked him.
"Chivalry is, in fact, not dead" she said, smiling that terrific smile of her's again.
Score another one for Johnny.
"Nice car," she commented. Running her hand over the burled oak console that divided the leather bucket seats.
"Charlie treats me very well."
"He obviously likes you very much." Now it was his turn to blush.
Score yet another point for Johnny. At this rate he'd be in sack with her tonight for sure!
"The feeling is mutual. Charlie is great guy."
"Do you like your work?"
"I love it, I get to hang out with all the beautiful people, while Charlie has all the responsibility and the pressure."
"I'd say you took a little heat from that Forrester guy yesterday afternoon."
"Yes, but I knew it was ultimately Charlie's problem. I also knew he would back me up, whatever I did or Forrester said."
She reached over and patted his knee. "Well I thought you were magnificent."
He blushed again and thought to himself, "What the hell, let's skip dinner and go right back to your place and I'll screw your brains out."
At dinner she further wrapped him around her little finger:
She listened with rapt attention when he spoke. She gazed lovingly at him as he ordered the wine and at one point he nearly fainted when she reached over, put her hand on his arm and said, "You really are a great guy, Johnny."
Both his pride and his cock began to swell. If she had asked him to stand on his head in the middle of the table, he would have gladly given it a try.
He did not forget to hold up his end of the bargain and get her to talk about herself.
She told him about her upbringing in a small town outstate and after she had her cosmetologist's licence she found life working in the small town salon did not challenge her and she moved to the big city with no particular plan.
They had both been fortunate to find jobs with people that they liked and who treated them well.
Nicole, unlike Johnny had some aspirations beyond her present job. She felt, given some contacts and just a little capital, she could make it on her own as a stylist and makeup artist.
Following dinner, Johnny drove Nicole to her apartment and walked her to her front door.