I had been sending flowers and giving gifts to this group since I was 8. Valentine's Day, birthdays, Christmas and sometimes just because. On my 18th birthday, I propositioned them all, as a group. It led to these events
.
Friday night, Janie wanted to go out to eat. We went to a country style restaurant that had catfish and country ham on the buffet Friday nights. I did the things my mother had taught me: open the door, compliment her hair, tell her how nice she looks, don't be looking at other women. Okay, maybe my mother didn't teach me that, it might have been Uncle Frankie. He specifically said that if you hold the door for a lady, you can look at her ass when she walks through the door.
After we finished our meal, Janie went and got a piece of chocolate cake for dessert. She asked me if I was going to get anything and I told her bluntly "I'm planning on you being my dessert." She blushed a beautiful shade of red.
"You're so sweet. Acting like you actually want to have sex with me."
"Janie, there's no acting. A long time ago I told you that you smelled good enough to eat. I didn't know what that meant then. I do now. And you smell good enough to eat. And I hope you'll let me."
"I'm old enough to be your grandmother."
"You are. But you're
NOT
my grandmother. And if my grandmother smelled like you, I'd want to go eat at her house all the time."
"Neil, this is wrong. I'm entirely too old for you. You're a kid. I have a granddaughter your age. I can't do this."
"Janie. I gave your granddaughter a graduation present last year. You don't have to do anything, just don't stop me from doing what I want."
"I can't promise that until I know what you're trying. But we can go to my house and negotiate. At least I'm not like Melody and starving you."
"You're a lot like Melody. She thought it was
cute
for me to act like I wanted to do anything with her."
"At the office we figured you just wanted Gertie. We've seen the way you look at her."
"I've tried to always treat y'all equally. I've known her as long as I've known my mother. Mom, Aunt Gertie and Aunt Evie. They've been in my life longer than I can remember. Except for Melody, all of you that work with my mom have. Gertie has been working for the farm since shortly after her divorce. I hired her when I was 12 and Uncle Frankie said her paycheck was coming out of MY money and after she worked there 2 months he said that her check could come out of the farm's money."
"You could have hired me. We should pay the bill and go to my house. I don't want to keep you out too late."
"I've already paid
and
tipped. And besides, you know nothing about farming. So I would have had to teach you what I meant about some of the terms. If you're willing to work for me, you can start next week. Are you going to invite me in when we get to your house?
"We'll see when you walk me to the door. Do guys still do that? This is the first 'date' I've been on with a guy in more years than I want to admit. But to be honest, it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point."
I drove her home and got out of the truck to open the door for her. When we got to her door I kissed her. And she kissed back.
"Would you like to come in for a drink? I'm scared to death about what you want and I know I shouldn't do thi...."
I stopped her protesting with a kiss. A gentle kiss on the lips. "Janie, you talk too much." She didn't say anything so I kissed her again. This time, she kissed me back. Harder than I had kissed her. Then she pulled me closer and kissed me with her mouth open. I kissed, licking her lips and then she stuck her tongue in my mouth.
"I think we better go inside before we shock the neighbors", Janie said breathlessly.
When we got inside she started to put her arms around me. And stopped. She put her hand on my chest then moved it down to my hip. Then she pushed me back a step.