Johnny has been trying to persuade me to go to bed with him for a while now. I have to say that Johnny has a different interpretation to the word persuade that the one you find in the dictionary. OK, I'll admit that there was some persuasion in his methods but there also seemed to be a touch of intimidation, coercion, blackmail, pleading, lying, promises, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Whatever and however, if he thought it would wind up with me in bed with him he used it.
I suppose I should point out that the bed part wasn't really a necessity from his point of view. Anywhere, anyplace, if he thought he could make me lose my panties he'd be having a go.
Isn't it funny how 'if you love me you would' is considered a reasonable argument while 'if you love you'd wait' is considered emotional blackmail. Things had reached a point where I was going to succumb and go to bed with him or just call it over and dump him. The reason I hadn't done either was because I was sort of torn. Yes, I liked him and didn't want to lose him, but did I like him that much? Add to that a hefty dose of my own hormones, and curiosity about matters sexual, and you can see where I was having a difficult time.
This particular Saturday afternoon I was at a loose end. My parents were away for the weekend and since I turned eighteen they've been quite happy to leave me home alone. There was a concert that I'd wanted to see that afternoon but neither Johnny nor I had been able to secure tickets. That really gave me the irrits as I'd badly wanted to go.
Still, it's an ill wind, they say. Johnny would also be home as with the concert on there weren't really any other major attractions. I'd drop by his place and we could go to the park or something and talk. Afterwards I'd maybe, just maybe, invite him home, and we could have some quality time together. Just him and me. Alone. At my house. I gave a little shiver just thinking about it. The possibilities of that maybe occurring had just jumped somewhat.
I strolled around to Johnny's place. The front door was open and when I knocked a voice yelled out.
"Come in if you're good looking. Go away if you're not."
Well, naturally I strolled in, heading through to the kitchen, which was where the voice seemed to come from. When I walked in Brad, Johnny's father, seemed to be swearing at his stove. Also I noticed that the cupboards above the stove had unexpectedly lost their doors. Unexpected on my part, I might add. Brad seemed to know about it.
"Suzette," Brad exclaimed. "Well, I sure called that one right. Is Johnny with you and what are you doing here?"
At the same time he gave a grunt of satisfaction, and grabbed a screwdriver and stuck a screw into the wall behind the stove top for some reason. It looked as though he'd stuck some sort of bracket on the wall.
"No, Johnny's not with me. I came around to have a talk with him seeing we had a free afternoon."
Brad flicked a quick puzzled look in my direction while he reached for and picked up this big black box. That explained the missing doors and the bracket I realised as he rested the back of the box on the new bracket.
"Yes, well Johnny's not here and I have to admit I'm surprised to see you. Johnny said he was going to the concert with his girlfriend as she badly wanted to go. I had to call in favours to get him those tickets."
I started sizzling. Johnny had tickets and hadn't said a word to me about them. Rather, he flatly stated that he couldn't get his hands on any, no matter how hard he tried.
"Oh, dear," said Bram in a concerned voice while at the same time he managed to balance a screw on a screwdriver with one hand and then rammed the screwdriver up into the guts of the black box. What I found odd was that he didn't turn the screwdriver. The shaft just seemed to rotate as he pushed the screw into place.
"It seems to me that Johnny is playing the field a little. Sorry about that."
He let go the range hood and it stayed in place. He nodded in satisfaction and reached for another screw.
"Tell you what," he said, just as I was about to storm off in a fury, not knowing whether to scream or cry, "stick around until I finish installing this." The new screw went in. "Once I'm done I'll help you to forget all about him and you can drop him for being a two-timer."
"What do you mean?" I asked, confused as he reached for what looked like the third and last screw. I was also confused about how he was screwing in those screws. I'd never hear of an automatic screwdriver but that's what he seemed to be using.
Sure enough, he just rammed the screwdriver up with a funny sound coming from it, and pulled the screwdriver away again, screw fastened.
"Well," he said, sliding open the range hood and nodding approval as the lights came on and the fan started, "what I'll do as soon as I've finished is strip you, ignoring your feeble protests. Then I'll pick you up and carry you down to my room, knowing that even if you do struggle it won't do you any good. That looks pretty good," he went on as he slid the slide closed, shutting down the range hood. "Pass me one of those doors, please."
Now I was a little stunned by finding out about Johnny's perfidy so perhaps I wasn't listening as closely as I should have been. I did hear that bit about the doors and picked one up and handed it to Brad. That's when the rest of what he said started to seep through into my awareness and I straightened up with a jerk. I was out of here, right this instant.
"Next door," called Brad and I automatically picked it up and passed it to him, startled to see the first door already back in place. How long had I been just standing there? Only a few seconds, apparently. Brad pressed the door against the hinges on the cupboard and flicked a couple of things and the door was attached.
"What? How?" I went and Brad laughed.
"Modern cupboard hinges are designed to snap into two parts, allowing for easy detachment and re-attachment of the door. Put the two halves together and snap on the catch and you have a perfectly operable hinge."