| Chapter 6 JC pulled his mini skirt down once more trying to stretch out the short material or Kristin’s skirt. He looked into his own eyes, which were narrowing at him. “Come on, Kristin,” he whispered. “This skirt is freaking short. I can feel a draft. It’s not a nice feeling. How do you wear clothing like this?” Kristin’s hand’s pulled down on the skirt once more just in time to feel JC’s hand slap it away. “Stop it! You’re going to stretch it out,” Kristin said harshly. “That’s the point.” “JC, don’t ruin this for me. I need this promotion.” “Kristin why do you need it so bad?” “Because I need the money,” Kristin said frustrated. She saw the look of pity her own eyes were giving her and she resented it. “Don’t look at me like that, JC. I don’t want your pity. I just want you to go in there…” Kristin pointed to the front door of the work she’d come to know, and hate, “…be me, and get that promotion.” JC nodded Kristin’s head slowly. “All right, let’s do this.” “Now remember what I told you…” “Yeah, yeah I know. Flirt with the customers, professional with the boss. How am I supposed to know who’s the boss?” Kristin cleared JC’s throat. “I’m going in with you.” JC opened Kristin’s mouth to argue but Kristin held up JC’s hand. “Please JC, let’s just do this my way and I will owe you big time. Please.” JC looked into his desperate eyes. “Let’s get this over with,” JC said sighing. God help me, he thought to himself. Kristin held the door open for JC and followed a few paces behind him. JC looked around the unfamiliar room. He’d been to Blossom’s once before much against his will. It was a surprise bachelor party for a co-worker and his father made it a mandatory event for him to be there. JC could feel the weight of the stares all the men were giving him. His head turned slightly toward Kristin. “Did they remodel? I don’t remember this place being so small.” “It’s a lot smaller when everyone is staring at you. Now stop stalling and get your ass in there. I don’t want to be late.” JC cringed thinking about what he was going to have to do. In the far corner he saw a small sign that read: Office. Slowly he walked to the door and knocked softly hoping Kristin’s boss wouldn’t answer. Much to his disappointment the door opened and a man in his late 20s, early 30s opened the door, a big grin on his semi attractive face. “Kristin!” the man said pleasantly. “Right on time. I like punctuality in a woman.” “I am to please, Mr. Baldwin.” JC walked into the office rolling his eyes without Kristin’s boss seeing. “Please, call me Victor. Calling me Mr. makes me feel old.” “Okay, Victor.” JC stood nervously, Kristin’s arms crossed over her chest. “Hey, loosen up.” Baldwin placed his hands on Kristin’s forearms shaking her side to side, loosening her up. “I won’t bite. Unless you want me to.” A wicked smile crossed his face. He let go of his grip on JC and walked to his desk sitting down in his chair. JC looked over Baldwin. He was an average size man with an average build. I could take him, JC thought. If I were in my body that is. “So how do you want to do this? On the desk? The floor? I just have one preference, I have to be on top.” “What are you talking about? I thought I was getting a promotion.” “You are, depending on how good you are.” JC couldn’t believe his ears. “You mean, I’m supposed to have sex with you?” “Well, yeah,” he said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. “That’s how they all get promotions here. You get hired, that’s a freebee, and if you want to be promoted, get a raise, whatever it may be, if you’re good enough you’ll get what you want.” “I’m not having sex with a guy!” JC blurted without thinking. “So, what?” Baldwin asked confused. “You’re a lesbo? Hey, that’s fine with me. We’ll get one of the other girls in here. I think Mindy’s into that type of thing. What do you say?” JC thought about a three-some, a smile crossing his face. He quickly shook the thought from his mind remembering he was in Kristin’s body. “You didn’t let me finish. I’m not having sex with a guy like you. I didn’t know this is what I had to do for a promotion.” “You said you aim to please. I’m not pleased.” “I’m not sleeping with you.” “Well then you’re fired.” “You can’t do that.” “I just did.” JC knew if he lost Kristin’s job, she would never forgive him, but this was too much for her to ask of him. He made up his mind. “Fine.” Baldwin’s eyes lit up. “So you’ll have sex with me?” “No.” “Then you’re fired.” “Wrong again. I quit.” Before another word could come out of Baldwin’s mouth, JC left the office slamming the door behind him. JC avoided looking into his eyes as he saw Kristin sitting at the bar. Kristin rose and began to walk toward JC. As JC came close to facing Kristin, he felt the hand of the dirty old man pinch Kristin’s butt and said, “Hey, cutie. Wanna have a drink with me?” JC looked at Kristin before turning to face the man. A flirtatious smile crossed Kristin’s face. “What are you drinking?” JC moved closer as he talked. “Scotch on the rocks with a twist. Can I interest you in on?” “Kristin, what are you doing?” Kristin asked through clenched teeth. “Kristin?” the man repeated. “That’s a very beautiful name.” “Thank you,” Kristin and JC said together. Kristin looked back and forth between JC and the customer realizing her mistake. “Oh you were talking to her. Sorry.” Kristin turned away from the two hiding her embarrassment. “So how ‘bout that drink.” “You know, I’d love to just have an ice water. I’m a little hot, I need to cool down.” Kristin jerked JC’s head toward JC widening his eyes. She couldn’t believe the flirtatious words coming from her mouth. The man immediately asked the bartender for a water and once he received it, he handed it to JC. “Thanks,” JC said, using Kristin’s sweet voice. Before the man knew what happened, JC took his ice-cold water and poured it onto the man’s lap. “That should help cool you down a little.” Without another word, JC left Blossom’s. Kristin was too shocked to say anything, but quickly followed JC out the front door. “What the hell is wrong with you!? Are you trying to get me fired?” “I don’t know how to tell you this. I guess the only way is just to tell you. Your boss fired me….well you….us. You don’t have a job anymore.” “What? JC, what did you do? It was just a simple promotion meeting, how on Earth could you have gotten fired!” JC looked around seeing people staring at the scene the two were making. “Kristin, could we maybe talk about this later? People are watching us.” “Fine! Get in the damn car!” ************************************************************************ “Let me get this straight. You walked into Victor’s office, and he made a pass at you? So you quit?” “Kristin, he wanted to have sex with you. He said that if I didn’t have sex with him he’d fire me and that was the only way to get a promotion, raise, anything. I think I did you a favor by quitting.” “A favor, huh? You want to do me a favor, JC? A favor is something like, take out the trash when it’s my turn, or taking care of my dirty dishes, something like that. Quitting my job so I have no way to pay for rent or school? That is not a favor!” “Kristin, I’m sorry you lost your job. But I wasn’t going to sleep with that guy to get you a promotion. I’m sorry. I would have done almost anything else, but not that. I know you wanted that promotion, but can you honestly tell me that you would have slept with him to get it? That’s sexual harassment for him to even suggest it. If you would even consider doing that, then…” JC stopped. “Then what JC?” “Then I had way more respect for you than you deserve.” Kristin thought about JC’s words, and knew he was right, but couldn’t say anything. He usually came back with some smart-aleck remark. But this time, he almost seemed different. Like he actually meant what he was saying. “We can’t waist any more time talking about this. I’ll have to figure something out on my own. You need to study for my test. We only have a little while, not nearly enough time for you to cram, but it’ll have to do.” |
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