Arts & Crafts & Mall dates

As John entered the art studio, he could see that June had set up partitions between the workspaces. She did this from time to time, she said that being more isolated and not worrying what others think helps draw out inspiration. John took his usual place, at the very front, unlike any of his other classes. June smiled at him but stood so that she could project her voice throughout the room. “I have set up three different mediums for you to use. You can choose the subject of your artwork, but all three mediums must be used in some way. You have powdered ink, so be careful not to get it onto your clothes or put on an apron. Fine liner pens, so if you make a mistake you can’t rub it out, you’ll just work it into the piece, and finally gouache which will come out of your clothes, but you should try to avoid getting any on yourself anyway. If you need me, quietly put your hand up and I’ll come over. If I don’t come over right away, that means that I am dealing with another student, so try to work around your problem until I can get to you. If no one has any questions right now, you can start right away.”

This was an exercise that John liked; he knew that one of the two fine liners that were provided bled into a deep earthy green if you did a water wash but the other didn’t. The powdered ink and gouache might be a little more difficult to work with as the gouache was water-based and the ink had an extremely strong bleed when it touched water.

John decided to begin with the non-bleeding pen and started to draw a woodland area that made way for a small pool at the bottom of a waterfall. The vibrant colours of the gouache made the plants and trees pop. He used the bleeding pen on the trees to spread a natural-looking moss on them, and for the water, he washed over the area and tapped out a small amount of the powdered ink that quickly bled to the edge of the pool.

He felt a warm presence behind him. “Whoa, you never cease to amaze me, John. It looks like a beautiful fantasy scene, I almost expect to see a couple of fairies or a nymph to appear around the edge of the pool,” she whispered; he could feel her breath on his neck.

He laughed a little awkwardly. “Thanks, I thought something natural with water would be perfect for the mediums you’d provided.”

“I’m glad you picked that up. Not many in the class did, but I should expect it from one of my favourite students.” She pressed her body up against John’s side. John placed his hand on June’s butt. “Someone is a little brave, what’s gotten into you?” she asked with a slight giggle.

He flinched his hand back. “S-sorry, I erm... I just thought,” he half stuttered.

“It’s fine, after all, I do want to help you,” she leaned to his ear, “In. Every. Way.” Her tongue trailed from his lobe to the tip of his ear; John shuddered. June guided his hand back to her ass, and his fingers sunk into it. “What do you think?”

“It feels really soft b-but not in a bad way,” John choked, looking around nervously.

She leaned back to his ear. “Don’t worry, no one can see us,” June whispered as she reached down and caressed his dick, which was already hard from feeling her breath on his neck when she first got there. “I’m looking forward to Saturday.”

John let out a sigh. she ran her hand over his crotch, and he continued to clumsily massage her ass. “I, erm, so am I,” John managed.

“Alright, we should probably stop,” she said reluctantly. “Although I’d love to stay here with you, there are still other students around who might need some help. Don’t be late for our study session,” she whispered. John continued to massage her ass for a couple more seconds before June left his side.

The bell soon rang, but John stayed in place; he’d gotten an idea how to get out of PE without getting into trouble. Once the rest of the students had gone to their next class, John made his way to June’s desk. “June, could I ask you a favour?” he asked.

“Sure you can.” She smiled brightly. “I can’t guarantee that I'll be able to help though.”

John took a deep breath. “Okay so, yesterday I met this girl.”

“Oh really? Is she pretty?” June asked, giving him an impish smile.

“Erm…” He started before rubbing the back of his neck. “Y-yeah, like extremely, and for some reason, I think she likes me back. She’s really funny, we have tons in common, and any time I look at her, I get butterflies.”

“So you’re not wanting to join me Saturday?” June frowned in disappointment.

“What? No! I, erm, that’s not what I meant, we aren’t dating or anything yet, so it’s not cheating… Is it?” John’s brow furrowed.

June laughed. “You seem a little concerned there. You’re really into this girl, aren’t you?”

John shifted nervously. “I… Yeah, I guess. I know this is probably hard to believe but I’m not exactly popular with girls,” he said sarcastically then continued, “and... I don’t know, I kind of feel a connection with her.”

“I see, well to answer your question, unless you’ve established that you are in a relationship and are exclusive, you aren’t cheating, but I can understand if you don’t feel comfortable coming over,” June explained.

“No! No, I want to, like, really really want to. That’s not what this is about, I’m going on a date with her today and planned on skipping my last period. I thought I’d ask if you’d send Coach Conroy a message telling him that I was with you so I wouldn’t get in trouble. I understand if you can’t, but he kind of gives me a hard time as it is, so I thought it would just be a little easier on me.” John scratched his head again.

“Sure, that won’t be a problem, and you obviously don’t plan on going either way. Enjoy your date, but don’t forget about ours.” June flashed a lust-filled smile.

John took two deep breaths to build up courage and then leaned down to give June a kiss on the lips. She seemed surprised but returned the kiss before John pulled back. “Thank you, June. You’re the best teacher anyone could ask for.”

June laughed hard, “You are full of surprises, John. Now go on, I’m sure your date will be waiting for you.”

John took a taxi to get to the mall. While on the way, he decided to check his character sheet, and his eyes bugged out, seeing a +5 on his charisma. He immediately clicked it.

Ego Boost - Experiencing something that raises your opinion of yourself significantly. (Temporary increase of charisma by 5)

He guessed that it was because of Ellie. He waved his character sheet away, then he messaged Ellie and let her know that he would meet her just inside the front doors.

John got out of the taxi and took a deep breath as he saw Ellie sitting on a bench before walking towards the entrance. Ellie spotted him and stood up.

John pulled her into a hug. “Hmm, not sure about this being confident thing. I quite liked your meek attitude,” Ellie laughed.

John pulled away and blushed. “Oh s-sorry, I just thought... I mean last night we, erm, and I...” John trailed off.

Ellie laughed again. “There he is, you’re cute when you’re like that. So, where to first?”

John cleared his throat. “Well, I thought since it’s early we’d start by just walking around the shops and talking a little.”

“Not exactly what I expect to do on a date, but sure, let’s go,” Ellie smiled.

“Well, we don’t have to, we could go to the arcade or something?” John second-guessed.

“Nope, we’re sticking to your plan, let’s go window shopping.” Ellie pulled John by the hand to the closest store.

They’d been in a couple stores and talked about different interests they had. It seemed that they had much more in common than John had anticipated.

They entered the second candle store they’d been in. “So, is this what you do on all of your dates?” Ellie asked.

“Well this is kind of only the second date I’ve ever been on,” he mumbled.

“Seriously? Why? You’re kind of nerdy, yeah, but you’re also kind of cute… Wait, does that mean that yesterday was your first kiss too?” She seemed to get a little giddy but calmed herself.

“N-no, not exactly,” John muttered.

Ellie's face dropped slightly but not enough for John to take notice. “So you’ve kissed a girl but never been on a date? ”

“Yeah,” he answered. “Girls tend to stay away and ignore me.”

Ellie cocked her head. “What do you mean? I’m sure you’re over-exaggerating.”

“I’m not… There is this couple and they’ve both bullied me since middle school. They spread rumours about me and constantly harass me. The first day at Ashcroft I met Terry.” John rubbed his face and took a deep breath. “He was a nerdy guy like me and we became friends pretty quickly, but they’d made a spectacle of what happens to people who become friends with me... After that, no one dared to even talk to me. When new students started people would immediately tell them to avoid me…” John sighed.

“That’s horrible. Well, you don’t have to worry, I don’t plan on letting a couple of people intimidate me.” Ellie pulled John into a brief hug. Those words and the hug seemed to lift John’s spirits sky high and a wide grin appeared on his face.

“Thanks, Ellie… So, uhm, what about you? What kind of dates do you normally go on?” he asked trepidatiously.

“Oh, you know, the normal kind. None of the people I’ve dated were like you, though, and I usually stay clear of nerdy guys,” she explained.

“I thought you said you liked teasing nerdy guys?” John turned to her.

“Oh, I do, but I don’t usually date them. I did go on a date with a couple of nerdy guys, but they hounded me to prove that I wasn’t just pretending to be nerdy or into nerdy things. So I just kind of gave up on them.” Ellie pulled him to the mall’s game store.

“That doesn’t even make sense to me, like, I can’t imagine a single reason why a girl would pretend to be into that kind of stuff.” They entered the store, and John scoffed. “This place is so bad, it doesn’t have anything on Orthodox. I’ll have to take you there sometime, it’s so much better.”

“That place is a run-down hovel. Just because we don’t have board games that have been unsold for 20 years doesn’t make that place better,” a snide remark came from the overweight, acne covered clerk.

“Yeah, but the friendly shop owner and the fact that it’s like 3 times the size doesn’t hurt. Not to mention the fact that I can literally get anything I want from there,” John retorted.

“If it’s so good, then why are you here and not there?” the clerk argued.

“Because we’re in the mall and I’m showing my date around.” John started to get agitated.

“Hey, John, maybe we should just leave. I feel uncomfortable here.” Ellie pulled on John’s arm, and he followed. “That guy seemed exactly like the guys I went on dates with. Oh, is there a bathroom around?” She shifted uncomfortably.

John had been waiting for this: the restroom was right across from Felicity’s and he had some business to take care of.

“Sure, follow me.” John guided Ellie through the mall until they reached the restrooms. “I’ll probably check out one of the stores around here rather than standing around like a creeper,” John laughed.

“I’m not going to be long, you know,” Ellie replied.

“Alright, I’ll still probably check out one of the stores though,” John said motioning to the few shops close by.

Ellie took off towards the restrooms, and the second she was out of sight, John turned to Felicity’s and made a beeline for it.

John was wide-eyed at the displays set up in the store. There were racks of provocative sleepwear and lingerie, but what caught John’s eyes were the erotically posed mannequins that were scattered around the store. “Welcome to Felicity’s, I’m Felicity. Can I help you, young man, or are you here to gawk at my displays?” A giggle came from across the room, John turned to see a stunning woman. She wore a see-through, black babydoll with red lace lingerie underneath. The outfit was clearly showing some of the products she sold but more importantly showed off her flat stomach and heavy chest. Her dyed red hair cascaded just past her shoulders but framed her face perfectly. John could tell she was older than him. Maybe just entering her thirties, but it added a hint of experience to her beauty. “Hello? Anyone in there?” She waved her hand in front of his face.

John almost jumped as he realised she’d walked from the register over to him while he’d spaced out. “Uhm, sorry. I… Yes, this is going to sound like I’m either dumb or making excuses.” He paused to gauge her reaction.

“You don’t have to explain, I’m not here to judge,” she slyly grinned.

John blushed slightly and took a deep breath, the incense he could smell seeming to calm him slightly. “Right, well, you see, there are these bullies at my academy, they’ve bullied me since middle school or at least the guy has, the girl started sometime after they started dating - that isn’t really important. I found out that the guy gets dominated by the girl and it kind of gave me an idea for payback,” John rambled. “Anyway, I know that this store sells sex toys and I was hoping that you might have, like, a big embarrassing butt plug or something I could plant in his locker?”

“I’m sorry, dear, but I can’t condone you using my products for some kind of **** scheme,” her mouth curled into a slightly evil smile, “but I’m sure I can help you find something for yourself, come follow me,” she suggested. She silenced John’s objections and led him to the back of the store to a curtained off area. The walls were filled with all manner of sexual products from role-playing clothing and vibrators to fetish and bondage gear. “Okay, so what are we looking for?” she asked, turning back slightly towards him.

“Oh, erm… I’m not sure? I’m looking more for something more embarrassing than actual size, but I think it still needs to be a decent size,” he explained.

Felicity stood for a second and tapped her chin. “One second, I might have a couple of options,” she said, walking to a shelf. She returned with a few plugs and put them on the table in the centre of the room. “Okay, these are my options: first we have the smallest, it’s only about 2 inches long but it has a tail.” She held up a silver plug with a long bushy tail attached to it before setting it onto the table. “Next is this one, a tentacle plug, it’s 7 inches long but it has a remote and wriggles,” she stated, holding up a purple tentacle which began writhing after she pushed a button on a remote. “The last one is called ‘The Chode’ and it speaks for itself, I think.” The last one was a 2.5 inch wide, 4 inches long veiny dick-shaped plug which would definitely be embarrassing, but John decided that none of these would be good enough.

“No, I don’t think any of these are what I’m looking for, don’t you have anything out of the ordinary? Like something you’d not really put on show?” John questioned.

“Give me a second to check my online-only stock,” she sighed. John thought it was more than about having to go find them over his request.

While she was gone John took a look around. He picked up a remote control love egg, which he recognised from porn as the kind of thing camgirls used when they got tipped, but apparently, these worked with an app too. He put it on the table, walked around the room and found a toy called Jingle Balls. When he lifted them, they let out a chime and vibrated. He moved them slightly, and they vibrated and chimed again. John smiled and placed them on the table with the love egg, the last thing he spotted that he added to the table was a set of anal beads, four 2.5 inch pearl-like balls linked with a black rubbery string and a metal ring at one end. John looked at the toys he’d chosen and smiled again. John’s phone vibrated; it was a text from Ellie.

< E: Hey, where did you go?>

< J: I’ll be like 2 minutes, I just went into one of the stores>

< E: Which one? I can just come to you>

< J: It’s fine, I’m almost finished, just wait where you are>

< E: ¬.¬ fine>

John impatiently tapped his foot when Felicity came back out. “Well, I found something.” She smiled and placed a box on the table. “This is quite a weird toy.” She opened the box and pulled out the plug. It was a pointed hand that sloped into an inch bottleneck before a 2 inch base. “So it doesn’t only look weird like this, but it also wriggles its fingers when turned on with the remote. It’s not cheap and I have to recommend you buy the preparation and cleaning kit with it as it could get messy.”

He looked at the odd-shaped plug and realised that the plug Frank had probably took some preparation before being inserted which caused him to cringe slightly, so if it were to suddenly appear, it would be extremely uncomfortable if not painful. “That might be a little too much. Sorry, I don’t think I’ll bother with a plug actually. I will take these though, could I pay for them quickly? I… might have left a date wondering where I’d run off to and I really don’t want to upset her because I like her a lot,” he said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Felicity paused for a second, expecting him to say he is joking, but burst out laughing when she realised he wasn’t. “You are entertaining, you know that?”

They walked towards the register. “I guess…” he replied before mumbling, “I’m going to have to come up with an excuse. I’ll probably tell her that I bumped into someone I know but I really don’t like lying to her.”

“Well, enjoy your purchase regardless of how you use them... again not going to judge. She smiled. “Okay, all together that will be $95.96.”

John took out the money and handed it over. “Thanks again.”

“It’s no problem, honey. I hope to see you again soon,” Felicity called, smiling as she waved him off.