Never Letting Go - Chapter Six - Part 3a

Jack walked back home to call the sales-person. Ennis stayed behind checking out all the damage that the house had. When Jack finally came back, Ennis is nowhere in sight so Jack goes around the house and begins to shout Ennis's name, when Ennis decides to pop up out of nowhere.

"Hey, why you shout so much for, huh? Where'd you come from and why did you take so long? I was getting worried. I thought something happened. Come here."

"What…?"

"Just come here," Ennis says and grabs one of Jack's arms and leads him towards a big tree.

"A tree," Jack says and Ennis just points up to a tree house way up in the tree.

"Oh cool," Jack says, "Is that where you were?" Ennis just smiles with rosy cheeks. "How'd you get up there?"

So Ennis shows Jack once they are both up in the tree house overlooking the land and their dreamhouse. "So, what did the salesperson say?"

"They'll be here sometime today or tomorrow. Are you sure that these boards will hold us?"

"Yeah I'm sure," Ennis says with a not so concerned wave.

"Uh, what are you doing?" asks Jack when Ennis begins to play with Jack's belt buckle. "We can't do it up here. Are you crazy or something? Where is the Ennis I know, huh? What have you done with him?" Jack says staring into Ennis's eyes looking him up and down.

"He took a vacation," jokes Ennis and begins to take Jack's clothes off while laying kisses on every inch of Jack's body and as soon as Jack begins to moan, Ennis jumps out of the treehouse and scatters off with Jack's clothes.

"Hey," Jack yells angry at Ennis for interrupting their lovemaking just when he was getting a hard-on and the fact that he is outside with no clothes on and Ennis has his clothes, doing God knows what with them. So after a good five minutes up there, Jack finally hears some commotion down on the ground so he thinks it's Ennis. He jumps down to try and get his clothes back, but when he walks out into the open he realizes that the person staring at his naked body is not Ennis; it's not even a man but a woman with long red curly hair and green eyes.

"You must be the salesperson," Jack says while trying to cover up.

"Um, yes and you are a naked man on land that you don't own," says the woman with an Irish accent.

"Um, yes ma'm. I'm naked but, uh, well…" Jack tries to think of a way to explain why he is out here with nothing on without being sent off to some crazy hospital. Hearing Ennis snicker from somewhere off into the distance doesn't help either. "I'm Jack Twist, ma'm, the person that called you."

"And you decide to come meet me with no clothes on," the woman says with sarcasm.

Ennis finally steps out from wherever he was hiding and gives Jack back his clothes. "That was my fault ma'm. It was just a prank I pulled on him," Ennis explains with all the courage he could muster.

"Well, come on in then get a look at the place," the woman says and gets another peek at Jack while he is still getting dressed.

Jack steps aside for the lady with cheeks burning red and Ennis just tips his hat keeping his focus on the ground.

"Um, thank you ma'm," Jack says while holding the door for the lady.

"By the way my name is Miss Gabby." Ennis just raises an eyebrow for the woman having such an unusual name. Jack just is his gentleman self and smiles. "It's a nickname really," she says noticing Ennis's expression. Ennis just lowers his head further down ashamed that he's been caught. Miss Gabby just smiles and shakes her head. "So what would you like to see first?"

"Uh the whole house, ma'm," Ennis plainly states.

"Well, of course, but some people like to check out how many beds or baths there are before they decide to look over the rest of the house."

"Well, that's not us ma'm."

"Okay," Miss Gabby says to the man standing there looking more frightened than a cat with a dog on its tail. "But he sure gets to the point, doesn't he? I think I like him and, whew, that Jack Twist is a dream," Miss Gabby thinks to herself with a smile.

"Well, the kitchen cabinets were handcrafted by the original owners so they might need a little work here and there, but you have to agree that the woodwork is just beautiful, don't you think?" Jack just nods with a smile and Ennis is off to his own little world not paying much attention to anyone but staring at the house and he already knows, just by seeing the outside and the kitchen, that no matter the price, he wants this house not just for him but for Jack, too. He wants to live here with Jack. "What will our life be right here? It would be wonderful," thinks Ennis already wondering if he could save up some more money for some horses. That meant he would need a barn and fencing so he starts calculating. "Man, these are gonna cost a lot!" thinks Ennis. "This isn't like me," thinks Ennis with a chuckle. Jack who has just stepped into the living room, turns around and stares at Ennis.

"What you laughing at, bud?" Ennis just shrugs and walks over to where Miss Gabby is.

"The floors in here are all hardwood flooring. You got carpet up in the bedrooms," Miss Gabby explains. Jack takes a look around the room while Miss Gabby tells them that it's not furnished so they might have to spend a little extra money on that. "But I think the price is great considering the amount of land that you get with it."

"How much is the house anyway?" Ennis asks, so Miss Gabby whispers into his ear the price just to get a good look at this very shy man. He ain't too bad looking either, thinks Miss Gabby.

"Well that's a fair price, I guess," Ennis says and they head upstairs.

"There are three bedrooms and one bathroom. Hope y'all don't mind that."

"No, ma'm," Jack says.

"Well, I guess that's about all. If you would like to look around some more, I'll be out on the porch, just come find me when y'all are done, okay?" Miss Gabby says and leaves the two very handsome men to themselves.

"Well, what do you think?" Jack asks Ennis who is looking out one of the windows.

"I wanted this house the minute I saw it," says Ennis.

Miss gabby is standing looking at the view and thinking that she can't believe she has a crush on both those complete strangers she has just met, who she probably won't ever see again. "Anyway, it still was fun to think of which one is cuter" and that was exactly what she was thinking when her two crushes walked up to her and Jack held out his hand to her. At first she is shocked and doesn't know what he is doing but then she realizes when he says "We'll take it."

"Oh okay, so will this be in cash?"

"Um, well, I don't have the money on me. We only have the down payment for now. You do take monthly payments right?" Ennis cuts in.

"Oh, yeah, of course," Miss Gabby says even though she knows she is lying. "But, tell me please, how can I say no to these two?" she thinks.

"Great, uh, could you maybe stop by my parents' place? I can give you the down payment there, if that is alright with you," Jack asks.

"Oh, that's fine. We can go now if you want."

"Yeah sure, we're done looking," Jack says, so Miss Gabby closes the front door and locks it and then shows the two gentlemen to her car.

"Is this it?"

"Yes, ma'm," answers Jack. He jumps out of the car that is barely to a stop and runs to the house trying hard not to run into his father who, he knows, must be furious by now with them being gone nearly all day. So, by the time he gets back out, his rushing doesn't do no good as he sees both his parents coming over to see who is there. Meanwhile, Ennis has been standing by the car waiting for Jack.

"Here you go, ma'm," Jack says and hands over his and Ennis's money.

"Well, thank you and I really hope you enjoy your new home," Miss Gabby says and stuffs the money in her handbag, not even bothering to count it, knowing these two gentlemen are not the scamming or cheating kind.

"A new home?" Mrs. Twist asks.

"Uh, yes, they just bought a home a few miles down from here."

"Um, shouldn't you be on your way before the banks close?" Jack tries to say, not really wanting to explain to his father why he and Ennis are buying a house together.

"Uh, yes, I guess you are right. I'll come back to see you two in a few weeks," Miss Gabby says and drives off with a hand out her window waving them goodbye.

"Well, what on earth would you two want to go buy a house for, huh?" Mr Twist says being his usual hateful self.

"No time to talk. Got a lot of catching up to do," Jack hollers and runs off to find something to fix, when he really just wants to get away from his father and his putting down ways. Ennis runs off after Jack not saying a word to Mr. Twist, just waving hello to Mrs. Twist.

"What the hell is going on around here?" Mr. Twist says with a suspicious look and then walks off to get back to his work.

Mrs. Twist just smiles watching Jack and Ennis walking off into the distance. Realizing that Jack would be leaving soon, hurts her to the core but knowing that he will be with such a man as Ennis, makes her smile. She is sure that her son will be taken care of and that Ennis would let no harm come to him