Saturday

A week has gone by and I still haven't heard from Dane. Maddy and I have decided to bypass Tex's and go straight to Tremors. I was completely fine with that after I humiliated myself last weekend. What the hell was I thinking? Hopefully, they're at the other club tonight playing with Ants new flavor of the week. I have resigned myself to it was just him giving a little payback after I left him standing by the dance floor. It's fucked up, but not really a surprise. 

We are making our usual first lap around the club, just seeing who's there and if there's anyone worth flirting with. FUCK! There he is. Ant and Dane are playing pool on the other side of the bar. I grab Maddy, "Nope. Let's go to the other bar by karaoke. Ant and Dane are right there. I do NOT want to deal with that shit right now."

Maddy looks across the bar right as Ant looks up from his shot, they make eye contact and he smiles. "Well, looks like that's out the window. We've been spotted."

"I'm out. I'm not sticking around for this." I start to walk away trying to cut through the crowd as quickly as I could. Luckily, Tremors is a collection of three different clubs, I can duck and dodge them all night if I really wanted to... and right now... I really want to. Maddy and I get to the bar and grab a soda and start making our way to the other side, which is a completely different style of music, to see what's going on.  Luckily the DJ is really good tonight and is playing all of our favorites and it's packed. Maddy and I make our way to the dance floor and start dancing to "Feel so Good" from Mase. We dance through three more songs, laughing and having a great time. 

Maddy stops dancing and nods through the crowd to Ant and Dane making their way through. Guess it's their turn to take a lap. They haven't seemed to notice us yet. "I think we're good. If they see us, they see us. If not that's great too. I'm having fun." I say as the DJ comes on the mic... wait, that's not the DJ. 

"This one goes out to Vi... You're all I can think about. Girl, you make me wanna..." He stops and Ushers- You Make Me Wanna starts playing. 

Maddy leans close so I can hear her, "Well isn't that sweet. I can't stop thinking about you, but I'm not going to call you at all." She's rolling her eyes now. Maddy is not impressed by Danes' declaration. I'm not sure I am either. "Wanna bolt before he gets over here? I don't like this song anymore and I'm bored." She says with a smirk.

"I'm not sure what to do here Maddy." I'm watching Dane and Ant try to cut through the crowd on the dance floor. "Part of me wants to stay and listen to what he has to say if he has anything to say. And the other part says fuck this, let's go."

"We're listening to the smart part. Let's go." Maddy waves for me to follow her and we cut through the crowd leaving Dane and Ant behind. We make our way back to the country side of the club and get to the furthest bar in the place. We order a couple more sodas and wait. Just then two guys walk up and start talking to us. They're putting off a weird vibe, every time one of us tries to turn and look around they attempt to make us focus our attention back on them. Then a third guy appears out of nowhere holding our Cokes. "Are these y'alls? They were just sitting on the bar here." He says handing me the cups. 

"DO NOT DRINK THOSE!! He put something in them!" Ant comes flying around the other two men and smacks the drinks out of my hands. 

"What the fuck Ant! That shits all over me now!" I yell trying to wipe the soda off my pants. 

"This fucker is trying to drug y'all." Ant lunges at the third guy making him turn and run right into Dane's chest. The bouncers weren't far behind, "We saw this piece of shit pull whatever he poured into your drinks out of his pocket and these two were distracting y'all. Dane went and grabbed the bouncers and I'm about to fuck his world up." Ant lunges again. But one of the bouncers grabbed Ant and told him to calm down. The police were on the way. The bouncers escorted the three of them outside. Apparently, they've done this before but weren't caught.  

"Well, that could have ended very badly," Dane said standing next to me. "Why did you leave during the song? I wanted to talk to you."

"You wanted to talk to me on a loud dance floor?" I ask confused. I try to step back to avoid the electric current running through my blood when he's near me. There's nowhere to go, I'm up against the bar. 

"Ok, maybe I wanted to rub up on you a little bit first." He said smiling. 

"You've had a week to talk to me," I say frankly. I just won't look at him. If I don't look at him, I won't get sucked in again. Face front Vi. Pretend not to care. 

"About that, can we go outside and talk?" Dane asks

"I'm here with Maddy. I'm not leaving her in here alone. We were almost drugged, remember." I'm getting better at this cold act. Although I can't believe he wants me to leave my friend after we were almost drugged in a bar. Who does that?

"Ants got her. She won't be alone. And we won't be long. I promise." He says and holds out his hand. 

"Fine. I'll be right back Maddy." I tell my friend as she watches us suspiciously. 

Dane leads me outside, we walk past the three assholes getting questioned by the cops and in handcuffs. He leads me to the side of the building to the extra parking lot and we get inside Ants truck. 

"Ok, so talk," I say sitting as far away from him as I can get, still facing front and trying to avoid looking at him. 

"You have to promise to hear me out and not get mad at me." He says with strain in his voice. That grabbed my attention and I turned to face him. He's got my full attention now, no more playing cold. 

"Oh, Kaaaay," I say trying to remain guarded. 

"OK. Here it goes... Last week when I saw you at Tex's, I wasn't pissed because we were there like Ant said. I was pissed because my girlfriend and I had a fight that day..." He starts explaining.

"Oh, you asshole!!! You have a girlfriend and you're seeking me out and fucking kissing me all damn day... dedicating stupid ass songs..." I start yelling

"Hang on, you said you would hear me out.... please," he said trying to calm me down. 

I fold my arms across my chest and grit my teeth. "Fine. Finish."

" Like I said. I had a fight with my girlfriend. She and I have been fighting a lot lately, and I just haven't been feeling it with her..."

"So you cheat!" I cut him off again

"Vi. Please let me finish." I get quiet and wait for him to continue. "Ok. So we have been fighting and I have been thinking about breaking it off with her already." he puts his hand up because I take a breath about to interrupt him again. I close my mouth and purse my lips so he can continue his story. "Then comes you with your shoe obsession, and I NEEDED to see you again. I felt an instant connection." I rolled my eyes, even though I felt it too. I was not going to be a side chick because he wants to play games. "So I tried to find you the next day. But no one was giving up any information on you. Luckily Ant remembered you and Chuck were close and he knew where he lived. So we went there. I had no idea if you would even remember me or want to hang out with me... but I took the chance anyway." I'm starting to get annoyed with his little tall tale, he still has a girlfriend and I'm still the girl he cheated with. "Then... well I kissed you and you attacked me..." 

"I attacked you! Mother fucker.. I don't even think..." I'm pissed now. Is he seriously trying to blame me for this!?!

"I'm just kidding. I'm trying to cut the tension a little. Sorry, I'll get to the point. The point is, yes I HAD a girlfriend when we talked at Tex's. Yes, I HAD a girlfriend when we kissed. And yes, I HAD a girlfriend when we spent the rest of the day together. But I don't have a girlfriend now. That's why I didn't call all week. I wanted to break up with Autumn before I called you, so if we start anything... and I really want to start something with you it would be right. I couldn't get the feel of your lips out of my head all week." 

"Ok so if you broke up with your girlfriend, why didn't you call me all week?" I ask trying to ignore the feeling in my stomach. He wants to be with me... He thought about me too. Focus. Stop being a stupid girl. 

"I didn't call because it took me all week to break it off... wait... let me finish," he said smiling like he knew I was about to say something. "Autumn had been feeling the same way and was avoiding my calls. It took me going to her house to be able to end it. So I'm single now, and I don't want to be. I want to be with you." He finished and waited for me to respond. 

"Ok. So I'm only a partial side piece? And you and Autumn and completely done. You're not going to change your mind or some crazy ass broad isn't going to come at me screaming about you're her man?" I'm still trying to stay guarded 

"Yes, we are completely done. She's already dating some other guy she met during that week." Dane says and moved in closing the gap between us a bit. 

I'm not sure what to do, so I just sit there and try to think it through some more. He reaches across to touch my hand. I don't pull away and let him hold my hand. The current is running through my body again and I look into his eyes. I see how sincere he is in this moment. He pulls my hand toward him and I follow. I move closer to him closing the space more. He pulls my hand to his mouth and kisses the back of it and looks back into my eyes.

"I'm sorry if I made you feel like I was playing with your emotions." He still holds my hand and pulls me again this time laying the palm of my hand on his chest. I can feel his heart pounding. "I'm nervous as hell right now. You're not giving me much of a clue as to how you're feeling or what you're thinking."

I open my mouth to speak, but I stop and I smile. I scoot closer making the space between us nonexistent and lean in close to him and say "Nice shoes, wanna fuck?" He laughs loudly and kisses my hand again. I laugh with him. I love the sound of his laughter. My heart is pounding in my chest, electricity is shooting through my body like crazy. He stops laughing and leans in and kisses me hard and long. We finally come back up for air and he places his forehead on mine. "You're my girl now, you know that right? My girl. Mine. Only mine." With every claim, he kisses me on the lips, on the cheek then finally on the neck with a bite at the end. 

"I'm still not calling you Big Poppa," I say playfully

"Dammit! I thought I was winning that." He said throwing his hands in the air in pretend exacerbation. 

"Nope sorry Buddy. Never gonna happen." I laugh

He gets quiet for a moment and looks back at me with a mischievous smile on his lips "I bet I can get you to say it..." he says taunting me

"I bet you can't." I smile arrogantly. 

He leans in close and kisses me hard again. Pushing me back until I'm laying on the seat with him on top of me. I can feel the pool beginning to build between my legs. He pushes my legs open with his knee and lays down between them. He's pushing his rock-hard erection against my core as he's moving his hips in a circular motion. I moan into his kiss as his hand traces the side of my body, lifting my shirt to find my breasts. He pulls at one of the cups freeing my hardened nipple and pinching it between his fingers. I moan loudly again and arch my back in pleasure. He kisses down my neck to my exposed breast and takes my nipple in his mouth sucking it gently then flicking the end with his tongue. I feel his hand slide down to my pants. He unbuttons them and slides his hand down inside my panties. 

"Fuck you are so wet. Is that for me?" He slides his finger down into my slit and begins to move it up and down. Teasing my sex. He bites my nipple and makes his way back to kiss me again not allowing me to speak. My body is on fire again. I moan loudly and dig my nails into his back. I arch my hips longing for him to put his fingers inside...

**KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK** 

"Aye. Asshole... forget someone???" Ant is knocking on the window of the truck.  

"Shit!!" I start trying to pull my shirt down and cover up. Dane yanks his hand out of my pants, sits up, and starts laughing. "It's not funny!" I scold still trying to adjust my bra with what little dignity I have left. He looks at me and licks the fingers that were just in my panties. 

"Mmmmm. Next time there won't be any interruptions." He leans to me and kisses me again. "Tastes good huh." 

He unlocks the door and I see Ant and Maddy standing outside. Maddy doesn't look very happy. Shit. Dane hands Ant his keys and gets out and comes to the passenger door to let me out. "Hey, guys. Get tired of dancing?" he asks plainly. 

"No. I'm hungry and ready to go." Maddy snaps back at Dane. Shit Mads. Calm down. Maddy is glaring at me and Dane. "Are you ready Vi?" 

"Food sounds good. I could use something to eat. I worked up an appetite." Dane reaches down and grabs my ass for effect. "You hungry Ant?"

"I could eat." He says looking like he's up to no good. 

"Vi rides with me," Dane says and Ant tosses him the keys. "Mind giving my buddy here a ride Maddy girl? I'd like some more alone time with my girl."

My girl. The sound of him saying it puts a smile on my face and sends shivers down my spine.

"Abso-fucking-lutey not! We ride in together.. .we leave together. That's how it works." Maddy says with as much venom as she can.

 "It's ok Maddy. We are just going across the street. He's not going to kill me in the next quarter mile." I try to calm her down as much as I can, or this breakfast is going to be awkward. 

"Are you serious Vi!" Maddy looks at me in betrayal. "You know what. What the fuck ever. Let's go Ant. I'm hungry. Oh, and you're fucking paying Casanova. Hope you can afford it." Maddy points at Dane and glares at him. 

"Well... that went well. Guess she's a tad bit unhappy with us." Dane says mocking Maddy's point and laughing. "Ant will calm her down... I hope." 

"She'll be fine. But... she doesn't like you, so you have your work cut out for you. Shouldn't have ignored me for a week." I say shrugging. 

"Awww that's not fair. I had an issue to take care of." He said pouting. "UGH! You're gonna be the death of me. I can already feel it."

"Probably," I say laughing as I get back in the truck. Dane closes the door and goes to get in on the driver's side. 

"Hey..." he pats the seat next to him. "I already told you, woman, you ride next to me." I roll my eyes and scoot to the center of the bench seat. He puts his hand on my thigh "That's better." And we leave to meet our friends.