Little miss

MARGA

My alarm woke me up at 5am but I was too tired to even stand. I ended up snoozing till 8am. It’s not like I had anything to do today and besides my shift isn’t until 10pm. 

It’s Friday and I’m starting working for the first time at Paul’s bar, as a stripper.

I woke up, had breakfast, made some for Mom, and I didn’t care if Denis was hungry or not.

I received a mail from Paul asking me to collect my work outfit in 10 mins from the delivery guy.

I heard the doorbell ring.

“I’ll get it”, I stopped Denis from getting the door. It could be the delivery guy, and I didn’t want them to know what was in the package, or the kindhob I signed up for.

I opened the door and saw the cute man and smiled instantly.

“Hi miss, please sign here”, he said softly 

“Oh yeah, yeah sure” I chuckled and asked for a pen which he gave me. 

“Bye, thanks” he turned around to leave and I got back in the house.

Immediately, I ran upstairs to avoid any questions from Mom or Denis.

I opened the package and boy! What I found was AAAMMMAAAZZIIINNGGG!! A lingerie?! I’d never seen one in my life. Or at least, never seen one eye to eye, just on TV commercials.

This one was pepper red, a lot of ropes on it.. and a thong. It also came with boots, a mask, a red wig , and gloves. I had never stripped before but I was sure I could do this. I wasn’t going to tell Mom or Denis ‘cause they would never let me.

I took a quick shower and left the bathroom. While I was drying my hair, a call came in from Sally.

Shit! I forgot we had to meet today and 4pm 

It was already 3:15, I had barely 45minutes, shit!!

I quickly dried my hair, and it took forever to select something nice to wear (because all I have is rags and some old clothes I got from the foundation downtown) 

I finally found a tank top and I paired it with blue jeans and some old boots Mom gave to me.

I threw my bag over my shoulder, grabbed my sweatshirt, and lingerie for work, because I wasn't sure of when I was going to come back home after meeting up with Sally, then I dashed out of the house before anyone could notice.

Last time I went to see Paul, he gave me a $100 bill.

So this is what I was gonna use for my taxi stuff and other very basic needs. I took a taxi to Midnight Cafe, where I had to meet up with Sally. 

Midnight Cafe is a little coffee shop at Port Libra, Dallas, it's quite cozy, comfortable, almost feels like home, I mean anyone could go there cause their coffee is like super affordable and it tastes so great. Personally, I always have the espresso with extra milk and a little sugar. 

When I got to the Cafe, it was 4:17pm and Sally was already there…waiting. 

She looked great. Great is an understatement, she looked Breathtaking! It was almost as if she's not the Sally Monroe from college, my uni bestie.

Sally and I went to Yale together for 3 years. After graduation, I didn't hear from her for 6 months, well apparently cause our last encounter wasn’t very pleasing.

then I heard she moved to Missouri. We lost touch so we didn't talking for about 3 years, till yesterday when she called back.

“Hi Marga!!”, she woke up to give me a hug. She was so excited to see me..i wish I could say the same. NOT that I wasn't excited, but I wasn't as excited as her. 

Probably because I'd been stalking her social media for a while now..so I literllay know what's up with her all the time.

“Hi, Sal, it's great to see you...again”, I smiled lightly and gave her a hug. She hadn't changed at all, the same old loud, always happy Sally. That's what I loved about her. Never a dull moment with her.

“So what's up??, how's your Mom, Denis, you?? How are you??”

“Im alright, I'm fine. My mom…she is okay..at least not dead yet. Denis is good I guess…he’s at home.”

Denis and Sally had a thing for each other back in Yale, but they broke up because Sally cheated. (story for another day)

“Oh wow..its been long since I came to Dallas..nothing has changed at all, still the same old Dallas”, she chuckled and looked around the cafe.

“Wanna order?” 

“Mm-hm”, I nodded and gave the go ahead to call a waitress.

We took our cups of coffee accompanied with croissants and sausage. We talked about old days, school, our high school friends, basically just old stuff.

I didn't want t tell Sally about my mom and her health condition, although that's the reason I contacted her in the first place. I wasn't sure I could trust her yet to handle my family’s problems cause like I said, she's loud and flippant too.

We went to the on and on till it was about 8:50pm. 

I had to start preparing to go to work. I couldn't be late on my first day. 

“Gurl we've had so much fun today. Thank you for meeting with me but I have to head home now. I have a splitting headache and I need to rest. Let's do this again some other time”, I told her.

“Yeah sure..thanking for honoring my invite too…we’ll definitely catch up on more stuff”, she giggled and pulled me in for a hug 

We said our goodbyes, she settled the bill and I walked out of the restaurant and disappeared in the darkness.

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I was walking down the street and thinking to myself about how tonight will be with me on a pole for 45minutes+. I was lost in thought when suddenly I found myself screaming on the highway.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”

A car almost hit me. I was terrified to the bone. I thought I was going to die. I was so scared. What kind of person drives like he owns the road?

Just then a deep, male voice spoke above me

“Are you blind, miss?” 

Am I blind ? Is the idiot fucking serious? He almost hit me and he’s asking if I’m blind ??! I didn’t bother looking up for I was still in so much shock. What if I would’ve died then and there? 

He kept asking me stupid questions for about 5 minutes and I didn’t answer back. 

I realized he turned around to walk away leaving me helpless on the road after almost running me over. I stood up and called out 

“Hey, you bastard”

I gave him a slap. Man he’s jaw is so hard. Is he a boxer maybe? At this point I was regretting what I did but I chose to stay confident. 

I saw how his dark, cold eyes started to turn red in an instant. 

“Did you just slap me miss?”,  he asked me 

“Yes I just did, you almost ran me over, what were u thinking?” I lashed out at him 

“Did you just talk to me like that? Who the hell are you?” 

Why did he ask me that? Is he stupid ? 

“Just leave me alone okay? You didn’t succeed in killing me. I’m good, I’m fine , thank you.”

I looked at him with scorn and ran off into the darkness