James
I stared at her picture for a long time, feeling homesick as hell. I swallowed hard and set my phone aside, keeping the picture facing us as I started in on my twenty page essay I had to write about technology and innovation management.I sighed deeply as I typed away and rubbed my eyes tiredly. I glanced at her photo every now and then to give me more motivation, but all it did was make me miss home more.After writing the same shit again, I quit and pushed my laptop aside and grabbed my phone. I pulled up her number and dialed her number.It was a weekday, but I knew she'd be at work, so I hoped that she could answer my call. It rung a couple of times before she answered and just hearing her voice made me feel relaxed."Hello?""Hey, baby, what are you up to?""Work. Like usual. And you?""Just thinking about you.""Aww. You're so sweet. What did you do today?""A ton of bullsh*t work.My muscles were sore and my stomach was flooded with butterflies. I peeked out of the curtain and saw the giant room full of half-dressed women walking around in g-strings and garters. Beautiful women.Men were lounging around drinking and talking, their eyes always glued to one woman or another, sitting in their laps or dancing in front of them. I got the job. Since it was a trial run, I would only be serving drinks for the weekend, topless, and sitting and chatting (flirting) with the clientele. Kimmy and Hayley said that it was the easiest job to start with and they still got tipped big for it in the beginning. I was almost afraid that I wouldn't.I knew I wasn't ugly, but I was lacking their self-confidence. I shook my hands to get rid of my nerves and blew out a breath. I took one last look in the mirror back in the large, lavish dressing rooms. My hair was in soft waves and my makeup, done by Kimmy, was smoky. I looked hot, but my stomach was not ag
His eyes were full of lust as I slowly slid out of his lap, bending over in front of him to grab my tray. He brought his hand up to his mouth, biting his knuckle as I straightened up. That was one other thing the girls told me worked wonders."I'll be around." I husked at him. He nodded as I went to the bar upstairs and got more drinks. Behind the bar, we each had our place to keep our tips and I deposited mine quickly with a small smile.I made my rounds, flirting with a few guys as I went, but as I promised, I visited the older gentleman's table more often, receiving tips from the other two men as well as my first one every time I'd sat and had a chat with them.So far, no touching had occurred, which was a relief to me, but maybe these guys knew the rules and wanted to keep coming back.After serving them most of the night, the man told me to call him Dave. His other friends were Ethan and Daniel. They often frequented on Saturday nights and re
"I just don't understand why you can't just leave me money for pizza?"I roll my eyes and shake my head. "Because I'm not trusting you with money. I don't need you trying to go out and buy alcohol while I'm working.""Stripping?"My face flames and I grit my teeth at how judgemental she sounds. "You know if I didn't do this, we wouldn't be able to afford half of your damn medications right now. So yes, stripping.""Oh if only your daddy could see his precious girl now. Shaking her ass and t*ts for extra change.""Look, Mom, if I wasn't out here shaking my ass and t*ts for money on the weekends, we wouldn't be able to afford half of your damn medications. Shut up and be grateful. If it's beneath you to take any of my stripper money, then I suggest finding a more suitable place to live."She pressed her lips together and walked and sat on the couch in front of the TV. "Fine, can you just order it for me, then?"I grit my t
On my way to the club, I decided to call James. Mostly because I don't want him to try to call me while I'm working. Another part is because of that needy part of me that wanted to hear his voice before I went out there and walked around half-naked for other men to ogle at me.It rang through the first call, so I tried him again. And again and again. On the fifth phone call, when he still didn't answer, I began to get nervous.I parked at the club sent him a message and watched my screen like a hawk for about two minutes straight, waiting for him to open his message. My stomach twisted, because he usually answered my calls, even when he was busy.Why wasn't he answering? Where was he? What was he doing? Who was he with? All of these thoughts flooded my brain as I got out of my car, turned my phone off, and shoved it in my purse.I walked to the back door of the club where the dancers and alike went in through and sighed, feeling completely insecur
I closed my eyes, ignoring yet another call from one of the Starrs. I rubbed my scratchy, sore eyes and lay on my side. I called out of work today, knowing that I was losing out on good money, but I could force myself to go. I didn't want to be anywhere or do anything today Thanksgiving was always an amazing holiday before my dad died. We would stuff ourselves full of food at my uncle's house at lunchtime then the women would all make a trip to all of the stores for black Friday deals. When we would get home from shopping, we would all eat again and karaoke and just have the best of times.My dad's favorite song was Highway to Hell and he would belt it out, his face pink from drinking the afternoon away. My mom would even be there, smiling and laughing and just having an all-around good time.Last year was hard, but I had James. He ate my sh*tty attempt at Thanksgiving food and hung out with me instead of being with his family. And he hadn't even called t
The taste of him, the smell, the way his hands felt as they roamed my body had me so hot and bothered, if anything happened right now, we would for sure miss out on Thanksgiving with the Starrs.He scooted me up on the bed gently, crawling over me, kissing my neck fervently, then down my chest. His hands moved down my torso, pinching my n*pples, then tugging the hem of my shirt up. I lifted my arms and let him take it off of me as his hot mouth found my n*pple.I moaned and gasped as he continued to move down my stomach until his face was buried in between my legs, kissing me over my white cotton panties.He pulled at them but I placed my hand over myself and he paused and looked up at me. His eyes were full of lust and disappointment as I shook my head."I haven't showered.""Baby, I don't give a sh*t. I really don't. I will enjoy my Thanksgiving dinner." I laughed and rolled my eyes at him."No, I need a shower.""Okay
It's true what they say about distance making the heart grow fonder. My heart was completely and irrevocably James'. Spending the little bit of time he had with me before he had to go back felt like he had never left.I felt like I had never laughed harder and felt lighter in such a long time. Even when I had my shift on Friday night at the convenience store, he was there with me, sitting by the counter and telling me about school and classes and everything. I did notice one thing, though. Not once did he ever mention his close friends, Sarah or Liam and it made me wonder if they had a falling out or something, because it wasn't like him to not mention them.I also wondered if he knew that it bothered me when he talked about her. But it didn't matter, he was amazing and on Saturday morning when I had to drive him to the airport, I was a f*cking mess.Before I even drove him there, I ugly cried in his arms for a while because I hated that he had t
When they call my stage name, I take a deep breath and plaster my seductive smile on my face and walk out onto the stage. My song ques up and all I can see is the men by the stage and the spotlights.At first I kind of freeze. Kind of. I'm moving, but my brain doesn't fully get into it until I concentrate on just the music. After I do that, then I begin to loosen up and just do what I rehearsed. It's different with an audience, but seeing their hungry looks and then feeling them tuck money into my thong while I crawl around, I know that I'm doing okay.It's nerve wracking but as soon as it's over and I'm in the back, the Kimmy and Hayley are cheering and jumping around for me and our den mother is walking over to me with a robe and a glass of water.Simon, the guy who goes up and gets our clothes and the rest of our tips from stage comes back after a few minutes and hands me my box of tips and my leather bra. My heart is still beating a million miles a min