The left hand was pinned against the wall and she could sense a shiver running down her spine. His breath seemed more ragged and his voice came out hoarse and anxious.
“You like this, don’t you?” Claire could do nothing but nod. She could feel the moistness gathering between her folds. This sure wasn’t what she had expected when he had called her earlier that night.
****
Claire had only rounded the corner before her phone went off. She looked at the display, which showed “withheld number”. She wondered who it could be? Pressing the key she answered the call.
“Hello?” she said a bit confused. A dark and very upbeat voice met her.
“Hello there, so you are all set for the party, eh?” Suddenly it dawned on her who was calling.
“Jake!” she replied, surprised. Why in the world would he call her, she had just left him a few minutes ago!
She had been having dinner with a friend and then returned to the amusement centre where she worked part-time. While waiting for a few colleagues before going to the annual Christmas party, she had entertained herself by talking to one of the many security guards. He was tall, short cropped hair, dark chocolate coloured skin, piercing eyes that seemed to have that “bad boy” glint in them and wore a permanent smile on his face. She had never seen him doing anything but smile and joke around ever since meeting him two weekends ago. They had talked a few times, and she found him entertaining as he had never seemed to run out of things to say. She had never ever though of him in any other way. Not until tonight that was.
“Hey, if you guys are going clubbing, give me a ring, will you? I can join you after work.”
“Sure,” she smiled. “But I think we’re on our way to a gay club. Still want me to give you a ring if we end up there?”
“Nah! Don’t do that, I’m not into men,” he said laughing before going into a long speech about why he wouldn’t set foot in a gay club. They both laughed.
“Ok, I promise to send you a text message on your phone wherever we end up, ok?” Claire smiled and hung up.
****
The sturdy bouncer looked them up and down before letting them into the club.
“Go all the way to the top,” he said and pointed towards a flight of stairs. The whole group started running up the stairs. The stairs were steep wooden ones with glass walls surrounding them, and the group kept going up and up before finally reaching the top. Each floor held a bar and plenty of seating where good-looking men were holding light-hearted conversations in the flickering light of lit candles.
“Gosh, isn’t it such a shame they are all gay?” sighed Diane, one of Claire’s colleagues.
“Yes,” Claire laughed. “Remember; they are either married, taken or gay!” The girls laughed before finally entering the door to the top floor. The music was pumping and red, blue, yellow and green disco lights were flashing, and on the tiny stage there were four utterly chic and well-dressed men dancing.
Holding a Smirnoff Ice, Claire leaned back towards the glass wall and watched the people on the dance floor. There were a few girls standing a in a corner looking like they didn’t belong there, in another corner were two African girls really getting down on the dance floor, and on the stage a cute Belgian girl dressed up as a Playboy bunny, white bunny tail and all, had joined the four guys.
Claire’s eyes were drawn to the taller of the guys. Dressed in black from top till toe, the shirt unbuttoned giving a glimpse of his naked chest and wearing a hat, his image exuded effortless cool. Claire sighed quietly pondering if she should just start dating bisexual men instead, after all, you might get the benefits of a gay man with the benefits of a straight one….
Claire’s phone bleeped and vibrated, demanding her attention. “1 message received” the display said. She read the message.
“Tell me where you are, I’ll make it worth our while...” Claire smiled and started replying to the message.
“In a gay club drooling over gorgeous well dressed men...” A few minutes later the reply came.
“Get back here, I’ll keep you entertained...”
“Why would I leave a place where all the men look great and have wonderful bodies? What do you have to offer?” She clicked and sent. His reply came back quickly.
“Bodies you can’t touch…come by here when you’re done...”
Claire smiled and felt strangely excited about the whole text message and the flirting. She had never even thought of Jake in that way before. Was he actually interested? And what was he implying with that “bodies you cant touch” thing? She was curious to find out.
******
The party was nearly ending and people were starting to get their things and leave. Claire took a deep breath and called Jake. She was actually in the mood to continue dancing. At the same time she had felt a strange mix of euphoria and exhaustion, due to the lack of sleep over the past few days. The drinks at the party hadn’t really made those feelings disappear. She walked back towards the underground station with the others, but said her goodbyes before turning back to meet up with Jake.
She saw him talking to a girl who worked in another store. Dressed in a white shirt, black pressed trousers and holding a walkie-talkie, he looked every inch a security guard. A very nice looking security guard. Claire eyed him up and for the first time wondered to herself what might be hidden underneath that uniform. The loose fitted shirt and trousers made it hard to see any distinguishing contours of his body, but she could not help but grin at the thought of a “man in uniform”.
She saw his face light up when seeing her walk towards him. She gave away a shy smile when they met face to face.
“Well, hello there,” he said with a small grin on his face. “How was the party? Done drooling over gay men?”
“It was a nice party,” she replied. “And yes, done drooling over gay men, but it’s such a shame they are gay!”
He looked at her and laughed. “Told you, no point in bothering, you can’t have them anyway,” he teased. Then he looked around and grabbed her hand. “Come with me.”
“Where are we going?” Claire giggled, still a little tipsy from the drinks she had consumed at the club.
“You look really tired, I’ll find a place where you can rest.” She let him lead her up the escalator by her hand gently to the cinema complex nearby.
“What are we doing?” she asked a bit confused.
“C’mon, follow me,” he said and opened a door before leading her down a narrow corridor with a red carpet. Suddenly they were in the lobby of the cinema. She sat down on one of the sofa chairs and he helped her to remove her coat. “Much better, right?” he smiled.
She felt herself relax in the chair. Her feet, legs and shoulders were aching after a whole day’s work and all the dancing she did at the party.
“I could really do with a shoulder massage.” Claire suggested and began to massage her aching arms.
“OK, let’s see what I can do about that.” Jake knelt behind her, gently but firmly massaging her back and shoulders. His grip was very firm, and she could feel his fingers kneading her skin through the black top she was wearing. His fingers worked in circles and in his other hand he took her arm and began to stretch it, relieving the pent up tension soothingly.
“Mmmmm, you’re good at this!” she murmured whilst feeling the tenseness and pain slowly disappearing. “Where did you learn to do this?”