Gwen had to admit, despite running into her ex, she was having a great time.
She was at one of the beachfront bars, listening to the band performing onstage. Her friend Jaycee was with her. She had her boyfriend with her but it didn't bother Gwen so much. At least he was a nice guy. Not like her ex.
Thinking about her ex wasn't helping her get in the mood, however, so she decided to forget about him. Let him hang out with his model friends and fuck them all, men and women. Deep down, she suspected that he was a queer anyway.
The band swung into an up-tempo number and the lead singer told everyone who felt like dancing to hit the floor. That was all the people in the bar needed. They got up and occupied the space in front of the bandstand. Those who couldn't squeeze in just danced near their tables. The people outside the bar also began dancing.
That was all Gwen needed. She got up. "Come on, you two—let's dance," she told Jaycee and her boyfriend. Gwen sandwiched Jaycee between herself and her boyfriend and the three of them did a bump and grind together. After a while, though, Gwen got an idea. Her party spirit was just getting warmed up. She whispered something into Jaycee's ear.
"What?" her friend asked, a look of surprise on her face. She whispered into her ear again. Jaycee repeated Gwen's words to her boyfriend.
"Hey, if it makes her feel better, go for it! You've got the looks anyway, baby!" her boyfriend said.
"Thanks, baby," Jaycee said, kissing him on the cheek. She turned to Gwen. "Let's do it!"
Gwen didn't need to be asked twice. As Jaycee's boyfriend cleared the table, she got up on one of the chairs and mounted it. Jaycee followed her lead. They steadied each other first to make sure they wouldn't fall off the table before they began to move in time to the music. The minute the people saw them, they went even more nuts. Hoots, howls, screams, and applause filled the bar. The band, seeing what was happening, turned their number into an extended, improvised jam designed to keep the two ladies dancing for quite a while.
Gwen and Jaycee kept up with the pace but after a while, Jaycee hopped down and rejoined her boyfriend as they danced and watched Gwen gyrating atop the table.
"Looks like she's enjoying herself," Jaycee's boyfriend whispered to her.
"Uh-huh," Jaycee said. "And a good thing too."
Gwen was having a good time; in fact, she was having a great time. She noticed the guys with camera phones and cameras in the crowd and decided to give them a bit of a show. She began to dance in the sexiest manner that she could, pretending that she was performing alongside the other Hotbabes. Her dance came close to being a strip show minus the stripping part. She gave the shutterbugs in the crowd a good shot of her legs, her crotch and her butt (both covered by her bikini bottom, of course,), and her cleavage. The guys whooped it up and asked for more.
Gwen scanned the crowd. This was a trick of hers whenever she was performing. She singled out a guy in the crowd-kind of tall, tanned, nice body, wearing nothing but walking shorts-and started her routine again, this time keeping focused on him. The guy, of course, maintained eye contact all throughout. He didn't have a camera but the intensity of his stare seemed to burn Gwen's image into his brain.
After about an hour, Gwen took a bow and got off the table. The crowd cheered, with shouts of "More!" The lead singer, however, knew that Gwen was tired so he thanked her for the impromptu number and declared a break in their set. Gwen blew the band a kiss and took the opportunity to make her exit, followed by Jaycee and her boyfriend.
"Damn, Gwen, you were smoking!" Jaycee's boyfriend told her as they walked along the beach.
"Yeah, looks like you're over you-know-who," Jaycee added.
"Well, why should I let myself get affected by that asshole anyway?" Gwen said. "Let him go to hell." She laughed out loud and felt that she was speaking the truth. She was finally forgetting all about her ex.
Jaycee's boyfriend whispered something to her. Jaycee smiled and took Gwen aside.
"Hey—are you going to be okay if we have the cabin for a while?" Jaycee asked with a wink.
Gwen caught on right away. "Sure. I'll hang around here for a while or maybe head for the Coconut Grove. Maui said she'd be there."
"Thanks. We'll try not to take too long," Jaycee said. She ran back to her boyfriend and told him things were okay. They looked back at her and waved. She waved back, gesturing at them to hurry.
"Be sure you satisfy her or I'll do it for you!" Gwen called after them with a laugh. When they were out of sight, she went towards the sea and waded right in. She splashed some water on herself to cool down. Then she lay down at the tide line and let the waves lap up against her. She heard music playing at the bar again and smiled. Part of her wanted to go back and dance up a storm once more but for now she was content to stay where she was.
That's when she spotted someone out of the corner of her eye. She turned nonchalantly towards her right. If she wasn't mistaken, it was the guy from the bar, the one she'd been staring at while she was dancing.
A smile came to Gwen's lips. Looks like the night wasn't over after all, she thought. She got up and ran for the water. She kept to the part that was shallow enough for her to go down but not deep enough for her to get in trouble. She dove in a couple of times, letting herself get nice and wet. As she surfaced, she looked behind her and saw the guy standing at a distance, watching her. Oh, good, Gwen said to herself.