**It should be noted that all characters are above 21 years of age.**
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The night life was what Noemi Rogers and her cousins were all about. Raised by her Aunt Helena and Uncle James after her own mother was killed in a freak car accident, her cousins Taron and Serene had eventually taken her under their wing and inducted her into their world of music, parties, drinking, and dancing.
'No drugs,' they'd warned her. 'That shit'll mess you up. No drugs or we'll beat you.'
She had a sneaking feeling they'd meant it.
Three and five years older than her, respectively, they'd kept an eye on her when she started hanging with them around sixteen years, and ever since then she'd helped host their parties. Her duties were pretty much the same as waitressing at a restaurant; keep the place relatively clean, make sure everyone had food nearby, and charge five dollars a cup whenever anyone asked for a new one.
Despite the fee, everyone always came to her cousins' parties. They had good music, refused to buy cheap food, and kicked the assholes and drunken drama bitches straight to the curb. No one liked a fucked up party.
As for the attire, well, no one cared what you looked like as long as liquor was on the table, but the parties were the only time Noemi really felt like dressing up. She had the good clothes she wore to her classes, and then she had her party clothes. They gave her beauty, attitude, and a snap in her hips that was absent during the regular hours of philosophy and finance. She'd been doing this since she was sixteen, and after five years, she pretty much had her party routine down pat.
Pulling a dark violet sun dress over her head, Noemi smoothed the fabric against her skin, enjoying how the dress stopped just above the knee. She twisted her figure in the mirror and sighed. Her big hips and plush breasts sometimes drew unwanted attention, but tonight, she was going to wrap it around her smooth, coffee skin and wear it like a crown.
Tonight, she was going to get fucked. And she knew exactly who would fuck her.
Noemi didn't normally do one night stands, but technically this wasn't one. She wanted it to be quick, rough, satisfying, and then done. She didn't want a man, she wanted sex, and even fuck buddies tended to fuck things up after awhile. Thus the name.
She ran her fingers through her straight mane, cut right at the top of her shoulder, and brushed on a bit of eyeshadow that made her doe browns as sweet as chocolate. Grabbing a pair of black, knee-high, stiletto boots—a gift from Serene and Taron on her seventeenth birthday—she headed downstairs to the kitchen. Her aunt and uncle always took a personal weekend once a month, and those were when the parties were typically held. Since Serene was out shopping, the only beings in the house were her, Taron, and a crabby cat who liked to hide under her bed, called Tabby.
Noemi heated up some rice and chicken from dinner the night before—neither her nor her cousins ate much during the party hours—and made a plate for Taron, who came in shortly after her.
Taron let out a low whistle, checking her out. "You did the do today, baby cousin," he said, giving her a once over. "You trying to get a man tonight?"
"And for tonight only," Noemi said, handing him his plate of food.
"Who you going after?"
She shook her head and lowered her eyes, taking a bite of food. Serene had better hurry up; it was almost eight, and people started arriving around nine, expecting food, booze, and loud music.
"Uh-huh," Taron said around a mouthful of food. "Renee said she saw you checking out Kenny and Tony. Which one is it?" Renee was his girlfriend of the fortnight. Despite her light-skin, curly-hair, and beautiful lips, Taron would probably have a new one by tomorrow; he tended to go through girls like rock stars went through eyeliner.
"None of your fucking business!" Noemi snapped at him. "She only thinks it was Kenny because he decided to feel up on me. I told him if he tried it again, I'd make him chew his own balls."
Taron out his hands in surrender. "My bad, girl. You do look good, though."
Noemi gave him half a smile. "And what about you? It's been what...two weeks with Renee? You switching over?"
He sat back in his seat and rubbed his head. "Nah. I'm thinking I might hang with her a little longer. She got a nice booty."
Noemi smirked. "You actually like her."
"So?"
"Never figured Taron Rogers to be a one-woman man."
"When I'm looking for that one woman, I'm not."
Serene walked in before Noemi could respond, lugging three bags of groceries in each hand. "Taron, there's a few more bags in the car, and cat food in the front seat. Noemi, come and help me unpack these. I saw Jacob and Marcus picking up some beer at the store, and they'll be here in a few minutes, no doubt."
She turned to the fridge, spotting Noemi's outfit. Raising an eyebrow, she put her hands on her hips and said, "You trying to get you some, aren't you?"
"I told you, Noemi," Taron said, putting his groceries on the table. "Everybody tonight's gonna know what your after, and the boys ain't gonna leave you alone."
Putting a case of hotwings on the counter with a little more force than necessary, she said, "What's the difference between how I'm dressed tonight and how I dress for the other parties?"
"It's all in the way you carry yourself," Serene replied, opening the fridge. "You're walking tall and thick, and your carrying yourself like a real woman. You got what a lot of bitches don't, and that's knowledge of what you want."
"It's what a man likes," Taron added. "It's what Renee got."
Serene snorted. "Renee has some big titties, that's what she has."
"Excuse me?" someone said. Noemi looked towards the back door as Renee herself walked in, carrying more groceries.
"I hope some of this is for us and not just the party," Noemi muttered.
"Hey, baby," Taron said, kissing her lips.
"What's this about my titties?" Renee wanted to know.
"They're beautiful," he answered with a sheepish grin.
"And they better be the only beautiful titties you know of, too," she said, pursing her lips.
"Ya'll done got me in trouble with my woman," Taron muttered, carrying the cat food out of the kitchen.
Renee and Serene laughed while Noemi grinned. They could be pain in the asses sometimes, but she couldn't doubt that her family loved each other.
Fifteen minutes later people started arriving for the party, and Noemi spent the majority of the time between the kitchen, the livingroom, and the backyard. She loved doing this, being part of the night scene, seeing the laughter, the intimate dancing, the people throwing back beers and hotwings...She could, however, deal without Jones Baker, a narcissistic womanizer who liked to tease Noemi.
She held her hand out for his cup, but he played with her, holding it just out of reach.
"How you doing, baby girl?" he asked, eyeing her up and down.
"I'm not your mutherfucking baby girl, that's for damn sure. You want some liquor or not?"
"I want something, but it ain't the damn liquor." He grinned at her.
Noemi turned and started to walk away.
"Wait, where you going?" he asked, lunging and grabbing her arm. "You gonna pour my drink or what?"
"Get the fuck off of me," she said through gritted teeth.
He hesitated, his grip tightening for a second. And then his eyes flicked to something behind her, and he let her go. "I just wanted some fucking beer," he muttered, backing away. Noemi turned to see who her knight in shining armor was, her mind set on thanking him and walking away. If only it had been that easy.
Antony Miles, called Tony, smiled down at her, his teeth white against his dark skin. He was the finest brother Noemi had ever laid eyes on, dressing well, going after a college degree, and pretty much the black woman's IBM: Ideal Black Man.
Unfortunately for the women—and fortunately for Noemi—he went through girls faster than Taron did. It was a 'come, fuck, go' lifestyle for him, and one that suited him. No one could remember the last time Tony had had a woman over to his house besides his mother and sister, because as a rule he usually didn't allow them over. But despite his sexual history, every girl was hoping to be the one that changed him, the one that he kept.
Noemi didn't want to be kept. She wanted to be fucked.
"Thanks, Tony," she said, walking with her empty beer pitcher back to the kitchen. He followed her, holding the door open.
"How've you been, Ms. Noemi?" he asked, helping her fill more pitchers and putting them in the fridge.
"Everything's everything my way," she answered. She poured some ranch into the middle of a hotwing tray and placed it on the table. Facing him, she asked, "What about you?"
His gaze dropped down to her lips, and then he met her eyes. "I could be better," he said with a shrug.
Feeling her body grow warm, Noemi gave him a small smile and picked up two pitchers. "Well, I hope everything works out for you," she said, her boots clicking as she walked towards the livingroom.
Tony's eyes followed her. "Me, too."