"Please, please, pleeeeeease? You know it'll be fun. It's been weeks since we went out, and you owe me one after the Fabio incident last month," Kate whined.
"Very funny, but Douchebag is more apt a nickname," I countered. "Blonde hair and muscles do not a sex god make. You know I regretted going home with him, so doesn't that count for something?"
She laughed but didn't relent. "Then don't do something else you'll regret, like turning down an awesome evening with Yours Truly. Come on. I'm going whether you join me or not. Don't make me go dancing alone, Jess," she pleaded with a sad puppy pout.
She always knew just what to say to guilt me into anything. There was no way I would let her go downtown by herself. I sighed into the phone and thought,
Dammit, I'm going out, aren't I?
She knew she had me. She squealed with delight and barked, "Sexiest dress! You've got twenty minutes!"
Click
. I swore under my breath. No talking her out of it now.
It was Saturday night, our night to get wild. We'd made it a tradition since college. Almost every weekend we hit the town and hit it hard. She was right, of course. I knew I'd have a good time, because we always did. But tonight I was having difficulty mustering the willpower to peel myself off the sofa. As pathetic as it was, I was looking forward to a lazy night at home in my pajamas, a bag of chips in hand and a
Die Hard
marathon on TV. Yippee Ki-yay. I grunted and slowly, resentfully, got up. Bruce Willis would have to wait.
I dragged myself to my closet and changed into a lacy black pushup bra, black thong, and a gray, bell sleeve sweater dress that revealed plenty of cleavage and even more thigh. I slid on my favorite pair of black, thigh high boots, donned a few pieces of trendy jewelry, and stood in front of the mirror. I can do this, I thought. I checked the time.
She'll be barging through the door in ten,
I thought
. Just enough time to tame the mane.
I plugged in my straightener, spritzed in some leave-in protectant, and went to work turning the frizzy black mess on my head into long, straight, shiny locks that flirted with my lower back. I did a final check, took a deep breath, and smiled at my reflection just as Kate Giles came careening through my apartment door and into my bedroom.
"That is NOT your sexiest dress," she said, plopping down on my bed. She was wearing her usual club attire -- an incredibly short, skin-tight number in a geometric pattern. Her curly, shoulder length blonde hair bobbed around her face, making her look like a busty Kate Hudson. Fitting that they should share the same first name.
"Oh come on, you don't think this one screams, 'Fuck me'?" I asked as I spun for her. She studied me for a minute, then replied, "Actually, it's pretty smoking. It shows just enough skin to leave them panting. Makes you look more like a sultry vixen than the total slut I know you to be. You might be on to something, Jess."
I laughed. "Good, because the real message here is, 'I'd rather be in my pajamas.'"
She scowled at me, grabbed my hand, and headed for the door, exclaiming, "Let's go, hotness. The city is waiting!"
We took a cab downtown and talked and laughed the whole way, as was typical for us. God, I loved her. She was my oldest friend in the world, and we could probably make a funeral fun as long as we were together. By the time we got to the club, Kate had worked her magic on me and I was ready to hit the dance floor. We sprinted out the car door and through the frigid December air, saying hi to the doorman as he let us in. We were regulars, and we knew most of the staff by now. Of all the clubs in the city, we came here the most. It reeked of cigarette smoke, but the music was good, the bartenders were generous, and there was no cover before eleven.
It was early yet, but there were already a dozen or so people dancing and twice as many standing around or shooting pool. We made a beeline for the bar and ordered the first round. "To us!" Kate toasted, yelling into my ear over the pumping techno. We each downed an icy cold vodka shot and started working on our beer chasers. Bottles in hand, we sashayed our way to the dance floor. Before long, the alcohol took effect and we lost ourselves in the pounding rhythm. Our surroundings disappeared. The world didn't matter. Time lost all meaning. It was just us and the music. Every now and then, we'd catch one another's eye and smile. This was our element, no doubt about it.
The club got more crowded, and we began dancing with strangers, as we usually did. It was nothing for us to get down and dirty with some random guy. We both loved to flirt and tease, even with the grabby ones. At times we would dance against each other, our hands traveling along one another's bodies. Kate was as straight as they come, but the guys didn't have to know that, and we both got off on knowing people were watching.
On our third round of drinks, I noticed a dark-skinned hunk watching us from a table just off the dance floor. I moved closer to Kate and put my arm around her waist as we danced. She was watching him too, and she knew exactly what I was doing and went along with it, nuzzling into me and winking at him. He polished off his beer, sat the empty bottle on the table, and glided over to us, his gaze never leaving us. We allowed him to slide between us, our thighs brushing against his, our hands exploring his hard abs through his t-shirt. With Kate to his right and me to his left, we moved and gyrated as one. This guy could dance. Really dance. And I was getting so turned on.
Kate pressed her body into him, circling her hips in time with the music. I turned around, pressing my ass into his pelvis as his hand snaked down my side, brushed against my breast, and settled across my stomach. I could feel his erection straining against his jeans, and it made me wild. Soon his hand crept lower on my frame, easing into dangerous territory. I moaned and slowly turned to face him again, his hand never leaving my body. He pressed his palms into our lower backs, pushing our bodies against him. I could feel the wetness building between my legs. Dancing always turned me on, but dancing like this, with my best friend and Mr. Tall, Dark, and Sexy, was sending my libido into overdrive. I could tell they were both feeling the same.
His hand slid south and flirted with my ass, nearly exposing my thong to the room. In that moment I wouldn't have cared. My eyes burned into his, and he got bold and leaned down to kiss me. Our mouths locked, and we hungrily tasted each other for a moment before he broke the kiss and shifted his focus to Kate. I watched them make out, biting my lower lip.
Christ, that's hot
, I thought. After a few moments he pulled away and put his hands on our heads to coax us to kiss each other. Kate and I made eye contact and froze, then the mood was instantly broken and we started laughing. No way was that happening. If it were with anyone else, there's no way in hell that I would've turned down a steamy threesome. But this was my best friend, the sister I never had. Even if she weren't hopelessly straight, I couldn't do it. Not with her.
I glanced up at our dance partner, who looked noticeably deflated. No doubt he was ready to take us both home. I gave him an apologetic look and smiled at Kate. The sexual tension momentarily broken, I decided to take the opportunity to disengage before I did something stupid. I could tell Kate was seriously into him, and I couldn't go further if I felt like I was stealing him from her. Although I was going to hate to miss the opportunity to find out how this one's dancing skills translated in the bedroom, I knew she'd share all the steamy details with me. I put my hand on her arm and gestured that I was going to move further into the crowd. She smiled and nodded in a mixture of excitement and gratitude, and I stepped back and turned to head to the bar for some water. As I walked away, I took a deep breath and tried to cool off. I smiled to myself and shook my head.
Damn, that was hot.