Over dinner, chef-prepared and heated in the microwave, Angela talked to Dee about Angela's idea to lease Dee's property and build a shed behind it for an expanded female fight club. Dee was just as surprised as I was that there was anything like a female fight club in Canberra but Angela laughed and told us that the one we were all going to that night had been around for at least the last five years.
"But why do you want to invest money in something like a female fight club," I asked, "it has to be at least borderline illegal and it could be a lot of aggravation that you don't really need?"
"I've had my lawyer look at it and if we continue it the way it is set up now, I'm fine. I can even add a proper ring for pro-rules fights too. There are a few girls here in Canberra who want to fight under those rules but they have to travel to Sydney, Wollongong or Melbourne to compete.
And there are already clubs in those cities that offer bouts for anyone who wants mixed wrestling to those rules ... or even no rules ... and they are popular too. Those clubs are already out in the open and they're not getting any aggravation from the authorities.
"If I have a ring put in there will be more interest here in Canberra and we can invite girls from those other clubs to come and compete and we can go as a club and compete in their competitions. I think that there's enough there to allow me to increase the fees that the club currently charges fighters and spectators. It won't be much but if I can raise the fees, even by a little, then I'm just about guaranteed to at least break even.
"Think of a day and a half of non-stop wrestling with other clubs, comfortable amenities for visitors and spectators, hot food, lots of drinks and snacks that can be purchased, maybe even a bar. That's where I want to take this idea.
"If I can do that then I'll be happy because I'm beginning to think of this as my passion project." She laughed, "Who would have thought it? A hooker with a passion project.
"Anyway, we're heading over to where the fight club meets when we've finished dinner and I'm going to talk to Shanti, the girl who runs the club with her husband. I've known her for three or four years and she is one very cool lady but I've never gone to one of their fight nights before now.
"So are you going to fight?" Dee asked before I could.
Angela looked across the table at me and from the sly smile on her face I knew that she had been planning it all along.
"Of course she is Dee," I looked at Angela and shook my in resignation, "the only question is who is she fighting?"
Angela wriggled in her seat and grinned, "I'm fighting Jay, Shanti's partner, over three six-minute rounds to Ultimate Surrender extended rules ... winner takes the loser anyway they want on the mat although fucking Jay's arse with a strap-on is not in play."
"What are these 'extended' rules?" I wasn't sure that I wanted to know but if a lady I cared about was involved but I just had to ask.
"Hair pulling, punching, kneeing, inflicting pain but avoiding the face ..." Angela stopped when she saw the look on my face.
"It's what I want to do Steve ... if you're not comfortable with it you can choose to do something else with your evening."
I opened my mouth to say something and then closed it again as Dee took my hand in hers. "You heard her Steve, it's what she wants to do ... but don't you dare stay away."
"The thought of staying at home never crossed my mind Dee. I don't walk away from the people who are important to me."
"Good," she said as she squeezed my hand, "because I'll want you there when I have my first fight under those rules." I knew I was screwed, talking one woman out of something she wanted to do was almost impossible but when you have to talk to women out of something you're just wasting your time.
"Speaking of fights," Angela held up her phone, "I checked while you two were making out in the shower and you're fight is still on Dee but the girl who booked you Steve, has backed out and someone by the name of Samantha B has taken her spot.
"Tom S is your guy Dee. He's fucked me a few times and always been a lot of fun so you should have an easy fight with a very predictable ending."
Dee giggled and suddenly she was excited, "Am I allowed to beat him?"
"Don't get too excited," Angela grinned, "Tom is a big guy and I'm sure that he is going to totally fuck your brains out right there in front of the crowd and he could even start before the final round.
"And Steve, you need to come prepared to fight tonight."
"WHAT?" Whatever happened to the idea of having a nice, quiet night at home, or being asked if you wanted to do something?
Angela giggled, "When I was talking to Shanti this morning I might have volunteered you to step in if any guy was a no show ... and she's interested in fighting you if I'm going to be fighting her man."
The fights started at 8pm but when we arrived about 7.30 there was already a bunch of cars parked in the street but no sign of any action anywhere until we walked around the back of a rundown workshop that had looked totally deserted from the front.
Once we were around the back of the building we could see that it was anything but rundown. There was a huge roller-door on the back wall, and it was up so we could see that, half an hour before the fights were to start. the place was packed.
The limited tiered seating along one wall was already taken and there was hardly any standing room left around the other three sides of an elevated area for the mat.
"See, this is why a big shed at Dee's would be a much better venue. Far more private, lot more room for spectators ... perhaps as many as 180 instead of the forty they can pack in here, and better amenities for the fighters."
Angela pointed to a small alcove that was cut off from the rest of the workshop by a couple of plastic dropsheets, "That's the unisex changeroom for the fighters.
"While changing next to a horny guy isn't much of a problem for most girls who compete here, it would be nice if we could have a little more room and maybe some lockers too."
As Angela was talking an absolutely drop-dead gorgeous dark-skinned woman, wearing nothing but a long white t-shirt that barely covered her arse approached us. She and Angela hugged, "Damn girl!" she laughed, "Why am I hugging you? I should be beating you up because you're going to be fucking my man later on."
Angela laughed too and slipped her arm around the girl's waist and introduced her to us, "Guys this is Shanti, she and her partner run the fight club. Shanti, this is my very good friend Dee, who is going to want to fight here once she sees the action tonight and this guy is Steve, the man I just might be spending the rest of my life with."
Shanti waved a young woman over and Angela handed over five $50 bills and explained, "50 bucks for each spectator and 50 bucks entry fee for each person who is going to fight tonight."
I looked at Angela and she smiled sweetly and then waved at a guy who was heading in our direction. "Hey Jay! Are you ready to get your arse handed to you on a plate?"
Jay grinned and slipped his arm around Angela's waist, "Not gonna happen Angie but I am going to put your pussy on a plate and eat it."
We laughed and I noticed that Jay glanced at me to see what my reaction was, but I was cool with what was happening and when Shanti introduced him as her husband I shook his hand warmly. Once those introductions were made Jay shepherded Angela and Dee out of the open door and into a spot where the light spilling from the open door wasn't quite so intense ... or so noisy
At the same time I felt Shanti's firm grip on my arm as she guided me away from the light and away from Jay and the girls.
"So, you're the man who seems to have swept Angela off her feet?" There was something about the way Shanti slowly circled me, letting her eyes roam over my body, and her hands squeeze me arse that aroused me, attracted me and intimidated me all at the same time.
"You're not a pretty boy ... that's for sure," her voice was deep and husky and the pat on my cheek was more of a caress than a gentle pat, "you look like you were hard once but are you hard now? Can you conquer me on the mat?"
She was right, after the meeting with the Old Man I knew that I was going to have to work on my fitness. Even he had commented on the extra weight that I was carrying
Shanti pressed herself against me and, when I looked over her shoulder to where Angela was standing, I could see that she was looking at us and grinning. I knew that I didn't need her approval, but I still looked for it.
"It depends on what you're hiding under that t-shirt," I said as I looked Shanti straight in the eye and let my hands slip under the hem of her shirt and slowly drift up till I was holding her bare butt cheeks. She looked at me with a slight smile that increased when I squeezed those tight butt cheeks and pulled her closer.
"There's just me under this t-shirt man ... just me and my girls."