Wherein we party hardy, then finish the shoot, and me
Author's note
: this is part 4 of a 12-part story arc which I've put under Group Sex (see Chapter 1). Like all my stories, it begins with character development and in this case, over several chapters. The chapters can have the elements of a number of different categories and I will try to give advance warning. This one is primarily Group, Bi/Lesbian and background. And a gentle reminder: this is all Fiction – Willing Suspension of Disbelief recommended...
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Going in to enjoy Fuzion was a delight. Ginger changed back into her street clothes, but Molly and I took a few minutes to spiff up. I decided I really liked the white sundress, but I got back the shoes I'd worn last night – much more comfortable to dance in. Molly blew me away. Black leather miniskirt, black sleeveless halter and flats. That and an understated job with the make-up and she looked phenomenal.
Jerry had a huge GMC Savanna van that would seat nine with all the amenities – or it sure seemed like it. We all piled in, the five guys and we three girls, and he drove us on down to the bar. I was a little nervous about how much attention we were drawing when he parked the van in the city lot a few blocks from the bar, but I had to admire his chutzpah in dealing with it.
He picked a big, mean-looking guy who was loitering around the cashier's station. He walked up to him, handed him the keys and a hundred dollar bill.
"That van hasn't got a scratch on it," he told the man. "If it still doesn't when I come back for it, you get to live, and another Benjamin. Clear?"
The man looked at the van, then the keys and money Jerry had put in his hand, then the rest of us, then back at Jerry.
"Sure," he said dispassionately. Jerry stuck out his hand. "Jerry," he told the big guy.
"Kong," the guy said, taking Jerry's hand. Then I saw Jerry open his coat slightly so the guy could see something. Something I thought was illegal in California. The big guy just nodded.
Jerry smiled as he turned to join us. "Okay, you groupies," he told us. "Let's go harass the band!"
"Hey!" Ginger punched him slightly. "I
am
the band!"
"Oh, goody!" Jerry just leered at her and she broke up laughing.
We all headed over to the bar and once inside, commandeered a couple of tables and pushed them together so we could get a ringside seat. Ginger checked in with her band, then sat with us for awhile before she had to go get ready.
Under the hubbub of the rapidly filling bar, I leaned over to Jerry and asked as quietly as I could, "are you allowed to carry that in this State?"
"We're still may-issue," he told me, "and L.A. doesn't... although that may be changing. But actually..." He paused as he reached inside his coat and pulled out a shield, setting it on the table in front of me. It had a blue circle on a six-pointed star with a bear in the middle of the circle. On the top of the circle it said "Deputy Sheriff" and underneath, "Los Angeles County" with a number under that.
"You're a Sheriff's Deputy?" I asked incredulously.
"Reserve, for the Aero unit," he told me. "I'm a civilian pilot and can be called in to help in emergencies. The status of sworn deputy goes with it. So does the carry permit."
"So you get to fly one of their helicopters?" I asked, surprised.
"No, I fly my own. I kind of lend her to them when we're needed."
"You own a helicopter???"
"Um... yes," he told me, smiling slightly. "Maybe you'd like to go flying sometime."
I guess the concept of obscenely rich hadn't really sunk in yet – but it was definitely trying to.
"I think that would be nice," I told him. "But I don't know how long I'm going to be in town."
"If the opportunity arises, the offer is open," he told me. "We've got five guys and Molly. Should I roll a die to see who gets the first dance with you?"
I must have looked at him kind of funny, because he added, "I'm sure you noticed that girls
do
dance with girls here, right?"
Actually, I hadn't, and I told him so. "I was too busy with the testosterone-based eye-candy... so no, I didn't notice same-sex partners."
"Well, I suppose Dave and Paul can have that effect," he smiled.
"You, too," I told him. "Don't sell yourself short."
"I never sell short," he kept smiling. "I'm in the market for the long haul."
I just shook my head and smiled. His ability to turn everything into a pun or a double-entendre was part of his charm.
"So do you happen to have a die?" I asked.
"No," he told me. "But flipping a coin two or three times will do the same thing."
I eyed him skeptically. He reached in his pocket and pulled out a quarter.
"Molly is one, Dave two, Paul three, Jackson is four, Ron is five and I'm six," he explained. "First flip divides the results – heads is one through three, tails is four through six." He flipped the coin and it came up heads.
"Next toss divides it into high or low," he went on. "Heads is one-two, tails is three. It isn't the same probability of throwing a six-sided die, but it'll work." He flipped the coin and it came up heads.
"Last one is straightforward," he smiled. "Heads is one, or Molly, and tails is two, or Dave." He flipped the coin and it came up heads. Three heads in a row. And Molly, who smiled at me.
"Don't let him bully you," she told me. "You don't have to dance with me if you don't want to..."
My answer was drowned out by the opening chords of ZZ Top's "Legs"...
Well, fuck it,
I thought.
What better song?
I stood up and held out my hand to Molly who was beaming.
We made our way to the dance floor where couples were starting to flow in. Molly and I had the same idea – we parked ourselves in front of where Ginger was playing.
I am going to make this sundress work for me,
I thought.
My legs aren't that bad and fuck it, nobody I care about is going to be critical.
I realized Molly was doing the same thing – teasing Ginger with legs that went
all
the way up. She was twirling and moving to show them off and I was getting seriously distracted until I remembered that's what I was supposed to be doing, too.
The smile we got from Ginger let us know we'd made our point. Then Molly surprised me. She moved in and took me in a tight dance cage, where she could use me like a pole, to be support for really showing off. I decided to go for it. But when I went to dip her and she damn near did a splits standing up, I about lost it. I was amazed.
"Jazz ballet," she told my stunned expression, and the night just got better from there.
We had a gas. The guys kept me and Molly dancing most of the night, and rehydrating in-between. Somebody scored some appetizers from Antonio's next door and it made do for dinner. I only got slightly buzzed, dancing most of it off. And I was getting an inordinate amount of attention from the single guys
not
in my group, especially considering the fact that I thought Molly would be the exclusive center of attention.
Of course, Los Cinco Hermanos were paying quite a bit of attention to me, too, and it felt fabulous. Part of me watched in detached amusement as the jaded divorcee bitch part of me got worn down, and I felt happy and turned on like I hadn't since the divorce. In a couple of the breaks, the rest of the members of Fuzion came over and Ginger introduced us all the way around. They were talented and they were fun and I was feeling like God was in His Heaven and all was right with the world.
We stayed until closing at 2am, then went back to get Jerry's van. It was pristine. Apparently "Kong" took his job seriously. Ginger decided that rather than drive all the way home from Jerry's just to turn around and come back, she'd stay the night. I asked to go by my hotel to pick up my stuff and check for messages.
"So you're going to stay with me?" Jerry asked.
"For now," I told him. "I'm going to get my stuff so I can put it in my rental, but I'm not checking out of the hotel yet, just in case I need it during the week."
"Fair enough," he smiled and took me to the hotel, then went up to my room to help me schlep my stuff down. The desk clerk tried very hard not to give me a funny look as we went by with my luggage, so I stopped and told him I was keeping the room, just visiting a friend and I'd be back. Besides, they'd swiped my card when I'd checked in. I was sure they'd charge me until I checked out.
It was about 4am when we made it back to Jerry's and honestly, I was tired. Jerry reminded me that there were two unoccupied bedrooms available to Ginger and me. I went and found one and stashed my stuff. I was getting out my toiletries when Ginger knocked.
"Want company tonight?" she asked. "Or would you rather sleep alone?"
I really had to stop and think about that one.
"Do you really want to?" I asked. "I mean, are you used to not sleeping alone?"