She wavered just outside the partly open door β a wooden folding chair was wedged between it and its jamb. The door was stenciled "UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball" in the team's colors, pale blue and gold. Above and beyond her the music thumped. She had told Angela she detested the Black Eyed Peas, but Angie had begged her to go.
"Please, please, please, it'll be fun."
"You want me to go just because I have a car."
"Nooo, that's so not true. We can totally meet some guys."
"You know, you're way too old for that shit. The Black Eyed Peas, they're like for thirteen-year-olds."
"Next year, cuz, when I'm nineteen like you, I'll be all cool and shit, just like you. But please, can we just go? I'll totally owe you."
She had admired the performance. Angie was good. Plus she was leaning forward, grinning devilishly, and wagging those great tits at her.
So that's how she found herself at Pauley Pavilion, wearing a short-short black skirt, a purple rayon top and chunky semi-high heels. Her long nearly black hair framed her face in a way that suggested an Asian Veronica Lake. She wondered why a concert was being held here. She knew it to be a basketball venue. After a couple of songs Fergie stepped into a spotlight and spoke for a while about women owning their bodies, about rape being uncool. In a rambling sort of way she made her point.