"Okay, bitch... spill it."
I looked at Gary as he put his car in drive. For a moment, I said nothing as he drove away from the gentlemen's club. "There is nothing to 'spill' really," I said unconvincingly.
"Yeah, right," Gary replied with a snort. "You are a horrible liar. Not to mention you've had this crazy look on your face since LaDonna walked out of that room."
I debated on whether or not I should try to lie or tell my friend the truth. I was kind of embarrassed about my unforeseen reaction to "Viper" and my private dance. I wasn't sure that I was ready for the remarks and possible ridicule that I would receive from Gary. Then I thought 'What could he possibly say. HE's gay for crying out loud!'
Besides, like he said, I really am a horrible liar...
"Well?" he prodded.
"Well," I began slowly, hesitantly, "the music started playing and she came into the room. At first, she didn't even realize who I was-"
"And then what?" Gary interrupted. "Did y'all get into an argument?"
"No really," I answered. "We talked it out and I'm going to stop being so overprotective-"
"Mother Goosie," he interjected.
"Yeah, whatever," I said quickly. We rode quietly for a couple of minutes before I continued. "That's not all," I then confessed.
"Well good," Gary said with a sigh of relief. "I was afraid that this story was going to be boring. Continue."
"You know I can hardly stand you, right?" I said with a short laugh.
"No. You love me," he corrected. "Now, what else happened?"
"Well," I continued, "after we got our little discussion out of the way, she asked my why I didn't stop her from stripping-"
"I was kinda wondering that myself," Gary interrupted.
I crossed my arms and looked at him pointedly.
"Okay, okay . . . I'll hush," he said with a sigh.
"Thank you," I said, satisfied. "Well," I began again, "there are a couple of reason that I didn't stop her. I still couldn't believe that this was dear, sweet LaDonna doing this private dance in a strip club-"
"-Gentlemen's club-"
"Whatever!"
"And secondly?" he then asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I was getting kinda turned on by it," I confessed and silently waited for his verbal onslaught. There was none.
"And?"
"Oh, you don't have anything to say about that?" I inquired, surprised.
"I thought you were about to tell me something juicy," he responded. "Ya know... something like the two of you getting freaky with each other or something to that effect."
"Wellllll . . . " I said with a sheepish grin.
"Michelle!" he nearly shrieked, pleasure and surprise in his voice. "Did you and Donna get freaky?!"
"Kinda," I replied meekly.
"Details, honey!" he yelled gleefully. "Details!!!"
I then told Gary about how LaDonna had decided to finish my private dance and how she had gotten "touchy-feely" with me. I then told him that she had said that we would continue once she got home.
"That is soooo cute! Gary exclaimed with exhilaration. "My best friend is going to experiment and become a rainbow girl!"
"This is NOT cute," I said, socking him in his arm.
"Ouch, bitch," he said in mock pain as we pulled into my driveway. "And yes it IS cute. Here I am, thinking you need a little dick your life and all of this time you've been craving coochie!"
"You are soooo tacky and unfunny," I informed him as we climbed out of his car. "And just for the record, I have not been craving coochie, as you so brazenly put it."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he said with a wave of his hand as we trotted to my porch.
Once we got into the house, I whipped up a fresh batch of strawberry daiquiri with a little extra alcohol. After my experience earlier in the evening, I need a little buzz to relax my frazzled nerves. I poured myself a glass and took a sip.
"Ready for one?" I asked my comrade.
"When I get back," he answered, pulling his keys out of his pocket.
"Where are you going?" I whined. "We just got back and I don't wanna drink all by myself!"
"I'll only be gone for a couple of minutes," he told me. "Go ahead and drink a little bit and I'll catch up when I get back."
"You promise?" I asked childishly.
"I promise," he reassured me before walking out of the kitchen to leave.
As I grabbed my drink to go back into the living room, I heard the click of the front door being closed and locked. I then trotted back into my living room and got comfortable. As I sat there and channel surfed, my mind replayed the events of the evening.
I still couldn't get over the fact that I had nearly been seduced by one of my closest friends. Before our private dance, she had never even crossed my mind in that manner. No woman had! But now . . . And, OH MY GOODNESS . . .! She had me nearly drooling!
She said that we would continue where we left off when she got home! Was she serious?! I was so clueless about what to do if it turned out that she was for real. Was she experienced at this? Had she ever been with other woman? I would never have thought that she could be with a woman. Then again, I never thought that she would be working as a stripper either.
More importantly, WHAT WOULD I DO IF SHE WAS FOR REAL? As curious as I now was, I was less than a novice when it came to something like this. I knew nothing about pleasing a woman... Hell... it seemed like it had been ages since I had even been with a man!
Where would I even begin?
As I sat, pondering these thoughts, I heard the keys jingle as Gary unlocked the front door. So lost in my thoughts, I hadn't realized that his 'couple of minutes' had turned into nearly thirty.
"Well, you were gone long enough," I chastised him lightly, though I hadn't even missed him.
"I know," he said with an adorable pout, "and unfortunately for you, I can't stay."
"What?!" I fretted. "Why not?" I wanted to know.
"Tommy called me and-"
I interrupted him before he could finish. "You're going to get laid, aren't you?! You're ditching me for a piece of weinee!"
"You're damn right," he said resplendently. "And soon you will be ditchin' me for some cut so hush."
"Ugh!" I exclaimed. "So tacky!"
"But don't get mad," he then said. "I brought you a gift."
"And what might that be?" I asked as he dropped a small bag into my lap.
"Studying materials!"
I could only laugh after I pulled to porno DVDs out of the bag.
"Tacky... just tacky!" I said with a laugh.
"But you adore me," he said with a flourish. "Now review those and let me know what happens. Study hard, Miss Thang!"
"Yes, dear," I said with a chuckle as he kissed me on my cheek.
When I heard him close the front door and lock it with his key, I rose from the sofa and went into the kitchen to refill my glass. Remembering that I was now alone, I grabbed the whole pitcher and journeyed back into the living room. Once again, I started channel surfing, debating on whether or not I wanted to view the 'educational material' that Gary had so thoughtfully purchased on my behalf. Losing a battle with my curiosity, I popped one of the DVDs into my DVD player.
I stared intently at the television screen, watching the titillating events that were taking place between the cornucopia of various model-type characters . . . black, white and exotic...