She always started her stories with 'it was a dark and stormy night' as a kid, and to this day her mother still loves to tease her about it. She first told her 'dark and stormy night' story when she was 6 year old, riding in the back of her grandparent's vehicle; 18 years later the Afton sat in the driver's seat of her grandparent's car thinking about that story while she drove down the rain soaked highway. She was taking her grandmother to the hospital for the ump-tenth time since she'd moved home and was not really looking forward to the next couple of hours while her 'Mimi' met with her doctor yet again. Thankfully, she had remember to bring her book and her music, happy would not have to stare at the space waiting room walls while hoping someone interesting to watch walked through the room. After her Mimi was taken back Afton settled in to a terribly uncomfortable waiting room chair, popped her head phones in, turned on her iPod, and cracked her book.
It was another of her smutty books, and she loved them dearly. She couldn't remember when she'd fallen in love with that type of book, maybe when she had gotten the job at the YMCA 7 years ago, but ever since she'd sought out numerous titles with the same underlying themes: Vampires, Wears, and Sex. This one started out dark and steamy, and within minutes she was already immersed and had almost completely forgotten she was sitting in a hospital waiting room. Her favorite character, Zane, a vampire from Ireland, had just broken the news of what he was to his love after some steamy sex and was explaining himself while Isa, a wear-leopard, was busy sucking the dick of her boy toy Finn, another wear-leopard in the next room when Afton was shocked out of the almost trance like state the book had her in when her Mimi touched her shoulder. Amazed that two hours had go so quickly she glanced at the book to see how far she'd read. Damn, almost halfway through, she thought as she closed it, tossed it in her purse and followed her slow moving grandmother out of the waiting room and to the car.
It was a thirty minute drive from the hospital to home, and Afton was once again in the driver's seat with her mind straying as her grandmother slept in the front seat. Her thoughts went not to her 'dark and stormy night' past but fixated on her planned evening with friends. Afton and two of her girl friends had planned on going dancing that evening, after going out for some 'classy' dinner and getting trashed at one of their apartments. Surprisingly, Afton found herself excited about this evening, though it would usually repulse her; she had recently ended things with her boyfriend of just over two years and needed the...well she wasn't actually sure what she needed from the planned night, but it felt right, and so she remained excited. These thoughts kept her occupied as she drove home.
At 3:30 pm Afton dropped her grandmother off at her house, switched back to her car and drove the short drive back home. Once home she made a beeline for the bathroom, locked the door, and turned on the shower. Hoping her mid-day shower would ensure her plenty of hot water, she stripped naked and looked at her chubby form in the mirror. She knew she had a pretty face and some large, nice boobs but beyond that she didn't like what she saw. She'd always been a heavy girl and was slowly trying to be less so, but the progress was slow and, even though she'd lost 40 pounds, she didn't see a change. She sucked in her tummy and took one last glance as she stepped toward the waiting steamy shower. Blessedly the water was hot, like she liked it, and she grabbed her razor and shaved her legs and nether regions until they were smooth and hairless. Pleased with that she washed her hair, washed herself, and stepped out of the shower refreshed. Shocked by the cold air of the bathroom Afton's nipples hardened and she couldn't resist giving them a little rub. She hated that she liked doing that, but found herself doing it anyway and enjoying it. Looking at the clock radio hung on the wall in the bathroom she was surprised to see that she'd managed to take a 30 minute shower and hurriedly dried off and wrapped herself in the towel so she could get to work on the tangled mane that was her hair.
Her hair was still dripping wet and after being rubbed with the towel looked like something the members of Flock of Seagulls would have envied. She laughed at her reflection while reaching for her brush. A moments work later and her, black looking, hair was pin straight reaching to just below her shoulders. She fixed her bangs so they were off to the side some and not poking her in the eye. Hoping the hour and a half she had until she met her friends would be enough, she decided to let it air dry. Still wrapped in her towel she walked back to her room to being the lengthy task of choosing what to wear. She'd never gone to the club her friend Sam had chosen, and didn't really know what kind of crowd to expect so she decided to just stick with simply sexy clothes and went about gathering the various garments that fit the theme. After donning her favorite lacy undies, matching bra and her 'nice ass' jeans, she began the arduous task of picking a shirt. 20 shirts later she decided on the oriental looking shirt her mother had given her for Christmas. It was lavender with beaded designs all over it and showed off her hefty ta-ta's nicely, but not in a trashy way. Pleased with her choice she moved back to the bathroom and finished getting ready; she had gotten her mostly dry hair brushed straight again when Sam and Beth walked in (she had unlocked the door earlier anticipating her friends arrival).
As usual the girls looked perfect in their outfits. They were both much most accustomed to the club scene and each had on a pair of fuck me heels, skin tight pants, and a fantastically flattering shirt. Afton couldn't resist welcoming them in the 'nicest' possible fashion:
"I hate you, you skinny bitches," she said as she closed the door behind them and went to locate her own pair of frighteningly high heels. People seemed to think that she couldn't walk in heels; so naturally, Afton loved to wear her high, high heels and watch in amusement as she proved them wrong.
The girls followed her back to her room laughing and saying 'Hi' in unison. Once Afton had her feet tucked in the shiny black heels, the girls made their way out to Sam's car and were off to their first stop of the evening, dinner at a local Thai restaurant. The place was probably the size of a large walk-in closet, seating maybe 20, with an open kitchen but they girls loved it and their Pad Thai was fantastic. They had a long dinner, chatting about all sorts of things and teasing one another about what they planned to do later that evening at the club. After dinner they went to Sam's apartment and the liquid courage started flowing. By 9 that evening the three of them had managed to make a bottle of Captain Morgan disappear and they were finishing up a batch of Margaritas Sam had decided to make. Already well on their way to being completely trashed all three girls put the finishing touches on their make-up, and met Zach at his car; poor boy had agreed to d.d. for them that night. They all got in the car and sped off in the storm to the club.
Lightening streaked the sky as they arrived at Grenade about 15 minutes after it had opened. The thunder boomed and the rain came in sheets Thankfully, thought he club was already pretty full, there was no line and they were all four ushered in without issue. After each of them had a drink in hand, Zach had a coke while the girls had various mixed drinks, they headed toward the dance floor; being ever the ladies man, Zach immediately had his attention caught by a hot blonde and was off in a flash to work is 'magic', as he called it, on her. The girls, being sadly stereotypical in this situation, opted to dance in a little circle, giggling at each other as they each other as they occasionally tossed in a goofy dance move. Afton was in her final crunching motion of the 'sprinkler' move when she spotted a group of gorgeous men staring their way. Completely embarrassed, Afton dropped her arm and, red faced, went back to moving conventionally along with the beat. The girls were still giggling when the men approached their little group; now all three of them were blushing with embarrassment, but they continued moving to the beat as the guys each picked one of the girls and began dancing with them.
As they danced Afton looked at her friends new dance partners and was delighted to find that, though they were easy on the eyes from across the room, they were drop dead gorgeous up close. She was hoping that her partner was just as nice looking and she chanced a turn that put her face to face with the man behind her. She was astonished, not only was he every bit as lovely as the other men, he was better. His beauty was almost otherworldly; he had a face that was both strong and soft at the same time, beautiful lips smiling over perfect teeth, light teal colored eyes that positively sparkled as the club lights danced over him, a lovely nose and it was all framed by his long, curly, brown and gold hair. Afton nearly froze to the spot when their eyes met, the only thing keeping her moving were the hands that had suddenly appeared on her hips, gently pulling her to him and moving her from side to side. She stood mesmerized like that for a good minute or two until he smiled wider and laughed a little; the sound a deep rumble in his chest. With his laugh the song ended and they stopped moving briefly, long enough for her to ask his name.
"My name is Zane, "he said with a smirk. Afton's eyes grew wider and she remained unmoving though the music had started again. Zane's face was suddenly concerned and he asked: "Are you ok? Is there something wrong?"
His voice breaking her sudden brain freeze she stuttered out: "N n n no, sorry. I'm ok. I just...I love that name and it's the name of one of my favorite characters in a book series that I read. It's a beautiful name, sorry."