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Mr. H:I’ll be right here waiting for you
I hate that he knows what I want because it shows he really does know me. If he was any other man, I would jump up and down and fight for this, for us, but I can’t. He’s my dad’s best friend and my sister’s best friend’s dad. There’s just too much at stake. Man-o-man, would the rumor mill back home eat this up.
Sighing, I take a deep breath and come to the conclusion that I need to forget all about Mr. H and his delectable lips and move on. And I can do that right after my shift. Hopefully, I can lose myself on stage as Miss Sunshine.
* * *
Well,that was the shift from hell.
The patrons tonight were all handsy-handsy and the tips were shit. Nicole and I are in the dressing room, changing back into our everyday clothes. “I need a bottle of wine and an orgasm,” she dramatically informs me as she pulls up her jeans.
“That sounds wonderful. Know where I can get an orgasm?”
“Speaking of orgasms, what happened with the delicious man who requested you last night?”
“Ohh, ummm, nothing,” I quickly reply. Turning my back on her, I pull my locks up into a messy bun.
“I call bullshit,” Nicole teases. “I think you finally came over to the big O side of stripping and you’re just embarrassed about it.”
“Embarrassed definitely, but I’m still the big O virgin of The Nirvana Lounge.”
“Why are you embarrassed then?” She looks at me confused and if it was any other situation, the look on her face would be hilarious.
“Just, ugh, never mind.” I shake my head and close my eyes, willing the events of last night away, but alas, I cannot. Those events are the headline act in my brain at the moment. “I really just want to forget that this week ever existed.”
“Cali,” she says, her voice laced with concern. She walks over and takes my hand. “Did he do something that he shouldn’t have?”
Closing my eyes, I think about last night. His lips on mine. Him pushing me away. The heartbreak of said pushing away. Swallowing back the hurt, the first tear falls.
“Cali, babe, do we need to call the police?” She pulls me in for a hug and it causes me to cry harder. She’s squeezing in the way only a best friend can, it reminds me of Fern. I really need Fern. I wish she was here for me to cry my heart out to.
Shaking my head side to side, the tears continue to fall. “No, it’s nothing like that,” I blubber through my tears into her shoulder. Lifting my head, I stare at her. “I … I knew him.”
“Wow, that’s kind of embarrassing.”
“Yeah, well, I ended up back at his hotel and um …”
“Are you sure we don’t need to call the police?”
Shaking my head, I swipe the tears off my cheeks. “I’m sure. We kissed and then, he pushed me away.”
“Fucking asshole, why would he do that?”
“Because he’s my dad’s best friend.”
“Holy fucking shit, seriously? You got it on with your dad’s bestie?”
“Yep.” I let the p pop. “I’ve had a crush on him for as long as I can remember, and I thought that maybe this was my chance, but instead, after the best kiss of my life, he pulled away, rejecting me.”
“Okay, we are going home for wine, ice cream, and a debrief. I need all the deets and then we can come up with a game plan for you to get your man.”
“Yes to the wine, ice cream, and chat ‘cause it’s been forever since we’ve done that, but no to the game plan to win him back. I just want to forget that I ever kissed him so I can pop him back into the crush zone and move on.”
“I’ll work on you … mark my words, lady, you and him will be a thing. I feel it in my clit.”
“I think the phrase is ‘feel it in my bones’ not ‘feel it in my clit.’” Even if my clit is buzzing at the thought of Mr. H and me as a couple.
“That is true, but a clit has more feelings than bones do and that’s how confident I am that you and he will end up together. My clit’s buzzing over it.”
