"Hi, Kevin? It's Nicole."
Kevin smiled. "Oh, hey. What's up?"
"Nothing. I was kinda wondering if you'd like to get together sometime this week."
"That would be great. Let's say tomorrow night?"
"Yeah, that sounds good."
"Would you have a problem with tripling with my cousin and friend?"
"No, that's cool," Nicole answered. "Listen, I have to go."
"Alright." After they had decided on where to meet the following night, they hung up.
"Hey guys," Kevin said happily as he walked into Nick's hotel room.
"Hey Kevin," Kari, Nick, Brian, and I said in unison.
"I got a date with Nicole!"
"Who's Nicole?" I asked.
"A stripper at the club we went to last night," Brian said, smiling. "Damn, she was fine!" Kari smacked his arm. "But not as fine as you baby."
"Isn't Brian so sweet?" Kari gushed.
I rolled my eyes. "So let me get this straight. Kevin is going on a date with a stripper?" I laughed. "I figured that AJ or Brian would, but not you Kev."
"And why's that?" Brian asked defensively.
"Because you look like the typical horny male who goes to strip clubs and oggles the dancers. In other words, your basic Jerry Springer guest."
Kari giggled. "Actually sweetie, you do!"
"What do you think Nick?" Brian asked.
"Oh yeah, typical Jerry guest."
"Kevin?"
"Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" Kevin chanted as we all laughed. "I know the four of you are going out tomorrow, would you mind if we joined you?"
"Not at all," Kari answered. "I've always wanted to meet a stripper."
The Next Night...
"So Kev, you mind telling us where Heaven is?" Brian asked after we were seated at the restaurant.
"Heaven? I thought her name was Nicole," Kari said.
"Heaven is her stage name," Kevin replied. "And she's right over there. Nicole!"
Nicole smiled as she walked over to us. "Hello Kevin. Hey, weren't you two at the club the other night?"
Brian grinned. "Yup, it was a very good show." Kari kicked him underneath the table and he winced in pain.
"Let me introduce you to everyone," Kevin said. "Nicole, this is my cousin Brian, his girlfriend Kari, my friend Nick, and his girlfriend Amy. Guys, this is Nicole."
"Hi," we said in unison.
"Hi," she answered back as she took a seat next to Kevin.
"So tell us a little about yourself Nicole," Nick said.
"Okay, well my name is Nicole Smith and I'm 22 years old. I work at Fantasies as 'Heaven' basically because it helps me pay for college. I'm majoring in special education."
"That's really cool," Kari said. "I've always wanted to be an exotic dancer, does it pay well?"
"Yeah, really well," Nicole replied. "But sometimes it's not worth it. Every once in awhile you get this guys who look like they should be on Jerry Springer oggling you." Everyone looked at Brian and tried to stifle their laughter. "But mostly it's worth it."
We talked some more, and after we ate we all split up and went different places. Nick and I went for a walk down by the water.
"Can you believe we've been going out for nearly a month?" I asked Nick as we walked hand in hand along the water.
"No, it feels like we've only been going out for days," Nick answered, moving a little closer to me.
"So what do you want to do after this?"
Nick stopped and look me in the eyes. "What do you think?" he whispered.
"Alright." I had been thinking about this for awhile now, seeing how I knew how much Nick wanted to.
"Are you serious? What about that whole 'I'm waiting for the right person' thing?"
I smiled. "Nick, you are the right person. Just as long as we use protection."
"Always. So...you wanna go back to my room?"
"Of course." Nick practically dragged me up the nearest sand dune and back to his car. Damn, that boy wanted it bad.
Brian and Kari...
"Like, what do you want to do?" Kari asked after she and Brian had gotten back to her hotel room.
"Watch TV."
"You mean you don't want to-"
Brian grinned. "That's on the agenda for tomorrow night."
Kari sighed. "Fine. What's on?"
Brian shrugged. "I dunno."
Brian flipped through the channels until he and Kari eventually fell asleep.
Kevin and Nicole...
"Tonight was really nice Kevin," Nicole said as he walked Nicole to her car. "I really enjoyed it."
"Me too. You want to get together again sometime soon?"
Nicole smiled. "Of course I do." She pulled a pad of paper out from her purse and jotted something down. "Here's my number. Call me and we'll get together."
"What you're not going to put it down my pants?" Kevin joked.
Nicole laughed. She leaned in and kissed him. "Not tonight," she said softly. "Good-bye Kevin." Nicole got into her car and drove away, leaving Kevin standing there absolutely speechless.
A Few Weeks Later...
"Amy?" Kari asked as she walked into our hotel room. "Where are you?"
"In the bathroom," I called weakly. I had been throwing up every morning for the past couple of days.
"Maybe you have a stomach virus," Kari suggested after I came out.
"Maybe," I mumbled. "I'm going to the store, I'll see you later.
I went to the store and bought a home pregnancy kit. Then I came back, did the test and waited for the results. Blue would mean pregnant, clear not pregnant. Tears filled my eyes when I saw the stick turn blue. A trip to the doctor the next day confirmed my fears. I was pregnant.