Chapter Two
The girls walked
into the club ready for a night of partying.
Lisa dragged Carrie and Dee onto the dance floor as soon as they stepped
in.
“The guys are out
and you drag me to the dance floor.”
Carrie teased and Lisa rolled her eyes,
“I just wanna dance
and have a good time. Without feeling
like I’m going to puke.” She retorted
and Carrie sighed,
“You should talk to
him, get to know him.” Carrie
suggested,
Lisa shook her head,
there was no way she could do that.
“Remember who you’re talking to?”
“The shyest girl on the planet when it comes to guys?” Dee answered for her.
Lisa glanced over at
Diana, “Exactly.”
“How the hell did
you ever end up with boyfriend?” Carrie
teased,
“Alcohol.” Lisa replied with a smile,
“Yeah well that
won’t get you very far with him.” Dee
replied,
Lisa cocked her head
to the side, “How do you know?”
Diana placed her
hands on her hips, “Because I talk to the other guys.”
“I talk to
them.” Lisa defended crossing her
arms. She wasn’t a total social
outcast.
Carrie smirked,
“More than hi or bye, Lee.”
Lisa waved her
friends off, “Whatever, I will talk to them.
AFTER I get a drink.”
“Smooth Lee, real
smooth.” Carrie replied and Lisa smiled
as she moved towards the bar. She
quickly ordered her drink and waited for it to arrive.
“Hey, you’re Lisa
right?” Someone asked from behind her
and she turned to see Lance standing there, and not Carrie or Diana.
Lisa covered her
nervousness quickly, “Yeah, Lance, right?”
She replied.
“Yep.” He paused for a second, “So how do you like
all of this so far?”
Lisa sighed a sigh
of relief, dancing she could talk about for days. “Dancing for you guys?”
She asked and he nodded, “I get to do what I love AND get paid for it. I’m really not going to complain.” Her drink came and she pulled out some money
to pay for it when Lance stopped her.
“Put it on our
tab.” He told the bartender who nodded
and left.
Lisa gave Lance a
shy smile, “Thanks, that was really nice of you.”
He grinned
flirtatiously, “Consider it a welcome aboard present.”
Lisa was slightly
confused, “We’ve been working for a week already.”
Lance shrugged,
“Okay then, a late welcome aboard present.”
“Alrighty then,” She
said glancing out into the crowd, looking for away to get away from Lance
before she made a fool of herself.
“Ooo, there’s Dee, I have to tell her something before I forget. Thanks for the drink.” She said all in one breath with a quick wave
and hurried off.
Lisa quickly found a bunch of the dancers on the dance floor and
started dancing with them. Justin and
Lance soon joined their little group.
Lance pulled Lisa too him and she accepted, going along with the flow. She wasn’t the only one who decided to dance
with him and soon she back into the group.
After a few songs Lisa went over to the dancer’s table to sit.
“Lee the dancing
machine, how’s it going?” Annalisa,
another dancer asked her and she smiled,
“Can’t complain
here.” She said and looked over at the
guy’s table where JC was sitting with a few friends. She went into her dream world,
Lisa sat down at the table and snuggled in close to JC.
“Hey baby.” She purred and he wrapped his arm around her
shoulder,
“Hey yourself
babe.” He leaned down for a quick kiss
and then whispered into her ear, “How about we go back to my room? I’ve got a night filled with surprises for
you.” His hot breath made the little
hairs on the back of her neck stick up and she smiled seductively up at him,
“Well I’ve got a few
surprises for you too.”
“Hey Lee!” Dee yelled at her and she snapped out of her
dream world,
“What?”
“Stop drooling over
JC! My God, you’re practically
staring!” Dee teased causing Lisa to
blush,
“I was not. I was just spacing out a little. It happens.”
“Uh huh, okay.” Dee replied not believing her,
“Like you never do
it.” Lisa called her out and Dee cocked
her head to the side with a grin,
“Okay maybe.” She said making everyone laugh,
“Come on Dee.” Lisa said getting up from her seat, “Let’s
go dance some more.”
“Lee the dancing
machine.” Dee teased,
“You know it
baby. This ass didn’t come from sitting
and drinking all night long.” Lisa said
playfully slapping the side of her ass.
This caused the table to break out into laughter once more. Lisa took Dee back out onto the dance floor
and found the rest of the dancers along with Joey and Lance dancing with
them. Once again, Lance made his way
over to Lisa and began dancing with her.
She made it through one song before other girls moved in and took him
over. Lisa didn’t care and simply made
her way over to Carrie to keep dancing.
After a couple of songs, she found
herself dancing with Lance again. She
smiled up at the bass singer and shook her head with a laugh. That was mostly to cover her nervousness,
though with every drink she became braver.
Lance was a fun dancer, but once again, girls pulled him away from
her. Lisa took this time to go get
herself another drink. This time the
bartender said that it was already paid for by Lance, as were all of her drinks
for the rest of the night.
“He’s an awfully
nice person.” She said to herself as
she made her way back to their table.
“The dancing machine
is taking another break?” Diana teased
and Lisa simply raised her drink,
“I’m breaking to
drink.”
“I remember when we
had to drag you off the dance floor.”
Carrie teased,
“That’s because that
was last week.” Lisa retorted, “I just
must be getting old.” She teased as she
sat down, making sure she had a clear view of JC.
“Or you found
something you love more than dancing.”
Dee teased as she nodded in the direction of JC,
“God, you’re
hilarious Dee.”
“Hey ladies!” Lance said as he came up to the table and
sat down,
“Lance, please join
us.” Lisa said sarcastically, but
playfully, making everyone laugh,
“How are we all
doing tonight?” He asked,
“Much better now
that you’re here.” Diana cooed at him
and flirted like her life depended on it.
Lisa rolled her eyes and got up,
“I need a new
drink.” She said and walked up to the
bar only to be followed by Lance,
“Hey Lisa.” He grinned at her,
“Fancy meeting you
here.” She said as she tried to grab
the attention of the bartender,
“So, you having a
good time tonight?”
“Yes, I’m having a
really great time. What do you
want?” She asked and he looked at her,
“To drink.” She clarified,
“Oh, I’ll get
it. There are waitresses.”
“I like the
challenge of the bartenders. Plus this
is quicker because I’ve got boobs.”
“Good point, SoCo on
the rocks.”
“Kay.” She turned to the bartender and smiled
playfully at him. Within ten seconds he
was taking her order as she flirted a little with him. When their drinks came she turned and gave
Lance his. She went to walk away when
Lance grabbed her hand and led her away from the crowd to a quieter corner.
“Well Mr. Bass, is
there a reason you dragged me to this dark corner of the club?”
“I just wanted to
talk to you.” He shrugged,
“For future
reference, boys usually don’t drag girls into dark corners to talk.” She teased having enough drinks in her to
feel comfortable. Lance stared at her
for a second, unsure of how to answer that question. Lisa rolled her eyes, “You wanted to talk, what did you want to
talk about?”
“Oh, I just wanted
to ask you why you keep ignoring me all night?”
“Obviously not if
I’m here.” She retorted,
“You just keep
walking away from me. I was just
wondering why.”
“No, you just keep
following me.”
“Only cuz you keep
walking away. I dance with you, you
walk away. I sit at the table, you walk
away. I tried to talk to you at the bar
and once again you tried to walk away.”
“Okay, really I just
don’t compete for guys. I don’t like
playing the game or dealing with overly flirtatious girls who drape themselves
over every and any guy. It’s disgusting
and really if they want a guy that bad, they can have him. I refuse to degrade myself like that.” She retorted and took a long sip of her
drink.
“But then you give
the impression that you don’t want the guy.”
“The smart ones know
how to get me.” She replied laying on a
little attitude, thanks to the alcohol.
“How’s that?” Lance inquired,
“By dragging me into
a corner.” She teased and Lance smiled,
“So I’m off to a
good start?” He slid his hand up her
arm and Lisa immediately pushed his hand away.
“Stop, right
now.” She said and Lance pulled away,
“What? What did I
do?”
Lisa shook her head,
“Wrong place, wrong time. See you
around.” She replied, walking away from
him.
“Lisa! Wait!”
Lance grabbed her arm to stop her.
Lisa winced and
quickly pulled out of Lance’s grasp, “Ow!”
She said rubbing her arm.
“Oh God, I’m sorry,
I didn’t mean to hurt you!” Lance
apologized profusely and she shook her head,
“It’s not your
fault.” She said rubbing the section
and tried to walk away again. Lance
gently touched her shoulder and made her turn around,
“Please let me
see.” He reached for her arm and she
pulled away.
“I’m fine.”
“I left a
bruise!” He said reaching for her arm
and she shook her head,
“No, you
didn’t. It was already there, that’s
why it hurt.” She explained quickly.
“Let me see Lee.”
Lance got a hold of her arm and brought it up to his face.
“REALLY, it’s
fine.” She pleaded trying to get her
arm back,
“That looks like it
really hurt. What happened?” He questioned worriedly,
“It’s nothing.” She said taking her arm back,
“It looked like a
hand print.” Lance pointed out,
Lisa looked away, “I
tripped and my dad caught me by catching my arm. It would have been worse if I had actually fell.” She explained quickly.
Lance raised his
eyebrows in surprise, “Wow, good thing he caught you, huh?”
“Yeah, it was.” She said and pulled down the sleeve of her
shirt. She looked around the club
nervously, “I have to go.” She went to
turn, but Lance gently stopped her again,
“Why do you keep
walking away from me?” He asked and she looked at him,
“Pulling me into a
corner in a public club isn’t gonna get you very far. Obviously you know very little about me and that’s another strike
against you.” She said shortly and
Lance’s eyes went wide at her sudden turn of attitude.
“Lisa I just wanted
to get to know you, that’s all. I wanted to talk to you because during the day
I usually don’t get a chance. I wasn’t
making a move, I swear!”
“Oh, well, sorry
about that. I just hate it when guys do
that to me.” She shrugged, “And now
that I’ve embarrassed myself enough.
I’m going to dance now.” Lisa
disappeared before Lance could catch her.
“Walking away
again.” He shook his head and got an
idea.
Lisa danced around on the dance floor.
Craig David’s ‘Walking Away’, came on and she felt two hands on her
waist. She turned around to see Lance. Her pulled her close to dance with her. He leaned into her ear,
“This is for
you.” He said, “I thought it fit.” He teased and she started laughing,
“I guess it
does.” She replied as she kept dancing
with him. This time she was able to
dance the whole song with him.
“Dude, what the hell
are you doing to Lisa?” Chris asked
Lance when he came back to their table, “You’ve been following her around all
night.” The guys had been watching him chase the dancer all over the club.
“I know, I was just
trying to get to know her, you know?
She’s pretty cool.” Lance
shrugged.
“Really?” Chris
asked, “I haven’t talked to her a lot.”
“You kind of just
have to track her down. She’s always on
the move.” Lance shrugged as the song
“Bootylicious” by Destiny’s child came over the system.
Joey walked over to
them, “DUDE! Our dancers have gone
crazy!”
“What?” Chris and Lance asked and followed Joey’s
attention. Lisa, Carrie and Diana were
up by the DJ booth dancing to the song like they were Destiny’s Child. The boys watched with great interest as the
girls worked it up there to the cheer to the crowd. It was obvious who the “Beyonce” of the group was. Lisa was the center of the group, shaking it
like her life depended on it. All three
of them sang along to the song as they danced, putting on a little performance
for the club goers.
JC had soon joined the boys as they
watched the girls dance, “Well, they sure aren’t shy, are they?” He teased,
Joey laughed, “Dude,
since when do we work with any one who’s shy?”
“Too true. It’s nice to know that they can handle the
pressure of a crowd.” He smirked,
“Man forget this,
I’m joining them.” Joey said and hopped
up to where the girls were dancing. He
got right into the middle of them, dancing away with each of the girls.