The List
#20 Go To a Strip Club
Mike got up from where we were sitting and sent me crashing down onto the sofa. I groaned, causing him to chuckle. I saw Casey walk inside and I smiled. He looked down and silently waved. "Are you okay?" I asked Casey.
"Yeah," he shrugged.
"His girlfriend just broke up with him a few days ago," Mike explained.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," I muttered.
"Thanks," he nodded.
"Guys! Come on!" Mike called. They walked out and I saw them pull on their jackets. I raised my eyebrows questioningly, but they ignored me.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Therapy," Vic said.
"What?"
"A strip club," Jaime said as if it were obvious.
"A strip club?" I echoed and they nodded. I pulled out the list and had a look at the next number. Written in Ryan's hand were the words 'Go to a strip club'.
"Can I come?" I asked desperately.
"Erm . . . Why?" Mike asked.
"Because it's on the list and I need to do it,"
"You do know what goes on in strip clubs. Right?" Tony asked.
"Of course," I rolled my eyes. "Desirable women take their clothes of and if you give them a twenty they give you a lap dance,"
"She knows too much," Jaime said.
"Please. I'll behave,"
"You want to watch women strip?" Casey suddenly said.
"Not really. But I have to,"
"I don't know," Vic said.
"I'll even pretend to be a lesbian," I offered.
"You can't pretend," Mike rolled his eyes.
"I kissed that girl at the signing! I might be bisexual," I said and they all exchanged a look.
"Up to you, man," Tony said to Casey.
"She can come," he shrugged.
"Great," I exclaimed and put my jacket on. We walked outside and met the other tech guys. They looked at me oddly. We walked away from the buses and a few blocks until we came to some bars. I stopped at one of the doors and we handed the bouncer our money.
"This is a strip club," Mike said as we walked inside. I looked around and saw tables with groups of men, platforms, poles and stages for the women to dance on. Then I noticed a few side rooms. I walked over to the front by the stage and sat down with everyone else.
"People are looking at me," I noticed.
"That's because your a chick," Mike explained. "They're expecting you to take your clothes off,"
"Not happening," I said. Suddenly music started and the room went dark. Spotlights flashed on the stage and a curtain was drew back. One woman walked out and I noticed other women walking around the room. The one on stage started to dance around the pole and I was stuck between not wanting to watch and not being able to look away.
"Can we have something for this guy!" Mike yelled and a woman came over. Twenty dollars was pressed into her hand and she tucked it away. She went to Casey and stroked his face, going down to his chest and groin. She turned around and bent over in front of him. My eyes went wide as she turned around and sat on his lap, straddling him.
"God," I muttered. I saw Casey grin and laugh with everyone else. I smiled at his face. After being dumped he just looked so sad and alone. But now he seemed happy. "Hey, when was your last girlfriend?" I asked Mike.
"About three months before I met you," he called. "Why?"
"Can I have someone, please?!" I called for Mike. He looked at me and gave the woman some money. She looked at me and then to Mike. He nodded and I looked at him in confusion. The woman started to dance in front of me and I gasped in shock. She sat down on my lap and started to play with my hair as I blushed. "No!" I exclaimed. I heard laughs and saw everyone watching me.
"I wanted her for you! Because you haven't had a girlfriend for so long. What do I do?" I rushed.
"Just wait," Vic said.
"Let her do her piece," Tony told me.
"And I don't want a girlfriend," Mike said.
"Damn," I said and they laughed harder. "Stop it!" I ordered, but they carried on. "Cállate o te llevan fuera ahora!" (Shall we go outside!)
"Oh, Spanish. This is serious guys!" Jaime yelled.
"Translation?" someone asked.
"She's really pissed off," Mike laughed and I glared.
"This is why girls shouldn't come here," Tony said once the woman had moved on.
"Yeah," he shrugged.
"His girlfriend just broke up with him a few days ago," Mike explained.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," I muttered.
"Thanks," he nodded.
"Guys! Come on!" Mike called. They walked out and I saw them pull on their jackets. I raised my eyebrows questioningly, but they ignored me.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Therapy," Vic said.
"What?"
"A strip club," Jaime said as if it were obvious.
"A strip club?" I echoed and they nodded. I pulled out the list and had a look at the next number. Written in Ryan's hand were the words 'Go to a strip club'.
"Can I come?" I asked desperately.
"Erm . . . Why?" Mike asked.
"Because it's on the list and I need to do it,"
"You do know what goes on in strip clubs. Right?" Tony asked.
"Of course," I rolled my eyes. "Desirable women take their clothes of and if you give them a twenty they give you a lap dance,"
"She knows too much," Jaime said.
"Please. I'll behave,"
"You want to watch women strip?" Casey suddenly said.
"Not really. But I have to,"
"I don't know," Vic said.
"I'll even pretend to be a lesbian," I offered.
"You can't pretend," Mike rolled his eyes.
"I kissed that girl at the signing! I might be bisexual," I said and they all exchanged a look.
"Up to you, man," Tony said to Casey.
"She can come," he shrugged.
"Great," I exclaimed and put my jacket on. We walked outside and met the other tech guys. They looked at me oddly. We walked away from the buses and a few blocks until we came to some bars. I stopped at one of the doors and we handed the bouncer our money.
"This is a strip club," Mike said as we walked inside. I looked around and saw tables with groups of men, platforms, poles and stages for the women to dance on. Then I noticed a few side rooms. I walked over to the front by the stage and sat down with everyone else.
"People are looking at me," I noticed.
"That's because your a chick," Mike explained. "They're expecting you to take your clothes off,"
"Not happening," I said. Suddenly music started and the room went dark. Spotlights flashed on the stage and a curtain was drew back. One woman walked out and I noticed other women walking around the room. The one on stage started to dance around the pole and I was stuck between not wanting to watch and not being able to look away.
"Can we have something for this guy!" Mike yelled and a woman came over. Twenty dollars was pressed into her hand and she tucked it away. She went to Casey and stroked his face, going down to his chest and groin. She turned around and bent over in front of him. My eyes went wide as she turned around and sat on his lap, straddling him.
"God," I muttered. I saw Casey grin and laugh with everyone else. I smiled at his face. After being dumped he just looked so sad and alone. But now he seemed happy. "Hey, when was your last girlfriend?" I asked Mike.
"About three months before I met you," he called. "Why?"
"Can I have someone, please?!" I called for Mike. He looked at me and gave the woman some money. She looked at me and then to Mike. He nodded and I looked at him in confusion. The woman started to dance in front of me and I gasped in shock. She sat down on my lap and started to play with my hair as I blushed. "No!" I exclaimed. I heard laughs and saw everyone watching me.
"I wanted her for you! Because you haven't had a girlfriend for so long. What do I do?" I rushed.
"Just wait," Vic said.
"Let her do her piece," Tony told me.
"And I don't want a girlfriend," Mike said.
"Damn," I said and they laughed harder. "Stop it!" I ordered, but they carried on. "Cállate o te llevan fuera ahora!" (Shall we go outside!)
"Oh, Spanish. This is serious guys!" Jaime yelled.
"Translation?" someone asked.
"She's really pissed off," Mike laughed and I glared.
"This is why girls shouldn't come here," Tony said once the woman had moved on.
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5/20/14