Oh.My.Gosh. Look at him.....He's so perfect!
Thank you for reading chapter 3 and I hope you like it and keep reading because there is some very juicy things happening in future chapters!
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~The Dressing Room~
Amanda and I walked through the single door and into the dressing room. While I was changing out of my work clothes, I looked over to find Amanda already changed and ready to go. I laughed a little and shook my head, how does she do it? After I put on my white sneakers, I grabbed my bag and Amanda and I walked out the back door into the dark alleyway. Workers aren't aloud to uses the entrance door, so when we come in and leave we have to go through the back.
When we slipped into the alleyway I couldn't help but notice all of the trash, needles, and unknown items laying on the cold ground. I shivered because of the lonely feeling surrounding me until Amanda broke me from my thoughts.
"Come on slow poke," she said cheerfully, but I could tell she wanted to leave this place just as much as I did.
We walked a little faster and finally made it to the front where the boys were. I noticed there wasn't a car around.
"Where's your car?" I asked trying to sound polite.
"We have motorcycles," Tommy said.
"Nope, there is no way I'm getting on that thing." I said backing away.
"Come on Jess. It's not that bad, please," Amanda said as she got on the back of Vince's bike.
"You can ride with Sixx, he goes slower than the rest of us." Tommy said giving Nikki a playful glance, Nikki just rolled his eyes and looked my way.
"Fine," I said as I got on the back of Nikki's bike.
I held on for dear life and closed my eyes.
"You know I have to breathe right?" Nikki said with labored breaths.
"Oh yeah, sorry," I said giggling slightly.
~Motley Place~
When we arrived at their place I realized motorcycles aren't as bad I thought.
"See that wasn't so bad was it," Nikki said smirking.
"No, it wasn't," I said smiling.
When everyone got there we all just stood around, made jokes, and talked until we eventually decided to get the party started.
We walked up the metal stairs to the window of their apartment and crawled through, apparently their door doesn't work. We I got inside it looked as though there had already been a party. There was black spots on the carpet and I really wanted to know what it was but I didn't ask. Amanda kept giving me looks so I pulled her aside to ask her why she kept doing that because it was starting to get on my nerves.
"Why do you keep doing that?" I said.
"I'm not doing anything," She said smiling and giving me the same look.
"You keep giving me that look."
"Listen I'm not supposed to tell you but.....Vince said that Nikki has a little thing for you."
"No way. He just saw me in a tiny stripper outfit and was mesmerized, duh," I said looking at Mandy with a big smile.
"No way, I totally believe it," she said giggling.
"You're crazy," I said laughing and walked away.
I thought about what Amanda told me, but I just couldn't believe it so I push the thought to the back of my mind.
When the party was ready to be started the guys opened the window and kids from the valley to the beach started piling into the small apartment. Everyone was drinking, dancing, making out, and doing every drug you could think of.....it was amazing.
~2 Hours Later~
"No way, KISS sucks ass," Nikki said laughing.
"And how do you know?" I asked.
"Because we toured with them and they are sooooo boring." Nikki said and I laughed.
For the past 2 hours me and Nikki had been talking about random things while passing a bottle of Jack between us. He had opened up and become more friendly the past couple hours, I'm sure the influence of alcohol has played a part in that. I really enjoyed Nikki's company and I think he enjoyed mine.....I was starting to think Mandy might've been onto something.
Nikki leaned in.
"Let's take this to the bedroom," Nikki said leaning back with a smirk.
My mind didn't even think of a response I just immediately nodded my head.
We both got up and I followed behind him. When we reached his room I couldn't help but notice how clean it was compared to the rest of their place. I looked back up at Nikki and he locked the door, he walked slowly towards me until our bodies were mere inches away from one another.
I couldn't help but to stare into his black eyes.
"You know I might be a stripper, but I'm not an easy girl," I said with a tinge of laughter behind my voice.
"I never expected you to be and it doesn't bother me." He said returning the smile.
"Good because I'm not that kind of girl," I smiled and sat on the edge of his bed dramatically.
"We can talk, I'm not opposed to just talking." He looked into my eyes and I could see he was respectful of everything I had said. I didn't feel the need to leave the room, I knew he wasn't going to be a creep.
We sat and talked for so long I had forgotten a part was even going on. The background noise had faded into blissful silence and I realized everyone had either fallen asleep or went home. What time was it? I didn't care, but it had felt like the shortest night of my life.
We had been drinking and talking for hours, I didn't even realize how much we had drink until I went to take a sip and was met with a dry bottle.
"I'll be back," I said slurring my words as I shook the empty bottle to show what we had done.
"After this bottle you should probably stop," Nikki said laughing at me stumbling.
"What no way I'm perfectly fine," I said as I started to walk off.
"Whatever you say Jess," Nikki said chuckling.
I walked into the kitchen and grabbed another bottle of jack opening it slowly. I took a couple of drinks and turned around slowly. What I saw shocked me, Nikki had made his way into the living room. I guess I hadn't been paying much attention and had took longer than I had thought. Nikki was standing there with a girl, she was tan with long dark hair. I froze, she kissed him and I looked down at the ground unable to watch. What had just happened? Did I hallucinate the entire night before this bottle of Jack? I decided maybe it was time to leave, obviously I wasn't needed here any longer.
I walked away leaving the Jack sitting on the dingy island. I searched for any sign of Amanda or Vince and finally spotted them through a small crack in a bedroom door.
"Hey," Amanda said happily when I opened the door with a small knock.
"What? What's wrong?" She asked, but before I could even answer the question, Nikki and the girl walked down the hallway and into the bedroom where we had been.
"I'm sorry Jess, I really don't know what's going on right now," Vince said trailing off.
"It's ok. I think I'm just going to go home," I said quietly and they both nodded.
Amanda got up, hugged me and gave me her sad eyes before I walked off. I walked through the living room passing where Nikki had previously been standing with the random girl. I climbed out of the window and saw Tommy standing alone.
"Hey, leaving so early," Tommy said and I could tell he wasn't himself.
"Yeah, so early." I giggled half heartedly.
"Is there something wrong Tommy?" I said concerned because of the distant look in his eye and the way my giggling had been lost on him.
"Yeah there is but I don't want to bother you with my problems." He said looking at the cigarette he was smoking.
"It's fine really. You're my friend and I want to help. I'm not sure how good my advice will be considering I'm a stripper but...," I laughed and so did he this time.
"Well it's about my girlfriend." He said.
"Wait you have a girlfriend and you went to a strip club," I said smiling.
"Well yeah. It's not like I'm cheating or anything but I know that when we go on tour I will end up cheating and I don't want to hurt her like that," He said.
"Just tell her that you want to take a break while you're on tour, I'm sure she'll understand. You guys can get back together when you get back if things work out right, I mean it's obviously not serious enough to be a bad breakup." Jess said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. I just hate hurting people," Tommy said smiling and flicked his cigarette away and giving me a small smile.
"You're welcome and I completely understand, but you have to think of sparing this girl now or hurting her worse later on," I said returning the smile. When I turned around I was met with Nikki's harsh glare. Somehow he had snuck back into the living room and was watching me and Tommy. I wonder what that was for? I didn't want to think about him so I pushed the thoughts away yet again.
~Jess's Apartment~
The walk home was lonely and quiet. Even though I didn't want to, I continued to think about Nikki and that girl. I walked up the steps to my apartment door. I got to my door, unlocked it and walked in. When I turned on my light in the living room and turned around I was so shocked I couldn't move. Sitting on my couch was Jake.
He got up slowly, walking towards me and I turned around to leave but my door didn't open fast enough. He pushed it closed then pushed me to the floor. I tried to crawl away but he kicked me in the ribs causing a sharp pain to arise. Everything went numb. I got up and started crawling again but he continued to kick me.
He picked me up by my hair and closed off my throat with his rough, thick hands.
"You are to never talk to me the way you did today!" He said and threw me to the ground yet again.
He kicked me so many times in the ribs I lost count. I felt my eyes closing slowly and the only thing I felt was that pain before darkness engulfed me.