Dancing Girl

Katelyn POV

Right now I’m in a taxi, on my way to ‘Scream’. Earlier this morning I got a text from Nina telling me that we had an important meeting at the club and had to be there by 4pm. Most probably they’re going to tell us what happened to Rick and reveal a new owner. I had to continue this job for at least a couple of months more since I had signed a contract and I cannot break it. If I could, I would have quit a long time ago.

Last night and this morning with Brian were amazing. He surely knows how to satisfy a woman. Apart from the great sex, I felt secure and safe with him. I wasn’t afraid of what he was thinking or of his actions towards me. I knew that he wasn’t going to hurt me, and he was the one who actually got me out of the Rick-situation. I’m not sure if I’m going to see him again, not in the club that is. Personally, I would like to hang out with him more, or being given another surprise breakfast in bed.

I arrive at the venue and see Natalia and Amber smoking outside. These have been strippers for a longer time than me, and I consider them like my sisters.
“Hey guys. So, what’s up with the meeting huh?” I play it cool, I don’t want to reveal anything yet, and I’m not 100% sure whether it’s about a new owner after what happened last night.
“Hey babe. Yeah we don’t know! I had the afternoon all planned out, these fuckers ruined everything for me!” Natalia says while she puffs on the cigarette.
“Where is Nina?” Amber asks me.
“Oh she should be here soon. She’s late, as always” I laugh with them.

After a couple of minutes a car drives by and Nina comes out.
“Hey girl,” she yells at me, “Oh you sure do look so fine! I bet he finge….”
I cut her off at that instance, “Can you lower your voice bitch?”
“I bet Brian fingered you till you screamed his name out so loud that his neighbours were regretting not to put any soundproof on”, she whispers in my ear as she hugs me tightly.
“You embarrass me single every time Nina!”
“That’s why you love me”, she kisses my cheek.

“So, how did it go with him?” she asks again. I better answer her now, as I’m sure she won’t let it go.
“It went fine, well actually more than fine! He’s amazing and I felt good. It’s been a while since I last felt that way. And I don’t mean just about the sex bits, he seems nice”.
“Bits huh? So more than once! You go girl! You deserve some fun after what you had gone through with that son of a bitch!”
“Yeah you’re right” I reply. I realize that they told us to get inside, so I motion Nina to enter the club with the rest of the girls.

Once I enter I feel a different sense, I feel at ease once again. Exactly the opposite of what I was feeling when I was with Brian this morning. I try to distract myself by involving myself in the conversations with the other girls. We settle down on some of the chairs that were prepared for us. Michael, one of the securities of the club situates himself on the stage in front of us.

“Hello girls. Thanks for making it to this meeting. Sorry it was short notice, but we didn’t have another choice. So, after certain circumstances, we are going to have a new management team for this club. Rick is not going to continue running this club, at least for now. We are looking for another owner. We have some people in mind but for now nothing concrete. So, for tonight, the club is not going to open for people. We will open again tomorrow. We’ll publish the news online and everything, right after this meeting, since we had to clarify everything with you first. Any questions, any thoughts?”

Wow. The club under a new owner. I cannot believe how many changes my life is going through right now, because of last night. Thanks to Brian and his friends. I look around to read some of the girls’ expression, and I could easily say that most of them were pleased by such news. Rick didn’t treat them badly, but he had a reputation for being hot-headed and had some anger issues, even with them. But he never beat them, never touched them, he only beat me.
“Trying to get used to the fact that Rick is out of your life, huh?” Nina asks me.
“Yeah, I guess so. And I have to say it feels good” as we smile at each other and she hugs me tightly.

Michael continued telling us some things, the usual boring stuff. I was already thinking about what I might do tonight since I have the night off. Should I call or text Brian? Or would it be too much or too soon? Damn it, maybe I should not think much of Brian. I try to distract myself from this matter.

“Nina, you want to do something fun tonight? I want to, so say yes, pretty please”, I tell her, looking at her with puppy eyes.
“Yeah of course, I was going to ask you the same question! What should we do? Maybe go to the usual bar, have some shots and listen to some good music there?”
“Yeah I like your idea. At what time should we meet?” I ask her. She doesn’t reply. “Nina, at what time? I need to know to see at what time I’ll start getting ready”. She says nothing, again.

I look at her, and I realize she was looking at the stage, mouth wide open with shock. What the hell is wrong with her? At the same time I realize that Michael stopped talking, so I look at the stage.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. I felt like I was going to have a heart attack at that instant. I felt like I needed to disappear at that instant. I got goose bumps all over my body, I was fucking afraid at the vision I was looking at. Rick. Rick was here, talking to Michael. How the hell is he here? Why was he already released by the police? I could see his swollen face and the bruises were quite visible on his face as well. The guys did a perfect job, but now we, well actually, I, have got a bigger problem. If he sees me in here, I’m a dead girl.

I get down in my seat, maybe he won’t see me this way, if he hadn’t seen me already. Nina grabs my hand and I squeeze it so tightly. I don’t want to look at him, and for sure I don’t want him to look at me.
“Nina, what am I going to do?” I whisper to her, tears in my eyes.
“I don’t know. I’m trying to see whether we could sneak out without anyone noticing. Don’t get up, maybe he haven’t seen you yet” she says with determination, searching for an exit with her eyes without making it too obvious.

What is Rick telling Michael?
“Well, change of plans ladies. Rick is going to remain the owner of Scream and you have to work tonight. So, girls, you can leave and I expect you to be on time and give all your best. Let’s dance the night away”.
“And no fucking around, if I tell you to do one thing, you have to obey me, no fucking excuses allowed. Got it?” I see everyone nod at Rick’s comment.

The girls in front of me start to get up to leave the place. I hesitate and remain seated. Nina grabbed me and pushed me down, walking exactly by the side of the girls. This way, I might leave the place in one piece, without being recognized by him.

Once I step outside, my body is full of energy. I start running away of the club, running as fast as I could. I didn’t look back, I didn’t even wait for Nina, I just keep running forward without looking back, tears going down my face.
“Katelyn, please wait up! He’s not here! Wait for me please!” I hear Nina yelling behind me. I cannot risk being caught, so I keep running. Once I notice that I was quite far from the club, I grab my phone from my bag with my trembling hands.

I search through the contacts I had in my phone, and hit the button ‘call’. I try to calm down, breathing heavily, but I can’t. I’m afraid, too afraid of the consequences.

“Hey beautiful, was thinking about you….”
“Brian we have a problem! A big problem! Rick had been released! He was at the club and he’s going to remain the owner of the club! I have to work tonight, I cannot risk not going, he already warned us not to fuck around. I’m so afraid, what are we going to do?” I say in one breath.
“What? You’re fucking kidding right” I wish I’m joking right now, but no. Brian, I am not joking.

Notes

Hmm, seems like we have some trouble ahead huh? :/ What do you think Rick will do? What about Katelyn and Avenged Sevenfold?

Hope you'll like this one! Had fun writing it :D More, maybe tomorrow?