Girl I Know

It’s been three days since the audition; it’s also been five days since the last time Casey had scheduled Savannah and I to work at the club. Luckily she had agreed to Larry and the guys booking The Cat’s Cradle for their music video, but had taken them to the bank if you asked me. She could buy 3 new cars for what she charged them; made me shake my head when she told us how much they were renting it out for.

Today was the first shooting of the music video, Casey had already left for the club to get the doors open for the directors and videographers. Larry had allowed Savannah and I to create our own dance routine for the strip club part, but he did advise there was going to be a couple props that may get in the way of more extreme dance moves. So we agreed for only a few moves, and then of course….the sexy kiss which he again said there would be props that would get in the way of us actually touching lips.

This scared me a bit, I know how crazy the guys are about reality; let alone how I could only imagine how crazy they are when conjuring up concepts. “Hey, you ready to go?” Savannah asked stepping into the doorway to my room.

I shook myself of the thoughts and nodded, “Yeah, just thinking, wondering what crazy stunts those guys are gonna pull today.” I grabbed my bag and we made our way down the stairs.

“Well,” she laughed, “I’m sure Larry will have a little bit of a grasp on them. They can’t be crazy like that all the time; especially at 9 in the morning. I’ve never even seen those guys functioning this early.”

I laughed as well as we locked up the house and got in the car, “Let’s hope you’re right.” Off we went to the club where our friends awaited our arrival.

As we pulled up in the parking lot; we had to get checked in with security. I hadn’t considered that they’d have security, but it made since the guys were getting more airtime on the radio. As we parked I noticed there was a little auburn haired girl standing with the guys as they were having a morning smoke.

We got out and Jimmy instantly bounded over to us, “It’s our best friends in the entire world!”

I laughed and hugged Jimmy, “Good morning.”

“What are you guys up to?” Savannah asked as she hugged him in greeting.

“Just chilling with our Little Fire before the shoot,” Jimmy grinned and wrapped his arms around our shoulders leading us towards the group. Matt had his arm around the girl who stood a fair amount shorter than the guys and I could instantly see confusion in Savannah’s eyes. I took her arm as Jimmy went in the middle of the circle, “This is Little Fire.” He pointed at the girl tucked in Matt’s side.

“Jimmy, that’s not my name,” she groaned embarrassed.

“Oh come on toots, you know we gave you that nickname all the way back in high school,” Brian laughed and sipped a thermos of what I’m assuming was coffee.

“Yeah, I mean it’s better than what JC calls you,” Zacky laughed.

Matt hugged her to his side and looked down at her adoringly, “That’s true, you do like Little Fire more than the other.”

She stuck her tongue out at Matt then stepped forward towards us, “Hey, I’m Ember.”

“She’s our Little Shads,” Johnny laughed.

I smiled and nudged Savannah, “I’m Tennessee and this is Savannah.” I shook her hand and then Vannie did the same thing. Brian came up and wrapped his arms around our shoulders tucking us into his sides.

“They’re my bitches,” He grinned

I smacked his chest and laughed, “Fuck you Brian.”

Brian winked at us playfully, “Any time Ladies.”

Savannah shook her head and moved over to Matt and hugged him, he smiled down at her and pecked her lips. Zacky came over and stole me out of Brian’s arms, “Actually Brian, she’s my bitch.” He smirked playfully and I cuddled up to him.

“He’s right Brian, I’m his bitch,” I grinned being ornery.

“Awww,” Brian pouted.

Ember was staring at Matt and Savannah confused, “Wait…you’re dating my brother?”

Savannah blushed a bit as Matt commented, “Would you mind your own business for once.”

Ember flipped him off, “Fuck you Matt.” Brian scooped her up surprising her and she squealed as Casey came outside with Larry. She eyed Brian and Ember but didn’t comment finishing their conversation with a handshake.

“There you guys are, let’s go, they need to get you into costume and make-up,” she came up and grabbed our hands. “Let’s go. We’re on a schedule. We have to be done by the time we open at 10 tonight.”

Savannah and I went with her a little against our will, but for the most part we cooperated. “So you and Brian okay?” I asked Casey as we walked back to the dressing room that had been converted into costume and make up.

“Yeah, we’re fine,” she stated shortly.

“Are you okay?” Savannah asked concerned about our friend.

“Yeah, fine, just get going,” Casey stated then turned around leaving us with the professionals.

The make-up team doubling as the hair crew came first as they worked on Savannah and I; Savannah was going to be having temporary dye put in her hair making it appear darker; while me, they decided to put extensions in and put the same temporary dye in to hide the blue. I knew it’d ruin the blue but it was fading quickly anyways, so I agreed.

Next they moved to covering my tattoos except for the wings on my lower back; they said it added a sense of rebellion to the character I was playing. I hated my tattoos being hidden, but understood they were wanting to make it appear like the character was clean except for that little rebellion. With Savannah, they did her make up neutral, while mine was a little saucier. They applied red lipstick and black eyeliner with dark blue eye shadow tinged with gold sparks to bring out my eyes.

Next we went to costumes, lucky for Savannah, she got to keep most of her body covered up. They put her in a tight white dress that came down to her mid-thigh and opened in the middle so she could rip it off. They also gave her the accessories of a white feather boa around her neck and ¾ length gloves that had feathers at the top; hugging her arm. Underneath was a lace pair of booty shorts, a white bra, and a silver chain that wrapped around her stomach accentuating her tone waist. To complete the look, they gave her a pair of platform high heeled sandals, which made her already long toned legs, look even better.

I wolf whistled playfully when I saw her as I stepped out in a sparkly red water bra, red fringed skirt that really hid nothing to the imagination if there was an air current moving right, and knee high boots that hugged my calves and added about 5 inches to my height. My accessories included huge chandelier dangling earrings and red silk gloves that had a little bit of fringe at the wrist.

“I could say the same to you, holy shit,” She laughed and we hooked arms before they decided we were camera ready and we walked out to the bar area of the club where the guys were now sitting.

As we walked out, I saw all 5 of the guys’ jaws drop. I giggled, “Think we made an impression?”

“I’d say so,” she smirked playfully knowing that this was going to be a fun day.

Larry came up to us first, “Hey guys, glad you could be here. You girls look amazing.” He kissed our cheeks. “So, remember how I said we were going to have props that would interfere with your dancing and also make it so the kissing scene wouldn’t happen?”

“Yeah,” I eyed him curiously.

“Well, the guys have decided to save those props for a different music video coming out in about 6 months. So, as long as you girls are still down for it; there will be a small kissing scene and actually, Savannah will be the only one up on stage dancing. I know this ruins whatever routine you girls have come up with, but do you think you can work with this?”

Savannah laughed nervously, “Yeah that’s fine, this will be fun…I’ve never kissed another girl before.”

“Well allow me to take that virginity from you,” I grinned playfully and swung my arm around her shoulders pulling her closer.

Larry laughed, “Awesome, alright we’re just having a small issue with one of our other dancers, she didn’t show up. She’s one of the initial opening scenes.”

I looked over at Casey who was staring at us enviously, “What about Casey, Larry?”

Larry looked over at Casey, “Well, she could work. Do you think she’d wear a wig?”

“Definitely, just let her know she has a part and she’ll do anything you ask her to do to get ready,” I said without thinking.

Savannah laughed, “Not anything but yes, I think she will.”

Larry nodded, “Alright thanks.” He walked over to Casey leaving us.

“You’ve really never kissed a girl, Vannie?” I asked.

She blushed and shook her head, “No, not really.”

I hugged her encouragingly, “It’ll be okay, I promise. Let’s go wait for our cue and see if those guys will mop up their drool.”

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