Page 50 of When You Dance
Shavozz and Joyy were talking amongst themselves, but I could clearly see they were paying attention to us too. I smiled big and said, “I wouldn’t mind teaching a class amongst us on Sunday evenings since we’re all here anyway.”
“Oooohh! That’s a great idea! We have to find a spot!” Alexz said loudly.
“Do all of you work out? Pole dancing is not for the faint at heart.”
“Me, Skyler, and Lexi do. I don’t know about Shavozz, Joyy, and Brittany. I doubt Brittany will participate right now anyway since she’s pregnant. The doctors consider her high risk. I’m surprised Shy even let her out of the house,” Alexz said.
“Bitch, shut up,” Brittany said, causing me to giggle.
I could tell that they were the closest. She was the only one who really tried to shut Alexz down. Everyone else just kind of let her ramble. Just the fact that she called her a bitch was a sign of how close they were. After going back and forth with Brittany for a minute, she turned back to me. “Once I find a spot, how soon can we start?”
“The Sunday after, just let me know. I’ll be teaching one in Houston during the week. I gave up stripping.”
“Why?” Lexi asked with a slight frown. “I hope you didn’t let Jamel influence that decision.”
“Well,” I said nervously. “I was umm… sexually assaulted a little over a week ago. That was the main reason I let it go. Jamel has been understanding. However, I knew it was something I would have to eventually let go of. He wasn’t gonna be cool with that the more serious we got. He’d already gotten into a fight at the club behind something some man said about me. We weren’t even a couple then.”
“Sounds about right,” Alexz said. “All these men are possessive as hell, especially that damn Chad!”
She said the last part loud as hell, causing him to look our way then stand and come over. Everyone rolled their eyes in response. When he snatched her up, my eyes widened. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but everyone seemed to ignore them, even the damn deejay. This had to be a regular thing for everyone to be so nonchalant about it.
As Alexz struggled against him and laughed loudly, Skyler sat next to me in Alexz’s spot. “I’m sorry about your assault. Did it happen at the club?”
“Yeah, in the parking lot.”
“If you want to sue them, I can help you with that. I’m an attorney. I work at Shyrón’s law firm.”
“He’s a lawyer?” I asked as I stared at him.
She giggled. “Yep, and a damn good one. Owns his own firm.”
He had on a baseball cap that was tilted to the side and wore a full grill. The last thing I thought he could be was a lawyer. He and Brittany made a really odd couple. He was way more outgoing than she was. I turned back to Skyler and smiled. “Let me think about it. The owner was involved, and the guy that attacked me worked for the club.”
“Even more of a reason to sue them.”
“It’s a little complicated.” I lowered my head, thinking about the fact that they were a part of my dad. Although I didn’t have a relationship with them, I just wanted to be done with it all. “I’ll let you know what I decide.”
Skyler rubbed my back in a soothing manner. “Okay. No pressure. I just didn’t know if you had even thought about it.”
“I hadn’t, so thank you.”
She smiled. “I hope you can teach me how not to be so stiff. I can dance some, but I’m not the greatest.”
“Stiff as a damn board,” Lexi added.
They went back and forth for a moment as I smiled. It seemed this family was gonna be cool. To say the guys had all seen me in the club, they didn’t make me feel uncomfortable about it. I appreciated that so much. The only ones that gave me a second look were Ali, Seneca, and Jungle. Jungle had done it jokingly though. He wasn’t here tonight. Ali seemed to be casing me like a damn cop at first but relaxed into admiring the sex appeal I was serving. Seneca was admiring my curves. I assumed it was something he did quite often. He was subtle about it, so it didn’t bother me.
As I sat sipping my drink, Jamel made his way to me to dance. The deejay had spun a song by Slim Thug and Z-Ro, and the whole place had gone up. We were upstairs, but the people downstairs were getting it in. He began swaying with me as he stood behind me. He liked pressing his dick into me. I didn’t know where we were staying, but he was gonna get it, even if we had to go in a bathroom.
He’d been preparing and teasing me all night. Now that I had liquor in my system, it was inevitable. I pushed my ass into him, sliding it up and down his dick while he remained still. I looked back at him and bit my bottom lip as I noticed all the women watching us. Had we not had the conversation we did, I would have been extremely uncomfortable. Those heifers were taking notes.
Turning to face Jamel, I swayed my hips then went to the floor and worked it out a bit while holding on to his waistband. His eyes stayed on mine, and I loved that shit. He grabbed my hands and pulled me up, wrapping his arms around me. “You gon’ get fucked tonight.”
“Good. I was hoping I would.”
He leaned over and kissed my neck then said in my ear, “I love you, girl.”
I would never get tired of hearing him say that shit. His phone vibrated against me, so he pulled it from his pocket. As he read it, he stopped dancing. “What’s wrong?” I asked.
