Kiki
Tuesday night….
“I’m in a good mood tonight girlie and I don’t want us to keep exchanging glares and bad language. So let’s call it a truce. Partners?” I said referring to Ashley as I extended my hand for a handshake.
“Partners.” She finally said after a little hesitation.
“Awwn, So sweet. Reminds me of when Dua Lipa sang ‘kiss and make up’ Erica squealed dramatically making air quotes.
“Really kiss and make up?” Ashley asked twisting her lips and she burst into laughter.
“What’s making you feel like Santa Claus tonight?” Erica inquired as we returned our attention to the makeup mirror.
“I had an amazing weekend.” I answered applying lipstick.
“Hmm, with D from D-town. Soon you’ll be talking about the other D.” She joked moving to the rhythm of the music banging loud from the club house.
“You say a lot of nonsense sometimes.” I said with a chuckle shaking my head.
“Guess me and Rico Nasty are related somehow.” She responded laughing and throwing a foundation brush at me which I didn’t hesitate to throw back at her. So annoying!
*******
“You’re driving D.” I yelled tossing the car keys at Dwayne who didn’t come through to the club with his car.
“You got it.” He said catching the keys with both hands.
“Impressive! Remind me why you didn’t join the national football team again?” I queried furrowing my brows.
“I’m way too lit for that ish.” He responded feeling himself as he got into the car starting up the engine. Pride!
“Your house or mine?” I asked as soon as we got on the road.
“Yours. Haven’t been there in a minute.” He answered stealing a quick glance at me before returning his focus to the road.
“My house it is then.” I said and he increased the speed. I just pray we don’t get pulled over for speeding. We’d get charged for drunk driving as well.
We came to a police check point a few blocks away from my house and like I expected, we got pulled over.
“Hey Gerald!” I greeted the officer as soon as the car came to a halt. He was a man in his late forties or early fifties.
“Hey Kiki what’s up?” He replied as he flashed a light into the car.
“I’m okay. You missed my birthday party on Saturday.” I responded in a tired sounding voice.
“My bad, I was on duty. Promise I’mma make it up to you on Friday.” He said apologetically arranging my hair.
“You owe me a present and I still owe you that lap dance.”
“Can’t wait to come out and play!” He whispered with a naughty sounding chuckle.
“Send my love to Catherine.” I yelled as Dwayne started up the car.
“And my love to your lover behind the wheel.” He yelled back with a loud laugh.
“Who’s Catherine?” Dwayne asked as soon as we drove past him.
“His wife.” I replied and Dwayne immediately cocked up his eyebrow looking at me in Surprise.
“So you owe him a lap dance?” He continued as he parked the car in my driveway and stopped the engine.
“Yeah, what about it?” I said getting down from the car and shutting the door.
“Does that mean he’s your customer too?” He added sounding ridiculous.
“What’s with all the questions Dwayne?” I asked instead ignoring his question as I tried to open the door.
“That man is fifty something Kiki.” He stated firmly.
“Not like he’s the oldest man to get a free lap dance from me Dwayne.” I answered dropping the keys on the table in the living room.
“Whatever!” He said in resignation.
****
A few minutes later……
“Door’s unlocked!” I said in a bit of a yell as I heard Dwayne’s voice on the other side of the door.
“Hey, thought you were done. I should prolly leave you to get dressed.” He stuttered nervously as he found me sitting on a stool before my dressing mirror with just a short towel round my chest.
“Stay Dwayne. Ain’t nothing much you haven’t seen on my body anyway.” I said getting up from my seat and walking towards him.
His eyes were totally glued to my body. Starting from my shapely legs to my half exposed thighs all the way up to my chest which didn’t receive much cover from the poor little towel. I had him completely spell bound.
“I want you to stay.” I whispered softly in his left ear wrapping my arms around his neck. He reciprocated by wrapping his arms around my waist. Now we’re glued to each other like long lost lovers.
We brought our faces together as we both took synced and unsteady breaths. Before I knew what else was up, Dwayne placed his lips on mine claiming it for a kiss. Gosh!
My eyes widened in shock as I tried to comprehend the entire situation. My mind was urging me to push him away but my body was saying something different.
Shutting my eyes tight, I quickly gave in returning the kiss. Good Lord! This feels like heaven. I know we might regret this later but I’m gonna have to take the risk and live inside the moment.
Grabbing and clawing at his clothes, I wrapped my legs around his waist as he dominated the kiss which only kept getting better. I could feel the bulge which had risen in his pants. It’s a good thing that I’ve turned him on.
The towel which was formally firmly round my chest was almost off. The only sounds in the room was our hollow moans and kissing sounds which only got louder.
“Stop! We shouldn’t be doing this Kiki.” Dwayne suddenly said as he disengaged from the kiss leaving me shocked and disappointed.
“What do you mean Dwayne?” I said as he slightly pushed me off of him making me feel rejected.
“We’re gonna regret this in the morning Kiki. Good night.” He said in what sounded like a whisper and opened the door to leave as he also did his best to conceal the bulge in his pants.
“Dwayne don’t go.” I screamed running down the stairs after him but he got to the front door faster and walked out yelling good night.
Gosh! If not for the fact that I was only clad in a little towel, I woulda run after him.
****
“He just walked out on me after that.” I concluded and exhaled looking at Erica to say something in response.
“You can’t have it both ways Kiki. You told him you don’t want him and now you want him to stick around so you can mess with his emotions. Think it through Sweetie.” She said slowly sounding serious about this matter for the very first time.
“I’m not messing with his emotions, I’m just realizing that I made a mistake rejecting him before now.” I said honestly.
“You know it wouldn’t hurt if you proposed instead. Something like; ‘Dwayne, I like you. Will you be my boyfriend?” She said acting out everything she’s saying.
“That’s awkward Eri.” I said shaking my head.
“But it’s not impossible. There was a certain woman who proposed to a man in 1804 and guess what, she didn’t die and he accepted her too.” She joked and started laughing earning an eye roll from me.
I don’t think I have enough courage to say that to Dwayne. I need to see him and fix the mess we’ve made so far.
****
It was seven in the evening and I pulled up in Dwayne’s driveway. I’m here with the hopes of trying to smooth things over with him since we have not done much talking after the kiss.
His car was already parked in the driveway indicating that he’s home. I knocked weakly on his front door for the second time and a very tired looking Dwayne opened up with his phone on his ear.
He held the door open wide for me to enter mouthing a ‘hello’ which I responded to with a small and nervous smile.
“Alright bye mum.” He said and ended the call.
“Hey Doll what’s up?” He asked scratching his head equally as confused, nervous and uneasy as I was.
“I’m okay. I came to talk about what happened on Tuesday night.” I spoke slowly.
“Uhn… About that, I wanna say I’m sorry for walking out on you. It was wrong. And I’m sorry for kissing you, I broke rule number 1.” He said placing his hands on his face in embarrassment.
I wish I could just tell him that it was not a mistake, that I enjoyed the kiss and wanted more.
“You don’t need to apologise Dwayne. I put you in a bad position that night and I’m equally sorry. It’s kinda like I’m messing with your head and heart and I don’t want to be that person.” I said tearfully. I was tearful because of how shy I am about my feelings for him.
“It’s all good Doll. Let’s just forget it ever happened.” He resolved with a smile extending his arms for a hug.
I don’t think I’ll be able to just wake up and go around pretending like we didn’t kiss and almost did stuff more than that.
“Was just bout to eat dinner. Wanna join in?” He asked stroking my hair.
“Yup, you know I’m a foodie, anytime, any day.” I said forcing a little smile which he returned before standing up and dragging me by the arm to follow him to the kitchen.
Erica’s going to taunt and tease me endlessly for not being able to make my feelings known to Dwayne.
Just as I was sitting down on the spare stool opposite Dwayne in the kitchen ready to dig into the delicious plate of noodles, my phone rang on the living room table and Dwayne offered to go and get it for me.
“Erica.” He announced handing the phone to me.
“Thanks.” I said in a whisper before clearing my throat and putting the phone to my ear.
After probing me a long line of questions which I did my best to answer without giving away what I was actually talking about, I finally dropped the phone back on the kitchen counter and continued with the delicious plate of food before me. I even finished mine and crossed over to Dwayne’s plate which he had to leave for me to finish.
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Friday night…..
“You’re the best dancer on the planet.” Gerald cheered as I kept twerking to the rhythm of the loud music banging in the clubhouse.
“And you are officer of the year even after your retirement.” I teased and he started laughing so hard almost spilling his drink.
Just then, I could see from the distance; Dwayne walking in through the crowded entrance of the room. About time! I wonder what held him up.
He approached our position and said hi. Gerald remembered him from Tuesday night as they exchanged greetings while Dwayne kept giving me these looks that I didn’t really understand.
I felt rather uncomfortable with the way he was looking at me and had to round up my session with Gerald. My shift wasn’t over yet.
“Your birthday present as promised.” Gerald said handing me a pretty little shopping bag and getting up to leave.
“Thanks a million Gerald, like I said, you remain officer of the year every year.” I yelled over the ear splitting music and gave him a peck on the cheek before turning my attention to Dwayne who was now shooting me death glares.
Holdup, is he jealous or angry with the fact that I’m doing my job?
“What’s up with you tonight?” I yelled as I got closer to him and he shook his head without saying anything. Well duh!
I sighted Erica and Ashley giving some gangsters a little show and I walked off towards them.
“See you in a minute D.” I sang as I turned round heading towards that direction not waiting for a reply.
When I was done for the night, me and Erica went backstage to change up as usual. Looking inside the shopping bag which Gerald gave me and found a beautiful set of nails, lipstick and eyelashes which were so long that they could make you fly if you batted them fast enough.
As I got back into the club, I found Ashley talking to Dwayne. Wait, what?
Taking hurried steps, I approached them as my anger was so darn close to hitting the roof any second. I swear I’m gonna tear her to shreds.
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