Thursday, June 3, 2010

21. Neighbourhood Whore

Sexy Bitch - David Guetta

When Emily said ‘sorry’, it came out more as a question than an actual apology, and Brooks had tried to act like he didn’t care when she said that she wasn’t able to watch Cosmo. After all, having his daughter at home with him, without anyone else to watch her, was a good enough reason for him to skip the bachelor party; a fact Mike wasn’t too happy about.
Regardless, he still couldn’t get the idea of her being ‘out there’ out of his head. Late, with some strange man, on a Saturday night… it just didn’t sit well with him. He'd trade a night in if it meant he knew where she was.

“Ok… you can’t just not go… it’s a team thing and the guys will be pissed.” Mike argued as he stood by the door, ready to leave.

Brooks sighed and handed Cosmo another block. “Mike look, I’d go but I have no one to watch her… Coach‘s wife watched her for the game so it wasn’t like I could just say ‘hey, wanna just take her home with you for the night‘?”

“And… if you had someone to watch her, you’d go?” He asked, in a tone that caused Brooks to cringe.

“Why?”

“No reason… Oh hey look! It’s Denise! Why Denise, what could you possibly be doing here so late on a Saturday?” Mike said cheerfully as he stuck his head out into the hallway. Brooks turned around to try and see out the door as Denise moved past Mike.

“Oh you know… just dropped by to congratulate you guys on your big win tonight and stay the night.” She said, grinning up at Mike as she spoke.

Mike smiled back down at her and pulled her against his chest. “Aww! That’s so nice. Isn’t that nice Brooks? Hey, I have an idea… how about Denise stays here and-”

“Yes! Ok! Fuck, I’m getting dressed.” Brooks huffed, getting up off the floor and stomping towards his room.



Even though Brooks took his time getting ready, stalling as long as possible, they still arrived at the club before most of the other guys.
In the same, broody mood that he’d been in for the past few days, Brooks tried to slink off towards a corner and remain unrecognizable, but Mike wouldn’t have it. He grabbed onto Brooks’ arm and tugged him up towards the stage, where some of the other boys were gathering.

The club was large, but not near capacity. The only people inside were members of the Capitals and a few other men, Brooks assumed were Knuble’s brothers and friends.
It was decorated to the nines, glamorous and seductive; the physical building and the girls working it. All of the women in the room were wearing Capitals’ jerseys, or at least what use to be jerseys.
The shirts were cut so short that Brooks could see the bottom of a girls breast as she strutted past him. Those were finished by a tiny pair of black shorts, too short to be comfortable.
All the guys seemed to enjoy it. They hooted and hollered, grabbing onto the girls as they went past and made more sexual innuendos than Brooks had heard before.

It wasn’t that he was opposed to strip clubs, normally he was nonchalant about the whole; if they wanted to go out, he’d go out. It wasn’t a place he desired to be, but it had also never been something he disliked. Until tonight.
There was something about the way Scott Walker was eyeing up one of the strippers that bothered Brooks beyond reason. He could just imagine that that girl was Emily, and that this was the way he’d acted towards her.

The idea disgusted him and made him sick to his stomach. It would be hard picturing Emily with another guy of her choice, but knowing that she probably had to deal with behaviour like this from guys she didn't like, made him angry. “Mike, I think I should go.” Brooks said quickly, yelling over the music as a girl climbed onto the stage.

“What? Why?”

“I wanna punch Walker in the face right now and I don’t think that’s a good idea.” He explained as he started to stand up.

“Not so fast lover boy.” A woman purred from behind him, grabbing onto his shoulders and pressing him back down into his seat. “You can’t go anywhere, I didn’t get to dance for you yet.”

Brooks glanced over at Mike for some kind of help as the girl began to walk around his chair, but Mike was staring at her with his mouth open. When she finally came to a stop in front of him and he could see her clearly, Brooks knew why.

She was too pretty for her own good. Her body was taut and firm, the muscles of her legs and abs flexed as she leaned towards him; but somehow she was still feminine enough that Brooks became hypnotized by her curves.
Her hair was blond and long. She pulled the wavy mass of it from behind her, until it was splayed across her chest, covering the Capitals’ logo.
She turned around and grabbed onto the arms of his chair with her hands, lowering herself down onto his lap.

With her hair out of the way, as it was, Brooks could see what was on the back of her jersey; his name and number. Or at least the part of his number that hadn’t been cut off in an attempt to make the jersey more ‘club friendly’.
She tilted her hips back, moving her ass up his thighs, towards his crotch.
Groaning, Brooks tried to take a deep breath, considering how long it had been since he’d had sex, this could end up bad.

He pulled his eyes away from her long enough to glance over at Mike, and regardless of any uncontrollable urges he was having at the time, the only one that boiled over was the need to laugh loudly.
Mike now had a girl grinding on top of him, and Mike’s hands were in front of his chest; as if he were trying to protect himself from some terrible monster… but that wasn’t what made Brooks laugh.

The look on Mike’s face was one that Brooks had seen many times growing up; although it had always been on his mother and not his friend. It was the same look his mother always got as she stood on top of a kitchen chair and screamed for him to come save her from a mouse, or a spider, or whatever else was loose in the house.
He basically looked like he was about to piss himself from fear.

Licking his lips, Brooks reached out and grabbed onto the girl, surprised to find that he wasn’t getting yelled at for touching her. He supposed that this was a private party, and these girls wouldn’t be opposed to rich hockey players trying to get on them. That wasn’t his intention though, and as he grabbed her, he also moved her away from his body. “Sorry.” He said into her ear, feeling her stiffen as his hot breath blow over her exposed skin.
She cocked her head to the side and pouted at him, imploring him to stay a bit longer.

Brooks seriously thought about it, but another quick look at Mike had him turning away from the blond girl and grabbing onto the brunette that was semi-assaulting his team-mate.
He moved her away, giving her an apologetic smile, before motioning for Mike to follow him.


When Brooks reached the bar, Mike was right behind him, still looking startled. “They didn’t do that the last time we were at a strip club!” He moaned as he grabbed onto the drink that the bar tender had placed in front of him.

“Yah well this is a private party so there’s different rules I guess.” Brooks suggested, taking as swig from his own rum and seven.

“We’re owned by Lost Pleasure Incorporated. All they do is stag, stag-ette parties and like… birthday parties and things like that. So we’re not actually a real strip club. Different rules, different girls… all that kinda stuff. And we have way better alcohol!
In fact, here…” He said, grabbing a bottle from the shelf and filling up to shot glasses. “Blue Label on the house.”

“Wow, thanks.” Mike said, downing his quickly.

Brooks rolled his eyes and watched as Mike gagged on the whiskey. “Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you?”

Mike sighed and whipped his mouth on his sleeve as he sat the shot glass back down. “I cheated on Denise.” He groaned after a long pause.

“Umm… what?” Brooks said, setting down his glass and turning to face Mike completely. “When? I can’t believe you didn’t tell me!”

“What? You were just there…”

“What are you talking about?”

“What are you talking about?” Mike retorted as they stared at each other, neither of them sure what was going on. “That girl was just on me!” He said loudly. “She totally touched my dick with her butt, too.” He added quietly, as if that was the most embarrassing thing to say in a strip club.

“Ok. You’re an idiot. That’s not cheating… I mean, I’m sure Denise will be happy you didn’t get a lap dance but… she knows you’re in a strip club, she knows it’s a bachelor party and I assume she knows strippers are going to try and get money from you.
I wouldn’t consider two seconds of a girl grinding on you cheating. Especially not if you could have seen your face.”

“Whatever.” Mike said, exhaling loudly as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. “I’m gonna call her and tell her I’m sorry.”

Brooks watched him go and shook his head, glancing back at the scene that he’d just left a few minutes ago.
It seemed like everyone was here now and having a good time; although Walker stood out a little too much for him.
A girl was leaning over in front of him, her jersey gone; replaced by a red string bikini. She had a test tube of alcohol stuck in between her breasts and she was leaning over in front of him.
He took the tube out of her cleavage with his teeth and tipped his head back, downing the liquid in one gulp. Brooks felt a growl emitting from his chest and he turned away; flagging the bar tender back for another drink.

Four drinks later, Mike found his way back to Brooks and grabbed onto him. “Maybe we should take off?” He asked quickly, glancing around the room.

“Why, Denise isn’t actually mad is she?”

Mike shook his head. “No, she’s not but… I think we should go.”

“Why?” Brooks asked again, pulling himself from Mike’s grasp and grabbing onto the other drink in front of him.

Groaning, Mike leaned into Brooks, speaking into his ear. “Emily’s here. I just saw her on my way back.”

Brooks’ head shot up and he started to look around frantically, his eyes finding the scantly clad girls in the club and scanning their faces for a familiar one. “Where? Where? I don’t see her- what was she wearing?”

Mike bit his lip, and his delay caused Brooks to turn around and look at him. “Umm… not a whole lot.”

13 comments:

  1. Oh Mike... I can just imagine Mike confessing to Dennis that he cheated... "err she touched my crotch" - whipped boy.

    And Brooks has got it so bad for Emily, I actually thought for a moment that the girl pushing Brooks back down onto the chair was Emily (actually I kind of hoped it was because that would have been interesting).

    With all that Brooks has been drinking this party hasn't even started. Can't wait to see what happens next! :)

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  2. HAHAHAH, Mike, what a goof. You make him out to be so innocent.. and stupid, ahhh, it's just precious.

    urgh, girl, you had to end it there. I wanna, no need to know Brooks reaction when he sees Emily, and vice versa.
    AHHH, this is getting good!

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  3. I looooved this whole post, Zigh. Just all of it. It was fluid and well-written, and simply a joy to read. It was so good, and I didn't want it to end, just because I had so much fun reading. I love that Mike planned for Denise to come over and watch Cosmo so they could go out. Mike is so thoughtful, lol.

    And ohmygoodness, the way he was so freaked out about the girl dancing on him. Part of me thinks it's cute, because he doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize his relationship with Denise. Of course, there's another part of me that he thinks he's a bit ridiculous, but it's totally endearing.

    And then, dun dun duunnn, Emily's there! Uh oh. I can smell the confrontation. Brooks has had a few drinks, and I have a feeling he's not just gonna squeak out and avoid her. He wants to see her, so I think that Mike won't be able to get him outta there without causing a scene.

    Although, now I have a new guess brewing in my head, so I can't wait til tomorrow to see if maybe, I know what's going. Can't wait!

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  4. Oh Zigh, when you do a reveal, you do it big time. I'm excited for what's next!

    The boys are as goofy cute as ever, and it seems like Mike and Denise are a real couple now, with sweetness and consideration and guilty consciences.

    Can't hardly wait for the next update.

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  5. well just like i thought, emily was there. that cant be good.

    and OMG! Mike you are beyond whipped!

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  6. GO FIND EMILY!!!!!!!! hahaha she won't be happy, and oh Mike. You sweet little innocent thing. I think its so sweet that even though he doesn't particularly like Denise, at times, he still feels bad for 'cheating' and calls to apologize. He is the most precious thing I've ever seen or well I guess read in my life!!!

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  7. Ohhhh Emily. Something told me she'd probably be here. So, now is totally the time for Brooks to get all heroic, go find her, and win his girl. You know, if he doesn't flip a shit first ;P

    Mike was sucha cutie! Calling Denise because he thought he was 'cheating'. Love him!

    And, I loved this post, Zigh! I really can't wait to see what happens next!

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  8. Okay, so I just caught up and ZIGH!!! I am going to address things from the last few chapters that I have just finished reading.

    I think I have an idea about what Emily is... I am totally not confident about my guess in the slightest but if it pans out I'll be thrilled. There are a few ideas that are jogging my brain, each with their own set of problems that could be associated with said occupation and her potential relationship with Brooks.

    Mike and Dennis are kind of growing on me. I hope they can work through all the egg timer/a girl touched me so I'm cheating buisness because obviously they both really want it to work. Mike is just so naive and oblivious, he goes from forgetting about her presence at all for a period of time (which, I will give him, was loaded with baby drama and moms and hot potentially prostitute neighbours that his best friend is in love with) to having a girl dancing on him and wanting to call and apologize. It was really cute that he did turn to her for sympathy and their exchange in the phone call and the whole grade ten formal picture thing was sweet, but they have some deep deep issues that they need to work out even though I think in general they want the same thing. He's an interesting character to say the least and you described his distaste for the stripper absolutely hilariously well, especially because he was all upset about them touching cause it was a private party and 'it wasn't like this before'. Bah ha, Bravo. Not to mention, last update, the whole not realizing the woman thought they were 'together together' and feeling all underappreciated by Brooks was completely endearing.

    Brooks has it BAD! Oh Jesus, I hope that he can get over this if she is wearing as little as Mike says she is (or as little as the strippers are wearing) or I can see Mr Laich's temper which flared up when he saw someone (who turned out to be her cousin) TALKING to her, and then the guy in the hallway he wanted to pummel... now this, I have a feeling things may get out of control.

    I will agree with an above commenter, I thought maybe the girl in the Laich jersey was Emily, and I am wondering if maybe she thought that Brooks wouldn't come because of Cosmo and not having her to babysit and all, but I am just as anxious for her response to seeing him as I am his response to seeing her and finding out FINALLY what she does. I think Emily may flip when she hears Cosmo is with Denise out of pure jealousy and maternal instinct towards Cosmo. Not to mention that I think that Brooks may potentially assume what she does incorrectly, and accidentally let it slip that he saw all the goodies in her room when he was creeping around and that it could cause a whole host of problems (cole notes example: your a prostitute. why do you think that? i saw the stuff in your room. anger. haha). But, the idea of Brooks wanting to try freaky stuff and not being able to find a girlfriend because of it, and now he finds perfect mom and (assumed) sex goddess is so PERFECTTT! Ahh, the hot updates that could potentially come from this.

    The whole "oh my God, Denise! what are you doing here" conversation was rediculously realistic and two of my best friends (a married couple) have kids and all the time I drag my sister over like "oh My GOD! would you look at that, a FREE babysitter!" haha, and the "fuck, yeah, I'm going" answer is almost verbatim their reply.

    Brooks hating Walker so much because of everything, whatever it is emily does for him, is kind of HOT! I don't know, something about a guy who wants you so bad he doesn't want anyone else to have you really does it for me.

    I am so, so, so anxious for the next one, and I apologize for this marathon comment, but I am just freaking THRILLED you've posted the last two so close together and that it at least feels like we are so close to knowing so much more and I would like you to continue the trend so that I don't die of suspense.

    End rant. Fantastic. :)

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  9. Oh my god..Mike makes me laugh so fucking much!
    "I cheated on Denise" hahahahaha idiot!!

    For a second there when Brooks was about to get the lapdance I thought it was going to be Emily!
    But now, for some reason, maybe because she's such a freak, I'm thinking they might be saving Emily for the Groom to be??

    Can't wait for the next update!

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  10. oh man - you cannot leave us hanging like this!

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  11. ahaha I find it so funny the way you write Mike cause from what I heard he's the complete opposite. I loved it and I want more!

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  12. Can you please please please update this by 6pm EST today?! thanks!

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