Ess & East

Ess Don't Give A F*ck

Friday.

I sprint out of bed checking the clock, it read '8:31 pm.'

"Shit I'm late for work!" I said aloud rushing to my closet.

I put on one of my Savage X Fenty set, and picked out my long curls from the twist out I did yesterday. I put on my hoop earrings, and add a rhinestone body chain to go over my set. I then threw on a pair of sweatpants and a random shirt I found on the floor.

Grabbing my work bag, I jogged out the front door of my apartment.

After my Uber arrived, I sat in the back checking the notification on my phone.
4 missed calls from Nomi😚🤞🏾
1 missed call from Stank Ass Boss🤡
2 new messages from Nomi😚🤞🏾
I opened the messages.

Nomi😚🤞🏾: GIRL WHERE U AT?!    8:05pm
Nomi😚🤞🏾: WAKE YO ASS UP!! This nigga down here trippin cuz u late... he prolly gon fire yo ass💀.           8:09 pm

Me:        Girl , u know good and well he not
               gon fire me... we the only ones up  
               there really bringin in bank. 
               anyways🙄👋🏾.                      8:50 pm

I work at a strip club, and yes, men ask me to do crazy shit all the time... like dude, calm yo uglass down. If it wasn't for the security and guidelines for the people who come in there to follow I would have been quit.  I can't stand my boss he's always on some shit.

I stay because it's kind of fun, just to be able to let go and dance. Shit, I love to dance, especially to megan thee stallion and Latto.  Plus, it also gets the bills paid and it allows me to have a lil extra cash on the side too.

The stripping all started when I found myself struggling to pay rent with the rinky dink job I had before. If I was to tell my auntie and grandmother I was struggling before I started stripping, they would've drug my ass back home.

I just wanted to figure something out on my own without asking for help. At times I felt like I was a burden to them, so I started stripping and it wasn't easy at first but I did it. Now I got myself a nice lil place, but if I told my gramma and auntie the truth about my job... they would have a fit.

My real dream is to become a singer.  What a cliche... ex-stripper turned singer. 

*ding* I got a text from Naomi.

We've been best friends since the first grade. That was when Nomi moved to the neighborhood. At the time, I lived with my grandmother Cecilia, auntie Chandra, and two twin cousins King and Lamar. 

When Naomi and her dad, Dean, moved next door, Nomi and I were inseparable.  To this day, we still live next door to each other, but in our own apartments.

Nomi😚🤞🏾: u right girl😅, u otw? 8:56 pm

Ess: yuh, I'm pulling up  8:58 pm

I thank the driver and head into The Velvet Curtain. — (yes that's the name of the place... I couldn't think of anything else💀)

I waved to the security as I walked into the club, greeting some of my peoples. While walking over to the bar to say hi to Naomi, I suddenly feel a heavy hand fall on my shoulder. A strong skunky smell sweeps past my nostrils. Right then and there, I knew this nigga was my boss, DeShay. This dude smokes every fuckin minute of the day, he smelt horrible. I looked over at Naomi, and it looked as if her eyes were about to pop out.

"Where you been?" he questioned as I swiped his hand off my shoulder.

"Home." I said turning around.

"AT HOME!? YOU MESSING WIT MY MONEY ESSENCE! YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE MESSING WIT MY SHIT! YO ASS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WORKING!" He said shouting.

I looked around like 'are you hearing this nigga.'

"First off watch yo tone, you know I'm mostly on time. Out of all those girls up there... I'm prolly making double... triple even the fuck"  Ess said pointing to the stage.

"...no offense ladies." I said sincerely knowing that some of them hoes is new to this shit. 

"The fact that you have us here all night and morning is crazy. I'm not nobody's bitch and I will not be treated like this... I work my ass off and you wanna yell at me in front of all these people! That shit's just trifling." I said not giving a fuck.

"Wow, you really gon disrespect me up in my own place.  Bitch, you better watch you mouth before I fire yo ass!  Go 'head and hop back on that pole."   He said clapping back feeling smug.

"You need to watch that bitch word nigga. Keep on calling me a bitch, imma really start to act like one and go crazy on yo stupid ass. You gon get yours skunk ass nigga, karma gon bite yo fat ass in the butt. Don't worry,  and Imma be gone before you know it.... then you finna be broke."  I said walking back to the locker room to change.

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