|A L W A Y S & F O R E V E R| B O O K 1

21||G i r l s N i g h t

Date: 9/ 12/15
Day of the Week: Saturday
Location: Los Angeles, California
Place: Ciara's Condo

Ciara
Since Russ and I's conversation, I've been going out more. Doing whatever makes me happy. Lala and I were going out tonight with some girls she knew. She wanted to take me out to a club. I'm not sure which one. I do know that I need to get out of the house this weekend. Especially since Zahir was gone with his dad for the weekend. I finally had some time to myself. So I wanted to enjoy my time. La decided to come to my place to get dressed for the night. She's staying here for the weekend since she's off. Currently, we were in my room picking out our outfits for the club. I hadn't been to a club in a while. So I wasn't sure what to wear. I wanted to wear something sexy but not too sexy. I rummaged through my closet until I found something I thought would be perfect to wear. I pulled out my black leather shorts and my black see-through button-up shirt along with a black sleeveless bralette.

"Oooh girl. Russ is gonna get you." La laughed. I  giggled.

I went to the bathroom and changed into my clothes. My hair was styled into an ombré blonde, blunt-cut bob with a side part. One of my favorite styles. I plugged my flat iron up and waited for it to get hot. After a minute or so, I began to straighten my hair. When I finished, I unplugged the flat iron and started on my makeup. I went with my go-to natural makeup look and nude lip gloss with a brown lip liner. When I finished in the bathroom, I put my diamond studded earrings in. I walked to my shoe collection in my closet, pulling out my black six-inch platform heels.

"Got damn, you look good! If I didn't know any better, I would think you were trying to pull a man." I laughed at her words as I put my shoes on.

"Really La? It's not that serious."

"I'm for real. That outfit is something serious. If Russ was here, he would be all over you." I blushed at her words.

"So...have you two, you know." She smirked at me deviously.

"No, we have not, and we don't plan on doing it anytime soon," I say as I stand up from my bed.

"I don't know how y'all do it. Is it hard?" She asked out of curiosity.

"At times, yes. But we discussed it. We don't want to do anything too soon. We feel like it'll add too many complications to our relationship. There's more to it as well but yeah," I said, not wanting to explain everything to her.

"Okay. Well, it's good that he's not pressuring you to have sex with him."

"Yeah. He's very understanding, and I love that." I smile just thinking about him.
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We had just arrived at the club, and I was in shock. I could barely form any words.

"La...no you didn't," I say as we pull up to a strip club.

"Are you serious? A strip club?" I laughed.

"Yeah, girl. It'll be fun." She turned the ignition off and pulled the keys out of the switch.

"What do I look like going to a strip club? I have an image to uphold," I argued.

"Oh, hush! Just live a little Ci." She grabbed my arm and pulled me towards the building.

There was a long line of people waiting to get inside the strip club, and it seemed packed. For some reason, I became nervous and the palms of my hands became sweaty. This was not something I was used to doing. Yeah, I've been to a few clubs here and there, but I've never been to a strip club. I didn't know what to expect. La calling my name broke me out of my thoughts.

"Huh?" I looked over at her. She nodded her head towards the bouncer at the door, who was licking his lips and smiling at us. I cursed on the inside of my head, instantly regretting the outfit I chose to wear. He waved us over, and La took my hand, dragging me along with her.