Becoming Lovers

3

For the first time in three years, I was speechless. I never knew what butterflies felt like until now. My mind was drifting off and my stomach was tightening more. David really kissed me. I was even more confused than before but also it was clarification that I needed to finally get the things I need to get off my chest to him. I had plenty of time tonight to figure out the things that I wanted to say to him.

Glancing at the clock, it was 6:30pm and I had to be at the club at 7:30pm. Thankfully, I had packed my bag and redid all my hygiene before we went to the mall today. I had some time to relax and do my makeup for the night. If you haven't guessed by now, I am a stripper at one of the finest clubs in the ATL. The most of my success and income came from working in the strip club. How do you think I paid for college and paid all my student loans so quickly? I did not have to become a stripper, I had money, but I did not want to depend on daddy's money for the rest of my life. I only had about a few more weeks until I was officially done stripping so that I could open my own business. I have been selling clothes, bundles, jewelry, and different natural products for the past two years and it has been a real success. Different vendors and investors have been interested in my company, and I was inching closer to my dream. I was so excited and ready to start this adventure, besides David was not a big fan of me stripping.

Once I got myself together for the night, I made my way to the club. I was going to stop and get some food, but I was already running late. As I was getting close to the club, my mind drifted back to the scene of David and I. My mind was still racing, and my stomach still had those butterflies as the kiss we shared replayed in my mind. The honest truth is, he was my first kiss. I've had my run of sneaky links, but officially I have never dated a guy. My rules were strict when it came to my sneaky links. Obviously, I had to cut them off because they started catching feelings. When it came to David, I let him get away with anything. He had always been touchy feely and his hands just felt good on my body so I would let him slide. There was a lot of sexual tension between us, and I knew he could feel it. I wanted him to taste me so bad and rock my body so hard, but I was scared to even initiate anything.

Pulling up to the club, I parked quickly and rushed into the building. Tonight, was baller's night and all the VIP sections were all bought out. I was definitely pulling the tricks out the bag tonight. As I walked into my dressing room, I could hear Mila's loud ass on the phone with her bitch ass boyfriend. That man stayed cheating on her ass, and she always ran back to his ass. "Nigga don't make me have to clock out and come fuck you and that trick up," she screamed into the phone. I swear we went through this every night. He would call her before her shift, they would scream and holler and then at the end of the night, she'd end up leaving with him. Like I wish, David would do something like that to me . His ass would be six feet under, best friend or not he knows how it goes.

"Girl, y'all still going at it?" I asked as I placed my bag into my chair, placing my phone onto my vanity.

"Ari, I'm so over this nigga" She expressed tiredly.

Remind you, she has told me the same thing a million times before, but somehow ends up back with him. It's not my place to tell her not to love him. I don't know their past and what they've been through, but I will say this; they love each other so weirdly.

"Like I tell you every week, love is faithful, it can hurt but don't drag yourself along and let it continue to happen", I spoke to her proudly. "My father was my first love and no matter how much he was suffering or what he had going on, he never showed it, but he loved me twice as hard."

As my words spoke freely, all she did was nod her head as she dried her tears before I could see. Nobody in the world should ever make you feel like you don't matter, but it's safe to say, in the Stripper Life it happens all the time. David was the only outside man that had my attention one hundred percent and that was all that mattered to me. I had intentions for a long time to make him mines, but after what happened today; I don't even know how to address the situation. This was something that I was going to be on my mind heavy tonight, and we were going to talk once I got to the crib.