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10. venus

farrah's pov

"you're late" my manager scolded me as i walked in the door to the clubs dressing room. "sorry" i muttered, i really didn't care. i was 6 minutes late, who cares.

"hey d, how have you been? i missed you girl" my work bestie envy came up behind me and hugged me. we'd been working opposite days for the whole week.

i wasn't really diamond and she wasn't really envy, but everyone went by stage names when we were in the building. no chance of letting any of the creepy ass men know anything real about us.

envy's real name was willow, we'd started at the club around the same time. we were two of the more seasoned girls here but we both felt like it was growing a bit stagnant. the bills were paid but we wanted more.

however it was a shark tank in here, any opportunity had to be kept on a low even lower than low, or someone would definitely not hesitate to rip you apart for it.

"you wanna share our first two numbers? i miss you let's go make some money together" willow suggested. "oh course, duh" i agreed.

obviously it was fun dancing with your best friend but the guys all ate that shit up. for a "shared set" we made double each.

"what are you wearing?" she asked me, "don't know, what are you wearing?" i asked back.

"you have any royal blue on you tonight? i only have that or green" she said, holding up two outfits.

"i have blue" i said, digging through my locker. she looked really pretty in blue, she was a red head so it complimented her well. luckily i dye my hair black so most things matched easily.

the dj made our announcements for us.

"now to kick off the night we have a real treat for y'all. diamond and envy are here together, make sure you show em some love"

we can go all the time
we can move fast, then rewind
when you put your body on mine
and collide, collide
it could be one of those nights
where we don't turn off the lights
wanna see your body on mine
and collide, collide

for one song, we did very well, basically milking every man in the crowd for all the cash he'd brought that night.

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willow and i were back in the dressing room while some of the other girls did their songs.

there was a knock on the door, both of our heads turned. some guy was standing in the doorway. we were both a little uncertain, but they didn't let people back here unless it was legitimate.

"hello ladies, i don't mean to startle you. i'm liam, i'm the lead promoter from venus" he introduced himself.

willow and i both side eyed each other, venus was the biggest, most high end strip club in the city. it was way more exclusive than our current club.

"your set really impressed me. you two ladies have excellent stage presence and seem to attract a crowd" he complimented us.

"thanks" we both said in unison.

"i'd like to offer you ladies both a job at venus. we're willing to match number of shifts and number of songs per shift you're currently doing to start, and increase from there" he explained his offer.

"now i know it's a bit of an awkward position you probably don't want anyone hearing about his here, i don't need an answer tonight but if you give me your contact information i can send you over the contract and you'll have until next week to let me know" he explained.

"absolutely. thank you so much for the opportunity" i gushed,

"also absolutely, that's incredible" willow agreed.

we both wrote down our information for liam, handing him the papers.

"normally we wouldn't poach talent like this, but you two are some real hot names on the scene right now. i had to come see what the rage was about, and you lived up to it" liam told us.

"well, it's an honour really" willow said.

"i'll let you ladies get back to it. i'll be in contact very soon. i hope to hear from you" he smiled, we said our goodbyes and he left the room.

"oh my god!" willow and i both squealed at each other. this was actually a crazy opportunity. venus was still a strip club but it was like extremely posh and boujee, those guys were super rich. it was basically unheard of to be able to get a job in there, you had to be invited and we both just got lucky.

"i can't believe it" i told her, "girl, we're gonna be so rich"

i shared the excitement with my best friend but i still couldn't wait to text gus the news.

farrah
guess what!!!

gus
what?!

farrah
i just got a job offer
at fucking venus
that's crazy!!
do u know how much money those girls make
that's like the next best thing to moving to vegas lol

gus
that's fantastic
i'm happy for you

farrah
thank you
hopefully i'll start in about a week and a half?
OH
and, willow got the same offer too so i get to keep working with my best friend
literally the best case scenario

gus
you deserve it
we'll have to do something to celebrate

farrah
like what?

gus
idk come over soon and we'll decide

farrah
i'm down