Hidden Intimacy

Big News

Chapter 1

Big News

(Gaga)

Knock, knock. I heard a loud banging on my creaky, old apartment door. The only one in all of Manhattan who knocks hard enough to punch a hole through 3 inch mahogany wood could only be Colleen...or as anyone who attended nightlife entertainment in the Lower East Side would know her as, Lady Starlight.

"What the fuck do you want? Why do you always gotta knock so damn loud?"

"It's not my fault none of these fucking apartments have door bells," Starlight said as I let her into my minuscule, cluttered apartment.

"Why are you here so early?" Even though it was almost noon, we rarely saw each other before 5:00pm to get ready for our frequent appearances performing at clubs with our rock n' roll burlesque acts.

"Well I just wanted to tell you in person that we got a gig at a club and they want us to do our 70's and 80's act... Every fucking week, Gaga!"

"You're fucking kidding me, right?! How much are they gonna pay?"

"$250 a week...EACH!"

"How the fuck did you pull that shit off? You fucked the owner didn't you, slut," I joked.

She laughed. "How'd you know?" She winked. "The manager saw our show on Friday and recommended to the owner that he make us an every week thing because he loved us so much. But he did say we had to perform after some other solo chick who's already their every week gig."

"Wait so it's kind of like she's our opening act and we're the main event, right?"

"Fuck, yeah," she said, enthusiastically.

"So when's our first date?" I asked.

"It's every Saturday at 10:00pm," she responded. "We only have two more days. The other reason I came by was because we also need to go shopping for some more glitter and hairspray, so we gotta get going."

"Come on, it's fucking laundry day and you want me to go out?" I whined.

"It's important, ok? we also need some new brighter makeup so that we can make an even better impression on the manager," she explained.

"I have nothing to wear, Colleen."

"Go fucking pantless, Gaga. I bet you a million dollars no one would even give a shit, seeing your ass hanging out on the street."