THE VIXEN

Chapter Twenty One

Vixen called ahead to Neiman Marcus to have a personal shopper start pulling some designs for her to look at. She called Jackie and told her to meet them there and she called Camille to have her meet them as well.

"I am sorry, honey. I can't," she said.

"Why not, is everything okay?" Vixen said to her friend.

"Everything is great," she said in her boundlessly happy voice.

"It's just that Jackie is no good and you know it takes a lot for me to say that but she isn't. She is no good and I will not be around her mistreating you and anyone else I care about anymore."

"Listen, I know that Jackie can be a real... well, pain in the ass and I know that you guys do not agree with me but there is good in her," Vixen said feeling like she was fighting a losing battle on her friends' behalf.

"Does she? You know I would do anything for you but I think I need to sit this one out, okay?"

"Of course, I totally understand," Vixen said feeling like she was letting Jackie down in some way.

"We are all doing lunch next week right?" Camille asked.

"That is a standing lunch. I wouldn't miss that time with my girls for the world," Vixen said smiling to make sure Camille knew she was not upset at her choice.

"Talk to you later, Bye."

"Bye," Vixen said.

Vixen was coming out of the dressing room in a short white wrap dress with a gold belt when Jackie arrived at the store.

"Okay, guys what about this one?" Vixen said standing in the platform looking in the mirror.

"Jesus, Vixen, not white. You look like a picket fence!" Jackie said.

'Bitch, what the fuck did you just say?' Nya was already mad that they had been shopping for an hour and Jackie had not shown up yet. Now she was being insulting. 'She is going to kill her,' Vixen thought.

Jackie gave her a cold look and sat down across from her. She picked up the glass of champagne that was waiting for her and waved Nya off like she has not spoken.

"Vixen, I need to talk," she whined.

Vixen shook her head. "I know, Jackie. What happened with you and Gavin?" she said giving her friend her undivided attention while the seamstress made adjustments to the dress so that it would fit her better.

"That bastard broke up with me. I gave Gavin my heart and he just dumped me!"

"How the hell did you give him something you do not have?" Nya said.

"You didn't know, Nya. Plastic surgeons are sewing those into fake titties these days," Phoenix said.

"Fuck you, Nya!"

"No thanks, Lezbo. I am strictly dickly."

"OKAY, you guys are scaring the seamstress!" Phoenix said.

"Thank you," Vixen said. Frustrated, she sat down across from Jackie. "What happened, hon?"

"We were supposed to go to Mikonos this weekend. I called him to find out when we were going shopping for something for me to wear and he said he would rather suck a glass covered dick than spend another minute with me!" Jackie said hysterically.

"I knew I liked him!" Phoenix said laughing. She and Nya high fived as they both took a sip of their champagne.

Vixen went and sat next to Jackie and pulled her into a hug, rocking her. She had not decided if she wanted the $1300 dress yet but now that Jackie was getting makeup all over it she guessed she had.