Just Friends - Short Story

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{ N I K K I }

I smirk at him as I drive and pull up to the studio. "Thanks for coming. You know that I like to be alone, but I hate being lonely. Yet I have a feeling that the only reason you come is to watch all the girls in skin tight clothes dance." I wink at him then grab my bag, getting out of the car.

"Not true!" Eric pouts. "I come to support you dance...and look at other girls in skin tight clothes dance."

I roll my eyes. "Wow Eric, just wow."

We head inside the studio, going to the room that I always go to. I start to stretch as Eric sets up the speaker.

How Long by Charlie Puth starts playing, and I get in my starting position.

(This is the video of dancing, but it's just her and Eric in the room.) 

As the song continues on I start to feel a cold sweat running down the sides of my face, neck, and back. I start to pay less attention to the song that is playing and just move my body to the beat. Eric wolf whistled as I danced jokingly, causing me to roll my eyes every time that he did it.

After I finish I walk to where Eric was and grab my water, taking a giant gulp of it. "What did you think?"

"That was probably your best dance yet!" Eric smirked, "but it could involve more ass moves."

I roll my eyes. "I knew you were looking at my ass the entire time you perv!" I laugh and shove him off of his seat, taking his place as I finish half of my water.

"Wow, okay, offensive." Eric glared at me. "But in my defense the only ass I look at is yours, beca---"

I clamp my hand over his mouth, "And you wonder why you don't have a girlfriend." I mumble.

Eric licks my hand, immediately causing me to pull away. "Rude, and also bad idea because your hands are all sweaty." He made a disgusted face then used his shirt to wipe his tongue.

"That's called karma." I smirk and wipe his saliva on his shirt. I stand up and press play on the music again, going over to my starting stance.

I dance it a few more times, before finally deciding that I was done. As soon as I had started the third time, Eric had gotten bored and started scrolling through his phone.

"We can go home now, well, after I change." I go over to grab my bag then head to the changing rooms.

"Nikki!" My friend Kellani shrieks as I enter the changing room. She runs over and immediately gives me a hug.

Kellani has been my friend since 3rd grade. We hang out at least twice a week, but most of the time it's at the dance studio. She has jet black hair that goes down to the middle of her back along with sea-green eyes, a fit body, and a nice ass.

"Hey Kel," I smile at her and hug back. "What's going on?"

"Nothing much." She smiles at me. "Oh, except for the fact that Trevor is throwing a small get together tonight, you're invited, and you should bring the hottie that was in your dance room with you. He was totally checking you out." She winks at me as she starts to get changed.

I sigh. "He is my best friend, you know that. Also you know that 'small get together', means 'giant party'. Right?"

Kellani looks at me. "I'm not an idiot. Just be sure to come, okay? Trev said he was going to try to make it a small get together this time. Now get changed and stop making that hottie wait for you." She winks at me then leaves, giving me another hug on the way out.

"You know his name!" I call out after her and roll my eyes, then quickly change before heading back out. "Okay dummy, let's go."

Eric quickly gets up and follows. "I'm not a dummy."

"Well you answer to it like it's your nickname." I shrug. "Anyways, Trev is throwing a party tonight, wanna go?"

"Fuck yeah!" Eric smirked. "Can't wait to see girls in a bunch of revealing outfits."

I fake gag. "Ew Eric, I don't need to be knowing what you're doing."

We head back to the apartment again, and I quickly hop in the shower, then when I get out, I start getting ready for the party.

I decide to wear a strapless black croptop, a bright red plaid high waisted yet short skirt, and platformed booties. I braid my hair into two loose braids, and put one around each shoulder. I did my eyeshadow black, and match my lipstick to my skirt. I also did mascara and eyeliner, but that was pretty much all the makeup I did.

Deciding that I was ready after about an hour, I headed to the kitchen to grab a snack. "Ready to go?" I call out to Eric who was still in his room.

As I ate my apple, Eric came out of his room in a t-shirt, distressed jeans, and sneakers. His hair was unbrushed and wet from just getting out of the shower, but it still looked fine. Dang, guys have it so easy to get ready, I think to myself.

"Ready to go?" I ask him again, as I grab my purse, throwing in my phone and keys, then throwing away the core to the apple I just ate.

"Sure, lets go." Eric sighed as he saw my outfit.

I open the front door with a smile. "Let's go."

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