LANCASTER
I SHUT MY eyes tightly, trying to bite back the bitterness raging throughout my body. The fact that I was doing this made we reel with disgust, I still couldn't believe that I was doing it. The thought that if giving up myself like this was worth it crossed my mind almost a thousand times, but before the thought could impact any of my decision making, I brushed it off completely. I sucked in a sharp breath as Gladys wrapped her wrinkly legs around my torso as she released. I faked a moan, a moan that satisfied her enough to roll off of me.
We put our clothes back on in silence. The only thing on my mind was my shower. I felt so filthy and so dirty, it was nauseating and I wanted to throw up. But I held it down with the help of RC on my mind. He was who I did it for. I hated seeing him get ridiculed and belittled for something so minuscule, something out of his control. When my family came to America, I got a bitter preview of what life was like for people like RC, and it was not amusing.
Though, I was almost positive that he would be infuriated if he ever found out I sold my body to Gladys so he could stay at the hotel. That's why I planned on never telling him, and I made Gladys swear to never speak a word of it to anybody ever.
"We should do this again sometime," Gladys smiled as she ran her hand up and down my chest. I smiled back at her bitterly as I wrapped my fingers around her wrist, pulling her hand away from my body. "Of course mon pute.." I replied, this made her gush, as if I had said something pleasant to her. I watched as she slipped out of the hotel room, a queasy feeling erupting in the pit of my stomach. As a way to distract myself, I started to run lines in my head. On top of stuff witch RC, this movie was driving me crazy, I was more stressed out than usual. We were supposed to finish filming last week, but then the studio cut back on our budget because they didn't have faith in us, now we were desperately grasping at loose ends and my career was going to have to pay the price.
I laid back on the bed, running my hands over my face as I let out a frustrated sigh. Slowly, I started to doze off, sleep wrapping around me like a warm blanket...
"LANCASTER!" A voice boomed loudly, snapping me up and awake almost instantly. I looked around frantically to see RC running up to me. I hadn't seen him all day.
"LANCASTER!" He yelled again as he kicked off his shoes and mounted onto my bed, giddily he started jumping up and down, bouncing me right off of the bed. I wasn't even mad about it, his smile was contagious and it could light up any room. He jumped off of the bed and pulled me into a tight hug before he grabbed my hands, and pulled me onto the bed with him so we could jump together. His excitement was pleasant, yet nothing short of confusing.
"What happened?" I asked enthusiastically, to which he managed to smile wider and harder. "God, Lancaster you won't believe it." He said dreamily as he bounced higher in the air.
He told me of how he managed to book a gig at a bar and perform one of his original songs, further explaining that a kind fellow had approached him and offered to manage him. My mood instantly elevated after hearing the good news, a sense of joy washing over me.
"That's wonderful!" I said, smiling happily as I watched him revel in happiness. He sent me a grin before he sighed, and plopped down on my bed as he stared at the ceiling. His smile was soft and dreamy, I could only imagine how life changing this was for him. I was happy for him. I silently crawled over my bed so I could lay beside him, our shoulders brushed but he was too much in a trance to notice.
A comfortable silence brewed between us, the only sound audible was the air that escaped his lips. His eyebrows were knit together tightly, signalling that he was deep in thought. I wondered what he was thinking about..
