Green Silk (G.G AU)

Chapter 1 - Green Silk

Summary:
Rio makes a stop in Detroit for a drink, stumbling upon a place... the only club in the area happening to be a strip club.

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    "I'm on the way, I'm just going to stop for a drink real quick." Rio pauses on the phone allowing his coworker to speak on the other end,"In Detroit... I'm real close, I got time. Give me an hour or two." He hangs up the call and slips his phone into his back pocket before opening the door to his Cadillac. Stepping out he looks up at the sign, The Vixen's Room, he shrugs and continues towards the door only to be met with two women standing outside smoking, exchanging intrigued looks with him.
    Rio steps into the club, it's bright and colorful. Oddly, less loud than others he's been in, but there's still a good amount of music to chatter ratio. He scans the room until his eyes fall over the bar, a woman dressed in a red Santa lingerie set is serving drinks. He walks towards a stool and sits down.
    "Hey sweetheart how you doing? I'm Sugar or Frances, whichever feels more comfortable. I'll be serving your drinks tonight. If you'd like a dance from one of our fine ladies... Annie is the one to ask." She points over to a girl with a clipboard and a lingerie set covered in crystallized snowflakes,"Ain't she just darling, anywho... what can I get for you?"
    "Uh, yeah thanks. I'll take whatever y'all got, I ain't picky." Rio continues to look around the room, taking in each piece of scenery. His eyes land on a curtain behind the stage that is somewhat open, the dressing room. Before he can see anything, Sugar is pulling a shot glass from the counter and pouring a drink into it.
    "Here you go baby, I'm going to open a tab for you and then we'll get the check situated when you're finished." She walks away to meet a man at the opposite side of the bar.
     Rio not being able to respond in time just nods after the fact, he overlooks the stage seeing different people gathering around the dancers. Continuing his observations, his eyes lead themselves towards the curtain. This time there's a woman standing right behind it ready to make her entrance. She's laughing as she's staring off to the side talking to someone, she immediately regains her composure as the song changes, she comes strutting out. Wearing a velvet green version of the Santa lingerie he had previously seen.
    Continuing her seductive sway towards the front of the stage, men are hollering as they throw dollar bills from all angles, she leans down onto her hands and knees. At this point, Rio is fixated on her, not being able to redirect his gaze. She slides down onto her stomach grabbing money from men who are still gathering around. Rolling over onto her back, she arches it allowing men to place more money over her chest. She sits up making her way to her hands and knees once again, grabbing a man's tie coaxing him out of a twenty dollar bill. Getting up to stand, she walks towards the pole in the middle of the stage, gripping it and spinning a few times. Placing her hands over her head, she grips the pole backwards and drops into a low position. As she lets go of the pole she reaches to her ankles and continues to feel up her body until she's standing. Finishing her dance, she collects her money and shoves it into her bra. Strutting off the stage slowly, leaving all the men cheering and shouting, the disappears behind the curtain.
    Rio turns his attention back towards the bar, as does the rest of the people who were watching.
    "She's a stunner ain't she?" Sugar wipes the counters down as she places another glass of Rio's drink in front of him, "She's a crowd favorite actually."
    "Oh yeah? What's her name?" Rio grabs his drink taking a sip.
    "Oh I don't know, I've never spoken to her, I'm pretty new, also performers and bartenders stay separated. Speaking of names, I just came up with my stage name Sugar, just in case I get bumped up to dancer. Anyways, I've heard people call her B, but that might just be a stage name." She twiddles her thumbs before being called over to tend to another person.
    He checks his phone, it's only been 30 minutes. That's it?

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"You killed it babes, as always!" Another dancer giving her a high five.
"Thanks, I got a twenty out of some sucker in the front row!" She holds her money, shaking it up towards her face, fanning herself.
She continues walking to her vanity as someone approaches, "Hey B! You did great tonight, per usual! You're still on the clock, so do a quick change into your other green bodysuit and meet me by the stage exit." This woman being her boss, Ruby.
"Oh yeah of course,"She rushes quickly to her vanity, pulling a green silk suit out of her bag.

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Rio gets out of his stool, handing Sugar a twenty as a tip, "I'll be back." She nods in agreement as he walks away.
"Hey, you're Annie right?" He stands with his hands in his pockets.
"Uh... I- yeah that's me, i-is there anything I can do for you?" She stumbles with her clipboard.
"You good? Need to sit down?" Rio places his hand out in the instance that she may fall.
"Oh!" She laughs, "I'm fine, just flustered. Anyways, what can I help you with?" Annie pulls the pen out of her bra, ready to check her clipboard.
"Is there any chance I could request a dance from someone?" Still hands in his pockets, keeping his stance.
"Oh yeah of course! The women on the clock right now are, Saffron, Allison, Joyce, Billy, Alicia, and Beth. There's a lot to choose from, except... Billy and Saffron are currently in rooms." She twists the pen in her hand, "That leaves 4 out of 6, if you don't know them by name just let me know what she looks like."
"Alright, well she was wearing a Santa set, and she has strawberry blonde hair." He tries to think of more traits that he picked up on.
"Oh that's Joyce, one sec." Annie clicks her headpiece and a skinny woman with orange-ish hair in a red Santa set comes walking over, "This her?"
"She was wearing green... forgot that part." He smiles a little bit towards Joyce as she walks over to another guy to collect his drinks.
"Oh, I know who you mean." She laughs as she clicks her headpiece again, "Can we get a location on Beth, she's not on the floor." Just as she clicks it off a curvaceous figure emerges out of the stage exit.
"My bad, I needed to change." She smiles warmly towards Annie, "Is this him?"
"Yup, have fun you two." Annie walks away to tend to another line of men.

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"So, before we go in, I'm required to ask you a series of questions. Okay?" Beth says this sweetly, she doesn't seem like the type to work at a job like this.
"I'm listening." He lets a smirk emerge from the corner of his mouth.
Beth let's out a sigh before she begins, "Okay... will you promise not to touch me, unless consented? Will you be respectful the entire time? Why did you pick me? Lastly, what's your favorite body part on a woman?" Catching her breath, she finishes.
"Damn okay, uh. Yes, and yes, I picked you cause I'm intrigued by you, and lastly I like everything."
"Easy enough!" She smiles widely as she leads him into the room. Beth closes the curtain, about to unzip her bodysuit when he stops her. She turns around abruptly and is about to question.
"Nah ma. You ain't gotta do all that yet. Let me get to know you." He moves towards the couch and sits, patting next to him as an invitation for her.
"Okay cool, this has never happened before. All the guys here are such dicks." Beth let's out a small breath and sits down, adjusting her bust.
"Yeah, I'm not usually one to come to a strip club, it was the nearest bar." Rio relaxes as a bigger smile erupts from her face.
"Well good thing you did! Imagine how boring my night would have been." Beth reaches out and grabs one of his hands, in cute way, shaking it gently before setting it down.
"Oh I can imagine. People are sick." Placing his hands into his pockets, he remains eye contact.
"Gosh, where are my manners, I didn't even get your name!" She laughs out.
"Oh it's Rio, I can only assume that your name is Beth?" He removes a hand from his pockets to shake hers, forgetting about the no touching rule. Instead he's met with a small embrace.
Pulling apart she begins, "Sorry, I'm a hugger! Nice to meet you, I'm Elizabeth, but everyone just calls me Beth."
He smiles lightly, "Nice to formerly meet you, Elizabeth." Rio draws out every syllable of her name, making her giggle in response.
"So did you want a dance, or did you just want to talk?" Beth pulls her feet into a crisscross position on the sofa.
Just as he's about to begin, "B, what's going on?" Ruby storms in as she realizes that Beth isn't doing her job.
"Oh hey... we were just finishing up, she needed help zipping up her suit and then she sat down so I could give her a tip." Rio says this easily on the spot. Beth glancing over, nodding in agreement.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, it's just been longer than the scheduled dance times. I'm required to check to make sure everything is in order." Ruby begins walking out of the curtain, "You have a line of men requesting you, don't stall."
"Okay..." She stands up disappointed as Rio hands her a tip, as well as a paper, "You don't have to."
"Nah ma, I wanted to, we had a good talk." He opens the curtains leading her out. As Beth's exiting, she glances down at the paper she was handed. His number? Why?
"Wait, do you live in Detroit?" Beth places her hand on his shoulder.
"Something like that..." Rio walks away with a smile on his face towards the bar. He gives Sugar the payment for the drinks and leaves the club.

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