After taking a quick shower, I changed into some more comfortable grey knee-length skirt atop of my red inner wears and finished the look with a white cropped hoodie. I slipped on a pair of white stiletto shoes and did some light makeup before joining Carl and Xavier down stairs.
"You boys ready to go?" I announced and their jaws dropped when they lifted their eyes to look at me. I blushed and snapped my fingers.
"Pick your jaws boys, my eyes are up here." I mocked them and they snapped their eyes up. They always did this every time I dressed up. Dramatic sons of bitches. Carl cleared his throat and licked his pouty lips seductively. "We're gonna have a hard time keeping pervs off of you tonight Alana?" He shook his head and regarded me from head to toe.
"The only perv we are having a hard time keeping off of is you, Carl." Xavier retorted, earning a hard glare from Carl.
"Okay boys, I'm still your boss remember?" I pulled a serious face.
"Yes ma'am." They both rolled their eyes. Over the years we'd become more than just employee and boss. They were my friends and I loved them more than my mean ass brother Jackson. He always had a stick up his ass and he didn't miss a chance to tease me. The door suddenly burst open and a flustered Tanya burst through. She always managed to get late.
"Everyone calm down, I came as fast as I could." She threw her perfectly manicured hands in the air and whined. Xavier and I rolled our eyes but Carl seemed to have lost his witty tongue. He stared at Tanya like a love-sick puppy. She was wearing a pair of black short shorts with a sleeveless pink top and a long denim jacket that stopped above her knees. She had on a pair of knee length low heeled black boots. Her short purple dyed hair was elegant and it complimented her chocolate skin and pouty pink lips. She was a beautiful petite girl and I understood why Carl had it bad for her. I hugged her tight and we led to the door as she told about one of her lovers and how his wife caught them cheating.
"You slept with a married man!" I choked out as we both got settled in the backseat of my Audi A7 and buckled in. I could see Carl tense and his jaw ticked. He stepped on the wheel almost too hard and we both swam forward but not so hard because of our seatbelts.
"Keep it down Mary Magdalene, how was I supposed to know? We met at the club and he was hot." She threw her arms in the air and licked her lips no doubt fantasizing about her unholy moments.
"Married men are good looking too, Tanya, and Mary, mother of Jesus." I shoved her shoulder." So, did you do it in his bed?" I whispered.
"Where else? I thought he was a bachelor, he was a cheating bastard. He thought his wife was out of town. It was sad seeing the poor woman break down." She shook her head and leaned close to my ear. "But on a brighter side he was good in bed, his man…" I shrieked and covered my ears.
"Too much information Tee?!" We both chuckled.
"I don't think there is a brighter side to sleeping with a married man either" I shook my head at her obnoxiousity. I rested my head back and stared as the buildings flew by. It was a thirty minutes' drive and we were almost there. The tires screeched as it came to a stop outside the tall building. The shimmering letter read. WIZARDS ROYALS Club. My door slid open and we stepped out.
Two heavily built club bouncers stood at the door and glared at the long queue of people as they allowed them one at a time. Xavier and Carl led us to the entry and we were allowed through. The place was packed considering it was a Friday night. The dense music in the club boomed loudly. It was deafening. The ground floor was filled with bodies swaying and pressing against each other. The smell of sweat and alcohol was dense in the air. Bodies tangled with each other as they danced carelessly. Others held each other gently while others had their throats deep each other's throats. Xavier held my arm tightly as we pushed through the sweaty bodies, his demeanor tense and serious. If I didn't know him, I'd think he had never smiled in his life. He pushed bodies out of the way and made sure not a drunk squeezed on me. Carl held Tanya's hand and did the same even as she protested, he completely ignored her. I was feeling slightly overwhelmed at the amount of people but with Xavier holding my hand I felt calm.
"I'm a grown ass woman you swine hat, I can walk myself through a few drunks, hammerhead. Who do you think you are dragging me like a sack of fucking potato…" she screamed above the loud music and I could basically feel Carl's jaw grind together in frustration. "Don't you dare throw up on me, you sandy biscuit head buffoon." She yelled at a drunk. We climbed up the spiral staircase and made it to the second floor with the vip boots. We slid into a boot and Tanya pulled her arm away from Carl forcefully before she slid into the booth and huffed like a child. She grabbed a shot from a passing skinny guy and jugged it down.
A scantily dressed waitress came around and we ordered shots and tequila. The second floor was much calmer with people sitting in boots and I immediately felt relaxed. The club bouncers stood by the rails and watched the dance floor ready to throw out any violent drunk. Our shots were brought after clicking our glasses to a toast, "Happy birthday and cheers to many more." We cheered and jugged back the bitter substance. It burned down my throat and I picked another one and threw it down my throat.