Chapter One: From The Beginning

Six months ago

Ruthie sat in her dorm room, nose pressed against the textbook in front of her so hard the ink was smudging from the sweat dripping off her face despite the fact that it was cold outside and in her room. Ruthie was so absorbed in reading she didn't hear her roommate Megan enter.

"You're going to go blind if you keep doing that!" She said in a singsong voice. Ruthie looked up momentarily to smile sarcastically. "Come on Ruthie! You're no fun!"

"I'm so behind Megan! I have to study!" Ruthie said desperately.

"At least take a break to grab lunch with me in the cafeteria?" Megan pleaded. Megan walked over to Ruthie and latched on to her arm pouting.

"I can't I had to cut back my meal plan," Ruthie sighed pulling her arm away.

"Why?" Megan said giving her a hurt look.

"I don't have any money, and I don't feel like asking my parents for help," Ruthie growled and slammed the book shut. "This is so infuriating!"

"I can help you get a job!" Megan said smiling. Ruthie looked at her roommate, surveying her.

Megan and Ruthie were complete opposites. Ruthie had long curly brown hair, lively brown eyes and an innocent smile. Megan had straight dirty blonde hair that fell down her back, brilliant blue eyes that shone with mischief, and a smile that could not only melt your heart but could also reveal her darker side.

Ruthie was a religious PK from Glenoak California. Megan had only attended church as child, to get baptized, first communion, and confirmed. She came from New York City and had grown up in the projects. Her father was in prison for murder. And she had four younger siblings.

Megan was the first person in her family to go to college, and she was on a full scholarship. Ruthie had also gotten a large scholarship but was far from the first person to go to college.

And yet they had clicked at once. The moment they met they had become best friends. It helped that they both were Drama majors, which meant they had one thing in common, that and they both loved to dance…

"Oh really?" Ruthie said swiveling around in her chair to face Megan. Megan smiled playfully at her.

"How would you like to work at the same place as me?" Megan asked, already knowing the answer.

"Um, awesome." Ruthie said. Megan smiled.

"Okay, come with me tonight to work and I'll talk to my boss. Now will you please come have lunch with me?" Megan begged. Ruthie sighed but nodded reluctantly. "Yay!" Megan squealed, she pulled Ruthie by her arm up from the chair and out the door dragging her slightly behind her.

That night Ruthie followed Megan to her job. They took the six train downtown. Ruthie thought that Megan was crazy, because she was dressed in a very skimpy dress; the glittery purple dress only came down to just above her crotch. Megan pulled Ruthie into what looked, and smelled like a bar. The moment they stepped inside Ruthie's nose was filled with a strong waft of stale cigarettes and regurgitated beer.

"You work here?" Ruthie whispered nervously edging closer to Megan as they hurried along through the crowd of drunken men, Ruthie noticed that everyone apart from themselves were men. But before Ruthie could say another word they had reached the front, Ruthie's jaw dropped. She had been wrong there were quite a lot of women, but they were all dancing on the stage, in varying degrees of nudity.

"Mr. Johnson!" Megan called out. A tall heavyset man walked over to them. Ruthie eyed him nervously. "This is my friend Ruthie, she needs a job—She's a really good dancer." Megan added at the skeptical look Mr. Johnson had given Ruthie.

"Okay let me see," He folded his arms and waited. Ruthie looked around nervously.

"Go on Ruthie!" Megan whispered. Ruthie nodded and listened to the music. She began to move her hips slowly, once in rhythm she began to dip in turn with the music. She stopped and looked a little bit more confidently at Mr. Johnson.

"She's eighteen right?" He said scratching his chin. Megan nodded vigorously.

"Okay, take her back to change," He walked off and Megan grabbed Ruthie. Ruthie was pulled behind a curtain and the dense cloud of smoke lightened. Ruthie looked around in amazement as Megan pulled her through what was obviously the changing room. There were at least eight other girls back here, as well as the ten on stage.

"Here," Megan held out a pair of tight leather shorts. "And…" Megan stuck her finger in her mouth and surveyed the rack of clothes in front of a small vanity labeled Mimi (Megan), there was an empty vanity to its left that Ruthie figured would be hers.

"Here" Megan handed Ruthie a red leather top that tied around her neck and only came down to just above her belly button. Once Ruthie was in them she surveyed herself in the mirror. To her surprise everything fit perfectly.

"I don't know about this…" Ruthie said, expressing the doubt that had appeared in her mind the moment they walked into the club. Megan shook her head dismissively as she zipped up Ruthie's leather boots. She sat Ruthie down and began applying her makeup.

"You're an amazing dancer. You're going to get so many tips…." Megan trailed off as she finished Ruthie's makeup. She picked up a pair of cat ears and stuffed them on to Ruthie's head. She grabbed Ruthie's hand and pulled her to the side of the stage. She snapped her fingers and got Mr. Johnson's attention. She waved her hands in a showoffy way over Ruthie; he nodded.

"But—"

"Now presenting Mimi, and a new edition to the Greenwich Hotspot, Kitty!" He bellowed into the microphone. Yet again Megan (now Mimi) dragged Ruthie along, only this time onto the stage. Mimi took her place on the right hand pole, one leg wrapped around it. Ruthie took a deep breath and did the same on the opposite pole. The music began and Ruthie (Now Kitty) let her body take over.

Authors Note: HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! (to anyone who believes in valentines day and doesn't think its just a commercial gimic...hee hee which is isn't me I love Valetntines day! It means six months till I turn eighteen!! Whoo hoo!

Now presenting my newest story! Yes I know I have sooooo many but I have sooooo many ideas so oh well : ) I hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter and will post the next one next week! So please review and let me know what you thought!

Katie