Chapter 4 The first visit
Finn;
I couldn't stop staring at her, the sexy devious minx from last night had vanished, now she was just the usual normal Raven. She sat in her usual chair in her black cotton pjs, her socked feet resting agianst another chair, her silver orbs locked on her percious cartoons while she ate her breakfast. It made me realise just how little I actually knew about her. All those questions from last night started to seep back into my skull, I was an inch away from spilling the beans. Much to my relief Storm came downstairs, ready for another day of slaving away over a hot stove.
"Morning guys"
"Hey Storm" "Mornin Stormy-Jo"
"Raven are you going out tonight?"
I couldn't help the shock that floored my system, I accepted that Rae had this secret side to her, but Storm? Well she just seemed too...shy to have this side to her. Thankfully they weren't paying attention to me, I didn't mind, it was the best way to find out information.
"I'm on leave from work so probably"
Her face tinted red as she pushed the words out, more to the point forced them out.
"Can I come with you?"
"You wanna come with me?"
Storm nodded as she poured herself a quick cup of coffee, focusing on her coffee cup really hard. She tended to do that alot when she was unsure about something, put all her attention on one object, as though that could tell her the answers.
"You can come Stormy but I don't think you should" Raven finally put her empty bowl on the table, obviously forgetting I was even there, not that I cared. I was used to them just talking to each other about their secret womens business, now at least my interest was piqued knowing just how Raven liked to spend her time. I hoped that she did go back just so I can see what she would do next. Or perhaps the question should be, who she did next.
"Why shouldn't I go Rae?"
"I may have told a friend of mine that you may be coming and he likes new girls, and well he can be a douche"
Storm just looked at her confused, as Raven grabbed her phone which had been making repeative beeping sounds of incoming text messages, Raven scrolled through her phone for a moment before showing it to Storm.
"If you see him, punch him in the face"
"I can't go around punching people I don't know Raven"
"Why not? Raven does it" I piped up wondering just how many shades of red Storm's face could go.
"I hate to agree with an Irishman but he's right" Raven put her phone down, she would deal with her messages later, "If you wanna come then be my guest but I still recommend that you punch him, and if you could knock his damn beard off I'd be eternally greatful"
"I'll see what I can do" Storm promised grabbing her chef's jacket and heading out the door.
Raven turned back to me, those liquid silver eyes harder than steel. "While we're at it Finn, stop it"
"Stop what?"
"Staring at me"
So you did notice, I thought I was being sly, clearly not sly enough.
"I'm not starin at you Raven"
She glared at me even harder "Yeah you are and you know it, so just stop it"
"All right" I shrugged, knowing that I had the visit to the Rose Room to keep me company.
Later that night;
Storm;
I breathed through my nose for fear that if I opened my mouth even to breathe, I would vomit. All through my shift at work, I just kept thinking about this visit. Every instinct I had told me not to do it, run and just go back to the net where I was safe from the physical act of talking to people face to face. Yet when I tried to back out of it, Raven had pretty much grabbed my wrist and just started to drag me, I tired to dig my heels in but Raven could have the strength of The Hulk when she wanted too, plus I wasn't trying that hard to stop. Now as Raven signed me in as a guest I was left to look around, the image I got of a sex club was certainly very different to what I was seeing. I pictured it to be, well I pretty much pictured a whore house, instead it looked like any other club with the obvious difference being the raunchy sex. Raven led me to the bar so she could order my coffee while I tried to look everywhere at once. On a couch near the dance floor were two girls making out, I wasn't interested in women, but I had to admit that the two women were quite attractive, attractive enough that I couldn't look away. Not wanting to be known as the creepy girl, I cast my eyes over to the dance floor, several members danced, the music infectious, when I looked closer I realised that quite a few members had their shirts off.
"So is it worse than you thought Storm?" Raven asked as the barman put down our drinks, a hot coffee for me and a straight bourbon for Raven. Raven only drank when she came to the club, while I couldn't drink alcohol because it upset my stomach.
"No it's not bad" I wrapped my hands around the mug, "But if this coffee isn't the best in the world I'm gonna throw the cup at you"
I took a drink, it really was the best coffee I had tasted, Raven smirked at me,
"You got lucky" I said as I put the cup down, instantly I went back to exploring.
"So other than the obvious what do you do here?"
"Depends on what you're lookin for, but for you I recommend dancing"
"What do the colours mean?" I asked pointing at the corriders, now that my nerves were settling, I was far more interested than I thought I actually would be.
"It's your experience level I guess, if you're new you would go down a yellow corrider, if you're into something different but not too outrageous then you would go down a blue corrider, and if you're a pro then the red corrider"
"I take it you go down the red corrider alot Raven"
Raven laughed "It depends on your mood really, but since you're new I would recommend the yellow corrider, if you go down the red one, your head might explode"
"We can't have a beautiful woman's head exploding can we Raven?"
Raven glared at the random guy that joined our conversation, I certainly didn't mind his interruption, he was an array of tight lean muscle, a light beard on his handsome face.
"Take it somewhere else Styles, we're not interested"
He ignored her, that smug wolfish smirk appearing on his handsome face. His hand extending to me,
"You must be Storm"
Against my better judgement I shook his hand, the tingles sliding up and down my arm. I'm just hoping that my face hadn't turned red. "That's me"
"I'm Aj"
"Nice to meet you"
"Fantastic" Raven said dryly, "Now that you've done that Aj you can piss off"
Thankfully Aj didn't go away, he grabbed a stool and sat down with us, Raven glared at him evily. I was more than happy to sit there with them and share small talk, until I noticed that Raven wasn't answering questions anymore. Her silver orbs had landed on another handsome young man going down the red corrider.
"Do you wanna go and play?" I teased gently so Aj wouldn't hear, not that Raven would've cared.
"I can play tomorry"
I gently nudged her towards the red hallway, I was quite happy to sit with Aj and share small talk, perhaps have another coffee. Raven didn't look convinced until I litterally pushed her off the chair.
"Would you like to dance Storm?"
For a moment I had no idea if I could even do that but that sexy smile of his put me at ease, I took his hand and let him guide me towards the dancefloor. Once I was there I couldn't stop myself from moving, the music pulsed through me. I had no idea how to dance but with his hands in mine I felt confident enough to shake my groove thing, as Raven would put it. Until that sneaky hand landed on her ass, I looked at Aj's hands to find that they were still locked in mine. The cupping of my ample backside continued until I turned around, the hot red anger swiped through me, I took my hands from Aj's, my fist knocking the woman who was molesting me to the floor, without another word I weaved my through the bodies to the exit. If I leave now, it won't get any worse, something Iziah should learn every now and then.
Aj had followed me, easily his long legs catching up to me,
"Thought I could at least walk you home Storm"
"You don't have too Aj, I'm perfectly capable walkin home by myself"
"I saw that but I still wanna walk you home"
I let out a silent breath and let him walk me home, I was glad for the company not that I would admit that to him. All in all, I actually enjoyed the night.
