of course, a namesake to the legendary t-pains song I'm N Luv
"Damn, I already told your dumbass… I'm not going to the strip club." Huey sat on the couch, staring at his brother with the utmost annoyance on his face. It wasn't that he couldn't appreciate a nice fat ass or whatever, but he didn't want to go to the club. He also didn't have any money to waste at the moment. But the most important part was that he did not want to go, not even the tiniest inkling.
Plus Riley was too quick to get drunk, it was annoying. Riley would be drunk and acting a fool before an hour had even passed.
Riley sucked his teeth, "Nigga. I don't care. You need to get out the house and feel up on some big booty bitches." That was Riley's way of handling any situation. Sad? Get some ass. Happy? Get some ass. Angry? Get some ass. It just went to show that you could take the nigga out the hood but you could never take the hood out a nigga.
"Don't you have a girlfriend? What would she have to say about you just chilling at the strip club?" Huey tried to reason with his younger brother, all though he already knew it was a losing battle.
"Shiiiit Cindy would come to the strip club with me. What you mean? She would say 'I'm not bout to stop a bitch bag' and throw some bills with me. I could call her up and she can come through..."
Huey had only met Cindy a handful of times but… it was completely believable.
"Fine," Huey sighed. Despite not wanting to go, he could at least be happy that his brother cared enough to get him out of the house. Not that he needed, or even wanted, the extra help. It was still greatly appreciated.
"Alright then nigga, get ready. I'll be out front." Riley smirked as he headed out the front door of Huey's apartment.
As Huey pulled himself off the couch, he tried to get excited and hype himself up. He hadn't been to the strip club in so long… had to have been at least two or three years ago. Back when Hiro and Caesar had still been in town and willing to spend money at a strip club.
That was another reason he had stopped going. As much as he hated to admit it, he wasn't balling enough to go ahead and waste money at the strip club, regardless of how talented the dancers were. Now Riley, on the other hand, was doing whatever he was doing to make money and he definitely had it like that. At least, as good as it could get for a 19 year old.
Huey walked across his small apartment and into his room. He pulled off his usual at-home attire of basketball shorts and a white tee, and rummaged through his drawers. He knew he didn't have to go all out, it was a dark strip club and he didn't have anybody to impress. He decided on a white tee with a logo on it, some dark blue jeans, and a pair of Air Max's. He threw on a gold chain and the one diamond earring that he never wore anymore.
He was more of a relax in some sweatpants type of nigga but he wasn't going to let his little brother outshine him.
After spraying some cologne and grabbing his phone and wallet, he locked up his place and headed downstairs and out to the front of the building where Riley was sitting in his 3 series BMW blasting 21 Savage.
As Huey slid in the car, Riley put the car in drive and shook his head, "took yo ass long enough nigga," and sped off.
It didn't take long to get to the strip club, even though Huey asked Riley to stop at the ATM so that he could take some money out from his account. Despite Riley saying he'd have the money covered, Huey wasn't going to be that broke nigga sitting there with no money. Besides, maybe he'd want a private dance just for the fuck of it.
It was a typical strip club — flashing lights, music so loud you could feel it in your chest, various girls dancing on the 2 main stages. The smell of weed and alcohol mingled together. Riley walked in like he knew the place (cause he did) and sauntered all the way over to the front of the crowd where the stage was. Of course, Huey followed suit.
As they sat down, Huey watched on with disinterest. Not that it wasn't appealing to watch these women dance with their nice bodies and amazing tricks, but his heart wasn't in it. Riley was the exact opposite, throwing ones at one tattooed covered girl in particular. So much so that she moved her attention to him and twerked in his face.
Riley laughed, "look at all this ASS. Got damn…"
Huey had to smirk, his brother was absolutely mesmerized by the fat ass and thick thighs that were shaking in front of him. The lights changed and the music switched, signaling that it was time for the dancers to collect and go to make room for the next dancers.
A low, smooth voice came up on the speaker… "And tonight, we have our dancer of the night, Jade. She really came through with this playlist y'all… show Jade some love!"
"Dancer of the night?" Huey questioned, taking the slight change in music to actually talk.
"Yeah… means she's been requested a lot tonight. She must be good or somethin," Riley shrugged, flagging one of the servers to get some drinks for him and his brother.
So, it was a solo dance?
Presumably Jade walked out onto the stage, dressed in a green two piece that covered just the bare essentials and tall, clear platform shoes. It was a very basic outfit compared to the earlier dancers. Her skin sparkled under the lighting and Huey had found himself interested. She wasn't nearly as bodacious as the previous dancers, not that she wasn't curvy, so she must've had some real tricks up her sleeve.
A deep bass started playing...
Boy you know you need to come give me this dick
He want to hit from the back cause I'm thick
I like to fuck on him when I get lit
Yeah tell me this pussy the shit
The song continued as she danced her routine. She started out on the pole and moved to the edge where patrons were throwing money at her. Riley downed a shot and threw some money her way. Huey just stared at her, mesmerized. Her hair, the way she moved, the way that she never missed a beat.
So this was why she was dancer of the night? She had such blantant sex appeal that it was overwhelming. It was obvious that everyone else thought so too. She didn't even have to pull off her clothes throughout her entire set.
"I gotta get a dance with her," Huey said.
"What?!" Riley shouted, not really hearing what he said.
"I gotta get a dance with her!" Huey shouted, just as her music faded out. She glanced in his direction, a warm smile on her face. Her set was over, so she started to collect her money. Teasing, twerking and messing with the men that were around the stage. But not in his general vicinity.
"Oh, well, maybe she'll walk around and grab someone. Be the first, nigga. Get ya money out." Riley snickered, tossing back another shot.
It looked like Huey would be driving back home tonight.
Huey tried not to stare, despite the fact that a bunch of men were staring at her. He waited, hopeful that she'd walk to the crowd and see who'd want a private dance. When he saw her retreat into the entrance where the dancers came from, he deflated a bit in disappointment.
Another dancer came on, pretty too… but didn't have the same appeal. He stopped paying attention again, just lost in his thoughts. Then he spotted her out the corner of his eye. She had changed. Now she was wearing just pasties and an even smaller bottom.
She sauntered in his general direction, hips swaying seductively. Huey felt his heart speed up a little bit. Now that she wasn't moving around and the lighting was a little bit better, he could see how nice she looked.
"Here comes ya girl," Riley laughed as he glanced around to look at her.
"Yeah," Huey nodded absentmindedly as he pulled eighty dollars out of his wallet so he could offer it to her as soon as she was close enough.
Just as she was about to turn over to someone else, Riley called out, "Yerrr, Jade! My brother wants a dance!" A few people looked but Jade turned as she heard her name. She spotted Riley wildly waving his arms around and really started heading in the direction of the Freeman brothers.
"Hey," Jade said in an unexpectedly happy voice. Most girls went for the sultry, seductive sound at the strip club, "one of you wanted a dance?"
She froze up for a minute as she looked at Riley, something that only Huey noticed. She then turned completely to Huey, grabbing his hand.
"Yeah Yeah Huey," Riley laughed. He was officially drunk.
Huey handed Jade her money, which she clutched in her free hand without any place to put it. She tugged at him and he willingly got up, following her as she led him through the club. The dark and flashy lighting switched to a purple-pink lighting as they entered a new room where it was less noisy. Jade handed her money to one of the security and led Huey into one of the rooms.
It was a small room, furnished with a couch that was flush against the wall, a furry rug and slightly better lighting. Jade pushed him back down on the couch and he willingly fell back. "I hope that this rooms okay, the other ones were full."
As she climbed on top of his lap and straddled him, Huey nodded, "No it's fine… thank you for the dance."
Huey wasn't one to be befuddled by a woman, regardless of her beauty. But he was tongue-tied and unable to even produce sentences that made sense. All his game was out the window. Maybe it was because he hadn't been with a girl since he ex broke up with him two months ago.
Is this what Drake felt like? Was he about to ask this girl for her real name, not her stripper name?
"Sooo, what's your name?" Jade asked as she started to grind against him, positioned perfectly so that her basically bare breasts was right in his face.
"Huey, what's yours?" Huey asked before he felt like slapping. It was Jade, of course. But what was her real name? He felt like Drake.
"Jade, did you forget already?" She giggled, grabbing one of his hands and placing it on her hips. She could feel the hard on that he was sporting under his jeans. Usually, she was slightly annoyed by it, all though it came with the territory of the job. It didn't bother her much this time, which was rare. "You don't have to be shy. Is this your first time?"
"No, no… it's just been a few years I guess. My boys moved so I just haven't made the time to go," Huey shrugged, trying to push his hips down into the couch to hide his boner.
"Ohhh, gotcha. You should come visit me more often," Jade climbed off of him and turned around, twerking for him. Huey had to be impressed, she definitely knew what she was doing. He watched as she rocked her body and swayed to the beat sensually. She knew exactly where to touch him, exactly what to do.
Who knew how long they were in the room, Huey wasn't keeping track. He heard the song outside change five or six times. But between the dancing and the talking, he wasn't paying much attention to anything else. She hadn't managed to divulge much information about herself other than the fact that she'd been dancing for a little over two years.
Huey on the other hand had told her damn near everything. He came with his brother, he was 21 years old, he was taking a break from school for a year, shit, he even told her he had work tomorrow at 7.
They were taken out of the mood when the door busted open, the lights flickering on as it did. Jade shouted as she turned around, "I'm in here!"
The girl who burst in apologized and slammed the door in a rush, forgetting to turn the lights back off. Jade groaned a little, "sorry about that, new girl. I should actually get back, your dance was kinda long."
It certainly felt long, "Really? I can pay you? I wasn't paying attention to time."
She shrugged, "Don't question it before I change my mind."
Huey felt his heart speed up a little. In the dark she was sexy, curvy, seductive. In the light, though? He could see why her name was Jade. Her eyes were a beautiful green and looked striking against her butter pecan skin. And her hair was...unique. Long, curly and orange? Was it dyed that color?
"Are you sure?" Huey asked again, just to be sure.
"Of course," Jade smiled as she leaned in to peck him on the cheek. She grabbed his hand again and he stood up. He followed her as she led him out of the purple-pinkish area and back to the front area of the club. She waved goodbye and disappeared.
Huey found his way back to Riley and for the majority of the night, he could feel exactly where she kissed him on his cheek.
It wasn't until 3 when Riley said he was ready to leave, more drunk that he had any business being considering he wasn't even of drinking age. "Damnnnnn I c-can barry see. Nigga. Let's come some food 'fore we go home."
Huey sighed, "Alright, let's go? What you want to eat?" Huey took the car keys out of his brothers pocket and dragged him to the car. On the way home he stopped at Wendy's to get Riley the 2 four for four meals he wouldn't shut up about and then headed home. As he dragged his younger brother into his apartment, he chastised Riley. "You better not throw up on my fucking floor either or I'm kicking your ass."
The Next Day
"Girl, where the hell is he at?!" Cindy sucked her teeth and stared at her phone. She had called Riley five times already. He was thirty minutes late and he wasn't going to hear the end of this if she had anything to say about it.
"It's not that big of a deal! We can grab something to eat with him and then go get our nails done?" Jazmine turned her nails over to look at the small gap between her nails and her acrylics. She was definitely due for a fill. A small part of her was avoiding Riley. She had only met her best friend's boyfriend a handful of times, but considering she had seen him at work last night she was a bit nervous. Very few people knew that she was a stripper and she preferred to keep it that way, simply because a lot of people judged her when they found out.
Considering what she did know about Riley, she had a strong feeling that he would be the judgmental type.
Cindy rubbed her temples and shook her head, "Of course we can but that's not the point! He was supposed to meet us here. And he's not even answering his damn phone!"
Jazmine blushed a bit before she nodded, "He came to my club last night. When I saw him he was drunk as hell. "
"I knew it," Cindy rolled her eyes and called Riley one more time, this time FaceTiming him. "If he doesn't answer we can go get something to eat okay? I'm sorry boo."
Before Jazmine even had the chance to open her mouth to say something, Riley picked the phone up. "Wassup?"
"Don't wassup me, where are you at?!" Cindy huffed, hiding the bottom half of her face so that Riley couldn't see her smiling. Jazmine could only stare at her best friend - the girl was head over heels, dickmatized.
Riley sucked his teeth, "Girl stop acting like you mad at me. I'll make it up to you, I'm on the way right now. Is it cool if Huey comes?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Hurry up," Cindy huffed and hung up. Jazmine felt her stomach drop a little bit. There was no way that this Huey wasn't the same Huey from last night. He knew he was next to his brother, and he knew that said brother was Riley. She had to have had the worst luck. As Cindy rambled on about Riley and his supposed bullshit, Jazmine sat silently. It wasn't until Cindy looked at her friend and saw her whole demeanor change. "What's wrong Jazzy?"
"I danced with Huey last night," Jazmine dragged her hands down her cheeks.
"Yeah? What's the big deal, it's dark as hell. There's no way he'll recognize you." Cindy wrapped her arm around her best friend, trying to comfort her in anyway she could. She knew how shook up Jazmine got when people recognized her in public at work.
"Except someone came in and turned the lights on, so he saw me! The moment he sees me he's gonna be like that's ol girl from last night. Maybe it's not that big of a deal but if he's Riley's brother, I don't wanna mess up anything between you and Riley."
Cindy scoffed, "Bitch? That's what you're worried about. Riley can kiss my ass, you're my best friend. I've only met Huey a few times but if he got anything to say I'll fight his ass for you. But he's cool people. And Riley won't care one bit. So we're good, okay? I doubt he'll even say anything."
Jazmine simply nodded. She was grateful for her friend because even though her worries weren't completely gone, she did feel so much better than she did before. She didn't want to admit to Cindy that dancing with Huey had made her feel a way that she hadn't felt in awhile and that worried her. The two girls sit in Cindy's car, talking about what kind of sets they would get later on when a car pulled up into the parking spot next to them, blasting Freddie Gibbs so loud that it made their windows shake. Cindy clapped her hands and jumped out of the driver's seat to go over and hug Riley, who enveloped her in a hug the moment he stepped out of the car. Jazmine got out slowly, trying to look anywhere but the passenger side of Riley's car where Huey was currently getting out of. Maybe if she didn't look at him he would never put two and two together and just think she was Cindy's weird friend.
Cindy and Riley pulled away and the youngest Freeman turned to greet Jazmine with a side hug. "Wassup Yella, how you been?"
"I've been good, what's up with you?" Jazmine smiled softly. Riley had a great energy to be around. He always made you feel upbeat and happy, regardless of anything else. Huey walked over to the group, dapping up Cindy before turning to Jazmine. Her plan to not look at him didn't work by any means because the moment he walked up to her she looked him dead in his deep, brown eyes. She could've sworn her knees were wobbling. It didn't help that he looked good in his gray Nike shorts and black shirt. The look of recognition in his eyes made her heart drop.
Cindy tried to act oblivious as she looked at the interaction between her best friend and her boyfriend's brother. This was way more than Jazmine not wanting to be noticed in public.
Huey stuck his hand out in front of him, "Nice to meet you, I'm Huey."
Jazmine nodded quickly and shook his hand, hoping her palms weren't sweaty, "Jazmine. Nice to meet you too."
"Aight, everyone knows everyone. Can we go head and sit down and eat cause a nigga is hungry as hell!" Riley broke the strange silence. He didn't care enough to ask about it so he ignored it completely. All that weirdness be damned, he was going to get some food.
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