Sami stood outside the men's locker room, her arms crossed over her chest as she waited impatiently for Lucas to emerge. It was the day after Lucas' movie date with Jan and Sami, Lucas, Jan and Nicole should have already been on a plane to their next destination. But after spending the night with the man from the movie theatre, Nicole had informed her three travelling companions that they would be staying in San Diego for another night or two. After thinking it over, Nicole had finally decided to cancel the publicity appearances that had been scheduled for the next few days, much to Sami's delight. Of course, with Nicole, there had been strings attached. Not that the deal Sami had made with Nicole was anything Sami couldn't handle.
"Here's the deal." Nicole had said to Sami once returning to the hotel spending several hours with the guy from the movie theatre, "This guy, Mark, is really amazing and I want to spend more time with him. We'll still make more than enough money even if we play hooky for a couple days. So, I'm willing to cancel two of your publicity appearances and stay here for a couple days on one condition."
"Seriously? As long as I don't have to go out in front of crowds of people for a few days, I'm all for it. What's the condition?"
"You have to seduce Lucas." Sami had opened her mouth to protest but Nicole had continued speaking before giving her the chance, "I mean really seduce him. Go all out. You have to, for the sake of this publicity campaign. I mean, you two are okay when you're pretending but if you want it to be more real, you have to stop pretending. But then again, when you kiss Lucas, you aren't pretending are you?"
"Nicole, you have no idea what you're talking about." Sami had begun but Nicole once again cut her off.
"Sami, I'm not stupid. I don't know what you're worried about, just go for it. He's definitely not going to reject you. Just... you know, embrace your inner slut."
"My what?"
"Your inner slut." Nicole had repeated, "Everyone has one. And it works out perfectly- Lucas is only a whore for you and you're only a slut for him. So, do we have an agreement?"
Sami had eventually given in and knew she had to keep her end of the deal. Besides, seducing Lucas wasn't the worst thing Sami could imagine doing. In fact, it would be fun. As long as she didn't get too carried away.
The door to the locker room swung open, pulling Sami away from her thoughts. Three men came out the door, none of which were Lucas. Sami cleared her throat and the three of them turned to look at her curiously.
"Is there another guy in there?" Sami asked, "My, er, friend said he'd be in the gym but he wasn't there so I figured he'd be getting ready to leave. He's got dark hair and brown eyes and-"
One of the three men grinned at Sami, "You mean Lucas?" when Sami nodded, his grin widened, "Yeah, he's in there. He should be out in a couple minutes. He and my friend, Bruce, had a little competition to see who could do the most chin-ups. They're both so competitive, it took forever so now both of them are pretty sore."
"Really? Who won?" Sami couldn't resist asking.
"Lucas." another one of the men, who Sami assumed was Bruce, grumbled, "But it was pretty close. I wouldn't have won, except I didn't." his friends laughed at the perturbed expression on Bruce's face.
The last man turned to Sami, giving her a knowing look, "Lucas is the only one in there right now." he informed Sami, "In case you wanted to go in there and um..." he let his sentence trail off suggestively, then smirked at her, "I had sex in a locker room once. It was really hot."
Sami felt a warm blush spread over her face. The man had only said a few sentences to her and already he reminded her of a male version of Nicole, "I think I'll just wait out here." she replied, doing her best to avoid eye contact with all three men. All of the men began walking away and once they were out of eyesight, Sami decided to take the third man's advice. She looked around quickly to see if anyone was watching and when she didn't see anyone, she slipped inside the locker room.
Her eyes skimmed the room for Lucas and she was immediately drawn to him. He was standing next to a row of lockers, pulling on a pair of jeans over dark blue boxers. Sami coughed loudly and when Lucas noticed Sami, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"The last time I checked, this was the men's locker room." Lucas remarked, pulling his shirt out of one of the lockers, "So, why are you in here?"
Sami smiled winningly as she made her way over to him, "Since when do I play by the rules? Besides, the men's locker room is so much more enjoyable than the women's." she reached Lucas and slid her hands over his still bare shoulders, giving them a small squeeze, "I heard you beat that guy at a chin-up contest. That must have been so tiring. Do you want me to work out all the... kinks for you?"
Lucas turned around and Sami noticed the frown of confusion lining his features, "Sami, are you feeling okay?"
"I'm feeling fine." Sami said brightly, taking her hands off of him. She decided not to push things too far right away because it looked like Lucas could already tell that she wasn't acting like herself, "Now, hurry up and get dressed because I'm taking you to dinner."
"Reeeeaaallllyyyy?" Lucas smirked at Sami, "Like, on a date?"
"No, not a date." Sami shot back, rolling her eyes, "I am telling you that you are coming to dinner with me, not asking you, so it isn't a date. And you're not going to get out of it, so don't even try to argue."
"I wasn't going to." Lucas responded easily, pulling on his shirt, "Just let me put away my clothes and then we can go."
Once Sami and Lucas were seated inside the restaurant in the hotel, Sami flipped through her menu unenthusiastically, "I don't know what to order." she mumbled, then turned to her right to see what the couple next to her had ordered. The only thing either of them had on their plates that looked somewhat appetizing was the steak the man was eating. Throwing her menu down on the table, she smiled triumphantly, "I'm going to get steak."
A waitress seemed to materialize out of nowhere, holding a pad of paper, "And how would you like your steak?"
"Well done, please." the waitress made a notation on her paper, then turned her attention to Lucas.
"Have you decided what you're going to order yet?" she asked.
Lucas handed her his menu, "I'll have the steak too, I guess. But make mine medium rare."
"That's right." Sami beamed up at the waitress, "Because Lucas likes a little blood, if you know what I mean." Lucas kicked her playfully under the table and Sami kicked him back. After a few minutes of kicking each other under the table, Sami grew bored and decided to try something new. She slipped one foot out of her sandal and began rubbing her way up Lucas' left leg. Lucas jerked his head up to look at her in shock. His eyes widened even more when she continued to move up his leg with her foot.
"Sami." he hissed, grinding his teeth together nervously. Sami smiled innocently at him, her bare foot rubbing light circles on his upper thigh. He could feel his reaction to her touch straining against the fly of his jeans and he briefly wondered if it was possible to die this way. So much blood rushing to one place, with no way to relieve himself of the problem. At least the way their booth was angled, no one could see what Sami was doing underneath the table. Her foot moved forward, pressing against the fly of his pants and he gripped his fork in one hand so slightly he could feel the indent it was creating.
"Is something wrong?" Sami asked, "Because from the feel of things, you don't seem to dislike what I'm doing that much." Sami opened her mouth to say something else but she noticed Nicole and Jan heading towards herself and Lucas. She slipped her foot back down to the ground and pushed her foot back into the sandal. Nicole and Jan reached their table and didn't seem to notice the tense expression on Lucas' face.
"Sami, go sit by Lucas." Nicole ordered, "I don't want to sit by him and neither does Jan." before Jan could defend herself, Nicole pushed Jan into the side of the booth that Sami had vacated. Nicole winked at Sami, watching as Sami slid other seat, sitting extremely close to Lucas. Nicole had the distinct impression that the deal she had made with Sami had been going rather nicely before she and Jan showed up. Inwardly cursing herself for showing up at the wrong time, she told herself that she would make up for getting in their way later.
Jan squirmed excitedly in the booth. Nicole watched the girl with disgust, once again asking herself if there was a possibility of Jan suffering from ADD, "Are you two going to be finished soon? Because Nicole and I are going to go this club and Mark is going to be there. I didn't get to see him yet so I'm really excited. You guys should come. It would be- woops, sorry about that, Lucas." Jan had been waving her hands around dramatically and in the process, she had knocked over Lucas' glass of water, causing water to spill into Lucas' lap. Lucas reached for some napkins but Sami was quicker and grabbed a handful of napkins before Lucas did.
"Don't worry about it, Lucas." Sami murmured, "I can take care of that for you."
She began wiping the spilled water in his lap, then looked up at Nicole, her eyes twinkling mischievously, "Isn't this a game one of the girls in your book played? She spilled something on a guy's lap and then she would clean it up." Nicole nodded, watching as Lucas' jaw clenched.
Sami continued brushing the napkins against Lucas' pants, feeling the hardness of his arousal press against her adventurous hand. Lucas leaned over slightly and whispered against her ear, "You are going to pay for this once we get back to our hotel room."
Sami's heart pounded furiously as she thought of all the ways Lucas could end up 'punishing' her. She let out a short, teasing giggle, "Promises, promises." she taunted him quietly, "Does that mean you'll take me back to the hotel room and whip me with your belt?"
Lucas almost choked on her brazen words, "I think you'd enjoy that too much." he rasped. He looked away from her and realized that Jan and Nicole were staring at him and Sami like they were insane. He shook his head at Sami, who simply smiled again in return. If things played out the way Sami hoped they would, it was going to be a very eventful night for both her and Lucas.