Chapter Two


Author's Note: It's been a while since I've updated this one but hopefully I'll be better about updating it from now on. I'm working on three fics right now and I'm trying to go back and forth between them all. Thanks for the encouragement you all gave me for chapter one.

RomanticShadeOfBlue:
Thanks, I'm glad you think it's interesting, I think I'll have a lot of fun writing it. And I think Rex would be great stripper too.

Marina Black: I don't actually watch AMC but my friend does and she's always talking about it, so I added it in just for her... she knows who she is ;) Thanks for the review.

Kiko: Don't worry, Lumi will get hot and heavy in later chapters. Then again, when don't they in my fics, lol?

Allyse: I really appreciate the review and your wish is my command, Phillip will get naked ;)

bebe-chrissy: Patrick will also strip. Thanks for reviewing.

Sara: Thanks for the feedback, I hope you continue to think the story is original and well-written as it progresses.

Jennifer Lockhart: Lol, you definitely swayed my opinion. Lucas and Patrick stripping together would be awesome so in later chapters, they will.

Jamie's Spawn: I knew you'd love the AMC thing. Oh, look, there you go with your 'too hard' line again... lol, looks like you didn't have to choose, Rex and Patrick will both get their sexy bodies up on the stripping stage.

I had three people requesting Patrick, three requesting Rex, one requesting Phillip and two requesting all three Roberts' men stripping together (Lucas, Phillip and Rex). So, since I'm here to fulfill all of my reader's needs (through writing of course :S, don't get any ideas...), I decided that Patrick, Rex, Phillip and Lucas will all be stripping in due time. Because the more naked men in Salem, the better, right?

Bonnie's new club, which had been appropriately named 'Unzipped', was filled with activity when Phillip, Rex and Lucas arrived. Mickey was standing in front of the building, giving a few of the workers some instructions while Julie kept trying to interrupt him with her protests. Inside the club, Bonnie was bustling around, snapping the rubber band around her wrist anxiously and hassling the workers to move faster. Tagging along behind her were Mimi and a small, spotted dog which was wearing some strange kind of G-string that looked like it was made for dogs. Rex noticed Lucas looking at the dog and gave the dog and laughed.

"Bonnie's always dressing up poor Max." Rex told Lucas, "I feel so bad for that dog. Although, she's never dressed him up in female underwear before. She must be really stressed right now."

"She looks it." Phillip remarked, watching the frazzled woman pressed her hand against her forehead before reaching into her shirt. She retrieved a packet of gum and quickly popped a piece into her mouth. Chewing relentlessly on the piece of gum, her eyes finally came to rest on the three men. She hurried over to them, looking more than a little relieved to see them.

"Oh, thank you so much, Rex." Bonnie gushed, clasping his hand in hers, "I'm so happy you decided to bring back some more help. This place is a mess right now, we still have so much to do. I don't know how we're going to manage finishing everything before opening night."

"Don't be so hard on yourself, Bonnie." Rex chided her gently, "I happen to think everything looks like it's coming along nicely. Don't worry so much, I know everything will fall into place way before the club opens."

"Well, it will now that you're here." Bonnie placed a hand on Rex's shoulder and tried to guide him in one direction, "Now, you three gentlemen can just go over there and start moving those boxes to-"

Rex cut Bonnie off and extracted the hand she had dropped onto his shoulder, "Not so fast. I'll be happy to help you out in a little while, I'm not sure about these other two, but we actually came here to talk business."

"Oh?" Bonnie sounded intrigued by Rex's words, "Does this mean you've decided to take the stripping job, Rex? I've been begging you to take it ever since the club permits were finalized, please, Rex, you just have to do it."

"Actually," Rex fought back a smile at the desperation in Bonnie's words, "I have decided to take the job. And so has Lucas."

Bonnie seemed stunned speechless for a moment but after about ten seconds had passed, she sprung to life. She flung herself at Lucas and Rex, hugging and kissing and thanking them immensely. Lucas was almost overcome by Bonnie's enthusiasm and tried to pull away from her. Rex just let the woman do her thing because unlike Lucas, he was already used to Bonnie's antics. But the expression on Lucas' face while the woman gushed over him was enough to make a guy burst out laughing.

"You two are my saviors, I swear!" Bonnie said breathlessly, finally pulling away, much to Lucas' relief, "I mean, we've already got some other men lined up for the stripping jobs but they're missing that little extra something that both of you have. You're both going to such big hits with everyone on opening night."

"Wow, I guess this means that you took the job." Mimi spoke up in a wry voice, her green eyes sparkling with excitement, "I can't wait to see you get up there, Rex. And I'm sure both of you will be awesome too." she added, directing her attention at Lucas and Phillip.

Phillip shook his head, "Woah, you've got things mixed up. I'm not stripping. Only Lucas and Rex are."

"Come on, Phillip, it will be more fun if you do it too." Lucas urged Phillip, "I won't feel so self-conscious if it's not just me and Rex."

"Yeah, Phillip, brothers don't let brothers get naked alone." Rex coaxed him.

Mimi smothered a giggle behind her hand, "I'm not even going to go into how many sick ways that could be taken." Lucas, Rex and Phillip all cringed and Phillip then shrugged his shoulders in a relenting gesture.

"I guess I might as well." he murmured, making sure to step out of Bonnie's reach, "It might be kind of fun."

"Thank you, sweetie. This means so much to me." Bonnie grinned broadly at him and her grin was so infectious that Phillip had to smile back. Bonnie's eyes suddenly flickered to a spot behind Phillip and they lit up almost immediately, "And now, I think it's time for you to meet my son. He has a job here too and it will be good for you to get to know your one of your fellow strippers ahead of time." she brushed past Phillip and rushed over to a man carrying several cardboard boxes that hid his face from view. Bonnie took the boxes from him and set them down on the floor.

"Thanks for getting those, Patrick. Now, there's some people over here I'd like you to meet." Bonnie led Patrick over to the three brothers and gave them another grateful smile, "Patrick, I think you may have already met Rex but these are his brothers, Lucas and Phillip."

Patrick nodded politely at the two of men, "It's nice to meet you. And it's nice to see you again, Rex." he also addressed the last man.

"They're going to be stripping with you." Bonnie told him, letting out a small, excited squeal, "You're all going to be fabulous."

"What's this about, Bonnie?" Rex, Patrick, Phillip and Lucas turned around to see Mickey and Julie standing behind them, eyeing Bonnie inquisitively.

"I have some good news, Mickey." Bonnie slung her arm around Rex's shoulder, "All four of these wonderful men have taken stripping jobs here at Unzipped."

Julie looked out an indignant howl, "How could you all be so stupid? This club is dirty, this club is beneath you, this club should go straight to hell where it belongs. Uncle Mickey, I cannot believe you are helping Bonnie turn Salem into some sleazy, Las Vegas-wannabe town like this. And Lucas, you're my blood relative, how could you lower your standards so much? This is not the kind of thing Hortons engage in."

"Oh, stuff it," Bonnie scoffed, momentarily forgetting she was supposed to be being nice to Julie, "You're just jealous you didn't think of it first. It's a fabulous idea. With these gorgeous men baring everything, Unzipped is going to put Salem on the map in a big way!"

"Don't get your hopes up." Julie's voice was sharper and colder than ice, "The women in Salem are much to classy to come join in this disgusting past time of watching men undress in public. Opening night is going to be a flop because no one will be here. This club will be virtually empty, I know it will."

Mimi couldn't resist jumping in to defend her mother, "I happen to think it's a great idea. We don't have any strip clubs in Salem and I know this one is going to be a success. And if I really thought it was that trashy, I wouldn't have gotten a job here."

"You have a job here?" Julie queried incredulously, shooting Mimi a barbed glare.

"That's right," Mimi almost looked proud of herself, "I already have two jobs but I figured that another one couldn't hurt. I am now all of the strippers' official water girl. What woman can say that this isn't her dream job?"

"I can," Julie returned disdainfully, "You all disgust me with your low-down ways of living. I am leaving this despicable place." Flipping her hair over her shoulder, Julie stomped out of the club.

"She'll be back." Mickey promised the group of people, "She says she can't stand it here but I know she enjoys it here more than she'll ever admit."

"Every female on earth is going to adore this place once we get it up and running." Bonnie fanned herself with her hand, "We'll definitely need to have a good sprinkler system installed though because this place is going to be burning up. Oh, and one other thing," Bonnie turned back to Rex, Phillip and Lucas, looking a little bit uneasy now, "We'll supply your... outfits here but there is one thing you'll need to buy yourself."

Rex, Mimi and Patrick both knew exactly what was coming and quickly swivelled their heads around so they could see Phillip and Lucas' reaction, "What's that?" Phillip asked curiously.

"It's what you need to wear underneath your clothes," normally, Bonnie didn't get uncomfortable when talking about these things but she was a little bit wary of what Phillip and Lucas' reactions would be, "Youneedtobuysomegstrings." she said as quickly as she could.

Lucas blinked, "Excuse me?"

"You need to buy G-strings, Lucas." Rex said it slower for Lucas and Phillip's benefit, giving the two of them patiently amused looks, "You need to make sure they're either red, black or silver, so you match the, um, club's colour scheme, right, Bonnie?"

Bonnie nodded, bitingly her lip nervously.

"Um... you're not going to get me in one of those things." Phillip stated.

"Yeah, same here." Lucas agreed in a stubborn voice, "Those things are really scary."

Bonnie began snapping the rubber band around her wrist again, "Now, now, you two, I'm already very stressed out. Please, don't make this harder on me and just cooperate. There's no shame in it."

"She's right, you guys," Rex jumped in, "I was a little weirded out by the idea at first too. But all strippers wear them, that's just what they do. I'm sure all of us will get used to it eventually. We can all go buy them together so it's not so embarrassing."

"But it will be embarrassing." Lucas argued, "I don't want to be caught in some store looking at G-strings by someone."

"Although I'm sure you're not thinking of anyone in particular," Phillip replied, then coughed something that sounded distinctly like 'Sami'.

"Patrick and I can come too." Mimi chimed in, "He still hasn't bought his underwear yet and if I go, you can just pretend I'm the one buying it. Why don't we all go... tomorrow night?" she decided.

"Sounds good to me," Rex said, then looked at his brothers, "What do you two say?"

"Fine," Lucas grunted ungratefully after a few minutes, obviously still perturbed at the idea of wearing G-strings.

"I guess I'll go too then." Phillip conceded, still sounding uncertain, "But I'm really not hot for this idea."

"You don't have to be yet." Bonnie responded, "I'm sure it will grow on all of you. And now that we've gotten that out of the way, why don't you all go over and help me move those boxes into the back. I really could use your help, I want to make sure everything runs smoothly.

Phillip, Lucas and Rex all followed Bonnie over to a small mountain of boxes and began carrying the boxes into the storage room of the club and all thoughts about G-strings were quickly forgotten.