Messed 4

She left the library quickly; she was thoughly creeped out by her encounter with the Dante look alike. She was convinced that it wasn't Dante though. For one she had never seen him wear anything but red. The look alike had been wearing blue.

He also was way too reserved for it to be Dante, she doubted he ever stopped making wise cracks to be that calm. Plus his hair was cut and styled differently and he didn't recognize her at all. Not that he had reason to; she frowned thoroughly disturbed by the mystery man.

She walked quickly hoping on the first bus she came to. She got off about six blocks from her hotel so she hoped another bus this time she grabbed a brochure on bus passes, she would need transportation while she was here and the brochure also had the routes schedule on it. She shoved it in a book and decided she would buy a bag as soon as she made some money.A guy was selling purses for a dollar outside of a store so she bought one.

She pulled the cord and the bus let her off right next to her hotel. She walked in quickly and climbed the stairs to her room. She opened the door to her hall and walked down; in some of the rooms she heard weird noises but decided to ignore them. She doubted people came here for the room service.

She unlocked her door and bumped the door again to enter. She closed it quickly behind her and bolted the lock. For some reason she was scared but she didn't know why. She sat on her bed and tried to calm her nerves. She set the books beside her and picked one up to read. It was the one he had handed back to her. She dropped it back on the bed with a gasp and scooted away from it.

She hadn't noticed the picture on the front cover and for some reason it freaked her out even more. After a few minutes of hyperventilating she calmed down and reached slowly for the book. Determined that it would not intimidate her she gazed at the picture on the cover. The man looked remarkably like Dante only maybe a bit older. He wore what looked like turn of the century jacket, in purple of all colors.

His hair was slicked back like the guy in the library and he wore a strange round glass on one eye. He looked as calm as the guy in the library she shivered and set it back down. Deciding to read the other ones first just so she could get a decent nights sleep tonight. She opened the first one and started to read about the history of this world. She looked up at the clock after awhile and realized it was almost five.

She hoped in the shower and put her clothes back on afterwards. Deciding tomorrow she would use any tips she got to buy some more clothes. She slid her shoes back on and headed for the bus stop shoving her keys into the cheap purse she bought at the dollar store around the corner. She headed for her bus stop coming out just in time to catch it.

She rode that bus halfway to the club then switched busses that one dropped her off out front. She went around the back where Michelle had shown her and knocked on the door. A panel slid open and the bouncer from the other night peered out. He recognized her and opened the door.

"dressing rooms in there, welcome to the family" said the man.

he was grinning fiercely and she couldn't help but smile back. Though is was probably because he got a free show working here. She walked into the dressing room area. She was nervously looking around for an empty spot amid the appraising and sometimes hostile glares.

"Hi you must be gypsy I'm April" said a girl with blond hair.

She was dressed in pink and looked like walking spring time.

"Hi yes ah where?" said Alex

"oh right here next to me sin quit last week" said April.

I sat down at the makeup table and looked it over. It was mostly empty except for a package in the drawer.

"I got that for you" squealed April

Alex smiled that was sweet of her. She opened it to find several things of makeup. She sighed in relief.

"Thank you April this is so sweet" said Alex.

Two of the girls rolled their eyes at her comment and then went back to their conversation

"I can't believe he's showing his face around here?" said a girl dressed like a flapper.

"Oh I don't care I like his face" said a girl sitting next to her; she was dressed as a maid.

"And his lap and any other part of him" said a red head

she sat down on the other side of Alex. She was dressed as a biker chick

"hey I'm Roxy you must be the new girl" said the woman.

She was applying some lipstick leaning forward over the back of the chair to do so "yeah I'm gypsy" said Alex

she used the moniker they gave her earlier. The woman smirked

"yeah he'll like you provided you can move" said Roxy.

She put her foot up on her chair and fixed her boot.

"who will like me?" said Alex

the girls all looked at her with wicked smiles

"Dante!" said April with a squeal.

Alex rubbed her ear because she had been just a little close to her when she squealed. Alex didn't bother to hide her frown.

April stared at her in shock when she said "you can keep him"

Flapper girl chuckled

"I think someone's' already been burned by that fire" said flapper.

April looked at her wide eyed

"did you sleep with him?" said April.

Alex frowned and looked disgusted by the thought.

"hell no" said Alex.

Roxy grinned at her.

"By that look he won't be getting any anytime soon either" said Roxy

She walked out of the room after a last minute adjustment to her outfit. She heard rock music and about twenty minutes or so later Roxy was back in the dressing room wearing a robe and carrying her clothes.

"Hey gypsy, want me to kick him in the nuts for you" said flapper

"Naw I'll do that my self go ahead and have your fun" said Alex.

flapper laughed and headed for the door.

"Like you kid your all right" said flapper

"you really don't like him do you?" said April

"he's an asshole" Alex responded.

April chewed her bottom lip.

"Yeah but he's a great lay" said another girl, she was dark skinned and dressed like some sort of tribal princess.

Alex rolled her eyes as she walked past her. Alex focused on applying her eyeliner in the most exotic look possible. When she was done even her mother wouldn't recognize her. She was hoping Dante wouldn't recognize her at all. After earlier today she was still shaking thinking about his doppelganger.

"Where does he usually sit" she asked April

"oh with Enzo why changed your mind?" said April

"no I just want to know where to avoid looking so I don't freeze up" said Alex. April's eyes widened

"Why does he bother you that much?" said April

"yes he does there's just something dark and scary about him" said Alex

she tried to keep from smirking, she knew exactly what that was but she doubted anyone else knew Dante's' little secret. Flapper came back

"ok new girl your up after Kiara" said flapper girl.

The tribal princess walked out the door to the stage. Alex took a deep breath and tried to find her calm. Twenty minutes later kiara came back and Alex headed for the stage.

"Break a leg" called April.

Alex smiled April was certainly cheerful and it helped to lift her mood. The music started that she had selected earlier and she strutted onto the stage.

She began moving slowly at first, Moving her hips in time to the beat and through a set of both belly dancing moves and hula. She began to slowly strip. teasing them with removing only her scarf first. The guys went wild when she half removed a piece then strutted some more before removing it further. The crowd was shouting for her to take it all off. She smirked but kept teasing them.

She must be driving them nuts with the slow reveal. At last her top hit the ground and they cheered. She almost laughed at them. She tossed her hair a spun shaking her hips to the rhythm and began to slowly strip off her skirt. It hit the floor and she was on stage in nothing but a g string. She strutted closer to the edge of the stage and some guys shoved money into her string. she wiggled her ass for them and moved back up the stage.

She was allowing the guys around the stage to show their appreciation with money as she moved towards her clothes. The song came to an end and she picked up her clothes and walked off stage. Dante watched her move off stage with a smirk; he took a sip of his beer and turned his attention back to Enzo.

"So what do you think?" said Enzo