“Just take lessons from freaky-fresh Heather over there. She knows how to get her groove on,” Ari said as she jerked her head over toward Heather, who was on her way to being drunk also.
“Hell yeah!” Heather grabbed Ellie’s arm and dragged her over to the pole.
I looked up and saw a DJ in a booth. He started laughing, and then Eminem’s “Shake That” started playing. I couldn’t believe how Heather could move her body. I just stood there and stared at her and Ellie dancing.
“Years of dance lessons and getting nasty in the bedroom will do that for ya,” Ari said as she hit me in the arm.
I snapped my head over at Ari and busted out laughing. “My god…she could make serious money doing that,” I said as I shook my head. “What are we doing in here anyway?” I yelled over the music.
Ari smiled. “I have a surprise for you.” She pulled out two pieces of red satin and wiggled her eyebrows up and down.
“What is that for?” I asked as the music stopped.
Heather and Ellie were laughing their asses off as they walked back over toward us. Ari reached for my hands and pulled me over to a chair that someone had put in the middle of the room.
Oh, hell no! She did not…
“Sit down, Jessie,” Ari said with a wicked smile.
“No! Oh my god, no, you didn’t, Ari. I said no strippers.”
Azurdee jumped up and down. “Stripper? Yes!”
I quickly looked at her, and my mouth dropped. “Azurdee!”
She shrugged her shoulders. “What? Do you know how long it’s been since a man has touched me? The least you could do is let me touch a hot guy dancing.”
Heather, Ellie, Amanda, and the rest of the girls all started laughing.
“For me, Jess?” Azurdee practically pleaded with a smile.
“No!”
Ari pushed me down in the seat and grabbed my hands. She pulled them behind me and quickly tied them.
“Ari, so help me God, if a strange dick comes anywhere near me, I will never talk to you again!” I yelled at her.
“Ari, you promised us no strippers,” Ellie said.
“Stop whining, Ellie, and just trust me,” Ari said with a wink.
I looked up at Ari. “Ari…please. I don’t want to do this, so please…”
Ari put the red satin cloth over my eyes, and I instantly started panicking.
Oh my god. Scott is gonna find out, and I’m not going to get married. He won’t marry me!
Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me” started playing.
“No! Absolutely not, Ari. Scott loves that song!” I yelled out.
Then, I heard all the girls start yelling and hollering.
What in the hell is wrong with them? Is that Ellie yelling? Ellie, of all people, is going crazy over a stripper! Oh, I am so going to have a talk with her after this. Gunner would be devastated!
Oh god…he’s in front of me. The moment I felt him near me, I wanted to puke. I tried hopping back in the chair, but I was getting nowhere.
“Take it off, cowboy!” Heather yelled out.