The Unexpected Girl Next Door

Chapter 6.

Aaliyah's POV

Next day.

"Asia my feet hurt bitch" I say sitting down at the vanity beside her. Working two jobs kills me every day, especially the days I work both. In the morning until about 4:00 PM, I work at a diner downtown named Pinky's as a waitress. Working there was only for Mama Q because she said she didn't want Asia and me to just be doing our night jobs, which is where we are now. At night Asia and I work as exotic dancers, Mama Q calls us strippers as a joke. But it's a difference. We don't strip, we just dance on the poles and that's all, literally just dancing. I've been dancing for about 5 months now and to be honest, I don't care for it but it makes hell of a lot more money than working at the diner. The only thing I don't like is when the drunk niggas come in, they get a little too handsy.

"You know you don't have to work both jobs. Mama said she'd pay for your rent if you'd just let her. At least until you get a better job than the diner." Asia said putting on makeup. I look at myself in the mirror. I decided not to do a lot of makeup this time because my face needed a break since I went to the party. "I know but I'm not burdening her or you with that. I make enough here so I'm going to keep up with it" I say. "I wish she'd let us stop working at the diner too like that's just too much. plus we make hella more here than the diner and you know it." I say sighing. I get Mama Q doesn't want us to be showing our body for money especially since it's not the safest job. Dancing has always been my safe place. When I was younger I took all kinds of dance classes before my mom took me out of them. "Liyah you're up." The stage manager says. I do one last look at my outfit.

As I get up to walk, I trip but catch myself before I fall to the ground and I hear snickering behind me. I turn to see Kayla and her posse whispering and laughing. "Good luck Aaliyah. Don't trip over yourself. That would be embarrassing" Kayla says sarcastically. Ever since I started working here Kayla has had an issue with me. I tell myself it's because I bring in more money than her, which is a fact because I do. I roll my eyes, flicking them off while walking out of the dressing room to the stage.

"Now gentleman give it up for your favorite, Liyah" I hear the MC say loudly into the mic. I walk out as 'Walked In' by Mariah the Scientist plays. I begin to spin around the pole while holding on. I behind down slowly putting my hands on my ankle before moving in a circle. While I may be skinnier than most of the dancers here, I know how to move my body in ways they don't. While standing up I look at the owner's section and make eye contact with someone I least expected. Jacie. She's with two other guys and I remember from our conversations over the last few weeks. Asia told me about one of them JJ, who is Jacie's brother. I think she likes him but she keeps denying it. But I wonder why they are sitting there when only the owner was allowed in that VIP section.

Knew you was ride or die

Some vibes you can't deny

Tell me I'm the type you would slide behind

How could I not make you mine

As that verse played I kept eye contact with her while grinding slowly on the pole. I climb on the pole and begin dancing and slide down. I go back up the pole and come down landing in a split. 

I look away as the song comes to an end and walk off the stage towards the dressing room. "Bitch you did that shitttt," Asia says hyping me up. I laugh at her and go sit at my vanity. "Thank you boo. So glad I only had that one dance tonight. These heels gone be the death of me" I say taking them off. "Bitch Jacie and her brother are out there," I say smirked mentioning her brother. Asia's face turns red and I laugh.

"Liyah you have a request for a private room" Silas the manager says. I roll my eyes. I just wanted to relax and be a bottle girl for the rest of the night. I sigh, getting up, and changing into my shorter, more comfortable heels. "What number?" I say walking up to him trying to hide the fact that my feet are screaming sit down. "7," he says as he walks away. I walk towards the private room. I walk into room number 7 and the lights are on red. "Hey, I'm sure Silas told you my private rules. No touching, No-" I say stopping after looking at who it was. "Jacie why are you here?" I say annoyed. "I should be asking you the same shit," She says, sounding mad. I don't know why she sounded mad when I didn't do anything to her. If anything I should be mad at her. I stare at her because I have no idea why she's mad, I don't even know her fr. "Are you getting a dance or no?" I say irritated. "Fuck is you doing up there?" She says standing up. Now that she's closer to me I can take in all her features. Her brown eyes are low and red, she probably is high. Her brown skin is flawless. As she licks her lips I feel a throbbing in my panties. It's no way she makes me feel like this just looking at me. "It's my job Jacie. You getting a dance or not? My feet hurt standing here" I say walking by her. She grabs my forearm. "Aaliyah stop playing with me before I fuck you up." She says in my ear. I moan quietly at her aggressive tone. She looks at me in my eyes, glancing at my lips every once in a while. I bite my lip looking away from her. "I'm not even doing nothing, Jai. Why are you mad?" I say looking down.

She brings me over to the seating area in the room and sits down looking up at me. "You gone sit or just stand there? Yo feet hurt 'member?" She says. I sit as far as I can from her which isn't that far because it's a small loveseat. She grabs me and puts me on her lap. I push her away, "Jacie let me go." I say looking down at my hands that are in her lap. She grabs chin, "What did I say about eye contact? Fix it." She says releasing my chin. I look at her eyes, staring at her. Her hands are on my waist rubbing up and down. "Jacie, what are you doing?" I say feeling uncomfortable. Not because of her touch weirdly enough, I'm okay with it. It's just I don't know her at all and this is a weird position. "What time you get off?" I heard her say. "3:00 AM," I say looking at her. She checks her phone and I see it's only 10:00 PM. "Go pack yo stuff we leaving," She says, picking me up off her lap. "I can't leave. One, this is my job. Two, I'm not going anywhere with you." I say getting in her face. "Aaliyah I swear to god, go get your shit and come back in here. I'll tell Silas you're not coming back." She says, "And back the fuck out my face getting bold, I'm not playing with you." I walk out go to the dressing room and pack my bag. I look around for Asia and remember she's on stage. I pulled out my phone and texted her saying I wasn't feeling good and was going home.