Dance For Me by Alice Dee Read Free Book Online

“What about him?”
          “He’s going to be there too.”
           “So?” 
           “Oh come on.”
            “Come on what, Shamayla?”
            “I saw the way he was looking at you that night. I saw how you were looking at him.”
           Hope smiled.
           “How was he looking at me?”
            “Didn’t you two disappear that night? That’s right!” She said, snapping her fingers. “You disappeared!”
            “I drove him home, that’s it. He is my next door neighbor.”
            “And nothing happened?”
           “No, nothing. He has a girlfriend.”
           “Yeah, but from what I’ve heard, she’s a ho!”
          “That’s none of my business and I’m not interested in him. He isn’t interested in me, either. Watch, he’ll take his girlfriend and you’ll see for yourself.”
          “Is that why you don’t want to go?”
          “Who said I didn’t want to go?”
          “So you do?”
          “No.”
          “Hope, come on. We’re gonna hit the strip, it’ll be fun.”
          “Like that’s something new to me.” Hope rolled her eyes and lay down with a pillow between her knees.
          “Please, I’ll be like, the outcast.”
          “I have to think about it,” she mumbled.
          “Just do it for me, please.”
          “I’ll think about it Shamayla.”
          “Okay. I’m a let you go now. I’ll see you tonight at work and please have your mind made up by then.”
                    
                   
                   
                                            
                                             
     

 10… Night at the Flamingo
         For the past half hour Justin was trying to convince Dominic to blow off Tristan for a change. He unexpectedly dropped the bomb that Shamayla had convinced Hope to join the group for a night of club hopping. Dominic was all for it until Justin said Hope would be there too. Suddenly Dominic felt weird about the situation, like it made him uncomfortable that she’d be there. Justin noticed and thought it was because Dominic kind of had a thing for Hope and didn’t want Tristan anywhere near. What Dominic hated was that this was kind of true.
        “It’s not that,” Dominic insisted.  “I don’t know, it’s not that.”
       But no matter how hard Dominic tried to deny it to himself, he felt he’d be smearing Tristan in Hope’s face, even though they were nothing to one another.
       “Tristan doesn’t like me to gamble, she doesn’t like me to have fun. I just won’t have a good time with her.” 
       That was explanation enough for Justin. Tristan was a bitch.
       “Then blow her off,” insisted Justin. “Dude, she’s going to ruin your good time, your vibe.”
       “My vibe?”
        “Hey! Just tell her you’re feeling sick and you’re not going out after all!”
         Dominic’s front door opened and in walked Tristan in a floral print summer dress. She was practically “busting” out of it.
          “Too late,” Justin said under his breath.
           “Hey Baby,” she squealed, squeezing Dominic in her arms. “Hi Justin!”
           “Hey,” he said with a forced smile. “Hey Tristan.” He shot Dominic a look.
            “You’re uh, early,” said Dominic.
             “I was alone at the house and bored.” She sat down on the couch and twirled strands of her hair.
            “Where we going?” she asked, looking at Justin.
            “There’s a club or two I want to check out, hit up somewhere to eat afterwards.”
             “Right,” she said with a nod. “Sounds fun already.”
            Justin knew she was being sarcastic and told Dominic he needed to go outside for some fresh air. It was a good thing because Hope had just pulled in. Shamayla stepped out of the