Chapter 2
“I gotta get going. You’re coming in tonight right, D?” “Oh
I wish I could. Mark’s coming over later. He wants to have the talk.”
“Oh. Good luck babe. I’ll see ya.”
“Bye.”
~*~
Violet was sitting in her office above the club looking over some bills to make sure she had them all paid.
“Violet. You better get out there.”
“What is it now, Shorty?”
“Some punks thinking they can fight in your club.”
“Assholes.” Violet growled under her breath, following the big guy to the fight scene.
Violet walked right up to the two men, well, boys, fighting in the middle of the dance floor and grabbed each of their ears. It might be a little childish thing to do, but the ears are a well known pressure point. The guys immediately broke apart from the added pressure to their ears.
“Now what is this I found here huh? Two boys fighting each other in my club. Probably over some stupid shit like this girl wanted to dance with him instead of you. Now, unless you two grow up and act like men, get the fuck out of my club. Two little punks fighting is not something I will tolerate. Now grow a pair balls and swallow your pride, or get the fuck out! Now what’ll it be boys?”
The two guys just looked at each other, no sign of leaving. “Fine. You wanna stay? Fine. But you see these two big guys behind me?” The two guys eyed the much bigger ones. “They’ll be watching you for the rest of the time you’re here, very carefully. So I suggest if you two plan on fighting anymore, you leave, and do not even think about setting foot back in here.” Violet let go of the two guys’ ears and walked away back up to her office. However, before she could get twenty steps away, she felt a hand grab her. Turning around ready to pumble whoever thought they could put their hands on her, she was pleasantly surprised to see who it was.
“Hey. I love the way you handle fights in your club.” “Well what can I say? I will not take any bitching in my place.” Justin just smiled at her.
“Come on, the guys came with me. They wanna talk to you. And beware, Joey is definitely going to tell you that you owe him a dance and he will not stop bugging you until he gets it.”
“Ah, gotta love Joey.”
“Yeah.” She followed Justin up to the VIP section he was always in and over to their table.
“Hey guys!” She shouted across the table over the loud music.
“Vi!” Joey yelped and ran to her, hugging the life out of her.
“I missed you too.” She laughed.
“I was hoping I’d see you before we left in two days.”
“Oh you should know better Mr. Fatone. When you’re here, you will definitely see me.”
“Yeah. Hey! You still owe me a dance lil’ lady.” Violet laughed and shared a knowing glance with Justin.
“Yes I suppose I do. But unless I get to say hi to the rest of the group of losers you guys call friends, you won’t get it.”
“Ha ha very funny Vi.”
“Oh you know I love you guys, Chris.” Violet took her time in saying hi to each of the guys before she had enough of Joey’s whining. Giving in, she led Joey out onto the dance floor.
“Oh this is my song.”
“You a naughty girl, Vi?”
“Oh you know it. You think you can handle this?”
“No. I know I can handle it.”
“Really? Well show me what you got boy.”
I’m feelin sexy
I wanna hear you say my name boy
If you can reach me
You can feel my burning flame
I’m feeling kind of N-A-S-T-Y
I might just take you home with me
Baby the minute I feel your energy
Your vibe’s just taken over me
Start feeling so crazy babe
Lately, I feel the funk coming over me
I don’t know what’s gotten into me
The rhythm’s got me feelin so crazy babe
Jc and Justin sat off to the side at their table sipping their drinks and watching Joey and Violet dance together.
“Vi looks good.”
“Yeah. I forgot you haven’t seen her in a while.”
“Yeah. Last time I saw her she looked like, well no offense, but like a train hit her.”
“She was seriously depressed Jc. For a long time. She just came out of that because I’ve been around a lot more. I mean, I don’t wanna sound all cocky and shit by saying I’m the reason she’s happy, because its not. It’s part of it, yeah. But not all of it.”
“Nah. I think you are all of it, J.”
“Why do you say that?”
“Remember when we were first starting out? She had to come to Germany to see you and forget about all the shit going on back in Memphis.”
“I wish I could forget.”
“Why do you say that?”
“I shouldn’t have. I say too much about her.”
“You talk about your friend a lot because you care. What’s wrong with that?”
“What’s wrong with it is the fact that I’ll eventually slip and tell everyone everything about her that only I know. And why do you care? I mean I know you guys are friends and stuff, but it kinda seems like a little bit more.”
“No. I mean yeah we are friends and I care about her, a lot, but it doesn’t go past that.”
“Alright, man. Just, it’s not my place to say, ya know?”
“Yeah, I know. And I respect that.”
“Thanks man.”
“Now, I’m gonna go steal Vi away from the ham that is Joey Fatone.”
“Alright man, see ya.” Jc waved Justin off as he tried, and succeeded at stealing Violet away from Joey.
Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin all my girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know you want my body
Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin all my girls
I see you look me up and down
And I came to party
You’re so sexy, tonight I am all yours boy
The way your body moves across the floor
You got me feelin N-A-S-T-Y
I might just take you home with me
Jc decided he wanted to have some fun of his own so he went out onto the dance floor and stole Violet away from Justin. Violet just waved Justin off as she was dragged away by an evil smiling Jc.
Baby the minute I feel your energy
Your vibe’s just taken over me
Start feeling so crazy babe
Lately, I feel the funk coming over me
I don’t know what’s gotten into me
The rhythm’s got me feelin so crazy babe
Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin all my girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know you want my body
Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin all my girls
I see you look me up and down
And I came to party
I love to love you baby
I love to love you baby
I love to love you baby
Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin all my girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know you want my body
Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin all my girls
I see you look me up and down
And I came to party
As the song faded out, Violet decided to get a drink from her bartender. She really should be working, but hey. It was the first night in a really long time they were all together. She was going to have some fun.
*Song is Naughty Girl by Beyonce Knowles