Heart and Ice

12

Music was blasting, lights were flashing, and bodies were moving. It was crazy crowded but there was room to walk surprisingly. The bar looked like a bee hive swarming with people on top of each other attempting to fill their thirst. Steph and I followed Anthony to an upstairs area away from the masses. You could Still hear the music playing up here but there were no bodies to dodge. I'm guessing this was a private area for the celebs and their guests. It had a full bar up here as well. Plush velvet couches lined the walls with huge observation windows to look downstairs if you wanted.

"Hey Anthony didn't expect you to come in tonight, what can I get you sugar?" This petite blond asked him seductively. She was cute I felt like I should be his wingman if he wanted to...you know!

"Hey Melissa I have the guys coming in a bit, this is Alex and her friend Stephanie. She's the one I told you about."

He was talking about me to some girl. I was a little taken aback.

"Hi its nice to meet you. Should I be worried that he's been talking about me?"

I figured asking straight out would be better then letting it linger on.

"Oh no worries, he told me how you broke my ex boyfriends nose. You are my hero by the way. He's a d.ick and got what he deserved."

Ahh that makes sense. Looking at Anthony he had an almost proud smile on his face.

"Mel is my best friends sister. We all grew up together and she became like a kid sister to me too. Her brother should be around here somewhere. He wants to also thank you for doing something he's only dreamed about doing for years."

Damn I guess Tim was just a peach. With the confession of how they knew each other I could see Melissa's face drop slightly knowing she was only viewed as a kid sister. She was crushing hard. I mean I know why. Anthony was just beautiful and down right kind, too bad he didn't see her that way or she would be jumping up and down with joy just from the shiny look in her eyes.

"Oh there he is"

Anthony said as a tall well built man walked into the private area. He was dressed in black slacks and a dark blue button down shirt. You could see the bulge of his arms trying to rip free. He had short wavy brown hair and deep brown eyes. Does everyone Anthony knows have to be so damn hot. And I probably look like I'm drooling over him right now. I tried to avert my attention but I was already caught in the action. He smiled at me and extended his hand out to me.

"Hey I'm Brian it's nice to finally meet you."

I reached for his hand, semi hesitant to shake it and lightly grasped it. His hand was very large compared to mine. Calluses adorned his fingers but not in an uncomfortable manner. They were manly but still oddly soft.

"Hi its very nice to meet you. This place is amazing, thank you for having us."

I kept it polite, not wanting to stick my foot in my mouth.

"I should be the one thanking you. Anthony said you took down Tim's obnoxious a.ss without hesitation. I've wanted to do that for years. He would sometimes get a little too much for my sister but I was never allowed to do s.hit because I was begged not to. Now I can live vicariously through you. So whatever you want just ask Mel and we will get that all sorted for you."

Before letting my hand go he brought it up to his lips and pressed a gentle kiss to it with a wink and a panty dropping smile he turned and walked away to talk to some of his employees.

"Are all you're friends hot, or is there the mediocre friends that you have hidden and only let out on special occasions? "

Anthony didn't answer he just smirked and shook his head like that was the funniest thing he's ever heard.

"Come on, let's go sit down, Steph ran downstairs to go grab someone she knew, said she would be back soon. Do you want anything to drink?"

"I thought we had to take mandatory shots for your win?

"Oh yeah we will but that's when everyone gets here. For now you can have something to sip. Unless you want to start off with something strong, I don't mind starting early."

He had a suggestive look on his face. I didn't catch the innuendo but then again I couldn't think straight with this man.

"Uhmm I'll take a whiskey sour please. I'll wait to do shots when everyone gets here so I can pace myself. I don't want to make a fool out of myself just yet."

While I waited for Stephanie and Anthony to come back I watched people dance downstairs. Some were moving like they had grown up dancing all their lives, while others just preferred to dry hump on the dance floor all together.

As Anthony made his way to me I seen a mass of people coming up the stairs. His whole team followed by absolutely beautiful women following behind came into view. Once everyone was in the room shots started to get handed out like magic. I was handed 2. Anthony was also handed another 2.

"You think you can handle this?"

Anthony questioned looking directly at me.

"Momma didn't raise no b***h, Bottoms up sweetheart!"

I downed both shots without a wince. Everyone looked at me like an alien. I was the only one to not make a face at the substance. It was a silver tequila. I couldn't pin point the type but it was absolutely delicious and went down so smooth.

"Geez woman are you a closet alcoholic? "

One of Anthony's teammates asked. I chuckled trying to hide my amusement.

"I'm from Mexico. We start drinking early and for any occasion. This s.hit doesn't faze me anymore. Its like drinking kool-aid."

That didn't seen to change their looks of confusion towards me. Anthony just stayed with a confused expression not knowing what to say.

"Well are we going to catch up or are you guys scared of me now?"

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6 rounds of shots later we were all on the dance floor. Stephanie purposely ran away to 'look for someone' so she could avoid all the celebration shots. Said she was not going down like last time, which meant she wasn't going to be found blacked out in the bathroom half naked.

I was in the middle of all the players girlfriends, loosing myself in the music. The men of course stood aside idly just watching us sway our hips and match the rhythm. I wasn't a professional but I could keep up just as well. The alcohol giving me that little push to be more confident in my movements. Steph and I got so excited when a bachata song came on. Right away she became my dance partner. I lead us around the dance floor as people made room for us to circle the floor.

As I spun Steph to the left Brian came up and took over for me. I felt a pair on hands on my hips still keeping up with the song. Smooth, real smooth. I wasn't bothered by any means. I loved dancing and if someone can keep up with me even better. We danced as if we done so for years knowing full well what the next move was going to be. If that wasn't a complete turn on I don't know what would be. I spun at the drop of the beat being caught by the handsome man who brought me here. His green eyes shimmering with something akin to lust. Still matching each other's moves, I locked my right hand with his left and wrapped my left around his neck as best I could. Thankfully these heels brought me up a few inches because he was so damn tall.

I was pressed right into his groin, a delicious tingle ran up my spine at the closeness. I was breathing hard like I was running a marathon. You could probably see my heart beating out of my chest. I wanted to be closer to him if that was even humanly possible. When the song neared the end, Anthony brought his face close to my ear, he smelled of pine and cedar wood. His hot breath on my neck made my toes curl and my knees week.

"You wanna get out of here?"

His husky voice sent that final nail to the coffin and left me speechless. I could only nod in approval before he interlaced our fingers and dragged me out to his car quicker than not.