Varsity Bad Boy Series

Book Three| Dancing With The Defensive End: Chapter 3

Four Years Earlier

Gia

Over the next two days, I found myself texting constantly with John. He definitely was an interesting man. He wasn’t like the usual guys I went out with.

I was getting ready for a bachelor party I was booked for, when John texted me.

J:| What are you doing tonight, want to get dinner with me?

A date? Was John actually asking me out on a date? Did I want to do that though?

I admit it has been nice that we are texting and getting to know each other, but did I actually want something with this man? I looked over at the pink and white costume I’m to wear for this bachelor party tonight. It reminded me that I am a stripper.

So why does John, who I know is going to be big in the NFL, want a girl like me, who is a stripper?

I picked my phone back up and texted him back.

G:| I got a gig tonight.

J:| So maybe afterwards?

G:| It might be late.

J:| I don’t care, I just like to see you again.

I sighed when I saw that. He knows nothing about me and he wants to see me again.

*

I made it over to this little diner that is open twenty four hours. It was around ten at night, but John said he didn’t care about meeting me late like this.

I knew he was inside, I texted him that was on my way and he texted back that he was inside at a table.

I walked into the diner and my eyes went straight to him. He really is a handsome man. Why is he attracted to me? I’m nothing special.

I made my way over to the table. John stood up as I approached.

“Gia.” He smiled at me.

“Hi John, sorry about meeting you this late. I had a job.” I told him as I pulled my seat out and sat down.

John sat back down too. His smile never left his face.

“I understand. It’s ok. How was the job?” He asked me.

“Hmm, a bunch of drunk guys at a bachelor party. Of course a few think they can get handsy, but nothing I can’t handle.” I told him.

I watched John’s smile slowly go to a thin line.

“I see. I am guessing you get that a lot?” He asked.

“Goes with the job I guess. Drunk, horny men who see a woman practically naked. Yeah, they think it is ok to touch.” I told him. I need him to realise I don’t have an office job.

“I see.” He said to me.

Finally I had to just ask him, I needed to know.

“John, why did you ask me out? You know I’m not the typical girl with a typical job.”

“I know, maybe typical girls have screwed me over too much. I know you are different. Maybe I need something different. I am attracted to you because you are beautiful. Maybe I asked you out because I really do want to get to know Gia, not Angel the exotic dancer.” He said to me.

It was the words I want to get to know Gia, not Angel that stuck out. Usually the guys I have gone out with can not separate me from the character I portray on the stage.

I looked at him, I didn’t know what to say. Maybe there is something for us. The only thing I’m afraid of is I fear in the end I’m going to just hurt him, like I usually do with men in my life.

*

Over the next few weeks, I am spending more time with John. He is just a great guy. He treats me like a woman and not like a pretty doll that gets to be played with.

John has shown me he really is different from the usual guys I go out with. I like it. In fact I am liking it too much. I think I am falling in love with this kid, that is really scaring me.

I know he isn’t happy that I am a stripper. I can tell in his voice and the look on his face any time I tell him I have a booking.

I told him my deepest secret that I want to own my own dance studio. That I have not only paying off my debts, but I have been saving what I can so that I can do that one day.

I wasn’t expecting John to offer to help me do that. If he would do that with me that means we have a future together. I am not sure I want that with him.

Besides, his draft is coming up soon and he will probably get chosen by some team far away and that will be the end of this relationship.

What NFL player wants a stripper for a girlfriend? The media would eat him alive. I know we really don’t have a future together, but for right now he isn’t in the NFL and I can just enjoy whatever this is that we have together.