My Thoughts

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Come with me on a journey of choices. This story is going to follow the main character, Reese. Not everyone has these decisions to make in life, but what if you had to choose? What would you decide?

I would be telling you a lie, if I stated that I did not need a night out with my friends. Work is the usual hectic mess that it is. The peace and serenity that I crave at home has lost its meaning since the new tenants above me have a tendency to make the majority of the noise when I am ready to fall asleep.  

To be honest with myself I just need to be around people who know me. The real me.

 When I received the text message that the gang was getting together to blow off some steam I was the first one to respond, ” hell yeah and what time?”

 The minute work was over, I decided to Uber it to my place so I will have enough time to get myself together.  I was excited because we all have busy lives and it's been a long time since we were able to get together.

 The group consisted of  the six of us. Myself, Joni, Alex, Sebastian, Elaine and Turner. We all met in college at a group fundraiser. It's funny because I can not for the life of me remember what that fundraiser was for because the six of us decided that it would be more fun to head out to one of the  fraternity parties.

Once the Uber dropped me off at my place.I dashed up the stairs to my front door. I live in a two-family brownstone in New York. Being that I am a renowned journalist in one of the most sought after publications I was able to purchase the first level of the house.

Looking at my watch I see that I have an hour and a half to pull myself together. Tossing my bag on the counter and kicking off my shoes in the living area as I sprinted to my bedroom in which I proceeded to break the record for the fastest office casual to late night fierceness.

Forty five minutes and three nicks later I was ready to go.  My cell rang and it flashed Joni’s name.

“Hey I am leaving right now. What is the name of the Bar again?” I said as I was calling an Uber.

Joni was laughing and I can hear Alex in the background. “ The King’s Roof. You are missing what is happening.” She said still laughing

“Is everyone there already?”

“No, It’s just me and Alex.” She said then I heard the ding that the ride had been accepted.

“I am on my way.” I said and hung up the call.

The King’s Roof Bar

The bar was packed due to the live entertainment. The Pro’s were playing and they were amazing.

We all finally made it and after a few drinks in I felt more relaxed than I had in days.

“Excuse me.” A voice said from behind me. The waitress had a tray of four shot glasses that she placed in front of me.

“There are six of us.” I told her. She smiled at me and I swore she was sizing me up.

“These four glasses are for you. If you look at the bar. I will point out who sent what.”

My friends stopped talking and just stared at me. 

“What?” I asked them.

“The Gin is from the man at the far corner of the bar, The one with the curly brown hair and green shirt. The Bourbon is from the gentleman  with the suit jacket and is sporting a nice goatee. The  whisky is from the one with the white shirt, shaved head and the most amazing blue eyes you have ever seen and finally the tequila is from the hot woman at the other end of the bar. I guess whichever shot glass you choose, will be the one that will come to you.” The waitress said as she kept smiling.

“Personally if I were you I would choose two. Night is young right.” she said then walked away. I looked at my friends and if the music was not playing you would hear a pin drop.

“What?” I said again

“Spill the beans. Four shot glasses. Four amazingly hot people want you and they are all here.”

Feeling uncomfortable with all eyes on me I decided that I would share.

“I know all four of them and I have no idea what they are trying to do.” I said as I looked at the bar. They must have been watching me because I met their eyes as well. 

“Girls, do not drink any of them right now. Take a sip of my drink and start from the beginning because whoever you don’t choose I am taking them home.” Alex said

“Alex, really? The only one you would have a chance with is the tequila and I know you want one of the guys.”

“One could only hope. Now spill. Start with the Gin. He looks cozy.” Elaine said as she eyeballed him for the tenth time.

I took a deep breath and said, “That would be Caleb Stewart.”

“Caleb Stewart? I remember that name.” Turner said

“He’s the guy I met in Scotland. The guy who wanted a commitment.” 

They all looked at me as if I was nuts to not jump at the chance.

“Spill it. I need to know what has been going on.” Joni said as she motioned for the waitress to return and ordered some food.

“Alright I hope you guys are ready.” I said and began with Caleb.

This is dead. Everyone knows everyone and no one seems to want to be with each other. I hate this, but Father said I must pick someone soon; the kingdom is depending on me.

Damn, why does the kingdom always have to depend on the mistress? Whatever? I hate being part of the Dark Council. Let's go on with the ball. There were the Sims out there in the corner whispering about everybody's outfit. There were the cutthroats talking about what they would love to do once they get others in the dark; there were the angels, more like Dark Angels, because once they get you in the dungeon, nothing light ever comes from there.

 Then there was my group, the ones who have been here, done that, and are a bit jaded. I look to the right to see that they are sitting there looking out into the crowds and realizing no one has approached the ball in ages, no one at all outside of the ball.

Five young gentlemen decided they wanted to party, and they were told that this was the place to be, not realizing what they would walk into the minute the door opened. “Hello, gentlemen, are you sure you know where you are?”

“ Ah, come on. This is a party. All the girls are here, all the guys are here. We're here to just have some fun. It's a party.”

  The doorman looked at them, smiling, realizing that they didn't know what kind of party this actually was, but it was fresh blood, and everyone was new. Walking inside, the five gentlemen were gawking at all the women, scantily clad in all the leather and collars, and some of them were just so elegant. And then there were those who weren't dressed at all.

Out of the five, two were looking at the guys, because that's where they swung, and they were really pleased at what they were looking at.

 Then there was that one who seemed to be looking at everything as if it were in a candy store, and that was the particular one that my eye caught. Hmm. Wonder why he can't settle for this one or that one. Stacy just walked past him, and she was hardly wearing anything, and you could see the drool coming out of his mouth. But then Ethan, her twin, did the same thing, and he had the same reaction. Hmm?

Everyone in their respective groups seems to have realized that they were five, and they were picking them off one by one. Before they went to the one that seemed undecided. I signaled to my group to stop whoever was heading towards that one and bring him to me. Everyone enjoyed the new prospects, and this one was going to be mine; he went without even putting up a fuss. With a big smile and given a drink, he came right to me, not realizing that I was sitting alone and watching the whole site.

“Hello,”

“ Hi. This is such a cool place. I heard that there were so many people here, wonderful outgoing people.”

“That's what you've heard.’

“Well, you can't believe everything you hear, right? They were saying that there's some really dark shit that happens out in this place, but it doesn't look like it. It looks like people who like to be a little frisky and available.”

 “Frisky and available. I like to hear that. Are you frisky and available?”

“ Well, I'll just say I'm up for anything. I have little experience. But why not? Tonight, is just for fun.”

“What's so special about tonight that you and your friends decided to wander into this place?”

“ You see the guy over there. That's Jim. It's his birthday, and we wanted to do something different. So we all heard about this place and wanted to, ah…,”

“ Wanted to pop your cherry.”

 He started laughing.” I have Miss?? We all have popped our Cherry.”

 “First of all, do not call me Miss. And secondly, have a seat. You have wandered into some place where you might not have realized what we do.”

“ I told you I know darker stuff, but that stuff is on TV. People really don't do these things.”

“ People don't do these things?” My mind was turning, I love the naïve ideas that's rolling through his head. People don't do these things, yes we do. This is delicious.

“What's your name?”

‘ Michael”

“ Michael, you can call me Diana”

“Michael, you say you have experience. You've been with quite a few women or men?”

“Is that part of the requirement of coming into this place?”

“ Not really, but I like to know what I'm dealing with.”

“Oh, so it's gonna be me you tonight?”

“Do you have any objections?”

“Um, no, you are pretty hot.”

“Thank you. There are a few things, a few rules we have to go over.”

 “ I heard about these things, too. This is so cool.”

“First off, enough with the it's so cool. And if you're going to be with me tonight, you're going to have to retain some of that energy until we're alone.”

“So what am I supposed to call you?”

“ You are going to call me Diana for now and then later on, you're going to call me
all sorts of names because I'll allow it.”

“Why would I call you all sorts of names?”

“ That's another thing you're going to stop right now, too many questions. Since this is the first time you're here, I'll be easy on you. What have you tried that's out of the norm or in the vanilla city?

“Um, I don't know, just usual stuff, you know, like lotions and stuff that heats up.”

“ So nothing. You have tried nothing.”

“ I've had sex.”

“ You keep bringing this up. Let's go back into the back already.”

“ We're going to the back.”

“ Yes, we are going to the back. And no, we are not fucking in the back. We are just going to talk. There are a lot of people here, and a lot of distractions."  As I said that, the twins walked by again, and I could swear he needed a bib.