“Why are you here?”
“I didn’t like you running off like that last time. I wanted to see you again and try to talk.”
Right then I feel a big paw of a hand on my shoulder, turning me towards someone else, and I snicker. “We need to talk later, but let’s have some fun for a bit.”
Turning to Max, I smile and he is staring at me like I just crawled out of his mother’s bed with a dirty condom in my hand.
“Who?” he asks and nods his head to the girls and Grace, who are all talking and laughing.
“That’s Mandy’s friend Grace.”
“Grace?”
“Yeah, I forgot how much she looks like your crush.”
He growls at me but turns towards Grace.
Mandy pulls at my shoulder. “What was that about?”
I smile to her and say, “He has a thing for Britney Spears. You would never guess it but that huge fuck is her biggest fan, probably quite literally.”
“Oh…” she says and then giggles.
“Yep.”
“Should I worry?”
“No.”
Max, like I said, is a huge guy. He is in the same weight class Reaper just retired from. He is big, hairy and as aggressive in the ring as an angry bear. But the fucker is one of the most kindhearted and gentlest souls I have ever met.
He walks past Jill and the ring girls, and just stands before Grace. The guy has I bet about a foot on her and at the very least a hundred or so pounds. She looks tiny. He says something to her and she beams a smile at him before walking towards the dance floor with him in tow. That’s another thing about Bear, he can fucking move.
“Holy shit,” Mandy says beside me as she watches Bear dance with Grace.
Like I said, he can move and dance like that old guy my parents talked about: Fred Astaire. Doesn’t matter if it’s club dancing or ballroom dancing, he can do it all.
“Yeah, she is as safe as you are with me,” I say and then mentally slap myself.
“So he is going to try and fuck her silly as soon as he figures out a place that’s close enough?”
“Um.”
Mandy
The things that come out of my mouth when I’ve had a little booze…
I’m not thrilled to see Brett and his friend, but I’m not exactly pissed either. I want to have fun, I was having fun. I just hope he doesn’t want to drudge up a bunch of stuff from our past and ruin the night.
Brett recovers quickly from his shock and laughs. “He might.”
I watch Grace on the dance floor. She has a smile on her lips as she wiggles her ass, and Brett’s friend looks like he’s really into her.
“Good,” I smirk and turn to find the group of ring girls. Magically they’ve somehow disappeared. “She needs it. She deserves to have some fun.”
My eyes scan the faces of the crowd until they lock on Lauren. The girls have picked up and moved to another table across the room. I have a feeling I’m being set up. Jill was way too excited to see Brett. When he found us in the crowd, he looked like he already knew we were here…