I love this place!
“I love this place!” I yell this to Max who bursts out laughing.
Max offers, “Sweetheart, you haven’t even seen the VIP area yet!”
I’m in awe.
There’s more?!
I’m suddenly giddy. I take another look around. All the walls are painted deep purple; this has been done whimsically and the artist has mixed white through the purple in a swirly pattern. There is a huge bronze Cheshire cat statue by the bar, people are gathering around it and taking photos with it. Some fantastic Alice in Wonderland prints and paintings hang around the wall. There are even original cartoon cells.
Oh Em Freakin’ Gee!
Max leads us to a staircase and we climb up. As soon as we reach the top, an Asian Alice smiles at us and says, “Good evening ladies, do you have a VIP booth reserved?”
My hearts sinks. I sputter, “Uhh…”
Max interrupts me, “Yeah. It’s under Safira. These are Nik’s guests. ”
Asian Alice’s eyes widen slightly. She utters, “Of course, please come through. ”
We follow her to one of the bigger booths, it can seat at least ten people and I’m confused as to why she would give us this one when there are only four of us.
The girls, Max, and I take a seat. We order Cherry Bombs and I look around while we wait.
Max was right, the VIP area is even better than downstairs. The booths are black soft leather with bronze buttons down the sides. Every booth has their own waitress and the music is not as loud up here so you can talk to each other without yelling. More cells, prints, and paintings line the walls.
Nik arrives at our booth and speaks, “Ladies, I’m so glad you could make it. ”
He’s smiling at us (dimple and all…yum!) and I know he’s genuinely happy that we came. He looks delicious in grey slacks, Italian dress shoes, and a light grey sweater which he’s pushed the sleeves up to the elbows.
I shriek, “This place is awesome!” Nik laughs as takes a seat beside me.
He begins, “I can’t believe you’ve never been here. ” He feigns being upset. “I was a little hurt actually. ”
I laugh at his antics and respond, “Well, you lured us here and I can tell you I’ve only been here twenty minutes and I already want to come back!”
He leans in close to my ear and says, “I’m glad you like it. ” He leans away, winks, and adds, “Now to make sure you have a good time. ”
Swoon.
***
Fuck. Me.
I knew these girls were good looking but, damn, they clean up nice.
They all look stunning but I’m actually a little disappointed that Tina is wearing a lot of makeup. She’s normally adorable but tonight she looks sexy. When I leaned in closer to her I caught her smell. Goddamn it, she smells like cake! Like vanilla, cinnamon, and sugar mixed together.
The dress she’s wearing shows off her body; it hugs every sweet curve. She looks hot.
I’m feeling a little protective of her. I don’t want any of the guys here to make a move on her. I want her to relax tonight.
Yeah, keep tellin’ yourself that.
Hush, brain.
Someone behind me clears their throat. Ghost is standing there with Trick. I gave the boys the night off because I want the girls to enjoy themselves tonight and when we we’re celebrating at lunch the other day everyone seemed to get along really well.