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The girls and I are lining up, waiting to get into The White Rabbit

The line is long And I ! It’s alet in any tiet for trying to be ‘fashionably late’

Shut up, brain

I havemy arms for warmth

"Well, well, well What do we have here?" I turn and Max is s with all the regular folk? You’re VIPs!" He offers his elbows to Nat and I, we take theirls follow as he walks us to the front of the line

So Natalie struts passed them like a peacock and boasts, "Yeah, that’s coz we’re VIP, bitches!"

As we approach the front of the line, we’re greeted by a huge African American man He’s bald and looks badass Max fist bumps hiuests of Nik’s" I hand him my VIP pass and he smirks at me, "You hold onto this, mami You’ll need it at the bar"

Awesome!

B-Rock (cool nickname) unhooks the red velvet rope and we follow Max just inside the hall We reach another set of double doors and Max clears his throat and smirks at us, "Ladies, welcome to The White Rabbit"

He pushes open the double doors and I almost pee

My ears are assaulted by loud R-n-B music which fades into loud Pop s open as I follow Max into the first floor of the club

This place is unbelievable!

I always thought The White Rabbit was a strange name for a club until now It all makes sense

Max takes my hand, I take Nat’s hand, she takes Mimi’s, and Mimi takes Lola’s hand We form a mini snake He leads us into the es of the huge rooht You have to walk down four or five steps to get to the dance floor, which is packed full The outer riher than the dance floor The dance floor is retro tiled in black and white

Max leads us to the bar and I’m actually dumbstruck by hoeso back and forth fro costuht blue and white pinafore dress with puffy sleeves, thigh high white lace stockings with garters, and four inch white ht blue bow tied atop their head, false eyelashes, pale ht red lips

Get it??! The White Rabbit is an Alice in Wonderland the awesome!

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 iddy I take another look around All the walls are painted deep purple; this has been done whih 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 So 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 s ladies, do you have a VIP booth reserved?"

My hearts sinks I sputter, "Uhh…"

Max interrupts uests"

Asian Alice’s eyes widen slightly She utters, "Of course, please coer booths, it can seat at least ten people and I’ive us this one when there are only four of us

The girls, Max, and I take a seat We order Cherry Boht, the VIP area is even better than downstairs The booths are black soft leather with bronze buttons down the sides Every booth has their oaitress 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’ at us (dienuinely happy that we carey slacks, Italian dress shoes, and a light grey sweater which he’s pushed the sleeves up to the elbows

I shriek, "This place is awesoins, "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 lad you like it" He leans ainks, and adds, "Now to ood time"

Swoon

Fuck Me

I knew these girls were good looking but, da but I’ a lot of ht she looks sexy When I leaned in closer to her I caught her smell Goddaarshows off her body; it hugs every sweet curve She looks hot

I’ a little protective of her I don’t want any of the guys here to ht

Yeah, keep tellin’ yourself that

Hush, brain

So there with Trick I gave the boys the night off because I want the girls to enjoy the at lunch the other day everyone see really well

Trick takes a seat next to Lola but Ghost reht back at him

Oh damn, it’s a stare off

I’m just about to tell Ghost to sit the hell dohen Nat straightens her back, leans her head forward slightly, and scowls theatrically hard at him

I can’t believe my ears when I hear him chuckle behind me Ghost isn’t what many would call a people person But he has his reasons

He rolls his eyes at her and plonks himself into the seat next to her

Everyone has a drink and starts conversations with each other and I find ives to the questions asked of her

I find out she’s lived in New York two years, forht Nat shares Tina’s apartment with her She has a cat named Bear Her dad lives in Cali but her Mom’s passed away That’s too bad She and Nat have been friends for as long as they can remember and they’re both of Croatian descent She also advises that she’s a lightweight and to not let her drink more than three drinks

Two hours pass and we’re all still deep in conversation with each other Tina is on her third drink and I won’t let her drink anyht Ghost is notto whatever Nat is talking to Mietting to know each other better because these girls are the shit And I can’t stop looking at Tina

She’s beautiful and she looks so relaxed, laughing so hard she almost chokes on her drink I rub up and down her back and her skin’s bare Her skin is so soft