I removed my hand and giggled as I kissed his lips.
“Okay, you two, that’s enough,” Andrew said. “It’s time for your birthday present. Follow me.”
We all got up and followed Andrew into a private room. There was a TV, two couches, a loveseat, and a couple of chairs.
“You sit in this chair, Ian.”
I looked at Ian and he shrugged his shoulders. I didn’t like this because I knew douchebag Andrew way too well. He was up to something. Whatever he had planned, I wasn’t going to let it bother me. He was doing it to hurt me.
Suddenly a tall, blonde-haired girl walked in, wearing a box. She was dressed as a present and had a bow on top of her head. She was wearing thigh-high black stockings and black high-heeled shoes. She walked over to Ian.
“Are you the birthday boy?” she asked.
“Yeah.” Ian smiled.
I sat there because I knew damn well she was a stripper. I glanced over at Andrew, who sat on the couch with a smirk on his face.
“I need you to unwrap me,” she said.
Ian didn’t hesitate as he took the bow off her head. I sat there with a raging fire inside me. A fire so hot that it was making my skin burn from inside.
She took the bow from him and stuck it on his head. Adalynn got up and sat down next to me.
“Don’t let it get to you,” she whispered.
“It already has,” I replied.
The stripper told Ian that he needed to finish unwrapping her by pulling down the zipper in the back. She turned around and he did.
“Now that you’ve unwrapped your present, it’s time to see what’s inside.” The stripper smiled.
She shimmied out the box only to reveal a black baby doll nightie that was fully opened in the front with a matching string up her ass. I looked over at Andrew and he was smiling at me. I shook my head as I glared at him. He threw back the rest of his drink.
The stripper gave Ian a lap dance and when she turned around, she grabbed his hands and planted them firmly on her ass. Ian looked at me and he knew how pissed I was. He immediately removed his hands from her. After her little dance, the stripper slowly stripped out of her nightie and shoved her tits in Ian’s face. That was the last straw as I bolted up from the couch and walked out of the room. I heard Ian yell my name. I was in tears as I ran down the hallway. I found the ladies’ room and stepped inside. A few moments later, the door opened, and when I looked over, Andrew was standing there with his hand on the knob.
“Get the f**k out of here!” I yelled.
“Rory, calm down. I came to apologize to you.”
“Where’s Ian?”
“I told him I’d come find you and bring you back.”
“You are an ass**le. Now get the f**k out of here!” I yelled.
Andrew smiled at me as he started walking towards me. “Come on, Rory. We’re friends. You always forgive your friends.”
“WE.ARE.NOT.FRIENDS! I would never be friends with a scumbag like you.”
“Now, Rory. That’s not nice,” he said as he grabbed my hair. “I like you, and I want to f**k you. I’ve wanted to f**k you since the first day I saw you in Ian’s basement, punching away at that punching bag. But then Ian had to go and fall in love with you. I warned him you were trash and only using him for his money,” he said as his grip on my hair grew tighter.
I was scared, but I needed to remain calm. I could handle him. Suddenly, I heard Adalynn on the other side of the door.
“Rory, why is the door locked? Are you okay? Are you in there?”
“Adalynn!” I yelled as Andrew put his hand over my mouth.
“Rory, what’s wrong?” she asked.
I struggled as Andrew had me tight in his grip. “Just let me f**k you one time. Ian will never know. I have to know what it feels like to be inside you.”
I bit his hand and he yelled as he removed it from my mouth. I turned around and kneed him in the balls. He grabbed himself and fell to the ground. I ran to the door and unlocked it, but as I tried to turn the knob, Andrew grabbed my leg and pulled me down. He threw me on my back and pinned my arms above my head with one hand while the other hand covered my mouth. I was trying to kick, when suddenly, the bathroom door flew open and Ian grabbed Andrew off of me and threw him up against the sink, punching him and then throwing him to the ground.
“What did you do?” Ian screamed at him.
“She’s a f**king whore, Ian. Ever since she walked into your life, you’ve given up everything, including our friendship,” he said as he punched Ian in the mouth.
Adalynn ran to me and hugged me. She helped me up and I stood there and watched Ian beat the shit out of Andrew.
“You piece of shit. You were like a brother to me!” he screamed with each punch. “How could you do this to me and to the woman I love?”
Andrew didn’t say a word. He couldn’t. Daniel went over and pulled Ian off of him.
“That’s enough, Ian. I think he got the message.”
“Don’t you ever, and I mean ever, come near me or Rory again. Do you understand me?!” Ian yelled at Andrew. “Our friendship is over forever!”
Ian wiped the blood from his mouth as he turned around and looked at me. His breathing was rapid. He walked over to me and placed his hands on each side of my face, checking to see if I was hurt.
“Are you okay?” he asked with sadness in his eyes.
I couldn’t cry. Normal people would cry in a situation like this, but I couldn’t. I felt nothing but rage. The rage I used to feel growing up. The numbness was back and it took over my body as if it never left.
“I’m fine,” I whispered as I looked at Ian.
“See, she’s fine,” Andrew said as he stood up.
The rage inside consumed me and I pushed Ian out of my way. I stared at Andrew as I began to walk towards him.
“Rory, what are you doing?” Ian asked.
I approached Andrew and, for a moment, we just stared at each other. I hated him. I hated everything about him. The words that kept going through my mind were “Focus all your energy into your hands. Let it build and then focus when you’re ready to strike.” And that was exactly what I did. I threw a punch across his face and broke his nose. He fell to the ground and held his nose. Blood spilled everywhere. I looked down at him and then I spit on him. “Go to hell, you ass**le,” I said and then turned and looked at Ian. “I want to go home.”
Ian put his arm around me and I moved out from under it.