Kingsley Creed Next day.

"Yessss girl. You eating it up." Nay and Evani clapped watching Kingsley dance on the pole. Kingsley was starting to feel herself more and more she practiced with Evani.

"You need to dance tonight with us. You're ready." Nay smiled at her. She watched Kingsley facial express changed from a happy to nervous. "What?"

"I am not ready to dance in front of people." She said shaking her head at the thought of dancing in front of a bunch of people. Kingsley anxiety would shoot through the roof.

"You literally just danced in front of us. I think you do really good. Hell you better than some of them girls upstairs." Evani said. "All this time we been practicing don't you think you would want to show someone what you been working on."

"I understand you nervous you might mess up or anything but at least you cute and your ass is fat. That's all that matter at the end of the day." Nay said making them laugh.

"Well just let Knox know whenever you're ready." Evani rubbed her shoulders. After the girls finished practicing they went upstairs to the kitchen for water.

"Felt like I lost 15 pounds." Kingsley joked making them laugh. "Seriously, you have to have a lot of muscle to pole dance."

"You should've seen me when I first started. I was no better than you no shade." Nay chuckled. "My inner thighs were skinned from tryna slide down poles."

"I knew I was going to be a stripper when I was 7 because at the park in my hometown it was a pole on the playground I used to eat them bitches up." She said as the all giggled. "No for real them hoes couldn't stand a chance with me."

"Damn at 7 I was playing with bratz doll and shit." Nay said. "Yo ass tryna become a stripper on the playground."

"Not too much now." Evani playfully rolled her eyes. "You ever thought about stripping?" She asked Kingsley. Kingsley shook her head.

"Never crossed my mind. I wanted to work in the medical field actually." She said taking a sip of her water. "But I had issues with my Mom so that shit ain't work out."

Kingsley and her mother bumped head a lot especially when it came down to money. Her mother refused to financially help Kingsley. Kingsley wanted to go to college and have a successful career but her own mother stood in the way of that. She feared Kingsley would live a better life than she did and be richer than she was.

"I always had issues with my Momma." Evani rolled her eye. "Love her to death though."

"Do we even get to speak to our families or what?" Kingsley asked thinking about her Mom and rest of her family.

"Of course." Evani said. "We go see our families. Did Knox tell you other wise?"

"Yea I think he told me we won't have contact with them or whatever." She said.

"Girl stop listening to him. He be trying to sound so scary and dominate like..." she rolled her eyes. "Royce literally lets us all plan when we can go home and visit our families."

"Ok so let me get this straight. So if I want to go back home to Texas I can go now?" She asked.

"No." They both said in sync while laughing. Kingsley made a face becoming confused.

"Ok I'll explain it. So all the girls have to agree on the dates when we want to go back home and visit family. Royce has to clear it first then he can send one of his guys with each girl."

"For example Knox goes with me back to California just to make sure I come back when it's time." Nay told her.

Kingsley rolled her eyes making them laugh. "You thought you had a way out didnt you?" Evani chuckled. "Royce literally have eyes on us for real."

"What if you don't want to go back home?" She asked.

"I'm sure you will. You'll want to go see your family." Evani said.

"I guess." She said.

Later that night Kingsley was in the dressing room helping the girl with hair and makeup. She started to like being around the girls more. There wasn't any bad vibe from nobody beside Asia and Amber.

"Y'all should've seen Kingsley earlier today in the pole room. She literally dances better than me." Evani said.

"So you dancing now?" Lux asked with a smile. "Ok now Ms Creed."

"We got to give you a name. Everyone got a name except you." Cherish said. "Like Cookie." She joked.

"That old ass name." Nay laughed. "I like your real name. It fits you."

"Yea I was just about to say that. Or you can go by your last name. Creed sound cool." Charity said.

"Nah sound like she finna go box." Amber chuckled.

"Side eye." Cherish said. "Because you didn't have to kill the mood with your bitter ass."

"Just my opinion." Amber shrugged.

"Well it wasn't needed fasho." Naomi rolled her neck. "Let me go dance before I get to fighting." She grabbed slammed her lip stick on the vanity before walking out the dressing room.

"Better hope she don't box yo ass." Evani mumbled loud enough for her and Kingsley to hear.

Kingsley shook her head giggling before glance at Amber who was side eyeing her. "What?" Kingsley asked.

"What's funny?" Amber frown her face up.

"Girl." Kingsley waved her off before grabbing her note pad and walked out the dressing room.

She walked upstairs to the VIP section and started taking orders. She noticed Dandre sitting in between two female. He stared her down watching her every move. "Why you looking at her?" One of the female turned his head toward her face.

He pushed her hand away from his face with an attitude making the girl roll her eyes. Meanwhile Kingsley was busy writing a group of girls order. "Do y'all want shot glasses or no?" She asked yelling over the music.

"Hell nah we drink straight from the bottle!" One of the girls said making her laugh.

As soon as she was finished she went back downstairs. She went behind the bar and picked out the beverages that was requested. As she was looking she felt a hand grip her arm.

She turned her head looking back at Dandre as if he had two head. She snatched away from him and tried to walk away but he grabbed her again. "What!" She made a face at him.

"Chill ain't nobody tryna harm you." He said. "I wanted to talk to you."

"Talk." She said.

He sucked his teeth before letting her arm go. "Why you acting like that?" He asked.

"You obviously don't have nothing to talk about plus I don't even want to talk to you because last time you hit me." She said tilted her head at him.

"I'm just trying to be nice and talk to you. Like I feel bad for hitting you." He said. "That's ain't me."

She opened her mouth to speak but a loud squeaky voice that irritated Kingsley approached the bar. "Dandre!" Amber yelled.

"What?" He said with an attitude as if he hated her. "Ain't you supposed to be on stage or eating a Niggas dick right now?" He said. Kingsley scoffed shaking her head snatching her arm away wand walked away.

"What you want bro?" He asked in a better tone.

"Why would you say that?" Amber frowned at him. "And I'm not your bro."

"Whatever, what?" He asked.

"I just came down her to tell you your brother need you in his office that's all. Stop acting brand new." She said. "What you and her was talking about?"

"Why? You worried about the wrong thing." He walked off on her leaving her dumbfounded.

He walked downstairs to the underground part of the club. He walked down the same dark hall Kingsley and Asia we're walking and got lost.

He knocked on the door before it opened. The room was packed with smoke and a strong aroma of kush. "Damn leave that door open. It's cloudy as hell in here." He said looking over at the guys who was blowing smoke like there was no tomorrow.

Dandre dapped up Royce before sitting down in Royce chair. Royce raised his eyebrows at him while giving him a look. "Nigga get out my chair." He said.

"Nah this my chair." He joked making the guys chuckle. "I work hard around here."

Royce jerked his head back before sucking his teeth. "Niggas shut up. If anything you do the least around here." He said making the guys laugh. "Hell Knox do more than you."

"You damn right. You try being in a house full of bitches with attitude." He said.

Dandre smiled faded as Royce joked about him. Dandre nodded his head clenching his jaw. Royce realized Dandre was getting upset so he stopped. "I'm just playing though." Royce hit his blunt before trying to pass it to Dandre.

"Fuck out of my face with that shit." He slapped the blunt out Royce's hand causing everyone to get serious and look their way.

"I told you I was just playing." Royce told him. "Pick my shit up."

"Nah you tryna be funny and shit. You lame as hell. All y'all lame as hell." He said.

"Tuh! Not me!" Knox side eye Dandre. "Everyone fuck with me."

"The fuck up. You a dick eater." Dandre told Knox. "Get off Royce duck sometime."

Knox laughed. "Royce you better talk to that nigga. I got respect for you but I will lay his ass flat out on the floor." Knox stood up.

"Everybody get out let me talk to this nigga real quick." Royce demand.

As they waited for everyone to clear the door as soon as the door shut Royce grabbed Dandre by his collar pulling him up out the chair. "What is your fucking problem?"

"Bro don't grab on me like that. You are not my damn father." He pushed Royce away. "The fuck, you tryna be funny with these niggas ain't shit cool about that."

"Nah you acting like a kid right now so I'm about to treat you like one. A little ass joke got you mad tight right now." His spoke with his thick New York accent. "Calm yo shit and stop acting sour. It's the truth you don't do anything around here but be at the hotel. Should be thanking me because I can work yo ass like a dog if I wanted to. But you my brother so I let you do what you want. Be thankful nigga."

Royce let out of his collar. "Stop being a hot head and go home. I don't even wanna see you for the rest of the night." Royce bent down to pick up his blunt. Dandre angrily stormed out Royce's office. Royce ain't care one bit sometimes Dandre needed to be humbled.

TBC