Baggage & Buttons (45 page)

Hi Mia, Doug here. Listen he’s just mad because he
cares, please don’t take it personally and trust me, he can afford your op so
stop worrying. Ring him when you get a minute, he’ll only keep worrying and I’m
the one getting the brunt of his bloody grumpiness. See you soon :-)

Thanks Doug, but if we speak we’ll just end up arguing
again and I’m not in the mood for another fight with him. So unless he’s calmed
down and is prepared to talk to me without shouting or getting all bossy again,
I don’t want to hear from him. I’m going out tonight and Lexi will look after
me so tell him to stop worrying and I’ll see him tomorrow. Hope you did well
with your races too, have fun with Lexi tomorrow. Thanks again, Mia

I sighed again. Just how much money did Gabe have
lying around to be able to afford to pay out £4K just like that? At least it
took the immediate pressure off me, but no way was I not repaying him. I headed
into the shower to get ready and take my mind off it. I decided to let my hair dry
naturally so the kinks would give it some decent body and pulled on my ruffled
black lace knickers, over the knee black socks and the seriously small grey
skirt. When I looked in the mirror it was so low you could see my hip bones and
tattoo.

I put on my black push up bra and tied the white shirt
around my waist, showing off my torso and belly button piercing and undid
enough buttons to show my bra and the mounds of my breasts and then did the tie
straight around my neck, rather than the shirt collar. After doing two braids
in my hair and applying really heavy dark eye makeup, I pulled on my high heels
and finished my beer. My black painted nails still looked good, so I just put
an extra layer of top coat on. Lexi wandered in, dressed pretty much the same
but with flat shoes and a black mini skirt, though not as mini as mine.

‘Lex you look fab, loving the dark eye makeup against
your new red hair. What do you think of my outfit?’ I stood up and did a twirl.

‘Christ that’s a belt not a skirt and this is
me
talking. Gabe would freak.’

‘Let’s send him a picture to cheer him up. He’s been so
bloody moody today.’

‘I don’t know if that’s a good idea Mia. I’ve had a
few messages asking me to stop you going out. He’ll be mad enough to find
you’ve gone, let alone if he knew you went looking like this.’

‘He’s wandering around pretty much naked looking all
sexy and hot in front of loads of people, including his ex and I have to deal
with it don’t I? Take a picture please Lexi. He’ll love it when he sees it, I
know he will.’ I went and stood against the wall and bent one of my knees in
and leaned forward blowing a kiss and she clicked it.

‘Your bloody funeral,’ she muttered as she left the
room.

I looked at it, yes you could see my tattoo with the
low skirt and my boobs were virtually bursting out of my tight shirt. I knew
he’d find it arousing, so I sent it with a covering message, deciding to ignore
our disagreements.

Glad you won your races :-) This is the outfit I’ll
bring over tomorrow for some role play. I’ll try and be a very naughty school
girl tonight, to give you a reason to punish me Sir. Your M <3 xx

I left the phone to charge as I joined Lexi in the
lounge, while she did her nails red. I opened and finished a second bottle of
beer and borrowed Lexi’s phone to order a taxi. It was a half hour wait, so I
had another beer and tucked my charged phone into my bra, I was ready to party.

We went through the back entrance to the main campus
building and headed to the student bar. We hadn’t been in before and were
amazed how big it was. Given we were late it was already packed with loads of girls
dressed up like us, with the guys in trousers, shirts and ties with some people
in black rimmed glasses. We made our way to the bar and Lexi got me another
bottle of beer.

‘Christ it’s cheap in here, we should come more often.’

‘Who are all these people? I swear I’ve never seen
them,’ I replied.

‘They’ve seen you, your skirt’s the bloody shortest in
the room. You’re getting attention again.’

‘I know,’ I nodded. ‘It’s since I lost my virginity. It’s
like I’m giving off this vibe, people keep coming onto me.’

‘It’s called being hot and horny Mia and guys pick up
on it.’

I felt my phone vibrate in my chest and pulled it out
much to the enjoyment of the men surrounding us. It was Gabe calling me on a
normal voice call. I wondered if Doug had calmed him down and debated answering
for a minute, but figured I could cut him off again if he got extra grizzly on
me.

‘Hey sexy boy, did you like my picture?’

‘Are you seriously out in that thing you call a skirt
with your breasts all hanging out?’ he snapped.

‘Yes, I wanted to look all sexy school girl. Are you
still
cross and grumpy baby?’

‘I’m bloody
furious
. I told you not to go out
Mia, besides dressing up like that should be just for me.’

‘And your body should just be for me, but you parade
around in your tiny pants looking all sexy with your enormous hard on for
hundreds of spectators to ogle, so you don’t get to criticise and be all judgy.
So there you …
bossy
…
tyrant
,’ I pulled my tongue out at the
phone. Even though I knew he couldn’t see it, it made me feel better.

‘Tyrant? Are you
drunk
?’

‘What if I am?’

‘I don’t want to fight again Mia,’ he said with a
heavy sigh.

‘So let’s not fight. You’re the miserable grumpy control
freak who can’t accept that I’m an individual who can make her own decisions. Go
and enjoy your night with Doug and I’ll enjoy mine with Lexi and we can make up
for lost time tomorrow, hopefully you’ll be in a better mood than you are today,
otherwise I don’t want to see you.’ I heard him sigh again.

‘Fine,’ he sighed. Sounding totally
not
fine
with it. ‘Where are you now and where are you going?’

‘Gabe, seriously?’

‘We agreed that if you went out I could know the
details Mia, don’t push me as I’m pretty much out of patience with you already
today,’ he snapped. I scowled at the phone, half pissed off with his tone and
half turned on, he really seemed to see me as something he owned, a possession
to be cherished and I actually quite liked that a man was that concerned about
me, that I was that important to him.

‘Then stop pushing my buttons and being all
domineering again Gabe, you promised to try and be more understanding and
you’re not.’

‘I’m worried about you. You’re ill, you should be
resting and they still haven’t caught this murderer.’

‘I’ll rest after the operation Gabe, it’s not like I’m
on deaths door and you agreed I could go out without you if Lexi was with me
and she’s right here.’

‘I agreed to that thinking I’d at least be in the same
city Mia, it’s my job to protect you.’

‘
Your job
? You’re my boyfriend not my bodyguard
Gabe, you can’t protect me 24/7 and I refuse to stay indoors under lock and key
when you’re not around. You’re being unreasonable.’ I heard him sigh again and
heard someone in the background saying something to him.

‘Fine whatever, but I still want to know where you are
and where you’re going please.’

‘I’m in the student bar. We may go onto some other
bars and a club. I don’t know, we’ll see where the mood takes us.’

‘You’re not reassuring me at all Mia.
Please
be
careful, text me updates to let me know where you are and make sure Lexi’s with
you at all times.’

‘I will. I wish you were here,’ I sighed, with all
sincerity. He may be grumpy, bossy, domineering and seriously annoying
sometimes, but he was my over protective bundle of joy and I missed him and I loved
him regardless.

‘I love you Mia.
Be careful
.’

‘Love you too. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.’

I ended the call, put went to put my phone back in my
bra, but Lexi grabbed it off me and shoved it in her bag.

‘You’ll bend over and lose the bloody thing,’ she
sighed. ‘Take it he’s still grumpy then?’

‘Like you wouldn’t
believe
,’ I replied with a
roll of my eyes.

‘Well I’m proud of you for sticking to your guns and
not being a pushover, give an inch now and he’ll take a bloody mile.’

‘I know,’ I nodded. ‘Come on, let’s dance and take my
mind off him. I have a feeling I’m in for a rough ride when he gets home
tomorrow, so for tonight I want to carry on having fun.’ I grabbed her hand and
led her to the dance floor and we lost ourselves in the music until I spotted
Milo and waved him over.

‘Wow, you two look amazing.’

‘Cheers Milo. You too, glasses really suit you. So how
was last night?’

‘
Loved it.
I stayed a while after you left,
thanks for taking me and like I said if you need me to go with you again, I’m
there,’ he grinned.

‘You’re welcome. So who are you here with tonight?’

‘Some of the guys, here they come.’

Lexi and I were soon surrounded by five guys from
Milo’s digs. Two of them, Dan and Zac, insisted they did English with us too,
but neither Lexi nor I recognised them. The boys insisted on buying our drinks
and I was getting drunker by the second and Lexi resorted to linking arms as we
left campus as a group and headed into town. We hit a few bars on the way down
and ended up queuing up outside the club together.

‘That’s where I first got fingered and had oral sex,’
I whispered to Lexi, pointing towards the back of the club and the river.

‘Great to know, thanks for that Mia.’

‘I miss him Lex,’ I sighed. ‘I miss him and I miss
fucking
him. God next week’s going to be a BITCH.’

‘Pipe down will you? You think you’re whispering, but
you’re shouting.’ She put a hand over my mouth. I pushed it away and fumbled in
my purse and handed her some notes as we got to the door.

‘Here, you’re the deginsated sensible person.’

‘I think you mean designated,’ she sighed with a shake
of her head.

‘That’s what I said.’

‘Whatever. I’m in charge of money and buying drinks
then?’

‘Yes, but do a better job than the post box please.’

‘Will you ever let me live that down?’ she asked with
a frown.

‘Only if you keep on top of it. O did your rabbit
arrive today?’

‘I don’t know,’ she mumbled.

‘
Lexi Clarke.
You forgot to check again didn’t
you?’

‘Ok fine, I’m shit at remembering things. I’m a crap
roommate. Happy now?’

‘Not as happy as you’ll be tonight when you get those
ears on your clit,’ I giggled.

‘
Mia
, pipe down will you.’

‘I’ll be yelling at
you
to pipe down. It’ll
blow your mind,’ I nodded.

‘Seriously? It’s that good?’

‘In the absence of a guy, yeah,’ I nodded.

‘Can we just go home now then?’ she pleaded.

‘No, I came to dance, please let me dance a while.
Besides you may change your mind and pick someone up to have sex with. I mean
rabbit’s
good,
but he’s no substitute for penis, you know what I mean?’

‘I think everyone in the queue knows what you mean,
you’re bloody loud when you have a few drinks in you,’ she sighed.

The noise in the club was insane. It was packed
tonight and very hot and steamy. Lexi held my hand and squeezed through to the
bar and propped me up against it while she tried to catch someone’s eye. I felt
completely free, all the things that had been playing on my mind were gone and
I was just in the here, now feeling the music and the alcohol buzz. I felt a
hand on my waist and a voice whispered in my ear.

‘You’re so hot. Want to dance?’

I turned around to find it was a guy of about forty, not
bad looking. ‘You really think I’m hot?’ I asked, twiddling one of my bunches.

‘God yes. Your arse is amazing and those tits,’ he
whistled, ‘wow.’

‘You’re pretty forthright Mr.’

‘Why beat around the bush. We can dance or you can
come back to my place, your call.’

‘I’m already spoken for,’ I said shaking my head.

‘I don’t see a boyfriend darling, so why don’t you let
me look after you.’

I gasped as he lunged at me and made a grab for my
bottom and I took a surprised stumble backwards. Lexi stepped in front of me
and pushed him back.

‘Back off buddy, she’s not interested, so leave her
alone.’

‘You her girlfriend are you? Happy to take you both on,’
he leered.

‘Actually she’s with me, so please leave.’ I felt a
protective arm go around my shoulder and looked around to see Milo, accompanied
by Dan.

‘Fucking prick tease,’ muttered the guy as he flashed
me a glare and walked off.

‘That was
rude.
Lexi he was
very
rude, I
did nothing.’