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Her butt rubbed against Rosa's thighs while she reached a hand around

and caressed her leg. The shorter woman's hand rubbed along the

mini skirt, lifting it just a touch. Rosa's hand moved up along the

girl's waist, reaching around, her finger grazed the woman's breast.

Paige could all but hear a collective groan from the men.

She had met Rosa years earlier. They had been out many times,

always with their husbands or a group from work. This was the first

time she had ever seen her dance this way. Paige was almost

embarrassed at how sensual Rosa was with the other woman and in

front of so many people. She couldn't stop staring and wondered if

maybe she was beginning to have a girl crush on her. Shaking her

head to clear her thoughts, she sucked in a deep breath and released it

slowly.

Rosa was totally oblivious to anyone around her, as she did with the

men, all her attention was directed to the girl dancing in front of her.

Paige watched her tongue slide slowly across her full bottom lip,

then suck a corner of it into her mouth as she rolled her head back and

ground her hips against the girl's ass. She looked as if she was about

to have an orgasm right there on the dance floor. Judging by the

bulges in a few of the men's pants, Paige thought they were about to

join them and have an orgy right there in the club. Surprisingly the

thought was actually an interesting one and she felt a twinge of

excitement race through her body. Yeah, she was definitely lonely.

The music came to an end and the DJ came over the speaker before

staring the next song. "Ladies, now we're gonna slow it down for you

a bit."

A slow song came on and Rosa stepped back with a laugh. The girl

smiled up at her and they left the dance floor in opposite directions to

the dismay of the men. Paige realized it was all just an act on Rosa's

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part. She knew exactly what she was doing and the affect it would

have on the people watching her. She thoroughly enjoyed being an

exhibitionist. Rosa sashayed off the floor.

The men began booing, yelling to her that they needed to back out

and continue, with a few even calling for them to "Take it off!"

She just waved, blew them a kiss and kept on walking. Joining

Paige, she grabbed the beer from her hand and down the rest. "Come

on. Let's get out of here." Grabbing her arm, Rosa pulled her towards

the exit.

"Where are we going?" Paige was puzzled. By the way Rosa was

acting she didn't think she was ready to go back to their rooms just

yet.

"We, chica, are meeting some friends down town."

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Rosa's speech was a bit slurred, but she walked in her heels as if

she were a runway model. Paige didn't understand how she did it and

quickened her own pace to keep up with her long strides. The base

taxi driver was Japanese, but spoke English well enough and Rosa

told him where to take them. Settling into the back of the cab, they

rode in silence for a few minutes.

Paige didn't know what to think of Rosa tonight. She wondered

what had gotten into her. "Everything ok?"

She and Rosa were friends, but they didn't delve into one another's

lives like most bff's do. They worked together and went out with their

husbands, but that was the extent of it. This side of Rosa surprised

her.

"Everything's great." Rosa smiled, her bright white teeth flashing in

the darkness of the cab. "You having fun? I noticed you were talking

to Ben for a while." Rosa had a way of remembering everyone's name,

even if she had only met them once.

"Yeah, it's going ok." Then she continued, scrunching her nose.

"Ben was well, you know,
young
."

Rosa laughed at her response and hummed to a tune in her head.

Paige wasn't sure she really wanted to go out into town and meet up

with people she had never met before. Rosa was comfortable doing

this sort of thing, but she wasn't. They were military, like Rosa's

husband, Paige was not from a military background. Her husband had

an office job. The only way she was tied to the military was because

of her contract with the company she had been working with for the

past ten years. On her assignments she never hung out with the men

in uniform unless her company was invited to a special dinner or

something. So this was all new to her. She was used to going back to

her room in the evening and studying for the bachelor degree she was

working on.

The dream she had been having floated across her mind and she

frowned. She had strange dreams all the time that served to warn her

of impending danger. This one haunted her because she could never

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see anyone's face other than her husband Dalton and Rosa. There

were others, but they were always hovering in the background. When

they came forward and spoke to Rosa and Dalton she could never see

their face, or hear their words. When Dalton looked back her, his eyes

glowed red, his fangs showed in a snarl. She always woke in a cold

sweat, heart pounding in her chest and all she could think of was

vampires.

Even if she decided she didn't want to leave base, it was too late.

She was already in the cab and they were driving through the front

gate and out into the city. The roads were rough and narrow. The

driver didn't seem to notice how close the other vehicles or even the

pedestrians were to his car as he zoomed by them. A nerve wracking

ten minutes later they pulled to a stop in front of a row of bars. Rosa

leaned forward, said something to the driver in Japanese, slipped him

some money and climbed out of the car. Paige had no choice but to

follow.

People lined the street, standing around talking and goofing off.

Paige found it a bit strange that it was mostly Americans. She

would have thought being in Japan there would be more Japanese out

and about.

Clubs lined the narrow streets and cobble stone alleyways. Their

entrances were through tight narrow doorways. Some led

underground, down steep unstable steps. While others led to second

and third story floors. Paige had never seen anything like it. She was

amazed and wondered how the drunks kept from falling down and

breaking their necks because of how steep the steps were.

It felt like they were climbing forever when Rosa pushed the door

open to the upstairs club. Loud music and cigarette smoke blasted

through the open doorway. Rosa pushed her way in while a couple

tried pushing their way to get out.

There was absolutely no room to move. No personal space

whatsoever. Pressing through the crowd, Rosa's height allowed her to

find the group she was looking for.

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Paige moved into a miniscule vacant spot where she could at least

breathe without having her nose pressed against someone's back or

chest.

Suddenly, the music changed and everyone started jumping up and

down, singing along. Paige worried that the floor was going to cave

in from all the weight and worried about silly things like building

capacity limits. Shaking her head there was no room to do anything

but to shuffle and keep from getting stepped on. It was like nothing

she'd ever experienced.

She groaned "This is crazy!" Just then something cold was pressed

against her hand and she glanced down to see that a bottle of beer had

been placed there. She looked up to say thank you and Mr. Dimples

stood before her with a grin on his face.

"Hey there, thought you might like a drink." His smile dazzled, his

body moved to the music. He really didn't have a choice. She noticed

a pair of hands rocking his hips from side to side, and then a face

popped over his shoulder.

"Hey beautiful, how you doin'?" This face she had not seen yet.

When he moved around from behind Mr. Dimples, she clamped her

jaw shut to keep from gawking and breathed deeply through her nose.

Wow, the man was built. His shoulders bulged with muscles and he

towered over her.

She stared at him, blinking, wide eyed a couple times before he

laughed and nudged her shoulder. "Dance with me."

Paige was surprised that he even asked. She glanced at Rosa who

was smiling brightly at her and nodding her approval. He leaned

towards her and she yelled in the vicinity of his ear. "Uh, how are we

gonna dance in a place like this?"

He laughed and grabbed her hips pulling him to her. "Like this."

He pressed her against him and her hips rolled with his.

She hoped to talk to him, frowning slightly when Mr. Dimples had

pressed through the crowd and moved away. She was smashed

against muscle man with no room to move. With Dimples gone, she

didn't have a reason to move away.

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She wanted to dance. Her hand came up between them and rested

on his bulging chest, her other hand clutching her beer. She closed

her eyes and allowed him to move her body with his. The pace of the

music changed, much to the awes of the crowd to a slower song.

She found herself wrapped in his arms, her head on his chest. She

heard the deep rumble of his voice as he sang along to the song.

She relaxed when she realized he remained a gentleman, no

roaming hands groping at her. He actually knew how to lead and kept

the other couples from slamming into her. They had their tiny little

space in the room and she danced. When the music changed again to

one of the faster beats, he leaned in closer to her ear. "Want to get out

of here?"

Uh oh
. Now she was in a spot. What did she do? She was having

fun dancing. She didn't expect anything sexual out of the evening.

The concern must have shown on her face when she glanced

hesitantly from him to Rosa.

"No strings. I just don't like this kind of music and it's too crowded

in here. There's another bar down the street." He turned away, pulling

her close behind him and led her to where Rosa stood. He leaned over

and said something in her ear.

Rosa nodded with another one of her big smiles and motioned

towards the door. The group she had met up with instantly made their

way towards the door with Rosa and Paige protectively in the middle

of them.

Paige couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. It felt good to be

noticed.

Their group was ten strong, not including her and Rosa. Everyone

moved out of their way when they walked down the middle of the

alleyway. The only traffic fighting through the pedestrians were taxis

dropping off more American's from the base.

Paige walked next to the guy she danced with. She noticed two

men following behind them at a distance. One was Mr. Dimples or

Casey she'd heard one of the other men call him, and another man she

hadn't met yet.

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"Sorry, I don't normally go into that bar." He walked at a slower

pace behind the group so he could talk to her. "By the way, my name

is Tadd."

"Hi, Tadd, Paige." She smiled and they shook hands while they

walked.

"Nice to meet you Paige." Tadd glanced at the group. "So who is

your friend?"

Paige felt her shoulders drop a notch and got a sinking feeling in

the pit of her stomach. He had only danced with her so he could find

out about Rosa. That figured. With those five little words she felt a

little dejected, but responded. "Rosa, we work together."

"She's really pretty. How tall is she?" Tadd's eyes began at the four

inch heels and made their way slowly up Rosa's muscular legs,

pausing to stare at her ass while she walked in front of them.

Paige didn't understand how Rosa did it. She wasn't even trying

and she had guys falling all over her. With one guy on either arm, she

walked confidently through the cobblestone street without once

missing a step or slipping in those silly heels. Paige grew irritated

with herself for letting her thoughts get away with her.

They reached the next club and pushed their way through the door.

This one was not so crowded and had a place where their group could

sit on the low lounge seats or just stand around.

A couple of the guys disappeared and returned a few minutes later

with shots of something Paige couldn't even begin to pronounce. One

was placed in front of her and she looked at it doubtfully.

Rosa sat down beside her, pulling her mini skirt down so it didn't

ride up, her long legs curled to the side to keep from flashing