I saw Zack grinning over at me looking incredibly handsome as per usual.
“I will start the bidding at £100!”
“£100!” a man in his sixties shouted from the back of the room.
“£150!” a small bald man at the front shouted.
The bidding increased steadily and went over the average £500.
“£1,000,” someone shouted from the other side of the room.
I looked over and realised it was Alex.
This was not good.
“£1,500,” Zack shouted, glaring over at him.
He looked furious.
“£3,000,” Alex countered, staring back at Zack.
The room seemed to buzz with excitement.
“£5,000,” Zack came back with.
The host looked from one man to the other.
“This lady is certainly popular ladies and gentleman!”
“£10,000,” Alex screamed, taunting Zack.
“£20,000,” Zack shouted at the top of his voice.
“Sold to Mr Zachary Cole!” the host shouted, realising that things were getting a bit out of hand.
Zack got a long round of applause and I went to sit back down next to him.
“You could have a dance for free any time you know!” I laughed, trying to relieve some of the tension.
“I wasn’t letting Alex touch you, I would kill him first!”
“This is getting a bit tired now, Zack! I am going to the ladies,” I told him, bored by the display of caveman behaviour.
As I came out of the toilet, Alex was waiting for me. I stiffened up.
“I would have paid a lot more to dance with a beautiful woman like you,” he told me, staring at my cleavage and licking his lips.
“Just leave it, Alex. I am with Zack and he wouldn’t like you talking to me,” I snapped at him, pushing past him.
“He was a bastard to Phoebe you know. How does he treat you?”
“That’s none of your business Alex!”
“He was so cold and distant to her.”
“Maybe that’s because she was shagging her way through Kent!”
I wished he would just do one. I was tired and ready for bed.
“She loved me you know and I loved her too. So much,” he sniffed and part of me felt a bit sorry for him.
I put my arm around him but he took that as a sign that I liked him and he took my face in his hands, pulling me into him for a kiss.
“Alex, no,” I shouted shoving him off me.
I was aware of Zack’s presence before he spoke. Suddenly Alex was yanked backwards roughly.
“What the fuck are you doing, Alex?” Zack screamed at him.
His face was a barely contained mask of fury.
“Hello, Zack. How are you?” he smiled at him but there was no warmth in his smile, just pure hatred.
“Just do one, Alex, would you?” I tried to warn him to do the sensible thing and walk away while he still could.
“I thought I would have a little dance with your honey since I missed out on a proper one!”
He grabbed my hand and spun me around.
“Don’t you fucking touch her,” Zack shouted, pulling him off.
He had that bat shit crazy look about him again. His eyes were wide and his nostrils flared.
Alex clearly had a death wish.
“What are you going to do about it?” Alex sneered, squaring up to Zack.
The posh public school toff was no match for the boxer from New Orleans.
Oh shit!
“Fuck you, Alex, you dick!”
Zack pulled his strong right arm back and punched Alex really hard in the face. His nose seemed to explode. There was a sickening crunching noise.
“You bloody idiot!” Alex screamed holding his nose.
Blood spurted from his nose as he tried to stem the flow with his hand.
“I warned you!” Zack snarled as he grabbed my hand.
When we got back to the table, Zack had calmed down.
“I can fight my own battles you know. I was going to kick him hard in the balls and run!”
“The cheeky bastard kissed you. It’s like he is taunting me. I’m sorry but he really brings out the worst in me.”
“Let’s go and have that really expensive dance now. I will give you a lap dance later completely free of charge!”
He smiled over at me and we headed onto the dance floor. We danced wrapped in each other’s arms.
“I’m sorry, again.”
“Don’t worry about it, blue eyes. You were just defending me.”
“I am so protective of you with everything that’s been going on. I can’t stand anyone touching you.”
“When we get upstairs, you can touch me everywhere, baby. I am getting wet just thinking about it,” I whispered, licking his earlobe.
“Jennifer, do you have any idea what it does to me when you talk so dirty to me?”
“Yes, I do as it is digging into my thigh right now!”