"GIVE THE lady another shot." I heard someone say beside me.

I turned to look and saw a light skinned guy take the stool next to me. He was lanky and very tall. He had pointed nose, bushy eyebrows and a wide mouth. His eyes glowed from the fluorescent lights above. He looked good; well groomed, clean shaven and totally different from what I would normally want, but I didn't mind.

"Thanks, but I'm good," I said smiling.

The tequila had definitely kicked in. I was feeling some kind of confidence I wasn't used to but I took delight in it. That still didn't make me want to accept drinks from a stranger, no matter how handsome he was.

"Are you sure? I don't mind buying," he said.

What the heck, I thought. One more wouldn't hurt, only one more. I didn't want to get shitfaced drunk. "Alright, one more," I relented.

"I'm Akin by the way." He stretched out his hand and I shook it. It felt smooth to the touch as it swallowed mine.

"I'm Fatimah! What's a nice place like this doing in a bad boy like you?" I asked without reservation. It felt like I had a new personality.

He threw his head back and laughed and I followed. I was happy to be finally talking to someone.

"I know that line...don't tell me." He held his hand up. "Dead pool?"

"Hmm...you know your movies."

"I do."

He raised his glass of beer while I took my shot of tequila and clinked the glass to his. We both downed the content of our glasses, and I tried not to squeeze my eyes shut as the alcohol burned down my throat. I didn't want to be a wimp.

"How are you?" he asked.

"I'm fine. I'm here to celebrate, I came with my best friend and he's over there dancing with his girlfriend." I turned my head and looked towards the dance floor. I couldn't see Kelvin but I knew he was around.

"I know. Alex invited me and described you. I think she's trying to match make."

"She is?" I tried not to make my disappointment show. I didn't want to connect with anyone Alex knew, it was awkward already with Kelvin.

"I'm glad I'm here since you're all by yourself."

"Yea. I am too."

Despite my disappointment, it felt good having someone to talk to. With Kelvin and Seye absent from my side, I decided to be open minded and have fun with Akin.

"More drinks?" he asked.

"Certainly." One more, that was all.

One shot became two as we shared shots after shots of tequila with our hands intertwined awkwardly and elbows on the table. Our aim was to simultaneously drink our booze without spilling a drop. Half the content of the glasses found its way to the table and that weirdly hyped us more. We needed the drink not to spill, we weren't going to stop without achieving our aim. By the time we both succeeded on not spilling our drinks, we were on our tenth shot. I had died and moved to tequila heaven, my head felt heavy and I couldn't stop giggling. I moved my stool closer to Akin's and put my hand on his thigh. We talked for a while about everything and nothing but half of the time we were simply staring into each other's eyes.

"Let's dance," I said.

I stood from the stool and he took my hand as he led me to the dance floor. I wasn't much of a dancer but I was going to try. He put his hands on my waist while I had my arms around his neck and we danced to the slow beat of the music playing. At some point, my hand found its way to his face and his chest was pressed to mine.

When the song changed to hip-hop and the DJ asked the ladies if they were enjoying it, I nodded my head slowly. I didn't know exactly what switched in my head but when the volume went up and the people roared, I moved away from Akin and started dancing on my own. He watched me as I pushed people out of my way, I made moves I didn't know I could make. I was actually going crazy but I didn't care. I rolled my shoulders and moved my feet. I threw my arms wildly in the air and shook my hips.

The middle of the dance floor parted and a skinny girl joined me. She placed her hand on my shoulder and followed my movement. After a while she turned around and bent with her hand on her knees, her butt was moving around as her waist rolled. She bounced her ass on my crouch and I screamed as my hands went up. The blazing light glowed and I swore I saw Jesus smiling down at me.

"Oh, they're bad...they're really bad," The DJ shouted from his stand with the microphone in his hand. "What's your names, lovely ladies?"

My dance partner stopped grounding against me and went up to the DJ stand. Akin dragged me as I tried to follow the girl but I shrugged his hand off. I reached for the microphone and smiled when it was passed to me.

"Free drinks everyone. All on me!" I shouted.

The crowd went wild and resumed dancing when the DJ celebrated with a reggae song. My dance partner hugged me tightly and Akin had to come to the DJ stand to rip her hands off my neck when she didn't let go. He whispered something to the DJ and they shook hands.

"You can't hold your alcohol," he stated when we got back to the bar.

I looked down at my feet and saw I was missing a shoe. High heels were unnecessary anyway, I kicked the other shoe off and smiled at Akin. Kelvin and Alex came to the bar and Akin gave Alex a hug. He shook hands with Kelvin when Alex introduced them. I was asking the bartender for another shot of tequila but Akin turned around and told him to give me water instead. Who did he think he was? I smiled sweetly as I got the glass of chilled water. Kelvin and Alex had now left to where ever. I took a lipstick from my clutch and wrote my number on a napkin.

"Call me." I pushed the napkin into Akin's hand. The stud in his left ear caught my eyes, and I giggled. "You're so cute." I took his face in my hands and pecked him on the lips.

Kelvin materialized from somewhere and cleared his throat, I looked up at him and waved.

"It's high time we left," he said.

"We just got here! Don't be a spoilsport, I'm having fun!"

"You've had too much to drink, and it's four a.m."

"Nooooo," I grumbled.

Kelvin took one of my hands stubbornly and led me out of the club without letting me say a proper goodbye to Akin. I stumbled when I turned to look back at him, he smiled and waved, and I blew him a kiss before exiting. I chuckled as I went outside to the waiting cab.

"The best night ever!" I screamed.

Alex was already waiting in the cab, and I was tempted to scratch her eyes out. That would teach her not to ever threaten me. I giggled as I pictured her bloody face.

"Alex, can you stay in the front seat?" Kelvin asked.

"But-"

"Just go, please."

"Whatever." Alex took the front seat and Kelvin helped me settle at the back seat.

"We should have stayed a bit longer." I pouted. I wanted to dance again.

"You've had too much to drink. Have you ever had tequila before?"

"No, but it's wonderful. I can't believe I used to like vodka, meh."

"Then why did you take it?" Kelvin asked, ignoring the last part.

"You were taking it, everyone else was. What's the big deal? I feel fine...I feel wonderful. I made a new friend, did I tell you his name? I also danced," I blabbed.

"Alex invited him, so I know his name. You were flirting with him, and you even kissed him." He sighed loudly like it was a serious problem. "Your hands were all over him, can you even remember that part?"

That was his personal problem, I felt just fine. "What part?"

"You don't know him from Adam, and you kissed him. You shouldn't have taken tequila or that many shots."

His whining was giving me headache. "Just shut up."

"You are really drunk."

"Let her be," Alex said from the front seat.

I didn't need her to take my side. Their voices were hurting my brain cells and my head was going to explode.

"You didn't tell me you were bringing a friend, Alex," Kelvin said.

"Because, you're always overreacting."

"You should have told me. I was blindsided."

"She didn't mind, did she?"

I didn't.

"I'll have to go home with her anyway. She's a mess, and I don't want her to do anything stupid." He spoke again adding as an afterthought, "She doesn't even have her shoes on."

I listened to the exchange and started humming just to make them shut up.

"Must you?" Alex asked, interrupted my humming.

"I have to."

The driver finally stopped at Kelvin's house and Alex kissed him deeply before leaving. I rolled my eyes and giggled.

"Be back soon. I'll be waiting," Alex said while looking at me.

"Alright. See you soon, babe."

The driver continued to my house and I continued humming. When we got there, Kelvin paid the cab fare and helped me to the front door. I spent several minutes searching awkwardly for the house key in my clutch. I closed the clutch and grinned at Kelvin.

"The key?"

"Oh." I opened the clutch again and got the key. "Here."

I placed my hand on his chest with the key in it. Kelvin removed my hand from his chest and took the key. He opened the door and I went straight to the bedroom. I turned on the light and dropped my clutch to the floor.

"What?" he asked when I turned to look at him.

I walked towards him. "Your face looks so smooth in the light," I said, tracing my hand over his face. I saw his Adam's apple bubble up and down as he swallowed.

"You're obviously still drunk, I should get going." He wasn't even making an effort to leave.

"You can leave," I teased. I traced my hand over his chest when he stood rooted to the spot. I took that as an encouragement and crushed my lips against his. He still didn't respond, and in annoyance I commanded, "Kiss me." My tongue licked the outside of his lips. I was going to die of frustration if he kept ignoring me.

"Fuck!" I heard him groan out before finally giving in.

Kelvin kissed me back and gave as good as he got. I bit on his lower lip and his head jerked. He pulled my hand roughly away from his face when I caressed his beard. Before I could protest about the loss of contact, he lifted me and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He backed up to the wall as my fingers found the hem of his shirt. I pulled it up and he pushed me against the wall. His shirt came off and I had a better access to his chest. The hair that had been teasing me all night was finally beneath my palm.

He devoured my mouth as my fingers toyed his nipples and the air was charged as we groped each other. I opened my mouth and his tongue drove in, seducing, caressing, bewitching me. It felt like I was being kissed by fire. Kelvin pulled the gown way up to my navel and pushed my flimsy panties aside, then drove two fingers into me as he found my heat. I clenched around him as his fingers moved in and out in a steady rhythm.

His fingers entered deeper into me and I grounded harder against them. He took my mouth in his and kissed me roughly. When he inserted a third finger, I shut my eyes and crumbled around him, calling his name out loud as I came. I opened my eyes and looked at him, and his eyes were dark and dilated. My feet touched the ground and my hands went to his pants, unbuckling his belt and shoving his pants and boxers to his feet. As my hand closed around his engorged length, he pushed it away and carried me to the bed.

Kelvin lifted my hips up as he entered me from behind. My gasp of pleasure was muffled by the bedsheet as he hammered into me. I arched my back slightly and groaned out as his hands held me steadily while he thrust continuously before coming all over me.

I sank into the bed trying to hid my smile as my body settled down from the intense pleasure. The feeling didn't last long as I finally realized the implications of what I just did. It felt like a cold bowl of water had been splashed on me and my brain cells came alive.