Hollywood Bridge

Ashley was way too drunk that night to go inside a reputable diner that night, so we got takeout instead. If I'm honest, I'm actually glad Ashley was as drunk as he was, if he hadn't been then I wouldn't have gotten as close as I am to Jake.
We ended up taking the pizza to Jake's place and I got to meet his fiance, Ella. She was very beautiful and they way they acted together put me off Jake entirely. I could see hoe much they loved each other.
"Who's the new friend, babe?" she asked whilst restraining two barking dogs.
Jake shot me a questioning glance. I nodded. She may as well know.
So Jake told the story, and even Ashley was silent between hiccups.
When he was done there was a momentary silence, then Ella asked, "So why were you trying to kill yourself?" she looked gently into my eyes as she said it.
I cleared my throat and began shyly, "Well, umm... I'm a... uh... bisexual and.... nobody really accepts me." the sympathetic glances encouraged me to gain momentum "My mother is Catholic and won't talk to me. My dad left when he found out and my brother beats me up."
Ash sat up, somehow his drunkness had gone and I suspected he was just pretending for some reason. "God, that's harsh. So your family hates you because you swing both ways!? I thought this was the 21st century for crying out loud! Not the 18th!"
"ASHLEY!" Ella snapped, appalled. "I'm sorry about him!"
"Ever the word smith, Ash." Said Jake as he kicked him under the table.
"Guys, chill. He's right. There's no harm in the truth!" I couldn't believe I was defending this jerk.
Ashley leaned back, looking self satisfied as he got another slice of pepperoni.

That was 3 months ago.

My fashion taste had changed a lot since meeting Jake. I mostly wore all black and 'The Brides' as I called them, had pretty much given me free reign in their wardrobes.
Tonight, I was going back to the Diamond Gentleman's Club for the first time. Ashley was dragging me and I didn't particularly want to go, but I remembered the beautiful Cathy from that night, and it was enough motivation.
I had wriggled into some of their lead singer, Andy's, jeans. He was the closest in size to me, especially since I'd grown a fair bit. I was now more like 5 ft 11, which was only a few inches shorter than Andy's 6 ft 3 ish.
His girl, Juliet, came in. "You look amazing!" she exclaimed, ever kind.
"Thanks, Jules." I muttered shyly. She beamed.
Andy waltzed in wearing nothing but a bath towel, his skin still dripping from the shower. I didn't find him particularly attractive, but I did like how his tattoos looked when wet. I think I just liked tattoos in general. I even had Ashley draw up a few to slap on me, as he had designed BVB's 'On Leather Wings' group tattoo. He said he'd do the first one on my 20th birthday in a weeks time. Him and Andy had agreed that I could get the 'On Leather Wings' tattoo, despite how it was meant to only be for the band members.
Andy didn't talk to me much, but he was always very kind.
He slipped his arm around Juliet's waist and kissed her -once, twice, thrice- on the lips.
"You showered without me!" she pouted. I stood there awkwardly as they had their moment. Ashley honked the horn outside.
"Thanks!" I said making a hasty exit as Juliet dragged him off to their bathroom, stripping off her jacket as she did.
I shook my head. Couples!

I got in the car.
"What's up?" Ash asked, seeing my flushed expression.
"Dragonfly and White Rabbit are at it again." I sighed.
"Well, you always got me! Forever the bachelor!"
"Let's face it, Ash, you could be married and you would still say you were a bachelor!"
We laughed and set off.

The club looked like i remembered, the same lights, even the same girl dancing up front. Seraphine was her name.
Nerissa practically dive bombed us and there in the center stage was Cathy.
She had her hair down and her outfit was closer to a bikini and some fishnet. She looked amazing. She moved slowly to the rhythm as it changed from Motionless In White to BVB (Nerissa always played BVB for Ashley) and a delicate skeleton tattoo on her leg caught my eye.
"See anything you like?" Asked Ashley as if we were looking at bouquets not human beings. I couldn't help it though.
"Yes, I do." He handed me a vodka shot, despite me being underage. He winked.
"Who?"
"Cathy."
He smiled knowingly. "Grab a seat kid, I'll get her after this song."
Despite myself, I was actually having fun.

Notes

Updating later than usual. *Yawn*