OOM: New Years Eve

[the_gene_genie]

The female strippers had arrived first and very nice they were too, to Gene's drunken eyes. In the state he's in he can ignore the cheap clothes and tarty makeup, ignore the way they chew gum and talk with some of the strongest Cockney accents he's ever heard. But it's all going well for the first five minutes, until the male strippers arrive.

Gene's never heard of the Chippendales before but he's not likely to forget them. All of them over six foot, bronzed and beefy and rippling muscle; every bird in the room perks up (including the cheap strippers) and every bloke in the room takes instant umbrage. Luigi looks from one group to the other, sees the faces of the coppers and immediately begins to panic. There are a few shouts as the guys start to do their thing; the girls take it as a challenge and start on their routine. The predominantly male audience cheers them on, the volume from the women increases...and so it goes. The place is a zoo and Gene's scowling. Not that he has anything against a good scrap but this is New Year's Eve and his local and who's fault is this anyway?

He pushes his way through the room to find her, putting his glass down on the bar next to her with more force than is strictly necessary.

''appy now?'

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[lady_bols]

Alex is smirking like the Devil himself. She's nowhere near sober, her hair a little tousled from the dancing, a flush of colour in her cheeks.

"Oh don't even start. You're the one who insisted on -- oh look, they really are bigger than your head, good Lord. That girl'll be lucky if she doesn't give herself a black eye. Shouldn't you be over there with the lads, drooling and waving them on?"