Striptease Sneak Peek

"Well...do you remember when you dated Bryce Heron?" You start, fidgeting a bit. "The guy who thought you were cheating on him with me?"

"Unfortunatly, yes. Two great weeks followed by five shitty weeks." Melody sighs. "What about him?"

"Well, you know how we went home for spring break right before he got all possesive and paranoid? Well, I came over to your house one day so we could go to the movies. Remember?"

"Yeah..." Melody said slowly, waiting for the twist.

"Well, I got there earlier than you think. As I was going up to your room, I heard some...music. Barry White." You stop to see if she picks up on then memory. Apparently she doesn't, as she keeps staring at you blankly. You sigh. "Curiosity got the better of me and I peeked into your room. You were in front of the mirror, practicing...dancing."

"Dancing? I don't dance." Melody scoffed.

"Errr...exotic dancing." You specify, blushing a bit. Melody finally clues in and she goes red too.

"What? You...you saw that?"

"Yeah." You nod. She gulps nervously.

"H-how much of it?"

"From when you had all your clothes on....to not so much." You say vaguely. Melody's cheeks were fully flushed. "When it got too embarrassing for me to watch, I backed off and stomped up the stairs to let you know I was here." You grin weakly. "Er....sorry."

"I can't believe you were watching me." She says softly. "That's slightly more than just catching me changing."

"What were you saying anyway?" You ask. Melody's eyes widened.

"S-saying?" She asks weakly. You can feel her arms shaking as she grips your wrists.

"Yeah, you were talking to yourself, but I couldn't hear you over the music. Also, I suck at lip-reading."

"I...uh...I was singing. With the music." She responds, not entirely convincingly.

"Really? It looked like you were trying to seduce the mirror." You say. "Which I guess you were pretending was Bryce."

"YES!" She exclaims quickly. "It was. It was Bryce." She nods over-enthusiastically. "That's right." Her face was still glowing beet-red. "So..." She attempted lamely to change the conversation and push the pendulum of awkwardness back at you. "You were watching for a long time. Did you like what you saw, Jack?" She tried to be mock-seductive, but the effect was more real seduction than anything.

"I have to admit, I was jealous of Bryce." You respond. Melody gasped a little bit. Her eyes were wide as saucers.

"You...you were?"

"Yeah. That was before I met Gia. I had never gotten a girl to perform a striptease for me before." You say. You could swear you noticed Melody face fall a bit.

"Of course. Of course. Male hormones, right?" She laughs awkwardly.

"Y-yeah." You nod, reacting to her uneasiness with your own. "You...um...were good, though." You cheeks heat up at the statement. Melody looks away shyly.

"...thanks." She says quietly.