Tania's New Mentor

Tania's big night out had gone even worse than anticipated. She had expected to wake up the next morning with a hangover and recollections of the previous evening that would make her wince. That had indeed happened, but the evening's events had taken such a disastrous turn that the worst of her problems were only coming into play now.

She had at least tried to prepare herself for her unwanted trip to the Blue Velvet club as best she could, most notably by keeping well clear of Lacey and leaving her phone switched off, lest she be affected by any more of her friend's dumb decisions made on her behalf. She had instead agreed to meet Lacey outside the strip bar just minutes before they were due there. From then on, Tania was going to do everything within her power to convince the people at Blue Velvet she wasn't stripper material, so they would advise her to go home and hit the books like she was supposed to have been doing this weekend, before a perverted fairy decided she had other plans for her. To start with, she had dressed as dowdily as she could manage.

When Lacey arrived, the contrast in their attire was immediately striking, as was the obvious difference in the two friends' levels of comfort with their surroundings.

"This is pretty exciting, right?" Lacey asked with great enthusiasm "Stripping is one of those bucket list things you never think you'll actually get the opportunity to do. I can't believe it just fell into our laps like this"

"Yeah, I guess.." Tania pretended she was listening as she instead looked around her at the actual strippers who might soon become her colleagues if she wasn't careful.

"Come on Tanny, don't tell me you've never fantasised about taking your clothes off in front of a bunch of horny guys who desperately want to touch you but can only look"

"I really, genuinely haven't!" Tania blushed as the pair walked past the bouncer into the building.

Tania had never been anywhere like this before but, if it was supposed to be a classy strip club, she would have hated to see a tacky one. It was obvious the place was dripping with money and the girls were all beautiful, but the decor was tasteless and the performers easily outnumbered by sleazy looking guys, sipping no doubt extortionately priced drinks, even in the early afternoon. A topless lady carrying a tray of drinks walked past and winked at the girls, which instantly made Tania feel more awkward and out of place than she already had been. She returned it with a polite nod while Lacey smiled and waved.

Not long after, an older woman with a huge amount of cleavage on display came bouncing over with gusto.

"Hey there! You must be the two university girls who got scouted last night! I can see why the boys were so excited about finding you. I'm Cherry!"

Tania figured Cherry was almost certainly a former stripper who had aged out, but stayed in the profession to become whatever the stripper equivalent of a pimp was. This was the person Tania had to not impress.

"You two are just perfect" Cherry clasped her hands together happily "I love what you have done with your costumes. Very inventive!"

"Costumes?" a baffled Tania asked.

"The sexy, glamorous chick" Cherry gestured towards Lacey first before turning to Tania "And the hot nerd. People will love that combination. We can tweak the dorky look a little - dress you more like a school girl rather than just someone without much fashion sense - but we should definitely keep this dynamic. People really get off on seeing a prudish bookworm stripped and degraded on stage. We can have you be the submissive one in the act, and your friend will make a wonderful dominatrix"

"Okay" Tania agreed with horror.

"Great, if you let me know your sizes I can put some outfits together for you both in time for this evening?"

"This evening?" Tania began to panic.

"Of course, Saturday is our busiest night. What better time to introduce some new talent?"

"I guess" Tania conceded "But I can't dance at all. Doesn't that matter?"

"Not for the kind of act I'm already beginning to envision for the two of you" Cherry shrugged "I want you both back here at 6 pm. We'll run through your routine together - kind of an undressed rehearsal, if you will - then I can send you both out there later on when we're at full capacity and people are drunk and feeling more generous with their tips. Sounds good right?"

"Definitely!" Lacey nodded.

"Okay" Tania had to agree.

"Something else I need to ask you both upfront is if you are willing to give private lap dances on request? Not everyone is comfortable doing it, but I would strongly advise you to go for it as the money is amazing"

"I'm not sure, that might be a bit much for me" Lacey shook her head.

"I'll do it if you think I should" Tania said.

"Okay, well fifty per cent success then!" Cherry laughed "Oh, and I should also ask if either of you are available to do some topless hostessing in the week? Again, I would recommend you do. It's money for old rope"

"I really don't have the time for that, sorry" Lacey declined.

"I'll do it" Tania offered.

"Damn it Tanny, you're really getting into this!" Lacey grinned and shook her head in disbelief "When are you going to even find time to study?"

"Oh, she won't need to worry about that" Cherry clasped Tania by the shoulder fondly "I think Tanny here is going to become my little stripping protege. She won't need to memorise boring books ever again"