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“Welcome guests to the Venus Dolls. Tonight is the beginning to Kitty-Kat week. See your purrfect ladies perform tricks for you lucky men. Don't forget to give them some milk when they are done playing with their toys. Please welcome the original cat of the night, Kitten” Cyrus said into the mic.

The lights are all on Kitten. She had her hair tied into a high ponytail and she looked at the crowd. She was wearing a short spotted dress with a brown corset, matching spotted gloves and a pair of spotted cat ears on her head. She had one black thigh highs with black heels. She walked down the stage and smiled a smug smile. She lowed herself to the ground. She stretched out one of her tone legs showing her thighs. She then began to crawl to one of the man in the front row. She grabbed his tie and smiled a bit.

“Won't you play with me for a while?” she begged. He's eyes widened as he took a drink of whiskey. She stood up and begun to slowly unzip her corset. Looked at the man as she did this. Then the man rose his hand she blinked a bit confused about the move.

“Yes, master?” she questioned

“I am willing to buy you for the night. I want to be the only one to see you naked tonight Kitten” he said

“Mhmmm” was her reply as she lowed the zip a bit more.

“I am willing to pay you 10,000 dollars” he said

Kitten's eyes flashed a slight yellow at hearing the amount of money this man was willing to buy for her. She smiled and zipped herself up. She stepped off the stage. She walked over to the man. He had to be around thirty years old. He was bald but at this point in the game it did not matter about the looks but the money. She placed her hand on his shoulder and with smile she lend in and whispered into his ear.

First go into the bosses office and pay. Then I'm all yours tonight...master” she said as she licked the outer shell of his ear. With that the two left to the office.

“It seems someone has bought Kitten. Don't worry there are plenty of other kitties that want to play tonight. Next is Cindy as the tiger” Cyrus said as a blonde crawled to the pole. Tube top jacket with orange and black strips with a matching skirt that has black fur trim. She crawled and lifted her leg and licked her thigh. This cause the whole room to whistle for more. In the other room was Lalita wearing tiger corset with boning detail, ruffle trim with sweetheart neckline, short petticoat skirt, bow neck choker, kitty ears headband and tail with black thigh highs. She looked at Frans who entered the room and nearly got a nosebleed.

“Lalita...that is....” he was thinking of the right others

“Sexy?” she questioned with a confused look in her eyes

“...yea...lets say that” he said

“Well, I'm not going to be up for a while so should I host a bit?” she questioned

The question came to a surprise to Frans. He did not think he was going to hear someone ask for such a request. He thought about it for a moment. It would not be for the best if the club's favorite stripper did not do at least a tease dance. She looked at Lalita who was silently waiting for an answer to her question. She was rather bored in the back of the stage. She knew she was not going to be on for a while for the noise coming from the stage.

“Sorry Lalita, you just have to wait” he finally answered

“That's not far” she pouted with her little child like face

“What's not far?” Roy came as soon as the words left Lalita's mouth

“I can't host. I'm bored from seating here and doing nothing to top it off!” she pouted

“It's the whole club tonight you know that. You however are the poster child. Why do you think we gave you that costume?” Roy said

“Mhmmm, fine...but isn't Cindy after this?” she questioned

“Cindy is up on stage. So you next pussycat” Frans laughed

Lalita's eyes lit up at the comment and started to jump on the same stop over and over. Before long she heard the music slowly ended. She then started to skip to the stage happy it was finally going to be her turn to shine in this adorable costume. Noticed Kitten with her only customer and Cindy teasing a few guys. Lalita waited for Cyrus to give her the okay to go on the stage.

“One of the cutest and sexist cats I've ever seen in my life. Here you have Lalita the leopard”
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The rest of the night went by smoothly. Both Cindy and Lalita switching between sides of the club. Both Frans and Roy making sure nothing was going amiss. Kitten was busy with her 'master' of the night in the VIP room. Lalita giving a few lap dance to random people. She felt bills going into between her breast and a playful smirk on her mouth every time someone tried to rub her butt and pull the tail. She would release a fake groan that some people confused and think it was an honest to god real tail.

By the end of the night Lalita could guess she made an easy 500 dollars from tips. Soon the bouncers were pushing the crowd out of the club. Soon the VIP door open and there was Kitten breathing so deeply and the man just as equally. He turned and kissed her on the forehead and thank her for the night. And like the others vanished into the night. Lalita walked up to the tired cat and grinned evilly.

“So was he good?” she questioned

“Good...is not the word...damn he blow my mind...” she whispered as she walked to the changing room. Lalita hummed a bit as she removed the costume and smiled as Cindy helped Kitten regain control over herself. Then both Frans and Roy walked into the room.

“Tonight we made a very good amount of money” Frans said with a smile on his face

“This whole cat week never fails. Cindy, tomorrow is your date off. So both Lalita and Kitten are coming back. Now...should you guys were the same costume again?” Roy seemed to say out even though it seemed to be more of a thought.

“People know as at the cat we played tonight. So I guess we have to stay in these costumes” Lalita said

“...I guess you're right” Roy thoughtful

With that the girls finished changing and all went back to there normal lives. Demi sighed as she turned her car. She drove to her apartment building. Walked to her door and opened to find the answering message with one message. No one ever called her. There was no one to talk to other than Frans and Roy who would call her about work. She clicked on the button to see who would even decided to leave her message.

“Hey Demi, it's me. Remember me, Eddy. I was wonder if you thought about being my model. You don't have to answer anytime soon. I just want to know if you really are thinking about it. Call me back at...” Demi was silent as the message continued.

She has honestly thought about it. In fact she even opened the newspaper and noticed her picture. It looked different that it was in black and white. However, she read the article and noticed that the picture did match the fact she was confused of which type of ground beef is better. She almost laughed at just how much the article and her actions paralleled each other. She decided to read the whole paper and founded it to be more enjoyable then she thought. There were other photographers on the paper. But, she found herself more drawn to Edward's photos. She did not know how to explain it however, she was pulled to them.

She walked into the bathroom and ran her shower. She looked at herself in the mirror and asked herself. Did she really want her to be his model. It would be extra money on the side. She knew she needed it...and he seemed to be a very nice man. Who knows how to take breath taking pictures. Just was wrong with the idea? The fear of being found out that she was Lalita the stripper in the Venus Doll Strip Club. The idea of that scared her beyond even her understanding. She did not like the idea of being Lalita in the street. This was indeed a paradox. What should she do? Be temerity about her whole secret life? Or play it safe and not model for Edward. She looked at the bath and noticed the water was just in the right level. She stepped into it and let its magically effects take over her.
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Helping the church with the soup kitchen was always pleasant. Everyone was smiling and thankful for ever just a bit of food they were eating. She swiped her forehead from the sweat of the steam cookers. She sighed as she placed the apron back into the shelf as she removed the gloves. She had already talked to Father John. He thought she should speak more with Edward about this subject. He said that she had to let herself go. It was okay that she was scared. But, she also had to learn how to let go of things. She walked to her car and drove to the Starbucks she met Edward the last time. She did not know for a fact if he was even going to be there but it would not hurt to check it out. She looked around the shop to find in her mixed feelings of finding the photographer seating and playing with his laptop. She walked to the table and stood next to him and lend in to notice he was looking at pictures of dogs.

“Dogs?” she asked almost too softly for anyone to hear

Then Edward turned to see it was her. His face lit up and he looked like he was almost going to hug her to death. The only thing she did was blink at him like he was a complete weirdo. She lend into the screen again to see a series of random dog photos. 'Wow they all so good. And the dogs look super cute...' she thought

“So what is for?” she asked as polite as she could

“An article about dog parks. I'm deciding which picture to use. I would ask you for help but you wouldn't know a good picture even if it said good picture” he said with a tint of teasing in his voice.

“Oh please...” she muttered as she looked at the smiling faces of the dogs she was seeing. There was one that caught her eye though. A small little cream colored dog with a large sheepdog. She looked at with and a smile appeared on her face. Before long she noticed that the picture enlarged and that Edward was looking at the photo.

“Maybe you're not blind. Maybe you're just lucky” he asked

“Look, I came here to talk about the modeling job. If you want I can always leave” she said. She was half joking but the subject. However, Edward seemed to take her too serious and nearly jumped out of the seat.

“I was only joking. Please model for me” he begged

“...I was joking too...” Demi said almost in shock that he would react like that.

He relaxed and soon created an email and sent the photo to one of his bosses she guessed. Without being ask she decided to take a seat knowing in the back of her head this was going to take a while. After all they were going to talk about the rules, and how she would be paid. Where the photos were going and all that other type of business.

“So why do you even need a model?” she questioned

“...someone asked me to create a photography book. At first I was against since I didn't feel like my photos were any good. But, after taking that picture of you. I think my most recent photos look more lively. I don't know how to explain this well...” he muttered in the end

“So I'm like you muse?” she asked

“Yes! That's it! You're my muse” he smiled

“Okay...so why pictures of me?” she asked

“Oh, it's not only you. But you are going to be an large amount of them” he answered

“...and if I say yes...how long at the photo sessions?” she questioned

“That's basic on the type of photo I wish to take on that day” he answered truthful. “It's best to do it during on of you free days” he asked

“...I see. In total how long do I have to be your model?” she asked

“About six months” he said

A half a year was no long compared to her night job. It did not seem like a hard job. In fact she just that he was being very serious and profession about the whole agreement. She did not have to think anymore about that part of the problem. She knew this was the real deal. Now it's trying to tell herself that this is indeed a good idea. She has been in this town for most of her life and even seen men she knew as a child in the club. Not once did they notice she was the little girl with the two braids.

“Okay, I'll be your model” she said

Edward's eyes lit up at the sentence. He jumped up and hugged the auburn haired girl tightly against him. When was the last time she was hugged? It must have been years since she never remember feeling so safe in someone's arms before. She pulled away and narrowed her eyes a bit.

“Sorry, lost control of myself for a minute there” he said with a nervous laugh

“I can tell” she said. Then he just looked at him with a blank look. She was just thinking about this agreement when she suddenly noticed he was snapping his fingers in front of her face. She blinked a few times to look into the green eyes of his and have herself relax a bit.

“I just need you to sign a few papers. Trust me, there is no hidden statement. In fact look at it”

She took the paper from his hand and almost want to control her laughter. The were only a few brief sentences in the whole document. At this point she wondered if Edward was even good at making deals. However, in the end she was safer because of his lack of contract knowledge. She read it to see if it was the same agreements they spoke of earlier. She then took a black ink pen and began to sign her name on the line.

“Perfect, Demi you have no idea what you've done for me” he said in a tone she did not think she would ever hear coming from his mouth. Was it...seriousness? Well she was not going to wonder about it for too long. It was not important in the first places.

“It's just pictures” she laughed

“To you it is...” he muttered.

Soon the two were silent as Edward typed endlessly to someone through email. Demi found herself so bored she decided to read the quotes on her coffee cup. Hour seemed to have stopped the moment she noticed she had nothing better to do. She was waiting for Edward to say something to end the silence between them. Soon he stopped and looked at her with a smile.

“What is that smile about?” she questioned almost too scared to know what the truth behind the smile was.

“I was telling the editor of the book about you. At first he was if about it. But, after I sent that picture of you to him. He thought I should let you model” he said

“Wait...you asked me before you asked your editor?” she could not believe what she was hearing. Who in there right mind would ask a stranger to work for you if you were not even such you can have her to the job. She want to scream and beat the loving life out of Edward. But, with this last few encounters with the blonde. She noticed he was just a scatter-brain.
“It doesn't really matter anyways. I would have still taken pictures of you” he said

“Like in a supermarket” she said

“That's beside the point. The point is...I think we should hang out more so we can like be comfortable before a photo sessions”

“Sounds good...so where should we meet?” she asked

“Here is perfect. I like coffee, you like tea” he chuckled

“I can tell...I think you have a caffeine obsession” Demi joked

“Maybe I do, but I hear no complains about my addict” he answered with a smirk

“You're so special” she said with a roll of her eyes as she stood up and walked out of the coffee shop.
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“Welcome guests to the Venus Dolls. Tonight is the beginning to Kitty-Kat week. We have a new kitten that wants to play today. But remember this kitty has claws. Please welcome with Trish the bad cat” Cyrus said into the mic.

The music started as Trish entered the stage. Her eyes fixed at this man who was wearing a navy blue suit. She could not help but lip her bottom lips. Lalita who was hosting a few newbies could not help but wonder why she always had such lustful eyes. She jumped off the stage and walked to the man that had a nice smug smile on his face. She reached for his tie and forced him too meet her eyes.

“Looks like the cat like me” he chuckled.

Lalita knew that comment was partly due to Trish's ruthless personality. Her wearing a leather black bikini with fish nets stocks was not helping. At least she had black ears and a matching tail. She spread her legs and sat on the man's lap. She lead close to his ear and whispered something in his ear. Then get it a quick lick. She stood up and begun to walk around the club.

“Is she always like that?” one of her guested asked her

“Who Trish? It's part of her ego...he is going to end up sleeping with her by the end of the night” she answered with a giggle

“How do you know that?” he asked

“It always happens...that is after flirt with some other guys...but enough about her...don't you think I'm cute?” she asked softly against his ear.

“O-of course I do” he said as she placed her hand on his chest. She could feel his heart race. She loved the speed of his heart. But, oddly today she was not in the mood for sex. She closed her eyes her and lend into a soft kiss. She quickly pulled away and seat next to him. She noticed the cute blush on his face. She smiled and decided she just wanted to talk today.
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“Tonight went well” Kitten said as she tied her hair back up. She was gave a nice amount of tips and she could not help but smile with the newly found money she made. Trish was simply changing into her normal clothes and looked at Lalita who was still talking to some of the new customers. She waved them a good bye. She walked to the room and noticed both Kitten and Trish eying her.

“You and newbies” Trish laughed

“So? They're cute...besides they were curious to why you did that stunt tonight” she said as she sat down and took up the make up.

“Stunt? Oh...You meet that guy. He was hot...so I do what I always do. And I must say he was a good ********” she with a smirk on her face

“When don't you have sex?” Kitten asked as she had on a slipknot tee with light denim ripped jeans with the same sneakers as always.

“True...I have a great chance of thinking of when don't I” she laughed

Then both Frans and Roy walked into the room. Both with a smile on their faces. Lalita tilted her head a little confused about why both men were smile so oddly. She removed the wig and pulled a plain white dress over her head.

“Girls, we are so happy about this Kitty-Kat week. I think there is going to be a lot more weekly events” Frans said

“Really? Not just animals right?” Kitten asked hopeful should could stop dressing like a cat for once

“It's the end of September. You guys have a month to find a costume of any type for Halloween” Frans reminded them.

“Oh, are right! I almost forgot” Lalita said

“That's right so think of something cute and sexy girls” Frans said with a cheerful smile

“Looks like someone is going to get laid tonight” Trish teased the blonde. Who face lit up at the words

“Oh really?” Lalita asked with a playful grin “Tell us if Roy is a good lover or not”

“Girls...” he muttered almost too embarrassed to look at them for too long. Roy only look at them with eyes that were half playful and lustful. He walked towards Frans and took him by the wrist and smiled. Both Lalita and Trish stopped at the scene and Lalita could not help but blush.

“Anyways, I'm off tomorrow so if anything happens call me” she reminded them as she walked to the exit.

“Okay, thanks for coming Lalita” Roy called out as she pushed open the door. She felt cool autumn wash over her as she walked down the alley. Much cleaner than the club, she had to say though she knew that Roy and Frans did their best to make sure it was clean and well kept. Odds were that she only imagined the scent since no one ever complains about it. She walked to her car and drove him.
As normal she walked to the bathroom to wash her face and run the bath water. Here thoughts were once again pf the contract she made with Edward. She knew she would not feel better until she spoke to Father Peter about this topic. He always helped her make decisions in her life. She looked at the mirror and ran her hands through her hair. She sighed heavily, just why did she looked like her mother so? A angel commenting the one of the most deadliest sins. If she looked like her father would do feel less guilty she was sure of it. But...she was a mirror image of her mother...same nose, eyes, mouth, cheekbones...everything. She turned to notice that the water was up to the level she wanted it to be. She slowly stepped into the tub and sighed into it as she like the warm water calm her nerves.
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She woke up with a simple yawn and looked around her neat little room. She smiled knowing that she did not have work today. It was finally her day off. She got out of bed and walked into the kitchen to make herself blueberry pancakes. She hummed a song as she happily made her breakfast. As soon as she finished making it she sat and said grace as she ate the fluffy cakes. It reminded her of her younger eyes when her mother would make the pancakes. She smiled a bit at the warm memory as she finished and wished dishes to head out to the church.

She was rather in high spirits today since it was finally time for her to work in the day care today. She looked the daycare section of the church the most. She loved children and originally wanted to be a teacher. However being able to help in the day care was a close second. She walked into the day care to be ambushed but ten toddlers. She nearly fell held herself up. She kneed down and picked up one of the random children and smiled at the smiling face.

“How are you guys ready for coloring time?”she asked as she walked to one of the tables.

She made sure there was an even amount of paper and color crayons. She hated break up fights over crayons. She knew how to calm them down however dealing with it was something she simply did not want to face. She noticed all the children were busy talking and coloring happily. She stood up and walked to the nursery to check on the babies. They were awake and there was a rather pretty woman. She has caramel colored skin with light brown hair. She turned and her black eyes took Demi by surprise.

“Oh, you must be Demi right?” she asked softly with a hint of a island accent

“Ummm...yes...it's nice to meet you...” she wished she knew this woman's name

“Maria...Mary if you like” she said

“Maria isn't that hard to say” she laughed

“Most Americans call me Mary. So you are taking care of the toddlers today?” she asked

“Yea, I like to check on the babies too” she said cheerfully.

“I know what you mean they are just so innocent now....” she said as she gentle placed the baby back into the crib. Demi smiled at Maria for a moment and turned to see that someone was pulling on her dress. She looked to see one of the girls smiling holding a picture of a fairy princess.

“Aw, it's so pretty” Demi smiled as the girl's face lit up. She took the little girl's hand as she walked back into the playroom.

After reading them the story of Noah's Arc and they finished with their cookies and milk it was time for nap time. It took them awhile to understand that she was being serious about the whole idea of nap time. One she need to speak to Father Peter and secondly, she needed a break. There was only so much she could with the children. She cared for all of them equal it was just a little tiring at times. She asked Maria if she could watch over them and she agreed and told Demi not to worry about something like that. She walked up to the room to find the Father smiling at her.

“Nice to see you again Demi” he said in a soft voice

“Father...I need to speak to you about something” she said

“Come into the room with me then my dear” he said as she followed me into the room she was familiar with. She smiled at him for a bit and wondered how to explain this to me.

“Father...I want to ask for your advice”

“About?”

“I'm going to model for a photographer by the name of Edward Micheal St. James. I want to do this...i just want to know if you also think I should do this” she said

“...I am only here to help you decide what you want to do. Remember that Demi. As for the matter at hand. I think it sounds like a good job. You should never be scared of trying new things” he said

“...Thank you Father” she said

“You are welcome child. May God bless you” he said sweetly

“You too” she answered with a smile.

She walked back to the day care in time to notice that some of the toddlers were starting to wake up. Maria gave her a quick wave as she left to change one of the babies diapers. She smiled as the toddlers circled around her. She looked at Kevin who was rubbing his eyes sleepily.

“Kevin are you still sleepily?” she asked him softly

“Yes...” he yawned

“I'll set you a little bed in the nursery. Would you like that?” she asked

“Yes” he yawned as she did just that. The rest of the children knew what time it was. It was play time. They all ran for the different toys and plushies there was in the room. As soon as Demi returned there were girls playing with dolls, and boys with their cars. She only smiled at the sight and looked at the clock. She knew she had to meet Edward soon. It was only one and the day care programmed ends at two. One more hour of bliss was not going to kill anyone.
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“You're late” Edward said as Demi sat across the table. She noticed her cool tea that was waiting for her. She picked it up and took a sip and notice that it was black tea. 'He notices how what I like to drink?' she thought. She only drink the tea and this took Edward by surprise.

“It's cold” he said

“You bought it. So I'm going to drink it” she said as she took another sip of the cold tea.

Edward was silent as he made a list of ideas. She was silent has he made the list. It had to a list of for something in the nature of a photo shoot. He did want to know her better so the shoot would seem more nature. Well that is what she believed. He soon stopped and took a bit from a apple pie.

“Okay...since the leaves are changing colors. I was thinking about a photo in a natural park with all the trees” he said

“...I like that idea” she said as she finished her tea.

She loved autumn for that very reason. The way things change for a new life. She wished that she had the chance to change. She sighed a bit which seemed to confuse Edward a bit. She put her hand on her cheek as she looked at the blonde haired man. From some reason he blushed a bit at the sight. He went down to his bag and to a camera and took a quick picture. The light surprised the auburn haired for a moment.

“Why did you take another picture?” she asked

“Because you smiled” he said

She narrowed her eyes and then rolled them as she quickly remembered his idea for there first photo shoot.

“So what park were you thinking of?” she asked

“Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point SP, it has a nice nature trail”he said

“Perfect then” she said

“I was wondering if you could go tomorrow” he said

“Don't you think that's too soon? I mean the trees haven't even finished changing colors yet” she stated

“True...” he muttered

“Next week is better. Watch do you think?” she asked

“Sounds good. Hey we don't we meet somewhere else...I'm getting a little tired of Starbucks if you know what I mean” he asked

“How about a bookstore? I need to get a new book to read anyways” Demi said

“Deal, I'll see you tomorrow?” he questioned

“Yup, I'll see you there. Bye Edward” she said as she left the table.

“Don't say good bye...” he said

Demi turned and noticed a look in his eyes that almost scared her. 'Those eyes...they look just like David's when I said good bye' she recalled as he walked towards her.

“You should say 'see you later'” he said cheerfully. 'I'm an idiot to think he was being serious' she thought as she released a sigh.

“I'll see you later then” she said as she left the coffee store. Edward stood there for a bit unsure if he want to be friends with her this badly.