Bucks Night! (Lots of Mans...and Amanda and Alessa) Rating: :D!

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

It was now almost 9 o'clock and Peter Kemp was currently watching a very nice looking lady dance around in what looked like half a doily. If it was possible for his eyebrows to raise any higher, they would have, but that would have made him superhuman. They'd spent the day doing every male thing on the face of the planet it seemed. Bowling, laser tag, go-carting...Peter didn't even understand the point of go-carts. He had a car and he didn't enjoy driving that. Why would he want to drive a smaller one around a track? Thomas had spent most of the time trying to run him off the road which was what he was afraid of anyway... For lasertag he'd spent most of the time with his gun inactive because every single time it came back, someone else shot him and it shut down again. Bowling was okay. But he hated renting shoes...

And now he was at a strip club. The Blue Monday strip club to be exact. It was as if he'd never stopped being a priest the way he acted, sitting there in his chair, watching the women dance with a politely confused look on his face. Thomas, however, was having the time of his life. He kept hooting and stealing money from Peter so he could place it in the dancer's cosutmes. Peter wondered how the doilies held so many notes. He also wondered how much longer he'd have to wait here before he could see Aly again.

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[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

This was the best night of Thomas's death, that was for damn sure! His face had been invaded by a large grin ever since go-carting and now there were mostly-naked women. Fantastic! He bopped his head to the music and elbowed Peter. "Come on, it's your buck's night! Look where you are and be grateful! Count your blessings! All that priestly goo!" Peter just snorted and turned his attention to David.

[whichdoctor.livejournal.com]

David had been having a fantastic time all day. The activities that Tamm had pain-stakingly organised had brought out the little kid in him, and that was always something that David had enjoyed. He'd gotten himself absolutely filthy with mud and grease at the go-kart track, and had added a lot of sweat into the mix as he'd led his commando hordes at Zone 3. Well... his hordes being Peter, Thomas and a few of the young Spanish men. Tamm had led the opposing team of Pierre, Ethan and further Spaniards. David had ended up so drenched and smelly that he'd made a quick detour home for a change of clothes on the way to the bowling alley. Now, having enjoyed dinner and drinks with the lads, David watched the strippers with an air of sophisticated amusement. He wasn't the sort of man to regularly attend strip clubs, but he had been to one before, so he knew what to expect. He smiled and winked at the ladies every now and then, but mostly enjoyed the socialising with family and friends. He grinned as Thomas tried to get Peter into the swing of things. "Thomas is right," he said. "These are some really beautiful girls. And Aly wanted you to look," he added with a wink. Doily-girl strolled along the stage close to them, gave a cute smile and blew Peter a kiss. David showed his appreciation with a thumbs up.

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

Peter showed his appreciate by turning pink and looking scared. He was so smooth. "Yes they're...very very nice." Peter said, glancing around as if the Pope was going to catch him and castrate him in punishment. "Why are they...wearing so very little?"

Ethan watched Peter and his friends and he turned to Pierre and Tamm. "This is torture." He said simply. "It's torture and Peter's making me nervous." He smiled and glanced back over to the older men. "It's like he's afraid Aly will kick his arse."

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

Amanda entered the club shyly, biting her lip and mostly hoping she wouldn't be too noticed. It wasn't all bad in here. In fact, the dim lighting meant that everything wasn't obvious straight away, and that meant that it wasn't obvious that a girl had just entered a strip club, even if it was in the attempt to visit her girlfriend -whooooa, that word still sounded weird when talking about Alessa- at work, and hey, that was a normal thing to do.

She paused just inside of the door, blinking towards the stage, which was of course the main attraction of the place. Curling some of her hair behind her ear, Amanda stepped into the club. It was cool in here. She smiled. Yeah, she could do this. She even managed a cocky step in her stride as she headed straight towards the bar. She was walking here!

[darktammquility.livejournal.com]

David smirked. "Just wait till you see what happens later! At least Thomas will enjoy it," he said, directing his grin to the other man.

Tamm laughed and patted Ethan on the back. "Come on man, you've just gotta get into it! Where's that stout, dragonslayer heart from Zone 3? Peeeeow!" He made a phaser-firing motion, then noticed one of the girls nearby and let out a loud whoop. "Besides," he continued, turning back to Ethan. "Aly encouraged this. She fuckin' rocks!"

[father-peter.livejournal.com]

"Wh..what happens later?!" Peter asked, his voice very very small. Thomas just grinned more.

Ethan smiled at Tamm. "I am into it, that's the problem." He had a girlfriend he couldn't sleep with. What he didn't need was more temptation. "But Aly is indeed amazing. She's my girlfriend's friend. My girlfriend encouraged this too." He glanced up at the stripper. "And I have no idea why..."

[eligible-boy.livejournal.com]

David considered his answer. "The doilies get smaller," he explained vaguely.

"Yeah, I getcha," Tamm nodded sympathetically. "Heard about all that ruckus with people spreading shit and whatnot. Fuckin' crap, is what it is. How about I buy you a drink to help you mellow out?"

Pierre was half listening to the conversation, and half just observing the club. He'd never been to one of these before, and was surprised he'd even got past the door. Tamm seemed to have that matter well in hand, though, being on speaking terms with the doorperson. Pierre noticed a female form moving towards the bar, someone he thought he recognised... he broke away to approach her, and on closer inspection found that it was... "Amanda?"

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

Amanda blinked, then grinned as she recognised Pierre. "Pierre!" she called out, waving. "I didn't expect to see you here. I didn't expect..." She faltered as she noticed more people behind him that she also recognised. "Expect anyone I knew to be here. What are you all doing here?" she asked of him.

[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

Ethan smiled at Tamm. "That's probably a good idea, thank you."

Peter had finally managed to raise his eyebrows an extra quarter of a centimeter. He felt like his face might freeze that way. "S...smaller?"

Thomas whooped. "Brilliant!" He waved to the one on stage and winked at her. She came over to him and he once again stole a 5 pound note from Peter's wallet and slipped it into her costume. "That won't ever get old!"

Peter gave Thomas a Look. "It will if I pinch you every time you do it." He said, grabbing his wallet away from Thomas.

"Peter's mean!" Thomas whined to David.

[darktammquility.livejournal.com]

"We're here for a bucks' night!" Pierre smiled. He pointed over in Peter's general direction. "That is my very good friend Peter, and his mates David and Thomas. Peter is getting married on Saturday!" Pierre always loved talking about Peter's imminent wedding. It made him bouncey and animated.

Tamm smiled and waved at Amanda as he brought Ethan over to the bar. "Hey, 'manda. Can't say I expected to see your face around here." He gave her a hug before turning to indicate the other young man with him. "You remember Ethan, yeah?"

David laughed at the interaction between Peter and Thomas. "You know, it's not too late to back out and become a nun!" he grinned at Peter.

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

"Hey Ethan," Amanda answered warmly. She couldn't help but notice that the man for whom this bucks' night was supposed to be about seemed just a little uncomfortable... maybe more than a litle uncomfortable. She smiled at Tamm as well, enjoying the hug, then pulling away. Her hand got caught in his hair, and she chuckled a little as she tried to pull free, making a glance in the direction of the stage to see if Alessa was up there yet.

[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

Thomas laughed at that. "Oh he gets up to some very un-nun like things, I happen to know."

Peter looked back and forth between Thomas and David and he felt a little ashamed he wasn't able to enjoy this. Perhaps it wasn't his thing. He knew how to enjoy himself with someone he loved, there was no doubt of that. And it wasn't like he was shy about sex. Hell, he'd had sex in most of the buildings of London University. More than once. But this was different. He didn't feel anything for these women and therefore he really didn't want to see their...doilies and things. He couldn't even relax long enough to enjoy Thomas's very comical enjoyment of the evening. "I wish I could have a fucking drink." He said darkly.

Thomas's smile turned into a frown. "Peter, if you do, I'm cutting your hair."

[whichdoctor.livejournal.com]

"Argh!" Tamm cried, but he laughed as Amanda disentangled herself from his hair. "Why don't you just stay there, darlin'. The hair obviously loves you." He wrapped his arm around Amanda's waist and held her close.

"Peter," David said as quietly as he could and still be heard, his face and voice sincere, "If you're really not comfortable here, we can find somewhere quiet to go until it's time to meet the girls. We can probably find a pool hall that's not too busy, or something."

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

Amanda took a deep breath in as Tamm brought her close to his side so that she had a very conscious awareness of him, but the smile on her lips barely wavered, even if her heart quickened. "What are you drinking?" she asked him brightly, by way of distraction.

[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

Peter took a deep breath. It had become clear to him at about 2:15 that afternoon that today wasn't really about him and he was okay with that. "I think I'd break Thomas's heart. I'll be okay."

Thomas patted Peter's shoulder. "Hey, my heart says you're more important than the sexy sexy lady up there winking at me. Hello, Lady!" He waved and then turned back to Peter. "She liked the Thomas."

Peter snorted. "I'm fine." He repeated. It was good to see Thomas so happy anyway. And he'd only have to be here a little longer...

[debassed.livejournal.com]

Tamm hadn't actually considered that yet, and turned to examine the range behind the bar. "Hmmm... you know, I'm feeling adventurous. I'll have a martini," he told the bartender, a handsome, young dark-haired man. "Yo, Ethan! What are you having?"

David was about to say something else when he was cut off by the loud intrusion of a deep-voiced announcer. "And now gentleman, the woman you've been waiting for, the PVC Princess, the Voracious Vampiress, the Gothic Goddess... the Amazing... Alessa!"

The platforms darkened as the other girls departed, one spot lighting the smokey entrance to the main stage. Camp, faux-creepy electronic music began to play as the corseted seductress made her way slowly onto the stage, swaying to the music.

[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

Thomas grinned slowly, stunned to silence by the smoke and..things. She pretty.

Ethan turned to the barkeeper and indicated he'd just have a beer before turning back to watch the stage with interest.

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

She was beautiful, and as usual, took Amanda's breath away just by being there. But this was different. Everyone's eyes were on Alessa and Amanda smiled that it would be her going home with Alessa that night. Still she found herself in... conflict was too strong a word, but it would do while Amanda turned to Tamm instead of thinking her thoughts and poked him playfully in the side to ask, "What, you're not offering me anything tonight?" Her smile showed him her innocence and that she was joking with him.

[debassed.livejournal.com]

Alessa's eyes travelled slowly over the audience. She took note of which men were paying the most attention, including the dashing brown-haired one. Then at the bar... oh, Christ. Tamm. Hadn't she told him not to come here any more?! But there was Amanda, too... what the hell? Why were they both here? And with Pierre? If her dance faltered, it was only for a split second. The first thing that had to go in this act was the feather boa. She let it snake around her body, seemingly defying gravity, sliding around her waist and between her legs. In one fluid motion, she flicked out her arm to send the boa unerringly on its way to Thomas.

Pierre's eyes widened as Alessa made her way onto the stage and noticed him. Damn, he hadn't realised she was going to be dancing tonight! He cleared his throat and turned to his drink, ready to pay extra close attention to it.

Tamm, on the other hand, just grinned at Alessa before bringing his attention back to Amanda for the moment. "First come, first served. What are you drinkin', darlin'?"

[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

Thomas caught the boa and he immediately wrapped it around his head, proud of his new prize. Peter just chuckled and poked Thomas in the arm before turning back to the stage to try to figure out how he knew this girl. She looked so familiar. And then his jaw fell open. She was the shy quiet housemate of Bianca's he'd met when he'd gone to see his cousin's gallery. Oh...bloody hell. Thomas had no idea, and he moved with the music in his chair, feather boa on head having the time of his life.

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

"Martini looked good!" Amanda said quickly. She'd noticed Alessa notice her... and had wondered if perhaps she should have given Alessa warning that she might come here tonight. She didn't want to put her off her act.

[debassed.livejournal.com]

"Martini!" Tamm repeated to the bartender, and turned back to watching Alessa as Vincent set about making the drinks. Alessa was swinging her hips and putting on a vampiric air as she strolled past them, ignoring Tamm completely. She caught Amanda's eye and winked at her, but kept on walking towards the three men further down the stage. The boss had informed her that it was the scruffy-haired one's bucks' night, so she should focus some extra attention this way. She spun about to give those men a good view of her arse as she continued to grind to the music.

David chuckled as they received Alessa's attention, enjoying Thomas' reactions just as much as the act itself. That boa around his head was priceless, and David only wished that photography was allowed in here.

[ladyofthere.livejournal.com]

Amanda picked up the martini, reassured happily by Alessa's wink. She lifted her hand to cheers her glass against Tamm's. "What shall we toast to?" she asked him.

[suave-thomas.livejournal.com]

Peter's mouth fell open as Alessa showed them her arse. Well....okay. That was...abrupt.

Thomas made a 'really quite interested' sound and adjusted the boa on his head so it sat up taller. "She's my favourite!" He whispered to David. "And she gave me her feathery thing! It's my favourite too. My favourite feathery thing."

[whichdoctor.livejournal.com]

"Dude, to Peter and Aly of course!" Tamm grinned, and raised his glass in Peter's direction. "Here's to ya, man!" he called over the music.

"I think you might be her favourite too!" David whispered back, watching the ebon-haired girl do her thing. Her fingers were moving gracefully along the clasps of her corset now, releasing them slowly and expertly. Her legs and hips writhed against the laws of gravity as she progressed, her eyes almost always locked upon those of one of the three men. "You know, I'll have to show you my feathered thing sometime, it's great!" David continued. "Oh, look! Peter's being toasted!"