AN: I wrote personal response but cr17's being really lame so I don't think they came up.
Also, the chapters are going to get longer.
And Anja, I'll have a photo for you up soon....ehehe
~Chapter Three~
The next day, there was much excitement going on at Tempo before the club even opened. Top had brought in a new girl, and everyone was running around to put things in order for the new girl. The girl was very pretty, shy, and from what Top was claiming, a virgin. Ali had come into Lady Larissa?s office, wanting to speak with Fefa and Jessy, but was distracted when she met with Lady Larissa who was fussing over a young girl Ali had never seen before. It was there that Lady Larissa introduced the girls to one another.
?Ali, this is Pua, Top?s newest girl,? Lady Larissa said, brushing Pua?s hair. ?Pua, don?t be afraid of Ali. She?s a journalist and she?s going to be spending some time observing what we do. She means no harm at all.?
?Oh, a new girl,? Ali said, leaning up against the door.
?What?s her name again?? Benny asked, sticking his head in.
?Just stay outside,? Ali ordered, shoving him and Sacha away. ?Don?t mind those two. So, Lady Larissa, how often do you get new girls??
?It depends,? Lady Larissa said, putting Pua?s makeup on for her. ?Sometimes we get half a dozen or so girls and we throw them out to the bars. Some girls Top or a few of the other men find on the streets, and depending on what Top and I think of them they can go anywhere from the bars to the Roundabouts to the High Rollers.?
?And Pua, where are you going??
?High Rollers,? Lady Larissa said, turning away from Pua as her phone rang.
Ali observed Pua. She was indeed very pretty, which Ali had noticed all the High Roller girls were: pretty beyond belief. It was as if any of them could have given up their lives as prostitutes and just become supermodels. Pua looked young as well nervous. She had her hands clasped together in her lap as she stared at her own reflection with her makeup only partially done.
?Excuse me,? Lady Larissa said as she hung up on the phone. ?Top needs me for a few minutes. Ali, can you keep Pua company??
?Certainly,? Ali said with a nod as Lady Larissa walked out of her office.
?So, how much are you worth?? Sacha asked, sticking his head in.
?I said keep your head out of Lady Larissa?s office!? Ali shouted, shoving Sacha?s head out from the doorway. ?Again, sorry for those idiots. So, Pua, that?s a beautiful name.?
?Thank you,? Pua said, looking over at Ali. ?So what are you doing here? Just writing an article about Top or something??
?Somewhat,? she said, shifting her weight from one leg to the other. ?I?m just beginning my work on Top and his business. Don?t worry, though; no real names are going to be given out. But ummm...I was wondering, how did you end up here? Did Top personally pick you up??
?I ran away from home when I turned 18 a few months ago,? Pua began, ?and I took a bus from the small town I lived in and came here. I wanted to become a movie star, you know? Stupid. Of course I ended up in the streets after I ran out of money. A couple weeks ago, when I was sitting outside this store, hoping people would give me money, I see Top and some of his friends down the street. He just smiled at me, and he looked so hot, like always, with his eyeliner and looking like a rap star.
?I saw him every day from then on, and he?s so clean and I?m not, so I was afraid to go talk to him, but he came to me last week and began talking to me. He was like, ?Hi, my name?s Top, what?s yours?? and I felt so good that someone was talking to me like a real person and not some dumb runaway, you know? After a few days he began telling me that he wanted to make a deal with me. He would buy me clothes, food, jewelry, everything; he would even let me have a nice bed to sleep on, but only if I worked for him.
?I?m not stupid, you know? So I was like, ?You want me to be a prostitute?? and he told me it?s not like the girls I see working the streets. His is better and I would make so much more money, and I wouldn?t get in trouble by the cops. I didn?t believe him at first. So he took me here the other night, letting me see this club, and he even showed me a room he had saved up for me. How can I say no? Have you seen the High Rollers girls? Gosh, they?re all gorgeous! So here I am, getting made up for my big debut, as Top was saying earlier.?
?So are you prepared to go out and do it?? Ali asked.
?Well, he said I didn?t have to have sex yet,? Pua said. ?I?m scared, still. Guys lie a lot, but Top?s been so sweet to me. I hope I don?t have to have sex tonight. It?s stupid, I know, but you don?t know what it?s like to walk in here and be treated like a princess when you?ve been starving for a long time with nowhere to go. I?m actually a virgin, but you know, a lot of call girls start out as virgins, and Top told me I have nothing to worry about.?
?Well, it was nice meeting you, Pua,? Ali said, glancing at the clock, realizing that she was late with meeting up with Fefa and Jessy. ?I have to be off, but I hope you have a good debut.?
Ali wanted to discuss the arrangements made for Pua with either Lady Larissa or Top, but knew she had to wait.
?Ali!? Jessy greeted happily as she opened the door to the room she shared with Fefa. ?We were wondering when you?d show up.?
?Happy to see you, too,? Sacha said as he began to enter the room with Ali.
?No!? Ali snapped, turning around to stop Sacha and Benny. ?You two sit outside the room! I don?t need you trying to hit on the girls and checking them out when I?m trying to talk to them.?
?You?re seriously killing all the fun in my life,? Benny sighed, sitting down on the ground outside the room.
?We don?t mind them,? Fefa said with a laugh after Jessy shut the door.
?They?re distracting,? Ali said with frustration.
After Ali sat herself down in a chair as both Fefa and Jessy were doing their hair and putting on their makeup, Ali began the interview, first asking what they felt about the new girl, Pua.
?Oh,? Fefa said with a laugh, ?she?s gorgeous. I am predicting that if she lasts, she?ll be stiff competition with us.?
?Brownie Triplets?? Jessy asked, looking away from the mirror for a second. Both girls laughed together. ?Well, honestly, Top really lucked out with finding her. It?s rare to find a girl and put her into the High Roller?s circle. Fefa and I are one of those girls. Thank God we never had to work the bars or be Roundabouts.?
?So how does someone like Pua work out?? Ali asked. ?You know, since she?s a virgin and all??
?Oh, yeah,? Fefa said with a nod. ?Top?s going to have a lot of fun with that. There was, like, one girl a long time ago who was in the same situation as Pua, and basically what Top did was flaunt her around to all these rich men. Eventually, there was this bidding war with which rich dude got to take her virginity. Top made a lot of money off of her.?
?Who is she?? Ali asked.
?Oh, I forgot her name,? Fefa said returning to straightening her hair. ?She was pretty.?
?Top sold her off shortly after that because she got way addicted to cocaine,? Jessy said. ?I think she was sold off to a brothel in Thailand or something. For all we know, she found more cocaine and over dosed.?
?How did you guys end up here?? Ali turned the attention to Fefa and Jessy now.
?I dropped out of high school,? Jessy said, ?and I was staying with a friend of mine, and her boyfriend ran drugs for G-Dragon. One day, my friend tells me that her boyfriend got us into a hot club, not Tempo of course since you need to be a list and the whole income thing, but anyway, we got into this club a few blocks from here. We meet Top and G-Dragon, and all night long Top was flattering me with, ?Baby, you so fine? and all that stuff. A few days later he showed up at my friend?s place and offered me this job. Like most girls, I was hesitant, but, of course, Top charmed his way into getting me to say yes. Unlike Pua, I wasn?t a virgin, but it was still scary to sleep with random men. I love my job now, though.?
?And you, Fefa?? Ali asked, turning her attention to Fefa now.
?Oh, I love this story,? Jessy couldn?t help saying.
?Well,? Fefa said slowly, ?I ran away from home to try to become a model. Of course, when I got here it didn?t work out like I thought it would, so I was working at Subway. One day, Top walks in and he notices me. He kept trying to find out where I lived, and if I lived with anyone, and if I was in school. I thought he was just some creep trying to hit on me, and it didn?t help that he invited me to go to the club with him that night. I declined, but he kept insisting. So, finally after two weeks of him and his friends bugging me at work, I caved in. We came to Tempo, and I saw everything. He even had Jessy come to me and show me around.?
?And we?ve been the Brownie Twiis since then,? Jessy said proudly.
