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Upbeat music drifted in the background as the chatter from the show girls around you filled the air, the smell of powder and sweet perfumes assaulted your nose as you weaved around feathers and Pom poms checking off your list as you stopped and fixed a feather hat off a rose colored Addison and smiled before turning back to finish her makeup.
“Alright ladies were on in five so lets wrap up whatever were doing and lets go!” You shouted over the sea of rainbows hearing back shouts of ‘you got it’ and ‘ok’ you herded the feathered crowd towards the big velvet curtains and fixed any slanted jewelry and lop sided hats before shooting the girls a thumbs up “good luck ladies!” They all gave you shouts of approval before you trotted off to the side as the curtains began to pull back, sweet disco filled your ears as the crowd cheered and you sighed, it was another night at the Flamingo and you just barely managed to get your show girls on the stage in time for their performance, your boss had been pushing for and earlier start tonight since the Friday crowds tended to put more pressure on shows but like hell did it bring in the big bucks.
You scurried off to the dressing room and began to organize each space that was assigned to the show girls, you picked up makeup bottles and swiped away powder dust and lipstick smudges from the desk and wiped the mirrors, you herd the rushing of footsteps behind you and looked up at the mirror spotting a noir colored Addison gasping as they spotted you, “hey pipsqueak” the rasped out to you and you smiled at them through the mirror before returning to cleaning the table.
“Hey Chesh, hows the rush going?” They slumped down in one of the couches that lined the wall “as crazy as always… but it always manages to catch me off guard” you chuckled and turned to face them “don’t worry its always a mess trying to wrangle those girl onto the stage in time.”
You both soaked in the calm as you listen to the disco drift from the background as cheers and laughs swallowed you, deep down you envied the way the show girls basked in the attention from the crowds, but you knew deep down that your stage freight would kill you on stage plus your boss had told you it would be too risky to put a lightener on the stage, who knows how the darkeners would react so you agreed on staying backstage to help in anyway you could.
After another round of cheers erupted you herd the stampede of feet making their way to the backstage, chesh stood up and saluted to you “that’s my cue to leave” you chuckled and waved them good luck as wave of colors rounded the corner, you quickly skipped over and grabbed your trusty basket of waters and hanker chiefs and quickly tended to the girls around you handing them water and wiping away sweat from their colorful skin, some of them had brought other Addisons to the back with them as they giggled and flirted, a sky blue Addison chirped your names and you quickly made your way to her, a sunset orange Addison sat next to her and he smiled at you.
“Heya smidge do you mind bringing us a couple drinks from the front?” You deflated a bit at the blue Addison and she gave you the puppy eyes “pleeeease” she wined and you sighed. “Sure thing pixi” you finished handing out waters and took more request as your feet carried you into the crowd of darkeners and you quickly began to drown out the noise as you weaved between monsters fighting to get through to the bar, eventually after pushing between two darkeners you reached the counter and found Chesh pumping out drinks and they caught your gaze before twisting their way towards you shouted over the crowd “what can i get ya pipsqueak?” You quickly dished out each girls order and chesh worked their magic mixing and pouring each drink setting them on two big black trays, as chesh placed the last martini on the tray you nodded and quickly picked up the trays with skill and began the long track back to the girls side stepping couples dances their hearts out as the live band played Boogy wonderland.
Eventually and very tiredly you passed out drinks to each girl and they all cheered as the alcohol hit their cherry lips, you tucked the trays under your arms and let out a heavy sigh and checked your wrist watch, the gold number shown as you grumbled as the time ticked on slowly, you turned and headed down the hall passing by personal rooms walking briskly through the labyrinth towards your sanctuary, the back door.
You burst through the back door and the cool night air swallowed you whole with welcomed arms, you leaned against the back wall and pulled out a metal tin from your back pocket and popped open the lid shaking out a thick herbal cigarette and quickly lit it as the sweet earthy smoke rolled over your tongue, you moaned as the stress from the night melted away and you relaxed your shoulders “god i needed this…” you listened to sound of smooth jazz waft through the air from the bar next door and wondered what it would be like to work there.
Just as you began to get comfortable the back doors from the bar over slammed open and you flinched as a bright colored Addison stumbled out, you watched as he swayed on his feet and he grumble to himself before he eventually tripped over his own feet and landed face fist into the pavement below.