Dylan grinned and winked. “You don’t think there are other teams that will take me too?”
“That’s not what I meant. I’m out; it’s no big secret. But you…you’re…”
“Hiding?”
“No, you’re careful and I understand why. You’re a huge commodity and if you were outted it could hurt you. You’d lose your job, all your endorsements…”
“Cat, I have more money than I know what to do with. I could lose my job tomorrow and I’d be fine. I have a good financial planner, and he’s made very
wise investments for me.”
The blonde gestured with her hands, not quite sure what to say. “Do you worry about anything?”
“Yes.”
“What?”
“You.” Dylan leaned across the table, taking Cat gently under the chin. “Don’t you worry about me. I care for you Cat and I enjoy being with you. We’ll deal
with what comes down, if anything at all and, we’ll make future decisions together. So don’t think you’re going to get all noble on me and end this
relationship. If we decide to end it, it will be a choice we make together. Get it?”
“Got it.” The blonde felt happy tears in her eyes but managed to blink them back.
“Good.” Dylan sat back in her chair and smiled, gesturing to Cat’s untouched food. “Now eat because I have plans for you tonight that will require you to
have an abundance of energy.”
“Oooo do tell!”
“Nope. It’s a surprise. Now eat. They killed a cow so you could have that steak.”
“Did you have to say that?”
Dylan smirked and brought her mineral water to her lips.
“Where are we going?” Cat watched as the scenery of the city passed by through the car window.
“Someplace very special.”
“I got that, can I have a clue?”
“It’s exclusive.”
“Anyone ever told you that you give truly lousy clues?”
“Very few people in my life are as straight forward with me as you are.” She glanced across the car and smiled at her companion. “That’s one of the things
I really love about you. You treat me like a real person, not the ‘Goddess’.”
“Now I do, before it was definitely not the case. But I must admit the real article is much better than the fantasy I had.”
Now Dylan sported a full-fledged unrepentant grin. “You fantasized about me?”
“Me and every other woman with active brain cells and hormones.” Cat turned in her seat so she could watch her lover. “You have no idea how many nights
I went to sleep, staring at your poster and dreaming of being with you.
Even in the dim light of the city streets lamps they passed by, Cat could see Dylan was sporting a slight blush. “Oh please,” the blonde rolled her eyes.
“Don’t even try to tell me this is news to you. You must know that women fantasize about you.”
“Well, there’s a difference between ‘wondering’ and ‘knowing’. You’re the first person to tell me to my face.”
“Maybe later I’ll tell you about the fantasies.” Cat teased as she wriggled her brows. “Some of them were really hot.”
Dylan groaned and made a left turn into a parking garage.
As they began walking down the alley, Dylan reached over and took Cat’s hand. Feeling her tense slightly she pulled the smaller woman close and wrapped
her arm around her shoulders. “Relax. We’re safe here, no one will see us.”
She guided them to a non descript building, stopping under a blue awning. Cat watched as Dylan removed a key card from her jacket pocket and inserted it
into a slot next to a black steel door. The light above the slot blinked from red to green and Dylan pulled the handle.
Once inside, Cat could hear loud music and what sounded like a pretty happy crowd. She held tight to the tall woman’s hand as they wound there way
through a series of walls and curtains. After passing through the last curtain, Cat found herself standing on the edge of a dance floor, in a very well
appointed and lush dance club.
“Wow.” Her eyes grew wide as she saw many female couples, some of them on the dance floor taking advantage of the loud, heart pounding music. Others
were lined along the bar, watching the action on the floor or trying to get the attention of one of the many bartenders. Looking up she saw even more
people on the second floor balcony behind glass, looking down on the crowd. “This is amazing.”
Dylan leaned down to she could speak in a volume Cat could hear that wouldn’t require her yelling over the music. “Come upstairs with me.”
“Gladly.”
Cat continued to watch the crowd, trusting Dylan completely to lead her upstairs and not to lose her in the crowd. Once they climbed the stairs and entered
the second floor, the din of the music was muffled by what was apparently soundproof glass, it could still be heard, but a person wouldn’t have to scream
to be heard over it.
“This place is great!”
“I thought you’d like it.” Dylan continued to lead her through the room until they had arrived at the back were there were a few empty booths. They settled
down together in one side of it and Dylan pulled Cat close. “It’s a private club, for those of us who want discretion. I pay a healthy membership fee to be