Pierced

My '71 Beetle was in my mechanic's driveway getting a new water pump. The Boyfriend came by the club to pick me up. He showed up a little early with his boss, Erik. Erik's wife had moved back to Texas a month before while they "figured things out" and Erik was sad and horny.


I had a drink with the guys and then Erik slipped me a couple of twenties to go dance for the table of dykes who had wandered in from the country & western bar next door. Sweetwater was sitting with them. When I finished dancing, she came with me to chat with Erik and the boyfriend.


Sweetwater was dancing for Erik. He pointed at her navel, "Are you pierced?"


"I was," she answered. "My ex ripped it out during a fight a few years ago and I had to let it grow closed. I've been thinking about getting it pierced again."


"Talk to him." Erik pointed at the BF. The BF was the first body piercer in town. He had operated out of the back of a tatto shop, eventually buying his own place. He and a former girlfriend went through a bad cycle and he had to sell the shop to pay taxes

Sweetwater and the BF talked. It was agreed he would pierce her and Jade at their apartment after we got off shift.

Jade was REALLY, REALLY drunk that night. She was drunk even for Jade. At first the BF refused to pierce her, but Sweetwater got him high and convinced him -- against his better judgement.

Jade wanted her tongue pierced. She had it done once before, but it hurt so she took it out. The BF scruitinized her mouth and announced they had pierced her in the wrong spot and she was lucky she could still talk. Then quickly stuck a needle through (presumably) a different part of her tongue. Jade began bleeding like a stuck pig! The BF started cursing, he was having trouble seeing. "That's why you aren't supposed to get drunk, you silly lush! It thins your blood. Look at this fucking mess! You're going to have to wait for another time." He packed her mouth with cotton.

Jade was petulant, but Sweetwater told her to shutup. The professional had spoken.

Then Sweetwater spread herself across the couch and patiently explained to the BF that the last time she had her navel pierced she came all over. He promised her that wouldn't be a problem.

I watched him slide the needle through her navel and abdomen, pulling the jewelrey through to fill the hole, as her toes curled and she cried out, ecstatic.