Episode 18

MY V.I.
(a soap opera)




Charmaine kept watch through the kitchen door as Cindy frantically tried to reach Michelle's friend and roommate, Ally.


"You better hurry, Cindy. She's doin' the tango with 'Meatloaf Man' and 'Corona Bob's' trying to cut in."


"Crap! I got her voice mail," Cindy said as she hung up.


"Oh Cindy!"

"What? What's she doing?"


Charmaine stared though the kitchen door window as Trixie began leading several of the patrons in a line dance.

"Well, it looks like some kinda creepy conga line or something."

Cindy walked out of the office and looked for herself.

"Yep - that's Trixie for you. She can get them eating right out of her hand - look at her - now their doing the Bunny Hop. I mean, seriously, who does the Bunny Hop? Listen, you keep an eye on her while I try her roommate again."

Out in the lounge Trixie's line dancing gave way to the watusi.

"Hey guys, try this," Trixie yelled over the pulsating music.

Corona Bob tried to mimic her soulful watusi but only managed to knock over a cocktail table and the three Cosmopolitans that were resting upon it.

"Oh . . I'm sorry," he said to the ladies that the Cosmos belonged to, "I'll get you girls another drink." And with that, he vanished in the crowd and slipped out the door leaving not only the three women high and dry but also his own tab unpaid.

Cindy decided to leave Michelle's roommate a message. "Hi, Ally. This is Cindy - at the Village Inn. Could you please call me as soon as you get this. I don't know if you're aware but Trixie Louise is on the loose again and she's here dancing with guys that Michelle doesn't even like to sell drinks to let alone dance with - but anyway . . . at least she's still got her clothes on. Call me!"

"You might have spoken too soon!" Charmaine called out. "She's taken her gloves off and thrown them into the crowd and now she's bumping and grinding up against the popcorn machine!"

Before Cindy could get up, the phone rang.

"Oh god, I hope this is Ally," she said as she picked up the phone. "Good evening, Village Inn; this is Cindy speaking. Ah . . yes. Let me grab a pen." Cindy pulled a pad out of the desk along with a ballpoint pen. "O.k., what would you like?"

As Cindy took a "to go" order Charmaine observed a young man enter the bar and stand by the door. He watched as Trixie continued to mesmerize the crowd with her steamy dance and then suddenly he yelled, "STOP!" Shoving through the drunken mob - he made his way to the stage and Redd Street stopped playing as he stepped up and commandeered the microphone.

"Stop! All of you! You're heading in the wrong direction! Let me tell you about the 'New Way!'"
It was Sky Bingham.

"Confused fellow Earthlings. My name is Hank."

Sky rambled on passionately about the "New Way" and everyone in the crowd began to yell and demand that he come down from the stage - everyone except Trixie Louise. She found him and his message fascinating.

As a couple of guys approached the stage to physically remove him - Trixie reached inside her purse and pulled out her gun. Pointing it at the two men she yelled, "Back off, fellas!"

She walked up to the stage, extended her hand to Sky and said softly, "I want to know all about the 'New Way,' Hank."

Sky smiled, took her hand and stepped down from the stage as Trixie waved the gun back and forth and barked, "Get out of our way!"

The stunned crowd gasped and parted which allowed Trixie to lead Sky through the bar and out the front door.


TUNE IN NEXT TIME FOR ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF MY V.I.!