  Part 3 of " THE DRAG OFF" As James departed up the steps he took one more look at my half and half cousin and shook his head in the manner of, YEAH I WANNA PEICE OF THAT. Then he was gone. I can hear the water from the toilets flow through the pipes right above my head. My shiner was now all but gone,I was desperatly in need of another. By now its about 9:00 we have been in this basement for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Now I can hear the crowd growing.
I can hear their footsteps on the ceiling above me, and I knew it was getting packed. My cousin is now putting the finishing touches on his gear. All that was left was the shoes and the wig. On go the shoes,these black heeled shoes.The heel on these shoes had to be at least 4 inches, so now he was towering over me. The final peice of the puzzle is being combed in his right hand. "Dose it look ok?
" Yeah it looks good. He bends over to place this monument of dark brown ,streaked with a little blonde, synthetic fiber, false head of hair over his short, nappy, bleach blond hair. He tugs and pulls for a few seconds, stands upright. The hair is in his face,fiddles,moves it out of his eyes. "There we go,how do I look? " Good god man, the wig really puts it over the top.
Before the wig I was thinking, man you are no good as a woman. After that wig was on I was corrected. I sat back and watched my cousin go from a 5'11,blonde haired,skinny black man, to a 6'3,brown haired,skinny black woman. I was freaking. At first I was thinking that this was a sad day in my family history, but then it got really funny. About now the ceiling above us was rattleing with the sounds of drunken, gay dancers.I was loathing the next step in this night.
It was now time to go up stairs and reveal this finished product. We slowly climb the steps. The music slowly gets louder I belive at this moment it was "What I like about you . " from the Romantics. I open the door first, I step through first nothing out of the ordinary, but when my cousin step through that door it was like that scene in "From dusk till Dawn. " when all the vampires started going nuts.
In my version all the fruits started going NUTTS. "Oh my God girl you look so good. " slap. "Girl you look fabulous. " kiss. "You go boy.
" slap. Over and over and over. I heard these types of comments all night long. So now he has to do his victory lap. There were kisses on the cheek and ass slaps for years to come. " Ok its time for us to get our pitcher of beer on.
" My cousin announces to me. About this time I am more than ready for alcohol. Isacc/Diamond is bartending, my cousin orders a pitcher of beer. I down my first glass. Pour me another. Im up to my fourth glass and he's still on one.
So Im starting to feel the sting of the brew. My cousin yells in my ear to overpower the music "Im hungry. " Im thinking to myself........so! He tells me that there is food by the other bar. We head over, it was like a buffet but gay. When I saw a few of the items they had I started to laugh, cucumbers and meatBALLS.
See. Everyone walking by me just had hillacious amounts of meatBALLS on their plates. It was about this time I realized why everyone was into the T.V. They had the gay networks going. Just imagine a big wide shot of a beach, hey theres a couple laying in the sand ,lets get a closer look. WHOA!
There dudes. That was all they showed, and drag queen competitions. My cousin taps my shoulder," I want you to meet Steve. " Hand shake, a nod of the head. "Hi Cory so nice to meet you. " Steve spoke to me in a effeminate voice.
Steve was cool and a tad funny. He was your stereotypical gay guy.A little chubby,recieding hairline, open shirt exposing chest hair, and he had really bright teeth. Usually that would'nt have bothered me , but Steve liked to smile ,,,,,,,,,alot. Steve and my cousin spoke for awhile and Steve explained how he was'nt going to stay long because he had to get up early the next day. "Im sad I havent seen you in awhile and now I have to leave early, I really miss you. " "Yeah I miss you too .
" My cousin replied to Steve. They embraced for a second. They part ways . "We have to go back down stairs my dick is loose. " WHOA! At any other time or place I would have stayed up stairs and gotten drunk as hell.
Not that night. I was clinging on to him like I was a small child. Everywhere he went I went. Now we are heading back to the pit. I hear a voice, ah good ol' Isacc, wait a minute your not Isacc. Now this suave mutha trucka's name was Mario/Verona.
Just like the city in Romeo and Juliet. Mario was cool ,but what made this guy even cooler was that he had a loyal man servant. This guy did everything Mario asked. Get my shoes, find my wig, tie my shoes, comb my wig, get me a drink, everything in the book was asked of,"we'll call him Luigi". Its now about 10:00 and im feeling the effects now more than ever, but instead of loosening me up I just got even more tense. By this time Isacc has returned to get ready for the show.
Imagine a basement, drag queens, and a scared boy. This is the beginning of a skin flick, and truthfully I was thinking this. So Im freaking. ENTER JOEY, Joey was kind of a dick, but he was no queen, I found this out later as he swung his dick over my head at the bar I was drinking at peacefully. Thats all we need to know about Joey. My cousin is now behind the infamous black plastic changing into the performance gear.
I shudder as I hear the tape being ripped from the roll. I know what this is being used for. " Do you have a black bra I can use? " Diamond askes my cousin. " Im wearing it. " he replies.
"Oh SHIT. " Diamond is not happy with this. My cousin emerges a new woman. He is now wearing a silver half shirt and a matching pair of hot pants.Yeah yeah I know. Now Verona is now fully dragged and Diamond is the same. Joey is now sporting is finest rip away pants, and the man bitch is retrieving a drink for me andhismaster.
"Ladies and gentlemen lets have a warm welcome for the beautiful VERONA. " The DJ announces. Mario walks to the dance floor,a BJOrk song begins and so dose the fun. Watching Verona flail on that dance floor was worth everything I had to endure that night. I really did'nt think that this story would go on this long but it has. So stay in touch for ...Part 4 of "THE DRAG OFF" mabey the last part. 
