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a deep chocolate brown, my lashes coated with mascara that seemed to make them look so much longer than they really were. My cheeks bore a subtle colour of blush and my full lips were painted a glistening red giving them a pouty wet look. I couldn’t believe it, I looked almost sexy. She had straightened my hair which was no easy feat given the length of it but it hung straight down and with no curls and actually settled midway over the curve of my ass now. Somehow Cassie had sprayed it and added gel to it so it had volume to it despite being straight and it looked wild and dare I say it, it was like a mane around me, strands caressing my breasts before falling to the tops of my thighs. It gleamed under the lights of my dressing table mirror and I had to concede she had done an impressive job on me.
    “ Now that you’re all done, I’m just going to go and get ready then we can head out.” Cassie grinned as she gave me one more satisfied glance before waltzing out of the room. She did waltz. Cassie had a habit of kind of dancing her way around rather than just walking like the rest of us did. In my case as I surveyed my scary heels again, it was more likely to end up with me staggering and falling everywhere for the evening.
    Very carefully I stood and slipped my lipstick into my miniscule bag with my credit card and enough money for the taxi. No point taking too much cash it would fill my tiny purse too quickly. The clutch purse didn’t allow for much besides the lipstick and card. I could just squeeze a couple of tissues into it and that was its limit. I staggered into the ensuite to touch a spray of Opium, my favourite perfume to my wrists and neck and I was about as ready as I was ever going to be.
    Carefully using the walls to support myself until I got to the stairs, then the handrails, I went down to the kitchen to get a dri nk while I waited for Cassie.
    I ’d just finished a glass of ice cold water when she came half skipping in which impressed me how she did that balancing as she was on heels that topped mine for height. She was dressed in a silvery dress that shimmered and sparkled with every move of her petite frame. She looked gorgeous of course with her hair curled and fluffed up around her face, her make up perfect and I suddenly felt frumpy in comparison. On the plus side her dress was as short as the one I was wearing but somehow she got away with it so much better than I did.
    “ Are you ready Allie? I’ve called a taxi. It should be here soon.” She asked me as she slipped her lipstick and blush into her purse which was no more practical than my one.
    “ As ready as I’m ever going to be.” I muttered, feeling a flutter of nerves low in my stomach. God, but I was going out. Something I hadn’t done for a while but I was going out dressed in a far more revealing way than I was comfortable with.
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    When the taxi pulled up outside Hobart’s Isobar, the night club positioned right by the water, which was considered ‘the place to be’ I climbed out of the car after paying the driver and took a moment to pull my dress back down to at least a token gesture of decent coverage and at Cassie’s instructions, I bent forward until my hair tumbled down almost sweeping the ground and then threw my head back since that was supposed to help give it that wild, untamed look.
    I hope that it achieved Cassie ’s desired affect because the action of tossing my head back nearly knocked me off my high heels and I had to lunge and grab her arm to stop myself from hitting the concrete in a less than glamorous manner.
    “ Give me your lipstick Allie so I can touch it up for you.” She held out her hand while I fumbled in my tiny bag for it and handed it over.
    She asked me to open my mouth while she fixed my lipstick and I had to pout for her for the finishing touch before obviously satisfied she handed it back to me and I put it away.
    I tossed my hair back from my face, peeling strands of hair from my