a beautiful lie (continued/ original by winternightz)

A Bottle Of Champagne

Star popped open the bottle.
"WHOOP WHOOP GIRLS DAYYY!" she threw her arms around us all and gathered us into a huge group hug. we couldn't help but laugh as well, I mean the last time i had a 'girls day' was years ago, before i met Tom.

"I think our girl Crimson should have the first sip! She isss the reason we all came here last night! and God that was the best night i've had in a longgg time" I like the way Star drags her words out, it just suits her, when other people do it it pisses me off more than you could imagine.

All of us cheer and i take a gulp of the bubbly pink champagne, its so much nicer than the vodka.
"ooh ohh! lets paint each-others nails" i suggest, it sounds so goddamn stupid and i wouldn't be surprised if they all laughed at me and left. They all just stared at me, mouths agape in shock. I put my head down in embarrassment

"OH MY GOSH! WHAT COLOURS DO YOU HAVE!" says Vive shes so exited that shes squealing so much to the point where i can hardly even understand what shes saying.
The girls clap their hands together and screech in excitement I look back up and I no longer feel embarrassed

I jump up from the floor and empty out all of my nail polish from the drawer. I kick them over to where the girls are, sit back down and scoop them to the middle, we all pick out colours and sip champagne, glancing over at each-other every once in a while.
"i picked what I want!! Cee come over here we'll do each-others" Lotty gave me a nickname? I haven't felt this appreciated in well, forever.

As were all engrossed in doing each-others mani-pedis Vive sparks up a conversation
"did i ever tell you guys about the absolute WORST customer i ever had to deal with?" she seemed so eager to share her story
"tell us! tell us!" i say exited to hear about her experiences

"right, so i had this one man right? and he was soooo gross" she said while pulling a funny face
"he STUNK of BO and he had an ugly old crummy beard, and oh my God was he annoying!
When I walked into the room he actually threw pennies at me!! Like actual pennies" she burst out laughing
"and it Goddamn hurt! so obviously i said 'OUCH' and he got SO MAD!" we all giggled
"and i was i holding myself back from calling him a broke dick! anywayss, when i sat next to him he was all like
'wah wah wah why do i have to get the ungrateful one" she was putting on her best man voice and scrunching up her face
"so i was like 'i'm ever so sorry sir it wont happen again' as the graceful polite woman i am and he had the CHEEK to say 'yeah better not. your too skinny to be making fun of a man like me' AS IF THAT MADE SENSE HA and when it came to the ya know" she whistled twice "after he'd been making fun of my weight he pulled out a TINY SHRIVELLED UP WILLY!!" we all burst out laughing to the point we had almost pissed ourselves what she had just said was so childish and it honestly brought me back to my childhood with Ria. We were all clutching onto our stomachs because it felt like we'd done an ab workout.

All the girls shared their own little stories about their terrible customers, and even though we all pissed ourselves laughing, as the stories went on i couldn't help but feel my heart shatter for these poor women.

After we all finished up each-others nails we looked at them proudly
"work of art if i do say so myself!" i say
"they all look soy good!" says Lotty

"SOY GOOD!? WHAT THE FUCK IS SOY?!" i ask chuckling at how stupidly satisfying it is to say
"i dunno its like soy sauce but like soy sounds like so and its soy fun to sayy!" she made absolutely no sense but I didn't care at all this was the first time id been able to act like myself and feel like a child again and it felt so good.

We carry on chatting, now using 'soy' instead of so and snorting at ridiculously unfunny jokes and the time ticks by so fast.

*knock knock* my heart skips a beat and I instantly feel small and frail again, afraid at what might be waiting behind the door.

I chuck the now empty bottle under the bed and hush the girls. I tread over to the door, my heart pounding even more with each step, similar to how my heart pounded when i heard Toms footsteps echoing down the hall, but now all i want is Tom, i need my protector back.

I clear my throat "come in."
the handle moves down and the door opens up to reveal Kristina standing there staring dead into my eyes
"its almost nine. get ready. we leave in an hour."
and with that she walks off leaving me stood at the doorway frozen in place, it felt like a dream that had turned into a nightmare. My happiness and childishness has been ripped away from me once again.

"goodbye girls, please come back again soon" i stare at them, ready to be abandoned again.