Miss Brightside (Negovanman)

Party time

Today is one of Elise's closest friend's birthday, Macy. It's about 8:30 in the evening and she has to get ready.

So she stands in front of the mirror checking her makeup, also psyching herself up considering she doesn't actually want to go if she's really being honest.
She's been so busy running around from one audition to the next, completing directing jobs left and right, that she just wants to sit on the couch and do absolutely nothing but listen to some good music playing on the background while drinking a nice cold beer. She starts to think about it but snaps herself out of it while shaking her head. No way she's just gonna leave her friend hanging.

"Alright, Elise!" she says giving herself a hardend look in the mirror. "It's time to put your game face on and just do this! Time to.. well, girl the hell up, Bauman!" But starts to smirk when she realizes what she just said.

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It's almost 10 o'clock when she checks her phone while standing in front of Macy's door. Slightly disappointed that there isn't some divine intervention keeping her from this party, which by the sounds of it is already cruising on full speed, she knocks (loudly) on the door.

The door was opened surprisingly fast by Macy who immediately dove in for a hug. "Dude, I'm so glad you're here! This party is already out of control, I don't even know half of these people!" Macy pulls out of the hug checking the crowd who are dancing on the very loud and thumping music, most of them with drinks in their hands, behind her. She raises her hand holding a red cup with beer in it when she turns back to Elise. "But it's a fuckin' blaaaast!!!" And walks back inside with her still raised cup of beer. "Partyyyyy!!!"

Elise closes her eyes for a second. Silently cursing herself, thinking about that nice cold beer and her comfy couch, listening to actual music. 'Not happening, Bauman. Just get in there, drink a few beers, socialize a little. Who knows, maybe you'll actually have some fun!' She rolls her eyes and looks up for a second. 'God, I'm beginning to sound like my mom.'

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When Elise pulls out her phone to check the time about 2,5 hours have passed since she's been here and she is actually proud of the fact that she is still at the party. Watching Macy getting more drunk by the minute was kinda entertaining because almost every conversation she had ended in a dance-off which was completed with the sprinkler-move (just try to pull that one off drunk). Highly entertaining to say the least, especially since Elise had a couple of beers herself.

In her peripheral view she noticed the front door opening so she turns her head and welcomes a familiar face.
"Holy shit! What are you doing here?" She leaps to the front door to meet a very surprised and excited Natasha.

"Elise?! Holy crap! Seriously?" She laughs while she pulls Elise in for a hug. "I didn't know you'd be here tonight!"

"What the hell, I didn't even know you knew Macy?!" Elise said pulling out of the hug.

"I don't, actually. I'm here with Evelyn." She turns around to check where she is when Evelyn walks up behind her, wrapping her arms around Natasha's waist, resting her head on her shoulder. "Elise, meet Evelyn. Evelyn, meet Elise." she says with a proud smile.

Elise is taken aback slightly by how the two are interacting with each other but sticks out her hand to meet Evelyn's who has stepped to stand next to Natasha. "Nice to finally meet you. But please, call me Eve." she says with smile.

'Ooookidoki, definitely need to talk to Nat about this. Is she dating her? What the hell, why wouldn't she tell me if she were dating someone?! And nice to 'finally' meet you.. I know absolutely nothing about this girl but she is glad to 'finally' meet me..'