It had been planned for weeks. Her friend had invited her to a special New Year's Eve party. The final event of the year and hopefully the start of an exciting new one. They were both single and had chosen to stun the participants. It was a costume ball, dresses, masks and the works. With her friend Kelly had picked out a floor length black dress, the upper half was a basque, strapless to show off her soft gorgeous skin, the bottom half floating, sliding down around her legs and slit up the left leg to the top of her thigh.
It had all been going perfectly, a night of the two of them stunning the men at the party until her friend came down with some winter bug that laid her low. Kelly was bitterly disappointed! The whole point was the two of them together breaking hearts at the party though her friend, guilty at letting her down, persuaded her that she should still go.
So it was that at 7pm Kelly found herself staring in the mirror adding the finishing touches to her costume. The black dress looked stunning, hugging her body and emphasising her gorgeous curves. Underneath she wore her black strappy heels and black lacy hold up stockings... It was only when she had tried on the dress for the final time that she realised she couldn't wear the sexy lace panties she had planned on as they showed so in a fit of daring she went without.
Standing staring in the full length mirror she saw a stunning beauty staring back. Glamorous and mysterious. She adjusted the black, glittering mask she wore across her eyes, hair artfully arranged to cover how the mask was fixed on, finished her lippy and headed out to the limo (her friend had insisted that she still take it and was footing the bill).
In the limo she found complimentary wine, selecting the rosΓ©, she poured herself a glass and sipped it reflecting on the night to come.
On the other side of town Nick was putting the finishing touches to his costume. As one of the organisers he didn't have anything left to do now apart from turn up and hope it all went well. Dressed in the red Phantom of the Opera costume from the film, with the half face mask covering most of his features he cut a dashing figure at 6ft 2. His dark hair framing the white bone-like mask as he adjusted the sword at his hip. He grinned at the mirror ruefully, it might go horribly wrong but he loved his costume.
He hopped in the taxi and set off across to the hotel the party was booked into.
As he arrived he checked with the hotel to see if everything was going to plan and satisfied it was he procured a glass of wine and strode into the brilliantly decorated ballroom. Candles, alcoves, balconies and everything imaginable for a ball filled the room. There were already enough people there to make the room buzz and Nick saw it was going to be a great night and relaxed into one of the corners sipping the wine watching the room.
Kelly stepped out of the limo and looked up at the hotel with butterflies in her stomach. Then she caught sight of herself reflected in the glass if the limo and smiled, steadied her nerves and walked up to the door. She caught the doorman watching her and smiled as she walked past knowing the effect that she had on him.
She entered the room and stopped as she saw how it was decorated and how busy it was. Already people were dancing, others sat at candle lot tables drinking and chatting, the room aglow with flickering light from the candles.
She looked around and out I the corner of her eye caught a flash of crimson red. Turning to look she saw a tall man in a red tuxedo, a half face mask covering a large portion of his features though there was a kind but slightly naughty smile on his lips as he caught her looking.
His eyes caught hers and she blushed slightly before dismissing him with a slight toss of her hair and headed to the bar and ordered a glass of wine. A minute later the batman was back with her glass and placed it down in front of her and explained that it had been paid for. She looked around but couldn't see anyone. Smiling she took a sip of her drink wondering if it might have been the mystery man in red.