Rae sighed taking in her caramel complexion and thick shoulder length black curly hair as she applied a thin layer of mascara to her hazel eyes. Finishing, she turned to walk into what until now was her bedroom to pick up her last suitcase. She looked around sadly before walking outside throwing the case into the back of her dad's car. "Yay university here I come" she thought sarcastically as her dad started up the car. It had been her and her dad since her mum left five years ago so she was worried about how he would cope without her. The chance for expressing her worries was missed as Rae fell asleep during the long journey thanks to her previous sleepless night until she was awoken suddenly by her dad opening her passenger side car door causing her to almost fall out.
"Rae, we're here!" he said, his voice conveying enough enthusiasm to make up for her noticeable lack of.
She forced a smile toward her father's direction, because although she hated the idea of moving so far away from home he was very proud of her for doing so. Within the next hour they carried her cases to her new dorm room and unpacked her stuff. Rae held back tears as the time came to say goodbye. Her dad gave her a long hug which conveyed everything he couldn't say, and Rae promised to check in and update him weekly.
Once her dad had set off for home she went into the empty bedroom and laid on her bed looking at all her belongings and the few posters she had tacked up thinking how weird it was that her familiar things now seemed so unfamiliar in the halls of residence she would now call home and slowly drifted into another slumber. Shortly after she was awoken by the sound of the front door swinging open. She got up quickly and was met by a tall, slim girl with long blonde hair and dark blue eyes carrying several large bags and suitcases through the living room.
"Hi, I'm Raelle but everyone calls me Rae, do you need some help with your bags?"
The blonde smiled kindly, "Hi, thanks that would be great, I'm Kim and this is my excessive amount of stuff, plus there are more cases downstairs," she exclaimed laughing slightly gesturing to her pile of bags and cases.
Rae smiled grabbing a couple of bags and placing them in Kim's side of the room.
After the girls carried in the rest of Kim's bags they had become more accustomed to each other having laughed and talked with each other. Kim had been a student at the university studying drama for the past year and entertained Rae by giving her the ins and outs of everything and everyone she needed to know as a new art student and where to find everything important, Rae being a newbie and all. "Hmm, I can see us becoming very good friends" Rae thought still chuckling to herself at something Kim had said.
"So, you got any plans for tonight Rae?" Kim asked Rae.
"Nope not really, I don't know anyone here, well except you so nope, no plans."
"Oh alright, well me and a few friends are going to a club if you wanted to join? Trust me you will love them, and I'm sure the everyone will love you too" Kim added smiling at Rae's look uncertainty.
She just knew Rae would be liked by the group, her personality had already won her over and she was sure it'd be the same for her friends. She was very pretty so she knew the guys would definitely love her she thought laughing internally. Kim rummaged in one of her bags and grabbed a very short red dress from one of her cases and some heels as she headed to the bathroom to change.
Rae was waiting by the door when Kim finally came out of the bathroom. Kim looked at her with astonishment.
"Erm Rae are you really wearing that?", she asked looking at her t-shirt, worn jeans and converse, whilst walking over to her case to look for something else for Rae to wear.
"Yeah, why is this not okay? I don't really wear short dresses and I look like Bambi on ice in heels", Rae said as Kim threw her over a black dress.
Kim ignored her, "Hmm that should be perfect on you it's not too short and you can wear it with some sandals or even with your converse. There isn't a dress code at this club per se' but you would definitely feel out of place dressing so casually tonight."
Rae hesitated but went into the bathroom and put on the dress which ended up reaching between mid-thigh and knee length and was snug but thankfully not skin tight. She gave herself a once over in the floor length mirror, surprised at how it highlighted the curves of her body. She cringed at the difference between how she looked in her dress in comparison to how Kim looked with her slender figure in her dress but shook it off and held her head high, she was going to fake it until she made it tonight. She reapplied her mascara and added a little bit of bronzer and highlighter and spritzed some of her favourite perfume before going back into their room. She decided against the converse and instead slipped on some black wedge sandals she'd brought, laughing as Kim wolf whistled at her playfully, all the while praying Kim's friends didn't think she looked as foolish as she felt.
Grabbing their handbags bags they both left and hailed a taxi. By the time they reached the club Rae was the most nervous she had ever been. She sometimes struggled meeting new people, especially when she felt so awkward, she tugged on the hem of her dress as Kim paid the taxi fare. As they entered the club Rae looked around and followed Kim as she walked over to a group of people leaning in to deeply kiss a guy Rae guessed was her boyfriend. He was very good looking with model features and a muscular build, blonde hair, blue eyes that matched Kim's. He wasn't her type, but she couldn't deny he was attractive. She smiled at a pair of equally pretty girls with long brown and blonde hair and two other guys as Kim finally pulled away from the guy she was kissing.
"Sorry guys this is Rae, Rae this is Andy," she said introducing her to the blonde guy, "And this is Becky, Louise, Josh and Darren," she said referring to the others in the group.
Rae turned to say hi to them all as she heard Kim asking after someone called Seth.
