Summary:
After her encounter with Alice, Sarah is keen for a night on the town. She doesn't anticipate meeting a girl who will help further change her perspective...
The New Housemate Ch. 03
As she downed her third shot of the night, Sarah knew it was going to be a good one.
But her thoughts at the moment were on finding a hot young man to give her a night of fun, a good hard fucking to ease her sexual drought.
She never expected that wasn't going to happen.
In fact, she never anticipated
quite
how the night was going to play out at all...
***
The presentation had gone like a dream. She was so grateful that Alice had provided her with a spare outfit after hers had had an unfortunate encounter with a can of paint, and there was something about the all-black attire that changed her attitude. She felt like a new woman - assured, dominant, as if she didn't care what the world thought of her.
And it translated in the conference room - she closed that deal, and she got a hell of a lot more out of the Americans than they initially wanted to give. She wasn't taking no for an answer, and the clients respected that.
Harriet called her into the office for a meeting when the call was over, and it was all good - there was talk of a massive pay rise, and a definite promotion, in the near future. Sarah's star was in the ascendancy, and she left work that evening with a huge spring in her step.
Maybe I should head back to Black Rose one day to pick up some other clothes, she thought - there was something about this outfit that gave her a confidence she didn't know she had inside of her. It was as if there was a whole other Sarah, just waiting for the opportunity to emerge, and Alice had found her with a little outfit change.
And so, riding high and ready to take her wonderful day to new heights, Sarah had prepared for a night out.
Sarah flicked through her wardrobe, and prepared some of the old staple outfits, laying them out on her bed - a red minidress that hung to every curve, stylish ripped jeans and a dark green crop top, a pink vinyl miniskirt and a stylish knotted T-shirt. She loved these outfits, and they'd certainly gone down a storm in the past.
But as she stood there in the matching underwear Alice had provided earlier that day, something in her mind said that these weren't the right choices - the old outfits didn't feel entirely
right
for her mood that evening. This new, assertive Sarah thrived on darker colours - and she knew she had some stuff in black.
Sarah had a pair of black wetlook leggings that she rarely wore, but tonight felt like the night to get reacquainted. She slid them up her legs, slowly as if to enjoy the sense of the black material engulfing her. For her top half, a simple black crop T-shirt, which accentuated her breasts and hung looser near to her stomach, creating the illusion that her already-slim frame was even slimmer.
She only wanted minimal decoration, but struggled to choose a necklace that she liked. None of her usual jewellery felt quite right tonight, and so she started looking in the back of the wardrobe, where the out-of-favour clothes and the regrettable impulse purchases usually wound up. And there, she found a velvet choker - simple, a piece of material with a ring in the middle. This, she thought, was perfect, and she smiled as she placed it around her neck.
Sarah didn't ever tend to use much makeup, and it was the same tonight. She was lucky enough that, in her case, an
au natural
style was beautiful and eye-catching, so why cover it up?
So, she was essentially ready to go, and she just needed to sort out something for her feet.
Sarah had a couple of go-to shoes for her clubbing nights. Normally, on her feet all night dancing, she tended towards something comfortable - some ballet pumps, or a pair of fashionable trainers. If she really wanted to push the boat out, or if she was really in the mood to get lucky, she'd opt for two-inch pumps or some stylish ankle boots. They were just low enough to be comfortable, and just high enough to leave no doubt as to her intentions.
But tonight, no - they didn't feel right on her feet. It was then that she looked at the boots Alice had given her earlier that day. They were sitting in the corner of her bedroom, where she'd removed them to luxuriate in the bath, and they were calling out to her.
Sure, they coordinated with the outfit perfectly, but there was more than that - there was something about the boots that communicated a sense of power, yet at the same time, a sense of freedom. With those boots on, she was the new Sarah - a Sarah who seized her opportunities, who did what she wanted and didn't take no for an answer.
And perhaps, suggested a voice deep down in Sarah's mind, she might come across Alice in the night, and the goth girl would see that she was wearing those boots, and it would please her. The thought was there, lingering on the outskirts of Sarah's mind - oh, she wanted Alice to be pleased.
And so the boots it was.
Her black outfit was all assembled, and she looked at herself in the mirror. She was hot, and a little turned on with this choice of all-black attire.
Would Alice and Amy like this, she thought for a moment - would they like seeing me all in black?
I look ready to fuck, she thought, and I'm going to get fucked.
As she left the house, heading out for the club, the briefest of thoughts passed through her mind - would Alice find me fuckable?
And although she tried not to acknowledge it, she couldn't ignore it completely.
***
No matter what else changed in the world, Sarah knew that the atmosphere on a Friday night at Fever was going to be reassuringly the same.
Stepping back inside this club, a venue for the young and trendy, after so long away - oh, she thought, it just felt
right
. She felt happy to be back in England, and to be back in the office, but by far the best feeling of all was returning to Fever for a Friday night of drinks, dancing and (she hoped) a casual hook-up. She'd been starved of physical contact in America - she'd stayed in a small town in the middle of nowhere, and a clubbing scene was far from the local priority.
Sarah loved a good night out - she'd swing by Fever with Amy and get drunk.
She suddenly thought of Amy again. God, should I call her and invite her out? Does she even
like