This is a little fun story I put together. It is just an intro so something I might do in the future. But I thought I would set the stage and see what people thought.
This is a story. It is not real, the people are not real, they have no age, though I created them over eighteen. If you think you know one or both of the people featured, you do not. I made them up and any resemblance between the characters and people, living or dead, is coincidence alone.
Please vote and leave comments whether you like it or you don't. I want to know what you think, that is why I post stuff here. Besides, constructive criticisms help me get better. Thanks and enjoy!
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She sweeps into the party like royalty, used to people moving, watching. She likes to make an entrance and always dresses the part. For her, there are no real casual days. She knows what men and women want, they want her and she blends enough the hiding of her assets and the reveal of them to keep them in a state of desire. Tonight, she was wearing a dark blue, diaphanous, floor length dress, though it hung in wide strips of material, allowing her long stocking clad legs to peek out. Her heels were tall and stylish, though short cut and revealing her toes, with her nails perfectly manicured. Her hands were the same, with a ring on two fingers of each hand and bangles flashing on her wrists. She wore silver instead of gold tonight, much brighter against the dark of the dress. The torso of the dress was revealing as well, showing skin under her arms down to her waist, and the center as well, with the back nearly uncovered. Her chestnut brown hair practically gleamed in the light and her makeup was perfect.
She was Dianna, one of the socialites that recently hit the news as they bring their beauty to the American scene. Her accent was just a touch French, though she was not. Within three minutes, she is approached and dismisses five men. Though she takes the champagne from one and the orchid from another. She moves through the room and greets those she knows, eventually settling on an older lady, one of the up and coming singers of popular music.
He has seen her kind before. Full of pomp and circumstance, they live for their moments in the light. Only her skill with makeup and hair hides the monster beneath. He has watched her, along with several others, but tonight, she has his attention. She moves to the buffet and he does as well. Ignoring her and reaching past where she stands to dab some pate on his small plate. She looks over at him, prepared to deliver one of her smiles, like the pulling of a dagger, cutting him to the heart. But he pays no attention to her, robbing her of her superiority. Then he simply wanders away.
He has a smile for the plain girl and she is slain by it, his lovely face and even white teeth. He is handsome and Dianna notices. Then the flow of people rob her of her sight of him and she picks up a canapes and bites it delicately. After three of the tiny snacks, she feels she has satisfied her need for sustenance and moves back into the flow. The party is a good one, not really an event other than the gathering of so many of the beautiful people. She spots him again, tries to point him out to her companion, but he is not there. She glances around but does not see him, though he is standing just beyond a group of older men talking. She moves again, where could he have gone and how could he just ignore her. She sees a man, the same color suit and hair, but it is not him.
"What am I doing?" she thought to herself, "I do not chase a man, they chase me." She notices she is in the garden and turns to go back to the house when there he is.
"Are you following me?" he asked. His voice was cool, schooled, cultured and lovely, a deep baritone she is certain she has heard before. And he is close. Very European, close with a hand on her arm now. She looks at his face and his dark eyes. "Would you care to walk with me then?" he asked and simply turned her and began to walk in the garden.
She could hear the clack of her heels upon the cement walkway, but his steps were quiet, silent really and she wondered if it was all a dream. But the hand on her back was warm and comforting, guiding, controlling her speed. She felt herself warm, though the night air was slightly chill. She shivered and he guided her onto a gazebo, one of the few in the garden.
"Perhaps a wrap would have been advised," he said, his phrasing strange in her ear and the Eastern European accent unplaceable. She turned to look at him and he was suddenly practically touching her. "I will help you."
"No, I am..." she began, but his arms went around her and pulled her to him. His scent assailed her nostrils as his hands rubbed over the skin of her back.