"But Dad -!"
"No more buts from you, young lady," Lisa's dad Daniel replied. "This party isn't for kids."
"I'm eighteen years old," she retorted, yet folded her arms and proceeded to pout like a two year old.
He rolled his eyes. "You've been eighteen for barely a month and you haven't even graduated high school yet. And you'll always be a kid to me."
Lisa scrunched up her face and she left the kitchen in a pretend fit. Actually, she was happy her dad was going to this party. It meant he was getting better.
A few months ago he discovered that his wife was cheating on him with a much younger guy. She didn't even try to deny it. She told Daniel that he was old and spent, and then handed him the divorce papers. Lisa didn't even have to think twice about which parent she wanted to live with. She hated her mother for breaking her dad's heart, and especially for doing it in such a cold manner.
So it was really nice to see him so excited to go out and do something.
The party he was going to was a costumed masquerade party (in honor of Halloween next week) that was being held at one of the fancy mansions in town. Daniel didn't want to go at first, but his buddies convinced him it would be fun – a LOT of fun. He knew the reputation of the parties held at the mansion, and normally he wouldn't go, but he decided it was probably the best way to get over Samantha; AKA the cougar slut who fucking ripped his still beating heart out.
"Lisa!" he called.
His young daughter appeared in the kitchen doorway. "Have you decided to let me go?"
"No," he replied firmly, and she stuck her tongue out at him. "I just wanted to tell you that I'll be going straight to the party after work."
"Can I see your costume?" she asked.
"No."
She pouted. "Why not?"
He blushed slightly and for a moment he reminded her of a shy young boy. "Because it's embarrassing. The guys picked it out."
"Aw, come on! If you won't let me go to the party, at least let me see your costume!" she complained.
He shook his head. "I'll show it to you tomorrow."
"Fine," she said, allowing the compromise.
"Now, as I said I'll be going straight to the party, so I won't be seeing you. Here's fifty dollars." Lisa's eyes lit up as he pulled the green bill out of his wallet and set it on the counter. "Go see a movie, hang out with your friends, eat junk food, whatever. Just be safe."
Lisa skipped toward him and clenched the bill in her hands, then threw her arms around her dad's neck. "Thanks Daddy! You're the best!"
He laughed and hugged her back. "The party ends at midnight, so I'll be back late. Don't wait up."
"I won't," she said, smiling playfully.
"And no boys!" he called as he left the house.
"No promises!" she called back.
Lisa heard him laughing as he closed the door. She sat at the counter, laid the fifty dollar bill in front of her, and contemplated what she wanted to do that day.
It was a Friday, but she didn't have school. She didn't feel like hanging out with her friends, and none of the movies in the theaters interested her very much. What she really wanted to do was go to that party...
Suddenly she was struck with an idea. It was a masquerade party, and everybody would be wearing costumes. She could probably get a wig and a mask (and a kickass costume, of course) and go to the party, and her dad wouldn't know she was there! She would just have to get home before midnight.
She smiled. I'm a modern Cinderella, she thought to herself.
Before she could talk herself out of the plan, she grabbed the money and left. First she went to the costume store. Initially, she walked over to the traditional costumes. Then she paused when she saw the sexy costumes out the corner of her eye.
Normally she would never wear something so revealing. Not because she had a bad body – which she didn't, her body was actually fucking fantastic – but because she'd been raised rather conservatively. But she was eighteen years old and could very damn well wear what she wanted.
Besides, she wasn't going to be Lisa tonight. She was going to be a completely other person. So why not dress the part?
She strode over to the sexy costumes and looked them over. They was pretty much the same selection as the traditional costumes had, just that these were way more revealing. There were sexy superheroes, sexy fairytale characters, sexy princesses, and so on and so forth. But none of them were quite what she wanted. She was looking at a promising genie costume when she saw the one next to it.