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n, I shoo

like a swimsuit; I can'

huckled

'm wearing." I gasped as I saw that the blonde, hidden under the fur, was wearing something like a violet handkerchief. The triangle was wrapped ar

in that manner to t

etter." "If not, Seth will be ext

in on Seth, an excessively tanned, muscular man whose swimsuit left little room for interpretation. I wasn't really interested in going out with t

d, "Okay, this one then." "El, please ca

ing an incredibly beautiful outfit in her hands. Yes, it was an XS, but

d, thrusting it into my arms. "Come on, chop c

happening? Ellie Danes, the ultimate geek, never wore anything like this, so I was boring her. I used to wear jeans and a t-shirt m

k the little piece of cloth out of my pants, putting it in front of me. Could I have worn it? Did I really think I could be anything except Ellie, the perpetual wallflower?

r wraps; suddenly, everything was on display. The material perfectly embraced my daughters, highlighting their rich, full features and exposing the tops of my piles in t

bounced, the cloth glistening and flowing like liquid gold over my curves, giving me a mystical gloss that made me seem alm

me a jacket and squealed. "Now put that on, or we

e gold seemed to have terminated the magic show, revealing no glimpse of the brilliant beauty b

g over her shoulder. "Gotta roll, I alre

hing gold clutch. I was going to have a hard time balancing since the heels were so high, and s

ready moved halfw

f high school and we were in Vegas for the first time on our own-without parents, siblings, or any kind of chaperone-we still felt li

urning me to my duty as Ellie Danes. I forced myself to stroll boldly into the hall, hip

the elevator button with his finger. "For ton

vator doors op

g?" Hurrying into the

only ch

erson. gregarious, sly, and extroverted. Seth's pals will be e

to Seth's buddies, but Monica was correct. Tonight, I wanted to live it up, laugh, and dance. That was it.