"Wake up!" A loud voice said tapping on the door.
"Come back later!" I called out pulling the blankets over my head.
"Now!" My boss yelled through the door.
"Urghh" I groaned as I sat up.
"I want you downstairs and ready in 2 minutes" My boss yelled.
"What ever!" I yelled back brushing my hair. Well it wasn't really my hair. It was a brown wig. But whatever. I got ready and headed downstairs.
"Hey" I said nodding at the people sitting on the couch downstairs, I didn't know them but it's polite to acknowledge them.
"Here she is" My boss said pulling me over. She smiled at the visitors and I dropped down on the couch.
"Here I am" I said sourly, annoyed at being woken up so early.
"This is Martha and Jamie" My Boss said introducing me. I nodded again.
"So why are you here?" I asked them.
"They are your new advertisers" My boss informed me.
"What happened to the last ones?" I asked yawning.
"They've decided to take a break" My boss said blinking a little.
So she fired them…Again.
"Nice to meet ya, but I've got a lot on today" I told them, "So I'm gonna leave now" I got up and walked out.
"She's not always like that" I could hear my boss hastened to tell the advertisers behind me.
"Yes I am" I called back and slammed the front door shut as I walked out. She disserved it for waking me up so early.
"There's the happiest girl on earth" My driver said chuckling at my sour expression.
"What ever Mike" I said getting into the limo, "Let's just go"
He got in and started the car.
"Where to?" He asked.
"My favourite café" I said vaguely.
A few minutes later the limo pulled to a stop.
"Here we are" He said cheerfully.
"Thanks" I said getting out. I was immediately blinded by flashing lights.
"Thanks for coming" I said waving and smiling at everyone. I signed a few autographs before walking in.
I walked over to the table my producer was sitting at.
"Hey" I said sliding in to the seat.
"Ok" My producer got straight into it, "I've organized for there to be a 'ball' on in two days" She said handing me a sheet with the details, "It'll be a great chance for you to get to know some other people and have a good time"
I flicked through the sheet barely reading it. "Sounds cool" I said handing her the sheet.
"So you'll go?" She asked me with disbelief, I never agreed to things this easily.
"Sure" I said looking out the window.
"Great" She checked her watch, "Dear me, I must be off" She got up and left.
"Hey" I called the waitress over. "I'm going now ok?"
She nodded a little too enthusiastically and I smiled back at her.
I handed her some money and left.
Two days later…
I looked again through my wardrobe for a dress. I pulled out dress after dress and none were it. Until I found one dress at the back of my wardrobe. I pulled it out and looked at it. It was perfect. A deep purple dress. I even found a mask to match, (It was a masquerade ball) I got ready and headed down stairs. My boss was going to meet me there.
The limo pulled up at the hall where the ball was being held.
I walked down the red carpet while everyone screamed and took my photo.
I looked around the ball. I could see lots of people here, all hidden behind masks. Then I saw someone that I swore I knew, even with the mask on. I couldn't miss that spiky magenta hair.
Crap.
I shook my head and walked around the ball greeting everyone, trying to ignore that nagging feeling in my stomach.
"Hello" A girl's voice said behind me. I spun around and almost had a heart attack. It was him, standing with a blonde haired girl.
"Riven" I blurted out with out thinking, he looked confused.
"How'd you know my name?" He asked. Hearing his voice was like torture.
"My boss mentioned it" I said thinking quickly.
"Huh?" He said even more confused.
"My mum's her boss" The blonde said still clinging to his arm, "Has she mentioned me?"
"Yeah" I said wildly backtracking, "All the time" I examined the girl, Chloe her name was, I remembered now.
"It's so great to meet you at last" Chloe kept talking.
"Yeah, great to meet you too" I said lamely, "I have to go now" I walked away my heart beating wildly. He didn't recognise me.
I mingled for most of the night, trying to avoid the dance floor.
"Do you wanna dance?" Someone asked me. I slowly turned until I was looking at Riven.
"Uhh" I said trying to think of an excuse.
"Come on" He said taking my hand. I shivered at his touch but went with him to the dance floor I'd been avoiding.
We started dancing but the song finished. We waited for the next song but…
It was a song I just to dance to with him. It was our song. I let go of his hands.
"What's wrong?" He asked me.
"I know this song" I mumbled, "Lot's of memories"
"Same" He said looking at me. "It's the song my girlfriend and I used to dance to" I looked away. I turned and walked away out of the ballroom.
I was half-way down the hallway when a hand grabbed my arm.
"Wait" someone said. I pulled my arm out of his grasp and turned around.
"What?" I asked looking at the wall instead of him.
"You left" He said breathlessly, probably from running after me. "After I mentioned that it was a song my girlfriend and I danced to"
I swallowed. "So?" I said trying to remember how to breathe.
"You know her" He said, "Musa"
My eyes widened, "No" I said.
He smiled dryly, "You do"
"I don't know who you're talking about" I said shaking my head.
"You look a lot like her" He said looking at me, trying to see past my mask.
"I'm her cousin" I lied.
"So you do know her?" He said.
"Yes" I said. No point in denying that now.
"You're her cousin?" He repeated. I nodded.
"Do you know where she is?" He asked.
"No" I said again, "I don't know anything about her anymore"
"You know something" He pressed. This was starting to annoy me.
"No, she's gone!" I yelled, "And she's never coming back!" I picked up my dress and ran while he was taking in what I had said.
I jumped into the limo. "I wanna go home" I told Mike. He looked at me strangely but started the engine.