Chapter 1
Valentine's Day
Lulu Spencer smoothed down her red dress as she stood in front of the full length mirror. Tonight was the big Valentine's Day Dance at the Metro Court and just about everyone was going to be there. "Lulu! Come on were gonna be late," she heard her friend Maxie shout from the living room.
"Alright one second." She answered as she gently pulled the mask down over her face careful not to mess up her hair.
The theme for the night was a Masquerade Ball and she felt like a princess in the beautiful, red, figure hugging dress she had chosen weeks earlier. Her mask was black and gold with little patterns around her eyes, Maxie told her it brought out the colour of her eyes perfectly. "All right I'm ready to go," she said grabbing her coat and purse by the door.
Even though neither of them had a date to the dance they had both wanted to go so they decided to go together. Maxie was constantly reminding her that it was the perfect occasion to meet some hot, single guys but Lulu wasn't really interested. She had been hurt way too many times in the past and wasn't looking forward to getting her heart broken again.
The doors opened before Lulu and Maxie as they stepped inside the Metro Court two men dressed in suits were standing there holding the doors open for all the guests. There were people everywhere, a chocolate fountain was sitting near the doorway along with a tray of fruit. A long table full of food was set up near the back of the room with smaller tables scattered throughout and each guest was given a number as to which table they would be sitting at. The room was decorated in pinks, reds and golds; everything from balloons to streamers hanging from the ceiling. A DJ was playing the hottest tunes and people were already dancing, "Wow they went all out." Maxie said grabbing a glass of champagne from a tray as it went by.
Dante Falconeri walked into the Metro Court with his mother on his arm. He hadn't been looking forward to this but she insisted he go. "Come on baby. You can be my date and who knows maybe you'll meet a nice girl there."
"Aw Ma, you know I'm not lookin' to meet anyone right now."
"I know you were hurt honey but don't you think it's time to move on?"
Just as she said that a beautiful girl in a red dress brushed past him, she had long blonde hair that shined under the bright lights in the ballroom.
"Ah it looks like you already have," Olivia said with a smile as she noticed where her son was looking. "Why don't you go ask her to dance?"
"I don't know Ma."
"Get your butt over there now!" Olivia said shoving him in that direction.
