[Beca's POV]
"Beca Mitchell, get your ass out of bed and into the shower," my best friend, Stacie, demanded sternly as she pulled the duvet covers off of me and swiftly pulled the curtains open letting the bedroom flood with natural daylight.
"Leave me alone!" I groaned and pulled the duvet over my head.
"Bec! Come on, we are going out, you have got to get out of these four walls! You're beginning to look a bit pasty for starters!" Stacie stood there, hands on hips, peering down at me. "We are going to go into town and have a few cocktails and have a laugh."
I lay there for a few more moments trying to comprehend what she was saying to me. She was right, I did need to get back on track, I had wasted too much time being a recluse and basking in my own self pity. I swivelled my body so I was sat on the edge of the bed, Stacie smiled at me encouragingly. I dragged myself into the en suite and switched on the shower and closed the door.
I got undressed out of my pyjamas and climbed into the shower. I stood there enjoying the warm water pour over my body and my thoughts turned back to the person that had been occupying my mind constantly for the past fortnight. Jesse.
Jesse had broken my heart and my world two weeks ago. As far as I was concerned he was the one, I thought we were happy, and he was who I wanted to spend the rest of my life with, after three years together I never expected things to come to an abrupt end. He had decided he wasn't in love with me, and he had found someone a lot better and special . And that was that. I had cried constantly for a week and stayed in my bedroom, only venturing out to the kitchen for the occasional drink of water. I was not in a good place.
Stacie was my best friend and roommate. In all fairness she had been brilliant but I think she had reached her limit of my wallowing and thankfully (on some level) deciding to yank me out of it was the best thing for both of our sanities.
I suddenly zapped out of my day dream of Jesse and realised I was still standing there not being very productive. I reached for the shampoo and began massaging the product into my hair, it felt good to be getting freshened up, my dismal mood was starting to lift.
I finished in the shower and wrapped myself up in a fluffy towel. I wandered into my room and found a new dress lay on my bed along with a pair of shoes, a clutch bag and some earrings. I felt the fabric of the dress in dismay, it was absolutely stunning. It was a turquoise colour with a satiny affect, an embellished band around the waist then formed a tulip shaped skirt. The shoes were simple black peep-toe courts with the matching bag. It was the perfect outfit.
Stacie burst through the door, "Well?! What do you think?" She enquired with a huge grin on her face.
"Stace, it's amazing! I love it! Thank you so much!" I answered with smile, I walked over gave her a hug.
"You deserve it, thought it might cheer you up a bit!" She pulled away from the hug and held up a bottle of Red wine in front of my face. I just grinned and she took that as permission to pour us each a glass of the alcoholic beverage. She handed me the wine glass and I took a huge gulp. "Steady on! Don't want you wasted before we even go out missy!"
"Ha, yeah right! So what are you wearing?" I asked as I started to dry off. Stacie disappeared but returned quickly, holding up a black lace dress. "Love it!" I approved. I pulled out my selected underwear for the evening and started putting it on.
I headed over to my makeup table and began to apply generous amounts of moisturiser to my face. "Urgh my skins so dry, god damn heartbreak," I moaned peering in the mirror. I pouted and opened my foundation and began applying that to my face.
Meanwhile Stacie had gone for a shower, I could hear her belting out a song. I smiled as she was Oh oh oh ohhhh-ing, and I began to hum the tune also.
By the time Stacie had finished in the shower my make up was done.
"Wow!" She exclaimed as she bounded into my room, towel wrapped around her petite frame.
"What?" I asked taking a sip of wine.
"You look fab, hun," she breathed, I raised my eyebrow at her.
Jeez, I must have looked like shit recently, because I've only done what I usually do with my make up when we are going out! I saw a horrified expression flicker across her features which then turned into a smile.
"You know what I mean!" She said playfully and turned my ipod station on and started flicking through my album lists and settled on R&B Classics. No Diggity by Blackstreet started to play.
"Oh my godddd!" I exclaimed, Haven't heard this for ages! We both started singing and dancing to the song in my room. I looked over at Stacie and realised this is the first time in two weeks I had a genuine smile planted on my face. It felt good.
We continued getting ready in between dancing and joking and finally we were ready to head to the club.