Ashley
It was Saturday morning and tom, lucy, Janis, joan, ruby, ariel, Rachel, tina and my sisters and I were all at my house. It was between 11 a.m. and lunchtime. Other than tom none of them had been to my house before. Evan and tom had picked them up since they could each have 4 people in their cars. Lucy went w/ rose when we got to my place and tom went w/ alexa.
I knew ruby and ariel from working at the strip club and also from school. I knew Janis and joan from school. Janis and joan were also amandas friends. Ruby and ariels sisters were amandas friends as well. Amanda, Louisa, marie and anna were out somewhere. Wed just come in. they all were looking around.
"you know you can sit down," I told them.
"oh. Well ok. Thank you," tina said politely going over to the sunken living room and sitting in one of the big white sofas.
Rachel followed w/ ariel and ruby following them.
"hey nice house," Janis said.
"thank you," I said.
"it's big. im going to get something to drink," joan said.
"that it is. Ok kitchens right through there."
She left.
"so how do you know Ashley?" tina asked ariel.
I noticed that Rachel was looking at ariel.
"from work. And you?" ariel answered.
"oh what do you do? And I don't really but she invited me over here previously this week. I guess she doesn't know a lot of people here other than you and her family. Er. Obviously."
"yeah. We work in a strip club. What do you do?"
"oh. I don't. I mean work. Im an artist."
"oh wow."
"and im a star," Rachel said: "well im going to be. Are you guys coming to sectionals? You should. And the ballet that Ashley and I are in. and cabaret which im going to be in."
"well youre definitely not shy," Janis said.
"no just not all that popular."
"um we might. What ballet? Whens sectionals?" ariel asked.
"Dracula. And the 28th."
"oh. Thanks for inviting us."
"ballets so pretty," tina said.
"yeah it is. But its hard," I said.
"yeah I know."
"ok so whos hungry?" Janis asked standing.
"oh I am," tina said also standing.
I then realized I was as well: "as am I."
I hadn't yet sit down so I didn't have to stand. Which worked out.
We made our way into the kitchen. Well except for ariel and Rachel.
"does Rachel inform everyone shes a star?" Janis asked.
"yeah im beginning to think so," I said.
"shes very driven. And no shes not shy," tina said.
"yes well we can see that," joan said.
From the living room we heard the opening of 'cabaret' from 'cabaret'.
"well shes talented ill give her that," I said.
"yes yes she is," tina said.
"hey we should've invited jimi then he could play his guitar for us all," Janis said.
I remembered seeing him around school.
"he seems cool," I said.
"yeah he is. Hes really nice."
"maybe I will," joan said pulling out her phone.
Tina looked at me waiting.
"you can help yourselves to anything that's in here," I told them.
