'Woah, Bee you look….you're going to knock em dead, you know?' said Mia with a wink.

'That's the plan' Bridget replied with a grin. 'Are you sure I don't look overdressed?' she asked, suddenly unsure of herself.

'No, you look perfect. You will have the attention of all the guys. And I mean all of them' said Mia, stressing the point that Eric would be amongst those admiring her.

Bridget hoped she was right. Eric was the one and only reason she had put so much effort into the night. It was a charity ball her team and it's managers were attending. Publicity and so forth, a chance for the managers to mix with high society and for Bridget to seduce Eric all over again. She had to admit to herself that a tiny reason she wanted Eric so much, was to get back at Laura, who had been flaunting their engagement all over the place for the past week. There was something about the woman that made Bridget want to slap her smug smile to the other side of her face. But of course, that would be stooping to her level.

'Bee, lets go'

'Hold on one more mirror check' she pleaded as Mia rolled her eyes.

Bridget was wearing a jade green silk dress, with a plunging back which allowed attention towards her long, radiant hair. She had done the top half of her hair up in a messy, yet classy bun and let the bottom half fall in waves down her back. She wore black beads, looped three times around her neck which hung at different lengths above and below her neckline. She had applied mascara to her eyelashes and created a smoky effect around her eyes. She felt like an olden day movie star.

'Okay, lets go' giggled Bee, linking arms with Mia as they walked to the lobby where Keira was waiting.

'Bout time' she said with a laugh 'You ladies look gorgeous'

The three girls walked in together. The team had decided to go at different times. Bridget, Keira and Mia had decided to be fashionably late, which, with all the beautifying, had just turned to plain old late.

Bridget felt her stomach tighten with nervousness as they walked in. What if Eric didn't even notice her? What if he and Laura spent the whole night looking sickingly in love? What if…

'Bridget!'

She turned to see who had called her. It was the man himself. Without the evil fiancée. They walked over and as soon as they reached Eric, Mia and Keira went 'looking' for the drinks table which they had passed earlier.

They smiled at each other. Bridget drank him in, he looked extremely sexy, his dark skin was complimented by the black suit and white undershirt. Someone pushed past Bridget and she was squeezed close to Eric for a moment. She felt his hands graze her bare arms and her whole bodybroke out in Goosebumps.

'Sorry' she said, stepping back reluctantly.

Eric took a deep breath. 'Bee, you…you look beautiful, so grown up. When did you become a woman?' He said with a sad smile, not meaning anything by the comment, but it struck Bridget as ironic.

'You should know, you were there' she whispered, not even sure whether she wanted Eric to hear or not. By the look on his face, he had.

At thatexact moment, before Eric could reply,Laura arrived. Bridget wasn't surprised that she looked perfect. Not a strand of hair out of place, a classic black dress. Her dark eyes looked Bridget up and down. She handed Eric a glass of wine.

'Sorry Bridget, I'd offer you mine. But you're not quite eighteen yet are you?' said Laura with a mock sympathetic smile. Bridget clenched her fist behind her back.

'Not yet. I love your dress Laura, I have one similar I was going to wear. But decided this one was better.'

Laura glared at her, but when she replied her voice was sweet and innocent. 'Really? Your dressis a great cut, but I've never been a fan of green, it's the color of jealousy after all. Suits you though.'

Bridget was about to cut into her when Mia arrived at her elbow. 'Bee, there's a guy over here I want you to meet, he thinks you're the sexiest thing here' she said this statement loud enough for both Laura and Eric to hear before whisking Bridget away.

'You look like you needed rescuing before you said something you'd regret' she whispered.

Bridget couldn't disagree. She laughed 'Yeah, thanks for inventing that guy, really added to the departure effect'

Mia shrugged. 'I can't take all the credit. He's real.' She gestured towards a guy standing by the bar who smiled in their direction. He was tall and muscular with shaggy auburn hair. He looked strangely familiar.

'Do I know him?' she asked Mia

'He's some up and coming Australian actor. Jasper Knight'

Bridget remembered seeing him in small parts in a few movies now and was suitably impressed when he turned out to be a really nice guy. They stood talking for most of the night, they liked similar bands and he had wanted to become a professional soccer player before he decided to become an actor. For a few moments that evening Bridget forgot about all the stress which came with fighting for someone's affection. With Jasper it was easy, she knew he liked her and she liked him too.

Later that night when one of Bridget's team members suggested they all move on to a nightclub Bridget invited Jasper along. As she was walking towards the door she heard Laura speaking to Eric.

'But I don't want to go clubbing honey, lets just go home and spend some quality time together, besides there wont be anyone interesting there'

She strained to hear Eric's response but from Laura's sour expression she knew that she would see them there.

Bridget linked her arm through Jaspers and walked down the street after the rest of their group. It was turning out to be a good night in ways Bridget hadn't expected.

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