I strapped my corset in place, puckering my lips in the full-length mirror. I must've applied twenty coats of lip gloss by now- I kept licking it off in nervousness. My phone buzzing interrupted my reverie, and I swiftly hit answer. I knew it would be Stacey, my best friend and also the reason I was in this mess.
"Hey bitch," she answered. "I'm outside."
"Let me just finish up and I'll be down in five." I hung up, putting a pair of jogging bottoms and a hoodie over my corset and lingerie. I showed my outfit to my mother, to "prove" I'd be going to Stacey's for a sleepover. Sure, I was technically an adult now, but I was still governed by their rules as long as I lived in their house.
"Be sensible, Alice," mum shouted to me as I left the house.
"Yeah yeah, I will. I'm 20, not 12!" I shouted back.
I accidentally slammed the door and winced. Hopefully I won't get in trouble for that. I didn't bother saying anything to my dickbag brother as I passed his room. He was a 28-year-old low-life and he wasn't particularly friendly towards me. We usually only ever talked to sling insults to each other. Besides, I think I overheard him saying he'd be out for the evening anyway.
Probably at some lame concert, I thought.
I climbed in Stacey's car, and she flashed me a stunning smile as she tore out of my mum's driveway. She blasted Justin TImberlake over the radio and laughed.
"So, how nervous are you?"
I showed her my best nervous face, and she giggled again.
"Look, relax, okay?" Stacey smiled. "These aren't so bad. It's not gonna be some massive orgy. You mingle, get a little sexy, and then at some point someone or a few someones will show interest and you can go... do your thing somewhere quiet. Trust me, it's gonna change your life."
If you'd told me a few months ago that I'd be attending a semi-local sex party with my best friend, I'd have laughed at you. But the truth was, I'd been an awkward single person my whole life, and I was horny. Stacey had told me about one of her latest sexual endeavours and I guess I was jealous. So she extended an invite to me.
She'd bought a masquerade mask for me (anonymity was key at these things, she'd told me) and all I had to do was supply the lingerie. She was wearing joggers and a hoodie, the same as me. I wondered what sexy lingerie she'd have hidden beneath hers.
The thirty-minute journey passed in no time with a bit of Justin on our side, and eventually we pulled into a non-descript warehouse just off the motorway. From the outside, it looked derelict, but the thumping music from within suggested otherwise.
"Is this party licensed to be here?" I asked, nervous, as we stepped out of the car. Stacey nodded, throwing another reassuring smile my way.
"Relax, babes. Honestly, you'll have a blast. Put your best heels on and take off your clothes." She instructed. I must've looked completely stunned, because after a moment of silent she burst out laughing.
"You have to turn up in all your gear. Them's the rules," she shrugged, taking off her hoodie and joggers. I felt a wave of anxiety flutter through me as I followed suit. I was average build, and I wasn't unattractive but... Stacey was really the 10 in our friendship. She had an athletic body, bright blue eyes and Hollywood-actress-blonde hair. She turned heads and I don't think she had ever been single since she was about fifteen years old. She was a year older than me but didn't look a day over nineteen, which also helped her get to all the best places.
I knew if I wanted to be successful tonight, I'd need to be as far away from her as possible.
The cold air nipped at my now nearly-naked body, and I cradled myself. Stacey handed my mask, and we helped each other strap it in place. She wolf-whistled at me, and I play-shoved her.
"Shut up," I grumbled.