OMG THIS IS SO PERFECT!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
THIS IS PERFECT AND NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED!!!!
@whitesheepcbd reblogged your post “Shoot!! Erase that last Ask. I meant #26.”
Heh it’s entirely possible I might do both. I’m having fun with these 🙂
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It was the event of the year. Invitations were more sought after than the holy grail, despite the countless movies that had made it a quest. It was like the ‘gold’ standard. If you received an invitation to Gold Consolidated’s New Year’s Eve party, you were someone. If you were one of the very few entrusted with a coveted +1 ticket, then you were suddenly the most popular person in town as everybody wanted you to escort them.
Belle French had been hearing rumors about the party for years. Her boss Cora Mills went every year, and she had a ticket allowing her to bring a +1, and didn’t everybody know it. Cora usually took her daughter Regina, but Regina had cancelled this year on account of being unwell. Belle happened to know that wasn’t true, and Regina had other more personal plans, but Cora would never have accepted her daughter putting her love life ahead of the potential business networking that could be done at the party.
Cora couldn’t bear to waste her +1 ticket, lest people believe she hadn’t received one this year, and it was too last minute to get anybody else. Belle had been stunned to get the call to dress in her nicest clothes and meet Cora’s car, to accompany her boss to the party. It was the opportunity of a lifetime, and rather guiltily Belle hoped that she might get a new job out of it. She didn’t like working for Cora Mills but she didn’t see the point in quitting until she had a better offer.
“Don’t embarrass me,” Cora snapped, just before the exited the town car.
“I’ll behave,” Belle promised dryly, earning herself a vicious glare before Cora pasted on a smile for the other party attendees.
Thank you for the prompt fill! Totally different than anything I might have guessed you would do, and that’s what makes these flash prompts so fun.
You have me curious now as to what you guessed I might do. The other possibility that popped into my head was mistaken identity. Maybe a masquerade party and so they wind up kissing the wrong person. Anyway, I’m so happy that you all liked it!
This was something a bit different from me, as usually I write either Belle or Gold (or quite commonly both) as being anxious, whereas in this they were supposed to come across as relatively confident. I have a few ideas where this could go next (when do I not?) but with my current WIP status, what I’m going to say is prompt me, if you want more of this 🙂