The apartment door opened and in stepped Liza. She was casually dressed in a white T-shirt and blue skinny jeans with her black sparies on her feet.
She had told Alice when they first awoke that late afternoon that she had a few things to do that day, and left Alice alone to prepare for the ball that night.

In the last two hours, Liza had paid rent, payed her cell phone bill, and paid off her credit cards. While she was at it, she had stopped and chatted with her nurse friend at the blood bank and let her know that her "stock" was running short and she would be by later that week to pick up a fresh supply.
Though Liza was held over for probably the next couple of weeks, and Alice seemed fine too, Liza preferred to keep a hefty stock of blood bags on hand.

Now she was back, and from what Liza could see, Alice was ready for the ball.

"I gotta' say those look great, Alice." Liza said as she closed the apartment door and approached the bed to look at Alice's costume, an admiring smile on her face.

"I like the mask, and the dress is good too I will admit." She said, her cheeks riveting with dimples her famous sideways smirk formed on her face.

"So are you ready to go?" She looked at Alice inquiringly.