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Gaia collapsed on the crisp sheets of the Plaza hotel bed and grunted in frustration as she tried to pull a high heel on.  God, why did she even agree to do this? Why couldn't she find love on her own? But knowing herself she would never ever be able to manage it anyway, she couldn't even force herself to socialize a bit more, much less be the starting end of a flirtatious conversation so maybe this option was for the best.  Plus, it was paid for and she wouldn't have to spend much out of her budget in having what had been advertised as a pretty good time if not a chance at finding her true love.  Gaia wrinkled up her nose.  One true love? Who was she kidding?

As she got up she smoothed out the simple black dress she wore,  recurled a strand of her hair and ran some lip gloss across her chapped lips. Gaia headed towards the hotel room door before she swiveled back and shaking her head at herself she reached for one of her tinier, compact books and stuffed that into the bag she had on too. 

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45 minutes later and she was regretting her decision to come to the party.  The glass of whiskey and scotch she held in her hands was starting to feel heavy and she could feel her curls unfurling.  What with just the sheer amount of beautiful and handsome faces that surrounded her Gaia felt totally inferior.  A girl in a flower crown seemed to be dominating the space she had, especially radiant in a crowd of like-minded people and Gaia sighed, wishing she could be as charismatic as that girl was.  She also noticed a man who a lot of people seemed to be eyeing in curiosity (Gaia thought he looked normal enough, was there something wrong?) and a couple of girls who were drinking at the bar, one who looked quite excited to be there and the other looking quite laid back.

Gaia finally decided that going anywhere was a moot point and that no one would talk to her anyway so she beelined towards her seat and placed down the small card, her purse and her drink on the table.  She'd asked for a chicken dinner and her stomach rumbled in anticipation.  She leaned her glossy brown head of hair back against the seat and inhaled a deep breath before she lunged forward and grabbed the book from her bag before she could stop herself.  She would look totally out of place if she read here but...NO, Gaia shook her head furiously at herself and the book was returned to her bag.  She would try to socialize or if not she just would have to sit here, drink her dwindling drink and look relatively approachable or pensive.  She had a feeling that she would still look very out of place but that was still better than reading a book in the middle of a frigging social event! 
[color=rosybrown]"Oh god help me, Mr.Darcy"[/color] She muttered, rolling her eyes