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[color=#ffffff]After they quickly dressed up and Joey had effectively made Jade’s hair appear as though she was given the royal treatment at Vermont’s most expensive salon, the two hotter than hell women were out of their sorority house, heels clacking on the concrete pavement, almost in unison. The symphony of leather and wood repeated for several minutes until they came to the parking lot where a white 2020 Toyota Highlander waited for them.[/color]

[color=#ffffff]WIth a smile, Joanna tugged on Jade’s arm, pulling her in through the backseat directly behind the driver’s seat. Joey’s silver dress dragged against the leather, hiking it up a few inches. [/color]

[color=#ffffff]By the time they were seated, despite how much of her legs were showing and that she could tell their Uber was doing his best not to stare - though he [i]was[/i] human and fell victim to his impulses - she didn’t necessarily mind. Joey never cared about people looking. She was comfortable in her own skin and felt a sense of pride by showing it off. If only she was as confident with her emotions.[/color]

[color=#ffffff]Mind on the prize, Joey! You’re going to dance the night away with the hot piece next to you![/color]

[color=#ffffff]Her sudden reassurance caused her to look at Jade for a moment or two, their eyes lingering on each other. It would’ve been longer, but the car started to move and Joey faced forward, focusing on the city getting closer and closer.[/color]

[color=#ffffff]The ride into town went by in a literal flash. Maybe it was Joey’s mind constantly fading in and out, entertaining thoughts that she shouldn’t have or it was the conversations she had with Jade and their Uber driver. Or maybe it was her habit of always having to keep talking, to keep her mind moving without it ever taking a break. Maybe it was a combo of everything or maybe it was none of those and right now, Joey’s mind was playing out scenarios in which the line that separated reality and fantasy started to blur.[/color]

[color=#ffffff]“We’re here,” the older Uber driver announced, his voice not as enthusiastic as Joey’s immediate reaction was.[/color]

[color=#b39cdc]“Right on!”[/color][color=#ffffff] Joey exited the SUV and repeated her earlier reaction by pulling Jade out with her. [/color]

[color=#ffffff]And as the car drove away and Joey’s entire mood going from hopeful and excited to be absolutely crushed, she couldn’t believe what she was reading on a sign that hung freely on the door of City Limits.[/color]

[center][pre]City Limits is closed for renovations. 

Expected to reopen on November 2nd, 2019[/pre][/center][b][color=#b39cdc]“What!?”[/color][/b]

[color=#ffffff]Joey repeated the same word slowly over and over again, walking closer to it as though everything in her was destroyed just by reading the limited amount of text on the sign. Who could blame her? After the disaster of a week she had and especially after all of the convincing she had to do to get Jade to agree and the time spent getting themselves dolled up, Joey wanted to make mistakes tonight. She wanted to dance with anyone and everyone. She needed this for a lot of reasons. She needed to feel good, to be complemented by people she barely knew. She needed to make out in the bathroom, to get free drinks. She probably needed it more than Jade did, because Jade had confidence in herself and Joey only pretended she did. [/color]

[color=#ffffff]Yeah, she needed this because, without distractions, Joey was left with the anguish and hurt that came with being all alone inside. Outside? Of course, she had Jade and there was obviously a part of her that loved Jade, but it wasn’t enough to fill up the void left by Lottie. Definitely not enough…[/color]

[color=#b39cdc]“What are we going to do!”[/color][color=#ffffff] Joey finally spoke up again. She was on the verge of crying into the building. [/color][color=#b39cdc]“We spent all that time for nothing.” [/color][color=#ffffff]Now here came the typical Joey Hart pouts. [/color][color=#b39cdc]“I mean, fuck! I need to do [i]something[/i] Jade! I can’t go back to the house knowing we got dolled up for no reason!”[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]