Free Underground Secrets (The Underground #1) by S.A. Sproston Page A

playing “pin the tail”, I grab the first thing I touch. I open my eyes and see I picked my black, high wasted leather mini skirt. Not a bad choice. Now to find something to pair it with. I choose a ruffled, white crop top, with small black polka dots. My shoes were easy as well. Since I am wearing mostly black and white, I need a pop of color so I don’t look boring. Not that a leather mini skirt and a crop top could ever be perceived as boring. But still, I need something with color. I go with a pair of electric blue open-toed ankle booties. I already know that I am going to leave my hair down. I leave my hair up most days while I work, so leaving my dark, long curls down is a nice change and I don’t even have to do anything to it.
    Putting my outfit on, I step toward my body mirror that hangs on the back of my bedroom door and look at myself. It’ll do.
    Finishing up my makeup and accessories, I hear a knock on my bedroom door. “Come in! I’m in the bathroom!” I chime, while listening to some upbeat music to get into the clubbing mood.
    “Hey girl!”
    Ah an instant smile plasters onto my face, my friend Kelli stands behind with a kind and vibrant smile. Kelli and Tom, her boyfriend, must have decided to meet us here instead of Club Evo.
    “Hey you sexy bitch! How was vacation with Tom?” I turn around to get a good look at my friend who I haven’t seen in well over a month.
    “Holy shit! Looks who’s talking? You look amazing, Marlie! All the men are going to be crawling to you tonight!”
    Well now… I went from flattered, to completely freaked. Bless Kelli’s heart, she doesn’t know about my past. Hell, no one besides a handful know. I just brush off her statement and smile at her and tell her thank you.
    Kelli has been a good friend to both Gem and me for about four years now. We met while we were working together at one of the many hotels we worked at. She’s a lot like Gemma as far as background. She has well off parents, but had chosen to work to make her own money while going to college to earn her place in her family’s business. And like Gemma, she is gorgeous, but opposite in looks with short, raven colored hair, fair skin and extremely tall. She’s runway model gorgeous.
    I grab the last of my things and shove them in my gold purse. I link arms with Kelli and we walk out of my room to join Gemma and Tom.
    “You ready for a fun crazy night?” I ask, while unlinking her arm to grab another glass of wine. I am already feeling myself loosen up. Yeah, this is going to be a good night with all of my close friends here with me and being carefree. Now, if only every night was like this.
    “Hell yeah, I am! It’s been forever since I’ve been out with my girls!” Kelli tells us. She looks over at Tom “And you too sweetie, but ya know how it is.” Her boyfriend grabs her by the waist and pulls her into to him, nuzzling into her shoulder.
    Tom is boy next door good looking. He has sandy blonde hair, tall, and easy on the eyes. He seems to enjoy wearing cable knit sweaters though, and golfing. The opposite of what I would ever be attracted to, but he’s perfect for Kelli.
    “Yes, my love, I do. I’m just glad Henry is coming out to save me from all you women.”
    “Hey!” Gemma says with an offended look on her face.
    “Boo!” I yell throwing the cork from the wine at him.
    Kelli playfully slaps at his thigh. “Oh please, we are a ton of fun and you’re too damn chicken to admit it!”
    He just smiles and nods. He holds his beer out towards us. “Cheers to a good night and to hopes that I don’t have to carry all of you women home!”
    We all laugh and clink our drinks with him.
     

     
    W E ARRIVE AT THE club already pumped up to dance, sing, laugh and drink a hell of a lot more then we probably should. I had somehow convinced the cab driver to blare his taxi van speakers and we all sang in unison to the song, Don’t stop believing , by Journey and then he flipped it to a mix