[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

For all of Sunny's many, many flaws, she was a sweet, kind girl who only wanted to be the best friend she could be to Alice. Which is why it was a shame that she was also incredibly ditzy and as dense as a black hole, and therefore failed utterly to notice that Alice's smile was not one of enthusiasm, but of great pain and suffering. While Alice was getting changed, which by Sunny's standards was quick even with Alice's bout of nerves, Sunny checked her make-up, and took a few selfie snaps to upload to Instagram, before scrolling through her cellphone to check for any news stories or nice shots of her.

She didn't look for long however before Alice emerged. Alice was obviously uncomfortable, and even Sunny could notice that, although in her pink-hued world, Sunny assumed it was because the rest of the outfit wasn't completed yet. Sunny approached, examining her like she was an artist admiring an uncompleted work of art, cocking her head to the side as she circled Alice.
"Okay, like, OBVIOUSLY, the dress is just PERF, but like, we're not done yet!" she said chirpily, as she considered what else was needed to complete the outfit. "Obvs shoes and jewellery, and you gotta let me do your make-up... Buuuut...." She looked thoughtful for a moment. "Like, how would you feel about a blonde wig?" she suggested, feeling it really would tie the look together. Plus, well, it'd be a good disguise, right?

"Nobody will ever suspect it's you then!" Sunny said quickly because she felt like Alice might protest this idea. But as far as Sunny was concerned, it'd be a good look for her. Okay, so maybe Sunny was just trying to dress her up like herself, but that was beside the point. She DID like that dress. Part of her was tempted to go and see if they had one in her size, but she considered it a bit sneaky to buy the same outfit as a friend.


It was totally cute though...

Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater

Hugging her arms tightly across her front, Alice wondered whether she should disagree with Sunny or not. On the one hand, she didn't want to upset the bubbly blonde, on the other, she was really not sure about the dress. Sunny seemed oblivious to her discomfort though, already planning the rest of the outfit and… oh god, a wig. It made sense, it would disguise her, but it did now feel like Sunny was just trying to dress Alice up as herself. She would have to put a stop to this now before it really did go too far. "It's uh… it's nice… but… do you think maybe there's something that's a bit less… y'know…" For all that Paladin was the most famous Hero in country, Alice hated being the centre of attention, and she didn't think she'd ever seen a dress that screamed 'LOOK AT ME' quite as loudly as this one did. She rushed to avoid hurting Sunny's feelings. "I love how it fits me, it looks really good, and the pink's nice… it's just… the arms… I don't think I can really pull it off." It was clear that she was fairly uncomfortable in the outfit, and was likely becoming obvious that Alice, for all that she enjoyed dressing up and going out, was not confident about her appearance. She never had been, having always had a flat chest and little else boys would be interested in. She'd filled out a little as she'd grown older, but now her workout regime and her career meant that she had a toned muscular figure that rivalled most professional athletes. "You should definitely do my makeup though, I don't do a lot of makeup, so you'd have to help me anyway."

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

For a moment Sunny stood still, only blinking slightly with fluttering, flawless eyelashes as the concept that Alice didn't like such a clearly perfect dress tried to enter her brain. You could almost imagine a square peg trying to fit into a round hole, and the mental gymnastics as the shape was rotated time and time again as Sunny tried to process the information. For a moment, it looked very likely that Alice had just broken Sunny and that understanding this was completely beyond her.

Fortunately, Sunny's mental breakdown was thrown a lifeline or two. Firstly, Alice admitted she liked the pink, which, okay, to Sunny was like somebody saying 'hey, breathing is kind of neat', of COURSE she liked the pink, but it was a sign that obviously the totally cute dress was doing its job, and secondly, Alice promised Sunny could help with her make-up. This made Sunny squeal with excitement, because make-up was her favourite thing. Apart from perfume, jewellery, dresses, the colour pink and heels, of course. They were all sort of tied. But she'd never had a 'girly' friend who let her do her make-up before. Even Ali, who of course could do her own, or had her own stylists do it. Sunny had her own stylists too, and didn't get to do her own as often as she liked, which was a shame, because she loved doing it.

Flying over, yes, literally, flying, in excitement, she squealed and grabbed both of Alice's hands.
"Okay, ohmigod, we'll like, totally find you a new dress, then I can do your make-up!" she beamed with excitement. "Plus, like, now I can totally buy that dress for myself!" she added with a smile. Of course, technically, she could have anyway, but it was Girly Girl Code not to do that. Sunny knew that. "I'll find something else while you take it off!" she announced, soaring back into the shop and remembering finally to put her feet back on the ground...

Eventually, and it really was eventually because this was Sunny set lose in a clothes shop, she came back and held up a new garment. This was one was much looser, a maxi dress, although equally shocking pink.
"I know, I know, like, a bit different, but I thought maybe you'd like to be more covered up, plus it's all frilly and girly but without being, y'know, as, uh, BIG, as the other dress. What'dya think?" Sunny beamed, holding it forward proudly.
Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater

The next offering was much more appealing to Alice, mainly because it was far more restrained. Still hot pink, of course it was still hot pink, but it didn't display her musculature in the way the previous choice had. Grateful to escape from Sunny's attentions once more, she disappeared into the fitting room to change into the dress. Coming out again, she twirled in the floaty fabric. The grin on her face gave away her feelings about this one. Sure, it was PINK. But everything else about the dress seemed perfect. It for her well, tightly enough to show off her form, without giving away the fact that she was more muscular than most men. She smiles brightly at Sunny, the pleasure evident in her voice. "I love it!" Finding herself getting somewhat caught up in the moment, and inspired by Sunny's irrepressible enthusiasm. Checking herself out in the mirror for a second, she turned back to the blonde. "Are we accessorising here then?" After all, Sunny had gotten to buy accessories, shoes and everything else. Alice might not be a 'girly girl', but she now has the money to treat herself to things like this. Before she'd become the face of the Program she was lucky if she could pay rent on time every month. Even for her shoebox apartment. "I'll change and then we can go find some things to go with it, and I'll need shoes too, I definitely don't have any that match."

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

"Hooray!" Sunny squealed when Alice confirmed she loved the dress, grabbing her in a perfume drenched hug with her skinny arms. She paused as she listened to Alice's plan for accessorising and shoes. Sunny beamed at the thought of both. "I think I like, saw some great shoes to match in the shoe shop we were in earlier, but like, we can look other places too!" she suggested, because of COURSE Sunny wanted to do as much shopping as possible.

For the briefest moment when Alice mentioned accessorising, Sunny paused to consider. After all, back at her house she probably had more jewellery than the mall combined, and they could easily accessorise there. For a moment, the Gods of Narrative Convenience waged war with the personality of Sunny Slater, should they take the easy path and accessorise at her house, or do more shopping?

The Gods of Narrative Convenience didn't stand a chance.
"Oh, like, there are some amazing jewellery shops here we just HAVE to check out!" Sunny bubbled away. "And new outfits means new PERFUME!" she announced with excitement, as if this was somehow logical and widely accepted. "Like, TECHNICALLY speaking, I think I own at least one bottle of all the perfumes they sell here, but like, perfume shopping is the BEST so like, we can't miss that out!" she was floating again with excitement, before she caught herself and settled down. "Go on! Go change and we can carry on shopping!" she enthused, bursting with excitement and bubbly energy.

Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater

Alice didn't quite have enough time to hold her breath before she was enveloped in a hug and nearly suffocated by the all encompassing cloud of perfume that came with it. Somehow she managed to avoid choking on it, even as the thick scent filled her nose and mouth. Was protection from her own perfume a side effect of Sunny's power? It was certainly a side effect that Alice would be jealous of. Finding it hard not to be caught up in Sunny's enthusiastic approval, Alice eventually extricated herself and headed back towards the changing rooms. She had to get the dress off, buy it, and then steel herself for more shopping with Sunny. The blonde Hero had a good heart, but her incessant enthusiasm and apparent obsession with image and fame was exhausting. Laden down with less bags than she'd feared, Alice climbed awkwardly out of Sunny's bright pink car. Two dresses, two pairs of shoes and several accesorising items of jewellery comprised their haul. It had been difficult to hand over her credit card when they'd arrived at the register. A year of financial security wasn't anywhere near enough to fight off nearly two decades of relative poverty. Even so, she'd managed it, and the nature of the shops had meant that she hadn't even felt that guilty looking at the receipt afterwards. Sunny had seemed considerably more comfortable with the expenditure. Not that Alice was surprised, she'd seen the inside of her wardrobe. Other than the fact the walk-in was bigger than her entire apartment, it was clear that Sunny shopped. A lot. What came next wasn't as much of a concern however. Sunny obviously wore much heavier makeup than Alice herself was accustomed to, but she clearly knew her way around a compact. Alice was normally happy with a little bit of blush, mascara and some lip gloss. She got the impression that sitting down in front of Sunny's mirror would result in a lot more.

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

Sunny, meanwhile, was having the time of her life. She loved a good shopping spree, and while it had only been three days since her last one (which was almost a record for her, by the way), she hadn't been shopping with a friend in forever. Most friends couldn't stand shopping with her, for obvious reasons, and even Alyson's eyes seemed to glaze over sometimes as they approached the seventh or eighth hour of a shopping trip. Having a deadline had obviously helped, because Sunny had been in a rush to get everything done, which meant she hadn't stayed at the mall past closing time, and then tried to purchase an extra hour of after closing shopping like she usually did.

The return to her mansion was fine, she didn't even have to emergency break once, although she did miss that time the traffic lights changed and somebody beeped at her because she was refreshing her lip gloss in the driver's mirror, but that wasn't HER fault. That other drive was just impatient.

When they got back into her room, Sunny flew around the spacious place in excitement, looping around to land back in front of Alice and giving her another perfume filled hug.
"Ohmigod, this has been so much fun!" she beamed. "And we've, like, not even gone out yet! she pointed out enthusiastically, although she didn't see how that could beat shopping. "Right! Time to get dressed up, then we gotta start on our make-up!" she squealed with joy at this thought. Sunny, who considered herself an artiste when it came to make-up, thought it was vitally important to be in your outfit before fully applying it, because that's when the best inspiration struck. Even if in Sunny's world 'inspiration' meant 'pink, highlighter, an inch worth of foundation and gigantic false lashes', as Alice was soon to find out...

Sunny excitedly floated into her walk-in wardrobe to change.
"I'll get changed in here, and then you can get changed out here, and then we can get started on the real fun stuff!" she enthused, meaning make-up, not the night out, of course. Sunny's priorities by now were pretty obvious. And of course there was hair to consider after that, but Alice's short hair would be difficult to do anything with. Sunny, on the other hand, felt like she had a whole world of options. It was just another reason she loved her hair long...

On top of the fact it was totally cute and girly, of course.
Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater

Alice had entertained the notion that perhaps Sunny's bedroom would seem more like that of a real person and less like that of a Barbie on her second visit. That was not the case. Had it somehow become more pink? Dropping the many bags they had acquired at the mall, Alice started rummaging through them, sorting her new purchases from Sunny's. It wasn't that she'd been concerned about Sunny's ability to carry them, it was just that Sunny was driving, so it was only fair that Alice carried the bags. That's what she'd said to the blonde anyway. It seemed to go down without much of a fight. Presumably Sunny was used to someone carrying her bags anyway. Not that Alice could really blame her much for that. Or she tried not to, it wasn't Sunny's fault if she'd been raised in the kind of luxury Alice could only dream of. Finding her new dress, shoes and accessories, Alice changed quickly. She'd been more of a tomboy in high school, but a dress wasn't an alien contraption to her, and minus some awkward contorting to do up the zip, she managed to change just fine. She hastily stuffed her clothes from the day into her backpack. It wasn't as if she'd be needing them for at least a little while. Looking around, she eventually stashed the bag under the dressing table. She wouldn't put it past Sunny to have a cleaner that came through here regularly and she didn't want her stuff being taken away and washed by a member of the household staff. Or burned. They'd probably just burn it. She checked her phone while she waited for the other girl, tapping out a couple of messages to Ashley, her flatmate. She took a little longer over a message to the boy she'd been crushing on, before tucking the phone away and seating herself in front of the dressing table. Idly she toyed with her hair. Maybe she could get started while she waited for Sunny to finish changing…

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

Sunny, unfortunately, did not change quickly. Sunny had never changed quickly in her life. Even into her superhero suit in an emergency, she still took far longer than she should, and changing for a night out? Well, that could take hours. Luckily, it only took about an hour, which by Sunny's standards was incredibly fast, but it still meant Alice would be left waiting awkwardly for quite some time.

When Sunny emerged, she'd curled her hair and done her make-up, although in a style most hadn't seen her have. She had smokey eye shadow and red glossy lips to match her red dress, which was a little unusual for the pink obsessed girl. She'd gone for something like a Marilyn Monroe look, who Sunny did worship at least partially as one of the 'most classic girly girls of all time', in her own words (although if she said it, there'd probably be a 'like' and 'totally' in there). She smiled and did a little twirl, hovering into the air as she did so, the long dangling earrings she'd picked glinting as she did so.
"What do you think?" she asked proudly, before settling back down on the ground. She hadn't, unusually for Sunny, changed her excessive perfume from earlier to another scent, since she'd need to wash the existing scent off, but it was definitely refreshed and even stronger than before.

"Okay! Time to do your make-up! Oh EM GEE, I am so excited! Like, nobody EVER lets me do their make-up!" Sunny exclaimed, which was probably something to do with the excessive amounts she wore. The red lip gloss and smokey eye shadow even now were offset with so much foundation there was no trace of her real skin beneath it and towering false lashes, but that was pretty but Sunny's usual look. If she hadn't been so vain, Sunny would be able to have the perfect secret identity just by removing her make-up since nobody ever saw her without it...
Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater

"Wow… You look amazing." Sunny did look good. She was clearly a beautiful girl anyway, but seeing her in something other than bright pink definitely took away the childish immaturity that seemed to colour so much of what she did. That was until she squealed the letters OMG and exploded with the excitement of doing Alice's makeup. Alice wondered, yet again, if she'd made a mistake here. She did look good in the dress, but her own approach to makeup was occasionally a bit of lipstick and some blush if she felt like she had to dress up. It was evident that Sunny wore her make up a lot more heavily, even if it was clearly expertly applied. That and no one ever letting her do their makeup could be something of a warning bell. Admittedly, the one friend of Sunny's that Alice had met clearly had just as much money as the blonde Hero, and obviously very similar attitudes as to how it should be spent. Alice wouldn't have been surprised if it turned out that the only reason no one let Sunny do their makeup was because their private makeup artist had already done it for them. It seemed in keeping. After all, this was Beverly Hills. Taking a deep breath to steal herself, she turned away from Sunny, back towards the mirror. It was huge, and she could easily still see the other girl behind her. Nodding, Alice manages a smile that is more confident than she feels about letting someone else near her skin. "OK… make me look beautiful…"

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

"Awww, thankies!" Sunny beamed when Alice said that she looked amazing. Sunny was still a little uncomfortable with the look, she hated not wearing ANYTHING pink (she'd kept her pink underwear on just to still have SOMETHING) and she felt... awkward, being dressed in a manner that felt too 'mature' for her (even if Sunny was eighteen now), but it was good to know that she had Alice's seal of approval on her looks.

Now though it was time to get to work on Alice's look, but not before Sunny gave her a 'you're being silly' look when she asked for Sunny to make her look beautiful.
"You already look beautiful, silly," Sunny confirmed, because Sunny did truly believe that. "I'm just, y'know, gonna make you look... girlier!" she beamed, before moving over to pull up a stool and sit in front of Alice. Of course, she could have just hovered, but she wanted her full concentration on the task at hand. This was Sunny's chance to shine! Where she could be a real artist! And she couldn't wait...

Sunny's make-up skills were pretty impressive, even on somebody else, but she didn't do anything by halves. After a little early experimentation to find Alice's skin tone, since it was slightly different from Sunny's, she found the perfect foundation, and laid it on thickly, before applying blusher, the perfect eye shadow, glossy pink lip gloss, and even applying some fake eyelashes (which, luckily, her gravity powers helped her guide; it was a delicate thing sticking false lashes on somebody else, it was hard enough doing it on yourself...). All in all, Sunny took... well, quite a while, but when she had finished, Alice was almost unrecognisable, bar for her hair, looking for all the world like somebody's Barbie doll.

In other words, Sunny's day to day look.
"What do you think!?" Sunny beamed. "Ohmigod! You look like me," she giggled, finding the whole situation clearly ridiculously fun...

Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater

It took… a while… Alice was the kind of girl that spent the absolute minimum amount of time in front of a mirror. She didn't often dress up, and when she did it was usually just in a nice pair of jeans, not a dress and certainly not with this amount of makeup on. It was a miracle Sunny ever managed to save anyone, surely she didn't spend this long applying makeup everyday? That seemed a silly question, Alice had never seen Sunny without heavy makeup. It took a moment for Alice to realise just how much her appearance had changed. The process had been gradual, even with Sunny's practiced hand and it meant that the transformation had almost crept up on her. She stared at herself in the mirror, turning her face a little in each direction. She didn't quite feel herself, but she did look good, she certainly couldn't deny that. She turned to Sunny with a grin on her face, reaching out to lightly tap the other girl's hair. "Just need to die your hair blue then, people will think we're twins." Except for the fact that Alice was nearly 6 inches taller than Sunny of course. The tall heels that Sunny was wearing would probably alleviate some of that difference though. Alice looked back to admire herself in the mirror once more. "I look pretty good though don't I?" Snapping herself out of admiring herself, she grabbed her phone. "We have to go then while we still look this great. I'll get an Uber." She stilled any possible response as she continued, "I know we drove out earlier, but the whole point of this is meant to be sneaking out. We can't do that if we drive off in your pink Bentley. I'm going to get it to pick us up on the other side of the street, he'll be here in five minutes." Crossing to the window, Alice levered it open. "Come on. I haven't snuck out the window in years, lets go!"

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

Sunny, for a brief moment, looked horrified at the suggestion of dying her hair blue, and almost touched her hair defensively. Sunny not being blonde was unthinkable to her. Heck, if she hadn't dyed her hair PINK, she'd sure as heck never dye it any other colour either!
"Nu UH, you can dye YOUR hair blonde," Sunny said, defensively but with a playful poking of her tongue. Yes, Sunny was innocent to the point of severe ditziness, but she could sometimes tease as well. "You look AMAZING!" Sunny confirmed when Alice asked if she looked good. "Wait, wait, before we go! SELFIE!" Sunny held out her phone, and snapped a quick picture of them both. "Don't worry, like, I know I can't upload it. That'd like, totally defeat the point, but I gotta keep it on my phone!" she explained cheerfully. Sunny did, usually, instantly put every photo she had on social media, but she knew not to in this case. It didn't mean she didn't want a photo of her and her newest BFF on her phone though.

She supposed Alice had a point about cars, and while Sunny was about to point out she could call one of her private drivers and take one of the limos, or take any of the other cars she had (all pink, all conspicious), she had to admit, getting an Uber sounded like fun. People always talked about ubers and Sunny had no idea what that really meant. She even had lines about that on her cartoon when she had voiced the pilot, and that was a sign that she should know about it. It was kinda cool! Like being a real teenager like on the TV! Sometimes, in Sunny's bubble, she didn't know what that was like anymore...

"Okay, cool! An Uber! That sounds, like, totally awesome!" She said cheerfully, following Alice to the window. "Oh, I sneak outta the window all the time. I can fly. I probably like, go out the window more than the door," she giggled. It saved time, after all. No stairs, no getting to the ground floor, no heavy doors to open. Just, up, up and away! Woosh!

Up, up and away sounded good. Maybe she should check if that was copyrighted...

Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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[Alice Morrow]

Paladin Am I more than you bargained for yet? + Sunny Slater + wearing

Alice couldn't blame Sunny for wanting to preserve an image of how they looked, it just hadn't even crossed her mind. She'd have to ask the blonde to send her the picture so she had a memory of this herself. That way she'd know for sure it hadn't been some sort of bizarre dream. Leaving via the window was easy, Alice might not be in the habit of sneaking out of windows anymore, but she had developed something of a habit of leaving buildings by any method other than the front door as a Hero. With surprising grace she dropped from the edge of the roof to the manicured lawn below, landing without a sound. There was a moment of absolute stillness as her feet touched the grass, even the fabric of her dress hardly moved. Then physics realised what was going on and reasserted itself with a gentle swish as the fabric of the dress settled back down again. It would probably be even easier for Sunny, the other Hero could casually ignore gravity in a way Alice had always dreamed of. She was even pretty sure it was one of the reasons she displayed such amazing balance in the enormous heels she always seemed to be wearing. Alice was surprised to find that she was a little jealous. That jealousy was easily pushed aside as she spotted the lights of the Uber turning into the street. Waving back at Sunny, she moved swiftly across the lawn to flag down the white vehicle. The driver was a slightly older man who matches his image right down to the white shirt and the black fleece he wore in the air conditioned interior of his car. He got out of the drivers seat and rounded the vehicle before she can reach him, opening the door for her. Surprised, she realised that he must get a lot of business in this neighbourhood, and judging by the size of the houses, people were probably accustomed to having the door opened for them. She slides in and across the wide back seat, waving Sunny in beside her. "Come on, we can go to a bar first then from there to a nightclub!"

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[Sunny Slater]

"Ohmigod! Bestie!"

We're Best Friends Now!!

Sunny gracefully floated to the ground out of the window, and actually stayed hovering an inch or so off the ground until they were off the grass. The soil was dry tonight, but Sunny was a clutz and knew better than to try and walk across soft ground in her towering heels. Well, she did now. After many, many incidents had resulted in her nearly falling over or getting her heels stuck. So now she just floated slightly off of the ground when it was safe.

Unlike Alice, Sunny didn't notice anything unusual about the door being held open for her. That was, after all, Sunny's life, although she was a little amused to be getting into an ordinary car, and not a limousine. It was novel! It was like getting a taxi! Sunny had never actually gotten a taxi before, but she'd imagined it, and this was just like that. She climbed into the back seat, taking in the air conditioned air. The car smelled a little funny to her, which meant that actually it smelled ordinary. Sunny was used to her own cars, which were of course drenched in her perfume.

"Ohhh, okay, a bar sounds like, totally awesome!" Sunny beamed, her mind full of the images of high class wine bars as she'd seen in films and on television, people in swanky cocktail dresses and tuxedos sipping expensive drinks. "Take us to a bar, please!" Sunny beamed to the driver, not really sure WHICH bar to suggest, but deciding to leave that to Alice. "Ohmigod, this is SO much fun!" Sunny giggled, reaching over to give Alice's arm a quick squeeze of affection. She couldn't believe she was actually on a night out with a friend! She had never thought such a thing would happen, and she was bristling with excitement!

Alice Morrow

"Do you like my room!?"

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