"So, Cameo? Tonight?" Val asks just as she opens the door. It's late now, Will left and I am home to get ready for Arthurs show.

"Yes. Do you want to come?" I ask and she shakes her head. I thought the conversation was over but she follows me to my room.

"What is it?" I ask and she thrusts out her hand. Inside is her taser, pepper spray, a knife that is concealed inside a fake lighter, the emergency button which will alert my contacts and the authorities.

"Woah. I'm not going on a war." I laugh as I look at the items, all of them a sky blue colour.

"I know, but you're going to Cameo." She groans and I roll my eyes placing the stuff down on my bed.

"Come on, please? You either take those with you or you just don't go." She folds her arms and I roll my eyes huffing.

"Fine, I'll take them." I groan as I walk over to my closet.

"I also have something else. You should wear this." I turn around just as she finishes her sentence and a latex dress is thrown at me.

"Uh no." I laugh as I hold the 'dress'. It's a black latex dress and I look at her to see her holding black boots with her.

"In case that is too revealing." She shrugs and plops down on my bed.

"Val? It looks like I'm going to a fucking sex club." I hold out the dress for her to take it back but she makes no such move.

"At least try it on?" She says and I shake my head.

"Why? Too scared you'll like it?" She asks and I give her a boring look.

"Fine, I'll try it on," I say as I walk to the bathroom.

•

It's been two minutes and I'm stuck.

"Val?? I can't breathe help me!" I squeal and I hear a loud laugh as I walk out of the bathroom.

"It's fucking stuck." I groan as she walks over and helps me inside this stupid fucking 'dress'.

"Bro- it's impossible." I groan and she laughs again and if I weren't stuck I would've smacked this bitch.

"Hold on jeez." She laughs as she pulls it down my body and this time I really can't breathe.

"Oh my God. I feel like a balloon." That is the first thing I say as I look in the mirror. I look good. But as good as a balloon would look on a human. It's too tight and I can't breathe.

"Here it comes with this." She passes me a latex choker and then attaches it to my dress.

Might as well become a fucking dog with this leash.

"You're putting on a fucking leash? What the fuck?" I am exasperated as I slap her hands away.

"It's not a fucking leash, it's a choker." She passes me a saccharine smile and I squint my eyes at her.

"Hmm. You're wasting your time I'm not gonna wear this anyway." I say as she puts on the 'choker' and attaches the straps to my 'dress'.

"Sure. The boots." She orders and I pass them to her as she sits on the floor in an Indian twist and pulls the latex boots up my legs.

"Bro-" I start off as she pours a shit ton of power on my body and pulls the boots up with no ease.

"Okay so I would suggest that you don't have sex with her because there is a lot of powder on your body so that the latex would slide on-" she starts off and I am instantly annoyed.

"I'm not gonna have sex with her. She is my friend." I say as she pulls the other boot up my legs and looks at me softly as she gets up.

"Mer, friends have sex all the time. And even if they don't have sex they're close. Friends don't necessarily have to be just friends. You can experience things that only certain people can make you feel. Arthur may be that person for you. Maybe Arthur can make you feel things that you don't want to feel. But that doesn't mean you aren't feeling them." She says and I physically slump.

"You're making me more confused." I start off as I slip on my rings.

"Yeah well- wait you're wearing the dress?" She says and I nod smiling.

"I feel like a fucking condom but yes im wearing it," I say and she laughs as I do my eyeliner, blush and the usual make-up.

"You look fantastic." She grins and I laugh before walking over to the bookshelf, the heels making me feel like I would fall any second.

I pick out a book and hand it to her.

"It's a great book," I say passing her the book I recently brought for her. She looked it over and I grinned.

"Cover for me?" I ask and she nods grinning as I shove the things she gave me into a purse I 'borrowed' from my mother.

My hair was straightened as I walked over to the door and pulled it open as Val walked through winking at me as I called out.

"Ma! I'm leaving." I called out just as I neared the door and as I heard her footsteps near me Val let out an ear-piercing scream.

"Ma! Ma!" I felt bad as Ma probably had a heart attack but I slipped out the door as easily as breathing.

"Yay." I whispered to myself as I walked towards 'Cameo'.

Arthur had asked me if she could pick me up but due to the stupid butterflies in my stomach, I would do anything to be as far away from her in a private setting. That's why I can be close to her in crowded areas. Gives me more control over my thoughts.

Before I know it I have already tripped over thrice as I walk to Cameo. I never look at anyone for too long but when I bump into someone I can't help but groan.

"Watch where you're fucking going." She glowers and I narrow my eyes at her grabbing her hand as she violently brushes past me.

"What the fuck do you want-" She finally looks down at me and stops mid-sentence. Her dark eyes run over me and I grin slyly.

"You should watch where you're fucking going." I use the same tone and she cracks a small smirk.

"Well, hello Marnie." She whispers leaning towards a wall and pulling me close to her.

"Hi, Art." I grin as her eyes run over my body, not one not two not three but for times.

Feeling shy I grab her forearm and pull us away from the crowd. Yes, it was me who said I did not want to be too close to her in a private setting but that me is dead now.

"You look stunning." She whispers leaning down towards me and I hold my breath.

Art's head rests on my shoulder, her breath hitting my neck and her arms wrap around my waist. I let my own rest on her shoulders trailing slowly to her neck.

"Fuck." She whispers as I trail my nails softly down the back of her neck and the knob of her spine.

"You're a cruel cruel thing, Marnie Bennett." She whispers and I narrow my eyes softly as she pulls me inside the club.

The bass is booming and the smell of drugs, alcohol and sex looms in the air. The led light around the whole of the club is green which just adds to the darkness. Don't get me wrong, red would've suited the place much better, due to sex, sensuality and the colour relating to all things bad and dangerous, which is what this place is. But red is also very predictable.

The place was filled with girls and guys wearing bejewelled underclothes. Some not wearing any at all. I'm pretty sure I saw a girl with nipple stickers and a thong on. A guy wearing pants and just the suspenders, no shirt underneath. I look at my side to see Art just an inch taller than me.

The heels really do me justice.

What do you feel when you're around her? I am not sure yet.

"Wait, where are we going?" I ask as she pulls me towards the door behind where the stage was.

"I wanna be alone with you." She tells me and I gulp as I am shoved into that room.

Oh no, what have I done?

"So-" I trail off as I look at her. She is dressed in a black button-up, the top two buttons left unbuttoned and the sleeves cuffed to her elbow.

Arthur leans against the wall as she looks at me, her gaze piercing as I look anywhere but her.

"Look at me." She says, her tone flat and I look up at her, she unfolds her arms and drops them to her side. I stare at her veiny hands, they clench into a fist and unclench.

"What's wrong?" I ask quietly my heart beating so fast that I fear it would fly out of my chest. Although I asked I also fear her answer.

Her gaze is still unflinching and set upon me. I clench my sweaty hands on the purse and my phone that is in my hand.

"You won't understand." She mutters breathing deeply and I take a step close to her and her whole body tenses.

"Tell me." Now I am confused.

"You won't understand how badly I want to touch you right now." She mutters and I gape at her.

"Then why don't you?" I asked tilting my head. I think back on Val's words.

Friends can be close.

"If I do that then you would be up against the wall and I don't think you would like that." She states nonchalantly and I don't know what possesses me to let my mouth run wild but I step even closer placing my bag on the table right next to us.

"What if I do like it?" I look up at her, whispering and she just simply looks down at me. I almost regret it looking at her reaction until she slips a small smirk.

"Well, then I'll be late for today's show." She whispers leaning down.

Oh God, the tension.

"We wouldn't want that would we?" I whisper smiling looking at her.

"Mhmm, we wouldn't." She hums. My heart is beating so wildly, I can hear the blood pumping into my veins.

That is until I push myself away from her as someone bangs on the door loudly.

Marnie's outfit:

I remember squeezing myself into one of my sister's latex dress (which was so much shorter than this) and owning that shit. Though I looked good, I have that dress somewhere in the back of my closet left untouched since.