Creative Writing Things

The Party Scene

They arrived by the dozen, each sporting expensive looking masks decorated in gold and silver which covered their faces entirely. Everyone wore a new dress or suit which would be discarded after the night was past. In the sky, the moon provided a natural disco ball and lighting into the house which held the main event. Greetings were offered out along the gravel path, dainty fairy lights added a surplus amount of colour to the parade of footsteps. Exchanges of gifts were made - a bottle of Rose in return for a bowl of peanuts, which would be lost to the hawk-eyed scroungers of the party.

A sweet mealody was drifing through the busy atmosphere, and it seemed to be coming from the ballroom. Lucy weaved her way through the crowds of champagne-baring waiters and hesitating women with glass number three positioned at a dangerous angle out to the side, but eventually she got to what she was looking for.

A collection of violinists, harp players and pianists were placed at the far end of the hall, and Lucy could identify the smells of lavander inscents which had been placed at various intervals around the room earlier that day. She stood, idle, by the door for a few minutes, feeling the changes in the music and the story it told, whilst also keeping her eyes open. As the music came to a brief pause, she was approached by a young man, around her age, whose quick introduction was lost

under the eager clapping of those around them. As he offered out his hand, Lucy realised what he wanted and recieved it gracefully as he lead her out onto the dancefloor. She didn't let herself get distracted, though. Her feet glided effortlessly across the laminate, but her eyes were open and constantly flickering around the room, suspious of everyone in the room. Her partner seemed to sense her uneasiness, and guided their path of dance through the crowded centre, and closer to the instruments which, Lucy decided, was much more to her advantage. From there she could see the dancefloor and the hall outside, and because of this, she began to relax into her partners arms. And then a dark figure was caught in the corner of her eye as he darted up the stairs outside.