Chapter four

Dana once again got up early for her run, returned, showered and changed and had breakfast with Alice before they headed for MC building to sign up for their classes and any extra curricular activities they wished to become involved with.

Alice signed up to be a member of the GLBT society and Dana signed up to take part in a tennis tournament every Thursday afternoon.

Once all of the formalities were out of the way, the girls decided to go shopping and buy some new clothes so they could have a night out and enjoy themselves at the SU bar.

They went to a clothes shop that they bypassed when they visited the park the previous afternoon. Alice found a lemon skirt with a pink top to wear and so was helping Dana find something to wear. ‘Ooh how about this?’ Dana held up a lilac and green polka dot sundress for Alice to judge.

With disdain Alice scrunched up her nose and shook her head before turning her attention back to the rail she was looking through.

Eventually Alice found Dana a pair of black trousers with a funky pink top to jazz it up a little. Alice hadn’t even noticed that it was exactly the sae shade of pink as the one she was buying for herself until they went to the tills to pay for their shopping.

Once they had made their purchases, they slowly strolled back to campus and back to their room. They wanted to spend as much time as possible pampering themselves to look good for their night out and so helped each other apply face masks.

Dana decided to try her hand at waxing her legs instead of shaving them but was too scared to pull the strip off so she called Alice for help. Alice walked into the bathroom to find Dana sat on the toilet seat in just her underwear with her leg on the side of the bath covered in wax. ‘Al, can you pull it off for me please?’ Dana did her best puppy impression.

 ‘Sure, you do know that it’s gonna hurt like hell?’ ‘Um, yeah that’s why I’m too scared to do it’ Dana admitted. Alice grabbed the strip and pulled it off without warning.

Dana screamed in pain and decided there and then that she would be shaving the rest of her legs and never even contemplating waxing anything on her body ever again.

Alice just laughed at her friend and handed her a tub of calamine lotion to soothe the violated skin before returning to the bedroom to continue styling her hair.

An hour later they were both ready to hit the bar. They agreed to not get too drunk and that they would make sure they looked after each other.

When they walked into the bar they looked around astonished. It was a themed party and they were the only ones not in their pyjamas. ‘Oh, great!’ Alice exclaimed ‘We spend all day getting ready when we could have just spent the day in out pjs and come here just like we got out of bed’.

 Alice skulked over to the bar to drown her sorrows in being the odd one out while Dana dutifully followed her. They started the night on WKDs until they were both tipsy and giggly. As the night wore on they went to vodka shots until they ran out of money.

They left at around 2am. Dana was exhausted at she had been up early that morning for her exercise regime so Alice helped her walk so she could conserve her energy for staying awake.

Once they reached room K218 they were both shattered from climbing the never-ending stairs and simply fell onto their beds. Only they fell onto each other’s beds not their own.

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