Bette felt the sharp squeeze of her heart as she turned to the redhead struggling to clip her earring, Alice’s amused voice in her ear.

“I can’t wait to hear how you talked yourself out of this one. See you at the party”

There was a sound indicating she had ended the call and then nothing, leaving the brunette with less than a second to recover from her dumbfounded state.

“Uh, that she’s going to be bartending all night and missing out on the party”

“Oh, well I guess it’s a good thing I hired some extra bartenders to take her place tonight” Emma winked as she straightened herself out and finally took in the brunette’s form, her eyes widening with surprise and desire. “Baby .. wow you look fantastic”

Bette glanced down at herself as if she had forgotten what she‘d been wearing, her skin tight caramel colored leotard hugging her body in all the right places. Her face had been painted in a similar shade, her eyes and nose colored to resemble a lion’s and her wild curls forming the perfect mane.

Bette felt her cheeks heat in a soft blush, always confident except when it came to receiving any type of compliment.

“Thanks” She smiled softly, shyly before taking in Emma’s form. The redhead was wearing a black bodysuit just as tight as Bette’s, her curves on dangerous display. She forced her smile to remain as Emma slipped her arms around Bette’s waist, using every bit of strength she possessed not to pull away. “You look .. what’s with the wig?”

She pulled back the moment Emma leaned in, no doubt to plant a kiss on her lips. Clouded by her own confusion, she failed to see the flash of hurt pass over Emma’s face. Her eyes instead were glued to the blonde wig sitting perfectly atop Emma’s head, covering her fiery red hair.

“You don’t like it?” Emma frowned as she recovered from her rejected kiss attempt and self-consciously patted her faux hair, “I just figured if I was going to go as something else, might as well go all out and change my hair too”

Bette struggled for a response, “It’s an .. interesting color choice”

“What, you don’t like blondes?”