Party

They walked into the hall, which by now was filled with Elites and people of The High -Class Society. You'd wonder how the girls gained access to such a party. Well...Evans Edwin had made the ball accessible to all.

''Nice man, huh?'' Irene had said when Zee had asked how they'd gain access into the place that would be crowded with the High and Mighty of the country.

''And I pray Zee gets her biggest wish granted tonight.'' Mia had said.

As they walked into the most talked about place of this exquisite hotel, 'the Grand Floor', the girls were left in a state of awe.

''Oh my God!!'' Zee exclaimed when she thought she had recovered a little from the effect the place had on her.

''This is more beautiful than pictures say." she said, still astonished at the magnitude of the place and the wealth it exuded. The grand palatial style hall was lit up with expensive chandeliers made out of pure gold, dangling from the roof high above. The walls were made of gold, the floor made of expensive marble tiles, and the different colors the chandelier lights radiated, made the grand hall even more beautiful, grand, and alluring.

Zee's eyes drifted from admiring the beauty of the place to admiring the Elites in the hall. The different shiny colors coming from the designer dresses worn by the women and the customized suits by the men just left her wishing.

With a long sigh, Zee made herself stop wishing and she went in search of Mia and Irene, who had let themselves get lost in the beauty and grandness of the place they had always wanted to come to. Thanks to Evans Edwin, they were here today.

Zee started in the direction where a whole lot of Elites were and each face she saw left her mouth hanging agog with surprise. But she soon stopped walking because the surprise was killing her. Plus, she realized she was walking in the wrong direction. She moved backward a little and then turned around to go in the other direction when... BOOM!!... she bumped into a feminine figure. Her eyes popped out in surprise when she saw who she had just bumped into. 'Lee Min Shin, the award-winning singer? Her expression changed into one of remorse.

''I'm so so sorry," Zee apologized. "It was a mistake."

''No, it's fine.'' She said, studying Zee from head to foot. "You're not at fault here. I personally advised Edwin to not let commoners into his party, but the man wouldn't listen, he's just so generous.'' The lady said and with a brief condescending look at Zee, she walked away from the spot.

Zee just stood on the spot, embarrassed and feeling ashamed of herself. She couldn't believe someone her age just spoke to her in such a manner. Fine! She's a commoner, but, must the lady say it to her face, couldn't she at least say something else?

Zee looked around carefully to ascertain that no one had witnessed that and then she walked out of the spot. She stopped looking for the girls and just headed toward the bar area on the left wing of the large hall. She felt insulted and just wanted to claim a seat as quickly as possible, but she needed to walk as carefully as was required for her own safety and, as she wasn't the type that could very much carry herself on heels. When she finally reached the bar, she carefully lifted her dress as it was quite very long and then she sat on one of the stools, letting her elbows rest on the table and her palms covering her face.

"What would you have, Miss?" The voice of the bartender called her out of her reverie.

'Wine,' she was going to say, but... "Let me have Whiskey." She said instead.

'Really Zee, whiskey? Are you certain about that? She asked herself "Why not?'' she waved off the thought. Alcohol is a great way to help forget all of one's life problems after all. That she's heard.

''Here Miss.'' The man passed her a glass. Zee picked it up, carefully studying the liquid inside silently contemplating whether drinking it was right or not.

''You know what this glass of drink here is for??'' She asked the young man at the bar. The man looked at her, his eyelids were raised, questioning. 

"Uh... It's for drinking." the bartender answered.

''No, I mean, do you know why I'm going to take this?'' She asked.

''Oh! I don't."The man replied.

''Do you want to know?'' She asked further.

''If... you want to tell." The tender answered, causing Zee a small smile. She glared down at the glass of whiskey in front of her and then back up at the man.

"This first glass of unfilled drink is to forget my jobless situation." She told him. "You know, I have been out of school for years and, ever since, I've been searching for a job. I wrote applications upon applications and applications, thousands of them, but no one would hire me. So... I stopped writing because it is all of no use. Every minute of the day, I'm constantly reminded by myself that I'm jobless. so...' she picked up the glass from the table.

''This drink here is to forget about my joblessness for a couple of hours.'' She said, and without any hesitation, she downed the contents of the glass at one go into her stomach and her face turned green after she had swallowed.

''Gosh!! is this what alcohol tastes like?'' she murmured to herself in disgust. But, despite how disgusted the drink made her feel, she still went ahead to order another glass ''Another glass please!'' She . When the tender gave her the second glass, she collected it with a smile and then looked up at him.

''Now this second glass is to being a commoner. You know, it hurts when people belonging to the elite society call you a commoner, it hurts so much.'' She downed the second glass, her face was already contorted, but she asked for another glass.

''Now this third glass is for being the country's poorest''. She winked at the tender and was going to drink the third glass when she felt her head twirl. She immediately put the glass back down on the desk.

''Oh my God!! I feel strange." She murmured.

''So soon?'' The bartender said with a note of surprise.

''I have to go look for my friends." Said while helping herself up from the stool, she almost stumbled. ''And, thank you for being a good listener." she told him and then began to walk away.