Our homework was to write a specific kind of scene without being too explicit. Did I achieve this? Please help me. (I might've made it too long for what the prof. wanted, but whatevsss. First draft.)
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1. Sarah is standing in front of the full-length mirror in her dorm wearing nothing but underwear and black tights. Her hair is loose in a “just got out of bed” way that takes forever to achieve. She is holding up a simple black dress in one hand and a blue and red flower-patterned one in the other, covering herself with each of them in order.
The black one gets tossed in one of the two piles of clothes on her bed a few feet away. She picks up a red sleeveless dress from the other pile and holds it up against her after considering the flower dress once more. The clothes on the bed seem to be able to fill up her closet times two; it’s a mystery how she hasn’t drowned in dresses a long time ago. The red one wins after some deliberation. She slips it over her head and zips it up.
The make-up station on her desk is next. She empties her cocktail glass while sitting down and refills it with another vodka tonic. Her legs are crossed under the table and she’s shaking them hard enough to almost make her spill the drink. She takes a big sip before applying mascara. Her hands are not as steady as they could be and it causes her to mess it up. A tipsy laugh fills the room before she cleans up the mascara and manages to apply it correctly. By the time her make-up is done, she has finished the cocktail.
Before leaving the room in her purple pumps and black coat, she pours herself some more vodka. She picks up the tonic bottle, but decides against it and shots the vodka pure.
Where is she going? What is her state of mind?
2. Sarah stumbles drunkenly into the room, kicks off her shoes and tosses her coat towards the chair. The coat hits the floor instead. She passes her mirror and laughs when she sees herself. Her smudged out make-up makes her look like a panda, she’s showing off too much underwear because her dress somehow got tucked in her tights and there’s a big tear in the right leg of the tights. She sits herself down in front of the mirror, but falls over before she makes it. She starts ripping her tights completely into pieces and laughs while doing it. When she’s pleased with the work she has done, she crawls over to the bed and passes out with whatever intact clothes she’s still wearing.
How was her evening?
