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at Danny’s. Jessie, one of the other waitresses was
on vacation, and Danny needed someone to cover her shifts and my
weekends had also been busy. Katie and I had photographed weddings
every weekend since September.
    In keeping my promise to
my mother, I called her every few days. Any downtime I had, I spent
with Nicole. At first, I was furious with Nicole for telling my
mother about my depression. But after seeing Helen, I began to
realize how bad I had gotten. Helen encouraged me only to go to
Danny’s when I was scheduled to work. She felt Danny’s was one of
my "triggers " .
    Just as I was getting out
of bed, m y cell went off.
    It was a text from Nicole.
    Nicole--
    OMFG! I just won tix to
the Halloween Party tonight at Sin Sity. We are so
there.
    Me --
    Sin Sity? That’s like a
million miles away. . .
    Nicole--
    It’s not a million miles
away. It’s only forty-five minutes away! Come on don’t be a baby
bitch. We haven’t been out in ages. It’ll be so much fun. We can
totally hit the 80’s club and rock an 80’s costume.”
    Me –
    I’m not in the mood to
drive that far out. You can’t come up with something a little
closer.
    Nicole—
    Ummm. . . Hello! I won
FREE tickets! These things are worth $25 a piece.

    Sin Sity was a brand new club that
opened a few months ago. Our local radio station had been
advertising it like crazy. It was four different clubs under one
roof. One of the clubs was themed the 1980’s and only played 80’s
music. The second was a techno club hosting all the up and coming
DJ’s. I heard Pauly D from Jersey Shore was going to be there. The
third club had live bands playing on a nightly basis and also
served as a pool hall. The fourth club was a swanky martini bar
that played jazz and swing music.
    Nicole --
    Come on . . . Don’t be a
party pooper. We need this. I need this. I’d do it for
you.
    Me--
    Fine! You’re a pain in the
ass. I’ll go but . . . You’re driving.
    To be completely honest,
deep down inside, I wasn’t sure if I was actually ready to go out.
I had made so much progress with my therapy in such a short amount
of time. I was beginning to feel like the old me. But the thought of going out
to a strange club made me think I couldn’t resist the temptations
that would be surrounding me. I was fearful I would slip back into
my old habits.

Chapter 9

    About an hour later, Nicole showed up
at my apartment. Barging her way through my door, in her normal
fashion. She had five huge shopping bags in her hands. I just stood
there in my kitchen with a look of shock on my face.
    “ Are you going to just
stand there?” She said jokingly.
    “ What the hell is all
that?”
    “ Our Halloween costumes, I
hit the thrift store on the way over. They were having a huge sale,
so I bought anything that looked like it was made in the 80’s,” she
laughed.
    “ Apparently, you
did.”
    She dumped the bags on the couch, and
we began sifting through the piles of clothes. Nicole found an
oversized black and white shirt that had crazy shapes all over it,
and I found an oversized gray sweatshirt. We took a pair of
scissors to both shirts, cutting one of the shoulders so it would
hang off. I also cut the bottom of my shirt to make it cropped.
Once my shirt was perfect, I put one of my black camisoles
underneath it. I paired it with a pair of fitted ripped jeans that
hung very low on my hips and a red pair of stilettos.
    Nicole left her shirt long and added a
belt around it. She put on a pair of skin tight black leggings and
black stiletto heels. With my hair already wavy, Nicole teased it
up and put a ton of hair spray in it. Nicole had pin straight hair,
so we crimped it and put a huge black bow in it. Once we were done,
I looked like I’d walked off the set of Flashdance, and Nicole
looked like one of Madonna’s backup dancers from her Like a Virgin
tour. I had to admit we looked pretty hot.
    We gave ourselves a quick glance in the
mirror and headed to Nicole’s car. I plugged