is it too late? h.s.

8- glamorous

As they arrived at the studio, Ashley's sweaty hands dampened the delicate silk of her red dress. The silver bangles on her wrist clunked as her and Liam walked in.
Liam's perfect smile appeared as he began to greet the cast and crew at the studio. Everything about him was soft and happy as he greeted everyone. He spoke to each person, he asked them about their day, with genuine compassion and interest in each answer. Ashley couldn't help but smile as she marvelled at Liam, glad to be with him. As he spoke to each person, Ashley would patiently stand behind him, with a soft smile painted on her red lips.
Her hazel eyes darted around the studio and to the set where she would soon appear. She took in all the other celebrity guests, who blended in perfectly with the golden set. Straight away Ashley could tell who was part of the celebrity cast and who was the crew; the celebrities always had this aroma surrounding them which made them appear superior. Intimidated by the beautiful cast, Ashley snuck to the toilets to fix up her appearance. She had been to the studio a number of times so knew where most places were.
As she looked at herself in the mirror she tried to remain positive, her curls shaped her face nicely and she was glad her curls decided to look decent on today of all days. She had put some light blush and bronzer on, but as she looked at her reflection she wished more than anything she had caked herself in makeup. As a final attempt to make herself feel better, Ashley applied a dark red lipstick that matched her silk dress. Satisfied with this, she felt it tied her look together and brought out the light green in her eyes. Ashely looked at herself one last time, practiced how she would smile and walked out of the toilet. She sighed to herself as she made her way back to the sidelines of the stage. Liam's gorgeous eyes darted to Ashley as she walked towards him, a huge smile appeared on his face, his tanned hand reached out to Ashley's and he brought her close to his muscular chest.
'You look gorgeous, you always look gorgeous but tonight you look amazing.' Liam whispered into her ear.
A smile crept up onto Ashley's face, before she could respond, they were called onto the set.

The set replicated an old ballroom, the flooring was creamy marble, there were tall golden pillars, golden tapestry and plush velvet chaise longs for each couple to sit on. Ashley finally stepped onto the set, her hazel eyes looked out onto the crowd of joyous people, they all had smiles plastered on their faces. Liam and Ashley were placed in the middle of the set. As they sat down on the velvet chaise long, Ashley's hands became clammy. She looked sideways at the other four couples that surrounded her, a golden pillar placed in between each chaise long to separate them.

On the far left was the stunning Australian singer, Melissa Valentine-Baxter. Her gorgeous long golden hair, parted to the side, to highlight her perfect side profile. Sat next to her was her husband, an Australian rugby player, Maxwell Baxter. His broad shoulders filled out nicely in his black dinner jacket and black tie. Despite his rugged look from years of injuries, he looked sophisticated, especially next to his glamorous wife.

The couple closest to Ashley on her left were, Avery Dune and Lily Colt. Avery had long dyed red hair, with gorgeous green eyes, her slim figure dressed in a long green evening dress. Lily had soft ginger curls that made Ashley embarrassed of her own chestnut curls. Lily's cheekbones were remarkable, it gave her a serious face but when she smiled her face softened, and only made her more gorgeous. The couple were well renowned tennis players, for years they had been known as nemesis's on the court, when really they had been lovers. The story of how they became a couple was featured in the 'Top 10 most beautiful love stories' for the past five years. And as Ashley looked at them she could understand why.

To the far right was actress Amina B Williams with her co star Kellan Lupe. Although technically they weren't a couple outside of filming, they had been in enough movies together as love interests to qualify for the quiz show. Kellan and Amina were known for making history. As Amina had not only become the first woman to win the most oscars but the first black woman. At the age of 27 she had already won nine Oscars. Kellan was known for becoming the first black man to win five oscars. Each time they did a film together they made history and created beautiful films, which was no surprise as to why they had done so many films together. Amina was dressed in an extravagant purple silk dress paired with the most expensive jewels. Ashley felt she wasn't just a movie star but a real life star. Ashley was in awe at how beautiful Amina looked. Her makeup looked magnificent as it sparkled against the golden pillars, she shone out against everyone else. Amina's eyes gleamed with happiness as she looked out on the crowd, Ashely could tell instantly from the look in her eyes that Amina was born to be a performer. Kellan looked just as magnificent sat next to Amina, he had a light grey suit on that slightly sparkled as he moved, his hands were covered in golden and silver rings and he had a single silver feather earring in his ear. Compared to the rest of the men, Kellan stood out. His appearance had flair and style in comparison to the rest of the men who were dressed in similar suits.
There had been rumours of feuds and bad blood between Kellan and Liam, as every year they would both be up for the same awards. The rumours never quite got far, as it was the complete opposite. Liam and Kellan supported one another both happy for the one another's success. The supposed rivalry had only caused them to bond, so it was no surprise when Liam asked Kellan to be his best man. Ashley was glad Liam chose Kellan, he was sweet, modest and down to earth. And Kellan also plans to bring the talented Amina as his date, which was a huge plus for Ashley as she admired her so much.

The last couple were Leslie Moss and Amir Rose, an English couple who had found success after they appeared on a dance competition. Leslie looked stiff, covered in pearls, and diamonds. She had a plain pink dress on, jewellery placed to add a stylish touch to her plain dress. Although it was evident the excessive jewellery pained her neck. Next to her was Amir Rose, her dance partner and current boyfriend. Amir looked uncomfortable and itched his collar slightly. Behind his dark brown eyes there was clear worry, and Ashley spotted his hand was gripped tightly onto Leslie's. Ashely could tell he wasn't used to events like this and her heart went out to him. He was a dancer, he wasn't equipped to deal with events like this, even if it would help further his career.
Despite his obvious discomfort he still looked gorgeous, his black hair parted in the middle naturally and dropped nicely onto his forehead. As the theme music began to play, Amir's shoulders relaxed slowly and he put his arm around Leslie.
Ashley looked around at all the couples and admired how gorgeous they all looked. No matter how nervous they felt, they still managed to fit in perfectly. They all looked glamorous.  Ashley looked up at Liam, who was sat in perfectly in his navy suit, looked down at her own red dress, the mixture on colours on her nails and felt out of place. Although her dress looked gorgeous it didn't quite fit in.
She wondered how she managed to mix herself up in this glamorous lifestyle.