Ardelia’s first thought was that she was being dragged away from the food. But then she realised upon further inspection she was also surprised.<br/><br/><em>Genuinely </em>surprised at the fact that she was suddenly being pulled from her seat and towards the basement, it was out of character for the other woman. Ardelia was a touchy feely person, she grabbed, hugged, jumped on absolutely anybody but Beth always seemed to shy away from contact. It was only recently she’d been able to hug her without the other woman stiffening in her arms. It was refreshing that she had clearly crossed some line now that made Beth feel comfortable with her and she certainly wasn’t going to hinder that with repaying her kindness.<br/><br/>Okay so she wasn’t particularly enamoured with the idea of being dressed up, but she had wanted to dress up and if this made Beth feel more comfortable then it was the least she could do. Besides, what woman in their right might turned down the offer of free clothes?<br/><br/>When Beth stopped at the bottom of the steps to apologise Ardy had to bite her lip to keep from giggling. Instead she rolled her eyes and ruffled Beth’s perfect hair. “Sweet, if you really think I’m going to leave without eating whatever it is that smells so nice upstairs then you don’t know me very well. Besides, who doesn’t like make-overs?” In fact Ardy had never had one; she was the type of girl that didn’t play nicely with other girls. They were awesome for sex but all of her close friends really were men. Mainly because as far as she had experienced, women were down right crazy; aside from the fact she’d always been a bit of a tomboy. For the first time she wondered if this was something she had genuinely missed out on, but then refocused her attention on the moment.<br/><br/>She was glancing around the basement, in fairness the house was huge, she was pretty sure her entire apartment would fit in just the kitchen.<br/><br/>Brushing past the other woman she unabashedly pulled the hoody over her head. The shorts which had barely shown under the hoody clung to the curve of her arse perfectly, sitting low on her hips and finishing before they’d barely started. Ardelia was a fan of short shorts and short skirts. Anything that showed off her legs was a plus, she had self-conscious issues about her upper body but her legs she was more than happy to display. Not that you’d know she had self-confidence issues because now aside from the shorts she was standing pretty much naked in Beth’s basement.<br/><br/>“Barbie me up already. Make me pretty!”<br/><br/>Then she stuck her tongue out at the other girl and pulled the loose elastic from her hair letting the unnaturally dark locks fall over her shoulder and down her back.