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Tracy Island, August 15th
Kat pirouetted, feeling the soft fabric swish against her knees. I wish I had a full-length mirror, she thought, as she stopped and slipped her feet into the low-heeled strappy shoes. Glancing one more time in the small mirror, and satisfied that her hair and make-up were okay, she picked up a small package wrapped in navy and gold paper, and left her apartment, intent on calling on Heather.
When Heather opened the door, Kat remarked, "Hi there. Are you ready for the party?"
Heather nodded. "Yep, just about," and closing the door behind her, joined Kat in the elevator. Arriving down in the lobby, they then headed for the monorail to take them to the villa.
"You look nice," Kat commented.
"Thank you, so do you," Heather replied.
Arriving at the lounge the two young women were met by Gordon pointing a camcorder at them. "And just arriving are the delectable Miss Heather Kennedy and the lovely Miss Kat Williamson."
Kat rolled her eyes at Heather. "I'm sure you've already met Gordon, the clown prince of International Rescue. Oh, there's Lady Penelope. Will you excuse me?"
"You know her?" Heather commented.
"Oh yes, I was her mechanic before I joined International Rescue," Kat replied. "Shall I introduce you?"
But Heather shook her head. "Maybe later," she replied as she headed over to the bar to get herself a drink.
"Lady Penelope, how nice to see you again," Kat said, as she approached the other woman.
The young aristocrat turned and faced Kat. She was dressed in a long, slim fitting, halter style black dress with diamante beads scattered around the hem. Around her shoulders was a black pashmina. Her blonde hair was drawn back into a stylish chignon, with a few loose curls framing her face.
"Kat! It's lovely to see you again. That colour really suits you; you look very pretty."
"Thank you," Kat acknowledged, and then added shyly, "so do you." She then went on to explain. "When we girls were selecting our dresses, we knew that the men would be dressed in their black suits, so we decided to have one colour scheme, hence all the girls are dressed in red."
Lady Penelope laughed at this. "What a good idea. I did wonder why there were so many red dresses. I thought that maybe red was a new fashion colour."
"Oh, yes," Kat replied jokingly. "Red is this year's black on Tracy Island."
Virgil walked over to greet them. "Happy Birthday, Virgil," Lady Penelope said and kissed his cheek.
"Thank you," he replied.
"Happy Birthday, Virgil," Kat said, as she offered him the small package.
"Thanks, Kat," he said. "I'll put this with the others." Grinning, he remarked, "If you can get away from the movie maker over there," and he nodded to where Gordon was trying to film Elise and Cherie, "there is karaoke, and there will be dancing later on." He walked away to place his present with some others on a small table.
Kat and Lady Penelope nodded their heads, and headed towards the karaoke. "Are you going to sing?" Penelope asked Kat.
"Er, um, I don't know. I'm not very good at singing," she replied.
However, Gordon, tired of trying to film Elise and Cherie, noticed Kat by the karaoke, and headed towards her. "Are you going to sing?" he said looking hopefully at her, camcorder raised.
"Not if you're going to point that thing at me," she remarked.
"Aw, come on, Kat, it's only a bit of fun."
Kat sighed. "Oh, very well," and she began thumbing through the list of songs and decided on The Closest Thing to Crazy
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Somehow she managed to get through the song without too many flat notes. Everyone cheered and laughed, and a very red faced Kat bowed to them as she finished.
I'm going to hide away, now, she thought. Aloud she remarked, "I'm never doing that again." And she headed to where Heather was standing chatting to Tin-Tin.
--Kat's entrance by TawnyAngel22 on 2/3/2007
  
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