A while later Ali begun getting dressed, she through her ruined tights away, found a new pair and slipped them on. Ali put on her other skirt and top whilst she sorted out her long hair. Ali wanted to call her friend to find out whether she had done anything she would regret but she couldn't find her mobile anywhere. She dialled her own number from the phone in the room but all she got was the switched off message. Ali realised that all her money had been with her phone and all she had was her empty purse and hotel room key.
They say bad things come in threes, and Ali's luck was to be no different, She decided to go to a cash point and see if she could get any money, her boyfriend was picking her up later at 9pm and she couldn't expect him to pay for her meal as they had only been going out for a month or so.
Ali searched the floor for her shoes, they were only three days old and the thought of wearing them still made her excited, Ali found her right high heel and before slipping it on she carefully examined her new shoe just to admire her recent purchase. Ali slipped her right heel on and hobbled around the room in search of her left. After a couple of minutes Ali was becoming concerned as she couldn't find her other shoe anywhere. Just then the phone rang, Ali hopped over to see who it was, on the line was her friend Kelli, she asked where Ali had gone and explained that they had been unable to find her, Ali was concerned about her lost possessions and told Kelli that she had lost her phone and her money which was in its case and also that she may have somehow lost her left shoe. Kelii commented on how nice the shoes were and how could she have possibly lost one, telling Ali to look under the bed.
Ali suddenly remembered her ruined tights, were they ruined because she had walked home with out one of her new heels?? could she have really lost her shoe in the club? Or on the way home? Had her shoe been stolen as a prank when she was drunk? Ali shuddered at the mere thought of walking home without a shoe or even worse being without her heel in the club. But things were even worse than that, because she hadn't brought any other shoes with her and now what was she to do, Ali looked down at her single shoe, trying to remember what had happened the night before. Ali had noticed that her remaining shoe was awfully loose and wondered if that could have contributed toward her loss.
She decided to phone the niteclub to see if any high heeled shoes had been found, it look a while to get the number but finally she got through, she spoke to a cleaner who was the only person there at the time, he explained that they often find shoes in the morning when they are clearing up, he told her, come down tonight at 830pm just as the club opens bring your other shoe and we will see if we can find its twin. Ali thanked the cleaner and confirmed she would be there at 830. that didn't give her much time as she was meeting Ross at 9pm and how was she going to get back to the club without any shoes to wear?
The evening came, Ali had stayed in her room all day frightened witless of the prospect of walking to the club which was at least fifthteen minutes away wearing either just her right pump or no shoes at all. Time was not on her side and it soon became 8pm Ali was so nervous she was literally shaking as she slipped her foot into her loose right high heel grabbed her purse and room key, as she closed the door she almost jumped out of her heel as it slammed shut. Ali walked on tip toes on her shoeless foot and nervously walked passed the reception desk her single heel thudding out of rhythm on the polished marble floor.
Ali wasn't even sure which way to walk but she made the right choice and started walking down the road toward the club, whilst walking Ali shuddered again, what if they didn't have her lost left shoe, or if it was broken and unwearable. She looked down at the ground as she walked as fast as her one shod state would allow. Somebody shouted out 'hey Cinderella its not midnight yet' Ali just ignored them and continued tip toeing her way towards the club. Finally it was insight but there was already a small queue of people waiting to get in. Oh no Ali thought as she tagged on the end of the line, After a couple of minutes the doors open and everyone started filing in. A girl in front Ali was admiring her own shoes, a pair of sling back heels with pointy toes, when she noticed Alis single pump and bare tight clad toes, the girl turned around and asked ' wheres your other shoe luv?' Ali thought about making up a story, but still shaking she managed to blrt out 'I was drunk last night and lost my other shoe, Im hoping I left in the club' the girl looked shocked probably thinking she must be mad to turn up with only one shoe on the basis that her other must have been left at the club, before the girl could reply out loud, Ali reached the front of the queue.
Ali tried to hide her bare foot as she was asked to empty her purse, I don't want to come in she told the doorman, I just want to see if I left my other shoe her last night. Ali pointed down to her shoeless foot, the doorman smiled and commented 'what you've come her in only one shoe, your brave' Ali blurted out 'please can you see if my other shoe is her, Im only here for the weekend and I didn't bring an other shoes with me. The doorman looked truly concerned and went to get 'the box of lost shoes' Ali waited patiently, her shoeless foot on public display to everyone, the doorman came back with a cardboard box filled mainy with odd mules and strappy sandals, Ali looked eagerly through the box and started shaking as her missing pump was not found, as her eyes started to fill with tears, just then someone shouted from the coat room, did that girl lose a shoe in here last night? Ali shouted out yes I did, was it a high heel?? A girl appeared with a girls high heel in her hand is this yours luv?? Ali looked eagerly, this time he face lite up Ali grabbed the lost shoe and slipped it on, do you know where it was found she asked? The girl explained it was outside the club by the fire doors and she had picked it up only minutes earlier. Ali thanked everyone and left as she was meeting Ross.
