It was a very well to do event with even a few celebrities dotted around although I had problems naming any of them. Perhaps a couple were footballers or possibly second rate actors but what caught my eye was the glamorous lady on the arm of a young gent who was more interested in having his photo taken.
She wore a long black and gold evening gown with elbow length black leather gloves and when she smiled her teeth shone through her bright red lips. I had trouble taking my eyes off her and a couple of times she caught my glance before I could look away.

As the evening passed I lost sight of her and wandered outside to see where she had gone. Stunned by the sight of her standing holding a cigarette holder to her lips as a waiter lit the cigarette for her I found myself at a loss for where to go next. Ambling to the bar I ordered a shot and from behind me came "make that two" and a smooth leather hand touched my shoulder... " you don't mind do you I noticed you looking my way" she purred and put the holder to her lips as she sat on the bar stool beside me. " No of course be my guest" I stumbled and tried to act cool despite my heart rate hitting the 200 mark. " Im sorry for staring but I thought I recognised you from somewhere... Do you act.." I was cut short by her beaming smile and a cloud of blue smoke blown across the bar.. " I wish!" she laughed and she nodded toward the other room... " it him thats the actor.. at least on the field " and she placed the holder back between her lips and pulled on the cigarette. She seemed unhappy so I asked if all was ok and without further ado she unloaded all manner of things as if letting off steam and only paused to smoke between describing a life of running around after this guy to pander to his every whim.

Im a good listener and as she came to the end of her cigarette she realised I had not said a word about myself. Her leather hand came over touch my arm and she started to apologise for going on but I stopped her immediately and thanked her for throwing ten minutes of light into an evening of shadows for me. It had been an absolute pleasure to sit and watch her talk, smile, smoke and wave her arms around and I thanked her for choosing me to sit and talk to.

As she left that night she stopped and looked around catching my eye and blowing me a kiss across her gloved hand. Truly a beautiful and glamorous lady and her partner obviously did not appreciate this. Her name was Naomi.