WRONG ( Croton Pack Series)

Six

Arista ran into her office building. She was fifteen minutes late but was going to be treated like she was two hours late. Hopefully, her supervisor won't notice, but he seemed to be noticing things about her lately.

"Hey miss perfect Ari, you are late!" OB, her coworker and maybe a friend cried out as she hurried over to her.

"Hush, bring your voice down." She answered uncomfortably as she looked around. Fortunately, everybody was going about with their work, not paying them any attention.

"Why are you looking at me like that?''

''Your face is a mess, what happened?'' OB asks in her thick British accent.

Arista sighed. "I got hit by a makeup truck on my way here." She rolled her eyes sarcastically, she wasn't in the mood for OB's makeup lecture.

''Oh my God, which hospital were you rushed to?'' OB for sure is a drama queen as she puts her hand over her mouth. ''You must have been taken to the emergency unit to face disasters, you are in terrible condition Ari, how did they let you out? They definitely need to be sued for negligence, insensitivity to their patients, lack.... Hey Ari, where are you going?" She hurried after her friend who walked out on her as she was listing the rights of a makeup patient.

"To get coffee and then to my office"

''With that on your face, my gosh, those brows are hideous." Arista rolled her eyes and kept on moving. She didn't care that OB always says her brows are hideous except when she does them for her and is like, "oo-la-la, this is AB-SO-LOOT-LY terrific, MMuah, you look so yum-yum..." and so many other things she will say that Arista didn't want to think about. The point was she wasn't ready for OB's blabbering, besides she doesn't look like she was hit by a makeup truck OB just exaggerates. "Except you want all the guys who have a crush on you to UN-crush you''.

Oh God, she rolled her eyes and kept moving, but OB wasn't giving up.

"OH wait Ari, you don't want to see yourself on t****k with a hatshtag make-up disaster, hashtag hideous eyebrows, hashtag hit by a makeup truck hatshtag..."

"Enough, Enough!'' Arista declared, raising her hand.'' You won't!"

''Oh I certainly would and I wouldn't be the only one.'' Oh gosh, was her makeup that bad OB definitely has a way of getting under her... what was the expression again?

''Okay let's go. Just promise me you won't say all your gibberish if you draw my eyebrows."

"Why did you say if? You sound like I'm not going to draw it anyway" OB said as she tried to meet Arista's fast strides at the same time, trying to make their legs go in unison.

''We will just get done with it and head to work. I'm not sure I'll get coffee anymore. Those selfish brats must have finished the sugar by now.''

They enter the restroom just as a lady comes out and looks at Arista weirdly.

"Are you okay? Did you get into a fight or something?" Arista ignored her and went to the mirror. OB grinned at the lady and went to join her friend. The lady looked back at the lady with makeup catastrophe and left without another word.

"See, you would have trended on t****k, everyone looking at you like there is something wrong somewhere, actually there is."

Arista stared blankly at the mirror. She wasn't listening to what OB was saying. Clearly, her face was a mess, NO A DISASTER! Her wolf screamed. That was even an understatement. Definitely, OB hasn't exaggerated at all. In fact she should thank her for keeping it cool when her face was looking like..

THIS! Aria screamed again.

It wasn't just her eyebrows that were hideous, her mascara left its original habitat and stayed ON THE CHEEKS! How was that even possible? Didn't she...? Oh God, she didn't know what to ask herself, her lipstick was smudged too, and her eyeliner, her beautiful eyeliner was scattered around her eyelids. She looked like she had hard s*x that made her cry and she rushed to work. The thing was, she did almost perfect makeup (she checked the mirror), but then forgot to draw her brows, which she wasn't very good at actually good at, no terrible at, she just never gets the arc. She went to the sink to wash the drawing and wiped her face with a towel and didn't bother checking the mirror, but assumed everything was fine and added some little powder and lipgloss to her already horrible face. No wonder the cab driver was snickering and stealing glances at me through the side mirror. She thought he was enjoying a personal joke but she was the joke. Hope he doesn't think like OB and take a video of her and post it on t****k with the hashtags makeup disaster, hashtag hideous eyes, hashtag makeup went wrong, hashtag not every lady can make up.

She wiped her face with toilet paper but it didn't come off. She tried rinsing her face with water. It became worse.

"Let me help," OB said, offering her makeup wipes.

She accepted them.'' Thanks.'' They were quite effective. She rinsed her face with water and dried it with a napkin.

''You know as a clumsy lady you need makeup wipes, I know a*****e where you can get them at really cheap prices."

Arista's phone buzzed in her pallazzo pockets. Unknown number, she furrowed her brows.

''Who is that?" OB asked, leaning to see the caller's ID.

''Don't know, true caller shows Daniel Stark.''

"Answer it, could be..." The phone clicked before OB could finish her sentence. "I haven't..." Arista motions for her to keep quiet.

"Hello?''

''Hello miss, I am Daniel. I arrived at your address a while ago, but I couldn't see anyone around.'' Why was a guy outside her house? OH, the uber driver! She forgot to cancel the ride when a taxi came by. She looked at OB and mouthed 'uber driver'. OB looks back at her confused before she realized what was going on. She puts her hand over her mouth to hide her laughter. Arista mouthed 'not funny'.

''Umm..'' She looks at OB for an excuse but gets 'they don't look at me, I can only help you with makeup disasters' look. "Well erm..wrong number.'' She cut the call, her phone rang again and she switched it off.

"Don't look at me like that.''

"You know you could get arrested for this.'' OB frowned.

''Really?'' OB nodded.

''You will think of something if that happens.'' Arista smiled sweetly at OB and gathered her things.

''And they say I'm crazy.''

''Let's go'' Arista makes for the door but OB doesn't move. ''Seriously, you are now in love with the restroom?''

''Where are you going?''

''To my office duh.''

''Seriously, like that?'' OB pointed at Arista's face.

"Ever heard of natural beauty?''

"Don't be ridiculous, at least apply some powder and lip gloss.'' She took out both and handed them over to Arista. There was no point arguing with her. Next, she took out an eye pencil, Arista shook her head.

''Just fill it, nothing serious, in fact I'll do it for you.''

''Seriously?''

''Bibbidy Babbidy bibbidy babbidy bibbidy babbidy boo..'' She chants as she worked on Arista's brows.

''You promised.''

''That?''

''You won't say your gibberish.''

''Did I?" She turned Arista to face the mirror, ''now that is more like it.'' Arista looked at herself, her brows looked natural and nice, OB sure knew how to do this.

''Thanks, now can we go?''

''Yeah, great outfit though.''