Ugly Betty
CHAPTER ONE: A METHAMORHIS
Betty sat on her chair and actually looked the entire magazine for once since she had begun being a assistant for Daniel Meade. She wasn't the same women as she had been before when she was a new hapless girl working for Mode. She began to get goose bumps thinking about all the clothes she used to wear, vests and button-down shirts, what a geeky looking girl she had been. But she had decided to change when she got stood up by Jack, another name to add to the list of stood ups. This had been the fifth and it became the last straw, and she was sick and tired of getting laughed at by her co-workers for dressing so ugly, especially by Amanda and Marc.
It had been yet another Betty-tastic morning until she heard Amanda snickering as she walked into Mode.
"Nice vest Betty, is it new? Wait…never mind you wore it last week!" she said with a laugh. Normally Betty would've wondering why Amanda was laughing at her if she thought her vest looked new, but today she had left her naive ness behind.
"No, as a matter of fact I didn't wear it last week I bought it yesterday at DKNY, so SHUT IT AMANDA!" Betty snapped loudly at her co-worker.
"Geez, take a chill pill…Betty!" Amanda replied before going back to filing her nails. "Some people just can't take a joke." She finished off under her breathe as Betty stormed away.
Meanwhile Daniel walked into his office and saw a fuming Betty sitting writing some notes.
"Betty, can you come into my office?" he asked more rhetorically than requiring an answer.
"Okay, just a minute Mr. Meade." She called out as she quickly scribbled something down onto her notepad.
"First off why are you suddenly calling me Mr. Meade?" began Daniel as Betty walked into his office. "What's gotten into you lately? You're not the same, and just now you yelled at Amanda. What's wrong Betty?"
"I got stood up OK?" cried out Betty and collasped into one of the many couches in Daniel's office. "And I'm sick and tired of people laughing at me!"
"Betty you don't need a man to tell you that you're beautiful." said Daniel but he got cut off when his cell phone rang. Betty sighed wondering if what he said meant that he thought Betty was beautiful as she walked out his office. As she got to her seat she decided that she wasn't going to be ugly any more she would change to before beautiful, so that even she would believe it – a methamorphis.
"Betty. Betty. Oh Betty!" called out Marc waving his hand in front of her face. "Earth to Betty!"
"Huh...yes? Oh, hi Marc!" she greeted her new friend with a polite smile wondering how long she had been in a daze.
"What were thinking about Daniel?" Amanda asked coming up towards them with a knowing smile.
"No." Betty replied wondering if she was really that obvious.
"Good morning Betty!" Daniel greeted Betty as he walked into his office.
"Oh my goodness! Did you just notice how he stared at you just now?" Amanda said as her smile grew wider until she was beaming.
"Hah. Hah. Funny Amanda." Betty said with sarcasm as she rolled her eyes.
"I don't get why you won't believe it's true? I mean it was true once right?" Marc said siding with Amanda.
"Just because OK guys?" Betty asked as her phone rang, "Now if you will excuse me I've got clients to talk with, bye now!" And she gave them the shoo signle and they walked away laughing.
"Good morning Daniel Meade's office." said Betty getting her pen and pad ready for any important news. As she began to listen intently she couldn't help but think of Daniel and picture his face in his mind. Stop thinking about Daniel and focus she thought as she scolded herself.
"Sorry could you repeat." Betty asked hoping the client wouldn't get mad.
"Can you tell Daniel Meade to meet me in the Bistro?" asked a female voice on the other side.