Chapter Two: Lip Gloss is Top Priority
Argent awoke when something gave her soft poke. She sat up to see a long haired Siamese cat licking a paw. "Good morning Vera, let's see what breakfast will be," Argent planned as she slipped into a black silk robe and a pair of slippers. She walked to a big door which she pulled open to reveal room after room…..of clothes. Strolling into room three, Vera padding along, Argent pressed a button as that level of dresses started to move around. Argent scanned them quickly, shaking her head until she stopped the rotating dresses to pull off a black shin length dress that fitted to her body until it ended at the neck with a medium sized red bow. "This will do," she finally decided as she swiftly changed into the dress. Walking out a small door into a dark marbled room with an oak table low to the ground, Argent plopped down, her knees tucked in as she sat on her legs. Vera sat on another cushion, looking around to take in the high counter top, the sleek kitchen appliances, and the towering ceilings.
"Mademoiselle, what might I get for you and your…um chat?" Argent's chef asked as he started to list selections off for the specials. "Pierre, I'll have the usual and Vera will have the salmon dish shredded and seasoned with some caviar please," Argent replied as she smiled at the delightfully stout man dressed in white and a red neck tie. "Right away," Pierre bowed as he exited, immediately placing a slab of newly bought fish in a frying pan. As that sizzled, he grabbed a shallow cup and filled it with vanilla yogurt. A mixture of pecans and crumbled brownies were sprinkled on the top, creating a little mountain. Next a lone Oreo was placed on the right side of the creation. By then the fish had cooked to a nice pink color, the smell of the oil and the fine sprinkling of salt mingled with the seafood. The fish was then shredded into fine flakes by hand, and then tossed with some reddish orange caviar, finally being placed in one of the cat bowls that Mademoiselle Argent had provided. "Perfecto," Pierre murmured before bringing the steaming bowl and yogurt out. "Bon appétit," he announced before returning to the kitchen for a quick meal.
Vera meowed as she dug in, washing her whiskers once in a while before continuing. Argent ate a spoonful of her yogurt. Pierre seemed to create a new flavor to the boring order every day, Argent mused as she crunched on the flavorful pecans. Vera seemed to be enjoying her meal too as she finished the last morsel, licking the plate delicately. Smiling, Argent reached over to pet Vera's head, delighted to hear a purr escape the cat. "Now I was thinking a new collar designed by Chanel. Or actually how about a little coat instead," she pondered as Pierre took the dishes. Vera big blue eyes the color of the bright sky, watched and waited patiently for Argent to make up her mind. To Argent's surprise as Pierre was just about to return to the kitchen, Vera pulled her legs together and sprang, arching across the tall black countertop to land lightly at the cook's feet. She delicately rubbed her face against his right leg, before taking another massive spring to land in Argent's lap. Both humans were motionless, not being able to grasp the fact that a small kitten had managed to jump over a countertop that was about the height of an average basketball player. Vera, not realizing that she had done something unique, continued to groom herself.
Finally, a cool pale hand wrapped around Vera and lifted her up. Argent with Vera in her arms, walked back into her wardrobes. Thinking for a second, Argent walked through the first door on the right to come into a room filled with shelves on top of more shelves of shoes. "These Jimmy Choo boots I just bought last week are suitable," she announced out loud as she placed Vera down to slip her feet into the knee high, coal colored shoes.
Surveying herself in the room full of floor length mirrors, Argent felt like something was missing. She grinned, knowing the perfect and best solution in a crisis like this. Argent walked over to a small door, opening it to pull out a silver camera phone. Flipping the top open, Argent speed dialed her favorite person to drag into such an occasion. "Jinx your date with Kid Flash will have to wait, this is an emergency," she announced into the phone, ending the call before Jinx could respond. She smiled, knowing Jinx would come and sure enough after 10 minutes, the door bell rang. A breathless Jinx was let in and she ran down to Argent's bedroom, slumping onto the canopy bed draped in midnight silk to gasp for air as Argent walked calmly in from one of her wardrobe doors. She stood standing, surveying the exhausted Jinx, before pulling her to stand upright. "Now Jinx I want you to remain calm, this might be serious but you must not panic," Argent warned her friend in a deadpan manner before pushing a series of numbers into a built in code pad. The north wall flipped over, swapping the plush couch and French dresser to small little shelves of different colors, greens, pinks, reds, clear, purple, shiny, sparkling, and glittery tubes of lip gloss.
"LIP GLOSS?!" Jinx roared flopping back onto the bed, as the legs of the bed cracked, leaving her with more bad luck along with the air knocked out of her. "I canceled a date with Kid Flash just so that I could come and look at some lip gloss," she gasped softly, trying to find the reality in that statement. "This can't be, it's just a dream, no a nightmare. I'll wake up, it must have been that tub of ice cream I was eating last night when I was watching Smallville," Jinx muttered, shaking her head. Argent watched in slight amusement as Jinx closed her eyes, took a few deep breathes, and peeked through her left eye. "I'm still here?" Jinx asked confused, not wanting to believe it. Argent smiled, "Yes darling of course you're here. Now help me choose a color." She surveyed the little rows, finally plucking a blood red tube off its placement. "No, to dramatic for my mood," Argent exclaimed, putting it back. As Jinx lay curled up on the bed, still bombastic, Argent chose four different colors and sizes of lip glosses. "Jinx from these four which one will go well with my outfit, I need a second opinion," she explained as she unscrewed a clear mint smelling one for Jinx to sample. "No not that one," Jinx mumbled, waving away pastel green colored container.
"My horoscope said that something romantic would occur on my next date. What if he declares he loves me????" Jinx wondered, close to tears. Argent rolled her eyes as she placed the rejected clear and purple metallic gel back where they belonged. "Oh that one's good," Jinx announced distracted from her rant as she smelled a tube of light pink, strawberry flavored glitter gloss. Argent beamed taking it from her friend and applying a coat of it on her lips before she dropped it into the little Coach purse she was carrying.
"Now Jinx while you were off in your…own little world, I called Kid Flash and he's happy to move the date to tonight," Argent declared, bracing herself as Jinx leapt up from her fetal position to glomp the silver-skinned girl. "Anyways, while you're here I have assembled a perfect outfit for such occasions and I, being a very generous friend, will even let you borrow this lip gloss, though hot pink, will look very nice with what I have prepared," Argent continued as she pulled from her plentiful supply a bottle of Christine Dior lip gloss. Pushing another button, brought back the other side of the wall, couch intact.
"I like how you jinxified my bed darling, but can we please fix it so I don't collapse when I'm trying to get my beauty rest?" she asked, starting to fix the legs back to the mattress with plasma energy. Jinx delighted by the news, eagerly helped. Argent received another hug when Jinx tried on outfit consisting of an off the shoulder pink long sleeve shirt, beaded choker, pink beret, and dark blue jeans. "Well off you go, can't keep Kid Flash waiting if something romantic is supposed to happen," Argent replied winking as she walked her friend to the door. They took the elevator to the basement where Argent lent Jinx her silver Vespa scooter for transportation.
As Argent walked back through her door something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. Checking, she realized that her mailbox was full though she had sworn that nothing was in it before. Opening the metal cover, Argent gasped. Inside lay a dozen roses carefully wrapped in black crepe paper and tied with a silver ribbon. They were glistening with drops of dew and the thorns had been carefully concealed. A note fluttered to the ground, quickly picked up by Argent.
Hope these can roses can grow beautiful in your watch
X
the sign read. "Well this X has come to the right girl," Argent said as a smile stretched across her newly glossed lips.
Notes by Moi: I don't own any companies listed, Teen Titans, and oreoes. Also I would like more reviews please, so that I can improve my writing especially since I haven't gotten any for my other story Hidden Dew. I would like to thank my readers for waiting since I've been pretty busy and also my friends who have enjoyed my ideas that I have come up with. Hope everyone has a happy year in 2008 Oh wait, also I don't own Smallville.
