I arrived at work like normal, but I didn't feel like normal. This morning, I had reached into the wardrobe and pulled out a hideous outfit. I placed it on the bed and internally groaned. I looked back at my wardrobe and found a very pretty black dress. It was smart enough for work and fit my curves perfectly. I picked up the straighteners that Hilda had given me a few years ago and straightened out my bangs and then put in my contacts. This would be enough for today. I couldn't change too much, too quickly.
I walked past Amanda's desk and saw her and Mark pop up. "Oh my Gawd. Who is that hotness there?" Amanda said in her normal tone. I turned around on the spot and saw hers and Mark's jaws drop to the floor.
"Hey guys," I said before turning around and heading to my desk. I sat down and stared at the computer screen.
"Wow, Betty is that you?" Daniel asked as he approached my drink.
I smiled up at him and nodded my head. "Okay Daniel, Molly phoned. You have a lunch date at noon. You're coffee and bagel is waiting for you on your desk and if it's okay with you, I'm going to head off early tonight," I said. Daniel nodded his head and started smiling, more than likely thinking about his lunch date with Molly before heading into his office.
Getting through the day was tough. My head was spinning with ideas of what could happen. I didn't know how I would beat Horta but it needed to be done. He was a controlling, manipulative person and we needed to bring him down a peg or two.
"So, braceface. What's with the new look?" Amanda asked as she swayed her way over to my desk. I smiled up at her.
"Just fancied a change," I said not wanting to go into details with her.
I pretended to go back to work and she disappeared. I opened up an email I had just received. It was from "ModeGirlSandwichGuy" I opened it up confused and was shocked by what I saw.
"Betty,
We know you secretly want to be with Gio and beat Horta down and we can help. We have 43 members to our website and have been discussing ways to bring him down. Visit our website and you can read some of the solutions. Keep this information to yourself however.
We love Gio as much as you do and it would please us to see you and him together. Just stick with us and everything will work out,
Getty Girls"
Betty smiled to herself and logged onto the website.
After an hour she had the perfect plan formed in her head. Horta had better watch his back. He would not be pleased with the outcome of this.
The old Betty was back.