Chapter 14 – Sunday morning
The Sunday morning I slept till 10 am. Never had I realized how a week could be this hectic. But this new job with my rude boss was so much hectic because I had to be standing for most of the time, communicating with so many people, and guiding the new clients. And all of that completely drench away all of my energy. So, I decided to enjoy Sundays to the fullest.
I could feel the bright rays of sun pecking through the curtains but I
kept laying on my bed peacefully, resting an elbow over my eyes. After about 20 minutes, I threw away the covers and stood up. I stretched my whole body two to three times and finally went to the bathroom. Unlike weekdays, I went through the morning routine rather slowly on Sunday. I took a slow shower, brushed my teeth, and went out of the room to welcome the day.
I was in the kitchen making a special breakfast today when Sia finally realized that it was morning. I took in her disheveled figure, hair messy and eyes sleepy. I said in a cheerful voice, "Good
Morning, Sia."
She rubbed away the sleep from her eyes and then replied, "What's so good in this morning?" She looked at me expectantly like I was about to give her answer to that question.
Nevertheless, I tried, "Yes Sia. Today is Sunday and the morning is great. We are having sun outside after a long time. Doesn't that matter?"
She still had her confusing expression on her face. So, I continued, "Well, today I am making us pancakes and my
special espresso coffee."
That sure made her beamed like some 8-year-old kid. I suddenly lifted my hands, palms facing towards her, "But if you think that there is nothing good about this morning then we can go back to our bland peanut butter sandwiches. The choice is yours."
She exclaimed, "No wayyy! I'll just be back in 20 minutes. Please make us a good breakfast, Lily," There she went again, with her puppy eyes.
She ran back to her room and I made myself busy with the breakfast. I made enough pancakes for both of our greedy stomachs. I stacked up to five pancakes in two plates, having a thin layer of honey between each layer, poured caramel syrup over the stack, and topped it up with small pieces of bananas and strawberries. Sia liked whipped creme so I added it on hers. I like chocolate syrup so I poured it over mine.
After pancakes I made espresso. I took a tray out of a cabinet and rested both plates and coffee cups on it and carried them into the living room. I placed the tray on the table and sat down on the couch. Just after a moment, Sia
came out of her room, all freshened up.
We both made our way through the breakfast, licking out fingers and taking sips of the coffee. We ate like we were famished.
"God, Aurora. This is so delicious and graceful," said Sia while chewing.
"Thanks. I just thought that life is already so busy and tiring but I have my Sundays completely to myself. So why just be a couch potato when I can enjoy one day in a week?" I said and smiled.
"That's a great idea, Lily. It means I can look forward to the yummy Sunday breakfasts," she looked at me.
I got myself busy with my nails and said, "Well, it all depends on my mood," I said in a full attitude voice but then laughed out loud.
Sia snorted and said, "If we have finally decided to enjoy Sundays then let's do it to the fullest."
I narrowed my eyes, "Enlighten me with what is going on in your head."
She pouted, "Nothing much. I was just thinking of taking you tonight to this really gorgeous club in London. We can dress into something else than our P. Js," she rolled her eyes and then continued, "and can have a lot of drinks and dance like crazy."
The idea of being carefree for one night was so tempting that I could not resist. "OMG Sia. That's a really great idea. Thanks"
"Mention not. If you are good with food, then I can manage our other activities," she winked.
After some more chatting, I returned to my room. I opened my
closet which was so disordered that I thought to rearrange it before deciding what to wear tonight.
It took me an hour to arrange my clothes in my closet. I hung all the formal dresses on the rack, folded all t-shirts, jeans, and shorts, and stacked them in the closet. I hung my purses on the hook and arranged my shoes in the corner. After I was done, I stood back to appreciate my work.
As I was going through my formal dresses to pick what to wear tonight, I heard a knock on the door. I opened it and there was
Sia on the other side, her hands were full of beauty products. It's been so long since we went out to some club or party or anywhere to enjoy, and that's why she was full of energy at the moment with the anticipation of the night we were going to have.
I moved away from the door and let her in. She dumped her products on my dressing table and said, "Our weapons are ready, now we need to pick our armors."
I frowned and asked her confusingly, "Weapons? Armors? Don't tell me you were talking about taking me to the war."
Without replying to me, she moved towards my closet and opened it. She sniffed through my stuff and after much thinking picked a tiny black dress out of my closet. She showed that to me and said, "Yes, that's perfect. You are going to wear it tonight."
"Sia, that is a really tiny dress and the stuff is so uncomfortable. Let me wear something easier to breathe in."
"Like what? Those comfy t-shirts and jeans? Or maybe PJs?" she demanded.
She then continued, “Come on Lily. You wear those kinda clothes every single day. What is the point of tonight if we are not going to try something new? Black really suits you and this dress will look perfect on you. Besides, your boobs look really big in this one. What's the point of having a gorgeous figure if you are not even going to enjoy it?" She winked at me.
I bit out a laugh and she raised her hand, "Ok then. It is decided that you are going to wear it tonight," she did not leave much room for argument.
I simply shrugged and took it from her. After sorting through dresses,
Sia went over to my dresser and picked two face masks from the products she brought. She asked me to pick one from them. One was an aloe vera mask and the other was a seaweed mask. I chose aloe vera. Sia picked her phone and after a moment she played a playlist of soft and chill songs. We went over to the bed and put face masks on our faces. We set a 20-minute timer, laid down on the bed, closed our eyes, and enjoyed the melody. I couldn't remember the last time I enjoyed this much. I looked over at Sia who had her eyes closed and was humming the lyrics to herself. After about 20 minutes, we peeled off the masks from our faces and went through the skincare routine. We cleaned and moisturized our faces, scrubbed off all the dead skin cells, and finally applied lip balm. Sia picked up two nail polishes; black and emerald green. She put a black one on my fingernails and toenails and then I did the same to her with the green one to match with her dress.
After Sia was satisfied that we were all prepared for making an appearance for the lavish club she was taking us to, she went into her own room after telling me to be ready at 8 pm. Before closing her door, she shouted to me, "Do not forget to put a lot of mascara to go with that sexy black dress of yours."
Did I say that Sia was satisfied? Let me take it back.
At 7:45 pm I was standing in front of the mirror, assessing myself. I was looking... hot and stunning. I stared at myself for a moment, taking in a tight-fitted, black slim pleated dress that stopped just above my knees, black shiny pearl string sleeves, and a sweetheart neckline. I looked at my face to
make sure my makeup was fine. Against Sia's protests, I chose not to treat my face as a canvas. I went with the light makeup and applied wing eyeliner and mascara on my eyes, a light blush on my cheeks, and a wine red lipstick. All in all, I was looking perfect for the night.
I took my fancy black clutch, tossed my mobile phone, lipstick, keys, and cash in it. I sat down on the bed and put on my black strappy stilettoes. This required a lot of patience. After that, I went out of my room, closed the door, and went over to knock on Sia's door.