"And that just about sums everything up," I clapped my hands together, schoolteacher fashion, looking out over the sea of male faces, all of whom stared back blankly. It was all I could do to keep from rolling my eyes and flipping them all off, but, professionalism. Whatever. "Thank you all for your time, and enjoy our refreshments."
"Just in the nick of time, Andy," I faked a smile, glad for an excuse to sit down. Not like anyone was paying attention at that point, anyway. But, sometimes it was for the best. It gave me a second to glance over at Carter, the station manager. Technically, he's my superior, but as long as nothing happened between us...
The wet sensation interrupted my thoughts, and it didn't immediately hit me that coffee had been spilled all over me.
"Fuck," I muttered, and I didn't really care who heard. They couldn't fire me anyway, not when my little radio segment brought in as much traffic and revenue as it did. "Dammit, Andy, be careful!" Everyone started talking all at once, the jerks, but I brushed all of them off and rushed into the bathroom. It wasn't really all that bad, but I figured I could milk this for what it was worth and they'd leave me alone for the rest of the day. Unbuttoning my blouse a little, I dabbed at the stain with a wet paper towel, still pissed. But whatever.
"Ilana, are you okay?" Candice, the assistant manager came in, pulling out a tube of lipstick and standing at the mirror next to mine. "Sucks that you had to ruin such a pretty blouse."
Looking me up and down approvingly, she smiled and capped her lipstick. Grabbing another paper towel, she wet it and started blotting at the stain. It wasn't much, but it was still noticeable, apparently.
"You should be all right now." It wasn't until then that I realized that I'd been holding my breath the entire time she was cleaning me off. "I'd hate to see you throw that out. Oh, and..." Tossing the paper towel into the trash, Candice made to button up my blouse for me. I have no idea what came over me, but I pushed her hands away.
"I had something else in mind." I could hear my own voice trembling, and really, it was like an out of body experience. I saw myself doing it, but I couldn't stop myself. She raised a perfectly arched eyebrow, a surprised smile on her face.