A flick of amber brown strands fell to her forehead as Jenna leaned close to the bathroom mirror. She pushed them back with her left hand, while her right one proceeded closer to her face. She opened her eyes wide and gently pushed the soft lens to her cornea with her pointer finger, blinking furiously afterwards. When her right eye had finally calmed down from the intrusion, Jenna looked up once again to the mirror to briefly admire the result of her work: a grey iris encased perfectly in a clear, protective orb. The girl was about to reach the other pair of the lens when a knock was heard from the bathroom door.
"Jenna, is everything okay with you?" the voice from the other side of the door asked. It was Sarah's, the soon-to-be bride. "The networking is going to start soon."
"I'm coming," announced Jenna, as she quickly imitated her previous procedure for putting the lens on her left eye. Once that was done, she moved to pack everything into her purse: her black rimmed glasses, her eye drop bottle, her lens holder, and half-ran to the door. She took a second to straighten some wrinkles on her green cocktail dress before pulling the handle, revealing Sarah standing by the door frame with her signature bright smile.
"Wow, look at you," said Sarah next. "You should wear contacts more often."
"Well, it's just too much work for office, isn't it?" Jenna replied, smiling, to which Sarah giggled. Having been her senior, Sarah would know better that the number of male and female workers in their office's department resulted in an unequal ratio. With so many females around, it was just logical for Jenna to keep wearing her 'ugly' glasses, rather than investing minutes applying make up and maintaining her contact lenses.
"Well, shall we go, then?" asked Sarah, to which Jenna answered with a nod. Both girls then headed down the corridor to a hall where the networking event was held.
It was Sarah's idea, or so Jenna got the impression, to arrange a meetup for acquaintances and friends from both the bride and groom's sides for some networking purposes before the wedding party. Sarah said it was important because she and her college sweetheart fiance had taken different career paths since college and made different friends, and she wanted the wedding party to be warmer with people knowing each other. Being a new girl in town, Jenna just went along with it. It was also the first wedding invitation - or any kind of invitation in that matter - that she had received ever since she moved here two months ago.
Before long, they both had arrived at the entrance of the networking hall. There was a bar at a corner of the hall and there were waitresses walking around offering finger foods. Instead of joining the other guests, however, Sarah held Jenna's hand and guided her slightly sideways.
"Come with me for a second," said Sarah when Jenna gave her a questioning look. "There's someone that I want to introduce to you."
"Jenna, is everything okay with you?" the voice from the other side of the door asked. It was Sarah's, the soon-to-be bride. "The networking is going to start soon."
"I'm coming," announced Jenna, as she quickly imitated her previous procedure for putting the lens on her left eye. Once that was done, she moved to pack everything into her purse: her black rimmed glasses, her eye drop bottle, her lens holder, and half-ran to the door. She took a second to straighten some wrinkles on her green cocktail dress before pulling the handle, revealing Sarah standing by the door frame with her signature bright smile.
"Wow, look at you," said Sarah next. "You should wear contacts more often."
"Well, it's just too much work for office, isn't it?" Jenna replied, smiling, to which Sarah giggled. Having been her senior, Sarah would know better that the number of male and female workers in their office's department resulted in an unequal ratio. With so many females around, it was just logical for Jenna to keep wearing her 'ugly' glasses, rather than investing minutes applying make up and maintaining her contact lenses.
"Well, shall we go, then?" asked Sarah, to which Jenna answered with a nod. Both girls then headed down the corridor to a hall where the networking event was held.
It was Sarah's idea, or so Jenna got the impression, to arrange a meetup for acquaintances and friends from both the bride and groom's sides for some networking purposes before the wedding party. Sarah said it was important because she and her college sweetheart fiance had taken different career paths since college and made different friends, and she wanted the wedding party to be warmer with people knowing each other. Being a new girl in town, Jenna just went along with it. It was also the first wedding invitation - or any kind of invitation in that matter - that she had received ever since she moved here two months ago.
Before long, they both had arrived at the entrance of the networking hall. There was a bar at a corner of the hall and there were waitresses walking around offering finger foods. Instead of joining the other guests, however, Sarah held Jenna's hand and guided her slightly sideways.
"Come with me for a second," said Sarah when Jenna gave her a questioning look. "There's someone that I want to introduce to you."